I’m 36 years old this year. I was born in the countryside and I’ve earned two million yuan before, but it doesn’t change the fact that I’m still coming up short now—I’m basically keeping myself alive on Huabei.

When I say, “Poor people’s children have to take charge early,” that sentence is the biggest mockery of kids from poor families like ours. Saying it out loud might not even make anyone believe it. I’ve already paid the price for my own mindset with those two million yuan.