Answers to the essay questions about Duan Hongyan’s case

Duan Hongyan lives in Zaociliang Village, Jingxiang, Jingbian Town, Shaanxi Province. She is now a 14-year-old student in Class 2, Grade 8, Jingbian No. 4 Middle School. She is the only child in the family. Her mother suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis before she was born. After she was born, her limb muscles atrophied and she was paralyzed on the kang. When she was three years old, her father became blind due to excessive pain caused by the death or accident of one or more relatives in the family. Duan Hongyan has been her father's "eyes" and her mother's "hands and feet" since she was three years old. Under the guidance of her mother, she began learning to cook and wash clothes at the age of three. She brought water, food, and bedpans for her mother. She became her mother's hope for survival. When she was 4 years old, she held her father's hand and worked in the fields, pulling water and delivering manure. When she was 6 years old, she basically did some simple housework such as collecting firewood, washing clothes, cooking, and burning the kang by herself. In the fields, she helped her father dig out seeds, crush soil lumps, and grow rapeseed, leeks, cabbage and other vegetables that her parents liked to eat. When she was 7 years old, she went to Jingbian No. 3 Primary School and stayed overnight in a special school. She lived with deaf-mute children, lived in harmony, and helped those deaf-mute children learn together. She spent her weekends thinking about her parents, returning home early and rushing to do what she had saved up for the week. In school, she respects her teachers, unites her classmates, abides by laws and regulations, helps others, studies diligently, cares for others, and is deeply loved by teachers and classmates. He also actively donated his accumulated pocket money to disaster areas. She said that she has received care from the government and many well-wishers, and she will work hard to repay the society. She has successively won the honors of Yulin Municipal Moral Model, Yulin City's "Top Ten Filial Sons", Shaanxi Province's "Top Ten Excellent Young People for Filial Piety and Respecting the Elderly", National Outstanding Young Pioneer, Shaanxi Province Star of Filial Piety and Respecting the Elderly, and the Second Shaanxi Province Moral Model, etc. A series of honors.