Preface The Dream of a Blind Man Chapter One The Students The Campus Happy Birds Listening to Life An Optimistic and Cheerful Girl Family at Home Classmates at School The Lingering Phoenix The Thirsty Kid Chapter Two The Faculty The Discipline Director The Blind Should Help Each Other The Blind Teacher The Lady Teacher with Beautiful Eyes
Chapter Three Family Support “Big Mu” “Little Mu” “Nan Mu” Chapter Four Venturing Out with a Bamboo Stick- Falling into Darkness “I Want to Go to School” Study outside the Classroom Venturing Outside at 13 The First 19-yuan Earning Seeking Teachers Missing an Opportunity to Attend School A Narrow Escape from the Snow Thrown Into the Fields Trading Skills A Caring Nanny Needles Thrown Everywhere Psychology Consultation …… Chapter Five Meeting His True Love Chapter Six Establishing the School Chapter Seven A Prosperous Future Chapter Eight “I Have a Bigger Dream”
This book recounts the life experience of Mu Mengjie, a blind man who ventured out into the world at the age of 13 to make a living through performing storytelling on the streets. Later in life, he returned home and established a special education school for the visually impaired. The school welcomed anyone who had a visual impairment, never charging them a penny. Mengjie never had even one day of formal schooling. With a pure kind heart, Mengjie is just one ordinary peasant in China who continues to bring joy and hope to many people with visual impairments as well as their families.
Mu Mengjie was a blind farmer who lived in Dongxinzhai Village, in a town called Ping Xiang in Hebei Province. Though he never received any formal education, Mengjie’s ea from a young age was to live a respectable, meaningful life. With a bamboo stick in hand, he ventured out at age 13 and made a living as a street performer, tasting all the bitterness the world had to offer. With perseverance and passion, he became a storyteller, well known in cities like Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and earned his first “pot of gold” in life. Once Mengjie became a millionaire, no one expected that he would be so determined to open a school for the blind in his hometown. His school would accept anyone who was visually impaired regardless of their condition and charged no fees. Students could continue to study at the school until they mastered their skills. With a pure mind and a kind heart, Mengjie offered lots of help which benefited many blind people and their families.