Streamer Story | Qiuniang: Dare to Start from Zero, the Courage of a Single Mother

The dream life was like water on the ground. It turned into gas and rose into the sky, and fell to the ground again as rain. A divorced woman with a child tended to meet prejudices in life. It was not easy to find either a job or love. Life seemed hopeless.

"We must not give up on ourselves."A passionate, decisive, firm voice passed through the phone, as was Qiuniang herself.

Life is for creating miracles.

Start Again

"To hold your hand and grow old with you"may be the ideal love most girls ever dreamed of. Qiuniang entered marriage with her beloved person and most beautiful anticipations.

They lived in a small town in Heilongjiang, running a medium-sized shop and a chess room. Their life can be counted as being comfortably off; laughter of their children brought them joy to the married life. Qiuniang once thought that it was the most perfect life for her.

However, marriage could be both happy and fragile. The intervention of a woman shattered Qiuniang's life.

No matter how passionate their love was, the breakup can be the same resolute.

Qiuniang knew very well how hard it would be for a divorced woman to bring up children. Her parents and friends tried to persuaded her to tolerate, for the sake of their children. But she could not nurse a grievance and her marriage could not continue with no responsibility. "I can't forgive him, nor let an irresponsible man to be my children's father."

It took courage to abandon old friends and old life, leaving for a distant place after more than twenty years living in the town. Sitting on the train to Hebei, Qiuniang looked out of the window with her child on the arms. The red sun rose from the horizon in the distance, as if a hopeful beginning of her new life.

Dark Clouds Have Silver Linings

Qiuniang started from a line worker, and soon she was promoted as a quality inspector for her well performance. Itwas a hard job, but also her flaming life. However, destinyplayed a joke on heronce more.Qiuniang hurt her back at work, preventing her from taking care of herself. The burden of caring forQiuniang and her children temporarily fell on her grandmother.

After her divorce,Qiuniang was the only wage-earnerof the family. Her heart was tormented every day at bed, for she had to rely on her elderly mother in a young age, "I feel soguilty for my motheras well as my children. It was a really painful time."

After a year,Qiunianggradually recovered and was eager to continue working to support the family, but the sequela of her back injury prevented her from working long hours, causing many companiestoturnher down.A parent in her child's class gave her hope in this dilemma and introduced her to live streaming.

"The mother of mychild's classmate told me that (my) health is not very good, let alongI need to take care of the children. As a flexible job, being a live streamer not only allowed her to arrange her life, but also providedcertain income to improve her living condition. I was persuaded by her, so I decided to have a try."

In the past, Qiuniang triedlive streaming in her spare time, but it was nothing serious. Her only audiencewere relatives and friends, less than thirty people. Although Qiuniang wasnot new to livestreaming, she was still upset about becoming aprofessionalstreamer all of a sudden. When she started to face strangers, she was not as talkative as she is now, and the audiencecommented the same, "silly", "straightforward", "dumb". But because of her personality, Qiuniang began to attracther own fansand earned some money. In the second month ofstreaming,herfamily ate out to celebrate. Lookingat the smiles of her mother and children, Qiuniang was also relieved.

"I will trymy best to protectthe family."

My Weakness, My Armor

For a mother, the children are both her weakness and her armor. After Qiuniang's child was born, she became softer and more determined; more affectionate, and more fearless; more confident about herself and more empathetic to others.

Stepping intothe business as a streamer, Qiuniangalways choose to be her original self, with herpersonality, opinion, and traits...whether for her starting period or for now. "I want my childrento know that, no matter what kind of business we are in, we should be down to earth, rememberour original goals and don't forget who we are."

Before she started streaming, many friends reminded Qiuniangto maintain a certain sense of mystery, and do not reveal heragenor the fact thatshe was divorced, but Qiuniang thought otherwise.She feltthat "divorce is not shameful, bringing upchildren on her own is not shameful, the true shame is to hide and deceive." Her truthfulness and honesty were applaudedby her fans, they did not judge her past or leave, but show this woman with a bumpy life their respect and admiration.

Qiuniangwasgratefulfor all understanding and support. She knew clear that"all support are precious". She remembereda viewer commented on the bullet screen in her third month of streaming that "Even if I eat instant noodles, I will still support you."Qiuniangdroppedtearsin the middle of streaming, andtold the viewerearnestly that: "You should make reasonable consumption. First ensure your own living, focus on your own job and then you can support me".Treat others with a true heart and you receive the same. Although the effect of streaming wasunstable, there hadalways been a group of fans supporting Qiuniang.With the support of fans and her own efforts, now Qiuniang not only paid the down payment for herhouse, but also provided favourablelearning conditions for her children. Qiuniangsaiddelightfully, "All the scarsfrom the pastaremedals given by life.I can live well on my own now."

Strong people will not be trapped in a dilemma forever. Qiuniang unfolds a new stage of life for her family and herself riding the wave of live streaming. She expects the best of the future, and she believes that happiness will follow your step as long as you hold on and stay optimistic.

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