An old mother's final wish

At around 10 a.m. on June 17, 2013, a special visitor came to the Hubei Province Prisoner Administration Office: a nearly seventy-year-old elderly woman, wearing a gray coat that had lost its original color, carrying a bundle tied with an old bed sheet in one hand and leaning on a cane made from a thick tree branch with the other, covered in dirt.\ This elderly woman was 67 years old. She told the prison police that she had not seen her son for 12 years, and this time, carrying steamed buns on her back, she had walked for 11 days to get there because 'my health is getting worse, my eyesight is failing, and I am afraid I won't live to see the day my son gets out.'\ The woman lived in a poor mountainous area in Queshan, Henan Province, and her family survived by farming, living in poverty. Thirteen years ago, her son went to prison, and her husband could not bear the blow and passed away. Last year, her younger son broke his leg at a construction site, and life became even more difficult. However, material poverty did not stop her from seeking her son. Early on June 6, she steamed two baskets of buns, packed a simple bag, and set off for the Hubei Province Prisoner Administration Office.\ Along the way, to save money, she slept under eaves or by the roadside at night, drank tap water when thirsty, ate buns when hungry, and picked leftover food from garbage piles. The distance from home to the administration office was over 300 kilometers, and the elderly woman asked around along the way, walking for a full 11 days.\ 'When I walked into the visiting room, I immediately saw my mother. She had lost a lot of weight, her hair was completely white, her clothes were dirty, and she cried when she saw me...' Wang Fei lowered his head, tears welling in his eyes.\ Due to extreme financial pressure, he joined a theft gang in 2000 and caused a major accident while robbing a train, resulting in a life sentence. At that time, his child was only one month old.\ On the way to Wuhan, someone gave the elderly woman a cake. She thought it was precious and could not bear to eat it, so she brought it to her son. By the time she saw her son, the small cake had already expired.\ Learning the reason why his mother had walked all that way, Wang Fei was heartbroken. The man who never cried could not help but bury his head and weep. Seeing his son safe and healthy in prison, and hearing from the police that he was behaving well and would be released next April, the elderly woman repeatedly encouraged her son to focus on reforming in prison, stay safe, and start afresh after release, rebuilding the family business.\ Before parting, Wang Fei held his mother's hand and repeatedly urged her, 'Make sure you hold on until the day I come home.'When Wang Fei and his mother met, the police officer saw a hard steamed bun roll out from the old person's tattered bundle. The elderly person bent down with a hunched back to pick it up, carefully wiped it with their sleeve, and put it back into the bundle.

The kind-hearted police officer proactively took out 200 yuan from his personal money to give to the elderly person as travel expenses, and also bought instant noodles, biscuits, and other food to give to the elderly person, so that they could return home with peace of mind. (Reposted from the internet)