Cui Qingtao is a 17-year-old high school student in Yunnan Province. He was mixing mortar(灰浆)at a building site with his 1when he received his acceptance letter from Peking University which is widely2as a top university in China.
In this year's college entrance examination, the3adult from a low-income family scored 669 points and applied as a4in the School of Journalism and Communication.
Cui's home is in a small village. He is the eldest son, with a younger brother in high school5a sister in the fourth grade. To help his family earn more money, he spent his vacations with his brother. And he6at 3 o'clock in the morning to work in the greenhouses.
7a Sunday, Cui's family was doing building work at the site of a new home when they were told to take the letter from a university. Cui and his family were excited as they8received the long-expected acceptance letter. When his mother9the acceptance letter to his father, who cannot read, a big smile appeared on his father's face.
In an interview, Cui Qingtao said he worked about 11 to 12 hours a day at the building site in order to help his parents. When asked about his plan for the future, he said, "Now I'm going to leave my home village for college, but I'll 10 and someday change the poor conditions of the village." His words got many praises on the Internet.
