Li Qiang was born in a mountain village. At the age of 16, he went to the best senior high school in his county. And to their joy, his father could live in his relative's house 1 care of him as well as raise pigs to make money there. Having no classes on weekends 2 made him help his father so that his father could get the feed（饲料）for pigs from home.
The pigs grew 3 and they needed more feed. As a result, the feed in their home was not enough. One day, Li Qiang knew his father's worry could be solved when he 4 many students in his school throwing away their food. 5 Li Qiang's worry came.
At that time, Li Qiang had been famous in his school because of his excellent schoolwork and several of his articles 6 by his teacher and came out in the school paper. Being afraid that others knew 7 , he asked sick leave for his father for the parents' meeting. But after the meeting began, he suddenly saw his father standing outside and listening to the teacher 8 in the snow. He rushed out and took his father inside, speaking loudly, "This is my father."
On their way home from school, 9 father told Li Qiang, "For men, difficulties are only for a while. We work hard for our life 10 our hands. So don't be afraid of being laughed at."
