Stepmother’s unconditional love transforms lice-infected China girl into confident youngster
- Youngster lives life of grinding rural neglect until a new mum comes into her life
The story of an uncared-for little girl in China who became a different person thanks to the love of her stepmother has melted hearts on mainland social media.
The stepmother, surnamed Weng, married the girl’s father in 2021 when both were divorced and each had a daughter and a son, the news outlet Zhejiang News reported.
The girl, who is now 10 years old, is the youngest child in the new family, earning her the nickname Laosi, meaning “the fourth one”.
Weng said the first time she saw the girl in 2020, her heart ached for her because she was so thin, like a “bean sprout”, and had poor personal hygiene.
“She wore dirty clothes and had lice on her body. She was frowning and looked sad for one so young,” Weng said.
At the time, the girl and her brother lived with their grandparents in a village in central Henan province because their biological mother left when they were little and their father worked away from home.