Her husband did not want the burden of a blind child and six months later divorced Gu Baozhi to marry someone else.It was left to the mother alone to bring up her handicapped baby.Her love for her innocent child was strong enough to give her the necessary courage. Once,when she had a high fever,she heard him crying.Gu Hao had tried to pour her a cup of water but had spilt it instead and scalded his foot.A few years earlier,though all children fall when they start walking,Gu Baozhi agonized watching her blind child fall and cry and fall and cry again until he succeeded in taking his first step. The hardest time came in September 1984,when 12-year-old Gu Hao went to the Zhengzhou school for the Blind,20 kilometers from home.Every day they had to rise at five,and she had to fetch him after work,an exhausting task.Later Gu drew succor from his mother's spirit and began to learn rapidly,practising Braille by filling in a piece of model board with millet grain.One dark night,she heard a sound in his room and saw him hard at work.She sat with him until the next morning.As a result of such dedication,Gu Hao was the first student to master reading and writing Braille. Then Gu had to leave home for boarding school.Gu Hao bumped into walls when trying to find a classroom or his bed in the dormitory.When going to the toilet he stepped into the urinal.Back home at the weekends,he only told his mother all the pleasant things that had happened. It is sad for a woman to be alone.In 1987,Gu Baozhi remarried,to a member of the diplomatic corps.However,there were more problems.Her husband expected her to go abroad with him and had gone through all the formalities.According to regulations,only she alone could accompany him,but not Gu Hao.she had to decide whether to go with her husband or stay and take care of her son.Finally she stayed and the ambassador had to go by himself. The viewers asked Gu Hao how he could watch sports if he was blind,and why he liked sports to begin with. Gu's house at the Zhengzhou Engineering Institute is simple and clean.There is a pair of rackets and a seventh-position certificate for Gu Baozhi (who took part in Henan's middle-aged and elder ping-pong competition)hanging on the wall of the living room.Gu Baozhi said that She likes sports,but especially ping-pong.Once,when Gu Hao had been alone for a whole day,he asked his mother why she came home so late and what she had done.She said she had been playing ping-pong,and he wanted to know what that was.What 750Her husband did not want the burden of a blind child and six months later divorced Gu Baozhi to marry someone else. It was left to the mother alone to bring up her handicapped baby. Her love for her innocent child was strong enough to give her the necessary courage. Once , when she had a high fever , she heard him crying. Gu Hao had tried to pour her a cup of water but had spilt it instead and scalded his foot. A few years earlier, though all children fall when they start walking , Gu Baozhi agonized watching her blind child fall and cry and fall and cry again until he succeeded in taking his first step. The hardest time came in September 1984 , when 12-year-old Gu Hao went to the Zhengzhou school for the Blind, 20 kilometers from home. Every day they had to rise at five , and she had to fetch him after work , an exhausting task. Later Gu drew succor from his mother's spirit and began to learn rapidly , practising Braille by filling in a piece of model board with millet grain. One dark night, she heard a sound in his room and saw him hard at work. She sat with him until the next morning. As a result of such dedication , Gu Hao was the first student to master reading and writing Braille. Then Gu had to leave home for boarding school. Gu Hao bumped into walls when trying to find a classroom or his bed in the dormitory. When going to the toilet he stepped into the urinal. Back home at the weekends, he only told his mother all the pleasant things that had happened. It is sad for a woman to be alone. In 1987 , Gu Baozhi remarried , to a member of the diplomatic corps. However, there were more problems. Her husband expected her to go abroad with him 斗d had gone through all the formalities. According to regulations, only she alone could accompany him , but not Gu Hao. she had to decide whether to go with her husband or stay and take care of her son. Finally she stayed and the ambassador had to go by himself. The viewers asked Gu Hao how he could watch sports if he was blind , and why he liked sports to begin with. Gu's house at the Zhengzhou Engineering Institute is simple and clean. There is a pair of rackets and a seventh-position certificate for Gu Baozhi (who took part in Henan' s middle-aged and elder ping-pong competition) hanging on the wall of the living room. Gu Baozhi said that She likes sports, but especially ping-pong. Once , when Gu Hao had been alone for a whole day , he asked his mother why she came home so late and what she had done. She said she had been playing ping-pong