Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. For one young Nanjing man, that’s meant turning sacrifice, suffering and ultimately, tragedy, in the space of 2 short years, in to an instrument for the betterment of others who may have faced the same fate.
英雄有各种形状和大小。对于一名年轻的南京人来说，这意味着在短短两年内将牺牲、痛苦以及最终的悲剧转变为改善其他可能面临同样命运的人的工具。
Qiu Shaochun, nicknamed, affectionately but some would say unkindly, Fat Brother, has been through a lot recently. Now though, he’s putting his all in to a snack bar in Confucius Temple, with his nickname as moniker and the aim of helping babies suffering from heart conditions.
邱少春，绰号亲切却有人不客气地说“胖哥”，最近经历了很多事。但现在，他全身心投入到夫子庙的一家小吃店里，他的昵称是“绰号”，目的是帮助患有心脏病的婴儿。
And that’s extremely relevant. It all began on 29 May in 2022. That’s when Qiu had gone out for dinner with friends in Pukou and driven back to Nanjing’s Xinjiekou to pick up his girlfriend who was working in a nail salon.
这非常相关。事情要从2022年5月29日说起。当时，邱某和朋友在浦口出去吃饭，然后开车回到南京新街口去接在美甲店打工的女友。
But then, chaos erupted, as a man who was aggravated by his wife went on a rampage, smashing his car into other vehicles, to then emerge armed with a knife. Qiu, who had gone to intervene, got in the way and was stabbed.
但随后，混乱爆发了，一名男子因妻子的激怒而发怒，将自己的汽车撞向其他车辆，然后手持刀出现。邱某前去阻止，却被刺伤。
He underwent surgery for an ostomy and was left with a bag attached to an opening in his belly to allow for waste to leave his body. But recognition also came his way, with Qiu being commended by Nanjing authorities for his courageous actions, while his story spread online.
他接受了造口手术，腹部的一个开口处贴着一个袋子，以便废物排出体外。但他也得到了认可，南京当局赞扬了邱的勇敢行为，而他的故事也在网上流传。
Bringing it up to date, on 9 September, 2023, his daughter was born, he having married his girlfriend almost a year earlier.
最新消息是，2023 年 9 月 9 日，他的女儿出生了，而他早在一年前就与女友结婚了。
That’s where the tragedy comes in. In a video he posted online, Qiu said, “My daughter has a serious heart disease and can only rely on ECMO machines to maintain her cardiopulmonary function after surgery. Follow-up treatment also faces high costs”.
悲剧由此而来。邱先生在网上发布的视频中说，“我女儿患有严重的心脏病，手术后只能依靠ECMO机器维持心肺功能，后续治疗也面临高昂的费用”。
A donation channel just 1 day later had collected over ¥110,000, just enough to cover the cost of treatment at that stage. But it was to no avail; his baby departed this world on 30 September of this year.
仅仅一天后，一个捐款渠道就筹集到了11万多元，仅够支付当时的治疗费用。但这并没有什么用；他的孩子于今年9月30日离开了这个世界。
The whole ordeal would have been too much for many people, but when Qiu tried returning the money to donors, he was met with unanimous refusal, as the Yangtze Evening News reports.
据《扬子晚报》报道，整个过程对很多人来说都是难以承受的，但当邱试图将钱退还给捐助者时，却遭到了一致拒绝。
Hence to Qiu’s small new shop in Fuzimiao, selling fried quail and crispy sausage, and to which many have come to meet the new Nanjing legend and, just watch. While he cooks, Mrs. Qiu Shaochun live streams on the side, chatting with her viewers in a lively manner.
于是，邱先生在夫子庙新开了一家小店，卖炸鹌鹑和脆皮香肠，许多人慕名前来，迎接新的南京传奇，只是围观。他做饭的时候，邱少春老师在一旁直播，和观众聊得热火朝天。
Speaking beside a sign in his shop promoting buy-one-get-one-free deals for military, police, firefighters and others, Liu said, “There are also donors who could not be contacted from the beginning. I plan to use the money to set up a fund to help babies with congenital diseases”.
在他的商店里，刘先生在为军人、警察、消防员等人员宣传买一送一优惠的牌子旁说道，“还有一些从一开始就联系不上的捐赠者。我打算用这笔钱设立一个基金，帮助患有先天性疾病的婴儿”。
