Pic story: summer vacation of quadruplets deep in mountains

Xinhua2025-08-10 15:47

　　The quadruplets walk past their home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025.

　　Wu Nianyou, a farmer in Shangbao Village of Ganzhou City, and his wife Deng Dinglan saw their quadruplet daughters come to the world in 2010. They named their daughters Wu Mengting, Wu Mengling, Wu Mengyun and Wu Mengqin. At that time, the quadruplets were both a big surprise and a financial burden for them.

　　With the help of the local government and society, the couple endured the hardships to raise their four daughters, and their lives have been improved gradually. In 2016, Wu constructed a three-story house. By 2019, the family had shaken off poverty.

　　Today, the quadruplets have grown into middle school students, and become sisters to the family's five-year-old son. During summer vacation, the quadruplets take turns to help with household chores while preparing for next year's high school entrance exam.

　　This year, Wu obtained his loader operator certification and works at a new energy company in the neighboring township. Deng gets up before dawn to help relatives install support frames for their navel orange trees, and after lunch, she weeds and tills the soil in the family's fields.

　　The local government provides subsistence allowances to all five children, while a company in the county covers essential educational expenses for the quadruplets. The couple still diligently tends to their fields and takes on odd jobs for extra income.

　　"Life isn't easy, but it's filled with prospects," Deng said. "I hope all of my daughters pass next year's high school entrance exam and enroll in the county's high school, so they can eventually pursue university education beyond these mountains." (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　An aerial drone photo taken on July 24, 2025 shows a view of the Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets talk with Wu Nianyou at home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　Wu Nianyou works at a construction site in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets have fun in a stream in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets use a computer at home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　Wu Mengqin (R) makes a fire to cook at home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　This combo photo shows the family posing for a group photo in front of their house in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, on Sept. 14, 2011 (L, upper), May 25, 2016 (R, upper), Sept. 7, 2017 (L, middle), Sept. 10, 2020 (R, middle), June 15, 2022 (L, lower) and July 23, 2025 (R, lower). (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　Wu Mengqin feeds the chickens and ducks raised at home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets play with their brother in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets study with their brother at home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets have fun in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　The quadruplets arrange their bookcase at home in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

　　Deng Dinglan (front) and the quadruplets work in the field in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)