Good Samaritan Liu Deming Honored for Honesty and Kindness:

People experience the twists and turns of life, and a visit to the Linyi People's Hospital in Shandong provides a profound understanding of life's uncertainty. Here, human nature is often laid bare, revealing both the ugly and the noble sides of humanity. Some compromise on matters of principle, while others choose to stand firm. The former magnify the darkness of human nature, while the latter elevate its brightness.

Recently, as one of the crushing machine manufacturers at Shandong Sanxiang Heavy Machinery, the annual health checkup activity for employees brought them to the Linyi People's Hospital. Upon arriving at the hospital, Liu Deming, along with his colleagues, boarded the company bus. Just as he got off the bus, he felt an urgent need to use the restroom. In a hurry, he made his way to the bathroom. However, as he was about to leave, he noticed something wrapped in a scarf in a corner. His intuition told him that something so carefully packaged was not just discarded garbage. He picked it up out of curiosity. Inside the scarf was a black plastic bag containing a few eggs, some spicy pickles, two pairs of chopsticks, several dry pancakes, and two tightly sealed plastic bags. Upon opening one of the smaller plastic bags, he found hospital payment receipts and two elderly people's ID cards. As he touched the second plastic bag, he realized it contained money, and quite a substantial amount.

He rushed to the hospital service desk, told them about the package, handed it over to the staff, and then proceeded to his health checkup. At the same time, he made a joke about taking so long in the restroom, attributing it to age-related urinary issues. He casually brushed off the act of returning the money as a playful incident.

After receiving the package, the hospital staff managed to locate the rightful owners. At that moment, the elderly couple was deeply distressed, lamenting how they had let down the goodwill of so many kind-hearted people. A young child lying in the hospital bed, pale and fragile, gently touched the old man's hand, saying, "Grandpa, it's okay. You also lost it by accident. Mom and Dad said they would earn a lot of money to cure me." When the hospital staff brought the lost package to the elderly man, he finally couldn't hold back his tears, crying like a child. Upon learning that it was a kind-hearted person who found and returned the package, he insisted on finding this person to express his gratitude. The doctor explained that the person who returned the package left hurriedly and didn't leave a name or phone number.

In a large hospital like the Linyi People's Hospital, the odds of such a serendipitous encounter should have been minimal. But fate had other plans. Liu Deming, who had developed the habit of speaking loudly due to the noisy environment of the mechanical workshop where he worked for a long time, happened to pass by the room of the elderly man who had lost the package with his colleagues after their medical checkup. Since the room's door was partially ajar, the hospital staff instantly recognized his voice. They followed him and indeed found the person who had returned the package. Liu Deming, somewhat instinctively, asked, "Have you found the owner?"

The hospital staff didn't waste any time and promptly pulled him into the room, praising him for performing such an honorable and conscience-driven act. They called him a man of integrity and hoped that he would continue to do good deeds and be rewarded in the future.

As it turned out, the child on the hospital bed had leukemia, and the father's bone marrow transplant match had already been identified, awaiting the procedure. During the treatment process, their family's savings had run out, and the money Liu Deming found was the crowdfunding money raised by the family through a charity platform. It was literally a lifesaver. The two elderly individuals held Liu Deming's hands, eyes filled with tears, repeatedly expressing their gratitude and proclaiming him as a true and kind-hearted person. Liu Deming, in his usual modest manner, said it was nothing, stating that anyone with a conscience would have done the same.

This incident quickly spread within Shandong Sanxiang Heavy Machinery, attracting the attention of company leadership. In front of all the company's employees, Liu Deming was commended for his honesty and kindness. The company hoped that all its employees would learn from him: Do good deeds without expecting rewards.