"Sweet Potato Grandpa" is a popular name among students in recent days. His real name is Yu Hongxue, an old man who lives on selling roasted sweet potatoes in front of the gate of NENU's hospital. On November 4, he suddenly fainted and sank to the ground when he was selling roasted sweet potatoes and was sent to hospital by a German student named Elizabeth. After knowing that both his wife and son were seriously ill and his family was distressed by poverty, students of NENU gave a hand to "Grandpa Sweet Potato" in various ways, and under their appeal, nearly 155,000 RMB was donated by all social sectors, which had drawn extensive concern from the media.
(From News Center, translated by Li Zhongmin, revised by Jiang Yansheng.)
