'Cutest' rural schoolgirl warms hearts of many

On a sunny and warm day, Zhang Haixia and her 51-year-old father Zhang Gaiyang left home to enjoy the sunshine on a small square of a primary school in Yifeng county in Zhumadian, Central China's Henan province. Zhang pushed her father around in a wheelchair.

Unlike other college graduates who choose to find jobs in major cities, the 26-year-old went back to the small county to be a schoolteacher last year, so that she can care for her disabled father, which she has been doing for more than 13 years. Whether Zhang was in middle school, high school or in the university, she always took her father with her.

Born in Sanlihe village of Queshan county in Zhumadian, not far from the primary school she works for, Zhang was glad to see her father talking to people in their local dialect. "Working here is a good choice," the daughter said.