Because her husband died of cancer, in June, 1996, Zhang Guimei volunteered to transfer to Huaping County Central School in Lijiang City. When she saw the innocent faces of the children, Zhang Guimei had to stay. In order to improve children's living conditions, Zhang Guimei scrimps and saves every day, and the daily living expenses do not exceed that of 3 yuan. The money saved is more than 400 thousand, and none of her children dropped out of school because of poverty.
1997, because of his excellent teaching work, was transferred to Huaping Ethnic Middle School as the head teacher of the third grade graduating class. 200 1 concurrently the director of the newly-built Huaping County Children's Welfare Institute (Huaping Children's Home). Children's Home has 36 children, the youngest is two years old and the oldest is 12 years old. Since then, in addition to attending classes, she has to take care of these young orphans. 1In April, 997, Zhang Guimei was diagnosed with hysteromyoma. Zhang Guimei didn't have an operation immediately, but insisted on it until July, when the children took the senior high school entrance examination. The removed uterus and tumor weigh more than 2 kilograms.
In September 2008, with the full support of Party committees, governments and caring people from all walks of life, Huaping Women's High School was finally completed, and Zhang Guimei was appointed as the party branch secretary and principal of the school. In the past ten years, Huaping Women's Senior High School has let 1000 girls go out of the mountains and enter universities. Nowadays, even if the body is getting weaker and weaker, despite suffering from severe rheumatism, we must persist in home visits for more than ten years, leaving footprints in almost every classmate's home.