Photo story: Caring mother feeds daughter mouth to mouth for 22 years

Jie Di, 22-year-old, a native in Zhangqiu County in east China's of Shandong province, is mentally disabled.

Her mother has to feed her mouth to mouth for every meal. Otherwise she refuses to take any food. At only about 50, Jie's mother has lost 26 teeth because of chewing the foods for her daughter.

To support the family, Jie's mother works in a coal mine as a loader, generally a work for man.

Facing the hard life, Jie' mother has never complained. When replying the question whether she's afraid to leave her daughter alone in the world one day, the mother was silent with tears in eyes.