My family's "wheat is yellow".
Wen Cui Yongping
December 8, 2023, is the 80th birthday of the second brother. Our brothers and sisters rushed to celebrate his birthday. After all, this is the first of our brothers and sisters in Gansu to reach the age of 80. Everyone thinks that it is not easy to be 80 years old, and it is worth celebrating!
The brothers and sisters have arrived one after another, some have only been seen for a few months, and they feel a little older, with traces of the vicissitudes of time. Touching the scene, the second brother sighed: "It seems that our brothers and sisters are already old. According to the words of our rural people, our family is also 'wheat yellow'!"Isn't it, the ancients said that "life is rare for seventy years", and now even our youngest sister is sixty and four, can others not get old?We all wish the second brother a long and healthy life, and the second brother also wishes us all a happy life and no "left behind"!The family understands and enjoys each other.
"The wheat is yellow" is the admiration and joy of our rural people for the wheat harvest season. After "the wheat is yellow", in addition to preparing for harvesting, every household must also do a good job of protecting against various disasters before the wheat harvest. In this sense, "the wheat is yellow" is not only a mobilization voice for the summer harvest, but also an early warning voice for protection management!"The wheat is yellow" is a metaphor, if according to the popular saying, that our brothers and sisters are getting old.
In fact, not only our family's "wheat is yellow", but the entire surrounding crowd is "yellow and clear"!According to statistics, in recent years, the average life expectancy in China has increased rapidly, from 69 in the eighties3 years old, raised to 73 in two thousand years3 years old, in 2020 has reached 754 years old.
With the gradual increase of population and age, our country is no longer thinking about how to increase the life expectancy of the population, but how to deal with the rapid aging of the population. How to let people age calmly, elegantly and happily is not only a problem that needs to be seriously studied and solved at all levels, but also a problem that every citizen needs to grasp.
In the face of the surging aging of the population, many people have begun to design the goal of the second half of their lives, that is: the first step, to live smoothly to retirement, happily get the national pension, and lay the foundation for the second half of their lives. The second step is to be free of serious illnesses, natural and man-made disasters, and live happily to the age of 80. The third step is to not lose memory at an advanced age, and be able to take care of yourself in old age. This stage should also be a goal of happiness that many people can meet.
Judging from the current living and medical conditions of Chinese residents, the first goal should be a "small goal," and there should be no major problem in achieving this goal. Achieving this goal will also lay the foundation and conditions for the rest of his life. The second goal, to live to the age of 80 in good health, is a critical stage in a person's life in which they can enjoy life. Because people have to go to school, work, and run for the future when they are young, they should say after retirement, "There is neither the chaos of silk and bamboo, nor the labor of cases", and they can read the world and the sky. I will definitely live happily to the age of 80. As the saying goes: A hundred years of life is a dream at the end, and there is no regret in living for eighty. But this goal still needs to be tackled with a positive and optimistic attitude, and we need to make positive efforts to achieve it.
The third goal is longevity. In fact, longevity is not necessarily everyone's ideal pursuit, people's ideal pursuit is to be able to live spiritually and freely after the age of eighty. There is no amnesia at an advanced age, and life can take care of oneself, with quality and taste, which is the highest state of life. Therefore, after the age of 80, whether or not they can take care of themselves in life is the greatest vision that people pursue. What blessings are like the East China Sea, what longevity is better than Nanshan, once you lie flat on the bed, there is no memory, no cognition, all these have lost their meaning. Therefore, living well, striving to improve our self-care ability, living every day of our later life decently and elegantly, and maintaining the dignity of the elderly in the last period of our lives, this is our common pursuit and expectation!
How to spend the second half of life with grace and dignity is a life issue that each of us faces. Some people say that the second half of his life will be the old man;Some people also say that they should exert their residual heat in the second half of their lives;And I would say that slowing down, calming down, and living positively, sunnyly, and romantically in a way that suits you is the only right choice for the rest of your life. As the Taiwanese writer Sanmao said, we don't have time to be seriously young, so we can only choose to age seriously.
There are many old people in my literary group, including several in their eighties, whose attitude towards life and spiritual life have set a good example for us, let us have a glimpse of their demeanor.
The first is Mr. Zhu Bingchu. Mr. Zhu is a native of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and is 87 years old. At the age of 17, he joined the army to defend the country, and he has a lifetime of experience, rich experience and shining footprints. Over the years since his retirement, he has been thinking endlessly, pursuing more than once, with "cultural pension" and his love of literature, he has continued to create literature, and has published four anthologies of more than 1.48 million words, and is currently writing the fifth "Voice of the Elderly" to fulfill his literary dream of publishing a total of 2 million words.
Mr. Zhu's life creed is: struggle to achieve dreams. Listen to what our literary friends say about him: "Mr. Zhu is a passionate person, a hard-working person, a person who is not afraid of difficulties, a person who is never complacent, and a person who is willing to help and contribute. You can't see pessimism and disappointment from him, you can't hear complaining, his eyes are always staring ahead, his heart is always full of hope, and he has been struggling to move forward under his feet!”
Zhu Lao is full of ideals, energetic, energetic, diligent brain, diligent hands, so he has endless things to write, endless words, endless feelings, endless songs, wind and thunder at the bottom of the pen, the chest contains the family and national conditions, every bit of anecdotes are written, and the talk and laughter are inspiring!”
At 87 years old, he is still 18 years old with a young mentality!We must learn from his old man, never be pessimistic, never slack off, move forward bravely, let the light of youth shine, let the light of the sunset be more brilliant!”
The second is Mr. Gong Shude. Gong Lao was born in 1942, enlisted in the army at the age of 19, started from the grassroots company, walked the Gobi desert, successively served as instructor, instructor, assistant and other positions, retired from a certain political commissar, colonel rank. After retirement, he let go of his mood and worked hard, and often had excellent works in the newspapers, among them, the People's Radio Economic Station Fresh Morning World Program broadcast more than 60 of his manuscripts.
He has a wide range of interests and a colorful spare time. In the morning and evening, I do eight duanjin and nine turns to extend the year, interspersed with goalball, billiards and travel during the day. He is talented in writing, and literary friends commented that he is "full of sweat and cows, and he walks with a pen and thunder under his wrist." Good writing and good poems continue, and Xiang is glorious on his back. The poems inherit Li Du, and the songs rhyme on the eastern slope. ”
The third is Mr. Guan Yinong. Teacher Guan is an old man who "runs eight". He has been in the army for 23 years, ran a newspaper for 28 years after changing jobs, and has worked as a senior editor and reporter in a newspaper for many years. Monographs include "Dictionary of the Art of War and Strategy", etc., and many essays and small ** articles have appeared in domestic newspapers and periodicals. Since his retirement, he has been active in the front line of interview writing.
His lofty mind and ambition can be seen from his recently published "Sunflower Fu": "Wow, look at the beautiful scenery of Chang'an, and dazzle the essence of golden sunflower." Sigh the shortness of life, and the high-spirited Mu Jinkui. Read the colorful flowers, and respect the chastity of the golden sunflower. Looking at the journey is far away, and the heart of Zhao Jinkui is pious. Travel the beautiful rivers and mountains, and walk on a bumpy and rugged road;Climb the towering Qinling Mountains and endow sunflowers with ......”
The fourth is Mr. Yang Junliang. Mr. Yang is also an old man who "runs eight". He is a writer, calligrapher, photographer, and lyricist with a variety of honors, and concurrently serves as a variety of identities and positions in the literary and artistic circles. Wen You praised it and said: Wen has no mistakes in five nights and six zhangs, and he has the talent of four books and five classics. His calligraphy, photography, poetry and songs originate from life, are higher than life, serve the society, and are fruitful. In August 2021, he was awarded the honorary titles of "Outstanding Contributor to Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting" and "Outstanding People's Artist" by the China Collection Artists Committee. In October of the same year, he was awarded the honorary title of "Lifetime Achievement Award for Chinese Calligraphy" by the National Artist Information Publicity Center.
In short, the life experience and attitude of the previous old people fully illustrate a truth:To live the second half of your life well, you must strive for the word "fine". People live for a lifetime, and plants and trees for an autumn. In this short journey of life, some people live a dashing life, while others live a tired life. The reason for the fatigue is probably because the heart that should be free is shackled;What should be simple has been attached to too many conditions.
To live the second half of your life well, you must strive for a "quasi" word. Choosing the path you want to take, getting out of your own characteristics, and living your own style is the perfect choice. To live the second half of your life, you must strive for a "simple" word. It is necessary to prepare to live a dull life, be satisfied with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and be satisfied with a simple lifestyle. We must learn to cut down the complicated, throw away all the unrealistic fantasies, save time and space, free up mood and energy, love the people we should love, and do what we like to do, in order to live a wonderful life.
In fact, living the second half of your life is not about how many miles you have to walk, but about completing a pleasant trip. Travel doesn't have to care about the destination, what matters is the scenery along the way, and the mood to see the scenery. With a beautiful mood, your life will be unhurried, elegant and pleasant, relaxed and pleasant.
"The wheat is yellow" is not terribleThe approach of old age is also an irresistible law of nature, and the key is how will we deal with it?Let's face the splendor in front of us with a positive attitude, love life and every detail of life, live the second half of our lives happily, and make our lives wonderful!
About the Author:Cui Yongping, a native of Gulang County, Gansu Province, is a member of the middle school, with a university degree and a senior political engineer. He has successively engaged in personnel education and discipline inspection in Jinchang Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Gansu Branch. He loves literature, and has published hundreds of articles such as poems, essays, and travelogues in newspapers and magazines, and published two personal biographical literatures, "Memories of the Past" and "Don't Forget Homesickness".