My name is Su Chunxia, I am 75 years old, I live in the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao, I am a native of Qingdao, the vast sea has raised me, but also gave me the same mind as it.
And my life is like a ship on the sea, my parents love me, my work is smooth, my marriage is happy, and my only son is of excellent moral character and has a successful career.
But all this good life came to an abrupt end when I was 68 years old. The retired wife of a university professor was rehired, and when she was preparing courseware at night, she suddenly fainted in her study and never woke up. The sudden death of my wife devastated me deeply, and I was the only one left in my world.
At that time, my son, who was far away on the other side of the ocean, came back to deal with his wife's funeral, and talked with me for a long time on the day he had to leave, hoping that I could follow him to live in a foreign country to retire.
When people are old, it is difficult to leave their homeland, pay attention to the leaves and return to the roots, my home, my wife, my familiar life here, I am reluctant and unwilling to go.
My son knows me and knows that he can't convince me, but there is no way, his career and family are abroad, and he can't come back to take care of me in a short time. I reassured my son that he was in good health and that I would take care of myself so that he didn't have to worry.
My son was reluctant to give up, so he left helplessly, and repeatedly told me that he must call him ** if there is something.
After my son left, I lived alone in an empty home, seeing things and thinking about people, and feeling depressed, so when the weather was good, I went to the beach, and sat on the beach for a day, looking at the magnificent sea, blowing the familiar sea breeze, I was calm.
One day, I was leaning on the railing by the sea, watching the sea into a daze, I didn't pay attention to the wind and waves, a wave hit, I got wet, I was annoyed, a 50-year-old sister came over, pulled me to a small stall selling souvenirs, found a towel for me to wipe, I quickly thanked.
The eldest sister is swarthy **, she looks like a real person, she wants to say and stops saying to me: Eldest sister, I have seen you for a long time, you are always alone there, and you have no companion, you are sad and unhappy, I look at you every day and worry, I am afraid that you will not be able to do something.
Listening to her words, my heart warmed, after my wife left, I almost cut off contact with relatives and friends, unwilling to go to crowded places, watching other people's children and grandchildren, happy and happy.
Except for my son's irregular **, no one has cared about me so much for a long time in my life, maybe there is also an eye, I chatted with her for a while, only to know that her name is Zheng Yanping, and her hometown is in the same place as my wife, all of whom are from Tai'an. Although I am not from the same country, I feel very close to the fact that my wife's hometown has a common language.
I told Zheng Yanping about my situation, she sympathetically comforted me, encouraged me, let me see a little, she used her experience to solve me, Zheng Yanping is also a hard-working person, her parents died when she was a child, her husband went up the mountain to pick herbs, fell down the mountain, and no one was found.
The people in the village said that she was a husband, she gritted her teeth and gave birth to a posthumous child, and she was angry and pulled the child up, helping her son to start a family, thinking that she could enjoy a few days of happiness, but who knew that her son was in a car accident again, the car ran away, and the person was gone, and the daughter-in-law couldn't stand it and left her 3-year-old granddaughter and ran away from home.
She felt that she couldn't hold her head up in the village, so she took her little granddaughter out to make a living and sold tourist souvenirs wholesale by the sea.
I said what about your little granddaughter, Zheng Yanping said that she went to elementary school this year, and I have a relative here who has found a school to go to.
The more we talked, the more intimate we became, and listening to her experience, I felt that this was really nothing, and I was much happier than her. I also comforted her that she would raise her granddaughter well, and she would be a dependent in the future, and her life would get better and better.
Since then, I have had one more person to talk to at the beach, Zheng Yanping speaks simplely, not hypocritically, and sincerely cares about me, and I feel the sincerity and sincerity that I have not had in my previous interpersonal relationships.
I have also seen her little granddaughter Lili, a sensible and kind little girl, but she is a little shy and timid. Every weekend when I go to the beach, I bring her a snack.
I am a retired junior high school teacher, Zheng Yanping is a junior high school Chinese, after I got to know Lili, I tutored Lili with homework and told her interesting allusions. The little girl and I are getting closer and closer, if I don't go one day, Zheng Yanping will say that Lili will wait for me to talk about me for a day, saying that she is also worried about me, and it feels good to be remembered by others.
And if I go to the beach one day and don't see Zheng Yanping setting up a stall there, I am also worried, I know that her life is not easy, and I am afraid that something will happen to them and no one will take care of her.
Later, I put my auxiliary card in my old mobile phone and gave it to Zheng Yanping, so that even if I didn't go one day, or if we had something to do with each other, we could contact each other without worry.
Time flashed I was over 70 years old, in the past two years, my son brought his daughter-in-law and granddaughter back to visit me once, I know they are too busy, my son is concerned about me and filial piety to me, but there is no power, he finally has today's success, if you return to China means starting from scratch. I don't allow him to do this, I'm old, how many more years can I live?
In 2 years, I also slowly walked out of the shadow of my wife's departure and adapted to loneliness, so when my son offered me a nanny, I refused.
I have a few old colleagues, and the old sisters have hired nannies at home, and they always complain to me that the nannies are not a family, two hearts, no matter how good they are, they can't do anything to take care of people, they are cheating and cheating, and they often treat the elderly harshly.
Now the nanny market is mixed, the quality is different, there must be good, but it is not easy to meet, I don't think we will be so lucky, then I will be alone at home, in case it is not good for me, there is not even one to support me.
The son said again, then I will find you a condition, a nursing home with excellent qualifications, the development of medical care and rehabilitation centers in China is good, let's find a pension center with high fees, good hardware facilities, and high quality nursing staff, money is not a problem, I will bear it.
I looked at my son with relief and said with a smile, I can take care of myself now, my body is fine, and I am not in a hurry to go to the nursing home. I'm used to being free, I can't leave the home where I have lived with your dad for many years, and I don't go to a nursing home unless I have to.
Sometimes people can't talk too much, my son's family has just been gone for three months, when I went downstairs to buy groceries, I touched my wallet with no money, and as a result, I accidentally stepped on the empty stairs and fell down.
Fortunately, Xiao Zhang happened to go out of the door, saw it, called an ambulance for me, took me to the hospital, and then rushed to work.
I was old and my bones were brittle, I had a broken bone and a plaster, and I saw that I had no one to take care of me, so I hired a nurse. When everything was settled, I took out my mobile phone and saw that there were a few missed **, all of which were calls from Zheng Yanping.
I dialed in and told her about my condition, and she anxiously asked me at which hospital was it, was it serious? I reassured her that it was okay and told her not to worry and that she would be discharged from the hospital in a few days.
Who knows, Zheng Yanping rushed over at noon, bringing the cooked pork rib soup. In the hospital, she comforted me and talked to me, and when she saw that the nurse was not sloppy at work, she immediately took it and didn't dislike it at all.
I was hospitalized for a week, and Zheng Yanping came to bring me food every day, stayed for a few hours, talked with me, and took care of me, because the days in her hospital didn't seem so sad.
When I was discharged from the hospital, I asked a distant relative of mine to pick me up, and Zheng Yanping also came, ** when I asked if I needed a nurse to come to the door, I hesitated, and the nurse took care of me as her job, let her do what she did, don't tell her not to move, and take a nap when she is fine.
I said I'll wait until I get home and see how it goes. Zheng Yanping accompanied me home, and my relatives settled me and left. Zheng Yanping stayed with me, helped me wash my clothes, cleaned up, and went to the vegetable market to buy chicken and fish bones and stew them for me.
After all this, I beckoned her to my side, took her hand, and said what I thought in my heart, I hope that before my leg is healed, she will take care of me, and I will pay her the same amount as a nurse.
Zheng Yanping was very cheerful, saying that she had already thought about it, and if no one took care of me, she would come without me saying it. As for the money, she doesn't want it, I usually treat her and Lili so well, she is worried that she can't repay her gratitude to me.
Zheng Yanping took Lili over, while taking care of me, while picking up Lili to school, although we have different levels of education, different family growth environments, different life circumstances, but living together is very harmonious, I like her simple and straightforward character of not admitting defeat. She thinks that I am kind-hearted, soft-hearted, cultured, cultivated, able to speak, and reasonable.
We are living happily together. I tutored Lili with her homework, and Zheng Yanping took care of me meticulously. When I was a month, I gave Zheng Yanping 6,000 yuan, and she said that she wouldn't accept anything, and finally I was annoyed and said that if she didn't accept it, I wouldn't need her to take care of it, so she accepted it.
Seeing that she accepted it, I was so happy that I told her my thoughts again, and I asked her to return her attic with a monthly rent of 1,200 yuan, and then live with Lili in my house, and the three of us lived together.
During the period when my leg was bad, I gave her 6,000 yuan a month to take care of my salary.
When I'm good, they continue to live in my house without paying rent, I can do the housework at home, and she helps me do it if I can't, such as going out to buy groceries and shopping, and I will leave it to her, because I found that Zheng Yanping can buy things, **affordable.
I am responsible for the food, drink and rent, and she only needs to help me with housework, buy things and cook, and she can also go out to sell things again, earn money, and save more money for Lili to go to school in the future.
After listening to my thoughts, Zheng Yanping cried and said that she had met a noble person, and she was willing to come to the bitterness. I smiled and wiped away her tears and said: I met you and Lili, two noble people, you took care of me like a sister, Lili made up for my lack of family happiness, I thank you for being too late.
I can't move in the future, I have to count on you to take care of me, Zheng Yanping nodded again and again, she will never leave me alone, she can't do it in the future, let Lili continue to take care of me, and give me a pension.
My son heard from my relatives that I called to greet me**, I told him not to worry, and told him about me and Zheng Yanping, my son was very approving, and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Zheng Yanping.
It's been almost 5 years, I helped Lili find a relationship and went to one of the top junior high schools in the neighborhood, under my tutoring, she has excellent academic performance and a lively personality, and her teachers and classmates like her.
Lili has also taken care of me like a little adult, although I am healthier than before under the care of Zheng Yanping, but she always does not worry about me, and my grandmother looks for me after a while, and people in the community think she is my own granddaughter.
Zheng Yanping has rented a stall by the sea, and she no longer has to hide and sell things. Yesterday, he stretched out two hands and secretly told me that he had saved 100,000 yuan, which made me laugh.
I feel that my old age is very happy, because I am very lucky to meet such a wonderful person, my relatives are not around, but I have no shortage of companionship. When people are old, no matter how rich the material is, what they need most is companionship, and family affection is the best tonic to delay aging.
I wish the old people all over the world to have something to support, something to rely on, and happiness in their old age!
Narrator: Su Chunxia **Internet.