Send blessing words, haircuts, eat Chinese New Year's Eve meals......The quiet village ushered in the long-lost liveliness. On January 28, the Yongjiaxi Xiaxiang Social Work Station, Today's Love Studio, and the Nanxi Station Agricultural Volunteer Team of the County Charity Federation jointly walked into the Gongfu Canteen in Liushan Village, Xixia Township, and carried out the activity of "Warm Xixia New Year and Sharing Love Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner", so that the left-behind elderly over 80 years old in the village can have a prosperous and peaceful festival in advance.
Liushan Village, Xixia Township, is 115 kilometers away from the county seat, and it takes about 3 hours by car. As soon as the volunteers arrived in Liushan Village, they found that the village had undergone new changes, railings had been installed on the side of the village road, the open space in the village had been transformed into an amusement park, flower pots had been arranged in the yards of every household, and firewood was neatly stacked on the wall, and everything was in order.
The reporter learned that some volunteers set off before sunrise and overcame the small episode of water outage and coal liquefied gas freezing in the village in the early morning, and are now selecting dishes and setting dishes in the back kitchen, so that the elderly in the village can have a hot Chinese New Year's Eve meal at lunch. During the waiting period, at the convenience service site, batches of left-behind elderly and children were arranged to get haircuts outside the Gongfu canteen, and two volunteers provided services, while the rest of the villagers waited patiently, or basked in the sun or greeted each other, and the atmosphere between the neighbors suddenly warmed up.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner arranged dishes such as carved pork heart, dried bamboo shoot button meat, lamb, steamed sea bass, abalone, longevity noodles, dried squid vegetables, and artemisia to meet the winter nourishing needs of the elderly. During the banquet, volunteers sent New Year's goods such as blessing words and fortune to the elderly, and in the sound of "Happy New Year", "Rolling Wealth", "Good Health" and "All the Best", volunteers and the elderly sent New Year's blessings to each other, and the whole scene was warm and lively.
It is reported that the people who attended the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner this time were all 80-year-old long-lived elderly people in the village. Since there is not a single restaurant in the village, there are few opportunities for banquets in the village. After the meal, the elderly praised the volunteers. "Today's meal was extra fragrant and heartwarming. The old man Ma said.
The relevant person in charge of the Xixia Township Social Work Station said that such caring activities will continue to be carried out in the future, passing on love to more people in need, and making warmth and care the most beautiful scenery this winter. Author: Sha Yisui Pan Jinhua.