Wu Xiuli helped her mother-in-law out of the house. Photo by Pei Lingman
Suqian, China News Network, January 13 (Liu Lin, Pei Lingman) "If I leave, this family will really be scattered." On the 13th, Wu Xiuli, Guiren Town, Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, said that no matter how bitter and tired, life will go on.
In the local area, Wu Xiuli is a famous filial piety daughter-in-law in the eight townships of Shili. Fourteen years ago, her ex-husband died unexpectedly in a car accident, leaving behind two daughters and a mentally disturbed mother-in-law. Despite the hardships of life, she never left the old man behind, and even remarried with the old man. Not long ago, she was elected as the "Good Man of Suqian" in the fourth quarter of 2021. She said that her mother-in-law is an inseparable part of her life and will take her with her wherever she goes.
Wu Xiuli is 49 years old in Anhui. In 1997, shortly after marrying her ex-husband, she had a daughter, and although the family was not rich, the husband and wife supported each other and worked together.
In 2008, her ex-husband died unexpectedly in a car accident, leaving behind two daughters and a mentally disturbed mother-in-law. "At that time, my children were 11 years old and 3 years old, and life was too helpless..." Wu Xiuli couldn't help but cry when she recalled the beginning.
Wu Xiuli washed her mother-in-law. Photo by Pei Lingman
"Old old, little little, how should we live in the future?" In addition to sadness, life still had to go on, when the family had finished harvesting the wheat and the rice had not yet been sown, and I did not understand it at all. Wu Xiuli can only slowly learn to transplant seedlings, dispense medicines, and apply fertilizers to water. During this period, relatives and friends constantly advised Wu Xiuli to return to her hometown to live, Wu Xiuli did not think about it, but she still could not bear to see her mother-in-law and children.
In 2012, Wu Xiuli decided to remarry after being introduced, and she insisted on taking her mother-in-law with her. She said that the old man could not take care of himself in life, and if he left her, he would not be able to feel at ease no matter what.
After remarrying, Wu Xiuli also took good care of the elderly as usual. Worried that the old man slept cold at night, Wu Xiuli always got up at night and covered her with a quilt; worried that the old man would not eat well, she changed her tricks to cook for her. The 80-year-old former mother-in-law is taller than Wu Xiuli, and every time she helps her go to the bathroom or scrubs her body, Wu Xiuli will feel very difficult, but she still insists.
Wu Xiuli's kindness also infects the people around her, and her husband after remarriage silently accompanies Wu Xiuli to take care of the family. Today, Wu Xiuli's family has moved into the community with the help of the local government. The eldest daughter got married, the younger daughter went to school, and life became better and better, and the story of Wu Xiuli treating her former mother-in-law as a mother-in-law spread in the local area, and the same filial piety also touched many people. (End)