Zhu Junlong, who was in college, never forgot Grandma Zhu's kindness in saving him back then. Every weekend, he would use his spare time to take public transportation between the campus and his hometown to return to the Zhu family's old house to reunite with his grandparents.
Zhu Junlong is always very considerate and considerate, carefully observing Grandma Zhu's every move, for fear that this elderly old man will overwork.
Sometimes, Zhu Junlong will take the initiative to cook delicious dishes for the family, so that Grandma Zhu can feel warm in the atmosphere of the fireplace of her children and grandchildren; Sometimes they buy new and interesting gadgets to dispel the loneliness and emptiness of Grandma Zhu.
Zhu Junlong's filial piety made all the neighbors move and admire, and they praised him as a "filial son and grandson".
Whenever Grandma Zhu praised Zhu Junlong's goodness, Zhu Junlong always shook his head modestly, held Grandma Zhu's hand respectfully, and said sincerely: "Grandma, if you didn't have the courage and kindness to pick me up and go home, I'm afraid I would have nowhere to go."
It is you who have given me this warm family, taking care of me step by step, and I will never forget your nurturing grace.
Grandma Zhu's experience of adopting Zhu Junlong
It happened one afternoon in August of the millennium, and Grandma Zhu returned from shopping as usual. As she walked along the path, she suddenly heard a faint cry, and at first thought it was a hallucination in her elderly ears.
But the cry became clearer, and she followed the sound, and found a dark-skinned baby in the grass by the roadside, who seemed to have just been born.
Grandma Zhu was full of doubts: "Who would abandon the child in such a desolate place?" There was no one around, so she had to take the child back to her home first.
Back at home, Grandma Zhu carefully prepared milk powder and bottles for the child, and found a note with birth information in the swaddling clothes. Although the child has a deep complexion, unlike ordinary newborns, she does not discriminate at all, but carefully bathes and changes his clothes, and then takes him to the nearest hospital for examination to ensure that the baby is healthy.
To Grandma Zhu's surprise, the doctor's diagnosis showed that the child was fine, and his black skin was due to his African ancestry. "It turned out to be a cute little black baby!" Grandma Zhu laughed heartily and immediately made up her mind to adopt this child and love him as her own grandson.
So, she gave this mixed-race child a loud and powerful name - Zhu Junlong.
From that moment on, Grandma Zhu was determined to take on the heavy responsibility of raising Zhu Junlong, no matter how much criticism and resistance from the outside world was, she insisted on her choice and never gave up halfway.
Zhu Junlong's hardships in the course of life
Although Grandma Zhu's determination to adopt Zhu Junlong is extremely strong, it is indeed a thorny road for this mixed-race child to truly integrate into society.
Since Zhu Junlong did not have a legal household registration, various primary schools refused his enrollment on this ground. Grandma Zhu had to run around for help, and finally with the special care of the government department, Zhu Junlong was admitted to Yuqiao Primary School on Pudong South Road.
After entering the school, Zhu Junlong, a lively and active child, was always unpredictable, often sneaking out of the classroom to run around and play during recess, so that the teachers could chase him down.
His half-African ancestry seemed to give him exceptional strength and speed, and even the teachers could hardly hold on to his small body even with all their might.
Interestingly, this mixed-race student did exceptionally well in Chinese, but he failed in English every year. For this reason, Grandma Zhu had to be summoned by the school many times, and patiently guided Zhu Junlong to study hard.
Grandma Zhu's own education level is limited, and it is difficult to persuade Zhu Junlong with complex truths. But she has always warmed this foreign grandson with love, so that even if the teacher severely criticizes, Zhu Junlong can accept it with an open mind.
As time went by, his classmates no longer discriminated against his unusual skin color, but were impressed by his outstanding physical strength and admiration.
It was not until 2014 that Zhu Junlong finally obtained legal household registration status under the attention of relevant government departments. In 2018, he was admitted to Shanghai Jianqiao University as he wished, paving the way to a stable life for his family, so that Grandma Zhu finally let go of the heavy stone in her heart.
The distribution of real estate causes family conflicts
At the end of the 90s of last century, Grandma Zhu, an old resident of Shanghai, ushered in a difficult decision. As the Shanghai Municipal Government launched the old city renovation and demolition plan, Grandma Zhu's old house became the lucky one to be allocated 6 new houses.
For the average family, owning 6 new homes is undoubtedly a godsend. The ideal distribution plan is that Grandma Zhu and her wife live in one apartment, and the other five apartments can be rented out to earn money to maintain daily expenses and live a carefree life.
However, as the elderly person in the family, Grandma Zhu decided to divide this wealth fairly among her family: two larger two-bedroom apartments for the eldest son, and two smaller two-bedroom apartments for the younger son, while Zhu Junlong got a single apartment, leaving only a small room for herself and her wife.
This decision is undoubtedly absurd in the eyes of the family. "Mom, why do you want to give a house to this foreign boy? Isn't it enough that we have worked so hard to bring him up?" The biological children have voiced dissatisfaction and questioned Grandma Zhu's decision.
In the face of the children's questioning and siege, Grandma Zhu was always silent and did not give any explanation. She stubbornly assigned the smallest one-bedroom apartment to Zhu Junlong, just hoping that this grandson, whom she regarded as the pearl of her palm, could have a place of her own in the city of Shanghai.
The children became more and more resentful of their mother's decision, and became hostile and suspicious of Zhu Junlong. Although Grandma Zhu's heart is very heavy, she has nothing to say, because in her eyes, those children will always be her own flesh and blood.
However, what saddened Grandma Zhu the most was that when she sold her original self-occupied house for a huge sum of 2.5 million yuan, she wanted to use the money to buy a new house nearby, but found that most of the money was embezzled and squandered by her own daughter and son, and in the end only 500,000 yuan was left in a pitiful deposit.
It turned out that the daughter and her son had already been involved in the quagmire of usury, and after seeing the huge amount of money in Grandma Zhu's hands, they did not hesitate to use it to repay the debt.
The painful experience of homelessness
In fact, Grandma Zhu's original intention of selling her original self-occupied house was to buy a new house nearby, so that she could move to the vicinity of Zhu Junlong's nest, so that the two parties could take care of each other.
However, when she planned to use the huge amount of 2.5 million yuan from the sale of the house to buy a new house for herself, she found that most of the money had disappeared.
Seeing that Grandma Zhu was homeless, her biological children did not lend a hand, but suggested that she and her wife temporarily live in Zhu Junlong's small bachelor apartment with only a double bed.
Although the room was cramped and cramped, Grandma Zhu felt sorry for her grandson, a foreigner, and still insisted on letting Zhu Junlong sleep on the bed.
However, Zhu Junlong felt uneasy about doing this, and he resolutely objected to the three grandparents squeezing into a small bed, insisting that the bed be given to Grandma Zhu and the old man, while he was willing to sleep on the windowsill.
Seeing Zhu Junlong so considerate and polite, Grandma Zhu was both moved and sad. How lucky she is that when her children are ignoring her coldly, there is still this foreign grandson who was rescued by her back then is so filial and compassionate.
As she spoke, Grandma Zhu burst into tears. As an old Shanghai resident, she couldn't imagine that one day, her family would be reduced to the point where she could only live with her wife in a rented house for her foreign grandchildren.
And the most desperate thing is that these children of hers either ignore and ignore her, or regard her as a cash cow, lest her money will not be able to make ends meet.