On May 9, on the eve of Mother's Day, in Xinmin Village, Xiaomiao Town, Shushan District, Hefei City, Kong Xiangsheng and his sisters went home to visit their second mother Zhu Shouzhen and second grandfather Kong Fanshu. "We're doing well at home, you guys have to pay attention when you're working outside, don't worry about us." Zhu Shouzhen happily blamed the children.
37 years ago, her husband's eldest brother died, and her sister-in-law re-established the family, Zhu Shouzhen brought her four young nephews and nieces home, sent them to school, washed and cooked for them, and treated them as her own.
Reporter: Wang Yi Correspondent: Cao Wenyan Xu Weijun Sun Yujing Editor: Hu Peilin Proofreader: Li Li
Review: Ma Xiangyu
Anhui Business Daily "slowly" studio
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Tear down the grass walls
She shelters her nephews and nieces from the elements
Zhu Shouzhen, who is 61 years old this year, has dealt with the land all his life. When she was a child, she had a persistent high fever that caused her to lose her right hand. In 1985, she married Kong Fanshu, a young fellow villager.
In 1987, Kong Fanshu's eldest brother died of esophageal cancer, and Zhu Shouzhen and her husband still remember that when the eldest brother was seriously ill, they called them over, hoping that they could take care of their four children in the future. A year after the death of the eldest brother, when Zhu Shouzhen came back from her parents' house, she found that her sister-in-law had quietly left, and the four children were standing at the door blankly.
The eldest child, Kong Xiangsheng, was 13 years old at the time, and the youngest sister Kong Xiangxiu was only 3 years old. Kong Xiangsheng went to school during the day and came back from school to cook for his sisters. "When other people's children come back, their parents have cooked their meals, and he is so young, he has to cook and do housework when he comes back, I feel very distressed." Zhu Shouzhen discussed with her husband, demolished a straw wall between the two houses, and brought back her nephews and nieces, and the two families merged into one family, and the four children had a new home. That year, her own eldest son was only one year old and was learning to speak.
I still remember the mood at that time. We waited at the door every evening, waiting for my mother to come home, and waited until it was dark, scared. "Kong Xiangyun is the second in line and the eldest sister. A few days later, the wall between her and her second mother's house was torn down, and she suddenly felt at ease when she watched her second mother beckon them to eat and settle down in the room.
Kong Xiangsheng said that at the moment of tearing down the wall, in his heart, the second mother was his own mother.
Not afraid of hardship
The family should be "neat and tidy"
After bringing back her young nephews and nieces, her second child was soon born, 6 children needed to be raised, and there was no other source of income in the countryside, so Zhu Shouzhen and her husband had a heavy burden on their shoulders.
Kong Xiangyun still remembers that every morning the second mother got up first, made breakfast for them, waited for them to go to school, and then hurriedly went to the field to do farm work, and ran home to make lunch at noon. "I haven't seen her rest." Kong Xiangyun is still reviewing: If we were more sensible back then, wouldn't the second mother have been so tired.
No matter how difficult life is, Zhu Shouzhen also insists on letting the children go to school, no matter how frugal they are, when the school starts, it is always the most embarrassing time for the family, and Zhu Shouzhen and his wife borrow money and rice everywhere. "The neighbors are all very nice, and the families are not rich, but they all lend a hand and squeeze some money for us." Zhu Shouzhen, who raised four nephews and nieces, is very respected in the village, and everyone tries to help as much as possible.
There are many children, and they are naughty at an age, their clothes are often torn, and the children of relatives and neighbors have small clothes, so they are sent over to them to wear.
I can't eat meat a few times a year, and seeing that the children are hungry, Kong Fanshu went to buy the cheapest oil residue and came back to make tamales with oil residue. "Neither of them ate a bite, they left it all for us." Kong Xiangsheng has always believed, "If there are no four of us, the second master and the second mother will definitely be much easier." ”
Zhu Shouzhen felt: "The children have followed us and have suffered a lot." Except for the second child Kong Xiangyun, all 5 children have gone to middle school, and Zhu Shouzhen still has regrets: it would be nice if they could all go to school.
Zhu Shouzhen said that she is not afraid of hardship or tiredness, "I just want their brothers and sisters to be together." There were also people who wanted to adopt their nieces, but Zhu Shouzhen and her husband all refused.
Poker face
The biological son followed and shouted "second mother"
"The second mother never said how to be good to us, not to say how not to be partial, she just took care of us silently and carefully, and always treated us as her own children, without discrimination." Kong Xiangxiu has been taken care of by her second mother since she was 3 years old, she said that her second mother is her real mother, "raised us, and the second mother was tired and bent over." ”
When Zhu Shouzhen returns to her parents' house, she will bring her nephews and nieces with her, regardless of each other. When the nephews and nieces passed, they would also call their aunts and uncles together, "Aunts and uncles are very good." Kong Xiangsheng said that his uncle gave them red envelopes to buy gifts, all of which were 6 copies, and there were many of them.
Due to the disability of her right hand, Zhu Shouzhen can't do needlework, let alone make shoes with soles, and the shoes of her 6 children are all made by her aunt. ”
Kong Xiangbo and Kong Xiangsi are Zhu Shouzhen's biological sons, and since they were children, they have been fighting with their cousins and cousins, standing together, growing up together, and calling their parents "second master" and "second mother" together.
Zhu Shouzhen and her husband never asked their son to change his words.
Sons and nephews feed back
"From head to toe" are bought by children
The children have all started a family, and now they are four generations in the same family, with a family of 28 people. During the New Year's holidays, the children all go home with big bags and small bags, get together to cook, wash dishes and do housework for the "second master" and "second mother".
The three nieces bought a gold necklace for the second mother, and Zhu Shouzhen treasured it for more than ten years and was reluctant to wear it.
Nieces and nieces and niece-in-law came back to visit their second mother, Zhu Shouzhen (third from right) and second grandfather, Kong Fanshu (third from left)
"The children are very good, careful and considerate, and the sons-in-law and daughters-in-law are the same as their own children." Zhu Shouzhen told reporters that the top was bought by the second child, the pants were bought by the third child, and the shoes were bought by the fourth child. The boss has to give money every time he comes back, and we are not short of money now, and we can't ask for money from the children. ”
Zhu Shouzhen said that the clothes and shoes were bought by her nieces
On the first day after Kong Xiangyun's marriage, she and her husband bought clothes for their second mother and second master. "My lover likes the second grandfather and the second mother, and I have to come back every time." Not long ago, Kong Xiangyun's lover called and said that he wanted to buy some meat and send it over, and when he heard his mother-in-law say that his arm was uncomfortable, he immediately drove to pick up the old man and went to the hospital, "I said wait for the next day, and he said what to wait for, just now." ”
Kong Xiangyun said that in her heart, the second mother is the "best mother in the world".