The elderly Yu Shuzhen is 85 years old this year, and she is the memory of a generation. In Tianjin, she was once a household name and a highly respected star old man.
Her representative works include "Anchovy In the Moonlight" and "Our Life Is Full of Sunshine", which are songs that I particularly like. It is such a star old man, but in his old age, he chose to live in the old age apartment, which once caused many netizens and fans to discuss it.
The elderly Yu Shuzhen has a son and a daughter, he has such good economic conditions, obviously he can enjoy his old age peacefully around his children, why did he choose to live in an apartment for the elderly?
Today we will reveal the original intention of this star elderly person living in a nursing home, and how she lived in a nursing home.
01 Work hard to achieve the best version of yourself
Yu Shuzhen was born in an ordinary family in Hebei, because of the limited family conditions when she was a child, she did not read too many books to join the work, at that time in a factory in Tianjin as an apprentice, by chance, she was selected by a leader of the Tianjin Song and Dance Troupe, that is, this opportunity, so that she from an apprentice to have the opportunity to start formal singing training.
At that time, Yu Shuzhen was just 19 years old.
In the face of the sudden opportunity, she was both happy and a little nervous, not knowing if she could sing well.
When she first joined the troupe, she just caught up with the song and dance troupe to perform in Shandong, and it was precisely because of this performance that she stepped onto the professional stage for the first time and participated in the chorus in Shandong.
After that, Yu Shuzhen became a chorus member of the song and dance troupe step by step through her own efforts. But a new problem arose, she didn't know the staves, she couldn't even read the simplest ones. It was hard to do the lead singer, but others said that she was like a "cat barking".
"Isn't this looking down on people?" Yu Shuzhen, who did not accept defeat, worked hard to learn from the teacher while practicing hard, and went home to practice after the group finished practicing.
This habit continued until they got married and had a daughter. One day, her daughter couldn't help it, so she complained to her: Mom, can you stop singing when you go home, can you play with me for a while?
Slowly, through her own efforts, she sang out her own unique taste.
In 1979, Yu Shuzhen sang the interlude "Our Life Is Full of Sunshine" for the movie "Sweet Cause", and after the film was broadcast, the song became popular all over the country.
In 1984, she appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala, singing four songs in a row, and then her voice resounded throughout the streets and alleys, completely on fire.
02 The best love is to rely on when you are young and accompany you when you are old
Yu Shuzhen's husband, his colleague, was also a tenor. In order to support his wife's career, the husband, who was originally a tenor, chose to retreat into the background, first as an officer in the office, and later into the troupe's dance team. He takes care of his son and daughter while working, so that Yu Shuzhen can safely pursue her career.
Yu Shuzhen's mother's family was in difficulty, and most of her salary subsidized her family at that time, but her husband never complained that he would use a person's salary to support the family.
After becoming famous, she performed continuously, sometimes performing in other places for two or three months. Someone said to him: "Now that Teacher Yu is so famous, you circle around the children's stove every day, don't you have a sense of crisis?" He smiled and said, "What sense of crisis?" She's not that kind of person, do we have a good relationship? ”
It is precisely because of her husband's unrepentant and unrepentant efforts that Yu Shuzhen can safely focus on performing outside. Once, the troupe performed in Tianjin, and Yu Shuzhen was the lead singer. In the early morning of that day, the husband went to the group to set up a stage, because he was worried about waking up his wife early and affecting her rest, he had been outside for more than 3 hours before returning home, and when he got home, he began to make breakfast, and after making breakfast, he called Yu Shuzhen to get up and eat.
Yu Shuzhen has always said that without her husband's support, there would be no achievements she has now. She was anxious, and her husband let her go every time. Every time she was in a hurry, her husband did not squeak, so they never quarreled loudly, supporting all the way, from the young couple to the old companion.
03 Less drag children, quiet life
In 1998, Yu Shuzhen retired. His wife, who was 6 years older than him at the time, had already retired for several years. The wife is not in good health and suffers from several common geriatric diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Yu Shuzhen's son and family settled in Beijing, and her daughter also settled in Tianjin. Every time the wife fell ill, the daughter and son would rush back to take care of them.
One year, the husband's world was sick three times in half a year, and once he fell ill, his son and daughter had to run back and forth. At that time, the son and daughter were also in their 50s, and the two of them took turns in the hospital, one day shift and one night shift, plus running back and forth, and they were tired every time.
The old couple looked at the children so hard, and thought, always like this, the children have their own jobs and careers, doesn't this drag the children down? So the two people discussed and decided to live in the elderly apartment.
In 2006, Yu Shuzhen and her wife lived together in an old-age apartment in Tianjin for the elderly. Sons and daughters initially objected: others say that because there are no children to live in the nursing home, you have sons and daughters to live in the nursing home, others will say that we are not filial piety.
Yu Shuzhen said: You all have your own families, and you have to be busy with your own business. I also had to run back and forth to take care of us often, which was too tiring. It is better for two generations to have their own space and not to live together. I'm not good at cooking, your dad is not in good health, you can't be too tired, living in an old age apartment, everything, very good, you can come to see us at any time when you have time.
At this point, the son and daughter agreed to let the two old people live for a while to see.
Famous singers living in nursing homes? This news quickly made the outside world boil, and many reporters came to interview: "How did you choose to live in a nursing home in your old age?" Is it that the children are not filial piety, regardless of you? ”
Yu Shuzhen smiled and replied, "It's not that they don't care about us, it's that I don't want them anymore." ”
Although this is a simple joke, what is implied in the words is the selfless love of parents for their children.
In the interview of "Art Life", when Zhu Jun asked Yu Shuzhen: How did you think of living in an apartment for the elderly? She confessed: In the old age, people can drag less of their children, live quietly, and get sick less, which is the best result.
Poor parents in the world, every parent is always worried about their children, but when they are old, they think about how to add less burden to their children, do not rely on children, and only hope that they will live well.
In the apartment for the elderly, Yu Shuzhen taught some old people who loved singing to sing and play the piano, and everyone liked her and respected her. Sons and daughters often come to see them during the holidays.
Today, Yu Shuzhen and her wife have lived in the old people's apartment for many years, and have long adapted to everything in the apartment, making it their second home.
In Yu Shuzhen's view, when people reach old age, it is not necessary to live with their children as the best way to provide for the elderly. There is no fixed pattern for children to fulfill filial piety, respect for parents, obedience to parents, is the greatest filial piety.
What do you think?