Septuagenarian cared for his centenarian father: "Because love is a long-lasting promise"

【Location】Guangnei Subdistrict, Xicheng District, Beijing

【Incident】The septuagenarian takes good care of the 102-year-old father and the disabled young son

Zhang Sushuang, who lives in xuanxi community in Guangnei Street, Xicheng District, is over 70 years old and should have been nurturing herself, but she still gets up early every day and takes good care of her 102-year-old father and 30-year-old son. Although her youngest son, Jingjing (pseudonym), has passed the age of independence, he is unable to take care of himself due to multiple congenital disabilities (second-degree intellectual disability and third-degree language disorder) and needs to be cared for. In order to take care of his father wholeheartedly, Zhang Sushuang would send Jingjing to the warm home on the street during the day, and then return home, taking care of the elderly without leaving. Some people saw that she was too hard and advised her to send the old man to the nursing home, but Zhang Subshuang said: "I promised my brother's promise at the beginning, and I can't change it." ”

Zhang Sushuang is a native of Beijing, with four brothers and sisters in her family, and she is the second oldest. After graduating from junior high school, she went to Shanxi to join the team, and later worked as a nurse in Hebei for 21 years. During this period, they got married and had children, and unfortunately, after the birth of their son Jingjing, she was diagnosed with secondary intellectual disability. In 1993, Zhang Sushuang and her family returned to Beijing to live, and she always felt that she owed a lot to her parents, so she took care of her small family while taking care of her parents with her brother.

In 1998, Zhang Sushuang's brother died of cancer, and before she died, she entrusted her with the responsibility of caring for her parents. "I'll never forget my brother's instructions to me." Zhang Subshuang said that she took her brother's hand and made a promise with tears, "Brother, you can rest assured, I will definitely take good care of my parents!" ”

The white-haired people send the black-haired people, and the death of his brother has brought a great blow to his parents, and he washes his face with tears all day long. In order to give more comfort to the second elder, Zhang Sushuang sent Jingjing to the special education school every morning, and then rushed back to Xuanwumen's parents' house, made them breakfast, and accompanied the two old men to chat for a while before going to work. In the afternoon, Jingjing was first taken from school back to her home in Fuchengmen, and after Jingjing's father returned home to take over the shift, she returned to her parents' house to make dinner, and spent the night with her parents. "There were a few times when Jingjing's father came back late from overtime, in order not to delay the old man's dinner, I was fierce, locked Jingjing in the house and left." Zhang Sushuang said that he felt sorry for the child, but the second elder was really inseparable from people. In this way, accompanied by Zhang Subshuang, the two old men gradually walked out of the haze.

In 2006, after Zhang Subshuang retired, he moved to his parents' house with his lover and son to facilitate the care of the elderly. Because he has been a nurse, Zhang Sushuang takes care of the elderly not only meticulously, but also professionally. Develop rich recipes for the elderly, make nutritious delicacies, and take care of the elderly' daily life.

In 2010, Zhang Sushuang's mother died. In order not to let her father feel lonely, she accompanied the old man wholeheartedly, took care of him, and took him to relax. After the old man got the cataract, her eyes could not see clearly, so she chatted with the old man every day and read the newspaper to the old man. "My father has been in the party for 76 years, and this year he also received a medal of honor on the 50th anniversary of the party. He usually cares about current affairs and cannot do without newspapers and magazines. Zhang Subshuang said, "He can't see things clearly now, I am his eyes." ”

The weather is unpredictable. In March 2017, Zhang Sushuang was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and after only half a month of rest after surgery, she began to be busy with family affairs. Not long after, she was hospitalized again for a minor cerebral infarction. "I really don't dare to get sick because I need to take care of the old and the young." Zhang Sushuang said. After being discharged from the hospital, she carried out self-rehabilitation with amazing perseverance while caring for the elderly and children, and fortunately she recovered well.

In the past two years, because of the needs of epidemic prevention and control, she tried not to take the elderly out for a walk. But how to ensure the amount of exercise of the elderly? She bought a table tennis artifact for the old man: a stretch soft axis table tennis trainer, and the father and daughter play table tennis together at home every day, and they are happy and harmonious.

Since 2017, Zhang Sushuang and his lover have been rated as filial piety stars by Guangnei Street. Now, the thing that makes the family feel happy is to guard the centenarian's side and let him enjoy the joy of four generations together. Zhang Sushuang said: "Love is a long-term promise, sometimes when I dream of my brother, I will tell him that my father is very good now." ”

She is over the age of ancient, and now she is a little overwhelmed. Zhang Sushuang worried that as he grew older, he would not be able to continue to take on the heavy responsibility of caring for the elderly and the young. "Thanks to the street for helping our family apply for the implementation of the disability elderly care subsidy and the centenarian government subsidy, I still want to take care of the elderly, after all, home is the warmest place." Zhang Sushuang said that he was most relieved by Jingjing, and his biggest wish was to find a welfare institution for him to take care of in the future.

Photo by Wen He/Ren Xiaoyu