The picture on the old man is called Zhang Zhi, 76 years old this year, her family lives in the countryside of JinnanShan District, Shanxi Province, behind her kang sleeping 78-year-old wife Uncle Zhang, Grandma Zhang said that in November last year, his wife fell in the cave, let people send to the hospital after examination, the doctor said that there is no big obstacle to recommend going home to recuperate, just like on the kang for almost a year, life needs to be taken care of, the two old people have 4 sons, but now only Aunt Zhang alone to take care of his wife's life, let's see how this is going on.
Aunt Zhang said that she married her wife at the age of 16, gave birth to 4 sons, a lifetime in the countryside as a farmer, the mountainous area where she lived was to rely on the sky to eat, the rural life in the last century was not very rich, the family economy was tight, so only to the eldest son to marry a daughter-in-law, in order to reduce the family's economic burden, they recruited 3 sons to others.
The old man's eldest son lives in this village, Aunt Zhang said that her son is also a farmer who eats by planting crops, and there is also a large family that needs to be fed, usually while planting land while doing some odd jobs, the child is busy making money to support the family, so he can't take care of his father, usually sends his own flour and steamed bread to him, and then eats with his wife. The picture shows the old man cooking.
Aunt Zhang's wife was sick and bedridden, eating and drinking Lasa slept on the kang, and every day she had to put up the curtain to ventilate. Aunt Zhang said that she also suffers from arthritis and has more leg pains, but now her wife needs her care, so she must persist if she is sick.
The cave houses display simple utensils for daily life.
Uncle Zhang was lying on the earthen kang in the cave and his mouth was constantly moaning, not knowing whether it was the torture of illness or the helplessness of life.
Aunt Zhang said that in recent days, his wife has eaten and drunk very little, and he can't get up at all when sleeping on the kang, as long as he has movement, he must hurry to see it, and ask him if he wants to eat and drink or pull down or pee. Uncle Zhang was confused from time to time, and Aunt Zhang stayed by his wife's side.
Aunt Zhang said that she did not have a mother since she was a child, married to Uncle Zhang at the age of 16, her wife was very good to herself, although he did not let himself enjoy great blessings, but he gave himself a home, and now his wife is sick, the children are not around, he has the obligation to take care of him, I hope that my wife can slowly recover health and get better.
We look at the old people's living in the earth cave and think of the idiom of "four walls of the family", Aunt Zhang said that the sons have the difficulties of the son, to understand the children, they recruit relatives to other people's homes is not easy, now their own and their wife's source of livelihood basically depends on the eldest son, fortunately, they also have the pension of the rural elderly, the local government accurate poverty alleviation also helps them.
Aunt Zhang said that now she and her wife live in the loess ditch in the west of the village, the eldest son lives in the village above the cave, when his wife dug 7 holes here when he was young, now he lives in 3 holes, and there are 4 holes outside. The picture shows the old man pointing to one of the dilapidated caves and saying that this used to feed cattle, but now it has been abandoned for many years.
Aunt Zhang said that the situation of the wife is not too good, the body is very weak, saying that she is in tears, we do not know how to be good for a while, let people see it is very sad, but the helplessness of the old man's life is still strong to face, we see a kind and respectable image of the old man. [If you want to see more stories of the people, please click on the top right corner to follow]