Qin County "filial piety" Zhao Xuelian: weak shoulders to take on the responsibility of supporting the family

Original title: Zhao Xuelian, Zhuangli Village, Zhangyuan Town, Qin County, Changzhi City, dropped out of school to work alone to support a family

■ Zhao Xuelian's understanding of "filial piety"

As the only child in the family, filial piety to the elderly is what you should do. Grandparents gave themselves all the love they could and did what they could to nurture themselves. Now that they are sick and old, it is time to take care of them on their own.

Zhuangli Village, Zhangyuan Town, Qin County, Changzhi City, the water of the Zhanghe River quietly passes through the front of the village. In the two dilapidated caves in the west of the village, there lived a family of three generations and five people. Two of them were disabled and incapacitated; two elderly people were disabled. In such a family, Zhao Xuelian, who is only 23 years old, supports the hope of the whole family's life with her thin body.

Honoring the elderly is what you should do

Weak shoulders take on the responsibility of supporting the family

On March 6, when the reporter mentioned to Zhao Xuelian her deeds of filial piety to the elderly, her tone was flat. But few people know that behind the bland words she has walked a poignant road.

Zhao Xuelian's father is a mental patient, and her mother is deaf and mute, and she grew up pulled by her grandparents. Born in such a special environment, the family situation can be imagined: to this day, it is still inhabited by two dilapidated caves. The special family also made her more sensible than children of the same age. When other children were still snuggling in their mother's arms, she was already following grandpa to collect firewood and work in the ground; while other children sat on their father's shoulders and played, she was learning to cook and do housework with her grandmother..." But being born into such a family, I had no other choice but to learn to be strong. When Zhao Xuelian was 16 years old, she put down her beloved school bag in pain, embarked on the arduous road of part-time work alone, and carried the whole family with her thin body.

Take good care of Grandpa for his eventual recovery

Although some people say that "suffering is an important wealth in life", for this weak girl, this wealth is too heavy.

Just when Zhao Xuelian went out to work, in January 2014, her grandfather suddenly broke his leg while working and was admitted to the hospital, and Zhao Xuelian had to give up her work and go home to take care of her grandfather. In the hospital, other patients are children taking turns to take care of, and at Grandpa's bedside, only Zhao Xuelian is alone, pouring feces to urinate, going in and out, feeding Grandpa to eat, drinking water, taking medicine, pushing Grandpa out to bask in the sun, helping Grandpa turn over, scrubbing... This is more than half a month.

During Grandpa's hospitalization, some kind people reminded Zhao Xuelian to let the family take turns to take care of Grandpa so as not to tire her body, and Zhao Xuelian always said that she was not tired. In fact, what they don't know is that Zhao Xuelian's grandmother also has to take care of her disabled son and daughter-in-law at home, that is, her parents.

Under the careful care of Zhao Xuelian, Grandpa stood up again. "If it weren't for my granddaughter, my life would have been long gone." It was too difficult for such a small child to bear such a heavy responsibility. Looking at her granddaughter, who had lost a circle of weight because of taking care of herself, Zhao Xuelian's grandfather burst into tears.

Nine days after marriage, he took his husband home to fulfill his filial piety

In October 2014, Zhao Xuelian and a young man from a neighboring county got married happily. "The girl is married, what about the four old people?" "I'm afraid I won't care if I marry out, and my children will be more bitter than they have eaten Huang Lian from childhood to adulthood, and it is time to live a good life for a few days." On the day zhao Xuelian got married, the people in the village talked about it.

Unexpectedly, on the ninth day after marriage, Zhao Xuelian returned to her mother's house with her husband and took care of the four old people as always. Zhao Xuelian felt that although she had lived a very hard life since she was a child, her grandparents gave her all the love and did her best to raise herself. Now that they are sick and old, it is time to take care of them on their own.

Just when everyone thought that there was hope for this family, the nightmare came again. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2015, Zhao Xuelian's grandmother fell and died while working, and her grandfather, who was over eighty years old, fell ill under such a blow. Because her parents could not take care of themselves, the burden of life was all pressed on Zhao Xuelian. But Zhao Xuelian did not flinch, but became stronger, taking care of the elderly while working harder with her husband to support the family. "Grandpa, you can rest assured that you are recuperating, don't worry, there is still me at home!" Zhao Xuelian's simple comfort to her grandfather was a heavy promise. (Qiao Jianbin)