Seven months into her pregnancy, her husband passed away suddenly, leaving her with an unborn child and an elderly and sick father-in-law. Li Yongmei, an ordinary woman, faced the hardships of life, but she did not shrink back, but used her weak shoulders to support her. This bro

When she was seven months pregnant, her husband suddenly passed away, leaving her with her unborn child and her elderly and sick father-in-law. Li Yongmei, an ordinary woman, faced the hardships of life. She did not shrink back, but used her weak shoulders to Propped up this broken "home". This lasted for 18 years.

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Although it has been a long time, Li Yongmei still choked up when talking about her husband's sudden death. That year, Li Yongmei was just 26 years old. With her longing for sweet love and yearning for a better life, she entered this family. The couple plays the role of husband and wife, goes out as a couple and takes care of the house in an orderly manner. Although their life is not rich, they still have enough food and clothing to enjoy. Less than a year after getting married, Li Yongmei became pregnant. Just when the family was still immersed in happiness, her newlywed husband suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away after resuscitation efforts failed, leaving behind her father-in-law, who had been retired for many years and was frail and sick, and their unborn child. Li Yongmei, who was more than seven months pregnant at the time, was heartbroken, crying so hard that she almost suffered a mental breakdown. Her eyes were full of confusion. She didn't know how to go in the future, let alone what kind of life she would face in the future. "I couldn't eat and couldn't sleep all night. If I left, who would greet an old man?" Li Yongmei recalled those days, which were like a nightmare. She basically lost a pound a day. What should I do with

? She is only 26 years old. Facing this precarious family, Li Yongmei doesn't know how to live her life in the future. At this time, many well-intentioned people advised her to give up the child in her belly, leave this troubled home, and find a life that should belong to her. But Li Yongmei hesitated when she thought of her father-in-law, who was frail and unable to take care of himself, and her unborn child. She knew that if she left, the family would be broken up. Li Yongmei thought about it and made up her mind to give birth to the child no matter how difficult it was, take good care of her husband and support the family by herself.

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One can imagine the hardships involved when a person has a newborn child and also takes care of an old man who cannot take care of himself. Li Yongmei was working three shifts at the time. When she had to work the night shift, she had to leave her child, who was only a few months old, alone in a small bed at home. When I came back from the night shift in the morning, the child's bedding on the bed had already been soaked with urine, and feces was stuck everywhere. The child was lying on the bed crying from hunger. Li Yongmei couldn't care less about her sadness. She dragged her tired body non-stop to clean up the house and change clothes for her children. When the child was two years old, she was working the night shift. The door to the duty room was pushed open in the middle of the night. When Li Yongmei saw it was her daughter, she was frightened. Why did her daughter run into the factory? What if she was lost along the way? Tears fell from her eyes when her daughter said she was scared to be alone in the house and missed her mother. One time, Li Yongmei came back from get off work and saw her daughter curled up on the bedside. It turned out that the electric blanket had leaked electricity and a hole was burned in the quilt. The young daughter didn't know what was going on. She just knew it was hot... "It was really difficult to think about it at that time! "Li Yongmei said with deep feeling.

Li Yongmei's family was not well off to begin with, and her husband's departure made the family even worse. All the burdens of life fell on Li Yongmei alone. The children need to go to school, and the father-in-law needs to see a doctor and take medicine, all of which have to be maintained by Li Yongmei's meager monthly salary. "It's not easy for him to have children. My wife passed away when I was middle-aged, and my old son is gone, and his health is not good..."

Over the years, the family has not even been willing to buy a washing machine. The whole family's clothes and sheets are all Li Yongmei washes it by hand. The most difficult thing was winter, when heavy cotton-padded clothes were soaked in water and became extremely heavy. Li Yongmei's thin body was often unable to bear the pain of washing a cotton-padded coat, and her arms were so painful that she could not lift them up. It was also at that time that she developed wrist soreness. "Once, I had a high fever in the middle of the night. I wanted to drink water, but Nier couldn't do it. I couldn't get a sip of water. At that time, I thought I would die. What should I do, old and young? I felt very uncomfortable at that time, and then I sat there until 4 a.m. and got up to boil some water and drank two or three bottles in one breath..." Li Yongmei recalled.

My father-in-law had severe rheumatism and it was difficult to walk. Li Yongmei had studied medicine and nursing, and asked friends in the hospital to help treat her father-in-law. In addition, she took good care of her, picked a woven bag henna and soaked it in wine, and used it every day. Medicinal wine After washing, my father-in-law's rheumatism miraculously healed.

2016 is a year worth celebrating for Li Yongmei. With Li Yongmei's careful care and continuous efforts, her daughter was very successful and admitted to her favorite university. The 85-year-old father-in-law can not only walk normally but also cook simple meals. A family that was in turmoil back then is now living a prosperous and prosperous life. "The leaders of the unit and my colleagues are very helpful. If it weren't for the help of so many people, I wouldn't have the confidence to support this family. One time, the roof tiles fell off and leaked. I asked the leader for leave to repair the house, and the leader immediately sent three or four people to repair the house. A young man climbed up the roof with a ladder to repair it..."

Over the years, Li Yongmei has united the whole family with her love, without a word of complaint or slack. Many people said she was stupid and that her good time was wasted, but Li Yongmei didn't think so. She said that although it was difficult and tiring, she never thought of abandoning this "family" that others seemed to have broken. Watching her father-in-law improve day by day and watching her daughter grow up healthily and happily, she felt that this was the greatest happiness.