Left-behind women, since they take care of the elderly and children, and also have to work in farming, left-behind women are actually harder than men. The main reason is that there are no men at home, and they originally belong to men's jobs, and women also have to do it. There is no way, who will do it if a woman doesn’t do it?
Below is Hengyang Ms. Liu's self-report
My name is Liu Cuilan, I am 35 years old this year. My hometown is in a mountain village in Qidong County, Hengyang City, Hunan Province. Because it is located in a remote mountain village, my husband works in Xiamen all year round, and only goes home for a few days during the Spring Festival.
Not only do I have to support my parents-in-law and take care of my children, but I also have eleven acres of paddy fields and twenty acres of dry land at home. Sometimes during the busy farming period, Brother Wang from the neighboring village will take the initiative to help me cultivate the fields. Brother Wang is two years older than me. Because his family is poor, he has never been married. On several occasions, I told him that I would introduce the second-married girl from the neighboring town to him, but Brother Wang refused when he learned that the woman had a son.
My husband learned that it was Brother Wang who helped me farm the fields and told me clearly that he would not interact with Brother Wang. I told my husband that Brother Wang is actually kind-hearted. Every time he helped me farm the fields, he would sometimes buy a few kilograms of pork by himself. I felt very guilty about Brother Wang's selfless help, and I felt a little guilty, so I knitted two sweaters for Brother Wang. After getting the sweater, I was very happy!
In the village, there are twenty-one bachelors. They are all relatively lazy, while Brother Wang is different. He always helps me enthusiastically. In summer, sometimes it takes a long way to go home from dry fields. Once, I accidentally sprained my ankle and it was Brother Wang who helped me home.
The husband called me and told me that he would not go out to work next year and was planning to contract the back mountain next year to have a variety of fruit trees. After all, the couple's long-term separation will have an impact on the quality of marriage life.
Conclusion
Although Liu Cuilan's left-behind life was hard, she had the selfless help from Brother Wang, but her husband insisted on not allowing it. Why is this?
