68-year-old Wang Taiping takes meticulous care of his daughter-in-law, who is paralyzed in bed every day. The daughter-in-law suffers from syringomyelia. For a rural woman who is nearly 70 years old, if her daughter-in-law had not been suffering from this disease, she might never have known that this disease existed in the world.
In her early years, Wang Taiping married from Sichuan to rural Anhui and lived most of her life in this small village near the Huihe River in northern Anhui. Although she is nearly 70, she is still in good health. She said that she had no time to think too much or get sick.
The daughter-in-law is also a hard-working woman. She went out to work when she was fifteen or sixteen. Later she met her son, got married, and had a grandson.
However, my daughter-in-law’s father died early due to illness. It is not easy for her to be a girl. There is also an old mother in the family, who is also not in good health. She lives in another village not far from their village. They are all rural people who have been farming for generations.
People of our generation have not lived a good life for a few days. Most of the time, what happens outside is learned by listening to the radio and looking at mobile phones. The happy events at home are also brought back during the holidays as the children grow up.
Maybe it’s from a woman’s perspective, understanding and caring for another woman.
Wang Taiping knew that his life was involved in a marriage when he was in his 20s.
She said that now she and her husband are like a family, closer than relatives, but sometimes they quarrel. She can't bear to see her daughter-in-law lying on the bed unable to move. She feels that her daughter-in-law is wronged and uncomfortable. As a mother-in-law, she feels bad.
Wang Taiping’s hometown is in a mountain village in Sichuan, which is now at the junction of Sichuan and Chongqing. As for whether it is Sichuan or Chongqing, she said she doesn’t know now. She went back to her parents’ home a few years ago. When she was young, there were no roads in her hometown and the living conditions were not good. Now life there is much better than here. Wang Taiping’s 68-year-old face is filled with a happy smile when talking about the changes in her hometown and the lives of her brothers.
However, the elderly at home are gone, so I don’t have much concern about going back. Plus, as I get older, I don’t want to move around anymore.
Their young juniors have connections with each other and all have contact information.
Daughter-in-law, Cui Beibei actually never thought that one day she would be bedridden and suffer from such a rare disease .
I was diagnosed with this disease in 2017. I also went to Beijing. The doctor said that the probability of surgery was low, and it would cost a lot of money. Even if you pay new rural cooperative medical care , it will be a drop in the bucket for such a family.
Now, express delivery is available in the village. Cui Beibei said that if she wants to buy anything, she can also use express delivery. She just lies in bed like this day after day, year after year, and is very anxious.
usually relies on some medicines to survive. In fact, taking them is of no use. If she doesn't take them, she can't get over the hurdle in her heart. After taking them, she feels hopeful and drinks too much Chinese medicine. If she feels that her condition is serious, her husband will take her to the county hospital to stay in the hospital for a few days. Then she will find a Chinese doctor to prescribe a prescription for her and grab some Chinese medicine to drink.
The way to pass the time is to lie in bed and look at the phone. Although her fingers are severely deformed and her knuckles have problems, Cui Beibei can still slide skillfully. If not, she can still chat with friends via voice.
spend all four seasons of the year in bed at home. In the past, I thought about when I was working in other places. Although I didn't earn much money, I was still relatively happy.
Cui Beibei said that her nightmare started when she was injured at work while working in a factory. At that time, she had many stitches on her arm and neck. Later, the factory did not compensate her at all.
Later, there were sequelae, because the scars left by the previous surgery would compress blood vessels and nerves, causing dizziness.
I fainted at home for the first time. Later I found out that it was actually caused by compression of blood vessels and nerves.
All reactions come from such lesions. For Cui Beibei, the following days are her mother-in-law's meticulous care 365 days a year, massaging her body, giving her a bath, and giving her Chinese medicine to drink.
There are not many people in the village now, and many young people are working outside.
Those who stay at home are basically those who have many children at home and take their children to school at home.
The earliest generation of migrant workers who went out to work had already taken root in other places, or bought houses in cities and counties, and did other things. Now, when they return to the countryside, they may have been in depression if it had not been for the Chinese New Year.
Wang Taiping said that life has to be lived after all. In the past few years, her family was naturally a poor household. The village helped buy cattle with a loan. She, her husband and son raised cattle at home. In addition to farming, they wanted to make some money.
Although a cow can be sold for more than 10,000 yuan, it is impossible for a cow to be sold if it is not more than a year old.
This is actually a way to make money that goes hand in hand with life and time.
My son has bilateral femoral head necrosis . He has undergone surgery and cannot do heavy work.
Many times, mother and son do some hard work together, and there is nothing they can do if they don't do it.
Wang Taiping's home is like many villagers' homes in the village. A building was built in the early years when the children were still healthy, but the house has never been decorated.
If you walk into many rural families in northern Anhui, you may find that many families are actually connected with production and life. That is, there are a lot of grains and production tools piled in the home, which is not as well organized as in southern Anhui.
However, this does not deny the hard work and simplicity of the people in northern Anhui.
Many old pieces of furniture are actually used for decades or a lifetime.
Some of the furniture was passed down from the older generation.
The people here believe in this. It is not only a kind of recycling of resources, but also a kind of memory for relatives, and it is also a way to miss relatives when seeing things.
Over the years, although Wang Taiping has been living in the countryside, she has rarely gone out. The only time she has traveled far is to return to her parents' home. However, because of her thoughtfulness in taking care of her daughter-in-law, she was recommended to the village by the village, who reported her deeds to the county, and the county in turn recommended her to the city.
Just like this, Wang Taiping also won the "Most Beautiful Mother-in-Law" in the local selection, and they also jointly won the "Most Beautiful Family" and other related honorary titles.
However, every time I go to a conference and receive awards, there are sometimes bonuses, which may be the most practical thing for this family.
A TV station from the province also interviewed her, which also attracted the attention or envious gazes of the villagers in the same village.
However, in a blink of an eye, the villagers would just say on TV, look, isn’t this so and so in our village?
Then, after all the fun, it was theirs.
What is left for Wang Taiping and his daughter-in-law may be year after year, day after day of hard work, and boiling Chinese medicine.
My family lives in a small village, and I am a bit autistic. After school, I spend time at home playing with my mobile phone, or with my mother, or with my grandma Wang Taiping, doing farm work.
Wang Taiping said that he is not that great. As a grandmother, she should take care of her grandson. In addition, her son is not in good health, so he cannot suffer more.
takes care of my daughter-in-law because she is a member of our family and married into our family. This is the condition of our family. She is also a hard-working woman.
Life has to go on, and a family like ours has to live like this.
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