On the streets of Guilin, Guangxi, you often see a strange "old woman" wearing a white cheongsam with blue flowers.
She stands next to a tricycle playing flute and performs on the street.
"She" has curly hair that reaches her shoulders. Wearing a cheongsam,
is supposed to be a particularly elegant outfit, but it always feels weird when you look closely.
ah! He's a man and he has an Adam's apple.
Why does an elderly man dress up as a woman and perform on the streets?
Is this his special hobby? Is
still a specific habit?
In fact, there is a particularly touching story hidden behind this "neither male nor female" look to outsiders.
After learning about it, people couldn't help but exclaim: "Pure man!"
The old man who was pretending to be a woman was named Zhu Mengxun. He was 62 years old this year.
He was paralyzed in the carriage of a tricycle performing beside him. His 90-year-old mother,
, is a street performer so that he can make money while taking good care of his mother.
The reason why a man "disguises as a woman" is not because the audience on the street prefers to watch women's performances,
nor is it because he likes women's clothing or any special hobby.
But in order to please his mother,
Zhu Mengxun pretended to be his sister who had died many years ago to make the old man happy, and
healed his mother's inner pain.
Speaking of Zhu Mengxun's family and life, they are quite unfortunate.
The family is dying and getting old.
He and his mother are the only two people in the Zhu family who depend on each other.
His mother is still mentally disturbed due to the shock she experienced before.
Now only Zhu Mengxun is left struggling to support this last family.
The Zhu family turned out to be a happy family of five,
two sons and one daughter, among whom Zhu Mengxun was the second oldest.
The eldest brother was above him, and there was a little sister nine years younger than him below.
What an enviable family this was at that time!
Although it was not easy to raise three children in the last century,
the Zhu family, with both children, has always lived a stable and happy life.
But after 1970, the Zhu family began to suffer successive blows.
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At that time, the little sister had just turned one year old, and the mother stayed at home to take care of her daughter.
The father and two sons were the labor force.
After lunch that day, the father took the two children off again.
The temperature in the afternoon is at its highest.
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The bright sun ruthlessly plunders every bit of moisture on the land and evaporates it.
The heat wave in the air makes people gasp. It's hard to breathe,
but the farm work cannot stop even in such a hot field. Harvesting early can better ensure the harvest,
otherwise a random heavy rain may make a year's work in vain.
So even though Zhu’s father felt dizzy, he still kept working.
Father Zhu gritted his teeth and persisted, but suddenly his vision went dark. He fell down straight before he had time to react.
But whoever wants to do this will die.
Zhu Mengxun, who was working behind his father, saw his father lying on the ground from a distance.
He hurriedly shouted: "Come here, my dad has fainted."
My brother and the villagers came after hearing the news. They turned over Zhu's father who was lying on the ground.
But they saw a scene that shocked them.
The red liquid sprinkled on the green crops looked particularly eye-catching!
It was blood ! I saw a sickle stuck in Dad Zhu’s belly!
A group of farmers were immediately panicked. None of them had seen this bloody scene.
Everyone didn’t dare to touch Dad Zhu. They just shouted to him over and over again,
Then Let the villagers with quick legs run to call the doctor at the village pharmacy.
The doctor came with a medicine box, took a look at the situation, and patted his thigh anxiously: "Hey, what are you waiting for? Send it to County Hospital quickly. . "
After simply stopping the bleeding, everyone scrambled to lift Dad Zhu onto the tractor.
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and rushed towards the county seat with a puff of black smoke.
The eldest brother of the Zhu family also hurriedly Riding a borrowed bicycle home to report to her mother.
When Zhu’s mother rushed to the hospital, she was faced with the village chief who bowed his head silently and Zhu’s father, who was covered with a white cloth.
The villagers told her: Zhu’s father had lost too much blood. The rescue was not timely and he died.
Mother Zhu was shocked. She was fine when she went out at noon, but why did she become like this when we met again?
The son came home and told her that his father was bleeding from a sickle in the field.
She also hoped that after she arrived,
her husband would scratch his head in embarrassment and say to her: "Oh, I accidentally bled a little, it's nothing serious. "
Who would have expected that he would have such a pale face now.
A woman's heartbreaking cries came from the hospital corridor.
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Amidst the sound of suona , the mother wearing a white cloth on her head was full of tears. , his father’s coffin was also buried.
This was Zhu Mengxun’s earliest understanding of life and death.
After his father passed away, the family’s life became even more difficult.
In the life of a farmer who relied on the sky for food. , farming to support a family is a difficult task,
not to mention that everything inside and outside the field is managed by the mother alone,
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Mother not only has to go to work before dawn to earn work points , but also He had to take time to cook for his children.
In order to support the family, Zhu Mengxun's brother dropped out of junior high school to help his mother support the family.
continued to support his younger brother and sister in their studies.
Later, a large number of farmers moved from the fields to the city.
The eldest brother of the Zhu family is also one of them.
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He left his hometown to make money in the city.
The only one left at home is his mother. Taking Zhu Mengxun and his sister with him.
In a blink of an eye, his sister was old enough to go to school.
Zhu Mengxun, who was in junior high school at the time, proposed to his mother the idea of dropping out of school to support the family: He now knew a few words and was no longer illiterate. He was willing. Go home and help the family work in the fields and take care of your younger sister.
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Maybe only people of that era understand the meaning of the elder supporting the younger to study.
Although it is very unfair to the elder brother, it is more important. Only good financial conditions can support the education of two children.
At that time, many children loved studying.
Reading and literacy was a very happy thing for them.
However, due to family conditions, they had to live with their beloved children. Farewell to school.
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Because children who go to school not only cannot help with the work at home and reduce the burden,
also have to spend a lot of money every month.
This made Zhu's mother, who was raising her child alone, really unable to support her.
could only agree to Zhu Mengxun's proposal with guilt.
The days passed day by day, and the children grew up day by day.
The most difficult days for Zhu’s mother were over.
But she didn't expect that the family she had managed to bring together would quickly fall apart in the following few years.
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Zhu Mengxun, who came home from a busy day of farm work, unexpectedly saw his elder brother in the house whom he had not seen for a long time.
The two brothers, who had been close to each other since childhood, hugged each other happily.
Zhu Mengxun thought that his brother would come back to stay with his family.
After all, he has grown up now.
If his brother comes back, the two young and strong laborers in the family will be the envy of many families.
Brother does not need to go out. Now, the whole family can live a good life just staying together,
But Zhu Mengxun didn't expect that his brother was here to say goodbye to his family this time.
My brother is going to Hunan to be a door-to-door son-in-law.
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When he was working in the county town, he met a girl from Hunan. The two got along well and quickly fell in love.
However, the girl’s family disliked their poor family background and did not agree with the two of them being together.
After the girl’s pleading,
the parents of the other party relaxed: Yes, but they have to ask Brother Zhu to go to Hunan to do " intrusion in the door ".
This is so anxious for Zhu Mengxun. In the old concept of rural areas, this is a very unpromising performance.
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A dignified man actually lives under the roof of others.
Zhu Mengxun anxiously persuaded his brother: "You went so far away to abandon our mother and this family? And you still have to cut in the door, you are so shameless..."
But my brother was unmoved. He just identified this girl wholeheartedly.
When Zhu Mengxun was about to say something more, Zhu's mother interrupted him:
"Boss, if you really think about it, go ahead. I think you really like that girl. You have paid too much for our family. I went out to work at a young age, and I often sent back most of my money.
This family has been dragging you down for a long time, and it has never given you any blessings. Just think about it."
Brother Zhu heard this. Crying, he threw himself into Mother Zhu's arms: "Mother, my son is unfilial."
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Brother Zhu kowtowed to his mother three times and then stood up and left. When he walked in front of his angry brother, Patting him on the shoulder, he walked out of the door and disappeared into the green countryside.
left and never came back.
Mother Zhu is getting older, and Zhu Mengxun and her sister have also grown up.
I thought that Mother Zhu would usher in her old age amidst the bustle of her son, daughter-in-law, and daughter and son-in-law.
Who knew, fate would happen again Attacked them.
In 1987, Zhu Lili turned 18 and became a real adult, but was given a "big gift" by the devil.
Zhu Lili was found to have leukemia .
When hearing about leukemia, everyone may shake their heads and secretly say "not good".
This stubborn disease is still a terminal disease even in such a developed era,
Let alone the era of backward medical technology in the last century.
The doctor at the time also made it clear to Zhu Mengxun that the hope of curing this disease was almost zero, and it could only be said that the patient's time was exchanged for money.
But Zhu Mengxun didn’t hesitate at all and took out the money he had spent preparing for his future marriage,
cure! Even if it can't be cured, I still have to leave a little more time for my sister. She is only 18 years old.
He has already seen his father die,
but now he is different, he has the ability to make money, and is no longer the 10-year-old child he was at that time.
’s father couldn’t keep his sister at that time, but now he wants to do his best to keep his sister!
But this disease is like a huge monster, rapidly sucking the patient's life and money.
Even though Zhu Mengxun patched things up and went into debt, he still couldn't save his sister's life.
She still left, at her youthful age.
My sister's departure was a huge blow to Zhu's mother.
She often looked at her daughter's photos and lost her mind.
Mother Zhu
Mother's mental state was already a little bad, but Zhu Mengxun's life was even worse.
Not only does he have to work hard to make money to repay the debt for treating his sister, but he also has to take care of his mother.
The most important thing is that he is already in his twenties. Since treating his sister has spent all the money he planned to use to pay for his wife,
he is still a bachelor.
In the rural areas at that time, he was definitely an older unmarried young man.
Children of the same age were almost good at dating, and he didn't even have a partner.
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When the woman heard that Zhu Mengxun had no money and a lot of debt, she hurriedly waved her hands and refused.
Although Zhu Mengxun was sad,
he never regretted what he had done.
Those are his family members. Who can he count on if he doesn't care about them?
Finally, God was moved by this simple young man, and 31-year-old Zhu Mengxun got married.
That was a girl introduced by the matchmaker.
Zhu Mengxun originally did not intend to go.
He had failed time and time again before.
He had already prepared to be single, and he knew his own conditions.
But the matchmaker said this girl was different.
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This special girl is called Chen Xianggu. The girl’s parents died in a car accident a few years ago.
Because she was 32 years old, she could not find a good family, and the family conditions were not very good, so she has not been able to find a good family. marry.
After Zhu Mengxun and Chen Xianggu met, they really felt sorry for each other.
These two poor people finally met their significant other and could hug each other for warmth.
Not long after, a bicycle with red flowers picked up Chen Xianggu from her parents' home.
The two officially became husband and wife in a not very grand ceremony.
The arrival of new blood brought laughter and laughter to the lifeless and empty Zhu family again, and
's mother's condition was much better than before.
One has lost her daughter and the other has lost her mother.
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in other families is different. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zhu family are harmonious and get along like mother and daughter.
The lonely family finally warmed to each other.
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Not long after, Chen Xianggu became pregnant with a baby, which made Zhu’s mother very happy.
She didn't let Chen Xianggu do any work.
The old man just revolved around his daughter-in-law and the grandson in her belly all day long.
Looking at her daughter-in-law’s bulging belly, the old lady smiled like a flower.
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A family of three spend ordinary days in a warm environment all day long.
Finally arrived the day when Chen Xianggu "was pregnant for ten months and gave birth once".
Zhu Mengxun and Zhu’s mother were waiting anxiously outside the delivery room.
Listening to the painful moans coming from inside,
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Zhu Mengxun felt extremely distressed. He secretly swore that he would treat his wife twice as much in the future. good.
However, God failed to give him this opportunity. Chen Xianggu died of dystocia, causing damage to both mother and child.
A thunderbolt from the blue is the mood of the Zhu family.
When we went to the hospital, there were three of us, but when we returned home, we were left with mother and son.
Mother and son looked at each other, held their heads and cried.
Mama Zhu
They have tasted the taste of life and death three times.
What kind of wrong things did they do in their previous lives that God should treat them like this?
Zhu Mengxun wanted to trade his own life for the lives of his wife and his unborn child.
Why should he be left to experience the pains of life?
After losing her daughter-in-law and grandson, Zhu's mother's spirit completely collapsed.
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This mother can no longer bear such a blow.
often looks at the door,
hoping to see her daughter and daughter-in-law holding her grandson's hand and calling her with a smile: "Mom, we are back."
The old man often touches his daughter-in-law and daughter's photos and cries to sleep. Wake up crying.
Later, he didn’t even recognize his own son.
The mother would sometimes have hallucinations and would shout Lili's name,
Zhu Lili
When she met a passerby with a similar body shape on the street, she would grab them and say, "Good boy, come home with mom."
Zhu Mengxun looked a little confused. The crazy mother felt very uncomfortable, but there was nothing she could do.
For a while, Zhu Mengxun was packing up his sister's clothes.
He pressed his sister's clothes under his chin and was folding his sleeves when
suddenly heard his mother say happily, "Lili, my child, you are finally back."
Wearing women's clothes Zhu Mengxun
Zhu Mengxun was stunned when he heard this. His mother regarded him as a younger sister.
Zhu Mengxun directly changed into his sister's clothes and talked to his mother. His mother held his hand and was very happy.
Not only did he eat a big bowl of rice, he also fell asleep with a smile.
Looking at his mother's sleeping face, Zhu Mengxun secretly made a bold decision in his heart.
The next morning,
a woman with curly hair and wearing a blue cheongsam suddenly appeared in the Zhu family.
is Zhu Mengxun wearing a wig.
Zhu Mengxun wearing a cheongsam
After seeing her "daughter", Zhu's mother finally stopped looking sad all day long.
As long as there is a day when Zhu Mengxun is not wearing women's clothing, Zhu's mother will cry and shout: "Lili, where have you been?"
Zhu Mengxun wearing women's clothing is a "reassurance pill" for Zhu's mother,
With "her", Mother will feel at ease and happy all day long.
In order to make his mother happy, Zhu Mengxun never took off his women's clothes and gradually grew his hair.
Zhu Mengxun and his mother
He himself did not expect that he would stay dressed like this for more than 20 years.
has been playing the role of sister for more than 20 years.
Nine years ago, Zhu's mother broke her leg in an accident and was paralyzed in bed, unable to take care of herself.
In order to better take care of his mother and make better money to support his life,
Zhu Mengxun took his mother to the county town.
Mother and son came to the county town and rented a house in an urban village. However, Zhu Mengxun could not find a good job with his mother.
Making money and taking care of your mother are not two things you can have at the same time.
When Zhu Mengxun and his mother
were on the street, Zhu Mengxun saw people playing violin performing on the street.
Zhu Mengxun suddenly had an idea: "I can do this too."
Zhu Mengxun has been playing the flute very well since he was a child. Sometimes when resting in the fields, Zhu Mengxun would blow.
Zhu Mengxun thought that if he could also perform on the streets,
wouldn't he be able to make money and take care of his mother at the same time?
Play the flute to his mother.
Zhu Mengxun tried it with this idea in mind.
He put his mother into a wheelchair and packed it with some things that her mother needed.
Zhu Mengxun took his flute and set off with his mother.
Coming and going on the streets,
I don’t know whether it was Zhu Mengxun’s melodious flute sound or his strange dress that attracted people to watch.
In the crowd, there would be one or two cheers from time to time. Some spectators would give Zhu Mengxun some money.
Zhu Mengxun would have more than a dozen or a hundred people a day.
Most of the time, he could barely make ends meet with the support of the audience. .
Feeding his mother
But there will also be curses among the people coming and going; "What is this, neither male nor female, pervert."
Zhu Mengxun has always laughed at these voices,
Zhu Mengxun Taking care of his mother
He doesn't care what they think, and they have nothing to do with him, as long as his mother is happy.
In this world, he only cares about his mother now.
"To my mother, I am both a son and a daughter."
Zhu Mengxun would look at his mother behind him when he played for a while, feed her some water and eat something,
Mother and son on a tricycle
At this time, her mother would smile and praise : "Lili plays so well."
Zhu Mengxun would respond to his mother with a smile every time.
Street performance not only supports myself and my mother, but also keeps my mother in good spirits.
The old lady listens to her "daughter" playing the flute for herself every day, and she smiles all day long.
Later, after a kind person learned about their family's affairs,
sent a tricycle to Zhu Mengxun. On the back of the car was written: "To the disabled old woman."
Tricycle donated by kindhearted people
With three wheels, the elderly will not be exposed to wind and sun.
The days are passing by, and we don’t know how long Zhu Mengxun will have to go through such days.
He only said: "When mother leaves, I will change back to men's clothes."
At the age of 62, he can still shout "Mom" when he returns home. "I feel very happy,
and my mother are at home.
When my mother is here, home is here.
As long as his mother is happy, he is not afraid no matter how much ridicule she suffers, because he understands the importance and distance of her children.
His mother is the one worthy of his thoughts and emotions.
In ancient times, there was Hua Mulan who joined the army in place of her father, but now there is Zhu Mengxun who fulfills his filial piety on behalf of his sister.
The long-haired cheongsam dress cannot hide this upright man!
A true man!
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