The Sorrows of Chinese Heroes 【Continued】
What made Grandma Fang least understand is that her nursing fee was 60 yuan since she was discharged from the hospital more than 20 years ago, and it has never changed. This amount of money is only enough for the caregiver Bu Chunrong to take the bus every day. Without anyone taking care of her, the elderly can only sleep in the cold kang and go hungry. When she said this, Grandma Fang burst into tears again.
At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Grandma Fang felt uncomfortable again. This made Grandma Bu Chunrong who was standing aside. When I asked to give the medicines on the table to Grandma Fang for food, Grandma Bu cried and told me that most of the medicine bottles were empty, and although some had medicine, most of them had expired. Grandma Bu Chunrong said that Grandma Fang had no money to buy medicine now. Grandma Fang had been paid for the pension from the original street factory in the past few years, and the medicine and nursing expenses were reimbursed. Later, the factory sold it to individuals. The pension was the local social security bureau, and the pension was only 40 per month.
The cost was 0 yuan, but no one cared about the cost of the medicine. The buyer of the factory agreed to pay her a nursing fee at the standard of 60 yuan per month. Fang Yurong had searched the factory several times and asked for reimbursement of the medicine and increase the nursing fee. The factory said that when he took over, no one told Fang Yurong about it, and it was already a lot of nursing fee, so the old man had to give up. When he was sick, his children bought some medicine for the elderly. The elderly were slightly better and he couldn't bear to take it. As a result, some medicines were overdue. Looking at the painful expression of grandma Fang, my mood became even heavier.
An hour later, grandma slowly fell asleep from the pain. Looking at grandma's burned face and looking at grandma's haggard face at the moment. I could only stand in front of grandma's bed and look at grandma's most lovely fire-fighting heroine in front of me.
Only after the memories of Grandma Bu and Grandma Fang, I was able to know the story of Grandma Fang and Grandma Bu 30 years ago. 30 years ago, Grandma Bu and Grandma Fang lived behind a middle school in the Workers and Peasants District. Grandma Bu said that the first time I saw Grandma Fang was on July 7, 1976. When I first saw Grandma Fang, Grandma Bu cried.
In Grandma Bu's eyes, Grandma Fang is a miserable person. Grandma Fang lost her parents when she was very young, divorced after being burned, and her two children followed. After Grandma Fang moved in, life became a problem. It was easy to handle during the day. The factory could send female workers to take care of her, but at night, no one dared to accompany her again because she didn't dare to sleep after going there. The street factory found Grandma Bu, and the factory leader discussed with Grandma Bu: "We investigated. The neighbors all said that you have a good temper, clean and courageous person, and you will definitely take good care of Fang Yingxiong. You can pay dozens of yuan a month for care fees, so you should give it. Is it okay?"
"Can't it work? Fang Yurong is the hero in my heart, and it is my honor to take care of her!" Grandma Bu agreed at the time. As for how much money she had, she didn't think much about it, because her husband's salary was very high at that time and the family was not short of money. From August 7, 1976, Bu Chunrong took on the burden of caring for Grandma Fang. In this alley, the pair of old people who depended on each other had been through more than 30 spring, summer, autumn and winter.
More than 30 years have passed. Grandma Bu and Grandma Fang have been peacefully walking for decades. In 1981, after Grandma Bu's wife passed away due to illness, Grandma Bu's life suddenly lost support. Relatives and friends kept suggesting Bu Chunrong, who was in his early forties, find another wife, but Grandma Bu thought to herself: "I'm leaving, what should Fang Yurong do? Can you still care about Fang Yurong like before when you find another wife?"
In 1986, Grandma Fang's factory had a worse and worse performance. The monthly living expenses of 80 yuan and 60 yuan of nursing expenses could not be paid on time. For the longest time, no living expenses and nursing expenses were paid for seven or eight months. The two of them had a difficult life. They could not afford coal and grain, and they were able to maintain their monthly living expenses and nursing expenses. By 1988, their lives were even worse. The factory stopped paying for living expenses and nursing expenses, and only gave radiators equivalent to their living expenses and nursing expenses every month, so they asked them to sell them. They had to transfer them to small vendors at half or less. Looking at the dozens of yuan they received every month, the two sisters sat on the kang and wiped their tears.
At this time, someone saw that Bu Chunrong was very dedicated to taking care of the patient, so he came up with a high price of 300 yuan per month to poach her. But Grandma Bu still said the same thing: "I'm leaving, what should Fang Yurong do?" Grandma Fang was dissatisfied and rushed Bu Chunrong away several times: "Sister Bu, just leave, I can't drag you down anymore." But no matter how I persuaded her, Grandma Bu just didn't leave. Looking at the lovely old couple, I seemed to have a lot of things to say to them. But I didn't know what to say.
What made Grandma Fang feel the most heartbreaking was her child. After Grandma Fang was burned, her husband divorced her and her two children were taken away by her husband. Grandma Fang said, "The divorce is not only because of my burns. After the burns, I felt sorry for my husband. I couldn't let my husband suffer with me. At that time, I was back and forth on the operating table, and I could only let my husband take care of her." But a mother cannot give her children care and warmth, which is a great harm to the child and her mother. Grandma Fang has an indescribable heartache for the youngest son born after the burns. If she had not been burned and if she had not used so many medicines, the youngest son would not have been a stupid child when she was born.
On the night when I said goodbye to Grandma Fang, I saw Grandma Fang holding a very old photo album alone while watching and crying. There are many photos of Chairman Mao and Grandma Fang’s previous photos in the album. Grandma Fang told me that she missed her previous life.
The streets of Hegang are beautiful. Just when I left Hegang, I came to the park in the city center of Hegang. It is very prosperous. There are many children learning to dance modern dance here. There are also many elderly people dancing happily here. In this bustling city center park, I asked many young people if there is a fire-fighting female hero in Hegang. What I heard was only three words "I don't know". When I asked them if there is a hero in their hearts, they told me "yes". Then I asked who the hero in their hearts was, and they told me readily, "corn, little swallow..."
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"The above reposted from Thanksgiving China..."
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After this story was exposed by Thanksgiving China, this poor old hero finally improved his life. This is the luck of the old man, but the sorrow of the whole society.
If this matter is not exposed by the media, the government will never take any action.
But these superficial skills, these vanity, and the things that Chinese senior officials pursued have completely lost our confidence, ordinary people.
Chapter completed!