Lao Jiang Shouwu

In rural areas where there is not enough to eat, families who can't afford children will send their children to rich but childless families to fill their houses and let them continue to feel their pulse. Lao Jiang lived in this era. He was originally surnamed Hu, the youngest son in the family, ranking sixth. There are three brothers in front of him, and the burden at home is hard to bear. So he was sent to the most popular family in another place-the Chiang family, and his departure changed into food and clothing for a winter at home.

He didn't come to Jiang's house to live a young master's life, because he has a sister who is two years older than him. Family members love their own flesh and blood, but they have no intention of making the old man Jiang not hungry or frozen. At a certain age, let him learn farm work and not let him go to school. Lao Jiang is strong and healthy, and he has never been ill since he was a child. This may also be the nature of rural children. He was praised in the village for his agility in farm work. But when he 18 years old, her so-called sister married a foreign director, and the whole family emigrated, leaving Lao Jiang alone. They sold the old house, leaving him only a shabby old tile house and a piece of land by the river. A new day will begin.

He cut some wood on the mountain, renovated his house, put up a fence in front of the clearing, and raised a sheep. Then he loosened the soil and planned to use it to grow vegetables. And life depends on big fish, and it is to help people repair houses and cut firewood up the mountain. His life has always been like this. Gradually, he had a fairly white young man and grew into a big man. This is probably a change in life, not bad. In fact, he should have married a daughter-in-law, but his family is really shabby. At that time, all women were eager to marry a city dweller so that they could move to the city. Otherwise, few good girls will value Lao Jiang. Although Lao Jiang is thick and honest, his facial features are actually very correct. In fact, the biggest reason why Lao Jiang didn't get married until he was 60 years old was that he didn't want to get married. Although he has no female companion, there is no lack of life at home. He keeps two local dogs at home, and there are several bird cages outside the door. The fence is covered with flowers and plants. With the changes of decades, his house is still a tile-roofed house, and the surrounding houses are bungalows, but this does not make his tile-roofed house look shabby. He repairs it, fills in new tiles and checks it every year.

Even though life in the countryside is getting better and better, and there are special welfare treatments for elderly people living alone, Lao Jiang's home doesn't seem to have changed much, and his life hasn't changed at all. He still gets up early to fish, and at night he grazes his sheep and eats his own rice and vegetables. His life is unremarkable without any ups and downs.

Until he was 90 years old, one day he got up earlier than usual. Before the fog on the river cleared, he set up a fishing net and got off the boat. He sailed into the fog. However, when the sun was shining and the white fog cleared, Lao Jiang disappeared immediately and no one found him again.