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The touching story of Nanhu Neighbors Festival

Yesterday was the 16th day of the seventh lunar month. On this full moon night, this newspaper, together with the Propaganda Department of the Nanhu District Committee of Jiaxing, the Civilization Office, the Women’s Federation, etc. The Nanhu Neighbor Festival jointly organized by the units concluded successfully. During this Neighbors' Day, many communities and towns in Jiaxing launched a variety of good-neighbor activities, making neighborly relations closer and more harmonious.

In this Nanhu Neighbor Festival, 10 good neighbors were finally selected after recommendations from streets, towns, and communities. Although the stories of good neighbors are all trivial, every detail embodies simple true feelings, which is touching. After visiting four of them, we deeply felt that, as Jiaxing citizens say: a good neighbor is worth more than a treasure.

It is a blessing to be a neighbor with her

It is not difficult to find Ren Yumei in the paper factory dormitory of Chengnan Community, Xinxing Street, Jiaxing. Most residents know her. Due to repeated setbacks, 56-year-old Ren Yumei looks a bit old, but her eyes, which often smile into a line, always reveal hope and happiness.

Ren Yumei has three children. Due to changes in her marriage, she raised two of them alone. She originally thought that her children would be older and it would be time to live a more relaxed life, but her eldest daughter was in a car accident nine years ago and has been in bed ever since. In May this year, my youngest daughter was paralyzed in bed due to a car accident.

Every morning at 4 a.m., Ren Yumei gets up to cook, then helps her eldest daughter wash and sends her grandson to school. After doing all this, she had to rush to her youngest daughter's home. But such a heavy family burden did not make Ren Yumei feel sorry for herself. Every day when she went downstairs, she would take out the garbage bags left by her neighbors at the door. When she came back from taking care of her little daughter in the afternoon, she would take a broom and clean the house where she lived. Sweep the corridor of the unit from the fifth floor of the top floor to the first floor. After sweeping, mop it again, and wipe the stair handrails with a rag along the stairs. Ren Yumei has been doing this voluntary cleaning job for more than ten years and never fails to do so even during the Spring Festival. Therefore, although this building is very old, when you walk into the corridor, the stairs and handrails are spotless. Neighbors of Ren Yumei said: "Aunt Ren has already been working very hard at home. We all advised her not to work too hard anymore, but she said that she is also idle when she is idle. She is happy when she does something for everyone. Once she does it, she is idle. It’s been a blessing for us to have her as our neighbor for more than ten years.”

There is a young couple living upstairs in Ren Yumei’s house. They are both businessmen. Because they are too busy, their son, who is in the second grade of elementary school, has to pick up and drop off. Problems often embarrass them. Once the couple and Ren Yumei accidentally talked about this matter, Ren Yumei immediately said: "I will help you pick up and drop off the children, don't worry." From then on, Ren Yumei was as serious and responsible as picking up and dropping off her grandchildren. Sometimes the children's parents came back late, and the children We had dinner at Ren Yumei's house and even stayed at Grandma Ren's house. As time passed, the child's parents felt sorry for themselves and wanted to give Ren Yumei some reward. Ren Yumei's face dropped: "What are you doing? I am willing to help you pick up and drop off the child, not for your money."

There is a girl living across the door from Ren Yumei. A disabled person named Zhang Bixia suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and has limited mobility. She only lives with an older sister in her 70s, and it is no longer enough to take care of her disabled sister. For many years, Zhang Bixia relied heavily on Ren Yumei to take care of her. She was often helped by Ren Yumei when bathing and going to the toilet. Zhang Bixia's sister always said to Ren Yumei: "We must have accumulated great virtues in our previous lives to be neighbors with you."

The old man passed away very peacefully

Last month, the family lived Zhang Lifen's wife in Building 10, Guiyuan Community, Jiaxing, died in a car accident. During those days, Zhang's home was packed with people, doing all kinds of chores for the grieving Zhang Lifen. Most of these people are not relatives of the Zhang family, but neighbors who live in the same corridor as her. Lao Liu, who lives on the sixth floor, drives a car. On the day of the funeral, he happened to be on a business trip, so he specially arranged for his friend to drive and take the Zhang family to the funeral parlor. Before the car drove away, all 12 households in the corridor came out to see him off, and many neighbors had eyes red with tears.

After the funeral, the neighbors were afraid that Zhang Lifen would be alone, so every day someone would come to her home to sit with her, chat about household matters, and help her repair broken things.

Zhang Lifen said: "It's all because of these neighbors that I don't feel so empty in my heart. Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. I really realize it now." The neighbors said that Aunt Zhang and her wife are very good to us and they help us. Doing a lot more than we can do for them. People's hearts change people's hearts. Aunt Zhang has trouble at home. Can she not help her?

Zhang Lifen once took care of a pair of neighbors for 4 years. This 70-year-old couple had been neighbors with Zhang Lifen for many years. The old lady had a headache and fever, so Zhang Lifen and his wife accompanied them to see a doctor. In 2000, Zhang Lifen's family and the old couple were demolished to Guiyuan Community and lived in the same corridor. The old lady said: "We have someone to rely on again." The old man was in poor health, and Zhang Lifen often bought food and cooked for them. During the holidays, they make dumplings and glutinous rice balls for the elderly. The two families get along like one family.

After the old lady passed away, Zhang Lifen took over the responsibility of taking care of her wife. Once, the old man suddenly fell ill. He struggled to crawl to the door and shouted outside: "Li Fen, come on, come on, Li Fen!" Zhang Lifen and another neighbor, Jin Xiaomei, who responded, immediately sent the old man to the hospital. While the old man was hospitalized, Zhang Lifen and Jin Xiaomei divided their duties to take care of him. Zhang Lifen worked in the morning shift and Jin Xiaomei worked in the afternoon shift. The two took turns cooking, delivering meals, and cleaning and washing the old man until he was discharged from the hospital.

After the old man passed away, Zhang Lifen was sad for a long time: "We have been together for so many years, and the old man is like my father. What comforts me is that the old man held my hand before he left, and he was very peaceful."

These neighbors are like brothers

At noon yesterday, we rushed to Zhuangshi Village, Fengqiao Town, Jiaxing, and most of the people were having lunch. But when we walked into Zhang Yunming's house, the table was empty, and there were two people squatting on the living room floor playing with a pesticide sprayer. "Pour the water in here. There is a funnel here. The amount of pesticide is one cap. Just stir it with a bucket of water. Remember, press and hold this button when you spray..." Zhang Yunming squatted aside like a Like a primary school student, he nodded constantly and watched his "teacher" Jin Shuixing attentively. We asked, "You haven't had lunch yet?" The neighbors shouted: "Oh, it's already noon, no wonder you're hungry."

Zhang Yunming is a Three Gorges immigrant who moved from Chongqing last year. A native of Xinjiaxing. Since we had to build a house and settle down here first, Lao Zhang went to the village first. After the house was built, Lao Zhang was eager to bring his family over, but something troubled him. The village had allocated land to him. It was the busy farming season, and he couldn't plant the land when he returned home. Jin Shuixing, who lives nearby, learned of Lao Zhang's difficulties and immediately extended a helping hand: "Just pick him up, I will plant the land for you first, and you will plant it when you come back. Try to leave early and come back early." Zhang Yunming said : "After hearing these words, my heart felt very warm. At that time, I really didn't know the place. I had only met Lao Jin a few times. He was so eager to help others. How grateful I am..."

After moving his family here, Zhang Yunming hurried to the fields, but he was dumbfounded: the land here was different from the land in his hometown, and the farming method was also different. Moreover, there are no farm tools at home. Lao Zhang had no choice but to ask Jin Shuixing for help. "If you have any inconvenience, just come to me and I will come and see you often." In this way, Lao Jin's "come and see" became a complete set of farmland farming lectures in the following days, from purchasing farm tools, From contacting the tractor to plow the fields, to sowing, transplanting, and farming... until now, when applying pesticides, Lao Jin came to Zhang Yunming's door again and again to teach Zhang Yunming step by step. In this way, the relationship between the two has evolved from neighbor to master and apprentice. To brothers, getting closer and closer.

Zhang Yunming’s life was very difficult when he first immigrated here. His wife was still in his hometown. He lived alone with a son and a daughter. He first worked in a luggage factory and had to work overtime every night and had no time to take care of family matters. For a while, Jin Shuixing left him his home phone number and asked him to call him if he needed anything. At the end of last year, Zhang Yunming's son suddenly fell ill and was admitted to the hospital. It happened to be the busiest time in the factory at the end of the year. Zhang Yunming became anxious and suddenly thought of Jin Shuixing. Without saying anything, Lao Jin immediately rushed to the city to take care of his son. son. Since then, whenever Lao Zhang worked the night shift, Lao Jin would take Zhang Yunming's two children to his home.

The Zhang family and the Ma family are as close as one family

In 1992, Zhang Peigen, a teacher at Yuxin Primary School in Jiaxing, and Ma Jiande, a middle school teacher, moved to the same building in Ziteng Community. The relationship is getting better and better.

In 1994, Teacher Ma’s wife, Teacher Ju, was transferred to Buyun Township Middle School. Teacher Ma was busy at work and had no one to take care of the children at home. Zhang Pegeng knocked on Ma’s door: “Your child Leave it to me, I have to send my children to kindergarten every day anyway." As time passed, Xiao Ma entered Teacher Zhang's home as casually as if he were at home. One day at noon, Xiao Ma never came home. Her mother became anxious and called Teacher Zhang's house. Teacher Zhang and her lover, Teacher Zhu, who were eating, put down their jobs, got on their bicycles and went to look for her separately. In the afternoon, I finally found Xiaoma who had forgotten the time while playing at a classmate's house. The mother was so angry that she wanted to beat her son. Teacher Zhang stopped her and said, "Don't hit me. It hurts me if you hit me. I'll talk to him and promise not to do it next time." This is what happened.”

Teacher Zhang’s son’s grades in junior high school were not very good, so Mr. Ma and his wife, who are middle school teachers, volunteered to be his tutors. After one semester, his grades improved a lot.

Late one night, Teacher Zhang, who had fallen asleep, was suddenly awakened by the phone ringing. Teacher Ma's painful voice came from the phone: "I'm in an accident. On the road to Caozhuang, the ambulance has already arrived... "It turned out that when Teacher Ma was riding his motorcycle home at night, he fell down and couldn't get up. The first person he thought of was Teacher Zhang.

Teacher Zhang was extremely anxious and did not have much cash at home. He immediately borrowed several thousand yuan from relatives and hurried over with another colleague. By the time they helped Teacher Ma take the film and complete the hospitalization procedures, it was already past 3 a.m. In order not to worry Teacher Ju, Teacher Zhang didn't tell her until dawn. During the more than 10 days that Mr. Ma was hospitalized, Mr. Zhang's family often visited him every three days. On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Teacher Zhang called a car and borrowed a pair of crutches for Teacher Ma to take him back.