reporter Sun Youjie correspondent Yang Ling Feng Wei
brother Li Youfa is cutting their fingernails to younger brother Li Youyu.
according to Jianghuai morning news, it was more than five o'clock in the morning in October 18th, and the sky was bright. Li Youfa and Li Youyu went out to pick up the garbage. "Later, some plastic bottles were swept away." Li Youfa said with a smile. Li Youfa is an elder brother. He is 80 years old this year. Li Youyu is a brother, and he is 70 years old. In order to care for the mentally retarded Li Youyu, Li Youfa never married her life. "Mother told me to take good care of him before he left." A promise, he practiced for 11 years, in his eyes, brothers depend on each other, is happiness.
a promise that he practiced for eleven years
Li Youfa carried a snake skin bag in one hand and led Li Youyu in one hand. He had not loosed his hands except for the need to get rid of the waste. Li Youyu is also used to this way. He is behind his brother. Although his hair is white, his intelligence is still equivalent to a three or four year old child.
"he will be afraid at home alone, and I am not at ease. I can only take him out every day." Li Youfa has a bit of helplessness. They have spent eleven years in this life.
"my father died a long time ago. His younger brother was mostly taken care of by his mother. I earned some money by doing odd jobs outside. But in 2003, when her mother died, she told me to take good care of my brother when she left. Remembering these, Li Youfa's eyes were reddish. Feeling the change of his brother, Li Youyu grabbed his brother's clothes and smiled at him.
not married for a lifetime, for the younger brother no regrets,
know Li Youfa's family situation, most girls do not want to be with him. Stubborn Li Youfa never gave up the bottom line of his brother. He also regrets that he has not married in such a life. "Which man does not want to get married and have children, have his own family?" But he never regretted. "He's my brother, and he's my brother all my life."
despite poor days, Li Youfa never complained. Now someone introduced him to his wife, but he waved his hand and said, "forget it, forget it." Now his greatest wish is to take care of his brother.
pick up trash, save money for the brother to cook braised pork
the brothers live in a back building. The small living room was stacked with empty plastic bottles, old newspapers and so on. "I can't sell a few dollars, but it's better than nothing." Li Youfa is very optimistic.
save for a few days, and Li Youfa will go to the vegetable market to buy some meat and cook Li Youyu braised pork to eat. "He loves to eat red meat!" Li Youfa was happy to see his brother happy.
weekdays, washing clothes, cooking, all the household chores are Li Youfa's own. Even his brother's fingernails and toenails need Li Youfa to cut them.
worry about his "walk", the younger brother did not take care of
"sometimes sleep at night will be a dream, dream of himself can not, the brother of a person in the world no one has no one to ask, suddenly woke up." As he grew older, Li Youfa became more and more worried about his younger brother's life. "I am 80 years old. Who will take care of him once I go?" Now, in the year of the festival, Li Youfa's family will have community organized volunteer home service, know the situation of the elderly, on weekdays, community gridders will often come to see the elderly. "But after all, it is not a fundamental solution." Li Youfa is very annoyed.
now, he goes out to pick up trash more frequently. "I want to save a sum of money. When I am away, I can let my brother go to the nursing home, and live better than him."