Cao Cuihua to the orphan old man in Jianhu County nursing home doing shoes Modern Express reporter Shi Xianghui
Modern Express reporter Liu Yuying
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every evening, Cao Cuihua will open up a bundle of bale vamp and sole, and put on a rusty thimble, and the eye of the yellow light is not careful, and her movements are firm and persistent. Cao Cuihua has been insisting on making shoes for widows and orphans in nursing homes for 21 years. Even after her son went bankrupt 5 years ago, she sold her house to pay her debts and went to work in Kunshan.
this year's Double Ninth Festival, Cao Cuihua did not go to the nursing home for the first time in more than 20 years. She pointed to a dozen pairs of new shoes, "that's not enough." In fact, the old man often said the "Cao big girl", now 59 years old, the serious cataract is not clear to her, the debt owed by her son even let her frown. However, this young woman, who is capable and vigorous, will never give up. "The hard times will pass away. The shoes will be done later." Modern Express reporter Yu Le
insisted on 21 years, made nearly two thousand pairs of cloth shoes
Cao Cuihua is Yancheng Jianhu people. 21 years ago, my grandfather complained that the soles bought were too hard for her to go to the local nursing home for the first time. Young Cao Cuihua thought, "those old people's shoes may be more uncomfortable."
since then, a picture has been printed in her mind for most of her life -- grandma, more than 80 years old, who has little feet and old grandmother, is pulling away her shoes. "Don't move my shoes!" The old lady growled at Cao Cuihua, who was carrying another pair of shoes. At that time, Cao Cuihua just wanted to find a shoe sample, but did not expect that the old people in the nursing home did not believe it.
"I have no choice but to return with a shoe sample, and after three days, I return with a good cloth shoe." Cao Cuihua said. Since then, Cao Cuihua has become a frequent visitor to the nursing home. She has brought more and more shoes, and has gradually become the "Cao Da girl" of the elderly.
every summer, "Cao Da Mei" will choose one or two nursing homes to measure shoes for the elderly and make cloth shoes. Jianhu County, 15 large and small nursing homes, the elderly are mostly through her "filial piety shoes." It was estimated that in recent years, Cao Cuihua has sent nearly two thousand pairs of cloth shoes. She has a book full of names and shoes. "I know all the old people's feet in the whole county." Cao Cuihua was a bit proud.
"hide" to Kunshan, also takes the nano shoe tool
in the eyes of the surrounding people, honest Cao Cuihua is a little bit "a muscle". Because of the exhortations of a colleague's wife before death, she adopted a family and a daughter, and became a mother before she got married. In 2008, the youngest son owed about 1000000 yuan in foreign debt, and she sold the two story building that had been laborious for the rest of her life to repay her debts. When she first sold the house, she looked as if she had made a mistake and even felt embarrassed to go out. Later, he simply took his family and went to Kunshan where no one could recognize himself, where he worked to repay debts for his son.
"in Kunshan, the most worried about is the elderly in the nursing home." Cao Cuihua said, every year to give homes to shoes, oneself "used to". So, even in her 4 years as a cleaner in a supermarket in Kunshan, she did not forget to make shoes. At that time, Cao Cuihua had to work for 12 hours a day. Luckily, the landlord gave her an old sewing machine.
every night, after sleeping with his grandson, Cao Cuihua sewed the old clothes and made them into sole and upper. Every year before the Chung Yeung Festival, Cao Cuihua did not send his shoes back to the nursing home of Jianhu.
Cao Cuihua, 59 years old, has a black face, a stocky face and a simple smile. She has returned to her hometown, where her family is crowded into a narrow room. Nowadays, Cao Cuihua is slow to make shoes. "About 1000000 of the child's debt is not in the mood to make shoes. The eyes are not seen. " Cao Cuihua rubbed her hands in a tight way. Her eyes were shining with abnormal light in the dim light. After her son owed her debts, she always cried and her eyes were crying. "The right eye can see, eye shadow, eyesight drops badly."
"old, it's not used." Cao Cuihua sighed directly, only a dozen pairs of shoes were made this year. "Old people are like children. Who will not be given to them?" People who don't get shoes must be unhappy. " Cao Cuihua also discussed with his wife if he wanted to buy enough shoes on the street.
"Cao big girl" is determined, and the shoes will continue to do
last Wednesday afternoon, Cao Cuihua put forward, want to go to the nursing home to see the elderly. "It's not easy to go on the Double Ninth Festival. They are beginning to talk about it in September."
this worry is a little redundant, when the old people see the long lost "Cao big girl", they are all round up, the chill is much more warm, no one asks the shoes. "It must have happened." Some elderly people express their worries to the modern express reporter quietly.
75 year old Pan Zhaoqing old man can remember the scene of "Cao big girl" 5 years ago - at that time, the white hair was far from now, it looked "refreshing". She came to the old man and expressed his idea loudly. "I call Cao Cuihua, I want to give you nothing." Do some shoes and change your feet. " When she came back from the nursing home, Cao Cuihua's mood looked better. She was going to squeeze a little more time and continue to do her shoes - she was not comfortable now, she got up at 4 a.m. every day, went out to sell the chowder, and went home, the day was dark.
"still young, slowly, there will always be hope." Cao Cuihua murmured, like comforting others, and speaking to himself, "I want to make shoes." In the firm eyes, the bright and talented Cao Da girl came back again. Before
the simplest kind
interview, it was a little perturbed that Cao Cuihua had been promoted as a local model as early as 20 years ago and had been interviewed by the media many times. She was too familiar with the media to touch her true heart. Cao Cuihua was very shy when he came in contact with him. What he said most often was "embarrassed". Because her son was in debt, because she did not sew shoes for the elderly this year, and because of the concern of the local government, she felt that she could not afford it.
the essence of "Cao Da girl" is still so simple and kind.
21 years ago, when Cao Cuihua was just making shoes, she worked as a repairman at Jianhu County port office. Her son opened a factory in Guangdong, which was not bad, so her family was at a comfortable level. But now, Cao Cuihua can be said to be "difficult", but she still insists on doing shoes for the villagers, and the old man who is lonely in the old-age house is deeply touched by the persistence and kindness in this adversity.
Cao Cuihua said she was Liu's daughter-in-law. Although she read only a year and a half, she often learned to read with her granddaughter. "I read the family tree of Liu's family." Cao Cuihua said that Liu's family had an ancestor who had done the local imperial history, and had invested for the villagers to build the royal family. "The people do the big things for the people, and I am also the Liu family."