"home" in the cavern of the southern morning post is filled with various items.
(Hechi, Guangxi) there is a hen hill in the city of Bama Yao Autonomous County, a cave in the foot of the mountain, where Zhang Yanlin lived for sixty years. His children had left cavern for a long time, and many times wanted to pick him up and enjoy his life. But he felt that life in the cave was satisfying. He carries water, firewood and vegetables every day, leisurely and tranquil, and leads a life of paradise.
in the evening of September 6th, the reporter came to the cave where Zhang Yanlin lived, and several barking dogs broke the peace of the mountains. Although it is not far from the county road around the county, it is difficult for outsiders to find out because the cave is covered by longan, Cortex Phellodendri and Melia. In front of the cave, there was a stone step five or six meters high, and the opening of the cave had been built with cement brick and opened a door. On the flat foot of the mountain, it is a vegetable field.
the cave old man squatted in the cave and made some fire before cooking. Reporters saw that the entire cave area of about 10 square meters, showing a rectangle, from the outside to the height of the lower. In addition to the kitchen pots and pans and other cooking utensils, there are two beds, one of which is covered with sundries.
visited the reporter. Zhang Yanlin came up with a smile on his face, and the two dogs shook their tails vigorously. The old man said he was 64 years old. He was from Yulin to Bama as a son-in-law when he was young. After his wife died, he forced his child to live in a hole because of his life. Later, the children grew up and moved out, but the old man still worked there, sunset and rest.
beside the ring road, the old man planted many vegetables, and when he couldn't eat them, he distributed them to the villagers nearby. In addition, although he also picked up the waste for some money, but the children have enough money to spend, and now eat and wear.
the old man said that after he got up in the morning, he would go to the river below to carry water and eat breakfast before going down to work. "In the afternoon, I went to the county town to buy vegetables, 3 yuan pork enough for me to eat for a day." After dark in the evening, he lit the kerosene lamp. There were 8 kerosene lamps on the drawer. He said they were all worn out. "At least 1 kilograms of kerosene lighting should be burned in a month".
lived in the cave for more than 30 years. The bones of the old man are still very strong, and his biggest hobby is drinking. Under his bed, there are several boxes of local produced Sanhua liquor. "If I can't sleep at night, I'll get up and have two drinks and sit till dawn." He says, sometimes you can drink two bottles of wine a day.
after the death of his ex-wife, the old man married second wives, and now his wife lives with their children. The old man and his two wife raised 5 children, and their children settled in the county seat. "We have always asked the family to move together, but he just doesn't want to." His wife, Mrs Wong, said the children were helpless for him.
in Bama County town, many people know this "cave old man". Some outsiders who travel to Bama and keep in good health also come to visit. "My grandchildren will come to see me, too." Sitting at the stone steps at the entrance of the cave, the old man said with a drink that he wanted to spend some money and build a fence around the cave to build a pigsty and a henhouse.
"cool winter, cool, quiet, free, free and happy, fairies, and the people outside you know it." The old man sighed.