source: People's network Author: Ma Liya
28 days, Nansha River town, Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, Xiaozhuang village.
at 5:30 in the morning, Wang Xiuhua rose up as always, washing and cooking. At home in the past few years, the water was installed at home, but the water fee of two yuan, he was reluctant to use, and still used the well water. The noodles, lay an egg, eat half of them, and feed the big black -- a watchdog who keeps company with him.
eating breakfast, pushing the door open and walking through the peach trees in front of the door, Wang Xiuhua took the broom and pushed the three wheeled tricycle with "highway" on the road and started the only job he had ever done in his life - the road.
72 years old, Wang Xiuhua, no child and no daughter, is a common villager in the village of Xiaozhuang village, and also a road worker. From 1963 to now, he has been busy for nearly 50 years as a "temporary worker" in a road raising post. In addition to the current salary of two hundred or three hundred yuan a month, it is on the tens of Yuan subsistence days given by the village. Most of the people in the village live in brick and concrete houses, but he still lives in the adobe house called "pit hole" by the local people. (see net February 7, 2012, "Shandong seventy year alone" sanitation workers earn only 300 yuan a month to expose the pain of grass-roots workers.
, the protagonist of this interview, Wang Xia Hua. People's network reporter Ma Liya shot in the past month, Wang Xiuhua's home suddenly bustled up, first media interviews, after the leadership condolences. Wang Xiuhua's story was reported by the people's website, causing widespread concern in the community. However, after the tumultuous retreat, the old man's life returned to its former calm.
[b]7 ten days old man scavenging for 9.8 yuan per hour [/b]
more than a month, the reporter came to Wang Xiuhua's home again, the adobe room still, the door of the black dog is still, the only change is the door of the peach tree, branches open the bud.
this day, at 7:30 in the morning, Wang Xiuhua has been busy on the road in front of the village: clean the road in the morning, planting trees in the spring, draining in summer, shoveling snow in the summer, and running up to 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening, the 1.8 kilometer section of the seven ten days old man's life, the temporary work is not fixed. Fixed wages, calculated by hourly rate per month, can bring him two hundred or three hundred yuan income. On the 7 day of
2, Wang Xiuhua has just signed a full year full year contract with Wang Kai highway station of Tengzhou Highway Bureau in 2012. The date began in January 1, 2012. The old man said that if he didn't sign it, the only two hundred or three hundred yuan per month had no income, and he signed the contract for a living.
"before the long time, at least 8 hours a day, sometimes directly with rice, noon do not come home, from the end of last year only reduced, now two or three days to go once every day for 2, 3 hours, 9.8 yuan per hour." Watching Wang Xiuhua slowly fading away, Wang Xiuhua's nephew Wang Haoyu sighed.
Wang Xiuhua is the home of the old, and the next three younger brothers and three sisters, the young mother died, the brother and sister pulled big, and then added to the family poor, he did not marry a daughter-in-law, no child, no child, the nephew Wang Haoyu is the nearest relative of the elderly. However, the family of the nephew is not very good, the daughter is just one year old, wife at home to see children can not work, parents are more than 60 years old, the family's only income is to rely on his nephew to work in a small factory earned more than 1 thousand money to live. Last year, the mother underwent an operation, and spent 4 or 50 thousand yuan on her family's savings.
"I was his biggest nephew, I should have him, but I'm the case, and if he had a big illness, I really couldn't get the money." Wang Xiuhua's nephew had his own difficulties, and he could not put up this solitary man.
11 noon, Wang Xiuhua returned to his "pit hole", lunch is still noodles. Even in the midst of the most sunny noon, the house is still dark, and the room that has not been able to shine for a long time is emitting a musty smell. "There is no use for the light to open, and I can't give it up." Wang Xiuhua said.
look around this home, I'm afraid the most valuable is that 21 inch TV set. Speaking of the origin of this TV, the old man can't help it. "That was the leader of the Shandong provincial transportation department in the early years. Along with the direction of his fingers, reporters saw that these certificates were hung on the most obvious position on the wall, the earliest one dates back to 1984. However, the testimonials and certificates of the walls did not bring him decent life.
"honest and willing to work" and "bear hardships and responsibilities" are all Wang Xiuhua's neighbors' comments on him. "He started working at the age of eighteen and nine," said Wang Guizhi, the village's accountant. "In my memory, no matter the wind and rain, the road has never been interrupted for decades, and the road is his home." However, the old man in the eyes of others lived to this age, still poor and impoverished, alone, in his neighbour's words, "he never turned over in his life, worked so many years, and never looked at the mountain."
[b] "Wang Xiuhua phenomenon" behind: the Chinese road workers "legacy of history" [/b]
little village after a total of more than 470 people, land more than 360 mu, per capita annual income of more than 5000 yuan. In the town of Nansha, it is a relatively poor village, and Wang Xiuhua is one of the poorest people in the village. In
2007, the village handled five guarantees for Wang Xiuhua, giving 500 yuan in the first three years, and increased to about 1000 yuan every year after 2010. This money is obviously a drop in the bucket for Wang Xiuhua, who has only two hundred or three hundred yuan salary. However, according to Jia Yongfa, the chief of the relief and relief Department of the Zaozhuang Civil Affairs Bureau, Wang Xiuhua enjoyed the standard of the "five insurance" in the countryside, which was higher than the "rural low insurance". In 2012, Zaozhuang improved the "five insurance" support standard in rural areas. The standard of decentralization was raised from 1800 yuan per person to 2000 yuan per person per year. The standard of centralized supply was raised from 2600 yuan per person to 2800 yuan per person per year. "Some old people are accustomed to one's freedom and do not want to be in the nursing home. For the elderly Wang Xiuhua, he has a certain ability to work, life can take care of himself. If he does not want to go to a nursing home, it is the best choice to disperse the support, that is, the home for the aged. Jia Yongfa said.
for Wang Xiuhua, the Li Yongdan Department of the endowment insurance section of Zaozhuang human resources and Social Security Bureau suggested that the old man make up for the old-age insurance, so as to get a subsidy of 55 yuan a month, and enjoy this part while enjoying the "five insurance". In addition, if there is a disease, there is a guarantee of the new rural cooperative medical system. All these policies can be enjoyed at the same time.
through interview, we also know that because of the ability to work, Wang Xiuhua old man does not want to enter a nursing home at present. His biggest wish is to slightly improve the present living environment or expect the railway bureau to give a one-time subsidy. The old man believes that this is not an excessive requirement for an elderly who has served the highway system for 50 years. With the expectations of the elderly, the reporter came to the Tengzhou Highway Bureau and wanted to find more help from him.
Chang Ledong, the director of the Tengzhou Municipal Highway Bureau, was interviewed by a reporter and again showed the attitude of the Highway Bureau: the Bureau has been actively solving the matter in the Bureau, and has also sent people to see the old man and send out the condolences. However, to solve the fundamental problem, I am afraid it will not be solved in two days.
the question of Wang Xiuhua is not a case. The Tengzhou Highway Bureau has now referred to the "Wang HSI Hua phenomenon" as "the road maintenance workers are unable to continue their life after their old age". Chang Ledong introduced that as early as the 60s of last century, the maintenance of village and village highways in villages and towns took the participation of the local government villages and towns to attract the labor force, and the remuneration was the "work point" in the village. After the promulgation of the labor law in 1994, according to the principle of voluntary stay, the highway bureau and the road workers signed the relevant contents of the time work, but this does not belong to the labor contract. Therefore, the long term temporary workers like Wang Xiuhua can be said to be caused by system and history, which is a problem left over by history. This is common throughout the country. "There are too many road maintenance workers like him in the country. There are only more than 2000 people in such a road maintenance area in Zaozhuang alone. So this is a common phenomenon and can not be solved in two days, but the highway bureau is also actively reflecting this situation for the elderly. At the same time, the highway bureau also sent a deputy chief and deputy director to visit the elderly. Chang Ledong said that taking into account Wang Xiuhua's age, he could reduce his workload.
the reporter has calculated an account for the old man to repair China. According to the monthly salary of 300 yuan, a monthly allowance of 160 yuan per person, plus a monthly 55 yuan rural pension insurance, can be obtained at least 500 yuan per month. It is not easy for the elderly to raise the demand for a one-time subsidy for the employment unit, the Tengzhou Highway Bureau.
in Wang Xiuhua's home, the cooking oil brought before the Highway Bureau on the shelf was barely touched. Wang Xiuhua said he was not willing to use it. "The people of Tengzhou Highway Bureau have brought dim sum, oil, eggs and 500 pieces of cash." More than January years ago, he could still feel his gratitude.
"in fact, as long as he can enjoy his old age, at least he can see a disease when he is sick." Wang Haoyu told reporters, "whether or not it meets the policy, it's like two people have been together for more than 50 years. There is human kindness outside the law, even if it is relief relief, so that his living conditions can be improved.
epilogue: a vast expanse of China, like Wang Xiuhua, thousands of "temporary" road maintenance workers, their fate has rarely attracted the attention of the outside world. In March 29th, the reporter once again came to Wang Xiuhua's home. In front of the door, the peach tree that he had only planted himself before he planted it had already opened flowers. Just like a night of spring. I wonder if Wang Xiuhua's old age can also usher in a spring...
: most people in the village live in a brick - and - tile cement house. Below: the adobe house where Wang Xiuhua lived for over thirty years. It rained a few days ago and the house was leaking. People's network reporter Ma Liya 
Wang Xiuhua / > is responsible for the 1.8 kilometer section of the section, each day with an iron drill, a broom, riding a tricycle on the road. Ma Liya, a journalist of the people's network, took a stove in
's home. The old man cooks himself every day. People's network reporter Ma Liya 
award was hung on the most obvious position on the wall. Ma Liya, a journalist from the people's network