Words into action, from the summer of 2005, the old man began to clean up dog dung in his neighborhood voluntarily. In summer, he washed it with water and in winter, he shovelled it away. Although in poor health, he persisted in doing this for six years without interruption.
Every day at around 8 o'clock, the old man would go out and walk around the community, often filling the small box in his hand completely. Li Shukai said that cleaning up feces could improve the environment and also exercise the body. For eight years, elderly parents have been guarding their son who is in a vegetative state, while postpartum mothers focus on breast enhancement. Li Shukai's wife said that because of his age, Li Shukai goes out every day to help neighbors clean up dog droppings, making the community more beautiful, and the family fully supports him.
The dependent area of Factory 228 is located by the Prosperity Road in Chaoyang District, Changchun City. At 12:30 yesterday, the reporter came here and happened to see an elderly man with unsteady steps collecting dog droppings. He was wearing a cotton coat, a black hat, holding a shovel in his right hand, and a self-made mesh box in his left. Due to the low temperature, about minus 20 degrees Celsius, the feces solidified quickly, and the old man had to hit the feces hard several times with the shovel before he could pick it up and put it into the mesh box, then send it to the garbage can in the community.
After observing for a while, the reporter found that the old man cleaned very carefully, not letting even the feces on the green space in the community go unnoticed.
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Had three surgeries and voluntarily cleaned up dog droppings for six years after surgery. Li Shukai cleans up dog droppings every day with tools. Photographed by our reporter, Kan Xuan.
When cleaning up dog droppings, Li Shukai encountered some misunderstanding and even ridicule. "Many people scold me as an old man who likes to meddle in other people's affairs, and some ask how much money the community gives me to make me so careful." Li Shukai said that every time he heard these words, he would tell the other party that he does not earn a penny, just to give everyone a good environment.
Facing ridicule, the old man said it was only for giving everyone a good environment.
In 1996, Grandpa Li suffered from bladder cancer and underwent three major surgeries. After the operation, the old man remained optimistic and often thought that he must do more good deeds during his lifetime. Like many others, Grandpa Li couldn't stand seeing people walking their dogs in the community and letting them defecate wherever they wanted, with dog droppings scattered in many corners of the community. "It's too dirty, whoever steps on it will feel sick!" Seeing the dog droppings in the community, the old man made up his mind to clean them up voluntarily!
According to reports (intern reporter Cao Yiqun), in his seventies, with white hair, looking at the dog droppings in the community, 74-year-old Li Shukai has been cleaning up dog droppings voluntarily for six years. Many neighbors gave approving looks, but there were also some who mocked him for being meddlesome. Facing ridicule, Old Li just smiled and faced it calmly.
Braving the severe cold, the old man picked up dog droppings in the community.
The old man's name is Li Shukai, 74 years old this year, a retired worker from Factory 228, who used to be a carpenter.
Aunt Chen from Building 31 said: "I admire him, he can persist, even if others misunderstand him, he continues to do it." She said that in recent years, the number of dog owners in the community has gradually increased. Most of them are single elderly people in the community who like to keep pets. Many people like to take their dogs for a walk after tea and dinner, and some citizens' awareness of maintaining public hygiene is not strong, allowing their pet dogs to defecate anywhere, which may cause other residents to step on dog droppings if they're not careful.