The touching story of a sister-in-law taking meticulous care of her paralyzed brother, and the baton of affection being passed down to the niece-in-law caring for her uncle, is not uncommon. Yet every time we hear such stories, they deeply move us.
For 37 years without complaint or regret — Wang Bailiang, with a fiery personality and a machine-gun-like chatter, has some small tempers but never vents anger on her elder brother. "I can be angry with anyone, but I mustn't lose my temper with him. He has suffered more than all of us!" Wang Bailiang said that becoming a family is an edge from a past life, and it must be cherished.
Over decades, Wang Bailiang and her husband have worked hard, and their two children are now married. What brings comfort to Wang Bailiang is that after her daughter-in-law entered the family, she began to take over the care of her paralyzed uncle, serving tea, washing clothes, cooking meals, doing everything without complaint. When the uncle's TV broke, she even went to town to buy a new color TV.
At Xiao Julbing's bedside, there always lies a remote key. Lying in bed, he only needs to press it lightly to open or close the house door.
In this simple home, there is a special bamboo chair. The bamboo chair is large and wide, with a longer backrest, no seat board, and the four legs are surrounded by wooden boards, filled with soft cotton wadding in the middle. "He has been paralyzed for many years, his lower body is so thin that it’s just bones left, and he cannot sit on ordinary stools," Wang Bailiang said. To take care of her elder brother, her husband specially made this chair so that he doesn’t have to lie down all day and can occasionally sit together for meals.
Becoming a family is fate and should be cherished.宁愿自己省吃俭用，不能亏大哥
In the corner of Xiao Julbing's room, there is also a white porcelain flush toilet. This flush toilet has accompanied him for eight years but remains as white as new.
Xiao Julbing said that this flush toilet was specially bought by his sister-in-law, who also installed the pipes, costing several hundred yuan. "At that time, the new house had just been built, and there wasn't even money to decorate the walls, yet she insisted on buying this for me." With the flush toilet, Xiao Julbing found it much more convenient and hygienic to use the restroom, and there was no unpleasant smell in the room. A year later, the family had enough money to paint the walls.
Ten years ago, Xiao Julbing began to experience incontinence. Wang Bailiang patiently changed and washed her brother's clothes without complaint. Once, a relative stayed at Wang Bailiang's house for a while and offered to help wash clothes. When that relative took Xiao Julbing's pants to wash, they couldn't help but vomit, and Wang Bailiang quickly took them over to wash herself.
Forty years ago, Xiao Julbing was paralyzed due to a spinal injury while building a house for the production team. At that time, his mother had already passed away, and he could only rely on his younger brother Xiao Judong and his nearly seventy-year-old father for care. Three years later, his father passed away, and his sister-in-law Wang Bailiang came into the family, shouldering the responsibility of caring for Xiao Julbing.
In early September, the weather had slightly turned cool. 59-year-old Xiao Julbing lay sideways in his room, occasionally raising his head to search for changes outside the window with his eyes. At this moment, his sister-in-law had already changed his comfortable thin cotton quilt and pad. With the changing seasons, with the careful care of the family, his days spent lying sick in bed were no longer so difficult.
In this not-so-affluent rural family, spending thousands of yuan to install an electric roller shutter door was solely for the convenience of Xiao Julbing who was bedridden. If friends came to visit or if he wanted to see the road and vehicles outside the door, Xiao Julbing did not need to struggle to get up to open the door.
After being bedridden for 40 years, Xiao Julbing's clothes remain tidy, his face shows no signs of fatigue or illness, and he has hardly grown any gray hair. All these owe greatly to the meticulous care of his family.
Wang Bailiang, 54 years old, an ordinary woman from Changjiang Village, Lugudui Town, Taojiang County, has been meticulously taking care of her husband's paralyzed brother Xiao Julbing since she married into the family. For 37 years without complaint or regret, her story has become a legend among neighbors.
Wang Bailiang suffers from diabetes. On a daily basis, whenever she feels unwell, she endures it and refuses to go to the hospital for a check-up. But once her elder brother feels unwell, she will invite the village doctor to come over. In this rural woman's view, her elder brother has been tormented by pain for most of his life, and he deserves to be well cared for, making his life more comfortable.
Considering that Xiao Julbing might feel uncomfortable being alone, a color TV and DVD player were added to his room, and the family often watches TV with him. Wang Bailiang said that she and her husband would rather save and live frugally themselves, ensuring that her brother lives comfortably, without letting him down.
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Wang Bailiang said that she and her husband plan to buy a specially-made wheelchair for her elder brother, pushing him around to see different places.
Every morning after getting up and washing up, the first thing Wang Bailiang does is send hot water for washing face to her elder brother's room, which has become her long-standing habit. Delivering tea and food and changing clothes for her elder brother are indispensable parts of her daily routine.