December 7, Ms. Chen in her 60s was very satisfied with her job. She had been doing it for 16 years. For convenience at work, she also prepared a footstool. Photo/Xiangcheng Morning Post reporter Chen Yong
Hunan Red Network Changsha December 8 (Xiangcheng Morning Post reporter Wang Huan intern Li Chunxia) Every morning at 6 o'clock, at a bus stop in Tianxin District, Changsha, there would always be a frail figure less than 1.2 meters tall standing quietly in the cold wind.
When the bus roared in, she ran over, lifted her leg, and climbed onto the bus. Two hours later, her figure would appear in the factory workshop with the roar of machines.
She is 62 years old this year! On the morning of December 7, I met her on the second floor of a small printing factory.
"Every morning at 5 o'clock, I get up, walk to the bus stop, then take the bus for 2 hours, and go to work. I finish work at 9 in the evening, and often don't get home until after 11." The old woman's face was always filled with a radiant smile.
I can't remember how old I was, but due to an accident, my height stopped at "1.2 meters". This number never changed afterwards. Bullying and ridicule planted the seeds of "not willing to lose, not willing to fall behind" in her heart. The impression of those who know her is, "very hardworking, very tough, very spirited like Hunan girls."
She got married at the age of 37, and had a boy the next year. She at least thought "I could take a breath and live an easier life," but fate kept challenging the patience of this petite woman: when her child was 5 years old, her husband passed away.
When her husband passed away, she did not have a retirement salary, and the neighbors all advised her to apply for low-income assistance, "they all said that someone in my situation would definitely qualify. But I told them, how could I eat the state's food? I stubbornly refused to go."
"At that time, I declined help from many people, I decided to support my family myself." She had worked multiple jobs before finally coming to the current printing factory in 1996.