In order to let the children eat well during the reunion, the old man usually pulls the goods like this. "I go out to set up a stall just to relieve my mind. I always think of my dead child when I stay at home. I can still set up a stall for a few days. I will go out if I can move, and I won't go out if I can't..." Grandma Zhao sighed.
On a 100-meter-long small slope, the old lady rested four times. "You don't have to worry about anything, you'll see." The old lady refused our help.
"Otherwise, you can help me, I still need to make two more trips." The old lady smiled and thanked us.
After dragging forward for about 30 meters, the old lady began to breathe heavily and rested for about one minute.
She took out a white rope similar to a belt, connecting the bag handles together. Then, the old lady pulled the rope, dragging the leather cushion with dozens of pounds of goods forward.
"@Fang Feier2010": In such cold weather, at this age, she cannot enjoy her old age at home, but has to run around for a living, which is very touching. I will definitely go and take care of her business when I have time. Evening Post reporter Yuxdong Zhang and Tao He wrote and photographed this story.
Yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, we came to the bus stop at Renmin South Road. The grandmother wrapped in a red scarf had already packed some combs, hair clips, and other goods into six or seven plastic woven bags, preparing to go home. The grandmother looked relatively sturdy and skillfully moved the bags onto a leather pad.
With our insistence, the grandmother finally agreed to let us help.
"I sell my goods to young people, who are very nice to me"
"@Jiagong College Ma Shengqiang": A place I often passed by. People who pass by now might as well buy something.
At 5:15 pm, the grandmother arrived at a small path leading to Shangfu New Village. This was a 200-meter-long, 45-degree inclined path with transverse speed bumps on the road surface.
Then, we went to another residential building. The grandmother lived on the 5th floor, which was a two-bedroom apartment. She lived there with her great-granddaughter, but the great-granddaughter was only a teenager and usually wasn't at home, living outside with her grandson. Inside the house where the grandmother lived, it was filled with clothes, all of which were the belongings left behind by her daughter and daughter-in-law.
The grandmother arrived at a residential building in the community, untied the leather belt that fixed the goods, picked up the two bags under her feet, and climbed to the second floor. We followed her with the remaining bags.
Dozens of pounds of goods, the grandmother dragged them along.
Even though pulling the goods, the grandmother's steps were still quite brisk, and in less than a minute, she crossed a small path and came to another street.
The grandmother agreed to let us visit her home.
This was a one-bedroom, one-living room filled with clutter. The grandmother said this was where her daughter lived before she passed away. She only cooked here and didn't dare to live here because she was afraid of thinking about her daughter.
"People who buy things are all young people, they are very good to me, so I sell them cheaply. Hair clips others sell for 7 yuan, I sell for 2 yuan."
"The country has been very good to me, and I'm not poor either. I just want to earn more money so that when the children come to see me, they can eat well. As long as it's a holiday, the children will come to see me, and there are more than ten people." Grandma Zhao said.
Yesterday, netizen @Xinxiya posted a tweet saying: Please help this grandmother! At the bus stop near Renmin South Road close to Erqi Square, across the street from Rongguang, an eighty or ninety-year-old grandmother quietly sets up a stall without shouting to passersby. She sells items like shoe pads and nail clippers, all very cheap. A bunch of lilies, the grandmother said costs two yuan, I gave her five yuan, she wanted to give me change, I said no need. She insisted on charging me two yuan, and only accepted after I declined.
"Do you have a cart? How will you take all these things away? Let us carry them for you."