What's so particular about fortune-telling crutches?

At first light, there was a creaking sound of wheels from the depths of the alley, and a thin middle-aged woman appeared in the morning in a wheelchair. Sitting in a wheelchair is an old lady in her eighties. The old lady has silver hair, but she combs it neatly. She wore a clean cloth shirt and a folded towel quilt on her legs. Opposite the handle above her leg is a pair of primary color wooden crutches. The old lady's expression is a little dull. Look carefully, that old face is very similar to the woman in the cart. The woman stopped the car from time to time, leaned over and whispered something in the old lady's ear.

The wheelchair passed by a breakfast shop, and the chubby proprietress was busy with her work, while saying hello: "Sister Ying, where did you take your mother to the square again?"

"Yes, aunt, the old lady felt less. She wants to go out before dawn, so she has to wait until dawn. "

A middle-aged woman named "Yingmeizi" answered the fat aunt. The two chatted a few words, such as what the weather was like today, and the people who had breakfast didn't arrive at the meal. Eiko slowly pushed the wheelchair to the square. Aunt Fat's men are busy, and their eyes are still driving Eiko. She shook her head and said, "What a sin! There are many children, but the filial piety is a disabled girl. "

This is a necessary scene every morning. Unless it is windy and rainy, neighbors who get up early in the alley will see such a mother and daughter. No one doesn't know them. For decades, Eiko has left countless footprints on the old stone road in the alley. And Eiko, from a little girl with crutches to a big girl with fine eyes, grows old day by day in the tempering of years. She has changed several pairs of wooden crutches. What remains unchanged is that she and her mother have been inseparable for decades.

Eiko's surname is Zhang. There are three brothers, an elder sister and a younger brother. The Zhang family is prosperous, but since the death of their young father, the Zhang family has gone downhill. The second brother was killed in a car accident when he was forty years old, and the woman left home and remarried. Third brother has always been a sick seedling, and he got a cerebral infarction two years ago. He managed to survive the Year of the Sheep and finally left. It is also a great tragedy in life for white-haired people to send black-haired people. Fortunately, the old lady is fascinated by it, and sometimes she can wake up a little. When she asked about the second and fourth children, Eiko also made up an excuse to pull them away, and the old lady was not too sad.

Sister and brother are far away from home, graduated from a school, got married in other places and rarely came back. It stands to reason that the old lady should be raised by the boss, but the boss is addicted to gambling. Anyone who can pull a few dollars in his hand will never go home unless he sends it to the casino and loses it all. He pawned all the things of little value at home, and his wife was so angry that she couldn't come back to live. The burden of taking care of her mother naturally fell on the shoulders of young eiko.

Eiko has polio since she was a child, and she has to walk with crutches. After her father died, her mother, who was still healthy at that time, called several children and said, "Your father is gone, and this family depends on your brothers and sisters to support it. Whether you live well or not depends on your own skills. I'm not worried about others. As you know, I will stay at home and recruit a son-in-law in the future, and you can help her like brothers and sisters. "

That is to say, however, in the following decades, the second child and the fourth child went to find their father, and the third child and the sixth child ran away from home, hoping that the eldest brother would dawdle and not be the boss at all. On the contrary, the five girls with crutches benefited. Eiko married a foreign carpenter. The carpenter is plain-looking. He came to this alley to play with wooden furniture. He didn't talk much and worked neatly. The neighbor enthusiastically introduced the matchmaker to Eiko, and the little carpenter noticed it. Although Eiko is leaning on crutches, she is delicate and graceful, revealing humility, which she appreciates. In addition, Eiko did a little exercise, not only can take care of herself, but also can basically do housework. The little carpenter readily agreed to this marriage. Naturally, Zhang's mother and daughter were not so picky, and the Zhang family had another physical member.

A year later, Eiko gave birth to a daughter, and later, a boy was added. Mother Zhang is very pleased to see her disabled daughter and healthy and lively grandson.

Because of honesty and sincerity, coupled with exquisite carpentry skills, the little carpenter was later hired by state-owned enterprises and turned into a regular employee, which will be regarded as a guaranteed old age in the future. Eiko was placed in a welfare factory by the neighborhood Committee and lived a decent life. The couple's kind and honest character influenced their children. When they mentioned those clever and excellent children, their neighbors didn't praise them. The two children are also very successful, and they have been admitted to famous universities one after another, which is really promising. This is another story.

Besides, since the little carpenter was adopted by the Zhang family, Eiko's burden has also been reduced. However, Eiko is doing trivial work at home, especially taking care of the burden of the old lady herself. Eiko Niang had a hard time when she was young, and severe rheumatic bone pain made her walk inconvenient. Coupled with Alzheimer's disease, she often lashes others like a child. Eiko always treats her patiently and takes care of her mother in every possible way, from opening her eyes in the morning, combing her hair to serving tea and water, to bathing and dressing, eating and drinking Lazar. This is easy for a healthy person, but it is many times more difficult for a disabled woman who relies on crutches to support her body. Many times, her mother's willfulness and unprovoked "disturbance" made Eiko fall to the ground. She will never forget to make a "meat pad" for her mother with her body at the moment of falling, for fear that an elderly woman would get hurt too carelessly. Her body is always scarred. The little carpenter looked distressed and said, "Take it easy, too. It seems that I am getting older every day, and my legs and feet are not neat. If you make a mistake again, I will be more painful. "

Eiko smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm careful. Think about mom, how hard it is to pull our six brothers and sisters alone? " Isn't it a picture of having children? "

The carpenter replied, "Yes, six sisters. Forget about those who have left. Mother belongs to everyone, and she was left behind in the end, leaving you to take care of a disabled person. Where is your conscience? "

Eiko said generously, "Hey, don't be so narrow-minded, okay?" Aren't they all busy at work? Aren't you at home? When my mother left me at home, I didn't need my brother and sister to take care of me. Now they can't be with my mother. I should do more and have the opportunity to repay my parents' kindness, which is a good thing. Only in this way can I feel at ease. "

"I didn't say I work far from home, but the eldest brother is right in front of me, right? Why doesn't he care about me? Not even a greeting. " The little carpenter was wronged.

Eiko is speechless. Yes, big brother is at home. He is a man with perfect limbs, but he always regards home as a hotel. When you are hungry, you will eat and pour on the Westinghouse bed. When will he bring a bowl of rice and a cup of tea to his mother? Sometimes when you lose a bet, you will be embarrassed to borrow money from her sister. What? I never wanted to give it back.

Eiko looked at the carpenter and said emotionally, "Thank you. I know you are distressed, that's why I said this. Thanks to you these years, you have to earn money to support your family and help me take care of my mother and two children. Otherwise, I really don't know if I can survive. "

The little carpenter also moistened his eyes: "Yes, one and a half children get married, and everyone has both parents.". I am a son-in-law and filial to my elders. I said nothing. " I'm just afraid you'll be exhausted. "

In this way, winter went to summer, and year after year, Eiko's temples were frosted, his back was bent, his armpits were bent, and his crutches were worn out. It's hard work to serve the old lady. The most puzzling thing is that the old lady is so confused that she clamors for a wife. She forgot that her wife was dead. I clamored to see my two sons, but Eiko's coaxing sometimes didn't work, making my mother cry and scold endlessly, and it took a long time to calm down. Sometimes the old lady forgets who she is and pushes her away.

"Mom, we have already worked, so you don't have to work so hard. Pay an aunt to take care of grandma. "

Eiko said, "It's ok to hire people, but how do outsiders know what your grandmother is thinking? How can people have the patience to put up with your grandmother's willfulness? I'm a daughter. It's right to serve your grandmother. If one day I get old, won't you hand me over to the nanny? "

Mother Zhang, middle-aged widowed, old-aged childless, unfortunately. Fortunately, the old lady has a filial daughter who never leaves. Crows feed back, lambs kneel and breastfeed, not to mention human beings with rich emotions and developed minds.

Disability is a kind of pain, and it is even more difficult to raise a mother with a disabled body, but how happy and satisfied it is to be able to bear love with crutches!