"Xiao Xing, I miss you and want to go back to Beijing..."
"How are you doing recently? Have you taken your medicine on time? I will pick you up when you come back."
On the other end of the phone, Grandma Shi's voice sounded a little Choking up sobs, Xing Fengyan felt uneasy and patiently listened to her talk. This phone call lasted half an hour.
Grandma Shi is 83 years old this year and has no children. Her wife also passed away two years ago. The one who has always taken care of her life is Xing Fengyan.
The two of them are neither relatives nor friends. This fate started 17 years ago. In 2007, Xing Fengyan, who retired from a textile factory, heard that Dongsanli Community was recruiting, so she signed up to become a disabled worker. "I am a disabled person myself, and I can better understand the difficulties of my disabled friends." Xing Fengyan is 62 years old. When she was 23 years old, she injured her legs in a traffic accident. She was later identified as having a third-level physical disability and can now walk My legs are still limping. After
joined the company, the first task was to get a thorough understanding of the information. Xing Fengyan still remembers that there were 28 disabled people registered in the community at that time, but only their names and addresses were registered. “Only by understanding the basic needs of disabled friends can we serve them.” Door-to-door visits became a top priority, and she knew Grandma Shi at that time.
Grandma Shi has a second-grade physical disability. She usually travels in a wheelchair and relies entirely on her wife and children to take care of her. But her wife is 10 years older than her and her health is not good either. With Xing Fengyan's help, Grandma Shi obtained a disability certificate and received some monthly subsidies.
Every Thursday, the community activity station also holds public welfare activities, measuring blood pressure and blood lipids for the elderly. Sometimes when she sees Grandma Shi and her wife not coming, Xing Fengyan always knocks on the door and asks what's going on.
Once, Grandma Shi suddenly called Xing Fengyan, "Xiao Xing, can you accompany me to the hospital to prescribe medicine today?" Grandma Shi suffered from chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, but her husband was not at home during that time, so she thought Xing Fengyan. Without saying a word, Xing Fengyan immediately took her to the hospital and was busy. "Xiao Xing, I will treat you as my daughter from now on." This sentence closely linked this "mother and daughter".
In 2009, Grandma Shi moved to Zhenwu Temple in Xicheng District. Although she lived far away, her contact with Xing Fengyan has never been broken. "Grandma Shi's household registration has always been in Sanlitun. I always go to give her disability vouchers and rice, flour and oil distributed by the community." Xing Fengyan goes there every time, and it takes more than two hours to go back and forth, but she keeps insisting. "The old lady will always wait at the intersection in advance, and the expectant look in her eyes makes me unable not to go."
"The old lady now has glaucoma, optic nerve atrophy, can't see, and her ears only have weak hearing. I can't help it." No matter." Xing Fengyan said.
Actually, it’s not just her “mother” that Xing Fengyan can’t let go of, but also her “daughters”. Xiao Zhang, a "post-90s generation" in the jurisdiction, has a hearing disability. Xing Fengyan helped her find a job in a cafe after repeated inquiries; Food is given to this "daughter"...
Although Xing Fengyan retired from the community 2 years ago, she can't take any time off. With the support of the Disabled Persons' Federation, the Sanlitun Jinyu Reading Club was established in the street, and Xing Fengyan was elected as the president.
From "Me and the Temple of Earth" and "Dream in a Wheelchair" to "The Invisible Peak" and "The Three of Us"... On the morning of Friday of the third week of every month, Xing Fengyan organizes disabled people in the area to read a book together. "Words can be used where footsteps cannot measure, and where eyes cannot see, words can be used. Reading is the best spiritual journey."
With the encouragement of Xing Fengyan, many disabled people gradually fell in love with reading, and also Through reading activities, I gradually left home and bravely contacted society.
