"His head is full of old people. Even the Spring Festival is spent in the nursing home with the old people." said the daughter.

"My mother was old and homesick. In order to help her fulfill her wish, he resolutely gave up his booming hot pot business," said his wife.

"Feeding medicine, feeding, wiping the body, picking out feces, and peeing... our own sons can't do this either!" said the elderly in the nursing home.

Along the way, his life path was filled with the seeds of "filial piety", and finally blossomed into warm flowers...

1. Childlike innocence understands kindness

Liang Zhong was born in Mumu Village, Heping Township, Zhaoyuan County. His parents were both private teachers at Mumu Village Primary School. From the day he was babbling, his father taught him that "in the beginning, human nature is good, similar in nature, and far apart in habits..." Xiao Liangzhong didn't understand the true meaning of the "Three Character Classic" at all, but he happily clapped his little hands and recited it very seriously. . His father often said to him: "You are a small tree. If you want to grow strong, you need to prune the twisted branches!" His father used teaching methods to open up a childish heart.

Xiao Liangzhong grew up in a family of nine. His grandparents are old and not in good health. Especially his grandfather, who suffers from cold leg disease and pulmonary heart disease and cannot walk. Conveniently, Xiaoliangzhong has almost become Grandpa’s little crutch, helping him carry this and that, and staying with Grandpa all day long. Watching his father wash his grandfather's hair and feet, he stood aside and handed him a towel, and slowly he remembered it all in his heart. Sometimes when Dad is busy, he clumsily carries a basin of water and washes Grandpa's feet with his little hands.

At that time, the production team was still full of helpers, so you could only rely on your parents to teach in primary schools to earn some work points, and the rations you received throughout the year were limited. At that time, my brother and three sisters were all studying. The children in the family ate too much and could not eat a single meal of dumplings all year round. In August, when the wheat comes in, each household in the production team is given a pound of black noodles to the bottom of the basket according to the population. My mother will steam a pot of steamed buns for the whole family to eat, and save the remaining noodles for the grandparents to make. Order something delicious. At home, Xiaoliang is the youngest, and his grandparents dote on him. He naturally thinks of him if he is a bit delicious, but the sensible Xiaoliang often puts grandma into his bowl and puts delicious food back into grandma's bowl, smiling. Said: "This is for grandma, children can't eat it!"

Once, his mother gave him a boiled egg and asked him to eat it secretly. Don't let his brothers and sisters see it. Xiaoliangzhong He happily took the egg and played with it in his hands for a while, then suddenly ran into the house and raised the egg in front of his grandparents: "Give it to your grandparents to eat!"

As he grew older, he slowly Understand the true meaning of "when people are born, their natures are good, their natures are similar, and their habits are far apart".

After understanding this meaning, he often said to his father: "I will be a kind child and respect my grandparents!"

2. Youth knows filial piety

Liang Zhong was eight years old That year, I went to Mumu Elementary School with a yellow schoolbag. Because my parents were teachers at the school, the sensible Liang Zhong never caused trouble to his parents. He said: "If I do something wrong and my parents are unhappy and don't tell me, I will definitely do it." It’s very embarrassing for parents. If the teacher’s children make mistakes, how can they teach other students?” Liang Zhongxin had this idea in mind. Therefore, in the five years of primary school, he never caused any trouble and was awarded the title of “Three Excellent Students” every year. His parents had these certificates posted all over the wall, and they were so proud to have such a son!

Once, on a Sunday, Liang Zhongzheng and his friends were playing outside the gate of his home. An old man begging came over. The friends all looked at the dirty old man with a strange look. The old man hid far away. Seeing that the old man was tired and thirsty, Liang Zhong hurriedly ran over to help the old man sit on the tree stump and asked him if he was thirsty or hungry. The old man nodded, so Liang Zhong ran in quickly. He poured a cup of hot water, took two cornmeal pancakes from the bowl rack, and happily delivered them to the old man and said, "Eat, go home when you're full!"

The old man trembled. After receiving the dry food and water, my eyes were filled with tears of gratitude, and I kept saying: "A good man, a good boy, a kind boy!"

At that time, my grandfather's health was getting worse and worse. Walking was inconvenient, and pulmonary heart disease was getting worse year by year. Sometimes he would see his grandfather coughing all night and unable to sleep, so Liang Zhong would find ways to put quilts and pillows on his grandfather, and find the best lying position to relieve his cough. Before going to school in the morning, he filled his grandfather's water glass, separated the medicines from the bottles one by one, and wrapped them one by one. He told his grandfather to take which medicine at what time, and he also cleaned the spittoon and put it on the table. Where Grandpa can get it.

As soon as school was over in the evening, he hurried home to take care of his grandfather. In the winter when Liang Zhong was in high school, his grandfather failed to survive the spring and passed away. Liang Zhong, who had a deep affection for his grandfather, sat there in a daze every day in despair. Not long after, grandma was also devastated by grandpa's passing. She suffered from cerebral thrombosis and never got up again.

He grew up with his grandparents, and his relatives all left one after another. He understood this truth in his young heart: he must cherish the people who love him and the people he loves! When he became an adult, he fully understood: filial piety is the embodiment of kindness, and the two turned out to be twin sisters.

In 1988, Liang Zhong was admitted to Harbin Ship Engineering College with excellent results. To his parents, he was a proud ancestor! After three years of college career, Liang Zhong successfully graduated. After graduation in 1991, Liang Zhong was assigned to work in the county cannery.

In 1993, when the spring breeze of reform was blowing across the country, this thoughtful and wise man could no longer restrain his pursuit of entrepreneurship. My wife Wang Hongying, who has been married for one year, embarked on the road to start a business in Panjin, Liaohe River.

3. Entrepreneurship is based on sincerity

The marriage between Liang Zhong and his wife is really close. After being introduced, the two fell in love at first sight. When Hongying saw Liang Zhong for the first time, She was moved by his honesty, and she believed that Liang Zhong was the man she relied on all her life.

My wife Wang Hongying’s natal family is in Panjin, so she chose to start her own business in Panjin. With 60,000 yuan in hand, Liang Zhong inspected for nearly a month and finally selected the junction of the oil field and the local area. There is a hot pot street. Liang Zhong believes that the more crowded the place, the more money can be made, but no matter what kind of food , are all hot pot restaurant battlegrounds. In the autumn of 1993, Liang Zhong plunged into the sea of ??dozens of hot pot restaurants.

The winter was shrouded in drizzle and was cold and gloomy, and Liang Zhong felt very wet. The hot pot restaurant had been open for two full months, but few customers came to patronize it. Liang Zhong was extremely anxious. How to make customers recognize and accept your own store? Liang Zhong visited and observed that Panjin taxi drivers are accustomed to dining together at two or three in the morning, when other hot pot restaurants have closed. If the business hours are extended, it will give them a reason to choose this hot pot restaurant.

He thought that if he wanted to settle down here, he would have to endure hardships that others did not endure and earn money that others did not care about. For this reason, Liang Zhong insists on operating until three or four in the morning every day, and can only sleep for two or three hours every night on two chairs put together in the store.

The hot pot restaurant gradually began to accumulate popularity. Liang Zhong opened a channel with his spirit and philosophy of being able to endure hardships and being honest. He started with 4 tables and expanded his business little by little. As long as customers walk into his hot pot restaurant and eat once, they will not go anywhere else next time. Some customers come for his reputation, some come for his humility, and most of them come to eat his freshly slaughtered mutton!

Liang Zhong is very smart, he can find things that are different from others. Ingredients are purchased every day according to the daily consumption level, and the freshest ingredients are used for everything. For example, the main ingredient is mutton. He slaughters the sheep according to the daily quota. Even if the sheep are sold out, he will never replace them with other ingredients. Relying on integrity and characteristics, we gradually won a reputation.

From then on, his hot pot restaurant began to be crowded with customers, but no matter how good the business was, Liang Zhong never forgot his original intention. Even if a wealthy person reserved a table, he would never treat ordinary customers slowly.

In the second year after the hot pot restaurant opened, Liang Zhong received a call from his hometown saying that his father was seriously ill. When he rushed back overnight, his father had closed his eyes forever. After Liang Zhong and his brothers and sisters buried his father, he held his mother's hand and cried and said: "Mom, give your son a chance to fulfill his filial piety. My career has just started. With you by my side, I feel at ease." "My mother has always been partial to her old son, so she agreed when she saw Liang Zhong begging. However, his brothers and sisters did not agree with his mother to let him go. He tried to persuade her and explained his ideas. Finally, the brothers and sisters agreed. His mother went to live with him in Panjin.

The arrival of his mother has indeed brought peace to Liang Zhong’s family. His wife goes to work every day and comes home with hot meals to eat, and her daughter sticks to her grandma all day long. The whole family is happy.

No matter what rare items he bought in the hot pot restaurant, Liang Zhong would make them himself and send them to his mother. One day, he bought good lobsters in the store. When Liang Zhong saw that the lobsters were still alive, he thought that his mother had never eaten them in her hometown, so he boiled a few lobsters with salt water and shredded onions, ginger and garlic. After finishing it, regardless of how busy the store was, he rushed to deliver it to his mother. He sat opposite her, carefully peeled off the shrimp skin and put it into her mouth. Seeing her mother eating it with gusto, Liang Zhong smiled like a three-year-old. child.

With his mother by his side, Liang Zhong became even more motivated. The business of the hot pot restaurant was getting better and better, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger. He had completely established a foothold on that street and was able to As for when hot pot went into a trough in the future, dozens of hot pot restaurants closed down one after another, but his hot pot restaurant was still prosperous, and he had been working for 13 years.

IV. Accompanying mother to return to her roots

"Zhong'er, mom is already at this age and I don't want to wander around with you anymore. Mom wants to go back to her hometown!"

His mother's call suddenly awakened the heart of a seven-foot-old man. Liang Zhong felt mixed emotions in his heart. He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep that night. He asked himself: Am I a good and filial son? My mother is seventy-six years old and lives outside with her. Although her food, clothing, housing and transportation are all good, her mother's heart is in Mumu Village. She misses the homeland where she was born and raised, misses the folks there, and wants to eat her own food in her hometown. Vegetables in the garden.

The next day, Liang Zhong made a surprising decision. He wanted to deal with the current hot pot restaurant as soon as possible. He told his wife Wang Hongying his thoughts. His lover was virtuous, kind and reasonable. What he valued back then was Liang Zhong married him because of his kind and filial heart. Since they are husband and wife, they should understand and support him. But the wife raised a very real question: What will you do when you leave the hot pot restaurant here? You can't just sit back and have nothing, right? Indeed, Liang Zhong was scratching his head over this matter, but with his wife's understanding and support, he will always be confident in himself. So Liang Zhong made a special trip back to his hometown of Mutou Village. He hadn't been back for more than ten years. Naturally, he visited the neighbors and villagers. He found that there were many lonely elderly people and some elderly people who were too busy with their daughters to take care of them, which became a big problem for the village and their children. .

An idea blew in his mind like a strong wind. He thought, if he could open a nursing home, it would not only take care of his mother, but also solve the life problems of these elderly people. Wouldn't it be a good thing to get the best of both worlds?

It was another sleepless night, and a grand plan was born in the year of Liang Zhongbuhuo!

Liang Zhong has always done things vigorously and resolutely. As long as he is determined to do something, he will definitely do it well. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are, he will continue to go on as always. This is his character and his character!

In the spring of 2013, he closed the hot pot restaurant in Panjin, Liaohe River, and returned to his hometown of Mutou Village with his mother and all the belongings he had accumulated over the years.

There is an old house about five kilometers away from the county seat, but there are large pits more than one meter deep everywhere. Liang Zhong decided to build an apartment for the elderly here. He thought it was far away from the city. It’s noisy, but the air is good. If this apartment is built for both health and retirement, mothers and the elderly can spend their remaining years in an elegant environment. Then, the first step is to move soil to fill the hole in the beam. This place surrounded by pits swallowed up more than 3,000 cubic meters of sand. Liang Zhong was like a man begging for rice, looking for soil to fill the pits. From spring to autumn, when it got cold, the sand finally settled and the pit turned into flat ground. A house of more than 3,000 square meters was displayed in front of Liang Zhong. He stood on the house and began to design the houses, layout, vegetable gardens, roads, flowers, trees, etc. of the nursing home...

As the New Year turned and spring began, Liang Zhong began to carry out large-scale construction work, importing bricks, sand, gravel, cement, wood, etc. When the two brick-and-tile structure bungalows were completed, Liang Zhong lost a lot of weight, and then started to renovate, install beds, install cable TV, etc. wait. He must rush to let the elderly people move in before winter. Winter is like crossing a high threshold for the elderly who are in poor health.

The success of everything depends on those who are prepared and have a pioneering spirit. The "Happy Home Apartment for the Elderly" officially opened on October 1, 2015.

Since the opening day, elderly people who are able to walk and are interested in moving in have come to inspect in person, and some have their children. Liang Zhong enthusiastically receives and answers questions, and keeps the cost to a minimum. It didn't take long for more than a dozen elderly people to move in. There was an old man named Liu Guilan who stayed at the hotel. He could not take care of himself and suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Old people suffering from this disease were called "dementia old people" and could not communicate with others normally. Liang Zhong coaxed her like a child. It takes a lot of time to eat with the elderly. When feeding, always taste it yourself first to see if it is hot or not. I am afraid that too hot food will burn the oral mucosa of the elderly. When feeding, you should not feed the whole spoonful. Feed about one-third of the spoon each time. If you feed too much, it will flow out. He also tried to ask other people to feed the old man, but after changing people, the old man refused to cooperate and failed repeatedly. The old man kept pushing away the spoon that was handed to his mouth, and even managed to take a bite and spit it out. Later, this arduous task was borne by him alone. The old man was used to him and never resisted. Liang Zhong said: "The old man only eats the food I feed him because he trusts me."

There is a ninety-three-year-old old man named Yang Guihua who opened an apartment. He moved in and relied heavily on Liang Zhong. He asked Liang Zhong to buy everything for him and wanted to recognize Liang Zhong as his godson. During the few months of getting along, Liang Zhong and Yang Guihua had a deep relationship. One night, Liang Zhong found that the old man was not normal and was breathing rapidly, so he quickly called the old man's children. After the children arrived, Liang Zhong accompanied his children to take the old man to the hospital. After the doctor rescued him, the old man had a weak heart and was on the verge of death. , Liang Zhong took the old man's hand, and a tall man burst into tears. His children couldn't stop him. Normally, it was Liang Zhong who should have comforted his family members, but that day, it was his family members who comforted Liang Zhong.

This is the first old man Liang Zhong has sent away since the establishment of the apartment. Liang Zhong’s eyes were full of sadness and his voice was low, “Every time an old man dies in the hospital, my heart aches. It's been a long time..."

Liang Zhong has been integrated into the lives of these elderly people.

After breakfast every morning, he began to visit every room, asking about this and that, writing down the medicines needed by the elderly in a book one by one, then going to the street to buy them back, and then delivering them to each elderly person, again and again. People everywhere tell me how to take the medicine, several times a day, before and after meals. If there is nothing to buy for a day, Liang Zhong will coax the elderly to do exercises and clap their hands. When the weather is nice, he will take the elderly out to bask in the sun and take a walk. He holds hands with the elderly with dementia because such elderly people cannot find their way home or call out the names of acquaintances after going out. But the old people recognized him, and as long as Liang Zhong was there, the eyes of the old people would be steady.

80-year-old Tian Xiulan has lived in the apartment for more than two months, and her face is rosy now. Because of his paralysis, he suffered from bedsores in many places when he first moved in. His children almost gave up on treatment and had to endure the day after he was admitted. Liang Zhong saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. I went to the drugstore to buy various medicines to prevent and treat bedsores. I washed and applied the medicines on time every day. Whenever I had time, I went to the old man’s room to turn him over and massage him. Under Liang Zhong’s careful care, the old man’s bedsores slowly scabbed over and are now completely healed. The old man always said to everyone he met: "Liang Zhong is my biological son!"

In the Happy Home Senior Apartment, there are endless stories about Liang Zhong. Liang Zhong is his mother's good son. He is also a good son to the old people in the apartment!

5. Author’s Notes

By chance, I went to the Happy Home Apartment for the Elderly with my friends to visit a sister. My sister enthusiastically introduced me to the director, Liang Zhong. First, When we first met, Liang Zhong left a deep impression on me. He was very tall and had a big, generous face. When he smiled, he reminded me of the smiling face of Maitreya Buddha, which made me feel very comfortable. Several times when I went to the apartment, the old people regarded me as a reporter and rushed to tell me stories about their principal. An old mother held my hand and said, "Let me say a few words quickly. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say it." ! ”

I have heard many touching stories about Liang Zhong. If I didn’t hear them with my own ears and see them with my own eyes, I would really not believe them. I was moved by the heartfelt words of gratitude from those old people, and I was also moved by Liang Zhong’s great love!

As a literature lover, I felt a surge of enthusiasm in my heart. If I didn’t write out Liang Zhong’s story, it would seem like I would be sorry for my love for words over the years, so I decided to write this. This short article collects into words the bits and pieces of my several interviews with Liang Zhong.

Shakespeare said: "Love can create miracles." The love in Liang Zhong is a seed in spring. Wherever it is sprinkled, it will sprout, take root, bloom and bear fruit!