The food factory built a building outside the factory area.
The house is very large, with several large rooms inside and a courtyard outside, where several sets of wooden tables and chairs are placed.
The house was built by the brigade by gathering people, and the cost was paid by the food factory.
Everyone was very curious about what it was used for.
until......
The sign outside the building read "Qingshan Food Factory Nursing Home".
An older woman asked Lin Yu, "Xiao Yu, what does this nursing home mean?"
She attends literacy classes and already knows how to read, but she doesn't understand what these three characters mean when put together.
After all, who in this rural area has ever heard of a nursing home?
Lin Yu then explained to them, "This place will take in the elderly living alone from our brigade, providing them with free accommodation and food. We will also organize some activities right here in this courtyard."
The old woman's eyes widened in surprise: "Really, it's free? Can I go?"
She thought to herself with delight that if she could eat and stay here for free, she would save money.
Lin Yu wasn't surprised that she had such thoughts; she had long guessed that someone would try to take advantage of this.
So she said, "The nursing home has regulations. It only accepts elderly people who are widowed and have no children. Elderly people with children who are over 55 years old can also move in, but they will have to pay a fee."
She was afraid that someone would try to shift the responsibility of caring for the elderly onto the food factory.
So let me clarify first: if you have children, you need to pay money to place your elderly parents in a nursing home.
This money will be kept in the nursing home's account as operating funds.
If no one pays, then the few elderly people living alone in the food factory's production team won't be a problem.
In short, they only help those in need, and others shouldn't expect to gain any advantage.
As soon as this regulation was introduced, many older women backed out.
Let alone the fact that some of them are not even 55 yet, even if they were, they would have sons and grandsons at home, why would they need to spend money to go to a nursing home?
But some people are starting to get interested.
Regardless of what others thought, after announcing the nursing home matter, Lin Yu asked Lin Shan to take a few people to pick up all the elderly people.
She knew the elderly might refuse, so she built the house without informing them first.
The elderly people are reluctant to leave this place empty, so they will naturally waver.
If they then have their favorite Lin Shan play the victim, the success rate will be even higher.
Lin Shan was incredibly impressed with Lin Yu's arrangements.
No one in the brigade had ever thought of building a place to gather and care for the elderly.
But Lin Yu had an idea.
Lin Shan also saw her project proposal. If it could be implemented as planned, the elderly would have a very colorful retirement life.
He no longer has to worry about them being lonely when he's not around.
As Lin Yu had expected, when they arrived at the elderly people's homes, none of them wanted to leave their houses.
Even a dilapidated house is worth a fortune. Although their houses were very old and run-down, they were built when they were young, and they would rather die in them.
Lin Shan then told them directly, "That nursing home is very well built. We go there to work every day, and our shoulders are all chafed."
One of Lin Shan's brothers even showed them his shoulder.
The elderly people look at them like children, so naturally they feel sorry for them.
“The houses are all built. Xiaoyu said that if you don’t live there, just leave them empty.”
Grandma Zhang said with heartache, "How can that be? The house will fall apart if it's left unused, especially since it's a brand new house."
Lin Shan pleaded, "Yes, so that we don't work for nothing, you can stay here."
Seeing that the elderly people's expressions were wavering, Lin Shan said again, "If you don't go, I'll always worry about whether something will happen to you if you're alone at home, and I won't be able to concentrate on my work."
The older folks immediately objected.
How could they hold the child back?
Besides, they were indeed somewhat interested in the new house that Lin Shan had mentioned.
Thinking back on their entire lives, apart from the time this dilapidated house was first renovated, they've never lived in a new house before.
He said the house was very well built.
They were all very interested.
Grandpa Liu saw through the children's scheme, but he was also very pleased.
These are all good children; they are all doing this for the good of the elderly.
Just a couple of years ago, an old friend of mine was at home when his old house collapsed. He had difficulty walking and couldn't get out, so he was crushed to death.
Grandpa Liu's house is very sturdy, but as far as he knows, several other old men's houses here are about to collapse.
It would be great to move into a new house.
"Okay, we'll go with you to take a look. If we don't like it, we won't stay."
Seeing that they had finally relented, Lin Shan quickly said, "Okay, I promise you'll like it."
Lin Shan's friend Hei Zi also said, "Grandpas and grandmas, that house is really nice. If I weren't still so young, I would want to move in there myself."
Lin Shan tapped him: "What are you saying?"
Hei Zi snorted and said, "That's true."
They had to call on a lot of people, who worked overtime every day to build the house.
The house was built with high-quality materials.
When Hei Zi learned that the elderly would be staying there for free, he couldn't help but give Lin Yu a thumbs up, thinking how incredibly generous she was.
Even if it were their own house, they wouldn't be willing to build it.
To save money, they might even use some mud instead of building entirely with bricks.
Hei Zi is actually a little envious of these grandpas and grandmas who can live in such nice houses.
Hearing them say that, the elderly people became even more curious about what the house actually looked like.
......
When you get near the food factory, you'll see that there's now a house on what used to be an empty lot.
The exterior is covered with white walls and topped with black tiles.
The sign hanging at the entrance reads "Nursing Home".
Grandpa Liu stepped forward and touched it: "Is this all built with bricks?"
Hei Zi exclaimed loudly, "Yes, Sixth Grandpa, isn't this house very nice?"
"It's not just good, it's fantastic!"
The elderly people looked at the house in surprise: "This, is this for us to live in?"
Lin Shan nodded: "Yes, it's for you to stay in."
The group kept saying, "Great, great, this is wonderful."
They were speechless; they had never lived in such a nice house in their entire lives.
People who were still hesitant are now asking, "When can we move in?"
Lin Shan said happily, "If you want to, you can move today."
The group exchanged glances and unanimously decided, "Let's move today!"
Sixth Grandfather took charge of the overall situation and said to Lin Shan, "Find a few more people to help us move things, and we'll finish moving them today."
Lin Shan agreed and told Hei Zi to find someone to come over.
He and a few others led the elderly people into the house.
The interior is spacious, and all the tables, chairs, and benches were made to order.
There is also a small kitchen and a dining room.
The rooms are for two people, with men and women separated on opposite sides.
Grandma Zhang was incredibly excited as she touched the brand-new walls and furniture.
"Shanzi, will you be living here from now on?"
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