Qian Yipin helped Guo Aizhen massage to prevent muscle atrophy.

Photo by Ye Taiyu

　　Our reporter Huang Weifen, correspondent Ye Taiyu, has been lying in the ward of Lin'an Chengnan Hospital every day in the past half a month.

During the day, I occasionally chat with my sister who takes care of me. In the evening, after my husband Qian Yipin gets off work, he will make a good meal and bring it over to take my sister's work.

　　This seemingly ordinary companionship has a touching earth-shattering behind it.

　　Guo Aizhen is a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. After falling ill, the joints of her lower extremities have been locked up one after another. In the past two decades, she has barely moved her feet.

After being seriously ill more than ten years ago, he was confined to bed.

Over the past 28 years, her husband’s "princess hug" has accompanied her.

　　28 years later, Qian Yipin and Guo Aizhen finally ushered in the dawn.

This summer, Guo Aizhen underwent a left hip replacement with good results. In mid-November, she had another right hip replacement.

On November 29, Guo Aizhen had a part of the thread removed after the operation.

Perhaps in the near future, the couple who have been "locked" together by fate for 28 years will finally be separated.

For the rest of their lives, they will definitely use a better life to continue this love.

　　Began to be at the age of 22

　　"Blockhead

　　Qian Yipin and Guo Aizhen are from Banqiao Town, Lin'an District. They met and fell in love in a local brick factory when they were young.

　　Once upon a time, just like ordinary people, they put on nice dresses, rode bicycles in the countryside on sunny days, and would make appointments to watch outdoor movies one after another in summer.

　　Although the work at the brick and tile factory was a bit disheartening, the two recognized each other at that time and believed that the future was always bright.

　　It is a pity that fate seems to be deliberately testing the young couple.

　　When Guo Aizhen was 18 years old, at her age, one day suddenly her hip was sore, and then her knees and ankles...

　　When she first fell ill, Guo Aizhen could still ride the car by herself, and Qian Yipin took her lover to seek medical treatment.

Unfortunately, the cause cannot be found.

Four years later, when Guo Aizhen was 22 years old, her hip and knee joints were locked up one after another and she could only sit on a relatively high stool. Her legs could not bend freely, and she became a "wood" beauty.

　　This relationship is not favored.

Qian Yipin’s parents and relatives expressed their opposition to their marriage, but he did not waver.

"This is the person I chose," Qian Yipin said, "and at that time, I felt that the disease could always be cured."

　　So, when Guo Aizhen was 24 years old, the two got married.

　　Wife's condition continues to deteriorate

　　He struggles to guard this little home

　　Guo Aizhen got ankylosing spondylitis.

For the lucky ones, only the motor function of the spine is affected.

　　Guo Aizhen is the most serious kind.

As the disease progressed, her spine, lower limbs, and upper limb joints were gradually locked up.

　　From being able to sit on a taller stool, it later developed to only standing or lying down.

She can't comb her hair, take a shower, go to the bathroom...

　　Before the operation, Guo Aizhen only had the elbow joints, wrist joints and knuckles below the shoulders that could bend and move.

　　If the condition is not controlled, the three pairs of joints of her upper limbs will also lock up one after another.

　　In the beginning, Qian Yipin was doing odd jobs everywhere, carrying cement bags, driving small three-wheelers, and selling goods, but he found that this was not possible.

Because Guo Aizhen, who is at home alone, does not eat lunch all day, and even dare not drink water, "Her stomach will break if this goes on."

　　More than ten years ago, Qian Yipin started working in a machinery factory.

His boss is a nice person, knows his family's situation, and specially provides him with a house for Guo Aizhen to live with, so that he can take care of him.

Therefore, Qian Yipin took care of his wife while going to work.

He also grows some vegetables in the open space around the house, buying some meat dishes only rarely.

　　Over the years, this little family basically saved no money.

　　Hug your wife

　　See the light at last

　　After 6 years of marriage, the two had the crystallization of love.

　　The son is very sensible, and he knows that mom and dad are not easy since childhood.

He stayed at home with his mother when he was young, and is now working.

　　During these years, Qian Yipin embraced Guo Aizhen, lived and sought medical treatment.

　　Although Guo Aizhen is very light, only 84 kilograms, she said: "Now he is holding me, it is easy to breathe out. He used to hug me and walk very fast."

　　Since the hands and feet cannot move freely, the back can only hold.

This embrace is 28 years, from youth to middle age.

　　Qian Yipin's unremitting efforts have touched many people. He has been named one of the "Top Ten People Touching Lin'an" and "Hangzhou City Moral Model".

　　After learning about the family's deeds, Seongnam Hospital decided to perform surgery on Guo Aizhen, eliminating all medical expenses.

　　On August 8 this year, Guo Aizhen, who has been in bed for 28 years, entered the operating room to undergo hip replacement.

On November 14, the hospital performed another right hip replacement for Guo Aizhen.

　　This time, Guo Aizhen walked into the operating room by herself.

For her, it is not easy. "After my first operation, my son was also very happy. He said he had never seen my feet separate since he remembered."

　　In the past, Guo Aizhen couldn't separate her feet at all because her joints were locked, and she couldn't even wear slippers.

After the first operation, Guo Aizhen put on the beautiful leather shoes carefully selected for her by her husband, and began to get out of bed and walk around the wall.

　　Both operations went well.

A part of the line was removed first, and after three days, after all the lines were removed, Guo Aizhen was able to leave the hospital and go home.

　　Twenty years of long-cherished wish

　　Coming soon

　　It feels good to start walking.

　　For us, it is just one thing, and Guo Aizhen has been looking forward to it for more than 20 years.

　　In recent years, apart from going to Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Jinhua for medical treatment, the couple have hardly left Lin'an.

　　In his hometown of Jinhua, Guo Aizhen remembered that he had returned with his parents when he was 7 years old. Once again, he had given birth to his son. The cousin in his hometown said that Dongyang had a doctor who could treat his disease, so he visited once.

　　My uncle in my hometown passed his birthday last year, and my family also went.

It is a pity that everyone is enthusiastic about playing, but her husband can only take care of herself in the car. Guo Aizhen feels quite uncomfortable.

　　Over the years, she occasionally felt upset in her heart and felt that she was a drag on the family.

But her husband is open-minded, and often enlighten her: "You see that the son is also older, and there will be grandchildren in the future, how wonderful."

　　"I thought about it before, even if I can sit in a wheelchair, it's good to walk outside without being hugged."

　　Now, Guo Aizhen has hope again.

Qian Yipin said, just waiting for the day when his wife gets better, he wants to take her to see the sea, "Don't go too far, just our Zhoushan, Zhejiang."