(Walking to the grassroots level in the Spring Festival) Two generations of Zhejiang Nanya Ancient Road relay protection: cleaning and polishing a broom at a time
China News Service, Wenzhou, February 9th (Fan Yubin and Xu Binbin) In Yongjia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, "Nanya Grandma" Jiang Xianglan has been cleaning the ancient roads in Nanya Forest Park for seventeen years, rain or shine, until her death, which is touching.
After Jiang Xianglan's death, her daughter Lu Caihua immediately took over the broom from her mother's hand and took the responsibility of cleaning the ancient road on her shoulders. Three years have passed since the sweep.
The inheritance and persistence of these two generations jointly guard the cleanliness and tidiness of the roads in Nanya Forest Park.
He was not tall, with a little gray hair on his hair. I saw Lu Caihua holding a broom, hunched over, carrying a backpack with water, bread and other "supplies" on his back, concentrating on cleaning each step.
Lu Caihua cleans the ancient road in Nanya Forest Park Photo by Xu Binbin
It is already a "silent agreement" between Lu Caihua and Nanya Forest Park to go up the mountain to clean 1-2 times a week.
"My mother passed away, give me this broom, and I will come to sweep it, and I will come to sweep it even if I can't walk. Every time I come here at five or six in the morning, I don't go back until about 6 o'clock in the evening. When cleaning, I will think of my mother, and remember the words she said before her death, 'The leaves on the ancient road don't know how thick, when I get better, I will go back immediately'." Lu Caihua said.
Lu Caihua mentioned that a broom is basically smoothed out every time a cleaning is done.
In the past three years, she has already lost count of how many brooms have been worn out, but every time they wear out, she will immediately buy a new broom to make up for it.
In addition to cleaning the fallen leaves and silt on the road, every two or three months, she will carry more than ten kilograms of medicinal water up the mountain, clear the weeds on both sides of the trail, and clear the thorns on the roadside, just to let Nanya Forest Park travel the trail. It is more spacious and beautiful, giving citizens and tourists a more comfortable playing experience.
Lu Caihua has always been entrusted by her mother Jiang Xianglan, and Lu Caihua will keep it in her heart. She is 67 years old this year and has a long story with Nanya Ancient Road.
Lu Caihua said that in the future, as long as she can still work hard, she will continue to sweep and use her own actions to be a voluntary cleaner in Nanya Forest Park.
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