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Thoughts on Wanqing at Dusk: Continued
This is a realistic work that directly faces the dilemma of Chinese-style elderly care. Sixty-eight-year-old Zhang Licheng has been retired for eight years and lived alone for five years. His knees were broken and he couldn't climb high; Lao Wu, who was opposite the door, had his wife to help him get out of the car, but he didn't. With a monthly pension of 10,000 yuan, the cost of medicines and vegetable prices have increased. What I fear most is getting sick. If I get sick, my pension will be
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A Monk Who Returns to Lay Life
His name is Zhang Xiaomo. An orphan from a farm in the Central Plains, he was fifteen years old when his parents died. The monastery on the mountain took him in. He was ordained, wore a monk's robe, and took the title of "Sage". From then on, the ancient Buddha with green lanterns and bells in the morning and drums in the evening. This was supposed to be his destination for the rest of his life - until late one night, the sound of the train whistle at the foot of the mountain penetrated his ear
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Reading About Wanqing at Dusk
This is a long novel about loneliness and emotional struggles in later life. The protagonist Zhang Licheng retires at the age of sixty. He originally looked forward to spending a leisurely old age with his wife, but he received a divorce agreement not long after retirement. For the next three years, he lived alone in a small apartment, experiencing the transformation from "finally clean" to "so clean that I felt panicked" - the bed was always cold, the food was always makeshift, and when he woke
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