I pick up good clothes, wash them and give them away for free

I don¡¯t want to chat or play mahjong, I just want to work, so I feel at ease

I pick up old clothes, wash them and give them to migrant workers at nearby construction sites

In the southwest corner of the West Third Ring Road of Zhongyuan Road in Zhongyuan District, there lives an old lady in Building 55. She is busy all day long and is nicknamed "making trouble" by her son.

Her name is Zhao Yuhua, and she is 80 years old this year. Her son brought her from her hometown in the countryside to enjoy a peaceful life, but she asked her son to buy her a tricycle. While picking up waste, she would wash and give away clothes that could still be worn to nearby migrant workers for free. Migrant workers at several nearby construction sites received her help and affectionately called her aunt.

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Don't want to enjoy a leisurely life, just want to work

Yesterday morning, a reporter from Zhengzhou Evening News met Zhao Yuhua in the community. She was sorting out the waste she picked up, as well as a few newer clothes.

Lao Liu, a neighbor who knows Zhao Yuhua well, said that Zhao Yuhua is 80 years old this year and in good health. Her hometown is Yancheng, Henan.

Lao Liu said that two years ago, Zhao Yuhua's son, who worked in Zhengzhou, bought a house in the Green City Community. Seeing his mother alone in the countryside, he was worried, so he took the old woman over. He wanted his mother, who had worked hard all her life, to enjoy a leisurely life with him and spend her old age in peace. "But after a few days of coming, the old lady complained that she had nothing to do and was bored. Her son asked her to learn to play cards and chat with the elderly neighbors, but the old lady found it boring."

Occasionally, Zhao Yuhua went downstairs to relax. After a while, she came back excitedly. After coming back, she discussed with her son and asked him to buy her a tricycle.

After asking in detail, the son learned that after the old lady went downstairs, she saw a lot of old clothes that others didn't want thrown away by the trash can downstairs. She picked up one and looked at it. The clothes were in good condition. She felt it was a pity to throw them away, so the old lady planned to pick up these old clothes that she thought were treasures.

Pick up clothes, wash them and give them to migrant workers

Old Liu said that the old man's son was very unhappy when he heard it. First, he felt that the old man had no shortage of food and clothes, so there was no need; second, the old man was old, and picking up these things made him feel embarrassed in front of the people around him.

But the old lady asked her son again and again, and she had already started to take action, picking up clothes and taking them home.

Zhao Yuhua also told her son that she picked up these clothes not to sell them, but to wash them and give them to migrant workers working on several nearby construction sites as work clothes.

"Because many of the clothes worn by these migrant workers are rotten, although migrant workers also earn money, but seeing them wearing rotten clothes, I feel uncomfortable, so I wash these good clothes for them." Zhao Yuhua said.

The son, who also came from the countryside and worked hard in the city, forgave his mother at once, met his mother's request, and bought a tricycle.

Zhao Yuhua said that she felt very at ease now that she had a job.

Although the old man is 80 years old, he can still work vigorously. She gets up at 5 o'clock every morning, prepares breakfast for her family, and goes downstairs to push the tricycle after everything is done. After picking up things and returning home, she is busy sorting, washing and drying them, and then folding them in categories, and then takes time to send them to the migrant workers at the nearby construction site.

"More than 10 migrant workers working on the construction of the West Ring Viaduct have received clothes from the old woman. Several migrant workers in the Sunshine Garden community in the west have also worn the clothes sent by the old woman. The old lady is affectionately called Auntie by the nearby migrant workers." Mr. Guo from Green City said.

"I am doing good deeds, and I feel at ease"

Zhao Yuhua said that more than a month ago, the Zhengzhou Evening News Charity Society set up a recycling box for old clothes in their community, and often sent some old clothes there.

Usually, Zhao Yuhua also picks up some plastic bottles, waste paper and other waste products. Sometimes she gives plastic bottles to a scavenger she met when picking up clothes, and sometimes she packs them and sells them to buy some washing powder.

After Zhou Guojun, a patrolman from Lvdong Village in Zhongyuan District, and his teammates learned about the old lady's deeds, they mobilized four patrolmen from the community team to help the old lady sort out her things, bundle her bags, move her clothes, etc. from time to time. When the neighbors saw it, they would smile and say, "Look, the old lady is using the regular troops."

When someone didn't understand the old lady's behavior, the old lady always smiled generously and said, "Everyone has their own way of living. I think that by doing this, I not only help others, but also exercise my body. I am doing good deeds and feel at ease. This is enough. I don't need to listen to anything else..."

Many people in the community like this "messy" old lady.

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