Most young women in China today are primarily concerned with finding a good job, a decent apartment and eventually, maybe a responsible husband. Taking care of a grandmother in her late 80s is not normally a part of the life of someone in her 20s. However for Chong Qing-native Huang Li Hua, who has a both a job and a boyfriend, she is the sole caretaker of her 88-year-old grandmother.
Although it is unclear what happened to Huang’s parents when she was a child, Huang has said that her grandmother was the main person in her life who raised her. All she’s doing now, she modestly told reporters, is “giving to my grandmother those things she gave to me when I was a child.”
Just what is she giving her grandmother exactly? Feeding her by hand, manual air conditioning on hot days, and basic caregiving like helping her wash her face and tie her shoelaces – just like her grandmother had done for her when she was little.
But that’s not all. Huang’s grandmother, Wong Ziu Siu, lived most of her life in the village and now that the grandmother-granddaughter duo are living in the city, Wong has had some difficulty adjusting. Huang doesn’t like leaving her grandmother at home alone when she goes to work. While most people in Huang’s shoes would hire a caretaker or send her grandmother to a nursing home, Huang was determined to care for her grandmother herself. Her solution? Every day, Huang takes her grandmother to work by piggyback.
On a normal day, Wong sits outside the restaurant while her granddaughter tends to her duties. Occasionally, Wong even helps with small tasks. After work, Huang carries her grandmother all the way back home.
If that isn’t the picture of true familial love, I don’t know what is.
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