An old farmer's monthly living expenses are only 70 yuan, which is heartbreaking

Summary: An old farmer spends only 70 yuan a month on living expenses, which is heartbreaking

At first glance, people may find it hard to believe. In this era of soaring prices, how can one live on 70 yuan a month? It may not even be enough for one meal, let alone buying clothes, cosmetics and such things. But some farmers can live on just over 70 yuan a month.

A couple of days ago I saw a Weibo post about a delivery worker carrying a big bag and holding a sack who fell asleep in an elevator, and only woke up after someone poked him a few times. In the world of adults, there is no such thing as easy. Another news story also shocked Science Xingnong. A 76-year-old granny, in order to pay off her son's debts, carried dozens of jin of green vegetables every day to sell under a bridge, rain or shine, and kept at it for seven or eight years. A small bundle of green vegetables sold for only 2 yuan, and she saved every yuan and every jiao from selling vegetables, unwilling to spend even a little on herself. She filled her stomach with steamed buns brought from home and a bottle of water, and even after a whole day she would not spend 2 yuan. I believe this elderly person can live on just over 70 yuan a month.

There is another story about a 69-year-old blind Filipino man with no children. In order to survive, he has to peel more than 1,000 coconuts every day. What is even more heartbreaking is that although his work is so bitter and tiring, he does not get any wages at all, only just enough to eat and fill his stomach. Science Xingnong believes that he too can live on just over 70 yuan a month, and would live a little better.

In 2012, one of CCTV's annual Top Ten People Who Moved China, the elderly Bai Fangli, I wonder if everyone still remembers him. At the age of 74, he still insisted on pedaling a tricycle, and donated all the money he earned to support poor students. He kept pedaling for more than ten years, until he was 90 and could no longer pedal, and only then did he stop. Elderly Bai Fangli donated as much as 350,000 yuan to society in total, but he himself had not a single cent in savings.

Now, in rural areas, most people are elderly, and those over 70 are not few either. Some of them no longer have the ability to work. In front of and behind their houses, they plant some green vegetables, cucumbers and green beans. Basically, they have vegetables to eat all year round. They do not need to buy outside, and their monthly expenses are just for cooking oil, salt and other seasonings used in the kitchen. Elderly people use very little oil, and the grain is produced on their own one mu and three fen of land. There are also very few other expenses. Calculated this way, they cannot even spend 70 yuan a month.

Finally, I personally feel that just over 70 yuan a month, averaging 2.3 yuan a day, is not even enough to take the bus for people living in the city, let alone talk about living. Some people can get through a month by eating steamed buns and pickles, and that kind of life must be very hard to endure. Without extraordinary willpower, it is impossible to do. Life is not easy, cherish the present. Only by being alive is there a chance.