Why do some rural elderly people still work on the construction site when they are over 60 years old? Why don't they have fun at home?

When it comes to the countryside, it's really an endless topic, among which there are mixed opinions. China is a big agricultural country with a large proportion of farmers. Today I want to talk to you about the rural elderly. In fact, the rural elderly can really be said to be the most hardworking and tired group. Especially for the elderly over 70 years old, they have to rely on their own labor to solve the problem of food and clothing in rural areas. Unlike people in the city, many elderly people over 60 in the city just take care of their grandchildren, bask in the sun, play Tai Chi, dance square dance and live a leisurely retirement life. But rural people are different, and their lives are believed to be known only by rural people.

In the city, how many people between the ages of 6 and 70 who still do heavy work and work every day? Bian Xiao has never seen it. I can't say no. But it can be said that the proportion is very small. But in rural areas, especially in remote areas of northwest China, you can see old people carrying hoes and still doing farm work in the fields. The 80-year-old man is still wandering in the mountains, collecting firewood or something, and the 90-year-old man has to cook for himself. Why? Because they don't work, they will starve. Young people are all working in the city, and they can't count on it. This situation is too common in rural areas! In the countryside, you can't see any retirement for the elderly in the countryside. In cities, people over the age of 60 retire and live a leisurely retirement life; In rural areas, 80-year-olds still have to go to the fields to do farm work. What is the reason? Why can't our rural farmers enjoy a comfortable retirement? In the final analysis, the reasons are nothing more than the following reasons:

1, it is difficult for children in rural areas to make less money.

In rural families, the children of the elderly usually have no better ways and skills to make money. In order to reduce the burden on children, people can support themselves through work. Most of the ways for rural children to make money are to find jobs in cities and subsidize agriculture by selling their own labor. Parents' jobs and wages are also very unstable. In rural areas, it is a problem for young people to do some farm work to support themselves if they don't go out to work in cities. It is also a realistic problem for young people in rural areas to get married and build houses, and they have to rely on their parents to provide for the elderly. If the old parents don't work hard at home, this family is really hopeless. Young people are ambitious and capable outside, no problem. Therefore, in this case, 70-year-old people in rural areas can only work hard on their own, and can also help their children reduce a lot of burdens.

2. The rural economy is backward and the family economy is difficult.

At present, for most rural people, the countryside will face greater economic pressure to some extent. Especially in some remote rural areas, there are not many ways for rural people to earn money, and they can only make a living by living on an acre of land at home. For these old people in rural areas, naturally they can't relax and wait for their children to raise themselves, which will increase the pressure on their children, so they can plant their own land and do some work. This is also to give children pressure support.

3. Old-age insurance is not guaranteed.

Old people living in cities now basically have old-age insurance. After they reach the age of 60, they can still get a monthly retirement salary of 2,000-3,000 yuan. If you are a retiree working in a public institution, it is normal to have a monthly retirement salary of 6-7,000 yuan. But what about the countryside? Old people in rural areas can't get 100 yuan of fixed old-age insurance until they are 60 years old. With the current living standard of 100 yuan, what can buy buy do? In other words, it is unrealistic for the rural elderly to rely on their children if they don't work. Children get a wedding bride price, all kinds of loans, house purchase, mortgage, are still not on. Therefore, even if the rural elderly are 80 years old, they still have to work in the fields, and even the day when they can't move.