How are those born in the 1950s and 1960s in rural areas doing now?

My father-in-law is 57 years old. Let’s not talk about anything else. Since we mentioned those born in the 50s and 60s, our first concern for this group of people is the issue of pension.

Let me show you my father-in-law’s pension first. My father-in-law’s pension can be divided into three parts:

1. Social security. This item covers every rural elderly person over 60 years old. All. In our village, people like my father-in-law have been receiving it for 6 years, which costs about 120 yuan per month and 1,240 yuan a year.

2. My husband is an only child, and my parents-in-law have an only child subsidy, which seems to be 80 yuan per month and 960 yuan per year. The combined annual income of the parents-in-law is 1,920 yuan.

3. My father-in-law used to be a private teacher in the village. After the New Year coordination, those who have been private teachers like my father-in-law for 9 years will receive a monthly subsidy of 20 yuan and a monthly subsidy of 240 yuan a year.

4. It is the income from the family’s land. In fact, my parents-in-law are not the main farmers now. We are the ones farming their land. Our village has a lot of people but little land, especially since each of our family members has 70% of the land, even two acres, and they all grow yellow peaches. Last year, the price of yellow peaches was quite good. Two acres of land was considered to be 10,000 yuan, no more. You wouldn’t believe it, and I wouldn’t believe it.

It can be seen from this that the pension for a rural elderly person like my father-in-law accounts for less than 1% in rural areas, and all the inputs add up to less than 7,000 yuan, while the fifth uncle who is also a teacher in the village, The monthly retirement salary is 7,000-8,000 yuan.

Excluding the two items that are unique to the father-in-law, the one-child subsidy and the private teacher subsidy, this is basically the income that a rural elderly person can handle in a year. You can calculate how much it is.

Father-in-law is still a very small number in the village. If we calculate it on average, the income an old man can handle is less than 5,000 yuan per year. This must not lose the labor force. If he can no longer farm, , only a pitiful 120 yuan per month, of course, this is the national minimum subsidy. In rural areas, if you are not sick, you can barely live with 120 yuan, but as people get older, the most common thing is physical illness.

After being married for so many years, I feel that my father-in-law is a real man, much better than my husband in many aspects. It is his energy that makes people admire him.

There are many things we cannot understand about the era when my father-in-law was born. For example, he could go to school, but in the end he failed to take the college entrance examination due to composition problems. I went to high school for a year and a half to catch up on sports and couldn't go to school anymore, so I worked as a private teacher in the village. My student performance was among the best in the entire management area, but because of the above problems, I was not able to become a regular teacher in the end.

But my father-in-law is a strong man. To put it bluntly, he is just not willing to be a farmer all his life. He couldn't make it as a teacher, so he became one of the first people to go to sea. Together with my uncle (father-in-law's brother-in-law), we set up the first plastic sandals factory in the town. My uncle was in charge of production, and my father-in-law was in charge of running the business because he was knowledgeable. At that time, he was almost the first person in the village to go out, selling sandals in Rizhao and Yishui. I still have those sandals at home, all of them are black, very strong and durable.

Later, the shoe factory went bankrupt. I didn’t know why, and I didn’t ask. My father-in-law partnered with a relative to buy a semi-trailer for long-distance travel, specifically to haul coal to Datong. Around the mid-1980s, my father-in-law dared to take out a loan, buy a trailer, and go out. I think it took a lot of courage and courage.

In 1987, my father-in-law became the first ten-thousand-yuan household in the village, the first black-and-white Panda TV, the first motorcycle, and the first large house with red bricks and red tiles. My mother-in-law lived in a big tile-roofed house before the walls of other people's houses were put up. Because of the existence of this tile-roofed house, she even arranged a baby wedding for my husband.

But later, triangular debt became popular. Around 1989, my father-in-law owed more than 90,000 yuan to others. He went out all day to ask for debts, and the debtors were also stuck at home. My father-in-law even thought of committing suicide. He was only in his 30s at that time. Of course, these are all things I usually know from chatting with my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law never takes the initiative to talk about them.

My mother-in-law said that my father-in-law squatted in Luozhuang’s factory for more than two months carrying 30 kilograms of pancakes on his back, and he didn’t get all the money back. He sold the trailer directly to pay off the debt. For this reason, he and his partners There was a quarrel.

By 1992, the knotty knot of triangular debt was finally solved, but to no avail.

My father-in-law is a famous figure in the village, after all, so many halos have been placed on him. The tractor mentioned above was also the first in the village, and it has done a lot of work. But no matter what my father-in-law is doing outside, he always listens to his mother-in-law the most when he comes home. Maybe it’s because of his father-in-law’s background. My mother-in-law is only a little over 150cm tall. My father-in-law always says that if it weren’t for your mother-in-law, I would be a bachelor. So, the two of them There was almost no quarrel.

Later, as the countryside gradually became more alive, my father-in-law bought a well-drilling machine and went to Xinjiang to dig wells. He also collected wood and went to the virgin forests in the mountains of Northeast China to buy wood.

But no matter how hard he struggled, my father-in-law was an ordinary farmer all his life. He had succeeded and failed, but he had never left the countryside.

Now that my father-in-law is older, he does not have the "ambition" he once had. He just tells us that we must let Junhao and Jiahui (my son and daughter) go to school well, with their faces facing the loess and their backs Chaotian, life like this is too hard. If we succeed, you must work harder to give your children a good future.

Thinking about it now, my father-in-law has done so many things, and his life has been magnificent, many times more exciting than what we have now, but he still did not succeed.

I think my father-in-law can see many shadows of the older generation throughout his life. They are constantly striving for self-improvement, working hard, and catching up with the great tide of the times.

We will never be able to endure the hardships of their generation, and we cannot learn from their spirit. Although my father-in-law failed in the end, many people succeeded. It was the hard work of their generation that provided the driving force for social progress.

Of course, each generation has its own responsibilities and each generation has its own goals. We, the generation born in the 1980s, have gradually become the mainstay of life, and we are not slow in advancing society.

People in the 1950s must have aged. My father-in-law is 66 this year. He has not lost his labor force and has been helping us. It's not his fault that he didn't step out as a farmer. It's because the times didn't give him a chance.

Looking at the aging bodies of my parents-in-law, I sometimes wonder what our generation will look like when they grow old.

The generation born in the 1950s and 1960s are catching up with the era of most drastic social changes. They not only reflect the hard-working spirit of the older generation, but also reflect the country’s most important achievements in the 50-60 years. drastic changes.

There must be many people like my father-in-law. When they were young, because they were a little educated, they all struggled and traveled all over the world. Some of them succeeded. Now there are many big shots at this age, but Most people fail, just like my father-in-law, and live their lives as ordinary people. We can't say it's bad, because compared to before, they are so much better now. It can't be said that he is good, because compared with others, he may not be the best, or even worse.

My father-in-law is 66 this year and has gradually lost his labor force. Although he still wants to work every day and works hard, we don’t want him to do too much. After so much, now It's time to take a break.

Those born in the 50s and 60s are already old, so we should no longer dwell on how they are living. We just hope that they live well and have a happy life!

I was from that era, and I am doing pretty well now. However, most people have not left the countryside and their lives are not very good. The so-called good or bad here mainly refers to economic income and living conditions.

I was considered a lucky person to be born in the countryside at that time. At that time, social status was still considered. My family was a poor farmer, and my relatives were also born in poor farmers. The so-called "Five Red Categories" were taken care of in everything they did.

Fortunately, our class started going to high school. In the past, the highest educated people in our village were two junior high school students. There are five people in our village who persisted until they graduated from high school, which is the highest number and proportion among the surrounding villages. In some villages, not even a single person went to high school. A high school student had the highest degree of education in rural areas at that time, which would bring benefits to future work. Several of my classmates were pretty good, some were doctors and some were teachers.

I went the farthest and was drafted into the army and arrived at the Capital Airport.

This is also because of the above two reasons, high school students were the first choice for recruiting soldiers at that time because they had the best composition.

How a person lives depends on many things besides economic conditions and living conditions. People in this age group are reaching their old age, and happiness and health are the most important. May our peers enjoy life and reach the end of their lives healthy and happy.

For me, who was born in 1963, I still have a certain say in this issue. How was it to ask? I'll tell you the facts and let you comment.

Born in an era of great floods and mouth-opening, the little white rabbit was abandoned to the mortal world in advance by Chang'e, and was born prematurely into a family of half-workers and half-peasants. I was fortunate enough to finish high school and catch up with the household responsibility farm subcontracting. As a person with dreams, I first flew in the vast world for two years and learned the most basic skills of a farmer's life. Those who can communicate, the oxen, horses, donkeys and mules work together to sow hope. Restless, I went to the ground and took my favorite literary novel. Finally, bearing the name of unfilial piety, I resolutely chose to join the army. Five years of military career have made me understand how beautiful and attractive the outside world is. Joining the party through meritorious service fulfilled my dream. After being discharged from the army, he returned home and worked on the banks of the beautiful Haihe River for 12 years.

As I entered middle age, in order to fulfill my parents’ wishes, I gave up my life in the big city and returned to the countryside to complete the task of carrying on the family lineage. I lost my job and started working around, looking for a job that suited me. The bricklayers at the construction site, the handyman in the company canteen, the office director of the cultural company... For the sake of their children who came late, all the money they earned went to education. Over the past 10 years, they have sent their children to colleges and universities. Fortunately, When my parents saw that I had brought them a grandson to carry on the family line, they no longer said that I was unfilial. Although life is not rich, I am very content. I put my hope in the next generation. My son needs my help on his way to school.

I have no regrets and continue to work every day!

My cousin, born in 1959, is 62 years old this year. When he was young, he was too picky about finding wives and never found the right one for him. When a person reaches middle age, he wants to make do with it, but is defrauded of money by his wife. He originally wanted to rely on his eldest brother's family, but he is tricked by others, and in the end he can only receive a pension.

My cousin was the most proud of his life when he was 25 years old. At that time, he was doing duck and goose reselling business, making almost a fortune every day. It can also be said that he was a profiteer. He was arrested from reservoir farmers. When the duck comes, we use a device we made ourselves to mix sand, water, and a little rice, and use the device to guide it into the duck's belly, and then catch it on the street and sell it on the day of the market. In this way, a duck can Make double the cost.

As long as the ducks and geese are not sold out that day, they will almost die in the evening, so duck meat is eaten every day during those days, because sometimes when it rains during the market, it is almost impossible to sell out. , you must process it quickly when you get home and kill it. If you have a lot of ducks, you can send them to a roast duck restaurant cheaply. If you have a few ducks, you can handle them at home.

He made some money from doing business, and then the news spread all over the country. At that time, he was young and strong, and he was quite handsome. There were many matchmakers in the country. I would come to my door every day to find a relative. The most popular thing at that time was for matchmakers to come to my door to talk about matchmaking.

Every time someone brings a girl over to see her, they either think that the girl’s family is too poor to be worthy of her, or they think that the girl is too tall or too short, or too fat or too thin. He didn't like it, but this is also his right to make a choice. Who calls him a successful person? Some of the people who recommended themselves were really beautiful, but they disliked the mark on their chest. In the end, at the age of 27, Haven't got a wife yet.

That year, my uncle’s mother died in a car accident, which was a huge blow to him. He also received a compensation, which he and his eldest brother shared equally. At home, he felt that there was no money left. I felt at home, and then I thought about going out to Guangdong for more than 10 years.

Because there is another brother in the family who is already married and has two children, both of whom are quite big. His brother has cancer and he has not come back for more than half a year. No one in the family knew whether my cousin was alive or dead outside, and they didn't receive a letter. Everyone just pretended that he didn't exist and lived a normal life.

His sister-in-law lives a very hard life with two children at home. She has no income and can only make ends meet by cultivating one-third of an acre of land at home. The house at home is full of The mud house often leaks when it rains. They are a relatively poor family.

Now let me recategorize the relationship between us. If you are reading this article, you are a little confused and don’t understand what state my character is in. The cousin I am referring to is the same grandfather as my father’s grandfather.

After his brother passed away, his uncle suddenly came back that year, and it seemed that he wasn’t doing very well outside. He was almost in his 40s and didn’t even have a wife.

I heard that when I was working in Guangdong, someone introduced me to a divorced woman. I heard that the young woman had a son and her husband had died. She wanted to find a man to rely on. My uncle originally wanted to He wanted to start a new family with someone else, but later he was defrauded of his money and everything he had, and then they left him.

When my uncle came back this time, many people started talking about it, saying that he and his sister-in-law should just make do with it. My uncle often tells others that if he wants his sister-in-law, he may not want her to! And there are two nephews.

The house they live in is in the same yard. As for whether they had that kind of relationship when they lived together, others don't know, because what happened later makes others very suspicious.

Since my uncle came back, he has never gone out to work in Guangdong. Instead, he has started farming at home. Since there were no men in his sister-in-law's family, he often helped her with the work, which often attracted some people's comments and felt that there was something wrong with their relationship.

That year, there was a flood at home, and the whole house was soaked for a day. Many of the mud rooms were soaked, as were the uncle’s house and his sister-in-law’s house. All fell out.

When his sister-in-law was preparing to build a new house, she borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from her uncle, and the uncle paid it out without hesitation. The sister-in-law also said that when he gets old, her son and the others will To support him, and the money was only a temporary loan, he would pay it back later. He registered this account in a book, and I accidentally saw it that day. It is recorded on it that the uncle’s money is 60,000 yuan, and the child’s aunt’s money is 18,000 yuan.

It may be that his sister-in-law gave him hope or made some promise to him. After the house was built that year, his uncle went to work in a brick factory in the town next to us and earned a lot of wages. It's okay, but it's just too hard.

He has food and accommodation there, but he comes back once or twice a month, which really makes others suspect that he has another relationship with his mobile phone, and he earns All the money he got was given to his sister-in-law to renovate the house.

Until one year, things took a big turn. My uncle accidentally hit his foot with a brick while working. Later, his foot became lame and he could no longer work there or return home. Retired.

His sister-in-law's attitude toward him seemed to have changed completely. She left two rooms for him in the house she built. Moreover, the two of them often quarreled over trivial matters, and eventually they separated. Housing and food, because he had never found a wife before and had always lived with his sister-in-law.

Now that he is lame, his sister-in-law has had this attitude towards him for most of his life. Only now can he understand that his sister-in-law has been using him for so long and treating it as a crime. He built a money tree and used it as a money-making tool.

Now I regret very much. I made the wrong bet. I thought of relying on these two machines to help him provide for his retirement. I also paid so much for their family, but in the end it was all in vain.

My uncle is living a very miserable life together now, in my eyes. But I have talked to him a few times, and from his remarks, I can tell that he has put all this behind him. He now goes to his vegetable garden every morning to dig holes and plant some vegetables, and brags with the elders in the village at noon.

In the afternoon, he went to the vegetable garden to pick up some vegetables and go back to maintain his poor vegetable garden. He received more than 700 yuan a month in subsistence allowance and pension.

I asked him if he had enough money, and he answered me: I don’t smoke, and I don’t drink. I cook a pot of porridge every morning, and I can eat it all night, and I can go to Basho in half a month. I walked around the garden and found that my life is pretty good now. I am carefree and waiting for old age and death. I just waste my time by coming to the vegetable garden every day.

My second sister was born in 1952, and my second brother-in-law, who was also born in the 1950s, has passed away 19 years ago! In the past 19 years, the second sister, who has been widowed, has shed all her tears and suffered from many illnesses. Fortunately, the second sister has two filial and capable daughters. Shortly after the death of her second brother-in-law, the eldest daughter's family moved back to the village. However, because the son-in-law was away, After doing engineering work in the city, I bought a house. A few years ago, my daughter and children settled in the city. They wanted to take their second sister with them, but the second sister, who was uneducated and used to living in the countryside, was unwilling to live in the city. In the building, the 65-year-old second sister once again started living alone in a big house, except for growing vegetables and other farm work. Nowadays, the countryside is extremely deserted and empty, and the second sister's life alone is really lonely and unbearable. In desperation, the second sister, who doesn't like pets, keeps a dog to strengthen her courage and keep her company. My second sister, who has a bad heart and high blood pressure, caught a severe cold a few years ago and almost died. Since then, she has not recovered for several months. She has also become in a trance, almost like a different person. We all started to worry about her. The elder sister was worried. Both daughters were willing to take the second elder sister to the city. The second elder sister also followed the eldest daughter to live in the city for a while, but she was not used to it anyway. After she felt better, she stubbornly returned to the village to live alone. But no one knows how long the second sister can survive alone!

In rural areas, quasi-seniors born in the 1950s like Erjie can still live a good life if they don’t lose two people. Once one person is left and their children are not around, life will be very lonely and desolate, because now, those born in the 50s, The children of rural people born in the 1960s are basically still working hard in the city.

Let’s talk about a couple born in the 1960s in my hometown. The man didn’t go to school for a few years because of poverty when he was young. He finally got married when he was almost 30! My only son settled in the city after graduating from school. Because of his limited academic qualifications and major, he didn’t get a good job. He was just barely able to get a foothold. He relied on his parents for support when getting married and buying a house. He also had to take care of children after they were born. He didn’t know when the girl left. How long will it take to return? The man is left alone at home and has to try to earn money and send it to the provincial capital continuously, otherwise his son's mortgage payment will be cut off! A man under the age of 60 has no choice but to live a life of hard work and living alone. He works part-time while farming and raising pigs. It is really hard and tiring!

It can be said that most of the people born in the 1950s and 1960s in rural areas are two very hard-working generations. Many of them have older parents to support, and their children and grandchildren cannot live without them. Many couples (mainly born in the 1960s) have no choice but to live separate lives in urban and rural areas for the sake of their children and grandchildren. One of them works endlessly with their grandchildren, while the other does everything to make money. They have no time to think about and make arrangements for their old age! In fact, even those born in the 1950s and 1960s in the city are mostly in this situation. Many retired people are struggling to support themselves under the squeeze of the upper and lower generations! [Covering face][Crying]

Whether they are rural or urban, the generation of 5060 is, first of all, a lucky generation. New China had just been founded. Although it was poor and in ruins, it had ended the suffering of war, people were no longer displaced, and the feudal exploiting class had been overthrown. Everyone is equal, men and women are equal, and people live and work in peace and contentment. The 5,060 people are a generation with stories. There are not many literate people. After ten years of catastrophe, the young people of this generation have not learned much knowledge. This generation has the largest number of people going to work in the mountains and countryside. This generation is basically the one who is responsible for family planning. This generation also has the largest number of laid-off workers. Don’t underestimate the generation of 5060. In the construction of New China, this generation is the main force in all walks of life. It is basically this generation that has risen rapidly after the reform and opening up. Many capable people are from this generation. . The people in the 5060s were the ones who enjoyed the most peaceful and prosperous times, and they lived a good life for 40 to 50 years. Nowadays, most of the people playing cards at the card table are this group of people, those doing square dancing, and most of the tour groups are from this group of people. The 5060s were a lucky generation in New China, a creative generation, a peaceful and happy generation, and most of them lived a good life.

I am born in the 1950s in rural areas. I am most qualified to answer this question, because this question is closely related to me. I will use my experience to give an answer based on my own experience.

I am born in the 1950s, because I was born in 1959. From the day I became sensible, I have entered the 1960s. I was born in the city and grew up in the countryside, because our family was transferred from the city to the countryside in 1960. That is to say, when I was less than one year old, I was transferred from a city person to a rural person in the arms of my mother. People. You really can't rely on me. I really couldn't help myself at that time, because I couldn't go with my mother at that time. One was that I couldn't live without my mother's nipples, and the other was that I didn't know what happened. My parents didn’t even discuss it with me, so they just took me to agriculture.

In fact, during the decades of growing up, I have also established a deep relationship with the countryside. I don’t think the countryside is so bad. I just do as the Romans do. Instead, I feel that the countryside is quite free, with good scenery and fresh air. Life must have been a bit more difficult, it was all the same back then, the rich weren't much better off, and the poor didn't feel too ashamed. When we grow up, we get married and have children. We live how other people live. We do our own work, eat our own food, and let our wives take care of themselves. It’s time to have children. When the time comes, things will be ready. Becoming a father is a watershed in life. Only then do we know who we are. I have really become an adult.

In the spring and autumn, we strive to make money, and the responsibility of marrying a wife and having children is on our shoulders. In the stars and moons, the children have grown up and I am old. In the past, the children relied on us to raise them, but now the children have become our backers. The biggest regret is that I have worked all my life without even a pension. But now that the country is rich, I only look forward to the pension of more than 100 yuan a month. When will it increase? To be honest, it is a bit too little. .

My wife and I are currently at my daughter’s house, cooking and cleaning for her and her children. My son is starting to work this year, so I hope he will find a partner soon. We are still feeling a little energetic as a couple. , if the daughter-in-law does not dislike it, she can also help them take care of the children, which can be regarded as a family happiness.

My daughter is very filial. She never cares how we spend our money, we just spend it as we please. But who doesn’t love their children as an old man? The child is so generous, we can’t buy everything, right? My daughter bought a house for us and is renovating it. It seems she wants us to stay in Shajiabang permanently. But there is still an old house in my hometown. It is a fairly new four-yard house. I really can't bear to part with it, alas! What to do in the future can only be decided step by step. Anyway, I don’t plan to sell the old house. If I don’t want to live in the city anymore, I have a way out.

It’s hard to describe in one word! Those born in the 5060s have gone through ups and downs, but fortunately they have caught up with a good time in their later years. Most of them have descendants. Whether they are in rural or urban areas, it can be said that they have no worries about food and clothing. Although there is a big gap, it is a pity. Yes, a considerable number of people did not make it through, and went to hell one after another

My cousin was born in 1955. He was a playmate when he was a child, and he once stayed at my house to study.

My cousin has a son and a daughter who have already married. According to the custom of the older generation, he lives with his son and his family. Although he is nearly 70 years old, he is in good health and has no illness.

Some time ago, we met him and asked him how his life was. He smiled and said: There is no shortage of food and drink. He helps his son farm the land and takes care of the house...

From During the conversation, I learned that my son farmed more than ten acres of land, and he did most of the work. Of course, his income was managed by his son. All the savings he had originally were given to his son, leaving him with nothing.

When it comes to his son’s money, his cousin’s eyes show helplessness. He usually doesn’t spend much money, so he just asks for favors from his son...

My cousin’s life is not bad, but After losing wealth and freedom, what will it be like to grow old? What will it be like to be unable to take care of oneself? My cousin said: I don’t want to think about it anymore, why do I think so much?

Compared with rural areas and cities, most people cannot keep up with those in cities. City people generally have their own pensions by this age, while farmers are still struggling.

The main reason is that farmers can only receive a pension subsidy of more than 100 yuan. They have no ability to enjoy social life and can only gnaw on small things. However, this cannot be generalized. Individual old people cannot even receive salary cards if their sons hold them. Spending money casually can only lead a leisurely life without feeling a happy life. This is a common phenomenon among rural people. When talking about the son as a link between the past and the future, Gu Lao takes care of the children, and the focus is on his own children, this is the only way. Sitting back and enjoying the success, waiting for pie to fall from the sky, can only be a failure.