Building a New Life
May 05, 2022
4 minutes
By Ji Jing
Copyedited by G.P. Wilson
After her grandson was born three years ago, Feng Junru left her home in northeast China and moved to Tianjin to look after him. She took care of her grandson every day and found herself busier than she had been before she retired. In addition to taking care of the child, she undertook other household chores such as shopping for vegetables, cooking and cleaning.
She had expected to be less busy after her grandson was old enough to begin kindergarten. However, she found herself feeling lonely after taking her grandson to kindergarten each day. “I get up at 7 a.m. to make breakfast for the family and clean up afterwards.
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