Zhang Zuqing was hospitalized for a total of half a month, with his sixth brother Zhang Zurong staying with him for one day, his eldest son-in-law Wang Yutang staying with him for one day, his fifth brother Zhang Zuhua staying with him for six days, and his nephew Zhang Daqiang staying with him for seven days.

On the third day after Zhang Zuqing was discharged from the hospital, the nursing home and several leaders of the village committee on the street walked into Zhang Zuqing's home and expressed his intention to evaluate him as a "five guarantee household" and accept him in the nursing home. The so-called "five guarantees" is a system commonly found in rural areas in my country, aiming to provide free support to the elderly, children or disabled people, to ensure food, clothing, medical care, and burial.

Zhang Zuqing was sick in his old age, had no wife or children, and was within the scope of the "five guarantees" support. Once he was admitted to the hospital, the property and real estate he owned would be confiscated as collective ownership.

After hearing this, Zhang Zuqing bowed his head and said nothing. It was a good thing to comment on the incorporation of the "five-guarantee households" into the nursing home. In this way, he would have no worries about the whole family and the past and the future. His first reaction was to accept it. However, Zhang Zuqing did not think he was a ruthless person, nor did he think he was a fool. Since he was in a big family, he had to take care of the face of the whole family, especially the young people.

"If I really want to go to the nursing home, I will break up with the whole family," Zhang Zuqing thought, "and then I am penniless... This is not OK. Not to mention whether the children are burying or complaining about whether they can get property, what will they think once I am admitted to the hospital? They will definitely feel slapped in the face! They will definitely say, 'Do we don't care about you? Just push us away and go to the nursing home?' This is very severely harmful to their face! In addition, what do they think of me? They must be thinking that I am both independent and cruel, then all the good images I have established before will be ruined. I will definitely spend the second half of my life with the fingers of my relatives and villagers. What is the point of my life?... This is definitely not OK, and I must not do this!"

"It is not necessary to make a decision now," the staff of the Five Guarantees hesitated and smiled, "You can consider it first before talking about it... I must first explain the five guarantee policies... There are two ways of five guarantees, centralized support and scattered support. Centralized support is to enter the nursing home, and then eat, live, doctor, and bury them all in the hospital, and then the property and property are confiscated; scattered support means that you can still live in your house, and the government signs an agreement with you, send you money and food every month... You think about it and make a decision."

"Okay, I'll consider it. I have to discuss it with my brothers and children, and then give me some advice." Zhang Zuqing said. The staff and the village committee leader stood up and left.

Zhang Zuqing walked into the second brother Zhang Zuchang's house and sent Zhang Daqiang to call his fifth brother Zhang Zuhua, sixth brother Zhang Zurong, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Zhang Hai. Seeing that everyone was inexplicably sitting down as if they were facing a great enemy, Zhang Zuqing began to tell everyone about the entry into the Five Guarantees in pain. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

"I thought it was a discussion about the issue of each family taking turns to support him!" Zhang Hai thought to himself. When he was called, he was thinking about this question, and then he felt that this question was like a very sticky dog ​​skin plaster, which was tightly stuck to his body and could not be torn off, which made people frightened and uncomfortable. Now, this old guy is going to the nursing home, so hurry up, and the dog skin plaster has finally been torn off.

Zhang Daqiang and the three young generations looked at each other. Because the older generation was here, they were not convenient for them to express their opinions first. Zhang Xiaoqiang was thinking: "It's okay to go. After we go, we don't owe each other and we each other. What's the point of discussing this?" He looked at the second master Zhang Zuchang. The second master was silent and was smoking. Widths of smoke spewed out of his mouth, covering half of his face.

"What do you think?" asked the second brother Zhang Zuchang.

"I..." Zhang Zuqing hesitated, "Can you go? Although I have no children and are alone, I have a family... If I go, it seems that you don't care about me at all... Besides, once I am admitted to the hospital, my property, of course, I have no property, and my property will be confiscated collectively... If I don't go, I will suffer a loss if I can't get any support."

"Then think of a compromise," Zhang Xiaoqiang said. He was the only college student in the big family. He felt that he had the obligation to help everyone get opinions, not to mention that his family members and elders also respected his opinions. "Didn't you just say that? Five-guarantee households have two ways of offering, centralized offering and scattered offering. We choose scattered offerings. We can live at home and meet family members. We can take care of you from time to time, and you can also receive the money for offerings... What do you think?"

"This scattered offering won't confiscate the third uncle's property and real estate?" Chang Mingfen asked suddenly.

"I didn't say it, probably not," said Zhang Zuqing. "How can they confiscate me if I live every day? Then it seems that I have to sign an agreement, and then the agreement will not confiscate property or real estate with them."

"Yes," said Chang Mingfen, "at least you have to have your own property, so that you can have a clear mind and have roots in your personal life... Otherwise, it would be like a leaf falling from a tree, and that would be troublesome."

After a while of silence, the second master spoke to his third brother, "I think so too... After all, we are a whole family, and our bloodline is there, so we can't bear to stay alone in the nursing home... No matter how good the nursing home is, it's an outsider."

"Then I will promise them?" After a while of silence, Zhang Zuqing said, "Then will decide like this?"

Zhang Zuhua agreed. Zhang Daqiang agreed. Zhang Zurong said: "This is great, you can get money and be at home. I have no objection." Zhang Hai also said it was very good. So everyone dispersed and Zhang Zuqing left. A few days later, Zhang Zuqing became a "five-guarantee household" who "scattered support".

The five-guarantee households who provide scattered support are no different from their previous lives, but they only receive money and grain every month. After Zhang Zuqing was hospitalized, he had not had serious illnesses for a period of time, but had not stopped minor illnesses. Zhang Zuhua always took the initiative to run around, help cook, buy medicine, and worked hard without paying any compensation.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Zhang Zuhua was coveting the property and real estate of his third brother Zhang Zuqing, but in Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart, he knew that his father treated his third brother sincerely and had no utilitarianism. If there was another person in this world who could treat Zhang Zuqing quickly, it would be the second master Zhang Zuchang.

Since he was sick and was supported, Zhang Zuqing gave up growing leeks and sold leeks. He only managed the leek fields in the yard and transferred the three-part leek fields he contracted to Zhang Zuhua for free, vaguely repaying his kindness after running.
Chapter completed!