There will be people who rush to go to prison? Don't believe it, there really is! The 69-year-old Fu Daxin did such a "strange thing".
In order to be fed and clothed, he robbed twice, just to be able to stay in prison for the elderly. What's even more surprising is that after two years in prison, he even disliked the sentence that was too light, saying that he wanted to live for a few more years!
Why is that? It turned out that in his eyes, the conditions in the prison were even better than those in the nursing home! It has become a retirement paradise in his heart.
Today, let's walk into the sad story behind Fu Daxin's robbery of the elderly.
Unbearable old age
In 2008, in the Beijing Railway Transport Court, an old man named Fu Daxin slowly moved into the courtroom.
He was as thin as a bamboo pole, trembling when he walked, and the clothes on his body were washed white, and he had a very hard time at first glance. Who would have thought that such an old man who was almost seventy years old would actually go to rob.
But in fact he did rob, and in the end the court sentenced him to 2 years in prison.
However, he has some objections to the 2-year sentence, because why? Because he felt it was too short.
This is strange, most people feel uncomfortable when they go to prison, they don't want to eat prison food, how can anyone like him, and still want to go to prison for a few more years, what's going on?
It turned out that according to his own words, it had never been smooth in his life. He was born in a remote mountain village in Hunan, and his family was very poor.
When I was a child, my family of five was crammed into two dilapidated adobe houses, and we often ate the last meal without the next.
When he was five years old, his father died of illness and had no money for medical treatment, leaving him and his brother and sister to live with their mother, and life was even more difficult.
Fu Daxin, who was sensible, helped the family work at a young age, went up to the mountains to chop firewood, went to work in the fields, and endured all kinds of hardships.
When he was 11 years old, the village finally set up a primary school, Fu Daxin was so happy that he got up before dawn every day and walked several miles to go to school, just to learn more knowledge and jump out of this poor ravine in the future.
But God seems to have deliberately opposed him, and before he finished middle school, the school closed down due to lack of funds.
Fu Daxin had no choice but to drop out of school and go home to help his brother with farm work. After the reform and opening up, many people in the village went out to work, and Fu Daxin also wanted to go outside to break through, hoping to live a good life.
Over the years, he has been to Yunnan, Qinghai and other places, it can be said that he has wandered around, moved bricks on the construction site, carried bags on the dock, washed dishes in restaurants, and done all kinds of hard work, but he couldn't save money. Because he had no fixed place to live, he never found a daughter-in-law, and became a loner.
Seeing that he is getting older and his health is getting worse and worse, Fu Daxin can no longer do heavy work. When he was in his sixties, he dragged his tired body back to his hometown in Hunan and became a five-guarantee household, relying on the monthly subsidy issued by the government, and then selling some dry goods made by himself, barely making a living.
But it's only a few hundred yuan a month, and in the era of soaring prices, I can't even fill my stomach, let alone see a doctor and take medicine.
It's been a miserable day. Before he was imprisoned, he lived in a dilapidated adobe house that leaked when it rained and was as cold as an ice cellar in winter.
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Could it be that because he couldn't live anymore, he started robbing?
In fact, the truth behind it is really not like this.
A "different way" pension plan
Speaking of which, you may not believe it, what is he in prison for? In order to have a place to retire?
What? Pension yourself near the prison? What's going on.
It turned out that one day, Fu Daxin heard a news on the radio, saying that an old man was sick and had no money for treatment, so he deliberately committed a trivial matter, but he was arrested and sent to prison, but he was cured. Hearing this news, Fu Da was moved with confidence, wondering if he could also take this path.
He thought that he was old and helpless, if he could go to prison, at least he would not have to worry about food and shelter, and someone would take care of him, which would be much better than now. So he had an idea in his mind.
In order to be able to enter prison "smoothly", Fu Daxin decided to go to Beijing. He felt that prison conditions in the capital should be better. He sewed the hundreds of yuan he had saved into his underwear pocket, took a broken woven bag containing a few old clothes and a few cold steamed buns, and set foot on the train to Beijing.
When he arrived in Beijing, Fu Daxin wandered around the train station for several days, observing the terrain and looking for targets. He decided to rob because it would be easier to get caught. He also deliberately selected the exit with the largest flow of people, and went to the hardware store to buy a fruit knife to strengthen his courage.
When committing the crime for the first time, Fu Daxin was so nervous that his palms were sweating. He chose a woman who was carrying a bag alone, and with a shudder, he pulled out a knife and asked her to give the bag to himself.
As a result, the woman thought he was asking for food, gave him a few dollars and left. Fu Daxin couldn't cry or laugh when he took the money, which was different from what he thought.
A few days later, Fu Daxin found another target, and this time he learned his lesson and put the knife directly on the neck of a young girl and asked her to hand over the bag.
The girl screamed in fright, and the people around her gathered around her when they heard the movement. Fu Daxin knew that he had "succeeded", he threw away the knife, did not resist, and stood in place waiting for the police to arrest him.
Looking at the handcuffs on his wrists, he instead breathed a long sigh of relief, and even showed a subtle smile on his face, the plan was successful!
"Heavenly" prison life
Not to mention, after entering prison, Fu Daxin found that life here was much better than he imagined. Although the prison house he lived in was not large, it was clean and tidy, and even the bedding was new.
The three meals a day are very punctual, the food is also good, steamed buns, rice pipes are enough, as well as vegetables and meat. What makes him happiest is that he can still eat eggs once a week, which was unimaginable before, and this life in prison is much better than living outside.
And that's not all, there is also a special infirmary in the prison, and doctors will come regularly to check on the inmates. Fu Daxin suffered from many physical problems due to perennial malnutrition, and the doctor prescribed medicine for him, and also told him to eat on time and rest well.
This is a warmth that he has never felt before, and the more Fu Daxin thinks about it, the more he feels that his plan is too successful.
And surprisingly, the prison guards and fellow inmates were very kind to him. Seeing that he is old and has difficulty moving, the prison guards will take the initiative to help him with food and care about his physical condition.
His fellow inmates also often talked to him, told him jokes, and relieved his borredom. Fu Daxin is different from everyone else here, everyone else wants to go out, but he just wants to stay here, it's really comfortable.
Once Fu Daxin was sick and had a fever, and he was lying on the bed and humming. When the prison guards found out, they quickly took him to the infirmary to see a doctor and poured him hot water to take medicine. Fu Da's confidence was warm, he had never been taken care of like this in his life.
In the blink of an eye, Fu Daxin has been in prison for more than a year. It's even a lot chubby than it was before he was imprisoned.
But he was also worried, because he might be released from prison again in a short time, and what would happen when the time came. Even thinking about whether to rob again and come back in?
In fact, since he was arrested, the relevant police officers have also been full of curiosity about this old man, is it really because his family is poor that he robbed others at this age?
After thinking about it, the police also wanted to get to know the old man well, but he didn't know it, it turned out that the old man had such a sad idea.
Back to real life
But the law couldn't help him realize the idea of pension in prison, and two years passed quickly, and Fu Daxin was released after completing his sentence.
Although he was reluctant to live a "good life" in prison, he was taken back to his hometown by his nephew and sent to a nursing home in the town.
I thought that after entering the nursing home, my life would be more comfortable, but Fu Daxin couldn't be happy. The conditions of the nursing home are better than his dilapidated house, but he just can't get used to it.
There were several people living in the room, and he was panicking. The food in the cafeteria was not to his taste, either too light or too greasy, and he always had not enough to eat.
What made him most uncomfortable was that the people in the nursing home were too indifferent. The old men and old ladies either lay in bed all day long, or sat in the courtyard in a daze, and few people talked to him. No one talked to him here, and no one cared about him like a prison guard, and he always felt empty in his heart.
The longer he spent outside, the more he missed life in prison. There he lived a full life every day, talking and laughing with his fellow inmates, and the prison guards cared about him. Although he is not free, he is steady.
After living in the nursing home for less than a year, Fu Daxin insisted on leaving the nursing home, and he would rather go back to live in his dilapidated house. The nephew couldn't resist him, so he had to take him back.
Fortunately, after the government learned about Fu Daxin's situation, it helped him build a new house, and also increased his pension and special hardship allowance, which amounted to more than 1,000 yuan a month. Fu Daxin's life is finally guaranteed, and he no longer has to worry about food and clothing.
Although his life is not as "comfortable" as in prison, he grows vegetables and raises chickens every day, and his life is peaceful.
But in the dead of night, he still remembered his time in prison. Maybe others don't believe it, but he really feels that way.
There were even times when he thought that if he was given a chance, he still wanted to go back to prison.
Perhaps for a lonely old man, sometimes prison may really be more like a home than the outside world.
The story of the old man Fu Daxin is embarrassing. You say he's pitiful, but he robbed in order to eat in prison, you say he doesn't deserve sympathy, but he's old, helpless, and can't even eat enough, so he can only take risks, which is really sad.
Nursing homes are supposed to be places for the elderly to enjoy their old age, but many nursing homes have poor conditions, inadequate services, and indifferent human feelings, which are not as humane as prisons.
This incident also reminds us as children that we should pay attention to the lives of the elderly, not only to give them money, but also to give them warmth and care. Don't wait until the old people are forced to "eat in prison" before you think about making amends, it's too late.