Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 273 273. Green Castle Nursing Home
The automatic gate flashed to both sides, and Tong Lele and Dong Qiangqiang entered the gate.

On the ceiling inside the gate hangs a billboard embossed in white, with five large characters written in green on it: Greencastle Nursing Home.

Dong Qiangqiang was observing the indoor environment, when a female nurse in white came up and asked the two of them the purpose of coming here.

Tong Lele explained the purpose of coming in a few words, and at the same time showed the court's notification letter, and the female nurse signaled the two to go to the dean's room with her.

Walking through the corridor, Dong Qiangqiang looked around curiously. Through the clean, tidy and bright windows, Dong Qiangqiang saw various fitness equipment and green plants of different heights and sizes in the courtyard.

Old people in twos and threes moved freely in the courtyard, and some obviously nurses or nurses stood not far from them, not only giving them a certain space, but also rushing to them as soon as possible .

Some of these old people are hunched over, trembling and moving slowly; It looks good, and it is dancing a soft and soothing ballroom dance with the opposite sex on the stone slab.

Dong Qiangqiang was unconsciously attracted by the actions of the old people, and when he was concentrating on admiring them, he suddenly heard Tong Lele's scolding from above his head: "Come up quickly."

Dong Qiangqiang walked up the stairs as if he had just woken up from a dream.

The dean's room is on the second floor. The female nurse led the two to the door of the dean's room and left on her own.

Tong Lele knocked lightly on the door twice, and a loud mezzo-soprano came from the door: "Please come in."

The dean is a German aunt who looks about 50 years old. She has big orange curly hair, which looks like a pot of rose flowers in full bloom. Her face is very white and her lips are very red. Dong Qiangqiang suddenly thought of the word "flaming red lips".

The matching of her makeup and her position gave people a sense of absurdity, which didn't match very well. Dong Qiangqiang felt amused, but still held back his laughter.

"Hello, Dean, we are here to do volunteer work." Tong Lele said while handing over the court notice directly.

The dean stood up and shook hands with the two of them respectively. Only then did Dong Qiangqiang realize that the dean was 1.8 meters tall, looking burly and tall.

She took the letter, put on her glasses, read it carefully for a while, then put it down gently: "I am Barbara Summer, the director of the Greencastle Nursing Home, you can call me Barbara. The letter said that you need to work here for a week, every day Four hours. I want to ask, have you ever done nursing work in a nursing home before?"

Both Tong Lele and Dong Qiangqiang shook their heads.

"Is that so?" Barbara looked at the letter again and suddenly asked, "Then you are Japanese? Korean? Chinese?"

"Of course we are Chinese." Dong Qiangqiang asked with a smile, "Can Japanese and Koreans grow as tall as me?"

"That's great," Barbara happily picked up the phone, and said to Dong Qiangqiang while pressing the phone button, "It happens that I have a Chinese here, she can show you the environment. Ava, ask Ms. Wang to come right away Come to my office."

"Ms. Wang? Chinese?" Dong Qiangqiang looked at Tong Lele suspiciously, but Tong Lele didn't look at him at all, and stared out the window blankly.

After a while, the door of the office opened, and a short, dark and thin girl walked in lightly.Her age looks like that of Dong Qiangqiang and the others, with neat short hair and European-style wheat complexion, giving people a refreshing and healthy feeling.

"Let me introduce, this is Ms. Wang Shunan," Barbara waved her hand, "She has worked here for more than a year, and she is very familiar with the work here. You can follow her. If you have any questions, ask her It's okay. If she doesn't know, you can ask me again. But I believe this situation should not happen."

After finishing speaking, Barbara turned her head and introduced the purpose of Dong Qiangqiang and Tong Lele's trip to Wang Shunan.The two sides shook hands and walked out of the dean's office together after a brief exchange of greetings.

Dong Qiangqiang noticed that Wang Shunan's German pronunciation is very standard.

"Let me take you on a brief tour first, and introduce the situation here to you by the way." Wang Shunan said quickly.

When she doesn't speak German, her accent comes naturally.

"Southern?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.

"Sichuan." Wang Shunan showed two rows of white teeth.

No wonder there is a word Shu in the name.Dong Qiangqiang said in his heart.

The three stood in the corridor on the second floor, and Wang Shunan gestured in the air with his hand: "Green Castle has 13 buildings, each with 5 floors, and some buildings have 6 floors. The first floor of each building is The function area is mainly to allow the elderly to exercise safely outdoors. As you can see, some elderly people can move independently, but some elderly people need the company of care workers. What you have to do this week is to take care of the elderly here like other care workers .”

Following her fingers, Dong Qiangqiang and Tong Lele saw more elderly people appearing in the courtyard than when they came in just now.

"It didn't seem like there were so many old people just now?" Tong Lele said suddenly.

"Maybe it's because the sun is out. Old people like to bask in the sun." Wang Shunan replied.

"How old is the average age of the elderly here?" Dong Qiangqiang asked again.

"Most of them are over 60 years old. Of course, there are many people who come here in their 50s. Because of their age, they have more or less physical and mental diseases, but I think these For the elderly, the most painful thing is not the disease."

"What's that?" Dong Qiangqiang's curiosity was aroused by these words, while Tong Lele's performance was very different from his usual performance. Not only did he talk less, but he also looked sullen.

"Lonely." A trace of sadness flashed across Wang Shunan's face, "Many of them are said to be from good families, with cars, houses, children and daughters, but many of them chose to come here in the end. We have millions of people here. There are only 15 millionaires living here."

"Is it so popular here?" Dong Qiangqiang looked around and doubted, "Although the conditions here are really good, it shouldn't be that exaggerated, right? Why do rich people come to nursing homes? Is it because their children are not filial? Or is it because of their family values? light?"

"I thought so at first, but later I found out that it is not true. Many elderly people who come here come here on their own initiative," Wang Shunan is very talkative. "I have seen children want to pick up the elderly, but the elderly cried How about staying here?"

"I asked to come here on my own initiative? Crying and yelling but not leaving?" Dong Qiangqiang felt unbelievable. No matter how comfortable a nursing home is, can it be more comfortable than his own home?
Wang Shunan smiled: "You don't know the situation of nursing homes in Germany at first glance. The number of people admitted by public nursing homes is limited every year, so private nursing homes with good conditions are very popular. Whether it is hardware facilities or doctors team, Green Castle Nursing Home is a private nursing home in Hannover. The condition of the nursing home is one of the best, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a star nursing home. There are a lot of elderly people who line up here every year. Although the conditions are not better than those of the rich man's house, after all, there are 24-hour supervision. Having an emergency doctor on call is always safer than living alone at home. Especially for those elderly with high-risk experiences such as history of hypertension, stroke, and myocardial infarction, the risk of living alone is actually very high.”

What Wang Shunan said was emotional and reasonable, and Dong Qiangqiang nodded involuntarily.

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