When my son was six years old, I was divorced, and I had to raise my son all by myself, which was a difficult and heartbreaking process. The good thing is that my son was a good boy and he went to college. I'm afraid I'm alone, after graduating from college, my son chose to go back to the county to work, and then he was admitted to the county's institutions.
After my son's work, I took out all my savings over the years, and paid for a commercial house in the county, and the monthly mortgage was paid by my son.
When I first retired, I thought to myself, "I've worked hard for most of my life, and I've finally managed to get my son to grow up and have a stable job. Although the current pension is less than two thousand dollars, but slowly will rise. I have bought enough health insurance for twenty years, so I have nothing to worry about. I can rest at home.
So I prepared three meals a day, waited for my son to get off work and ate with him, and went square dancing with my sisters in the evening. When I had time, I even went to visit some relatives who I didn't have time to visit at work.
These days of not having to go to work every day and doing whatever you want at home took less than three months, but I got tired of it.
Many people in my early fifties were either still working or at home taking care of their grandchildren. Two female coworkers who retired with me chose to continue working after retirement, one as a housekeeper and one as a weigher at a supermarket. They are busier than they were before they retired, and they can't get appointments at all.
Many of my relatives live in rural areas, and when I go to their homes, they are always busy with farm work. I've been there once or twice, and I'm embarrassed to see them leave their farm work behind to keep me company.
I'm a healthy person, and I don't like traveling and playing mahjong, so I don't have anything else to do during the day besides eating three meals a day. Every time my son comes back, I pull him to talk. At this age there is a generation gap with the young people, their own son is no exception. Slowly my son felt that I was too nagging.
Retirement days are really more boring than work, although work is bound, but a bunch of coworkers together, in addition to doing things, but also some talk, life is also regular. After three months of retirement, I feel too bored.
My son saw me sighing every day, let me find something to do, don't stay at home all day house out of the disease. I thought about finding some easy work to do to pass the time.
It so happens that the canteen where one of my classmates works is recruiting people to help the chef, wash dishes and give meals to the staff. The restaurant operates two meals a day, breakfast and lunch, and after lunch, you can clean up and get off work at about two o'clock.
I found a friend of mine who was able to drag me into a job at the cafeteria. The hours aren't long and it's not exhausting. I'm in good health now, so I can do it without any stress.
My son doesn't have a problem with my job. He thinks it's good that I'm doing something that makes me feel better and that I don't have to nag him all the time.
The family members of the employees working in the unit can eat in the canteen, and half of the cost of the meal is also subsidized. Because I can't cook at home because of my job, my son and I eat breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria, which reduces our living expenses.
My social security and health insurance have been bought enough, the unit every month to pay more than 2,000 yuan of wages, and double rest and holidays, for this job, I feel particularly satisfied.
When I washed the dishes after lunch, I found that there was often a half-bucket of leftovers in the cafeteria, which had been dumped directly into the garbage can before, which I thought was a shame. I wondered how I could utilize the leftovers.
I grew up in the countryside when I was a kid, and I've always had a rural feeling, so I wanted to have a small farmhouse, grow vegetables and flowers, and raise chickens and ducks.
We have a lot of rural areas around the county, and the distance is not far from the center of the county five or six kilometers on a lot. So I discussed with my son and rented a house with a yard and a vegetable garden in the rural areas near the county, so that I could use the leftovers from the dining hall to raise some chickens and ducks, and then plant some greens for self-sufficiency. My son was very supportive of my idea and began to ask where there were rural houses willing to rent.
It wasn't long before I found out that one of my son's coworkers had a vacant house in his village, a four-room bungalow with a large yard. The homeowner's family has long been based in the big city, the house is to come back to take a look. Usually it is called the village relatives to take care of it.
Heard that we want to rent, he is also particularly happy, so that you do not have to bother relatives every time to take care of it. He didn't ask for much, 4,000 yuan a year in rent, paid once a year. I thought the price was right, and I was happy to sign the contract with the landlord.
After renting the house, I spent a few days cleaning it up. I went to the hardware store to buy a wire fence, and my son helped me build two simple sheds in the yard to raise chickens and ducks. I went to the market and bought about twenty chickens and ten ducks to keep inside.
Every day after work, I bring the leftovers directly to the yard to feed the chickens and ducks. Slowly, I reclaimed the rest of the yard, made a few vegetable plots, and planted greens. I also fenced off a couple of flower beds along the wall and planted a leucodendron, and sunflowers, among other things.
Every afternoon, I fed the chickens and ducks and spent the rest of the day planting and weeding. After a few months, the vegetables grew, the squash and beans climbed, the chickens and ducks called out, and the yard came to life.
In this way, I continued to work after my retirement, and I was able to save some of the money I earned.
At the same time, I also lived in a small farmhouse, raising chickens and ducks, planting vegetables and flowers of the leisurely life. If I can't eat all the chickens and ducks I raise and the vegetables I grow, I'll give some away to relatives and friends.
Friends also like to come to my small yard to work together when they have time, and my son joins me in my small yard on weekends, and sometimes he even brings his friends over for barbecues. Even the landlord came back to see it and liked his home, he said when he was old, he would come back to live like this.
I especially enjoy the days when I continue to work outside of retirement. The early fifties are no longer young, but they are not considered old. A lot of good health and still have the ability to work. Choose a job to pass the time and increase your income to ease the burden on your children.
Middle-aged women in their fifties, whether to continue to work after retirement, or at home, this can not be generalized, depending on individual circumstances.
The age of 50 is not too old to retire, and most people are still in good health. If you don't have grandchildren or any special interests, you should find a job that is not too tiring. You'll have more savings to ease the burden on your children, and your days won't be boring.
Nevertheless, it's important to take care of your body and find something to make your life fulfilling and comfortable after you retire at the age of 50.