In the countryside, some older people are still working, can't they not?

It depends on the situation, and those old people are used to it.

From the common sense that people to a certain age is really do not have to work, do a lifetime of work, always need to rest. But life is always cruel, sometimes to a certain also had to work for the family.

Don't think this is rare, in fact, in rural areas is very common. A lot of old people are still working the root cause is because the family light is not good, not to mention what the old family depends on the children, many of the children simply can not rely on, not only can not rely on, and some even have to be parents to help, of course, this is still relatively small.

But most of the rural families in fact, the conditions of the general, is not able to meet the old man to take care of the day, so these old people have to continue to work. Usually no one forces them to do so, and they do so voluntarily.

This is also related to our culture, which is characterized by a heavy emphasis on family and the spirit of sacrifice and dedication. So many people dedicate everything they have to their families and believe that is the meaning of their lives. This concept is especially serious in the previous generation.

In fact, it also has to do with the background of their generation, which grew up in the 1950s or 1960s. The environment in which their group grew up was very harsh, and the domestic economy was still dominated by agro-industry at that time.

It can be said that they are relying on their own labor hands to support their respective families, their whole life's career is to work in the fields, they have been accustomed to such a life.

If they are not allowed to do those jobs, they may be at a loss as to what to do, and suddenly feel that life has no meaning. In fact, if they can have other hobbies would be good, but the rural areas of the old people's hobbies are only two or three, nothing more than mahjong, square dance, chess, these.

But these things are not acceptable to all the old people, most of them can't accept it. So if you don't let them continue to work, you will find that they have lost their vitality, without that strong vitality.