Chen Shuxian's husband, Zheng Aiguo, is also in his fifties. He used to work on the farm in the countryside for many years, so he's in good health.
In recent years, there has been a labor shortage in the city, with many young people unwilling to work on construction sites.
It's still these over-fifty-year-old men doing the hard work.
When Zheng Aiguo heard that city jobs paid more than farming, he brought Chen Shuxian to the city a few years ago.
Zheng Aiguo himself has no special skills and doesn't know masonry or electrical work.
He followed fellow villagers to work as a laborer on a construction site and could still earn a good amount of money.
Today, upon returning, he immediately heard the sound of his wife chopping dumpling filling in the kitchen.
"Improving meals today?"
Though life in the city was unfamiliar, the living conditions were indeed much better than in the countryside.
Back in the countryside, the couple could only eat meat a few times a year.
