"Carrying My Sick 89-Year-Old Mother in a Basket"... Story of Chinese Siblings Goes Viral

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A story about brothers carrying their 89-year-old mother in a basket in China has attracted attention.

On the 28th, according to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP), two men were spotted taking turns carrying a basket containing an elderly woman on a road in Chongqing City, southwestern China.

Chen siblings carrying their mother in a basket while walking.
[Photo by SCMP]

The two men carrying the basket were brothers Chen Chuan (58) and Chen Li (55). Their mother has weak leg strength and cannot walk well, but she gets motion sickness when riding in a car and suffers headaches when sitting in a wheelchair, so the brothers had to carry her on their backs or in their arms whenever she was unwell to take her to the hospital.

Feeling that she was causing her sons hardship, the elderly mother often hid her pain, but soon they found a way to care for her more comfortably: a large bamboo basket. They placed their mother in the basket and took turns carrying it on their backs, which was less strenuous than before, and the mother also found the basket comfortable.

Last year, the brothers closed their urban lives and returned to their hometown where their mother lives, opening a noodle shop. They said, "When we were young, our mother took care of us, and now that she is old, we must take care of her."

The brothers’ story was accidentally filmed and spread on social media, touching many people.

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