Narrator: Yi Haifeng
My father was born in a rural area, there are three brothers and sisters in the family, my father is the eldest in the family, and there is an uncle and aunt below.
When my father was eighteen years old, my grandfather fell ill and died, my uncle was still studying, and my grandmother was alone with three children, and she did not remarry, and her life was very difficult, and she was sometimes bullied by the people in the village.
When he got married, because the family was poor, his grandmother gave his father two earthen houses and some land, and his father set up his own business.
After my father got married, he and his mother worked hard, planted a lot of rice and corn, and raised a few big fat pigs, and the family lived a happy and ordinary life.
Later, my uncle was admitted to university and became the first college student in the family, and the family was very happy.
After the joy, the grandmother made another difficulty, sighing, the family could not come up with so much money for her uncle's education.
Grandma had no choice, so she braved the heavy rain and returned to her parents' house the next day to borrow money from her uncle, but in the end the money was not borrowed, and she was counted down by her uncle, and her grandmother ran back crying.
When the uncle saw it, he knew that his grandmother had been wronged, so he told his grandmother that he would stop studying and go out to work to earn money.
When my father found out, he couldn't bear to watch his uncle drop out of school and finally get admitted to university, which would be a pity if he didn't go to school.
When my father came home, he discussed with my mother and decided to sell the two big fat pigs and 1,000 catties of rice to make up for my uncle's tuition.
With the help of his father, his uncle's tuition fees were finally settled.
The uncle was very grateful to his father and said to his father: "Brother, I will never forget the kindness of you and my sister-in-law in my life, and I will definitely repay you well when I work in the future."
When my father heard this, he smiled with relief, feeling that he didn't hurt his uncle in vain.
Later, after my uncle graduated from college, he was assigned to work in the city, with a stable job and a good salary.
My uncle also knows how to be grateful, and the first salary he got was sent to his father, and every time he came back, he would buy clothes for his father.
My uncle got married after working for less than two years, my aunt is an only daughter, her family conditions are relatively good, she runs a food factory, and her uncle marries her.
After my uncle got married, his life got better and better, and he bought a house in the city, and he was very prosperous.
After my uncle had money, he still kept his original intention, and every year when he came back for the Chinese New Year, he would buy various gifts for his parents, and when he left, he would give money to his parents.
Later, my uncle's career is thriving, and he is very busy every day, so he rarely comes back, and sometimes, my uncle will give my father a ** greeting, and hang up after a few simple chats.
We don't know much about his life in the city, and my father didn't ask about it.
Who knew that my mother had a physical problem that year, her face was yellow and thin, she couldn't eat, and she went to the hospital for an examination to find out that she had liver cancer.
The doctor said that if you want to continue to live, you have to replace your liver, which requires a lot of money, which is not available to ordinary families.
The news shattered our family's peaceful life like a bolt from the blue, and my father sat down on the ground and began to cry bitterly.
While crying, my father said, "Your mother has suffered a lot with me, and she has not yet enjoyed happiness, no matter what, I must find a way to save her."
After my father was sad, he began to think of ways to raise money, and my father immediately thought of his uncle, whose family conditions were better, and only he could come up with so much money.
The next day, my father got in the car and went to the city to look for my uncle, and when I arrived at my uncle's house, my uncle saw my father's red eyes and knew that something was wrong with the family.
The uncle hurriedly asked his father what was wrongMy father told me about my mother's illness, and my uncle was sad to hear it.
The uncle didn't say a word, so he went to the room and took a bank card and handed it to his father, and the uncle said: "Big brother, there is 30,000 yuan in this card, which is the private money I secretly saved, you take it to see your sister-in-law first."
The father took the bank card and said: "Brother, if your sister-in-law has surgery, it will cost more than 200,000 yuan, and you also know that I am farming in the countryside and I don't have much money in my hands, so I came to borrow 200,000 yuan from you this time."
When the uncle heard this, he frowned, and his face was not very good-looking.
The uncle said to his father: "Big brother, it's not that I don't borrow from you, but I don't have so much money, and my family has not had a good time these years, so please don't be strange to my eldest brother."
When my father heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he felt that my uncle deliberately did not borrow money, and he was afraid that our family would not be able to pay it back.
When my uncle didn't borrow money, my father got angry, threw the bank card to my uncle, and said: "I was kind enough to provide you to study in college, but now your sister-in-law is sick and refuses to borrow 200,000 yuan from you, it's really a white-eyed wolf, and I don't want the 30,000 yuan."
After saying that, my father left, and my uncle grabbed my father and wanted to explain it well, but my father didn't listen at all and slammed the door.
When my father came home, he was depressed and sat alone in the yard drinking liquor, and my mother saw it and knew that my father had not borrowed any money. The mother cried and said, "If you can't get the money, forget it, don't be in a hurry, just take one step at a time, and resign yourself to fate."
My father didn't say anything, and my heart was full of guilt.
Later, my father borrowed money from door to door in the village, and borrowed everything he could, scraping together tens of thousands of yuan, which was far from the cost of the operation.
My mother's condition became more and more serious, and in the end, there was really no choice, and before the operation, my mother died.
The father slapped himself twice and scolded himself for his incompetence.
After his mother died, his father was full of resentment towards his uncle, feeling that his uncle was too ruthless and would not save him when he saw death.
So my mother died, and my father didn't inform my uncle, but my aunt called ** to tell my uncle.
When my uncle found out, he hurried back from the city overnight, knelt down in front of his mother's funeral hall, and wept profusely, saying that he was sorry for his mother, and that if he could, his mother might be cured.
My father was also heartbroken and didn't say a word to my uncle from beginning to end.
Later, because of this incident, my father cut off contact with my uncle, and I didn't say a word for 6 years, and my uncle went back to his hometown and took the initiative to greet my father, but my father pretended not to see it, just like a stranger.
During the Chinese New Year, my uncle came to my house to give gifts, and my father threw the gifts out directly, and my uncle knew that my father still hated him, so he was disappointed.
In fact, I also advised my father to let him look forward and not worry about his uncle, but my father didn't listen and asked me to interfere less in the affairs of their previous generation.
Later, when I got married, it was a banquet held in my hometown in the countryside, and my father was so happy that he started to announce my wedding a few days in advance, and invited many relatives and friends, but he did not invite my uncle.
After I found out, I didn't feel good, after all, it was my own uncle, and I cautiously asked my father if I would also invite my uncle to the wedding.
When my father heard this, he resolutely disagreed, saying that he didn't want to see his uncle, and I knew that my father had a stubborn temper and didn't persuade him again, for fear of making him angry.
On the day I got married, the neighbors came to help, and there were more than a dozen tables of relatives and friends, and it was very lively.
My aunt wrapped two big red envelopes for us, wishing us a hundred years of good luck and an early birth of a precious son.
When the wedding was almost over, I didn't see my uncle, and I was very disappointed.
In the evening, relatives and friends are gone, my father is busy in the house to clean up the leftovers, I was cleaning in the yard, suddenly my ** sounded, I looked, it turned out to be my uncle calling.
I excitedly took the **, my uncle said that he was standing outside the house, let me go out, he had something to look for me.
I hung up the ** and quickly ran out, it turned out that my uncle rushed back from the city.
When my uncle saw me, he smiled and said, "Nephew, I wish you a happy wedding, my uncle is sorry for you and couldn't come to your wedding on time, I hope you don't get angry." ”
After saying that, my uncle handed me an envelope and asked me to take it, and then I went back to the house and opened it again, and I took the envelope and asked my uncle to come into the house and sit for a meeting, and then eat at home.
The uncle waved his hand and said, "Forget it, the eldest brother doesn't want to see me, and I don't want to make him angry, so let's get together again when I have time." ”
After saying that, the uncle drove away.
When I got back to the house, I quickly told my father about it, but he didn't say anything and continued to work.
I quickly opened the envelope, which contained 20,000 yuan, and a letter, and I read the contents of the letter.
The letter reads: "Nephew, please forgive my uncle, I couldn't come to your wedding, not because I didn't want to come, but because I was afraid that my eldest brother would be unhappy." I know that over the years, my eldest brother has always hated me in his heart, thinking that I was ruthless, and did not borrow money to save my sister-in-law, in fact, it is not that I did not borrow, but I couldn't take it out at all, and I also had difficulties, but I never told you.
That year, there was a problem in your aunt's factory, the capital chain was broken, the factory could not operate normally, and then it went bankrupt, and we were in debt of hundreds of thousands, because of this incident, I almost divorced your aunt, I was afraid that the family would worry, and I didn't tell the matter.
When my eldest brother came to me to borrow money, I only had the 30,000 yuan of private money left, and my eldest brother felt that I deliberately did not borrow money, and before I could explain, my eldest brother left.
Later, my sister-in-law died, I know how to explain, it won't help, only buried in my heart, these years, I have been looking for a chance to have a good chat with my eldest brother, but every time my eldest brother doesn't want to see me, my heart is like a knife, more uncomfortable than anyone else, I just hope that my eldest brother can forgive me after knowing the reason.
The last 20,000 yuan is a little bit of my heart, and I must accept it, so that I feel better."
After reading the contents of the letter, I had mixed feelings, it turned out that over the years, my father had blamed my uncle, and my uncle had a hard time in the city, but he never told his family, and we always thought that he was very rich, and it seemed that every family had a difficult scripture.
I forwarded the letter from my uncle to my father, who saw the contents of the letter with tears rolling in his eyes and sighed.
I knew that my father was also sad, so I said to him, "Let's go to the city to see my uncle, who has not had a good time all these years."
After a long time, my father said to me, "Hurry up and pack up, we will go to the city tomorrow".
When I heard my father's words, my heart blossomed and I hurriedly bought a ticket. The next morning, my father and I went to the station to take the train, and within a few hours, we arrived at my uncle's house.
When my uncle saw me and my father coming, he ran over excitedly and hugged my father, and the two brothers hugged each other and cried, and the misunderstanding of so many years was finally resolved at this moment.
The uncle pulled his father and said, "Big brother, I blame me for being stupid and I haven't told you well, otherwise we would have reconciled a long time ago."
The father smirked and said: "Blame me for being too careful, I have been blaming you, and I didn't give you a chance to explain, just say it this time, and our two brothers will get along well in the future, and don't let people see jokes anymore."
Uncle nodded, and took his father to the restaurant to have a good drink, the two chatted while drinking, they hadn't seen each other for a long time, there were endless words, seeing my father and uncle chatting so happily, I was also happy.