Wen Yuan Railway Corps 14th Division Ni Aimin
"Ba Guo" is a dialect of Hunan's hometown, and the original meaning refers to the cooking utensils stained with the cooked objects, such as the food stained with the pot when cooking rice or stir-frying. At the same time, it is also used to describe the meaning of getting into trouble because of good deeds. The "baguo" referred to in this article is the latter.
Because people know from movies, television, words and experiences, there are occasional phenomena in society where good people are slandered and blackmailed for doing good deeds or acting bravely. Individual beneficiaries also mistake the benevolent helpers and rescuers for the perpetrators, and the donors fail to produce evidence of their good deeds after they go to court, resulting in being implicated and bearing the legal responsibility for compensation after doing good deeds. Therefore, "beware of the pot" is a kind of psychological warning for people to go out to prevent themselves and ignore "idle things" at present and even in recent years, and has even become a talisman motto. It is precisely because of the fear of "Ba Guo" that many well-wishers dare not do good deeds if they want to;I don't dare to take action if I want to see righteousness;I want to help people who need help urgently, but I can't do anything because I am afraid of "Ba Guo".
Beware of the pot"!
This is also the kind admonition of the neighbor Sister Huang when she was supporting the old man who fell to the ground that day, and the passers-by watched it.
That afternoon, Sister Huang, a neighbor who is nearly 70 years old, went out to run errands, and just walked to the gate of the compound when she suddenly found a group of strangers surrounding the garbage station next to her. Some are slapping **, some are taking pictures, and some are chattering about something. On the ground next to the garbage pond lies an old man beckoning and begging for help. The well-wishers who were onlookers faced the old man who fell to the ground and waved and begged, so they could only choose to call the police but did not dare to help the old man up. The neighbor's eldest sister took a closer look and recognized it as a veteran cadre in her compound who was not acting well. So he laboriously lifted him up from the ground, picked up the crutches that the old man had fallen into the garbage pond and handed it to him, and then sent him to the house before leaving safely.
The old man went home, and the onlookers dispersed, leaving only deep thought.
If the old man who fell to the ground was not near his compound or had met a familiar neighbor, he might have to wait until the police arrived to help him up. Thankfully, there are no ifs.
One might say that the onlookers were indifferent. Not really. Because they called the police, because they took pictures and left legal evidence, even if there was no appearance of the neighbor's eldest sister, maybe someone would lend a kind helping hand later. Maybe it's because of those reasons, passers-by don't clean the "stove foot" and don't do a good job of self-defense, and kind people don't dare to act rashly.
Hopefully, I really hope that the righteous deeds of good people who do good deeds will not be aggrieved;I really hope that the zealous and courageous people who are righteous and brave will not be aggrieved. If there is no so-called "Ba Guo", there will be more justice and kindness in society. Hope, really hope if it's no longer if, but reality.
*From the Internet, thanks to the original author).
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