After my cousin was promoted, he came to my restaurant 4 times to eat without paying, and I stopped him on this day
My cousin and I are three years apart, and when I was a teenager, there was a crack in the marriage of my second uncle and second aunt, and the family was noisy and uncontrollable. My mother felt pity for my cousin, and saw that my cousin was pitiful, so she took him to my house to stay.
As time went on, the second uncle and the second aunt divorced and started a new family, but they completely forgot about the existence of their cousin. Once, my father took the initiative to mention the custody of my cousin to my second uncle, but the second uncle didn't say anything, just patted my father on the shoulder, and then turned away.
Since then, the second uncle has sent 1,500 yuan every month, and his behavior has made my parents understand that my cousin will always live with us. My cousin was very sensible at the time, and he would help my mother with housework every day when he came home from school, and his grades in school and Xi were as good as ever, and my family didn't need to worry too much about it at all. My parents genuinely liked my cousin and raised him as their own son.
My cousin lived and ate in my house for 5 years, and was admitted to a famous university in another province with excellent college entrance examination results. After graduating, he was successfully assigned a privileged job and his life got better day by day. The originally introverted cousin has also become much more extroverted over the years.
Even though he was working hard outside, my cousin did not forget the 5 years he spent in my house, and he was grateful to his uncle and aunt who raised him, that is, my parents. He would send money every once in a while, and he would go home to see them during the New Year's holidays, showing great filial piety to the two elders. When my mom went out to introduce her, she always proudly said that she had two sons, and when she mentioned her cousin, her face was always filled with happiness.
All of this stuck in the year when my cousin turned 40. In that year, my cousin's life changed dramatically. My parents were overjoyed to hear the news of his promotion to director, and every time they mentioned my cousin, they were filled with pride, both outside and at home.
My cousin seems to have changed. In the past, he would bring his children back to visit my parents every weekend, but since he was promoted to director, he has not appeared. He doesn't even take the initiative to hit ** anymore, every time** it is his mother who takes the initiative to contact. However, the cousin on the other end of the ** responded very perfunctorily, and for anything his mother said, he answered it with a uh-huh, or simply said "got it", and after less than three minutes on the call, he would say that he was too busy, and then took the initiative to hang up.
I was very angry to see my cousin change so suddenly. I told my mother that it would be better to give my cousin less ** in the future. My cousin has been promoted, his status is different, and his current attitude is afraid that he looks down on us.
But my mother said indifferently, "Don't talk about your cousin like that." Although he is a cousin, after so many years, we treat him and treat us like brothers. He has just been promoted, busy with affairs and socializing, he must not have much time, you can't guess people at will. ”
My mother's attitude made it impossible for me to refute it. Actually, from the bottom of my heart, I also admire my cousin. When we were young, we studied Xi as seriously, but his grades were always better than mine. He was admitted to a major university, while I had to go to a junior college. After graduating, he joined a large company, while I could only work as a small clerk in a small company. Recently, the company closed down and I was forced to lose my job, and now I have a small barbecue restaurant downstairs from my home, and although I have the support of my neighbors, business is not bad.
But compared to my cousin who became the commissioner, I always felt that I couldn't hold my head up in front of people.
That day, the barbecue restaurant had just opened, and I was skewering outside the restaurant. The eldest sister of the next-door neighbor walked over with a smile, and when she saw me, she said, "Erdun'er, you see that you are really different from your cousin." If you want me to say, your cousin has been promoted, he should help you, they are all brothers, he is doing well, why do you still let you, who is a younger brother, cook barbecue here in the wind and sun?”
The neighbor's eldest sister's words made me feel uncomfortable, and I hurriedly responded: "He has been promoted, that's his business." Everyone has their own interests and expertise, I love barbecue, let him come over and cook barbecue, he may not be able to do it. ”
The neighbor's eldest sister laughed for a moment, then took out a hundred yuan from her bag and handed it to me and said, "The eldest sister is also joking, you bake a lamb skewer for me for a hundred yuan, and I will take it back for my boy to eat." ”
While I was grilling the skewers, the neighbor's eldest sister kept babbling. I heard what she meant, and she seemed to want me to mention it to my cousin so that he could create some opportunities for her son.
Hearing this, I handed her the skewer and waved my hand: "I can't help you with this, if you want to be successful, you have to rely on yourself." ”
The neighbor's eldest sister listened to my answer and left with some remorse.
Although I am envious of my cousin's achievements, and his attitude towards our family makes me a little unhappy, I must admit that my cousin has achieved what he is today because of his own efforts. I've always believed that if you want to realize your dreams, you have to rely on your personal efforts, and opportunism will never work.
While I was thinking about it, I noticed that several cars drove into the neighborhood and parked neatly in the parking spaces. A familiar person who got out of the first car was my cousin, followed by several peers and some young people.
The group was dressed formally, smiling as they walked towards my barbecue. I hurriedly stepped forward to say hello and called my cousin. However, unexpectedly, my cousin didn't look at me directly, walked straight into the store, and was indifferent to me when ordering.
My heart was full of displeasure, but I chose not to care.
My cousin and his party spent a full four hours at my barbecue, eating from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. There were two thousand dollars on the bill, and when I said to them, my cousin waved his hand and said, "Deduct it from my account." With that, he left.
My cousin's behavior left me confused and filled my mind with questions. What exactly is the account?My small barbecue restaurant is not a membership system for a big restaurant.
Afterwards, I told my mother all this, saying that my cousin deliberately did not make the payment, as if to show his presence with me.
The mother still defended her cousin: "It's all my own family, why bother with money when your cousin brings friends to the house for dinner?"And recently, my cousin has also given a lot of money to the family, don't worry about him, how much money you have, your mother will make it up for him. ”
Seeing that my mother didn't understand my mind, I didn't explain it deeply. Later, my mother really took out 2,000 yuan to me, but I didn't accept it.
Soon after, my cousin visited my shop several times, each time with the same words and a different clientele each time.
Until the fourth time, the cousin stayed in the shop, while the entourage left after saying goodbye. As night fell, seeing that my cousin was about to slip away quietly, I quickly walked to the door of the store and blocked his way.
I said, "Brother, you've been to my store four times, and you haven't paid for it." That's five or six thousand yuan in total. Do you feel like you've risen to a high place and look down on us?Or do you think we're a family, so it's right to do so?”
The cousin responded: "Brother, you misunderstood me. I admit that I didn't pay these times because I was selfish and wanted to save face in front of my colleagues. But I'm also doing it for your own good. There are so many restaurants out there, I don't take them to other places, I come to you. I want to use my face to get them to patronize your store more. I know it's not easy to do business right now. When I was a child, my parents divorced, and it was my uncle and aunt who always took me with me. I've always been grateful, and I just want to repay you in my own way. ”
I was a little touched by my cousin's words. Indeed, since he brought people to my restaurant for a barbecue, I have indeed seen a few acquaintances come back with other friends, and my business has improved as a result. And what about parents?
After an honest meeting with my cousin, I realized that he had good intentions.
It turned out that since his cousin was promoted to director, many of his former seven aunts and eight aunts, as well as classmates who were not in constant contact, took the initiative to find him, hoping to get his cousin's care and care. Someone even went straight to his home.
In order to avoid getting too close to us, my cousin was worried that these people would take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, so he reduced his association with us.
It turned out that it was me who was too small-minded and maliciously speculated about my cousin's intentions.
After this incident, I realized that some family affection is not superficial publicity, nor is it verbal hypocrisy.
Some family affection is hidden deep in the heart and expressed through practical actions. Everyone has a different way of dealing with family affection, but I believe that everyone is loving their loved ones in their own way.