In 2011, an elderly couple in Shanghai met a young man who sold Cordyceps. Unexpectedly, their future lives were shattered by this young man.
This young man's name is Xu Tao, and he was only 17 years old when he met.
Aunt Ji is a retired teacher, and her wife is a retired senior engineer. The two of them have a son who went abroad ten years ago. There are two old people in the family, and when they are lonely, they go out to listen to various health lectures.
Although I knew that these health care products might not have any effect, listening to the young people selling health care products affectionately calling out to my uncle and aunt, Aunt Ji's empty hearts were filled.
Aunt Ji bought Xu Tao's 4,500 yuan of cordyceps, and Xu Tao delivered it to the door. After delivering the goods, chatting with the old man, the old man invited Xu Tao to come and sit often.
Xu Tao is also not polite, he often walks around, narrowing the relationship with the elderly, which is conducive to selling products. This is also a requirement of the company.
Xu Tao has a sweet mouth and diligent legs. Every time he went to Aunt Ji's house, he asked if there was any work that needed to run errands. Like paying utility bills, carrying rice and flour, Xu Tao did it all.
For Aunt Ji, Xu Tao is not a son, but a son. She simply recognized Xu Tao as her godson.
Now, Xu Tao came to Aunt Ji's house more diligently. They get along like family.
Half a year passed happily. One day, Xu Tao told Aunt Ji that he was going to open a company, and he was still short of more than 20,000 yuan.
Aunt Ji and her family saw that it was not easy for Xu Tao to work hard in Shanghai alone, and they wanted to help him. They think of their son, who is also alone abroad.
It seems that they helped Xu Tao, and their son will also get help from well-wishers in a foreign country.
Aunt Ji and her wife happened to have 20,000 yuan in their hands, so they gave it to Xu Tao. However, a few days later, Xu Tao came to ask for 8,000 yuan again, saying that it was the registered capital, and he would return it after the registration.
The old couple fully trusted this godson. Without much thought, I immediately transferred the money.
But the good times didn't last long, and Xu Tao told Aunt Ji one day that his company was about to go bankrupt. Aunt Ji hurriedly asked, is there a way to bring the dead back to life. Xu Tao said that there was a friend named Li Chen who could help sell the goods, but we had to pay for the freight ourselves. He has no money in his hand now, and he wants Aunt Ji to help him, and he will pay Aunt Ji back when he earns money.
In order to prevent Xu Tao from being deceived when she was too young, Aunt Ji personally called Li Chen **. Li Chen convinced Aunt Ji of what he said, so he was relieved to lend money to Xu Tao.
The life of the old couple was completely led by Xu Tao. The more than one million they had saved over decades of thrift was transferred to Xu Tao in more than two years.
There was no money, so Aunt Ji remembered to ask Xu Tao for money, and Xu Tao said that Li Chen did not settle the bill. Aunt Ji said, "I'll ask for it." ”
In 2014, Aunt Ji came to Hangzhou, and Xu Tao took her to a villa in the Golden Blue Garden. Pushing open the door, Aunt Ji saw a skinny man lying on the bed, who had undergone surgery and was so weak that she couldn't even speak. What's going on?
Xu Tao said with a sad face: "Li Chen was beaten by a group of thugs on the way from Xiamen to Guangzhou. The kind-hearted Aunt Ji couldn't bear to ask for money from a person in distress, Xu Tao swore and said: "Li Chen admits this account, and he gives an IOU." ”
Aunt Ji returned to Shanghai with an IOU. But a few months have passed, and Li Chen still hasn't paid back the money. Aunt Ji came to Hangzhou again to ask Li Chen for money.
The Li Chen that Aunt Ji saw when she entered the door this time was very different from what she saw last time. Last time I was very thin, this time I was extremely fat, but I still can't say clearly. Regarding Li Chen's obesity, Xu Tao explained: "If you eat hormones, the medicine he takes has hormones in them. ”
Subsequently, Xu Tao took out a green real estate certificate and shook it in front of Aunt Ji and said, this villa belongs to Li Chen, and it can be sold for more than 20 million according to the market price, and it is not a piece of cake to pay more than 1 million.
Aunt Ji thought about it and said it made sense, so she went back to Shanghai and waited for Xu Tao to sell the villa.
But a few days later, Xu Tao asked Aunt Ji to give him a transfer fee. But the family can't come up with any money.
Xu Tao said, you go and borrow it. Aunt Ji really went to borrow it from friends and neighbors. Everyone saw that she was in trouble and was willing to help her. But after borrowing a circle, there is still some short.
Xu Tao said that the property can be mortgaged for a loan. Aunt Ji went to the bank to consult, and the staff told her that for retirees like them, the only house in the family is not allowed to take out a mortgage.
What can I do?Xu Tao said that he could sell the house.
Thinking that all the money from the sale of the villa came back, in 2015, Aunt Ji ruthlessly sold the house she had lived in for many years for 1.48 million. With some money, Aunt Ji paid off part of the debts of her neighbors and friends.
At this time, my son called ** from abroad and said that he needed money for the operation.
Aunt Ji is bent on selling the villa and asking for the money back. So, instead of sending a penny to his son, he transferred all the rest of the money to Xu Tao.
But the money from the sale of the villa has not been returned to Aunt Ji for a long time.
Aunt Ji, who does not have a house, and her wife live in Aunt Ji's younger brother's house. In order to pay off the debt as soon as possible, the wife returned to her old business and went to draw pictures for others.
In 2017, his overworked wife died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Aunt Ji sadly sent her wife away, and she was even more lonely.
Under the persuasion of her younger brother, Aunt Ji gradually sobered up, she realized that she had been deceived, and then went to the Public Security Bureau to report the case.
In December 2017, ** was arrested in Xu Tao's hometown in Yancheng, Jiangsu. Xu Tao confessed to his deception. He admitted frankly that the old man was too easy to deceive, and he would give money if he made up a reason.
From the beginning of asking for the first money, Xu Tao began to live an unbridled and indulgent life with the money he had cheated.
He didn't open a company to do business, everything was a story he made up. That friend Li Chen is a fictional character. At the beginning, Aunt Ji called Li Chen, who had nothing to do, but Xu Tao took it.
He installed voice changing software on his mobile phone, and Aunt Ji couldn't hear Xu Tao's voice at all, so she thought that there was really such a person doing business with Xu Tao.
The two Li Chen, who were lying in the villa, were hired by Xu Tao for money. One is thin and one is fat, and he is not a person at all.
The villa is rented, and the so-called villa title deed is just an empty skin.
On November 8, 2018, the Shanghai Jing'an District People's Court found out that Xu Tao had defrauded Aunt Ji of more than 3.2 million yuan, and he had squandered it for 7 years. In the end, Xu Tao was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Aunt Ji is a 78-year-old man, but she has to repay the millions of debts she owes. In her case, the court granted her judicial aid.
Although it is a drop in the bucket, for Aunt Ji, it has been able to soothe her soul and let her live more stable.
What she hopes for most now is that her son can come back to be with her. But since the death of his wife, his son has left a sentence "Dad is gone, take care of yourself" and has not been heard from again.
For Aunt Ji, this is one thing heavier than debt. My son has been abroad for 18 years, will we never see each other again in this life?
Throughout this case, the reason why Aunt Ji was deceived has a lot to do with her son's absence. She transferred her thoughts about her son to Xu Tao. In the early days, Xu Tao gave her and her wife and son a feeling. Coincidentally, Xu Tao and their son look alike.
This made Aunt Ji even more attached to Xu Tao, and even wishfully thought that Xu Tao would accompany her to the end of her life like her own son.
She put on her son's filter for Xu Tao, no matter how clumsy his deception was, she still didn't see through it. In her heart, it is impossible for her son to deceive his parents.
My son urgently needs money for surgery, but Aunt Ji gave all the money to **. The son was angry, disappointed, and he was not doing well abroad, so he chose not to associate with his mother.
Chinese attach great importance to family affection.
As a mother, Aunt Ji has less resentment and more love for her son, and maybe she can repair the relationship with her son again. Sons should be more understanding and tolerant of their mothers, understand their mother's bitterness and hardships, take the initiative to care for their mothers, and repay their nurturing kindness.
I hope that my son will return to China as soon as possible to visit and accompany his octogenarian mother, and not let people leave too many regrets in life.