The 65-year-old couple spent 370,000 yuan on a trip, and when they returned home two years later, they found that the child had sold the house
Some travel agencies continue to use slogans such as "if we don't go crazy, we will be old" and "youth has no price, hard seats go directly to Lhasa" to target young people, college students and young white-collar workers. Their goal is simple: to arouse young people's thirst for poetry and the distance, and to encourage them to spend money on various tours. This promotion has also allowed travel agencies to make good profits.
However, it is not only young people who are really able to appreciate places of interest, explore beautiful places at a young age, measure the world with their feet, and broaden their horizons.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Li, 65, for example, did not choose a bland lifestyle after retirement, but only rotated between home, the park and the supermarket. Instead, they use the wealth they have amassed to fulfill a dream that they couldn't fulfill when they were younger, and they travel around the world.
However, when the couple returned home after completing their circumnavigation, they were surprised to find that their house had been sold to someone else. What shocked them even more was that the person in the house was their son Zhang Cunde, who they had always loved and cared for.
How did this happen?
Zhang Qiming, a person whose name is full of family culture and intellectuals. Although he was born into a working-class family, his name seems to reveal something unusual about his family.
In the 50s of the last century, it was the early construction period of New China, and most of the factories were funded and managed by the state. Workers are regarded as "iron rice bowls" and enjoy a relatively high status in society. In the context of this era, the status of a worker was seen as very honorable.
Although most people were struggling for the basics at the time, Zhang Qiming lived a relatively easy life, not only did he have no worries about food and clothing, but he could often pick up a few villain books to read, or climb trees, dig birds' nests, or swim in the river with his friends.
However, Zhang Qiming's studies did not meet his parents' expectations. He chose to drop out of school after graduating from junior high school, much to the disappointment of his parents.
Although their parents are not very anxious, they believe that their destiny is their own and that there is no only path to success. So, after Zhang Qiming dropped out of junior high school, he read books at home and wandered around for a while.
When he was 18 years old, his parents arranged for him to work in the factory where they had worked for more than 20 years. They believe that their experience can pave the way for their son to grow smoothly in the factory.
However, although Zhang Qiming can commute to and from work on time and complete work tasks, his work attitude is not positive. He did not get along well with his colleagues, because of his previous experience in society and the connivance of his parents, he had a short temper. Although he treats people righteously, he often clashes with his co-workers over small frictions.
However, because of his family background, he was not punished by the factory.
He still fulfills his duties with a less aggressive work attitude, receives the pay he deserves, and leads a pragmatic and down-to-earth life. One person eats, the whole family has no worries, and lives a relaxed and comfortable life.
Due to work needs, Zhang Qiming and his wife met and entered into marriage, and the two had a son, and the son's personality gradually improved under Zhang Qiming's investment.
At the end of his two years in the factory, Zhang Qiming's career has not changed in any way, and his position is still stagnant, but his attitude towards going to work in the factory every day is always positive.
This is no coincidence, Zhang Qiming, who is in his youth and full of yearning and curiosity about love, has a liking for Li Min, a female worker in the same workshop.
Li Min, a young and beautiful woman with standard beauty facial features, has willow eyebrows, almond eyes, and a small cherry mouth. No matter how times change, beautiful young girls always attract many suitors, and Li Min is no exception.
In the factory, young men confessed to Li Min one after another, finding all kinds of excuses to talk to her. In the face of the problems encountered by Li Min at work, these young men will also quickly appear to answer Li Min's doubts and solve problems as experienced and good workers.
However, in the face of the beautiful Li Min, other young men always seem to be a little inferior and restrained, but Zhang Qiming, who has been uninhibited since childhood and has experience in society, is unusual.
Regarding Li Min's overtures and pursuits, Zhang Qiming behaved very boldly and did not hide his intentions. Almost everyone in the factory knew that Zhang Qiming was pursuing Li Min.
After work, he would deliver lunch boxes full of delicious and exquisite meals to Li Min, and secretly deliver holiday gifts and flowers. At that time, when movies were not yet popular, he also invited Li Min to the cinema to watch the latest foreign romance movies. All this is Zhang Qiming's way of pursuing Li Min.
Under Zhang Qiming's enthusiastic pursuit, Li Min also gradually fell. In less than a month, she established a relationship with Zhang Qiming.
After a year of getting along, at the urging of their parents, Zhang Qiming and Li Min tied the knot and officially entered the marriage hall.
At that time, people generally advocated early marriage and early childbearing, so a year after marriage, Li Min successfully welcomed their first child, a boy. This is also Zhang Qiming's first child.
Zhang Qiming, who does not have a high level of education, named his son "Zhang Cunde" with the help of his parents.
There is a proverb in society that says, "The way to make a man grow up quickly is to make him a father." ”
The rights and wrongs of this sentence will not be mentioned for the time being, but after having a son, Zhang Qiming felt the burden of shouldering the responsibility of a family of three for the first time, and all this fell on his shoulders.
Knowing someone and being able to keep a promise made to her are two different things. Throughout the ages, people have pursued the unity of knowledge and action, with the aim of bridging the gap between the two.
After starting a family, Zhang Qiming realized the importance of work, and hoped to increase his income through hard work and give his wife and son a better life. However, his bad Xi became a stumbling block on the road to promotion, and his ever-existing fiery temper put him in many difficulties.
An argument at work leads to a heated conflict with a colleague who mercilessly mentions that he got a job offer through family connections. Zhang Qiming lost control on the spot, which led to a fierce fight, unfortunately causing his colleague to be injured and sent to the hospital, and even almost lost his job.
Thanks to the help of his well-connected father, he was able to keep his job. But this incident made his wife Li Min exhausted, especially after going to the hospital to apologize to her injured colleagues, she decided to leave the house with the child.
Although Zhang Qiming tried many times to ask his mother-in-law to let his wife go home, to no avail. It wasn't until two years later that he realized his problem and began to control his emotions and improve his temper.
Two years later, emotionally stable and stable, he finally succeeded in bringing his wife and two-year-old son home.
When Zhang Qiming and Li Min saw their son Zhang Cunde, a child with an unusually eccentric personality, they felt a deep sense of worry. From a very young age, it was obvious that Zhang Cunde was different from other children. He doesn't like to interact with other children and even seems withdrawn in kindergarten. The teachers commented that he was an introverted child who was always alone.
As time passed, Zhang Cunde's personality became more prominent. He has no friends in the class, always acts alone, and never voluntarily answers questions in class. This loneliness has always haunted his parents.
Although Zhang Qiming and Li Min are very worried about their son's character, it is fortunate that Zhang Cunde's academic Xi have always been very good. From childhood to adulthood, whether it is an ordinary class or a key class, his grades are among the best.
Therefore, in the college entrance examination, Zhang Cunde was admitted to a prestigious university with his excellent results and entered his favorite major.
Zhang Qiming and Li Min have always attached great importance to giving their children a rich environment to grow up, especially in terms of economy. They didn't want their son to be bothered by money when he was studying Xi, so they gave him a living allowance of 1,000 yuan a month when he was in college, hoping that he could concentrate on his studies.
In the third semester of his sophomore year, Zhang Cunde made a girlfriend, which relieved his parents, who were worried about their son's withdrawn personality. In order to allow their son to have enough financial support, they raised Zhang Cunde's living expenses to 1,500 yuan per month. So that he can take better care of himself and his girlfriend, buy her gifts and have a good time together.
After graduating, Zhang Cunde chose to stay in his hometown and provincial capital city to work, relying on his excellent academic performance. Faced with the challenges of starting out in the workplace, he was no exception to the problem of buying a home.
He has a strong relationship with his girlfriend and plans to enter the palace of marriage after graduation. However, the woman's parents required him to own his own property at the place of work.
In order to solve their son's marriage, Zhang Qiming and Li Min first used their savings to pay a down payment for their son. Then, they cut back on food and clothing, and used their pension to pay off their son's mortgage every month.
A parent's love for their children is selfless and long-lasting. In order to ensure that their son has a stable family and less pressure on his life, Zhang Qiming and Li Min have made great efforts to this end.
When Zhang Qiming and Li Min finally paid off their mortgage, they began to think about their future travel plans with great interest. But just as they were about to tell their son, the son announced the news of his daughter-in-law's pregnancy.
The good news put their travel plans on hold for a while and focused on taking care of their soon-to-be-born grandchild.
After the birth of their grandson, like the elders of many Chinese families, they devoted themselves to helping their sons take care of their grandchildren, and they were busy taking care of them every day.
As time goes on, the child grows up and can take care of himself. Zhang Qiming and Li Min felt it was time to tell their son about their travel plans. But when they revealed their plans to go on a trip, although the son did not directly object, he still expressed some dissatisfaction: "You are not young, you should stay at home with us and the children." ”
Although they were a little disappointed by their son's words, they decided to go with their plan. They used their savings to embark on their long-awaited trip.
During the two-year journey, they traveled through the famous mountains and rivers of the motherland and appreciated the rich history and culture. After spending a considerable sum of money, they returned home in high spirits.
However, when they returned to their doorstep, they were greeted by strangers. Only then did they find out that their son had sold the house to this strange family a year ago, and it had already been closed.
The accident shocked and confused them, and they couldn't help but start thinking about the future of this house and their own home.
In the past, when Zhang Qiming and Li Min bought a property for their son, they used their savings to pay for the house and used their retirement funds to pay the mortgage. However, it was their son, Zhang Cunde, who was finally registered on the real estate deed.
At that time, Zhang Qiming considered the unity of the family and believed that it did not matter whose name was written on the real estate certificate, because the son's house was also the family's house. Therefore, at the suggestion of their daughter-in-law, they asked Zhang Cunde to write his name on the real estate certificate.
However, what was not expected was that despite the huge cost they spent on the property, the son sold the property to someone else. Not only did they lose the right to enter the house, but they even lost the opportunity to live in it.
Now, Zhang Qiming and Li Min have little contact with their son's family. They chose to return to their hometown to live in a small house, although the conditions were not as good as in the big house in the provincial capital, but the life was comfortable.
Parents are not only parents of their children, but also individuals. Regardless of age, everyone has the right to pursue what they love and live for themselves.
As a child, everyone should be aware of this. Don't take your parents' love for granted, or treat them as housekeepers or people who are only responsible for raising your children, thus depriving them of the right to do what they love freely.
Instead, we should respect and support parents' decision-making and encourage them to pursue their own interests and plans.