Two years ago, my grandfather passed away, and my grandmother asked my mother for 20,000 yuan for funeral expenses. Last month, my grandmother passed away, and my mother borrowed 20,000 yuan from everywhere. Unexpectedly, after the funeral, my uncle replied to my mother. In the room, an action brought tears to my mother's eyes.
Speaking of my mother, her life was very hard. When she was a child, my grandparents were very patriarchal. As the eldest in the family, my mother eats the least and cooks the most.
My two brothers ate the good food first and got dressed first. Due to long-term malnutrition, her mother has always been shorter than her two older brothers, so she can only choose clothes that her brothers do not wear. Wear.
This unfair treatment made my mother feel very inferior since she was a child. She is submissive and sometimes a little timid.
When her mother was 12 years old, her grandfather arranged for her to work in a hosiery factory near her home. She took all the money she earned to build a house for my two uncles and marry them.
Many times, grandma will ask mom to pay for new appliances for the family, and mom will say no, but grandma will cry like a ghost and say, "I raised you for nothing?"."Aren't you willing to pay such a small amount of money?If I had known this, I should have strangled you when I gave birth to you, and my heart wouldn't have hurt so much......
After a long time, my mother didn't dare to resist anymore. Grandma told her to face east, but she didn't dare to face west.
After Mom and Dad got married, Mom's life gradually improved, but every time she returned to her grandparents' house, Mom felt inferior and felt that she always owed her.
Two years ago, my grandfather passed away, and my grandmother asked my mother for 20,000 yuan for funeral expenses.
At that time, my brother had just married a daughter-in-law, and the family really couldn't afford it. My father didn't want to come up with the money either, because in the countryside, the funeral expenses of the parents were usually borne by the sons.
Moreover, when Grandpa was sick, Mom took care of him for more than a year, taking care of him, bathing him, bathing him. My two uncles only went back to visit him occasionally.
Mom shouldn't spend that much money in any way, but grandma doesn't care. She said my two uncles were stressed out in town, so she insisted that my mom pay the money.
Because of this, the relationship between my grandma and my dad was very strained. No one wants to compromise. In the end, my mother secretly borrowed 20,000 yuan from my brother without telling my father, and the matter was covered up.
After Grandpa died, two uncles took Grandma to the city and took turns living there. Without her grandmother's worries, her mother only lived peacefully for two years.
But the good times didn't last long. Two months ago, my grandmother suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died due to untimely rescue.
When my mother heard the news, she was not only sad, but also worried. My grandfather paid 20,000 yuan for the funeral. Doesn't grandma have to pay 20,000 yuan this time?
But my dad developed a chronic illness five years ago due to overwork. As he grew older, he could no longer work in the fields, but he took more and more medicines.
Two years ago, my younger brother secretly paid for his grandmother's funeral. How can the family come up with so much money?
But if I don't take the money, I'm afraid that the two aunts will have a disagreement and turn against each other, which is not what my mother wants to see.
My brother saw my mother's predicament and asked me to help her solve this problem and not tell my father. After all, my grandmother passed away, and it was the last time my mom donated money. This is the only time I have suffered a loss. 。
I agree. On the day of the funeral, in the face of the sudden death of my grandmother, my mother and two uncles cried instead of tears, nor did they have snot. I don't know how the two uncles feel.
But the mother's cry was mixed with pity and a hint of relief. This kind of affection that has imprisoned the mother for so many years is finally gone.
After the funeral, what the uncle did surprised us all.
After sending my grandmother away, my mom and I started to help our two uncles clean up the mess in the yard. When my grandparents were alive, there was nothing in this yard that belonged to my mother. Now the two elders are gone, and the family remains. So strange.
At this time, the uncle stood at the door and called for his mother and brother to come in. Mom put down her work and hurried back to the house. She thought my mother and brother had other work to do.
Unexpectedly, after entering the door, the uncle motioned for his mother and younger brother to sit down, and then said, "Sister, when your father died last time, you paid 20,000 yuan." "In fact, you don't have to pay for my father's funeral. Three of us are enough. I originally planned to return the money to you afterwards, but my mother wouldn't let me, and the money has always been in my mother's hands, so I kept putting it off.
I know these years have not been easy for you. My brother-in-law is still sick and unable to work, and his annual medical expenses are high. If you take the 20,000 yuan back to your parents' funeral, your daughter will have no reason to pay.
As he spoke, he took out two stacks of money and pushed them in front of my mother. Mom was confused by her uncle's sudden move and looked at her brother a little bewildered.
The younger brother immediately pushed the money back and said, "Uncle, as soon as this money goes out, it will go out, there is no reason to take it back, if grandma secretly knows, she will be upset again." ”
The uncle waved his hand and said, "Your grandmother is your grandmother, your uncle is your uncle, you can take this money, don't resent your grandparents." In their time, if you didn't study, after a few days, you would be blamed by the older generation. "The influence of the old ideas that people leave behind is very stubborn.
Then, he turned to my mother and said, "Sister, you have contributed the most to our family since you were a child." It was also you who took care of your father during his years when he was sick. Both the third child and I understand this.
I know it's hard for you. Originally, the third child and I wanted to give you another 10,000 yuan, but the third child said that it was better to give your mother together to save the trouble of going back and forth. I think that's right. This is the result of our discussions together, don't say no. This is the gift received today, a total of more than 40,000 yuan. Just take it away, and you don't have to worry about the gift being returned in the future.
As he spoke, he pushed the wad of money in front of him to my mother.
The second uncle also chimed in, "Sister, this is what my second brother and I want to do, we have wanted to do this for a long time, and our mother has been at home all the time, so this matter has been delayed." ”
Uncle replied, "We know that our parents are biased, but we were ignorant at the time." Now our parents are gone, but our families can't be separated. You are still our eldest sister and the pillar of our family.
Listening to the heartfelt words of the eldest uncle and the second uncle, my mother lowered her head and burst into tears. The eldest uncle walked over and held his mother's hand, and the second uncle also walked over and put his arm around his mother's shoulder.
For a while, the three brothers and sisters hugged each other tightly. Seeing this scene, my brother and I couldn't help but redden.
As long as there is this sentence from my uncle, all the pain and sins that my mother has endured before will be worth it.