I am an old man, 65 years old this year, with a pension of more than 6,000, living a dull retirement life. However, on Father's Day, a call broke my peace. It was my son's ** and he invited me out to dinner.
This struck me as a little unbelievable, because they were usually busy with work and taking care of the children, and it was a luxury to come and sit with me, even to come and see me.
I know they don't like to come here, they always think that the air here is not good, and the house is full of "old people's smell". In fact, I knew in my heart that they just didn't want to get along with me, an old man, so I was a little surprised by this sudden invitation.
Listening to the "beep sound" of ** hanging up, the past of me and my son came to mind.
When my son was 7 years old, my mother was sick and hospitalized, and when my wife was delivering food to her, she was hit by a car at the intersection for a long distance, and the person disappeared on the spot.
Since then, I have been both a father and a mother, taking care of him as he grew up. I always felt that I owed him something, because of my mother, he lost his mother.
In the following years, people kept introducing women to me, and I knew that everyone was for my good, but considering that if my stepmother was not good to my son, wouldn't it make him feel wronged, so I no longer considered remarrying.
Whenever I go on a business trip, I entrust my son to my mother or relatives to take care of him, and they all pity my son for not having a mother since he was a child, so they are a little spoiled by him.
Fortunately, the boy is easy to feed, as long as he is well fed and clothed, and does not relax his education, as for whether he can achieve something, most of it depends on himself.
One thing to say, my son never bothered me in terms of Xi, and he was praised at every parent-teacher meeting. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to a good university in the province, and after graduating from graduation, he worked hard outside for two years before returning to his hometown to find a job with relatively good salary.
Seeing that my son is getting better and better, I feel that I can comfort my wife's spirit in the sky. However, it wasn't long before my son told me that he was planning to get married, and that the other party was his colleague.
I still remember the day he took his girlfriend home, the girl looked very peugeot, and she looked smart, but she didn't like to talk much.
When the two families were talking about marriage, the woman's parents proposed that I should bear the down payment and decoration of the wedding house, and I would pay a bride price of 300,000 yuan. The former is nothing, as a man, he has the responsibility to give the woman a living guarantee.
It's just that 300,000 bride price is outrageous, because 80,000 to 100,000 is about the same on my side.
However, the statement given by the woman is because I have no wife, which means that my daughter-in-law has no mother-in-law to take care of her from pregnancy to confinement.
It's not that I said, it's the first time I've lived for most of my life and I've been speechless by such strange logic. I looked at my son, who looked at me anxiously, and said, "Dad, as long as you fulfill me, we won't treat you badly when you're old." ”
At this point, it was no longer possible not to agree, so I took out all my savings and looked for money everywhere, and finally helped him complete the marriage. Although I feel very bitter in my heart, when I think of my deceased wife, I don't think it matters much, not to mention that my son is married, so I can be quieter.
However, my son's married life was not as I thought it would be. After my daughter-in-law gave birth to a child, my son started my idea again, "Dad, your eldest grandson is a lot of money, and now we not only have to pay off the mortgage, but also have to bear the cost of the confinement sister-in-law, and you can't use the pension yourself, why don't you help?" ”
Although it is his own son, I don't agree with such a statement, "When you ask for the bride price, don't you include this part of the money?" Are you really so fooled by your father? ”
The son grinned, "Hey, it's not my mother-in-law yet, I originally said it would be good to help us take care of the children, but I changed my mind and wanted to get some benefits, so..."”
I was silent for a while, telling him that he couldn't do it now, and that he would not be able to consider subsidizing them until he had paid off everything he owed for the marriage. My son was relieved and expressed my kindness, and he will repay it in the future.
I thought to myself, when I have the conditions, you don't want to come back to see me, an old man, maybe what will happen in the future. But I think about it, for the sake of my grandson, I can't be indifferent and promise to subsidize them with 2,000 yuan a month.
I thought that this would be the case, but I didn't think that a year later, I would ask me to make up 4,000 yuan a month for them, saying that the children had too much money to spend and couldn't afford to support them, so I had no choice but to agree again.
Rao is like this, they still don't come to the house during the holidays, unless they want to use money, they basically don't see people, so when I received my son's **, I knew that something was wrong.
On that day, I went to the appointment on time, but I didn't expect my in-laws to be there, and I didn't know it was Father's Day until I sat down. I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, no one has ever given me Father's Day, hey, no matter what the festival is, it's a family party.
During the banquet, my son and his in-laws talked and laughed, watching them happy, I didn't feel good in my heart, just drinking sullen wine on the side.
Later, I went out to pick up the **, and then went to the bathroom, coincidentally, with the two lighter sounds, I heard a familiar voice, "Dad, how is the solid wood tea table I sent, didn't let you lose face in front of your friends, right?" ”
It's good, it's just that you break the bank. ”
I can't get my son's voice wrong, it must be him and his father-in-law who came out to smoke. Originally, I was done with convenience, and after hearing their conversation, I continued to stay in the pit.
The son said, "What's there, more than 10,000 yuan, you can just be happy." ”
In the past few years, you have either bought things or stuffed money, don't do this in the future, you have a place where you use money in life. "My father-in-law's response made me hear a lot of information.
This is all as it should be, you and my mother have worked so hard to help us take care of the children, I have a little heart, you just have to accept it. ”
Did your dad say that? The father-in-law asked again.
My father is a rough man, and he doesn't need these things, you don't care, I know it in my heart. ”
I waited until it was completely silent outside, and then I came out.
Thinking of my son's words just now, my heart is cold, they usually don't come to me to walk around, I don't say anything, take my subsidy of 4,000 yuan to honor my mother, I don't comment, but they are also fathers, why is there such a big difference?
He didn't think about it, he had no mother since he was a child, who refused to remarry and brought him up alone?
The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, so I went straight back to the table, cleared my throat, and said my decision in public, "Thank you son and daughter-in-law for letting me spend the first Father's Day in my life. ”
I turned my gaze to the husband and wife, "In-laws, to be honest, I envy you for giving birth to a daughter, you see, I bring my son-in-law and children back every New Year's Day, and I send money and buy things." I can't do it anymore, I am a father and a mother to raise my son, in order to marry him, I am cheeky to look for money everywhere, and if I have a grandson, I have to continue to subsidize it. Not to mention having a reunion dinner, it is usually difficult to meet them, because they have to work, take care of the children, and accompany their parents-in-law. Hey, if you think about it, a padded jacket is still better than a leather jacket, at least it doesn't leak. ”
As soon as the words fell, the scene cooled down, and my son was immediately unhappy, and was about to pull me to sit down, "Dad, you drank too much." ”
I waved my hand, "Listen to me, I'll leave when I'm done." I figured it out, maybe I don't have that good life waiting for your filial piety, I won't subsidize you anymore in the future, I will keep my pension myself, and I will provide for my own pension in the future. ”
With that, I turned and walked out. That night, I never answered my son's call, and then turned off the phone.
The next day, my son and daughter-in-law came to my door for the first time, and said that they had reflected on their own shortcomings, and hoped that I would give him a chance to be filial, "You have a lot, don't hold on to it, my father-in-law said, it is not easy for you to be alone, let me do more filial piety." ”
I knew in my heart that in addition to my pension, my house was worth some money, and when I finished squeezing out my remaining value, it might be a different story, and I told them that I didn't have to worry about them when I could move, and if it was hard to get out and out, I would live in a nursing home, and I would not drag them down.
When my son saw that he couldn't persuade me, he took his daughter-in-law and left.
It seems that I have to make a will in advance, I have paid too much for my children in this life, now is the time to live for myself, if you have such a son and daughter-in-law, what will you do?