A few months ago, I was working in a store and was selling clothes to customers when I received an urgent request from my brother. He told me that my mother was in very bad condition and was being given emergency treatment, and that he was desperate for me to be able to rush home and see her for the last time.
As a daughter who is married far away, I had to drive more than four hours to get back to my hometown. Since I didn't know how to drive, I contacted an older brother who had a crush on me in a panic and asked him to hurry to my side and go home with me. As soon as I got in the car, I couldn't help but cry in my eyes.
The old mother's life is really not easy. My father was an alcoholic, addicted to gambling, and spent his days doing nothing, leaving all the household chores to my mother. When my brother and I were in elementary school, my father was killed in a drunken accident and was trampled under the hooves of a horse.
Despite her mother's ability, she was not very good at taking care of livestock, so she met her future stepfather through an acquaintance. My stepfather was of good character and skillful skills, and when he came, he renovated the house for us, and the family life gradually improved. The stepfather was a skilled man who could not only stir-fry but also be proficient in bricklayer work. He went out to work every day and earned a lot of money, and the old couple lived a frugal life, accumulating a considerable amount of savings in a year.
However, the stepfather was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the age of sixty. After learning of his condition, he refused to undergo surgery, thinking that it was hopeless, and advised his mother to save the cost of surgery and take care of his old age. After a while, after the death of my stepfather, my mother's mood was obviously depressed and she was depressed all day long.
By chance, she followed her neighbor to participate in a part-time job of picking blueberries, and worked for ten hours a day to earn 120 yuan. My mother found that this job was not only not tiring, but also made money, and she no longer felt lonely. So, she said hello to the foreman, and called her whenever there was work.
In the past few years, Mom has hardly been idle. At first, we tried to stop her, but then we found that my mother's mental state was much better. So, we chose to go with her, after all, her days working outside the home are much better than being depressed at home.
After a long drive, I finally met my mother with the tube inserted. My brother said to me, "Come and take a last look, this tube is specially left for you." I silently said, "Mom, I'm back, you can rest assured." Then, I gently pulled out the tube, because any more struggle was meaningless to her.
After my mother died, my aunt and uncle stayed. Worried that the brother and sister would quarrel over the division of the family property, we worked together to find out all the passbooks of my mother and decided to help us sort out our property before leaving. When rummaging through the cabinets, we found the 500,000 yuan passbook and 30,000 yuan in cash hidden by my mother, and everyone was surprised to see this considerable deposit, my mother was really a person who could save money.
The elders proposed that in addition to my mother's funeral expenses, the remaining 500,000 yuan would be 300,000 yuan for my brother and 200,000 yuan for me, after all, for so many years, my brother and sister-in-law have been around to take care of my mother, and I am a daughter who is married far away, 200,000 yuan should be enough. My attitude is casual, they just arrange it.
However, the elder brother said: "What is there to discuss, my sister and I are my mother's children, and we will divide it equally, and half of each person will be fine." When the sister-in-law heard this, she said, "You are still an elder brother, do you think this is fair?"Isn't this taking advantage of my sister?Listen to me, it's just that we arrange it this way. ”
Everyone looked at her sister-in-law in unison, and she said lightly: "My sister has been married for 20 years, and her household registration has not been moved, and the four acres of land planted by my mother-in-law have been 40,000 yuan in 20 years, even if she only earns 500 yuan a year." In addition, although this house is connected by five large tiled houses, there are two mother-in-law rooms and one sister who has one, and if it is sold in the future, it will have to be converted into money.
Let's say it's worth 20,000 yuan. My sister is divorced, and it is not easy to take care of the children alone, so I should give an extra 40,000 yuan, so I think I should give my sister 350,000 yuan, and we should leave 150,000 yuan. "When I heard my sister-in-law's words, I instantly cried. I really don't know how much blessing I have accumulated in my previous life to be able to meet such a good sister-in-law. But I can't accept this money, after all, my sister-in-law has paid a lot in front of my mother for so many years.
The elders also unanimously praised my sister-in-law's arrangement, and were impressed by her intelligence and wisdom, and persuaded me to accept my sister-in-law's kindness. I wiped my tears and said, "Sister-in-law, you counted my house as money, and then I won't have a place to live when I go home?"
My sister-in-law put her arms around me and said, "How is it possible, that room will always belong to you, and you can come back whenever you want." The sister-in-law continued: "There is one more thing, your hukou has not been moved, and we will always give you rent for planting your land, and you have the final say on how much you need." I was moved to tears by these words, and I really didn't know how to respond, so I had to let my sister-in-law watch it.
I know that my sister-in-law is out of concern for me, a divorced woman with children. The child is 20 years old and is about to face the time to use the money. My sister-in-law is helping me with this arrangement, but I also feel deeply grateful to her. I thought about waiting for my nephew to go to college and get married, and then give some money back to pay it back. Do you think it's okay for me to do this?