In 2012, my aunt's son got married and was in urgent need of money. At that anxious moment, she came to our house to borrow money from my father for an emergency. But at that time, my sister and I were both in school, and the family was also financially strapped and unable to help, so my father wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly pulled his mother aside and said, my sister basically doesn't look for me, this time there may really be no way, so I begged for this, you see if you want our dad to borrow some in his company, my mother refused without thinking about it. But I couldn't resist my father's pleas.
In the end, the mother's heart softened. She considered the constant family relationship between her father and her aunt, so she lent 50,000 yuan to the company where her grandfather worked. This is not an easy task, because the money comes with 3 cents of interest, and it is agreed that it can only be borrowed for two years - such a condition that even a family may not be able to easily accept.
But the aunt may really have no choice at that time, so she swore and said conclusively, "You can't deceive anyone and your family, it's okay to have 3 points of interest, I will definitely pay it back then." This sentence seems to reassure the whole family, after all, in our traditional values, trust between family members is indestructible. But the reality is cruel, 5 years have passed quietly, and there is not even a shadow of that money. When my father went to inquire, he didn't expect his nephew to turn him away, and at that moment, for my father, it was not only a financial betrayal, but also a huge injury to the family.
What's even more distressing is that the aunt's family put forward harsh conditions: either repay the principal without paying interest, or pay interest without repaying the principal. In desperation, we had no choice but to choose the former. The interest of several thousand yuan was silently borne by my grandfather and I. This matter weighs heavily on the hearts of every family member like a boulder.
Now, more than ten years have passed, and the two families have never been in contact again. The family relationship that was once thought to be indestructible is now fragile because of the intervention of money. In the dead of night, I always think back to the bits and pieces of those years, and I can't help but feel a trace of sadness in my heart.
Home, originally a haven from the wind, is a place that can give us warmth and dependence no matter how noisy the outside world is. However, when money becomes the trigger for family disputes, this harbor can also become choppy and no longer peaceful.
From the matter of my aunt, I saw the selfishness and greed in human nature, which are like corrosive agents, gradually dissolving the original pure family affection. What I want to say is that borrowing money between families is inherently extremely risky. Not only can it be financially disruptive, but it can also hurt the most precious emotional bonds that are invisible and tangible.
Family affection, sometimes strong, can withstand all the wind and rain in the outside world; But sometimes it is also fragile, and a cold wind of money can destroy it. I hope that every family will not let material interests blind their love and trust in their families.
As the old saying goes, "blood is thicker than water", the relationship between family members is natural and cannot be chosen. In this case, we should cherish this hard-won fate and not let anything easily sever this bond.
Let's be more cautious, more communicative, less impulsive, and less greedy when dealing with family money matters. In this way, our home can be truly warm and harmonious, and we can stand tall in this world.