The third brother has a nickname, called "drunk for half a day".
We are not only colleagues, but also neighbors, and since he is the third oldest in the family, we used to call him the third brother.
But then he drank too much, which led to his other nickname "drunk for half a day" and became well-known.
Looking back on his life, it can be regarded as a disaster for his children.
Body. The third brother is a few years older than me, and we both know each other and play together until we are older.
At that time, they all lived in a village, and they all knew each other in the neighborhood, and his parents went out to work, leaving him alone at home, so he often went to my house to eat.
The two of us entered the factory together, had a livelihood in the office, and our lives were quite stable.
As an adult, he soon met his other half through a blind date and lived a down-to-earth life.
The two of them also have a son and a daughter, and they look good, so it stands to reason that this life has passed peacefully.
Unexpectedly, once, the third brother went to the dock to support the work, and he was responsible for the tower crane operation of aerial work at that time.
While working on a tower crane, he accidentally fell in mid-air, but miraculously remained unscathed.
Talking about this experience, the third brother held the wine glass and said: "As soon as I dropped it, I thought it was not good. What to do? I didn't want to be head-down, I had to land on my ass. So, in mid-air, I adjusted my posture and faced my ass down. Coincidentally, there were some thick straw mats underneath, and when I hit the ground on my butt, I fell on the straw mat unscathed. ”
After beating this, the third brother seemed to be enchanted, and he was frightened all day long, and only when he was drunk could he soothe the stimulated heart.
Since the third brother fell in love with drinking, every time he came to my house, he had to buy a lot of snacks.
His father couldn't drink with him due to health reasons, so the third brother either poured himself a drink, or asked me and other friends to drink, which could be regarded as intoxicating.
His family advised him to drink less, but he always insisted that wine was the essence of food, and he insisted on eating only vegetables and not eating for many years, but he still maintained a good physical condition.
Alcohol, once addicted, is simply unscrupulous when drunk.
I don't know when it started, the third brother also drank in the morning, at noon, and even more drunk in the evening.
In his words, when you wake up in the morning, you should first rinse your mouth with a second pot head.
Even when it was time to go to work, he was only a little awake in the morning, and he was in a drunken state from noon.
So soon the people in the factory gave him the nickname "drunk for half a day".
The third brother's wine is okay, and he doesn't talk nonsense if he drinks too much, he just likes to talk to others, especially sharing his experience of falling from a high altitude, which has caused the people around him to recite the original story of this incident.
Later, everyone couldn't stand it anymore, and no one talked to him, so he sat in his seat drunk alone in a daze, sometimes smiling stupidly, and others thought he was glad for the rest of his life.
The days passed like this, and his family and friends persuaded the third brother countless times, but he was still unwilling to quit drinking, in his words, this wine was his tranquilizer, and he would be scratched all over his body if he didn't drink it for a day.
Every time I go back, I get drunk, and my daughter-in-law doesn't change it because he quarrels with him countless times, because he won't be fired because it's an iron rice bowl, but he is just left out in the cold, so no one says anything about him over time.
On this day, the cold wind outside the window was howling, and the thunderstorm was coming, and the third brother was still unhurriedly drinking the three taels of "scattered white" in his seat.
The crystal clear bottle of "Qiong Jelly Jade Liquid" became the last drop of poison that destroyed his body.
The third brother poured a glass of wine with a trembling hand, took a sip, and immersed himself in the wonderful aroma of wine.
As the wine lingered in his mouth, he felt the years rush between his lips and teeth, as if time had gone back to that lucky day.
However, as the strength of the wine gradually increased, the third brother's mind gradually became dizzy.
He wanted to just have a drink, but before he knew it, the strength of the wine made his mind blur.
In this drunken state, he developed a false self-confidence that he was still young and able to handle everything.
The third brother couldn't help but pull the new young guy in the factory, thinking about telling him the thrilling story again and sharing this intoxicating joy.
But as he struggled to open his tongue, the dullness of his mind complicated and confusing what should have been a simple operation.
Finally, the third brother stammered a few words, but the young man was confused.
At this time, he thought that he was expressing an indescribable magical past, but he didn't know that the guys around him had long been unable to understand his words.
Drunkenness came to his mind, and the third brother tried hard to stand up, but he staggered and lost his balance.
The chair creaked beneath him, as if to remind him.
However, he was already immersed in the drinking dreams he had weaved, and he turned a deaf ear to the warnings around him.
When the third brother woke up again, it was already after the operation.
The wife and children were all around him, crying bitterly one by one.
At this time, the third brother knew that he had a cerebral infarction, and even if it was a finger, he could no longer control it as he wanted.
After several surgeries in the hospital, the third brother had to be hospitalized, but because he couldn't take care of himself, his wife had to take care of him all day.
This lie down is 10 years long, and the third brother at this time is only 51 years old.
The wife has to watch him all the time, serve to eat and drink, and even wash his face is inseparable from people, because he has been on leave for a long time, and he has also been "persuaded to retire" by the company, and now the majority of the family's expenses can only be borne by the children.
It is not easy to take care of a patient who cannot take care of himself, and daily life such as feeding, turning over and massaging, cleaning and washing has become a heavy burden for the wife and children.
The process of taking care of her day by day made her exhausted, and the third brother's illness also made her unable to see any hope of persevering.
The burden of taking care of the third brother now needs to be borne by the children.
The third brother doesn't know if he is stupid because of drinking all year round, or if the cerebral infarction makes him unconscious, he is very happy before he gets sick, and he doesn't care about the pain brought to others after he gets sick, and the clearest words he spits out every day are: wine!
The son is busy with his career, the daughter is pregnant, and neither of them can spare time to serve every day, so as soon as the two discussed, they hired a nurse to take care of their father.
At the beginning, it was discussed, each family paid 1,500 yuan, plus the third brother's own salary, and gave the nurse a salary of 4,000 yuan per month, but he could take care of it normally.
The nurse is also worried, feeding medicine and food on time every day, and is also responsible for scrubbing his body.
As time went by, the third brother's condition became more and more serious, and the nurse was no longer satisfied with the salary of 4,000 yuan, and asked for a price increase to 6,000 yuan.
But the son and daughter's family couldn't sustain such a large amount of expenses for a while, so they had to choose to take care of it themselves.
It's just that the third brother finally can't even express the word "wine" clearly.
The son works in the field, and the salary is okay, so the daughter has to resign to take care of it, in the words of the son: Anyway, taking care of the child is also taking care, and there is nothing more than one person, and this can be regarded as having experience in taking care of people.
The third brother's daughter has since started a life without respite: cooking for the baby, changing diapers and bathing, and then repeating it to her father, all day long, either the baby cries, or the father is uncomfortable.
Because of her daughter's resignation, all the expenses of the family are only her father's salary and her brother's subsidy.
The cost of medicine, milk powder, diapers, nutrition, etc., is no longer a number, but a spell engraved in her head, tormenting her to sleep every night.
Finally, under the long-term torture, the daughter's spirit became broken and nervous, and her husband couldn't stand this life for a long time, so he also took the opportunity to file for divorce.
Having lost everything at this point, she began to become insensitive, like a machine, running tired every day.
It's not that the daughter didn't offer to let her brother help share the burden, but the third brother's son is not having a good time either.
Originally, the salary was five or six thousand, but now she has to subsidize 3,000 yuan every month, and the car loan and housing loan have not been repaid, and the family does not even dare to ask for children, for fear that they will not be able to support them after birth.
But the son would rather pay more money, even if the couple quarrels every day, rather than choose to take care of his father.
Because he was also afraid of following in his sister's footsteps.
After a long period of fatigue and grievances, it slowly turned into anger in her daughter's heart, and finally in a fit of anger, she sued her brother in court, demanding that he must fulfill his obligations on the grounds of not supporting the elderly.
The final result is no longer important, after all, the third brother at this moment is still living in his dream.
In the past, the third brother used wine as a tranquilizer, regardless of the trivial matters of life.
The current third brother uses the bed as a carrier to live in his own world.
Later, the third brother finally left, after all, there is no cure for this disease.
The son and daughter poured him a large glass of liquor at the funeral, hoping that he would drink enough.
It's just that on their faces, it is impossible to see whether it is sadness or happiness.
In our country, there is not only a long history of winemaking, but also a rich drinking culture.
We drink on a wide range of occasions, from formal banquets to casual bars or family dinners.
Drinking alcohol is seen as part of socializing, both in **.
Drinking alcohol is also often associated with socialization, and in business situations, family gatherings, or gatherings of friends, alcohol culture is considered a way to strengthen relationships.
The right amount of wine seems to be a ritual, connecting the bonds of friendship, and every sip is a respect for life and the cherishing of friendship.
Excessive alcohol can not only harm the body, but can also become a bombshell that destroys a family.
Do you think the third brother's past is just an example?
Disclaimer] This article is purely fictitious, if there is any similarity, it is purely coincidental, do not sit in the right place.