Li Mei is 69 years old this year, and she has two sons and a daughter. Not long ago, her husband died, leaving her a bank card worth 600,000.
After a while, Li Mei felt that holding the card in her hand always made her feel uneasy, and she worried that it might be lost or stolen. Therefore, she decided to call her son and daughter home to discuss what to do with the money.
When everyone got together, the eldest son immediately asked, "Mom, I never thought that Dad would leave us so much money, why didn't you tell us earlier?" ”
The second son also said, "Yes, Mom, you should have told us earlier, so that our life would be better." ”
Li Mei was silent for a while, and then said, "I have my reasons not to tell you, I called you back today to discuss how to distribute the money." ”
She then proposed: "I want to divide 180,000 yuan per child, and the remaining 60,000 yuan will be reserved for me as a pension, what do you think of this plan?" ”
When the eldest child heard this, he hurriedly said, "Mom, I don't think this distribution is fair. After all, my sister is already married, and the daughter who marries out is like water spilled out, and she should not have the right to divide the family property again. ”
The second son then said, "Yes, Mom, that's right. How can a married daughter come to the house again to divide the property? And my sister's living conditions are better than those of our brothers, and she doesn't need the money. Mother, give us all your possessions. ”
Li Mei said categorically: "No, the three of you are all born to me, I love them all the same in my heart, and I can't favor anyone." ”
After Li Mei listened, she was silent. She was deeply moved by the persuasion of the two brothers, who believed that the distribution of 180,000 yuan was unfair and objected one after another. Li Mei felt aggrieved, helpless in her heart, unable to find words to refute.
Suddenly, Li Mei's third daughter stepped forward and said, "Mom, don't be too angry. The eldest brother and the second brother are right, I am already married, and I should not ask for the division of the family property again. And the 180,000 yuan is not a lot of money for me, and it won't have much impact on me if I get it. And the eldest brother and the second brother are living in relative difficulty now, so I decided to give them my share of the money. ”
Seeing this, the eldest son said, "That's right, Mom, look, my sister thinks so too, so you can give us her share." ”
Faced with her youngest daughter's attitude, Li Mei had to compromise: "Okay, since your sister doesn't want this money, then the two of you will each share 250,000 yuan, and I will keep the remaining 100,000 yuan for retirement." ”
After hearing this, the second son frowned and said to Li Mei: "Mom, look, you are so old, it doesn't make much sense for you to keep this 100,000 yuan." Besides, saving so much money at home is easy to attract thieves, and you can't sleep soundly. I think it's better to give all the money to our brothers. ”
Seeing this, the youngest daughter said angrily: "Second brother, how can you say that? Mom has already given you 250,000 yuan, aren't you satisfied? Mom left that money for retirement, do you want Mom to have nothing? ”
The eldest son smiled and said, "Little sister, you have a point. At my mother's age, I really need to save some money for backup, otherwise it is really not safe to have enough money on my body. I think that if we give all the 600,000 to our brothers, we will be able to share the responsibility of mother's pension, so that the problem of mother's pension will be solved, right? ”
After listening to the eldest brother's words, the younger daughter looked at Li Mei, who nodded in agreement with the eldest son's suggestion. They decided to take turns taking care of Li Mei every month.
A month later, Li Mei called her youngest daughter, crying in her voice: "Daughter, mom is no good, you have to take care of yourself." ”
Hearing Li Mei's cry, the youngest daughter immediately asked anxiously, "Mom, what's going on?" Don't scare me. ”
Li Mei choked up and said, "I really can't stand this kind of life anymore, and I am relieved when I die." ”
The youngest daughter hurriedly asked, "Mom, don't you live in the house of your two elder brothers?" How so? Stop crying and tell me what happened. ”
Li Mei sobbed and said: "Those two unfilial sons cheated me out of my money, they said they were to take care of me, but in fact they were torturing me. I first stayed at your eldest brother's house, and they were kind to me for a few days, but for the next week, they began to let me eat the leftovers of their meals, and every day they had to wait for them to finish eating before it was my turn, and I didn't even dare to say a word, and they still hated me for being old and useless. Later, I moved to your second brother's house, I thought it would be better, but he and his wife cooked a big pot of porridge every morning, and then they both went out to work, and they also solved it outside for lunch and dinner, and I ate the leftover porridge all day long, and it was accompanied by pickles, every day, I really couldn't stand it. ”
The youngest daughter heard what happened to her mother, understood the situation in her heart, and immediately comforted: "Mom, don't worry, I'll go over and pick you up from me now." ”
After the youngest daughter took Li Mei home, she saw that her mother was haggard, and felt pity, and hurriedly prepared a sumptuous meal for her.
One day, the youngest daughter said to Li Mei: "Mom, it can't go on like this, my brothers still treat you like this after taking money." Besides, I'm married now, and if you stay with me, sooner or later my husband will have trouble with me because of it. After all, I still have two older brothers, and we have to find a way. ”
Li Mei sighed softly: "Daughter, I hurt you." If I knew that, I shouldn't have given them all the money. ”
The youngest daughter's eyes lit up and said to Li Mei: "Mom, I have an idea. We told the people in the village that you still have 200,000 in savings and they will definitely come to you. ”
That night, the youngest daughter told her neighbors in the village that her mother still had 200,000 yuan in savings, and the news quickly reached the ears of her two older brothers.
The next day, the youngest daughter heard a knock on the door of her two sons, Li Mei opened the door and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
The two sons smiled and said, "Mom, we're here to pick you up, it's not convenient for you to stay at your sister's house now." ”
Li Mei said coldly: "Listen to what you said is really beautiful, you are here for the 200,000." ”
The eldest son reluctantly smiled and said, "Mom, you're joking, we really want to take you back." ”
The youngest daughter saw that the time was ripe and said to the two elder brothers: "Brothers, Mom's 200,000 yuan can be given to you, but this time it depends on who is good to Mom, and whoever gets the money." ”
Li Mei added: "That's right, I won't be deceived by you as easily as last time. ”
The eldest son promised: "Mom, don't worry, I will take more care of you in the future, you will know when you come to live in my house." ”
The second son also immediately said: "Mom, if you come to live in my house, I will treat you better." ”
So the two brothers began to argue about whose house their mother should live in, Li Mei couldn't stand it, and said directly: "I take turns to live in your house every month, and whoever is good to me will own the money." ”
The two sons agreed to the proposal, but Li Mei looked at their performance and sighed in her heart.
As the days passed, the two brothers tried their best to take care of Li Mei, for the 200,000 yuan.
Years later, Li Mei died, and the brothers approached their sister to ask about their mother's savings and found that there were only more than 100 yuan in the card.
The sister reproached them: "If it weren't for your commitment to take care of your mother, would you be so dutiful?" Each of you has divided hundreds of thousands, and as your own sons, you should do your best to support your mother. Our parents worked hard to raise us, but in the end, we got this result. You also have your own children, what will you think if they treat you like this in the future?”
After listening to his sister's words, the two brothers were ashamed and left silently. List of high-quality authors