After receiving an accident from my good brother Chen Weidi, my wife and I rushed to the hospital overnight.
Unfortunately, we were still one step late, and when we arrived at the hospital, the doctor said that there was no way back.
My wife and I comforted my brother's fiancée, Xiao Lin, while contacting his family.
Taking advantage of the gap, my wife pulled me aside and asked in a low voice.
At the moment, I was a little confused and a little unhappy.
But my wife is right, I still owe us a lot of money, so what should we do?
Xiao Lin, don't panic, your sister-in-law and I will come over right away! ”
One night a month ago, my wife Sisi and I were just about to go to bed, when we received a call from Xiao Lin, the fiancée of my good brother Chen Weidi.
* On the other side, Xiao Lin's tone was almost six gods and no master, because the tail brother had a serious car accident on the way to deliver seafood and had been sent to the hospital for rescue.
I stepped on the accelerator at an accelerated pace, but my mind was dazed for a while.
Obviously, at noon, my brother and I were still drinking tea in his shop, and I also introduced him to a group order of 50 boxes of seafood gift boxes, why did this happen at night!
When we arrived at the emergency room, the door just opened, and the doctor who walked in the front confirmed that we were the family members of the tail brother, and shook his head helplessly
We tried our best, but the injuries were too bad, so let's go back and prepare for the future. ”
Hearing the doctor's words, Xiao Lin instantly fell down against the wall with her limbs weak, and Sisi and I immediately stepped forward and hugged her.
After a moment's pause, Xiao Lin insisted on going in to see Brother Wei for the last time, so I had to let Sisi accompany her, while I silently lit a cigarette outside the compound.
Husband, why did you leave like this, so what should I do? ”
Why is God so unfair, our lives have just started to improve, and the future is planned, how can this be? ”
Through the door, I could hear Xiao Lin crying out in grief, and at that moment tears directly blurred my vision.
Maybe that's what people often say: tomorrow or the accident really don't know which comes first!
Since the incident has happened, I can only clean up my mood and help Brother Wei deal with the aftermath, after all, he came to this city alone to work hard.
Just after I finished contacting my brother's parents, Sisi took advantage of the gap to pull me aside and asked in a low voice
Dayang, I know it's not appropriate to say this now, but what about the money that Brother Tail owes us? ”
Hearing this, my eyelids involuntarily twitched, and I responded with some displeasure
When is this, you still think about the money he owes us, you don't see ......”
Before I could finish speaking, Sisi waved his hand and interrupted me directly:
Husband, I don't mean anything else, but the tail brother owes us 300,000, which is the bride price for our marriage last year, I just remind you, you don't have to be so excited! ”
Looking at Sisi's back as she turned away, I also fell into deep thought.
Sisi is right, 300,000 is not a small amount, and Brother Wei and Xiao Lin are only engaged, and they have not yet obtained a certificate, so they are not considered husband and wife, how should this money be calculated?
Speaking of Brother Tail and Xiao Lin, we have known each other for nearly 10 years, and it is really fate to be able to become good brothers.
I remember when I was a sophomore in college, I decided to rent a house because I didn't want to be crammed into an 8-person dormitory, and I was already in a relationship with Sisi at that time.
After a month of searching, we finally found a private house on the student street at the south gate of the school.
It is a self-built house of local villagers, with four floors, each floor is separated by several rooms, some are expensive, some are cheap, ** the difference is mainly in the floor and whether there is a separate bathroom.
At that time, my parents gave me limited living expenses every month, so I planned with Sisi and finally chose a room on the top floor.
The rooms on the top floor do not have a separate toilet, and the summer is hot, but the advantage is that there are only two rooms, both of which are relatively large, and there is a small terrace, and the most important thing is that the rent is cheap.
After moving in, we immediately got to know the neighbors in the other room, they are Brother Tail and Xiao Lin.
Like us, they are both college lovers, and their school is right across from us, so fate makes us friends so cleverly.
At that time, the four of us would often cook and eat together on the small terrace, and sometimes we would buy barbecue and beer and chatter until dawn, for which we were complained by the downstairs neighbors.
For three years, we have been living together with our brother and the other, and all the happy and unhappy things have been shared together, so it can be said that the relationship is better than a family.
In the blink of an eye, all four of us have graduated, and because of work, we have moved out of the small world where we once lived, but we still get together every week and holidays.
After three years of work, he decided to start his own business, and he started a seafood business with his savings.
I once had doubts: "Brother Tail, you have a good job, why did you choose to go into the seafood business, this span is too big, right?" ”
Brother Wei smiled: "Da Yang, you can also know from my name, I am the youngest child in the family, I have two older sisters above me, my family background is average, and working is destined to not change my fate." ”
Coming from an island in Fujian Province, where people have been fishing and farming seafood for generations, it is not easy to train a college student.
In addition, they still have some patriarchal customs over there, so the tail brother has naturally become the most important one in the family.
The last brother was only a regular undergraduate, and after graduating from college, he worked as a tester at a software company.
With an income of more than 4,000 yuan a month, although it will be enough to live on his own, it is still difficult to buy a house in this quasi-second-tier city and take root.
After much hesitation, he still decided to fight for his future, because his family is all seafood cookers, so he also chose the industry he is most familiar with to start.
During that time, he had to get up at 4 a.m. almost every day and follow a seafood truck to the fishing market to pick seafood, where the seafood is freshly caught and landed every day.
The goods have arrived! "As soon as you hear someone shouting at the pier, the fishmongers who have been waiting here for a long time will rush up, some looking for familiar sellers, and some will immediately start looking for good seafood.
In the beginning, he didn't have much money, so he had to rent a stall at the morning market to sell seafood.
Because there is no manpower, Xiao Lin also had to resign to help the tail brother, in Xiao Lin's own words:
I used to hold a pen, now I hold a knife, I used to smell fish and wanted to vomit, but now it doesn't take 5 minutes to kill a fish! ”
With hard work and sincerity, plus the youngest seafood owner in the market, their business is also thriving, and within a year, their monthly income has exceeded 10,000 yuan.
Last year, Sisi's long-distance love run with me was also a positive result, and we officially got married, at the wedding, my last brother was my best man, and Xiao Lin was Sisi's bridesmaid.
is also 29 years old, but the tail brother looks a lot older than us, of course, this is also caused by getting up early and doing business at night.
After the wedding, I also joked: "Brother Wei, hurry up and get married, otherwise people will think you are 40 years old, be careful that Xiaolin doesn't want you." ”
The tail brother drank a glass of wine and said a little shyly
Da Yang, I also want to get married, but I'm not like you, my parents can give the house and the car, I have to work hard by myself, without these, I dare to propose to Xiaolin's parents......”
I can really empathize with what my brother said, and I am very glad that my parents can give me a lot of financial support, and without a mortgage or car loan, my pressure is indeed much less.
In addition, Sisi and I are both the kind of people who seek comfort, and we both were admitted to the civil service after graduating from university, and we have stable and idle jobs, so there is really no trouble.
At the end of the day, Brother Wei said to me with some embarrassment: "Da Yang, can you lend me some money?" I want to open a bigger seafood ......”
Brother Tail talked to me endlessly about his plans to open a store in the future, which is a chain of seafood stores, seafood food stalls, and even planned to a seafood hotel.
To be honest, I don't know anything about business, but I trust a hundred of my tail brothers.
After a brief communication between me and Sisi, Sisi also supported 100 people, so we took 300,000 yuan of the bride price we received from the marriage and lent it to my brother.
With our money, Weidi soon opened a store of more than 100 square meters, which can be regarded as the largest seafood store on the entire street.
With a big signboard and the accumulation of business over the years, the business of the new store in the tail brother is naturally very prosperous.
As friends, Sisi and I also tried our best to help him publicize, and also brought a lot of seafood gift box group lists.
A month ago, Brother Wei originally found me: "Da Yang, I have some money on hand, why don't I pay you back tens of thousands of yuan first." ”
Considering that the tail brother is already engaged to Xiao Lin, it still takes a lot of money to prepare for the wedding, plus the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I politely declined:
Don't worry, let's talk about it after you get married, keep the money first, and you can't get married. ”
It's just that I never imagined that in such a short period of time, the tail brother had an accident.
The day after the accident, his family arrived, and his parents fainted several times.
Seeing this kind of scene, my heart couldn't be calm for a long time, it was really unacceptable for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person.
After the funeral, I said to Sisi: "Wife, if Xiaolin has paid back the 300,000, we will take it, if we don't pay it back, or forget it?" ”
Sisi looked at me, only said, "Brother, settle the account" and then turned to leave.
I know she's dissatisfied, but in this case, I don't know how to speak to my brother's family and Xiao Lin.
However, more than half a month after the funeral, Xiao Lin found me:
Brother Yang, I know that Brother Wei borrowed some money from you before, this is the money transferred by the store, I will give it to you, but I only have so much, I hope you don't mind, because ......”
Seeing that I had some doubts and worries, Xiao Lin told me about the past half a month with a sad face.
After Xiao Lin's parents learned of the death of the tail brother, they also talked to the tail brother's parents about the divorce, after all, the tail brother and Xiao Lin are only engaged, and they have not yet obtained the certificate, so they are not husband and wife.
Taking a step back, Xiao Lin is only 30 years old, and it is impossible for such a good age to give up her life because of the death of her brother.
So Xiao Lin transferred the store of the last brother, exchanged 250,000 yuan, deducted the last batch of payment, and she transferred the remaining 120,000 yuan to me.
Looking at the back of Xiao Lin leaving, and then looking at the funds received by the mobile phone, at that moment, my heart was mixed.
An accident ruined a family and a good marriage.
I don't know what the future holds for Xiao Lin, and I don't know if we will be in touch again, but I can only sincerely wish her all the best.
As for the arrears of the tail brother, there is only so much that can be recovered, and of course I will not pursue anything.
After all, the deceased is the greatest, and the ten-year relationship is more than these hundreds of thousands of dollars, are you right?
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