In his later years, Uncle He felt great pain in the face of the fear of birth, old age, illness and death, especially the loss of his wife beside him. In order to get rid of loneliness, many elderly people choose to find another wife to remarry or partner to live. After all, only with companionship can you feel the warmth of life, and home will feel at home. Uncle He is no exception, he hopes to have someone to accompany him, take care of himself, and share the joys and sorrows of life.
The 61-year-old Uncle He himself has no pension, but he does not feel that life is bad, and when he was young, he was a very good businessman and made a lot of money by reselling agricultural products. He was the first person in the village to become a 10,000-yuan household, and he was also the first to build a small western-style house. His business experience allowed him to accumulate a lot of wealth, buying a house for his children, a car for himself, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings. It seems that his life should be happy.
However, this is not the case. His children grew up going to big cities and rarely came back to visit him. His wife died of illness at the age of 55, leaving him deeply sad and pained. A person living in a spacious small western-style building, cold and deserted, he felt that life was very painful. Every time he came back from a job trip, there was no one to cook at home, and he had to go hungry by himself. There was no one to take care of the house, it was a mess, and the children came back full of disgust.
Fortunately, a sister-in-law next door often helps him clean, cook on the fire, and entertain his children. The relationship between them is very cordial, the husband of the sister-in-law next door and he are brothers, and the two often eat together and help each other. The sister-in-law next door treated him very well, and he felt that it was natural to accept her help, and every time she came, he would stuff some money for her or buy something for her.
Slowly, the two of them got closer and closer, and the matchmaker in the village saw their relationship and took the initiative to come and say matchmaker. Although they did not get a license to remarry, they negotiated to live together together, after all, they were old, and it was too troublesome to go through those procedures again. The sister-in-law next door moved into his home, and they, like him and his deceased wife before, were in charge of the outside affairs, and she was in charge of housework and cooking.
In order to make the sister-in-law next door have a better life, he paid her 1,500 yuan a month for food, and gave her another 1,000 yuan for pocket use. Every New Year's holiday, he would buy her some clothes and shoes, and from time to time he would take her to restaurants and travel. He felt that he had given his sister-in-law next door a happy life, and she was very grateful.
However, his decision was not approved by his children, and he was even met with gossip and accusations from the villagers. The children say that his money will be taken away by the sister-in-law next door, and the daughter thinks that he is so old, why should he remarry and find a neighbor, isn't this a joke? The people in the village also began to talk about it, saying that they had a relationship for a long time, that the sister-in-law next door was with him for money, that their relationship was not three or four, and that they messed around.
These remarks made him feel very uncomfortable and sad. He felt that he could not raise his head to see people, and even dared not be too strong in business, for fear of offending those who talked about him. His sons and daughters spoke of him together with the people of the village, which made him feel very disappointed and painful.
Every time he got drunk and heard these gossip, he wanted to separate from his sister-in-law next door and escape from this place of right and wrong. However, he was reluctant to leave his sister-in-law next door because she treated him very well. Her departure means she will return to a life of poverty. He was conflicted, wanting to escape from this uncomfortable environment, but reluctant to leave his sister-in-law next door.
His children could not understand his choice, but the sister-in-law next door did not care about the gossip, and she advised him to be generous, not to pay attention to their comments, as long as they lived happily. His strength and optimism made him admire, but he couldn't get through the face himself, and felt very uncomfortable, especially his own children did not approve of his choice.
In the company of the sister-in-law next door, their lives became happier and happier, and they spent many happy times together. However, the contradictions and pain in his heart did not disappear. He wants to be recognized by those around him, but he also understands that people's eyes are hard to change.
It is not easy to find a wife when they remarry in their later years, and they have to face doubts and gossip from people around them. For those single elderly people who are afraid of these accusations, it is best not to easily remarry or partner with people around them, so as not to be interfered and blamed by the outside world. But for Uncle He, despite all these difficulties and pains, he still chose to live with his sister-in-law next door, because he felt that she was very good to him and they were happy together. This is a story of love and courage, but also a story about remarriage in old age.