Text: Zhou Liantong
I grew up together since childhood, and we have a very good relationship, just like brothers. When I was eight years old, there was a big flood in the village, and several small rivers nearby were full, and there were fish rushing down from the upper reaches of the river. My dad told me not to go to the river because the water was dangerous.
But I was small, and I was not afraid of heaven and earth, so I made an appointment to go to the pond in the village to catch fish. I jumped into the river first, but I didn't have to go a few steps when I accidentally stepped on a rock at the bottom of the water, and my foot was cut, and I cried in pain. By the time Fa Xiao pulled me up, my feet were already dripping and bleeding.
I was also scared, and my legs were weak and I didn't dare to walk. I cried so much that I was told to lie on my back when I was young, and he carried me back. Although he was my hair younger, he was two years older than me and taller than me.
At that time, I didn't dare to go home, so I carried me to his grandparents' house on my back. He asked his grandfather to clean my wounds and apply medicine to me. He was worried that I would be beaten up when I came home, so he specially asked his grandfather to help me say good things when he sent me back.
At that time, the injury on my foot was indeed quite serious, and my parents were really distressed, and they counted me down a few words and did not hit me.
Since then, my relationship with Fa Xiao has become even stronger. Fa Xiao is not only about righteousness, but also about heart. Once, on our way home from school, we saw an injured pigeon. Fa Xiao felt very sorry for it, so he took it home and built a small grass nest for it.
At that time, our family was very poor and had nothing to eat, but he still managed to feed the little pigeon some food, and raised this pigeon for several days, and then the pigeon disappeared, and he was so worried that he ran to my house and cried, and asked me if the pigeon flew away by itself, or was it taken away by other children in the village?
Fa Xiaomay and I have the same temper and the same concept of how to behave in the world, so when we grow up, we have our own families, have our own lives and jobs, and we still keep in touch every year.
I am the only seedling in the family, and my parents are not worried about me going out to work hard, so after marriage, I planted a greenhouse in the village with my wife. The conditions of Fa Xiao's family are much worse than mine, and he wanted to go out and break through, so he went to other places.
Our family is not far from Fa Xiao's house, Fa Xiao's father is not in good health, he goes to the hospital to see a doctor, or wants to go to the town to get medicine, I ride him there. Sometimes I send things to my home, and I help take them.
My father was not good and always troubled me, once he had high blood pressure, dizziness, wanted to go to the hospital and was embarrassed to look for me, so he walked alone. He fainted not far from the village, and my greenhouse was not far from the entrance of the village, and the people in the village hurriedly went to find me. If we hadn't taken him to the hospital, I'm afraid he wouldn't have died.
Since then, I have been going to my home every few days to ask if there is anything missing in the family, and if there is, I must tell me. If Fa Xiao is not there, I am equivalent to their son.
During the Chinese New Year, Fa Xiao came back and learned about it and bought a lot of things for my parents to express his gratitude. Because of his parents, the connection between us has never been broken. When the vegetables in the greenhouse reach the harvest season, I will send some to the small family, and I will bring a lot of things to me for the New Year, we can be regarded as mutually beneficial.
After that, my greenhouse slowly developed from the initial one to three, and Fa Xiao also became a small bag foreman, and the lives of both of us have improved.
I remember one summer a few years ago, I was thinking about buying a new car at home to make life easier. At that time, life in the village gradually improved, and every family began to think about adding some new things. That's when I got a small phone call. His voice was a little low, even trembling: "Brother, something happened to me here, can you lend me some money?"
When I heard this, my heart suddenly chuckled. Fa Xiao has been contracting projects in the city, although it is hard, but he has also made some money. He is usually a strong person, and if he can make him open his mouth to borrow money, he must have encountered great difficulties.
I hurriedly asked him what was wrong, and he told me that he had an accident while he was contracting a project, and that a worker had fallen from a height and died. The day after the worker arrived at the construction site, he had not had time to buy him insurance. He has spent a lot of money in order to compensate the workers and deal with the aftermath. He really couldn't turn over that much money, so he called me.
I asked him how much he was missing, and he said that he was still about 100,000 yuan, and he knew that my wife and I were earning hard-earned money, so he didn't want so much, so he borrowed 20,000 or 30,000 yuan first, and then he would find a way to get the rest of the money. Fa Xiao asked me to tell my wife that it doesn't matter if you don't borrow, there is no need to cause conflicts between our husband and wife because of money.
After hanging up the phone, I had mixed feelings. Buying a car is important, but it is trivial compared to the difficulty of making a small one. I thought about it and finally decided to lend him the money. After all, you can buy a car later, but you can't help your friend's difficulties.
After I discussed it with my wife, my wife was a little hesitant, this 100,000 yuan is not a small amount, and she is worried that the money will not be returned. But over the years, our two families have gotten along very well, and she also understands my small person, so she gritted her teeth and agreed to let me lend me 100,000 yuan.
After I transferred the money to Fa Xiao, he said gratefully: "Brother, you are really my life-saving benefactor! I will definitely repay you as soon as possible!" I said, "Don't be in a hurry to repay the money, first get through the difficulties in front of you." ”
Fa Xiao reassured me that he would borrow for three years at most, and he would definitely repay it within three years. During this period, Fa Xiao and I were busy with our own lives and work, and rarely saw each other, but we often talked on the phone to talk about the current situation. In addition to asking me to borrow money, he owes it to other friends. In order to repay the money as soon as possible, he was busy every day without touching the ground.
At the end of the third year, Fa Xiao returned the money to me. I opened the mobile banking and saw that the transfer amount was actually 110,000 yuan! I immediately called him and asked him what was the matter? He said: "Brother, you borrowed 100,000 yuan from me back then, which is equivalent to saving my life! This 10,000 yuan is my gratitude to you and my cherishing of this friendship." ”
I said, "What are you doing here? Aren't we supposed to be friends and help each other? Get the money back, I don't need your thanks." ”
Fa Xiao refused to accept it, I knew that he didn't want to go, so I asked him to be the east during the New Year, and invited our family to eat in a restaurant. In order to show his gratitude, Fa Xiao wrapped a red envelope of 1,000 yuan for my son, and I didn't always shirk it, so I let my son accept it.
I thought that he bought a new house in the city and returned the money to him when he moved, but on the day of the move, I gave him 1,000 yuan, and he insisted on receiving 500. He said that we are brothers, there is no need to see each other like this, a thousand yuan is too much, even if he takes it, his heart is not steady. I couldn't resist him, so I took five hundred.
In June this year, my father celebrated his 80th birthday, and I sent a text message to Faxiao, thinking that Faxiao was so busy that he should not come. But on my father's birthday, when I was busy in the house, Uncle Liu, who kept the accounts, found me and said that I came to my house with a black bag and 10,000 yuan as a gift, and he felt that it was necessary to talk to me about it.
In our village, the gift money is very light, usually before the age of 10, and the gift is set off from home at about half past eleven. I asked Uncle Liu, have I left? Uncle Liu said that Fa Xiao came by car, but the car was parked by the bridge, and Fa Xiao was carrying something, so he should have gone home to visit his parents.
I guessed that Fa Xiao was to repay the favor I had lent him the money I had lent him, so I explained a few words to my wife and hurried to his house. When I arrived, he was busy in the yard getting things ready to go back to the city. Seeing me coming, he was a little surprised: "Brother, why are you free to come here when you are so busy today?"
I walked up and handed him the red envelope and said, "You take this red envelope back, I can't take it." ”
He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Oh, why are you so polite? This money is originally owed to you, if your money is deposited in the bank, it will be a lot of interest for three years, and I will give you 10,000 yuan, which is not much." ”
I said, "It's not a matter of interest, I don't think we need such politeness and formality between us." When you were in trouble, I lent you money because I treated you as a friend and a brother, not for your return. It is enough for you to have this heart, and the heart is more important than money. ”
He listened to my words and was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "You're right, brother, it's me who didn't think it through, I'll take this money, I won't go back today, let's have a good drink at noon." ”
After that, we laughed together, as if we were back to the carefree time when we were children......
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