Today was a challenging day for me and I decided to go and meet my eldest brother to discuss something with him. Although I was already a college student, I still walked into the courtyard of my uncle's house with trepidations.
There is a small fish tank outside the door of my uncle's house, and there are a lot of goldfish in it. My brother's son, Xiao Ming, was catching fish, and when he saw me coming in, he ran over to greet me.
I told my uncle that I wanted to talk to him about my son's schooling. When the eldest brother heard this, he came to his senses and said: "Look, it's not easy for me to raise Xiao Ming so big, don't look at our farming business here, it's okay, but you all know that farm work is not easy to do."
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My heart warmed, although my parents don't usually express it, they are sincerely filial to me. I couldn't help but smile and took my leave.
A few years later, my sister was going to college, and I sent 5,000 yuan to my uncle. At first, I felt a little guilty, but my eldest brother said, "Look, I hope that your sister can also improve in her studies and find a good job after entering college, then 5,000 yuan is nothing."
My uncle's words made me feel a lot, although he usually doesn't say it, but his expectations for his children have always been there.
I know that I also need to have this state of mind in order to get through more tribulations.
When I got home, I remembered an episode from many years ago. I was in college at the time, and my uncle's family borrowed a sum of money, saying it was for farming tools and seeds.
Although my mother didn't say anything, she must have been a little unhappy in her heart, after all, our family was not rich at that time.
This time, I came to my uncle's house with a heavy heart, thinking that I had to talk about it today.
As soon as I entered the door, my uncle greeted me warmly and asked me how I was doing at home. I smiled and said that the family was fine, but there were some things to discuss with him recently.
I paused for a moment and said, "Uncle, I remember that a few years ago, you owed us a sum of money, and you promised to pay it back within a year, but now two years have passed.
I said with some dissatisfaction: "This has been delayed for two years, and our family is not rich, so you can't keep delaying it like this."
The eldest brother's wife was busy helping to speak: "You don't know, the family has been working very hard in the past few years, especially in the past two years, natural disasters have continued, and the crops in the field have not been harvested well every year.
Her words were a little tactful, but they also made my heart sink.
In such an atmosphere, I felt as if I had lost the initiative, and my eldest brother did not immediately express his willingness to repay the money.
When I talked to my uncle about my sister's college trip, he had a sad face. I asked him what was wrong, and my eldest brother put down the tools in his hand and said bitterly, "The situation at home has not been good lately.
My eldest brother was silent for a while, and finally told me about the situation at home. It turned out that the township where the eldest brother lived had recently suffered a major flood, and the family's farmland and house had suffered serious losses.
I felt distressed for a while, and I didn't know much about the situation at home. I immediately said that I would try my best to help, but my eldest brother waved his hand and said, "No, you also have your own study to use."
When I got home, my heart was heavy. I know that my sister has always had a lot of demands in life, but in the face of difficult family situations, I felt the need to discuss with her to be more frugal.
But my sister didn't think so, saying that she didn't need much money to go to college, and as long as her uncle worked hard, he would definitely be able to solve the problem.
I stopped her words, saying that this incident is not a matter of laziness or hard work, but that there are difficulties in the family, and as a family, we should do our part to reduce the burden on the family.
When I heard this, my heart was shocked, and I felt that there was a rift in my family relationship.
But I know that this is not something that can be solved on the spur of the moment. I decided to take care of it.
Many years have passed, and my uncle's home is far away from my home, and I rarely contact him. By chance, I went to a big city to inspect work, and by the way, I called my uncle to make an appointment, and I wanted to meet in a big city.
When he met my uncle, he looked a little tired, and he told me that there was something wrong with the big landlord of their family and that he needed to raise a sum of money to deal with it.
After hearing this, I was a little stunned, because I knew that the situation of my eldest brother's family was not as difficult as he described.
After this meeting, my opinion of my eldest brother changed. I don't understand why he became so realistic when I needed his help.
It also made me start to rethink my family relationships.