On a sunny morning in March 2018, Uncle Li from Shandong Province rode his electric tricycle on a day's journey to harvest rags. He has a lovely smile and a look of fortitude and kindness in his eyes.
Uncle Li is over sixty years old, and the uncles and aunts of his age in the community have long since retired, either helping to bring their grandchildren, or enjoying leisure time to dance square dances and play chess. But Mr. Li's wife has always been in poor health, although his son and daughter-in-law have worked, but they bought a house in the city, in order to reduce the pressure on the younger generation, Uncle Li spontaneously started to collect rags, which has been done for several years.
On weekdays, Uncle Li is used to wearing a blue coat, walking through the streets and alleys shouting to collect rags, and after a long time, even if he doesn't shout, when he goes to that station, others will know that Lao Li is here again.
Early this morning, at a fork in the road, Uncle Li was suddenly stopped by an old lady. The old lady seemed to be eager to say something, Uncle Li stopped the car and asked with concern, "Old sister, do you need any help?"
The old lady's eyes were a little messy, and she said tremblingly, "I want to sell this stove, do you want it?"
Uncle Li saw that the whole body of the stove was basically made of ceramic, and only there was some iron near the base, so he didn't want it much, but seeing the old lady's haggard face, his compassion drove him, so he said, "Okay, can you sell it for 5 yuan?"
The old lady smiled slightly, nodded, took the 5 yuan given by Uncle Li and stuffed it into her pocket and turned to leave.
After that, Uncle Li ran several streets in a row, and also received some scrap copper and rotten iron, and then went home. When he got home, Uncle Li didn't care about washing his face, so he began to disassemble the rags on the tricycle.
When he saw the old stove, Uncle Li was stunned, and then prepared to remove the iron base. Unexpectedly, during the operation, a piece of something suddenly fell from the stove, and Uncle Li looked at it, but it was an aluminum lunch box.
Uncle Li curiously picked up the aluminum lunch box and opened it carefully, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Seeing that the aluminum lunch box was piled up with stacks of hundred-yuan bills, Uncle Li was stunned and looked at this unexpected wealth, and his heart instantly fell into entanglement and helplessness. He understood that the money must be urgently needed by the owner, and he could not take it for himself.
Uncle Li decided to keep the money for the time being, and find the owner to return it as soon as possible. He hurriedly put down the tools in his hand and hurried back to the fork in the road with the money in the aluminum lunch box, hoping to find the old lady.
However, when he hurried to the fork in the road, he found that there was still the figure of the old lady, but he didn't know which portal the old lady lived in, so he couldn't find it at all.
After thinking about it, Uncle Li decided to call the police, hoping to find the owner through the power of the police.
In the police station, Uncle Li told the police in detail about the whole process and handed them the money in the aluminum lunch box. The police carefully recorded it and said that they would launch an investigation as soon as possible to find the owner.
For the next few days, Uncle Li waited anxiously for news from the police. Every day he would go to the police station to inquire, but the police never found any definite clues.
Just when he lost hope, the police suddenly contacted Uncle Li and said that they finally found the owner's family when they visited the street.
When Uncle Li learned the news, he was overjoyed, and the stone in his heart finally landed. He went with the police to the old lady's house and met the old lady's son and daughter.
The old lady's son said with tears in his eyes: "Uncle Li, you are really the benefactor of our family! That money was left by my father when he was alive. Originally, all this money was used in previous years during the New Year's holidays, and our younger generation honored him, but he was reluctant to use it, and now it seems that this old stove exists. ”
"Yes, this stove hasn't been used since my father-in-law died, and recently we were going to change the furniture, and we were going to throw it away, but my mother-in-law didn't agree. She turned around and sold the stove. Now it seems that I am fortunate to have met you, if I throw it away, I will never get this money back!" The old lady and daughter-in-law also hurriedly accosted.
Uncle Li had a faint smile on his face: "It's okay, if I were an old sister, I would be anxious if I lost so much money." Empathy, so I hurriedly asked the police comrades to help find you. ”
The old lady's daughter-in-law held Uncle Li's hand tightly and said gratefully: "Uncle Li, your kindness and honesty are examples worth learning from us. Thank you for rediscovering the warmth and kindness of humanity. ”
Since that day, Uncle Li's story has spread throughout the community. People praised him for his kindness and integrity, and looked up to him as an example. Everyone will also consciously take out the rags at home and sell them to Uncle Li and take care of him as a recognition of his good character.
And Uncle Li knows that kindness and integrity are an attitude towards life and a positive belief. Only in this way can we make our society better. Uncle Li has always carried this belief in his heart and implemented it in all aspects of his life.
A few years have passed, and Uncle Li has grown old, but his story has always been sung by people. His persistence and kindness not only had a profound impact on that family, but also influenced more people.
It is said that everyone has the potential to be a great person, as long as we are willing to forge ourselves with kindness, integrity, and hard work. Just like Uncle Li, an ordinary electric tricycle collects the tattered Uncle Li, through a seemingly insignificant thing, interprets great power.