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[Lixia narrates that the editor deals with some of the plot fiction in order to read smoothly]
My name is Lixia, I was born in the countryside, and I met my husband when I was working in the factory.
My husband is also from the countryside, he looks average and is not good at words. However, my husband is kind-hearted and honest, and it is because of these that I married him.
There are four brothers-in-law, and my father-in-law is the second, because my father-in-law and mother-in-law live very close to the third uncle's family, so the relationship between our two families is very good.
The third aunt is not tall, with short hair to her ears, she has a big voice, a straightforward personality, and she is also very popular in the village.
I remember when I was just pregnant, I had a very bad appetite and couldn't eat anything. As long as the third aunt cooks something to eat at home, she will bring me a bowl. (Sometimes the third aunt was busy in the kitchen, so she asked her cousin to bring me some delicious food.) ）
My cousin is eight years younger than my husband, and he is very handsome, but he is not tall. My cousin didn't talk much, every time he came to the house, as long as he saw that there was no one in the house, he hurriedly put down the items in his hand and left, and never said a superfluous word.
I remember one time, when the grapes of the third aunt's family were ripe, the third aunt asked my cousin to send me two bunches. After my cousin opened the door, he handed in the grapes through the crack in the door, and before I could react, my cousin trotted away.
Later, after I gave birth to my daughter, because of my daughter's poor health, when she was young, she often got sick.
It just so happened that year, my husband's work was not smooth, because the efficiency of the factory was not good, and my husband was laid off, because he didn't find a suitable job for a while, and I was resting at home, so when my daughter was young, our family's life was very difficult.
I remember that in the winter when my daughter was one and a half years old, the weather was very cold, and for a while, my daughter kept coughing and drank a lot of medicine at home, but it was still not better.
One afternoon, my daughter still had a fever, and my husband and I took our daughter to the city hospital, and the doctor told us that my daughter had pneumonia and that she needed to be hospitalized.
Seeing our daughter's condition, my husband and I were very worried. So, we first arranged for our daughter to be in the hospital, and after paying the hospitalization fee, we planned to borrow money everywhere. Because we have no money in our hands, even counting the change at home, we only have less than 200 yuan in our pockets. (At that time, it was getting dark, and my husband wanted to go home the next morning to borrow money, so in order not to worry my mother-in-law, my husband called my mother-in-law and told her daughter about her illness.) ）
That night, the two of us didn't sleep all night, and when it was past five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, just when we were at a loss, my cousin rode an electric car to the hospital.
My cousin's face was red from the cold, and he had been shivering since he arrived at the hospital, because there was heating in the ward, and we wanted my cousin to come to the ward to warm up.
However, my cousin was standing at the door of the ward, and he said that he had to go home to work, because he came too early and there was no car on the road, so he had to ride an electric car from home. (After hearing these words, my heart was moved: because our hometown is more than 20 miles away from the hospital, I can't imagine such a cold day, before dawn, my cousin came to the hospital alone, and he must have been very cold along the way.) ）
"Brother, sister-in-law, I heard Erniang say last night that you don't have any money in your hands, and now Xinyu is sick, it just so happens that I have saved 3,000 yuan in my hands, I haven't gone to work yet, I will send you the 3,000 yuan, you will see Xinyu first, I have to go back to work, otherwise I will be late." After my cousin had said these words to us in a hurry, he trotted away.
Looking at the back of my cousin gradually leaving, my husband's eyes and I were moist: although my cousin is not my husband's biological brother, he has always regarded my husband as my own brother.
That winter, because my cousin lent us 3,000 yuan, my daughter was discharged from the hospital in good health.
Later, my husband got another job, and I went to work in a shoe factory in town. When it was hot in the second year, we returned the 3,000 yuan we owed to our cousin, and when we went to pay back, we also bought a roast chicken for my third aunt and brought two cartons of milk.
The cousin and the third aunt said that they didn't want the gifts we bought, and they said vigorously: "We are all our own people, and we are not in a hurry to use the 3,000 yuan, you have no money in your hands, take the money away again, and don't mention the matter of repaying the money first." ”
Looking at the smiling third aunt, my heart was moved. Later, when my cousin got married, we discussed it with several cousins from my uncle and uncle's family: we decided to give our cousin a gift of 500 yuan.
However, the night before we got married, my husband and I secretly sent 500 yuan to my third aunt, telling her to accept it. (Because we always felt that our cousin was our younger brother.) ）
Later, after my cousin's son Taotao was born, as long as I bought delicious food for my daughter, I would buy some for Taotao by the way.
A few years ago, my third aunt from other places asked me and my husband to work at her side, and she said that my cousin worked in a factory in other places and could earn some money every month, and during that time, the factory was still recruiting.
So, my husband and I went to other places and began to work in the factory where my cousin worked, and we could get some wages every month.
Since my husband and I went to other places, we rarely go back to our hometown, and we have less and less contact with my cousins.
On the 23rd of December last year, our factory had a holiday, and my husband and I returned to our hometown.
Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are a lot of various things at home, and my husband and I just cleaned the house, and it took a day.
On the morning of the 25th day of the lunar month last year, my husband and I went to the street to buy some New Year's goods to prepare for the Chinese New Year.
As soon as the two of us got home, we heard a knock on the door, and my husband went to open the door to see that my cousin was standing at the door, and he was carrying two pieces of tofu in his hand.
The husband hurriedly led his cousin into the living room and asked him to sit down.
However, the cousin looked cramped and uneasy, he pointed to the two pieces of tofu he brought and said: "Brother, sister-in-law, I heard that you came back yesterday, and today I want to come and sit down, this is the tofu that Xiaohui (brother and daughter-in-law) took at her aunt's house, this kind of tofu is very delicious, I thought of sending you two pieces to taste." ”
I hurriedly brought melon seeds and asked my cousin to eat them.
However, the cousin only symbolically took a few melon seeds, and he didn't eat those melon seeds, and he didn't know what he was thinking, frowning, and the melon seeds were rummaging in his hand.
After seeing this, I knew that my cousin must have something to tell us, but he was too embarrassed to speak.
"We haven't seen each other for a year, are you still working in a carton factory, how much do you earn a month?"
Who knows, my husband just asked this sentence, and my cousin began to bite his lip tightly, and his eyes were already moist.
"Brother, the wages in the carton factory are too low to support our family, and I have already resigned in the first half of the year. I heard that I made money by running takeaways, so I followed my friends to the city to run takeaways, I went out early and returned late every day, and in addition to various expenses in the past few months, I also saved thousands of yuan. However, the other day, when it was snowing, my father-in-law accidentally fell and spent all the money I had saved.
Sister-in-law, don't you know, my father-in-law only has one daughter, Xiaohui, because my family was poor and not good-looking, no one told me about my daughter-in-law at all. Only my father-in-law, when he knew that Xiaohui and I had just started a blind date, he agreed to this family affair without hesitation, he said that he liked me as a person.
Because of this incident, I am grateful to my father-in-law, because Xiaohui is beautiful, she is reasonable, and she will definitely be able to find a better person than me. However, Xiaohui obeyed her parents' words and married me, which allowed me to have the happy life I have now. Now that my father-in-law is sick, how can I ignore it? He treats me as his own son, and I should be filial to him.
Because my wife is so thin, she can't take care of her father-in-law at all. So, during the time my father-in-law was hospitalized, I took care of him. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, a few days ago, my father-in-law has just been discharged from the hospital, but these days, I have been worried that I can't sleep, because I have no money in my hands, during the Chinese New Year, it will cost some money to buy New Year's goods and go to relatives, I want to come to your house and ask: Can you lend me 4,000 yuan? Let me buy some New Year's goods, and after the New Year, I will earn the money, and I will pay you back first. When the cousin said this, he lowered his head helplessly.
"We are all brothers, we have phones with each other, and we usually contact each other on the phone when there is something. It's like borrowing money today: you don't use it at home at all, just call me and ask me to transfer some money to you. My husband didn't think about it, and said directly to his cousin.
"Sister-in-law, I want to come to your house and tell you about this matter carefully, otherwise it would be a little too disrespectful to you just to give you a call. The cousin whispered.
When my husband heard my cousin say this, he looked up at me, and the meaning was simple: what should we do? How much should I lend to my cousin? (Because I have the money in my hands.) ）
I picked up my mobile phone, transferred 10,000 yuan to my husband, and said to my husband: "You can directly transfer 10,000 yuan to Ah Chang (cousin's name)!"
After my husband heard these words, he smiled at me knowingly, and after collecting the money directly, he transferred 10,000 yuan to his cousin.
When my cousin saw that my husband had transferred 10,000 yuan, he was a little overwhelmed, and he didn't collect the money at that time, and said to us: "Brother, sister-in-law, you have transferred too much to me, I only need 4,000 yuan, and these 4,000 yuan can make our family happily spend a Spring Festival." ”
If you go to your father-in-law's house, buy him more delicious food, so that his body can recover as soon as possible, and if you have no money, you don't have to pay us back the 10,000 yuan. I said to my cousin. (Although we don't have a lot of money in our hands, after seeing my cousin's situation, I remembered my daughter's hospitalization before, and I thought I would do my best to help my cousin.) ）
Taking advantage of his cousin's inattention, his husband took his cousin's phone and directly collected the 10,000 yuan.
After his cousin saw this, his tears fell all of a sudden, and he choked up and said, "Brother, sister-in-law, when I earn the money, I will definitely pay it back to you first." ”
After hearing these words, my husband and I have been comforting my cousin in the living room, telling him not to have so much pressure, and if there is anything in the future, call us directly, and we will definitely help. (Actually, after lending my cousin $10,000 last year, we didn't plan on asking him to pay it back.) ）
After the Chinese New Year last year, my husband and I went out to work again, and when we had a holiday on the 23rd of the lunar month this year, the two of us returned to our hometown.
The two of us arrived home on the afternoon of the 24th day of the lunar month, because we were very tired from the car, we did not go out on the afternoon of the 24th of the lunar month, and slept at home until the morning of the 25th of the lunar month.
Who knows, on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, we had just gotten up, and when we were having breakfast, my husband's phone rang, and my cousin's phone called, and when he knew that we had arrived home, he said that he would come to us in a while.
Knowing that it was my cousin calling, I began to tell my husband: Maybe my cousin is here to borrow money again, if my cousin comes to borrow money again, see how much money he is ready to ask, we must not refuse, we must find a way to lend him some money, after all, my cousin is very real.
Because this year, although we have not met my cousin, when my husband and I first arrived in the field, my husband also called my cousin, thinking that he would also come to work in the field. However, the cousin said that he did not go to work in other places because the children were small, and his father-in-law was not in good health, and the family could not live without people, so he wanted to find a job near his home. (Later, my husband and my cousin didn't have much contact, and I heard my mother-in-law talk about it, and my cousin seemed to go to work again.) ）
Soon, the door of our house rang again, and I hurriedly opened the door to see my cousin standing at the gate with a smile on his face, carrying a small cardboard box in one hand and a plastic bag full of snacks in the other. (Because it's a white bag, I can see it clearly.) ）
I saw that my cousin had bought so many things, so I quickly took the bag from my cousin's hand, let him into the house, and kept saying: It's hard to earn money now, we are all our own people, you can come to my house empty-handed in the future, don't buy so many gifts at all.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I bought you a box of prawns on the street, and you can eat them during the New Year. The cousin said, pointing to the cardboard box.
When I heard that my cousin bought a box of prawns, I was a little upset: now the prawns are very expensive, and we are usually reluctant to buy so much, all for a catty, why did he buy so much?
"Brother, this year, my father-in-law's nephew introduced us to a job, Xiaohui and I have gone out to work, and our monthly salary is about the same, and our life is getting better and better now! Last year you lent me 10,000 yuan, and today I know that you are back, and you came to repay the money. I've transferred 10,000 yuan to you now, so you can collect it quickly. The cousin was talking to her husband while transferring money with her mobile phone.
After hearing what my cousin said, my husband and I looked at each other, because we thought that my cousin had come to borrow money again, but we didn't expect him to come to repay the money and bring so many gifts.
After this incident, I just want to tell you: each of us has a different life path, and everyone's life path cannot be smooth sailing, but as long as we are on this road, we can all support each other and help each other, and I believe that life will be better and better in the future!
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