Lao Li is about to retire, and no matter where he spends the Spring Festival, he will send seventy or eighty thousand red envelopes to his family, for which his wife and children complain.
Let's first explain Lao Li's hometown of Sichuan, there is no high bride price and red envelopes, Lao Li lives in Chengdu, his family income is above average, and he is not the person who has a developed business, why will he send out so many red envelopes during the New Year? Is it to slap a swollen face and become fat?
Lao Li told us in detail about his arrangements for the seventy or eighty thousand red envelopes.
Lao Li is almost 60 years old, but he is the "youngest child" in the family, in their era, advocating "more people are stronger", and there are no birth control measures, the family is a dozen or so in his life, and his parents support seven. He is the only son, and he is the eldest, which shows his "status" in the family.
In that difficult era, the family could not have enough to eat, and all the resources of the family were absolutely unreservedly inclined to him. It is said that in those years, when cooking porridge at home, the rice was buttoned in a bowl and then boiled with water, so that the rice would not be boiled and run around the pot and scoop up rice.
The part of the thick porridge that the bowl buckles belongs to him alone, and the rest of his sisters, as well as his parents, all share the so-called "rice soup" that is light with the taste of rice.
In this way, without any suspense, their family did their best to train him to become the first college student in the village, and the only person in the family to eat public food.
Lao Li shoulders the hope of the whole family, and even as the current popular stalk, "the hope of the whole village", he studies hard, works hard, is especially able to endure hardships, and is especially able to fight.
When he was young, the old leaders saw him hard-working, hard-working, and talented, and even married his only daughter to him.
Of course, now his old leader, to be precise, is probably a little regretful. The only daughter is not very smooth, and even complains about his self-assertions.
Lao Li is a typical phoenix man a few years ago, and his wife's family conditions are obviously better than his family. From birth to growth, he had too much hope and too many sacrifices on his shoulders, which led him to sacrifice himself and give back to his family.
He had to work hard, but he won his career, but he lost his family. He was transferred to the highest level of the organization department, and he went to remote areas for a few years, and then went to remote areas to alleviate poverty, and he left for a few years, for work, entertainment, and overtime are also commonplace, and his wife is waiting endlessly, and the hardships of taking the baby alone, loneliness, and disappointment have all turned into full of grievances and lack of companionship for his son, so his son is now, "only listening to his mother", and his relationship is not very good.
and the endless feedback to the family, which also made the wife very aggrieved.
He is left with an old mother, in her 90s, almost completely disabled, and an older sister in the family who is still relatively strong takes on the main care task. I want to send 30,006 to my sister for the New Year, but in fact, it's more about my sister's labor expenses.
This sister also has something at home, and when she is dealing with family affairs, there is also a young lady who comes to help take care of her old mother, and she can't send 10,000 5 or 6 for the New Year?
In this way, his sisters are originally seventy or eighty years old, and they will send some red envelopes to show that there are many children in a large family, and they can't run away with seventy or eighty thousand yuan.
Of course, Lao Li is a kind and grateful person, and the old family has to say that he has a conscience. But as a wife, unless you have a super strong psychology and a mother-like pattern, it is really difficult to balance your heart.
Of course, his wife is an ordinary woman who grew up with pampering, and after a few years of endurance, she really can't bear to divorce him.
However, after years of divorce, they have not reorganized their family. Now that the children have grown up, his wife's anger has subsided a little, the relationship has eased a lot, and he is temporarily accepted to return to the family.
Lao Li also worked hard and played the role of a family cook, in order to make up for the lack of his wife as much as possible.
has not remarried yet, but fortunately, the two have started to accompany each other again.
People, if you run away for half your life, you can't escape your original family.
Lao Li, the original family is not only his motivation, but also the shackles to him, making him stumble for most of his life, still like a child, trying to find and find his harbor.
"My heart is my hometown." Lao Li's feedback to his original family is enough to make him feel at ease, and now he is working hard to make up for the absence of his wife, in order to have peace of mind.
I believe that his wife and children can also fully feel his sincerity and hope that their family will be happy.