(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
Last year, when the National Day holiday was approaching, my wife told me to take time to take her on a road trip, saying that I couldn't waste so many days of vacation.
When I think about it, when we didn't have children a few years ago, we were both busy with work, and after having children, we both focused on children everywhere, which led to several unsuccessful plans for trips, which was really ashamed of my wife.
I readily agreed to my wife's request and worked overtime in advance to do the company's affairs, so as not to delay the trip in a few days.
But when everything was ready, my wife and I suddenly realized that neither of us had booked the hotel in advance, and now it was too late to book again, and it was full.
When we first got married, we went on a trip, and I prepared the air tickets, bus tickets and hotels in advance, so I didn't need to worry about my wife at all, and this time she took it for granted that I had everything ready.
But I thought that my wife would book the hotel in advance when she saw that I was working overtime and felt sorry for me, and we both trusted each other so much that we found out that such an important thing had not been done two days before departure.
I swiped my phone to see if there was a check-out, I could pick up the leak, and comfort the depressed wife next to me, but how could she still listen to my words, and kept talking on the side, this trip must be invalid again, and finally I was able to get rid of the child and relax well, but I didn't expect it to fail again......
My wife was so sad that she didn't even eat dinner, so she went back to the house to rest, and I was reluctantly refreshing the mobile phone interface on the side, hoping to see the news that a room was vacant, but unfortunately I waited until almost eleven o'clock in the evening, and I didn't have it yet.
I was depressed and complained in the group of friends, talking about it, but I didn't expect my high school classmate Ma Hui to send me a message.
I thought he was trying to comfort me alone and make me think about it, and I was thinking about how to reply to his kindness, but when I looked closely, I found that he had not sent a comforting message at all, but invited me and my wife to live with him.
At the beginning, our high school classmates went their separate ways after graduation, and some of them settled in other provinces, Ma Hui was one of them, and the place where he settled down happened to be the place where my wife and I planned to travel.
Ma Hui can say such a thing, I am naturally happy in my heart, but I did not agree to his kindness, firstly, because we haven't seen each other for a long time, and it is not good to rush to others to disturb, and secondly, we are all married to each other, which is different from before, and we have to take into account the feelings of the other half.
I politely rejected Ma Hui's kindness, but he called me directly and told me with a slight reprimand, you haven't booked a hotel, where are you staying, sleeping on the street, or do you rush back overnight after visiting the attractions?
I said to him on the other end of the phone a little weakly, my wife and I don't plan to go, let's talk about it next time we have a holiday, don't rush this time.
Ma Hui said, you know, you have not changed this problem since you were a child, okay, just do what I say, you and your younger siblings will live in my house when you come, and your sister-in-law and I will treat you well, so that we can do our best to be landlords.
Before I could reply, Ma Hui hung up the phone first, and I sent him a message later, but there was no reply.
At this point, Ma Hui didn't give me a chance to refuse, so I had to tell my wife about it, and my wife thought the same as me, thinking that it was not good to live in the same school, and wanted to refuse.
But the next day, I called Ma Hui several times in a row, but he didn't answer, and the messages were all lost, and no one replied.
My wife and I had no choice but to act according to the original plan, and in order to express our apologies, my wife and I bought them many gifts and souvenirs, and also wrapped a big red envelope for his daughter.
On the way, my wife told me that although Ma Hui took the initiative to invite us to live at his house, we couldn't just stay with peace of mind, and we would pay them every day according to the cost of the hotel.
I nodded and agreed, the distance from our city to Ma Hui's house was not too far, and it only took more than four hours to drive.
When we arrived at his house, Ma Hui had been at the door with his sister-in-law for a long time, and when he saw the two of us coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet the two of us.
I took out the gifts I had brought them from the trunk, and my wife handed over the big red envelopes that I had prepared in advance to my sister-in-law.
Ma Hui saw that the two of us were buying things and giving red envelopes, and his face was a little unhappy, and he said to me, come here, what are you doing with so many things, you still see me outside.
Hearing Ma Hui's words, the sister-in-law who just wanted to put the red envelope in her pocket quickly stopped, and made a gesture to return the red envelope to his wife, tearing it up for a few rounds, and the sister-in-law put the red envelope into her pocket with peace of mind.
After tugging at the door, my sister-in-law took the lead and said, don't stand here stupidly, hurry up and enter the house, Ma Hui and I have prepared the meals early in the morning, all of them are the specialties here, hurry into the house, or it will not taste good if it will be cold for a while.
My wife and I just carried our things into the house, and as soon as I put them down, I smelled the smell of food, and I was already hungry after driving all morning.
After Ma Hui instructed us to wash our hands, he quickly arranged for us to sit down for dinner, during which Ma Hui took out a bottle of wine and said to me, Xiao Kun, we haven't seen each other for so many years, this time we get together, you have to have a drink with me!
Thinking that there was no travel task in the afternoon, I agreed to Ma Hui's request, had a few drinks with him, and after eating, my wife and I helped my sister-in-law clean up the table before sitting down.
As soon as I sat down, my sister-in-law said to me, this is the first time you two have come here, let Ma Hui take you two around in the afternoon to see the nearby attractions, lest you two come for nothing.
The two of us, who wanted to have a good rest in the afternoon, listened to my sister-in-law's words, and it was difficult to refuse, so we had to agree.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, we went out with Ma Hui, and I have to say that it would be good to have a local guide as a guide, and the number of times we were pitted was significantly reduced, and there were many detours.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, my sister-in-law called Ma Hui and asked when we would come back for dinner, she was going to prepare the dinner for the evening, Ma Hui told her sister-in-law that she would not eat at home tonight, but would eat at a specialty restaurant near her home, and she should give them a pick-up and wash the dust.
After that, I didn't hear my sister-in-law's reply, but after Ma Hui hung up the phone, he said to us with a smile, go to a nearby specialty restaurant to eat tonight, and then go home to pick up your sister-in-law, and the two of us will give you two a good reception.
I nodded and agreed, should I say it or not, the special restaurant that Ma Hui found tasted good, and the four of us were very satisfied.
When it was time to finish eating and checking out, I said to Ma Hui, you have helped us so much, you can't grab it from me this time.
Ma Hui pulled me and said, what kind of thing is this, you finally came here, how can you let you spend money, said that it is the two of us who are the east, and I have to settle this money.
After some pulling, I was defeated, or let Ma Hui take advantage of the loophole to settle the account, I didn't want to go, my wife told me, just leave them more money when they leave, I think so.
After eating, the four of us walked around the neighborhood again, and when we got home, it was almost nine o'clock, and my wife and I couldn't open our eyes.
After a brief freshening up, my wife and I were ready to rest in the guest room, and around eleven o'clock in the evening, I woke up from thirst and was ready to get up and go to the living room to pour a glass of water.
As soon as I walked to the dining table, before I picked up the kettle, I heard the sound of a quarrel in the master bedroom, like Ma Hui was arguing with his sister-in-law.
I vaguely heard that it might be related to the two of us, so I stopped and listened for a while.
My sister-in-law said to Ma Hui, I don't care what method you use, let them go quickly, our life is hard enough, and there is no extra money for the two of them to spend.
Originally, if they didn't come, you could still take advantage of this holiday to earn some extra money, but now that they are here, you can't accompany you, and you will lose a lot of money, and tonight, you have to charge a lot of money and rush to settle the bill, and the meal money is enough for our family to save money and spend a month.
Ma Hui said, this is my classmate, or I took the initiative to invite them to come, how can I drive them away, besides, people also gave our daughter a red envelope of 2,000 yuan, and bought so many gifts, we didn't suffer, you just endure it for a few days, I believe that Xiao Kun is not a person who will make others suffer.
Listening to their words, I completely woke up, and before I had time to drink water, I hurried back to my room to wake up my wife and tell her about it.
I told my wife that we have caused Ma Hui a lot of trouble, and now they are quarreling because of us, we don't live here, tell them, let's go home!
My wife is not an unreasonable person, so she quickly packed up her things, took out the 3,000 yuan in cash she had prepared, and asked me to send it to Ma Hui.
I sent a message to Ma Hui on my mobile phone, saying that there was a sudden urgency at home and I needed to hurry back, so I stopped borrowing it.
After a while, Ma Hui and his sister-in-law knocked on our door, and my sister-in-law said to me, what happened at home, I was in such a hurry to go back, it was so late now, if I wasn't in a hurry, I would leave tomorrow morning!
I shook my head and lied that the old man in the family had suddenly fallen and had just been taken to the hospital by his family, and we had to rush back to see it.
After listening to my words, the two of them no longer stopped them, and before leaving, I handed over the only 3,000 yuan in cash left on my body to Ma Hui, and told him that I was bothering you today, and the two of us didn't bring much cash, so you can take it first.
Without waiting for him to react, my wife and I trotted away, and it wasn't until we got into the car that we breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way back, Ma Hui sent me a message and transferred back all the 3,000 yuan I gave him, but I didn't accept it.
When I got home, I sent a message to Ma Hui, but before I could imagine it, he called me in a short time.
On the phone, he told me a little apologetically, I finally came to visit, and I didn't have a good time to go shopping and have fun, and I didn't let him do the friendship of the landlord, but we took 5,000 yuan back and forth.
On this day, I only rested for less than an hour, I was really tired, I was too lazy to deal with Ma Hui's polite words, and after a few words to him, I hung up the phone under the pretext of going to see the old man at home.
But when I actually lay down on the bed at home, I didn't feel sleepy at all, and I repeatedly pondered the previous conversation between Ma Hui and my sister-in-law.
I never thought that we could cause such a big trouble for the two of them, but luckily, I found out in time and left with my wife, otherwise I don't know how much I would have owed them a personal favor.
It's really in response to the old saying, it's better to stay in the hotel than to invest in friends, and in the future, we will honestly book a hotel in advance, and we don't have to worry about being at ease!