Text/Zhu Xi (Material/Zou Tao)
The man's name is Zou Tao, a native of Jingzhou, Hubei, who injured his thigh in an accident two years ago, resulting in a fracture.
Now, he can't do heavy work, so he can only do some light work.
Half a year ago, under the introduction of relatives and friends, Zou Tao successfully applied for a job in the garden pruning of high-end communities, and the reason why he was able to get this job was that in addition to the introduction of relatives and friends, there was another reason.
Of course, this is a later story, and we'll get to that later.
On this day, Zou Tao had just come home from work, and before he could sit down to rest and rest, his wife Shang Xueqin hurriedly ran over.
She took Zou Tao's hand and said gently: "Husband, I didn't expect you to be so emotional, and you would surprise me, what meal do you want to eat today, I'll make it for you."
Zou Tao was surprised when he saw his wife like this.
His wife usually has a big grinning character, how did she become gentle today?
In such a state, Zou Tao was very uncomfortable, and he asked a little speechlessly: "Wife, what's wrong with you today? It seems that you have changed a person, you make me a little scared like this!"
Seeing Zou Tao like this, Shang Xueqin immediately pouted and said, "What's the matter?
Zou Tao smiled bitterly: "No, I just feel that you are a little abnormal today, what kind of surprise did you say? I don't understand what this means."
Shang Xueqin glanced at Zou Tao and said, "Oh, you don't want to admit it, forgive you for the sake of you buying so many gifts for me, you hurry up and sit down and rest, you don't have to do anything today, I have already arranged it for you."
"Let's wash our feet first, and then you go to lie down on the couch, and I'll cook you a big meal right away."
After that, Shang Xueqin pressed Zou Tao on the chair, and then she ran into the bathroom and brought out a basin of warm water, apparently to wash his feet.
Zou Tao was overwhelmed by Shang Xueqin's actions, and the whole person didn't react for a long time, so he was stunned for a few minutes.
Just as Shang Xueqin was about to take off Zou Tao's shoes, Zou Tao hurriedly got up and flashed to the side.
Although his legs and feet were inconvenient, they were unexpectedly flexible at this time.
He looked at Shang Xueqin, who was squatting on the ground and was about to take off his shoes, and asked, "Wife, you are a little uncomfortable like this, don't scare me, what's wrong with you today!"
Shang Xueqin's change did make Zou Tao a little scared.
She wasn't like that before.
During Zou Tao's thigh fracture, Shang Xueqin had never been so attentive to him, although he also took care of his diet and daily life, but it was not as exaggerated as now.
This sudden good made Zou Tao a little uncomfortable.
Shang Xueqin was a little displeased when she saw him like this.
She said, "Husband, didn't you arrange for someone to bring me a gift today?
"You have given me so many things, and I should take care of you! Otherwise, I would have a little uneasy conscience for taking so many gifts from you for nothing."
When Zou Tao heard Shang Xueqin say this, he immediately asked with some disbelief: "I give you a gift?"
"Or do you want someone to send it over?"
"I've been busy all day today, where can I have time to buy you gifts? Didn't we say before? I'll buy them on your birthday."
"What the hell is going on?"
After Shang Xueqin heard Zou Tao say this, she got up and looked him up and down, and asked in disbelief: "You really didn't ask someone to send it over?"
"The man also said that he was your friend, and that you bought them for me."
Shang Xueqin was still skeptical, she wondered if Zou Tao did it on purpose and wanted to continue to surprise her.
When Zou Tao heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, he sent something over, show it to me."
Shang Xueqin was also puzzled when she saw Zou Tao say this.
She still didn't quite believe Zou Tao's words, but it was too pretentious to really create a surprise, right?
Some things are overdone, and it's not interesting.
Although she didn't believe it, she left the living room quickly and turned and walked towards the bedroom.
A few minutes later, Shang Xueqin pulled over a large cardboard box, put the box in front of Zou Tao and said, "Oh, that's it!"
"I opened some of the boxes, and they were all bags, clothes and shoes, and some beautiful stones."
"I'll be back before I can tear down the rest."
Zhou Tao looked at the cardboard box in front of him, and suddenly felt a little headache, who sent this big box of gifts?
He picked up a bag that had been opened and looked at it carefully, his face became a little ugly, then he put the bag aside, and picked up some disassembled clothes and shoes, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became.
As for Shang Xueqin, she took a green stone and put it on her neck, and said to Zou Tao very stinkyly: "Husband, this is the stone I told you, how beautiful do you look at the green?"
Zou Tao looked at the green stone on Shang Xueqin's neck, took a deep breath, turned his head to her and said, "Wife, do you know what this stone is made of?"
Shang Xueqin was puzzled, and said casually: "What kind of good thing can this stone be? At most, it is a fake gem made artificially!"
When Zou Tao heard this, he pointed to the two bags next to him and said: "Wife, you are wrong! I don't think this stone is a fake gem, it should be a rare green jade, you look at these bags, you don't know their price, right?"
When Shang Xueqin heard Zou Tao say this, she took out a bag from the cardboard box and asked, "What kind of bag is this?"
Zou Tao sighed and said: "It's not just valuable, I've seen these kinds of bags outside, they are all used by those rich wives from time to time, think about this brand of bags, one will sell for tens of thousands of yuan, and some particularly expensive hundreds of thousands are possible."
"Are you saying it's worth the money?"
Shang Xueqin heard Zou Tao say this, her wrist suddenly shook, and she said a little nervously: "This shouldn't be! Since these things were not bought by you, how could they be so valuable?"
"Besides, even if you buy it, you don't have that much money, right?"
"You must be joking, aren't you?"
At this time, he was in an unusually heavy mood, although he couldn't tell whether these things were actually real or fake, he had also worked in a high-end community for a while, and he had seen actual genuine products, and these bags didn't look like fakes.
He didn't answer Shang Xueqin immediately, but said, "Wife, don't care if I gave these or not! Let's open all the boxes in here first, and then let's see what else is in the remaining boxes."
When Shang Xueqin saw him say this, a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on her face.
She said secretly: "Sample, just like this, you still put it on me? If you want to make a surprise, just say it! Although these little things look beautiful and beautiful, you can't say that they are genuine! Even if you buy imitations, I am very happy."
What are the conditions of their family, Shang Xueqin knows very well.
Not to mention tens of thousands of yuan of bags, even if it is a few hundred yuan, she is reluctant to buy it, although Zou Tao's job has been relatively stable in the past six months, and the income is relatively considerable, but she knows that there are many places to use money at home, and she does not dare to spend money indiscriminately.
But as Zou Tao opened all the boxes at the bottom of the carton, Shang Xueqin was completely stunned, she didn't expect that the boxes at the bottom of the carton were all gold bracelets and gold necklaces.
She looked at the bracelet in Zou Tao's hand, and said in disbelief: "Husband, are these gold jewelry real or fake?"
Zou Tao checked the weight of the bracelet, pinched it gently, and said with a somewhat serious expression: "It should be real, if it is fake, the feel and texture are not the same."
After Shang Xueqin heard Zou Tao say this, she suddenly became nervous.
At first, she thought that this mysterious package was a surprise from her husband, but now it doesn't seem like that.
Zou Tao didn't have so much money to buy her gifts.
Although Zou Tao promised to pay her salary this month to buy her a gold necklace some time ago to repay her for her perseverance during Zou Tao's thigh injury, it was at best a small necklace of two or three thousand yuan.
Right now.......
She did panic.
With so many gold bracelets and gold necklaces, he couldn't afford to sell his house, how could it be that Zou Tao gave it to her?
She looked at Zou Tao and asked, "Husband, what should I do now? Who sent these things? Do you think about it carefully, will anyone send these things to us?"
Zou Tao's face was solemn, and he turned his head to look at Shang Xueqin next to him and asked, "Wife, tell me carefully, what did the person who sent the box say?"
Shang Xueqin thought for a while and said: "This big cardboard box was sent over at four o'clock at noon today, I saw so many boxes at the time and asked him if he sent it wrong, but the other party not only showed me your photo, but also your contact information, and said that you are his boss's benefactor friend."
"By the way, he also said that you must accept these things, otherwise it will be difficult for him to go back, I asked him how he would know where we lived, and he said that Brother Song told him."
"Brother Song?"
Zou Tao was a little surprised when he heard the name.
Shang Xueqin nodded and said: "That's what the other party said, it's because he said this that I thought it was a surprise you deliberately made, and people pretended to send it like this, and deliberately asked me to accept it."
When Zou Tao heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "If that's the case, I don't know who sent these things, don't take any of these things, I want to send them all back."
"This matter, troublesome".
Zou Tao was a little distressed.
Isn't it just a trifle?
Why did he send so many things? It made him a little overwhelmed.
After all, he had never seen so many gold ornaments in his life.
"You know?"
Shang Xueqin asked with some surprise.
Zou Tao nodded and said, "Well, if I'm not mistaken, these things should have been specially sent by an owner in the villa community where I work."
"I didn't ask for the 100,000 yuan honorarium he gave me three days ago, I guess he asked Brother Song about our residence and specially bought these gifts and sent them over."
"What? 100,000 yuan? Why haven't I heard you talk about it?"
Shang Xueqin had never heard Zou Tao talk about this, and suddenly asked in disbelief.
When Zou Tao heard this, he said lightly: "Actually, this is not an important matter, I was afraid that you would talk about me, so I didn't say it."
"Here's how it ......."
Zou Tao saw that there was no way to hide the matter, so he briefly described the events of the previous few days to Shang Xueqin.
It turned out that one morning three days ago, Zou Tao inadvertently rescued a little girl who had fallen into the water in the wetland of the community, and he immediately reported the incident to the community security office after rescuing the little girl, and contacted the little girl's parents by the property.
The little girl's parents are also very sensible, and after learning about this incident, they thanked Zou Tao for a thousand thanks, and specially invited Zou Tao to their house for dinner that afternoon, Zou Tao was not easy to refuse, so he could only go for a meal.
Who knew that after dinner, the little girl's father brought out a bundle of cash and put it in front of him, saying that it was for him to thank him.
For this, Zou Tao naturally can't accept it.
It's just a gesture, how can you ask for so much money?
He did not take the money with him, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.
The other party gives him money, which may be polite or sincere.
But no matter what, he can't accept this money, and if he accepts this money, the meaning of saving people will change.
He thought that the other party was just polite, but he didn't expect him to buy the money as a gift and send it to his house, Shang Xueqin actually accepted everything without knowing it.
Shang Xueqin was also a little nervous after hearing this.
She said: "Husband, these things are too valuable! It's better for you to return them when you go to work tomorrow, although you said that you saved his daughter, but that's just a gesture, and there is really no need to give these things."
"Otherwise, I'm really panicking."
When Zou Tao heard this, he smiled and said: "It's still my wife who is reasonable, although the conditions of our family are not good, but we also know how to advance and retreat, it is one thing for others to thank us, and it is another thing for us not to accept it."
"It's better not to have these things."
"Don't worry, my salary is not bad now, and it won't be a problem to buy you a gold necklace next month."
Shang Xueqin nodded and said, "I know, but speaking of which, you can enter this community as a gardener, thanks to the help of Brother Song."
When Zou Tao heard this, he agreed with Shang Xueqin's statement that half a year ago, a cousin of his said that there was a way to arrange for him to go to this community to do cleaning.
Zou Tao felt that he couldn't do heavy work at that time, so he agreed to this matter, who knew that when his cousin took him to an interview, he accidentally ran into the property manager of the community, and this person Zou Tao happened to know.
His name is Song Ming.
Speaking of fate, Zou Tao met Song Ming outside the train station three years ago, when Song Ming's wallet and mobile phone were stolen, and he had no choice but to ask for help from other passengers outside the station.
I want to borrow some money to buy a ticket.
He borrowed it for two hours, and no one wanted to buy him a ticket.
Later, he met Zou Tao, who was buying a ticket, and Zou Tao not only bought him a ticket, but also gave Song Ming a spare mobile phone of his own.
It was this encounter that made Song Ming remember Zou Tao.
During the conversation, Song Ming learned that Zou Tao wanted to apply for a job as a cleaner, so he didn't say a word, and directly arranged Zou Tao to work in the gardening field, and the salary was much higher than that of cleaning.
The job of a gardener is easier than cleaning, and he does this to take care of Zou Tao, after all, Zou Tao's legs and feet are really inconvenient, and it is a little difficult to do cleaning.
It is precisely because of this that Zou Tao was able to enter this high-end community to work, which can be regarded as Song Ming's repayment, and the kindness buried in Zou Tao's early years has also come to fruition.
……。
The next day, Zou Tao came to the villa community where he worked early with the box, and he put all the contents of the carton into a sack and carried it to a single villa in the community.
"It's Master Zou!
An old man saw Zou Tao and said enthusiastically.
Zou Tao came here two days ago, and he was also the lifesaver of his boss's daughter, and this old man naturally knew how to receive him.
Zou Tao said politely: "Steward Wu, may I ask if Boss Chen is here? I have something to do with him."
At this moment, the door of the single-family villa opened, and a brown car drove out of the basement next to it, and the old man hurriedly stepped forward to say a few words.
The car stopped as it passed by Zou Tao.
"Master Zou, are you looking for me?"
Zou Tao saw that the person in the car was Boss Chen, and immediately said with joy: "Boss Chen, I'm here to return things, these things you gave me are too valuable, I really ......."
Before Zou Tao finished speaking, Boss Chen interrupted: "Master Zou, these things are yours and given to you, if you don't accept them, you won't give me face, and the little girl will be very sad, I still have something to do today, I'll talk to you another day."
Zou Tao wanted to say something, but found that Boss Chen smiled and waved at him, and then asked the driver to drive away.
Inside the car.
Boss Chen's wife said: "Husband, this Master Zou has a very special personality! We have sent him back the gift, if others would have eaten it up and wiped it clean."
When Boss Chen heard this, he sighed: "If I didn't know about his family difficulties, I wouldn't be like this, he is worth helping, not to mention that he saved our daughter, just say that this character is very good, and let him come over when Lao Wu goes home in the future."
……。
"Master Zou, don't get entangled, this is your blessing, since Boss Chen has said so, you can accept it!"
The janitor Wu said.
Zou Tao looked at the car that had already driven away, and a wry smile appeared on his face.
This...... What should he do?
To accept or not to collect?
……。
Note: Part of the content of this story has been fictionalized, art comes from life and is higher than life, artistic processing has been carried out for the convenience of reading, please read rationally, do not sit down.