Text/Sun Tao (Material/Chen Shan)
Disclaimer: This story is purely fictional, if there is any similarity is purely coincidental, please do not sit in the right seat.
My name is Chen Shan and I am 35 years old.
I never thought that one day I would become a single mother, and even after three years, I still can't get out of my pain.
Every late at night, when I think of my grievances over the years, I always wash my face with tears.
Fortunately, I have received a lot of help from many people over the years, especially a colleague of my husband, whose actions back then are still fresh in my memory.
The day after my husband's funeral, I called him into the house with the intention of returning the money my husband owed him.
Because of my husband, I have met him a few times, and the relationship between the two of them is relatively good, because of this, I am particularly impressed by him.
However, I didn't expect him to do that.
Over the years, he still sends small toys to my children from time to time.
Every Chinese New Year, he will also send red envelopes to his children, at first I didn't understand, but later I learned that he and my husband actually had such an unknown past.
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April 8, 2021.
I remember that day I was working in the field, preparing to plant some vegetables on the land that had been idle for many years.
While I was working, my phone rang suddenly.
I took out my phone from my pocket, it seemed that the caller ID was a cousin of my husband, and I was still a little strange, what did he do when he called me?
I answered the phone and asked, "Xiaobao, what's the matter with you?"
As soon as I opened my mouth to ask, an urgent voice came from the mobile phone, and my cousin Xiaobao said: "Second sister-in-law, hurry up and find a car to come to the county hospital, my second brother had a car accident an hour ago, and now he is seriously injured, you hurry up."
I suddenly chuckled in my heart, and I panicked.
I didn't know what was going on, so I could only ask, "Xiaobao, what happened to your second brother? Didn't you go fishing in the river this morning? Why did you have a car accident?"
I could feel my voice trembling a little, my brain was almost blank at that time, I couldn't believe what I heard, and I thought it was my cousin Xiaobao who said something wrong!
The cousin said: "Second aunt, we originally went out fishing together today, but the second brother had to buy a barbecue grill, and we couldn't persuade him to let him go!
"A few of us have just arrived, second aunt, don't tell my uncle and them first, you come first, I'm afraid they will think too much."
After the cousin finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
I clutched my phone, panicked.
It took more than ten minutes for me to calm myself down temporarily, and now it's useless to think too much, I have to go to the hospital as soon as possible to see what the situation is.
Hurriedly returned home, just in case I brought all the money I had accumulated over the years, and then rushed to the county seat after finding a reason to prevaricate my parents-in-law.
I don't dare to tell my parents-in-law, if they knew, they would definitely be very worried, and it is not clear what the situation is, so it is better to hide it from them for the time being.
An hour and a half later, I rushed to the hospital.
After contacting my cousin to ask for the exact location, I came to the door of the operating room.
"Xiaobao, how is your second brother now?"
I asked eagerly.
When the cousin heard this, he said with some concern: "It's still in the rescue, and it's been almost three hours since I went in!"
No news is good news, although it is still being rescued, but at least there is no direct notification, and there is still a glimmer of hope in my heart.
Two hours later, the door to the operating room opened!
The doctor told us that the matter was a bit serious and that we had to rush to the provincial hospital for treatment as soon as possible, and that they were helpless here, and although there was no danger to their lives for the time being, they did not dare to have other treatment operations, so they had to be transferred to the provincial hospital for surgery.
In the afternoon of the same day, we immediately set off for the provincial capital.
After three hours in the operating room, my husband's condition finally improved, although he was still on a ventilator and in the intensive care unit, but at least it gave me a glimmer of hope.
I spent all my family savings in order to treat my husband, and my husband's friends also took the initiative to support him after learning about his condition.
In this way, my husband lay in the intensive care unit for three months.
Just when I thought my husband's condition would slowly improve, his condition suddenly deteriorated again, and this time there was no good news after being admitted to the operating room.
Eventually, he left me.
After my husband passed away, we took him back to his hometown and gave him a funeral according to local customs.
My father-in-law and mother-in-law sent a white-haired person to a black-haired person, crying so much that their eyes were swollen, and they had no intention of handling the affairs of the family, and my husband's eldest brother and a few cousins handled it together.
During this time, they were also busy and tired for my husband, and I am also very glad that my husband can have so many cousins, if they are not so enthusiastic to help, I don't know what to do.
On the day of the funeral, many people I didn't know came to my house, including my husband's friends, my husband's classmates and colleagues, all of whom came to pay their respects to him.
There is a person I know, this person is my husband's colleague and friend, my husband was sober for a while after the second operation, and when my husband's colleague came to visit him, my husband borrowed 70,000 yuan from him.
I thought he wouldn't borrow it, but I didn't expect him to agree without even thinking about it!
Before leaving the hospital, he actually took out the money and handed it over to my husband, and told him to take care of his illness, and he helped carry the company's projects first.
I am grateful from the bottom of my heart for his help, and this money was like timely rain for me at that time, and it came at the right time.
I don't know anyone other than him.
I stand at the gate with two children, and let the children salute as long as someone comes to pay respects, which is always not wrong.
This colleague of my husband was very enthusiastic, he was busy until the funeral was over, and he was there to help the whole time.
The day after the funeral, he was still in the yard with a few friends of my husband to help clean up the tables, chairs and benches, which is rare for him to be so enthusiastic.
In the afternoon, my husband's friends said goodbye one after another.
This colleague of mine wanted to leave, but I stopped him before he could get in the car.
"Brother Kuai, you wait first, I have something to tell you when you enter the house."
This colleague of my husband is called Kuaijin, I don't know what to call him, I can only call him Brother Kuai.
He was also a little puzzled by my shouting, and after thinking about it, he followed me into the house.
As soon as he entered the house, he said, "Sister-in-law, is there something wrong with you?"
I said, "Brother Kuai, I've really troubled you in the past two days! I haven't even thanked you properly for letting you follow, so you're leaving."
When he heard me say this, he smiled and said, "What should I be? Sister-in-law, you are too much of an outsider! Although I don't know or understand the others, needless to say, my relationship with Brother Tao is nothing."
"In the future, sister-in-law, you can also find me if you encounter any difficulties, although Brother Tao is gone!
Hearing him say this, a warm feeling suddenly surged in my heart.
It is said that people go to tea and cool, but I didn't expect my husband to be able to meet such a friend, with such a good brother, he has no regrets!
However, the brothers settle accounts.
Having said that, there are some things that have to be clear, my husband borrowed 70,000 yuan from him when he was hospitalized, and I have to pay this money back for my husband, and I can't repay the debt because my husband is gone, I can't do this.
Husband and wife are of the same heart, and his debts are also my debts.
I said, "In the future, we will definitely nag when we have anything to trouble you, Brother Kuai, I called you over today, mainly to repay your money, didn't we borrow 70,000 yuan from you some time ago?"
"It just so happens that we also received a little gift money yesterday, and I will return the money to you first."
When I heard me say this, I was a little flustered.
He hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "Sister-in-law, I didn't urge you to repay your debts, now is the time for you to use the money, you use this money first, I'm not in a hurry."
I smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't say that you were collecting debts, but now that you have a little more money, I'll pay you back first! Once we break up and repay others, we don't know when and when you can repay the money."
"I'm really not in a hurry to use it, sister-in-law, you also know how much I spend now, and I haven't started a family yet, if I can't use the money for the time being, you can keep it first, or pay it back to others first."
When Kuai Jin saw that I really wanted to give him money, he refused again and again.
As soon as I heard it, I wondered!
In this world, only creditors are urged, how can there be any repayment and not collection?
I stuffed the 70,000 yuan that had already been wrapped into his hand, and said solemnly: "Brother Kuai, your sister-in-law has received it, but you must accept this money, if you don't accept it, we have been owing you, and I will feel at ease if you accept it."
"If you don't accept it, then sister-in-law and I'll be angry!"
Seeing that I was a little displeased, Kuai accepted the money.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, since sister-in-law you are so persuasive, I will accept this money first, we will not owe it, and you don't have to worry about the money that Brother Tao owes me, the two are cleared!"
I saw him take the money and a smile appeared on his face.
said, "That's right!"
"Brother Kuai, if you are not busy, eat and then leave, you see that you have been busy for so long, and you have to leave before you have time to eat."
Kuai thought about it for a while and said, "It's okay, I originally wanted to rush back early, since my sister-in-law said so, I will stay for a meal, so as not to have to find a place to eat on the way later."
On the same day, Kuai Jinliu had a meal.
He didn't stay long, he left after eating!
I thought that this was the end of the matter, but what I didn't expect was that he actually kept a hand.
That night, when I was packing up on the sofa, I noticed a familiar bag under my child's coat, and the moment I saw the bag, my heart suddenly chuckled.
I picked up the bag and opened it to take a look.
Sure enough, the bag still contained the 70,000 yuan I put in, and the guy didn't take the money away at all.
I found my husband's mobile phone, flipped out the phone number and called it, and when he connected, I immediately said, "Brother Kuai, why did you leave the money again?"
At first, I thought he had just forgotten!
But then what he said made me understand that he did it on purpose, he said, "Sister-in-law, I have already collected the money! The ones you see are those that I bought for my two children to wear, and I am worried that you will quietly put them under the clothes on the sofa if you don't accept them."
"If there is any surplus of clothes to buy, you can use them where they should be used!
After listening to his words, I choked up and said, "Why are you doing this? You are just colleagues, and this money is not a lot for you."
Even if it's a friend, it's good to be able to borrow money!
I didn't expect that Kuai Jin would be so reluctant, and I also knew his intention to leave this money, in order to treat my husband's illness, I borrowed a lot of money, and his original intention of leaving this money is probably also to let me use it to pay off my husband's debts.
For the sake of my self-esteem, he did not give it to me in person, nor did he refuse to pay him back, but chose to stay quietly.
And gave me an excuse.
An excuse to buy clothes for your child.
He was silent for a while, and just when I couldn't help but want to ask again, he finally spoke: "Sister-in-law, didn't Brother Tao tell you about me?"
I asked, "What's the matter?" I don't know.
Indeed, I don't know much about Kuaijin, I have met a few times before because of my husband's relationship, I thought it was just an ordinary friend and colleague, and I didn't think too much about it.
Kuai Jin sighed and briefly explained how he met my husband and how he became close friends.
To put it simply, my husband saved his life six years ago, and if it weren't for my husband, he would have been gone long ago.
It is precisely because of this that the relationship between Kuai and my husband will be so good, they have a lifelong friendship, and it is precisely because of this that when my husband asked him to borrow money, he agreed without the slightest hesitation!
He said that the money should be paid back to my husband, so I don't care, if I am still short of money, he will give me a way.
Hearing his statement, I was grateful in my heart.
My husband has no regrets about making such good friends and brothers in his life!
More than three years have passed, and although I still can't accept the fact that my husband has left, I am also very touched by Kuaijin's help to our family.
Over the years, he would not only send toys to my children, but also come to my house to pay New Year's greetings and give red envelopes to my parents-in-law and children.
He always told my parents-in-law that he and Zhang Tao were like brothers, and if the second elder didn't dislike him, he could also treat him as a son.
Under Kuaijin's comfort, my parents-in-law's mentality has obviously improved a lot in the past two years, and I think that they should gradually let go of the thoughts in their hearts and begin to accept reality.
And I don't know when I will be able to change my mentality and accept the reality, I think it will take a long time!
Time will smooth everything out, and when my two children grow up, I will be relieved!
This May Day, Brother Kuai gets married, how many gifts should I give?
I think it's hard to pay off his favors in this life.
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Note: This story is purely fictional, if there is any similarity is purely coincidental, art comes from life and is higher than life, for the convenience of reading has been artistically processed, please read rationally, do not sit in the right seat.