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(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
Last night, I received a video call from my aunt, who greeted me with all kinds of greetings, how is my health lately, and whether my work is going well......
After my husband heard it, he gave me a look and whispered to me, didn't you say that your aunt's family is not good to you, I don't think she is so enthusiastic today as you said.
I threw my husband aside, and said to my aunt with a smile, it's been fine lately, and the children are fine, why did you suddenly remember to call me.
After listening to it, my husband said that I was too straightforward, it shouldn't be like this, it was really not my fault, my uncle's family and I had cut off contact since my mother died, and this time I suddenly called me definitely for something.
Instead of listening to her say those things that go against her will, I might as well be blunt, pierce her careful thoughts, and save us both from embarrassment.
Sure enough, after listening to my words, my aunt was stunned for a while, and then said to me with a smile, That's the case, Xiaoxia, isn't your cousin thinking about getting a new car recently, and there are still tens of thousands of dollars on hand, see if you can give your cousin 50,000 yuan first, my aunt swears, we will pay you back as soon as we have spare money in hand.
After finishing speaking, my aunt said to me with a miserable look, you also know that the economy has been sluggish in the past two years, your uncle and cousin have been resting for so many days, and there is no work to do, I am really desperate, so I asked you to borrow money, you can help us again.
I was a little embarrassed, not because I didn't lend them money, but when my cousin got married and bought a house, he asked me to borrow 50,000 yuan.
After that, people didn't admit it, not to say that we hadn't lent him money, and my mother also advised me not to take it too seriously, my uncle's family usually helped us a lot, and the 50,000 yuan should be given to them.
Seeing that I was in a dilemma, my aunt said again, you just read that we helped your family and your mother a lot, help us, it's only 50,000 yuan and it's not much, you and Xiao Ke (husband) are both working in large companies, and it is easier to make money than us.
When my mother died, my brother and I took turns to go to their house to invite them, but they refused to come, and now they still want to lick their faces and come to me to borrow money.
It's true that they helped us, but it's nothing more than a formality, take the autumn harvest every year, they come every year, but they don't do anything at all.
In the end, our family still had to eat and drink well to serve others, and we had to pay others, and in the end, we ended up with someone who helped us a lot.
Back then, when I had just worked, my cousin suddenly remembered to build a greenhouse, and the one-third of an acre of land in their house was not enough, and the people in the village were unwilling to rent it to him.
So I started the idea of our family, saying that we would give us 200 yuan per acre of land, and as long as we continued to rent, we would always give it, but my mother was unwilling and refused him.
Every time I go to my uncle's house to see my grandmother, my aunt will say in a weird way, this white-eyed wolf girl is back to her parents' house, it's better not to have this girl, and now I don't want to find someone to help.
After that, my mother was reluctant to go back to her parents' house, don't say it's our family, no one wants to give up their own land to plant greenhouses for others, and it's only two hundred yuan.
If it's okay to plant it, it's profitable, but if it doesn't work, they pat their butts and leave, tossing our family's land into a bad place, then it's not us who will be in trouble in the end.
And according to my cousin's temperament, I can't hold my breath, and if I don't make money, I don't want to continue, and this thing won't last long, maybe I'll have to borrow money from us to fill the hole in my house in the end.
In the end, my cousin didn't make a greenhouse, firstly, because he did not find a suitable land, and secondly, the money in his hand was not enough for him to toss.
But fortunately, he didn't make a greenhouse, and the business of the greenhouse was not very good in those two years, and almost whoever did it paid for it.
But my uncle's family didn't think so, he thought that it was our family that blocked my cousin's way to get rich, so there has been no improvement in the past few years, and he can only be a tired worker on the construction site.
Because of this incident, we have a gap with my uncle's family, but my mother always said that we still have to communicate with each other, and no matter what, it is also her brother and sister-in-law, at least she is still alive now, so she has to move around from time to time, and after she dies, she will follow our juniors.
So in the years when my mother didn't die, as long as it was a New Year's holiday, I would definitely bring a gift bag and a red envelope to visit their two elders.
Don't look at the fact that I always buy things to see my aunt and uncle, my cousin has never come to see my mother, and he doesn't even say hello on his phone, I always feel that my mother is not worth it.
When my cousin got married, my mother said that I should wrap a big red envelope, so that my uncle and aunt would have a light on their faces, so on top of the 50,000 yuan lent out, I gave my cousin a gift of 5,000 yuan.
But my aunt was still not satisfied and said that their relatives over there all started with 10,000 yuan, and I was embarrassed to get the 5,000 yuan, knowing that he was showing off, so I didn't bother with her.
However, during the meal, I overheard that the reason why my aunt's relatives gave such a big gift was because the money was prepared for them by my aunt in advance, just to look good in the account book, but in fact, each person had two hundred yuan.
It's really ridiculous, it's really a swollen face and a fat man, and he even put his own money into it for the sake of face.
Don't look at my cousin's marriage, our family tried their best to help others, when I got married, they didn't come, and the gift money was also paid by the second aunt first, only two hundred yuan.
After the children of both of us got married, we rarely interacted with each other again, and only during the Chinese New Year or the Mid-Autumn Festival, I would visit my aunt and uncle.
When my daughter was in the fourth grade, her mother was diagnosed with lung cancer, and it took only about half a year from her diagnosis to her death.
As soon as my mother died, my brother and I informed our three uncles, and the second and third uncles arrived quickly, except for the eldest uncle's family.
I told my younger brother, you go and invite our uncle to go in person, they are old and can't come without my cousin by their side.
So my brother drove and came back in less than half an hour, and when I came back, my brother said with a drooping face and told me that my uncle and aunt said that they had been unwell recently and were not suitable to participate in the white affairs, so they would not come.
As soon as I heard it, I knew that this was an excuse made by my uncle and aunt, so I took the key in my brother's hand and told him, you are staring here, I will try again.
When I arrived, I knelt on the ground for my uncle and aunt and asked them to attend my mother's funeral, but my uncle and aunt still said the same thing, saying that they were not feeling well and would not go.
After hearing this, I knew that it was no fun, so after kowtowing to them twice, I left without looking back, and when I got home, my brother saw my face and understood a lot.
On the day of my mother's burial, there was no one in my uncle's family, and the people in the village talked about it, so we cut off contact with my uncle's family.
Unexpectedly, after many years, my aunt opened up to me again, or borrowing money to hurt my relatives, which really made me cry and laugh, and even played the emotional card with me.
You must know that if it is not for my mother's face, I will not even answer her phone, besides, my cousin and sister-in-law have been working for many years, so it is impossible that I haven't even saved money to buy a car.
Besides, my uncle also helps the village to write and make money, how can I be so poor, I told my aunt that the children are going to take the high school entrance examination recently, the expenses are relatively large, and the money is a little tight, I really can't come up with so much money, if I borrow one or two thousand, it's okay.
The eldest aunt didn't say anything more when she heard this, and hung up the phone after a few polite words to me, I thought that the eldest aunt would give up, but I didn't expect that today, my cousin actually came to the door of my house with gifts.
For the sake of borrowing money, it made me in a dilemma, and told me about their family helping our family back then, if you want to talk about these things, my uncle and aunt may still be soft-hearted, but he said, I didn't have any waves at all!
In the end, I found an excuse to send my cousin away, I really can't blame me for being ruthless, don't lend him money, if this money is lent out, I'm really stupid, the previous 50,000 yuan is all lost, and if I lend it out, I'm afraid it's also a meat bun and a dog, and I won't go back, do you think I did the right thing?