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(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
I am 67 years old this year, and I have been retired for seven years, and I thought that I could enjoy a happy old age with my wife with my pension, but I didn't expect that because of these things I did, my wife and I would be miserable in our old age!
I am a retiree of the company, and my pension is more than 6,000 yuan, although my wife's pension is not as much as mine, only more than 2,000 yuan, but it is enough for the monthly expenses of our old couple.
After we retired, we didn't continue to live with our son and daughter-in-law, but used the savings we had saved to rebuild our hometown house and move back to our hometown.
Thinking that the cost of living in my hometown can be a little smaller, I can save a little more money, according to the words of the neighbor's eldest sister, that is, we are both so old, what are we saving money for, it is better to enjoy life, I have suffered all my life, and I still want to save money when I am old.
I think so, but when it comes to implementation, my wife and I are reluctant to spend it, maybe it's because of the kind of days when we have eaten a meal and don't have a meal, even if the two of us are financially free, we are always buckled and swishing, and we are not willing to eat or wear.
After the house was rebuilt, my wife and I moved back, and when the villagers heard that we were back, they all came to our house to have a good time and say a few words to us.
My childhood playmate Lao Zhao also came, he looked at my freshly repaired house, and asked me Lao Liang, you have saved a lot of money over the years, you can decorate the house so "luxurious" at once, and you want to have a lot of pensions, right?
Lao Zhao and I have loved to compare since childhood, don't look at such an old age, I still want to show off with him, so I told him the truth, saying that there is a deposit of two or three hundred thousand, and the pension is not much, only 6,000 yuan.
After Lao Zhao heard this, he shouted, and then said to me with a surprised face, okay, Lao Liang, this can be regarded as a worry-free pension, this month's pension is about to catch up with my son's monthly salary, hey, I said okay, I have something to do in the future, but the first to ask you for help, you can't help it.
I patted him on the shoulder, smiled and nodded, and said that's for sure, we've both been brothers for many years, if you have something, can I still help.
I didn't wait for Lao Zhao to speak first, but other people in the village came to the door first, and I had just finished breakfast with my wife that day, and I was about to go out for a walk to eat, and Lao Qian came to the door with a carton of milk.
I was a little surprised, and asked Lao Qian if he had made a mistake, how could he come to the house and bring gifts, Lao Qian looked at me meaningfully, and said that he had made a mistake, that is, he wanted to come to your house.
Without waiting for me to say hello, Lao Qian walked into the living room and sat on the sofa by himself, and said to me, Lao Liang, I came to you today to borrow some money, not much, just 50,000 yuan.
You also know the situation of my family, not rich, and now the child wants to raise money to start a small business by himself, and there is a gap of 50,000 yuan, and the relatives in the family have borrowed it, but they really can't take it out, so they are bothering you.
I'm a little embarrassed, it's easy to borrow money, but I'm afraid that when the time comes, the two sides will not be happy, in order to avoid this phenomenon, I lied to the old money and said, I am tight, there is not so much money, so I will give him 5,000 yuan first.
Who knew that Lao Qian actually slapped the table with me, pointed at me and said loudly, Lao Liang, this is you are not authentic, Lao Zhao told us two days ago, you have a deposit of two or three hundred thousand yuan, and a pension of more than six thousand yuan a month, how can you have no money!
I thought that I could make up a nonsense to fool the past, but I forgot Lao Zhao's "fast mouth", and it hasn't been two days since he gave everything I said to the bald, which really embarrassed me.
In the end, I couldn't stand the aggressiveness of Lao Qian, so I took out 30,000 yuan in cash for him, thinking that I would ask him to write an IOU.
It's been three or four years since this happened, and Lao Qian didn't mention the matter of repaying the money at all, so I asked him, and he said that his son's business had been sluggish for the past two years, and he didn't make much money, and when he earned more, he would definitely pay me back as soon as possible.
I don't know how much I earn, and I don't know if the money can be repaid, after my wife knew about it, she told me, don't think that the old money can be repaid, if it has been changed a long time ago, you should spend money to buy a lesson, I think you will not care about it in the future.
It's all my fault, but I didn't learn from it because I didn't repent, and I got into a big disaster because of my mouth.
This time it's because of the children, since we went back to our hometown, there are always some relatives and neighbors who come to me to help with things, because I retired from the company and think that I may have more connections.
This really wronged me, I was at most a team leader in the company, where did I know so many people, I could still help them with ordinary small things, but when it came to the big thing of "real guns", I really couldn't help at all.
I remember one time the village chief came to me and said that he wanted me to help him with something, and asked me to ask someone to help his son and daughter-in-law find a job in the city.
I asked the village chief that the two of them didn't work well in the county town, so why did they have to go to the city, because the pressure was high, the expenses were large, and the salary was not necessarily much.
The village chief sighed and said, it's not for the little grandson, his little grandson went to school in the city this year, and his son and daughter-in-law are not at ease, so they want to find a job in the city, be close to him, and usually have something to do as soon as possible.
But the ability is limited, and the people around me are not able to help, who can speak, where is it good to find a job in the city, and put a foot on my heels, thinking that you should have some connections, so I don't come to beg you.
Although I support them very much, I really can't help with this matter, I have never been to the city, I have always worked in the county, where do I know any people in the city!
I politely refused the village chief, and the village chief was not angry, but said to me, you didn't say that your daughter-in-law is the leader of a company in the city, then she should know a lot of people, you let your daughter-in-law help.
Hey, I really can't refuse, besides, it's the village chief who is still kind to our family, so I said to the village chief, I'll try, but it may not be successful, don't have too much hope.
After dinner, I called my son and told him about it, after all, my daughter-in-law is not my biological daughter, and we can't trouble people directly, so we can only ask my son to help.
After hearing this, my son quarreled with me, saying that I "don't have to do that porcelain work without diamonds", just for the sake of losing face, although he said so, but in the end the son still asked his daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law is also a cheerful person, and she helped the village chief's daughter-in-law and son find a job and arrange a place to live.
I thought it would be over, but a week later, my son called me angrily and said that now I was free, and those who asked for help had come to call them directly.
My son said angrily to me on the other end that he couldn't answer it, and he couldn't tell which was the customer's phone call and which was the phone asking for help.
I really didn't expect that my unintentional actions would cause them so much trouble, causing them to be harassed by phone calls every day, but I couldn't do anything about it.
When my wife found out, she scolded me and told me not to talk outside in the future, which is simply saying that there are many mistakes, not only causing trouble for myself, but also for my son and them.
I was so depressed by this that I didn't dare to talk to the old men in the village, for fear of getting myself and my son into trouble again.
But I just couldn't sit still, so I asked those retired colleagues in the company to fish and play chess together, I thought that I had nothing to do with them, and there would be no more mistakes.
Maybe it's because I'm depressed, my old colleagues care about me, so I told them all the troubles, although they didn't solve my problems, but they didn't reprimand me like my son and wife, I was quite happy, I felt that I had found someone to talk to.
But who knows, since I told them, they have never come out again when I ask them to fish and play chess, and when I ask, there is something, either to see the child or to be unwell.
I wasn't unaware of their abnormality, and I even heard some rumors about me, saying that I was putting on an official show, having a strong vanity, slapping a swollen face and being fat, and so on.
These rumors also made my image in the hearts of my old colleagues plummet, and I lost my last friend because of it, and I became completely alone, my old colleagues didn't play with me, and I didn't dare to play with the old guys in the village, which was really miserable!
Therefore, I hope that the old comrades can take me as a warning, don't casually tell outsiders about their savings and pensions, and don't talk to outsiders casually about their children's affairs, and don't think that they have nothing to do with their colleagues and tell others everything about their families.
I suffered a big loss from it, and I have a long memory, although it was a little late, but fortunately, I stopped the loss in time and didn't continue to cause any big trouble.
But my experience is not to let the elderly friends make friends, talk and chat, like my situation should be just an example, everyone's life circumstances are different, maybe the villagers and friends around you will not be like me.
We still have to deal with old neighbors with kindness and friendship, after all, we will live together for many years in the future, but for those who don't interact much or even have a purpose to get close to you, we have to maintain a sense of boundaries and normal interactions, but don't tell others everything, because this will only harm ourselves.
Finally, I hope that those friends who are in retirement like me can learn from my experience, plan their retirement life, and strive to have a relaxed and happy old age!
(The story comes from life, but it is higher than life, this article aims to remind elderly users to identify the hidden risks in real life and face life with peace and joy through fictional plots)