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(Note: This article is purely fictional, if you have similar experiences, it is purely coincidental, please read it sensibly)
"Hey, Xiao Wang (me), have you heard that Zhenhui is coming back, I heard that he is a big boss now, and he can earn millions a year."
Uncle Chen in the village said to me, I nodded, and then Uncle Chen continued, this time Zhenhui is back, the benefits will definitely be indispensable to you, you have been helping him take care of his parents at home for more than ten years.
I didn't say anything else, just nodded, and when Uncle Chen saw that there were no words out of my mouth, he glared at me in confusion and walked away, still muttering something.
How could I not know that my good friend Zhenhui was coming back, he called me two days ago, in fact, in theory, I was the first person to know that he was going back to the village to visit relatives.
It's just that in addition to telling me that he is coming back, Zhenhui also specially instructed me not to come over to say hello or get close to him after seeing him, just like seeing a stranger.
Although I didn't understand, I still agreed to his request, I think we haven't seen each other for so many years, and it's normal to be negligent, besides, he is now a big boss with an annual income of one million, and I am just a small farmer who throws food in the soil, and the difference in status and money is not a little bit.
Zhenhui and I have been friends since childhood, our two families are opposites, and the dates of birth are similar, and we have a good relationship between the two families, so Zhenhui and I naturally became good friends.
Although we are not a few months apart, Zhenhui's physical fitness is much stronger than mine, listening to my mother, I was a picky eater when I was a child, and I was always sick, so I didn't like to grow physically.
If we don't say that we are a year, most people will think that Zhenhui is one or two years older than me.
Because my development is relatively slow, I usually pick up the clothes worn by Zhenhui to wear, and when I grow up, Zhenhui always treats me as a younger brother to protect.
At that time, don't look at me small, in fact, I was bold, digging birds' nests, climbing trees, and going down to the river to catch fish, I asked Zhenhui to do it.
When I was about five or six years old, my mother found a formal job and put me in the care of my grandmother, who generally couldn't look down on me, so I went to Zhenhui's house to play.
Sometimes when I am tired of playing, I will sleep at his house, if my parents come back late, it is common to eat at his house, and similarly, when Zhenhui's parents are busy with work, they often eat and live at my house.
Sometimes, the people in the village joked with the two of us, "Look at you two, you are like brothers, or you should worship and recognize you as brothers!"
At that time, I was small, I didn't know what it meant, I always felt that it was not a good way to say, so I rushed back angrily, so I don't want it, we don't do anything as brothers, we will do this for a lifetime Good buddies, not separated.
I don't know if the wish was too formal, but we separated when we were fifteen years old.
If you want to say that we can play together, it's really not for nothing, the more obvious one is that we are both playful and don't like to study, and when we go to school, we skip class several times.
In the end, he went to the first year of junior high school, and I went to the second year of junior high school, and then they both dropped out of school, and he dropped out of school a year earlier than me, and he also experienced a year of beating by society.
So in the year I dropped out of school and went home, Zhenhui told me that there was no way out for development if I stayed in the countryside, and he wanted to go out and go out by himself, and asked me if I wanted to join him.
At that time, I had just broken away from the simple atmosphere of school, and I couldn't keep up with his thoughts for a while, and I didn't want to leave my parents so early, so I rejected him.
Zhenhui didn't force it, maybe he didn't know if he could break out of the world, and he couldn't delay me because of his selfish desires.
The night before leaving, Zhenhui found me and said to me, brother, I will leave tomorrow, take care of yourself, I will write to you often.
I nodded, then Zhenhui patted me on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I have one more thing I want you to help me with, and that is to help me take care of my father."
You also know that they are not in good health, and I don't know when I will be able to come back, so I will entrust them to you, and I will definitely not forget your kindness when the time comes.
I thought there was something important to explain to me, the feeling is to take care of my uncle and aunt, isn't this just convenient, and what do you say to help or not.
I patted Zhenhui on the shoulder and said, what is the big deal, your parents are my parents, you can rest assured, I will definitely take care of our parents, and when the time comes, we will write to contact us, and I will wait for the day when you become famous.
The next morning, I got up early in the morning to see off Zhenhui, but I was afraid that my parents would be reluctant, so I didn't let them come.
It's just that I also underestimated my endurance, as soon as I walked to the train station, my tears were like beads with broken threads, Zhenhui looked at me funny and said, what are you crying about, it's not gone, don't be like life and death.
Before getting into the car, I took out more than 20 yuan from my pocket and handed it to Zhenhui, although it was not much, but it was also something I had saved for a long time, and I couldn't help with anything else, so I could only give him some money, so that he didn't have to worry about money at least.
After Zhenhui accepted the money, he didn't say goodbye to me, just hugged me, and then turned around and got into the car, I looked at his back, and thought silently, and said What about me, aren't you secretly crying nose.
Zhenhui has been gone for several years, during which we only relied on a few letters to communicate, although he always told us in his heart that he was fine outside, so don't worry.
But from his words and the money he sent back, I can still feel that it has not been easy for him to be outside in the past few years, and it is not as good as he said in his letter.
Zhenhui's mother has been depressed since Zhenhui left, she can't keep up every day, and my uncle still has to work, so I will go over to see my aunt whenever I have time, talk to her, and relieve my boredom.
In the blink of an eye, Zhenhui has been out for five years, and he has always used the excuse of being busy in the past few years and has not come back once.
After we got married, my wife and I also honored our uncles and aunts as our biological parents, and we all shared double gifts and red envelopes.
Later, after my child was born, because my mother was still working and couldn't help us take care of the child, my aunt offered to help us take care of Xiaobu (son).
At first, we were worried that our aunt's mental state would be unbearable, but we didn't expect that after Xiaobu went, my aunt's mental state was better than before.
Uncle also sensed the change in my aunt and asked us if we could let them take care of Xiaobu for a period of time first, and then send it back after my aunt was emotionally stable.
Of course, I couldn't ask for this, not to mention that my wife and I were so busy and dizzy, and my parents didn't have time to help us take care of the children.
The days passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, my son was already a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, and Zhenhui had been out for more than ten years.
During this period, I have been in contact with Zhenhui, and I have asked him when he is going to come back, after all, my uncle and aunt are not young, but Zhenhui always told me that now is not a good time to go back.
I waited for a few more years, and finally waited for the news that Zhenhui was coming back, and before I had time to share the good news with others, I received Zhenhui's instructions not to get too close to him.
Looking at the uncles and aunts who were trying on new clothes to welcome Zhenhui's arrival, as well as their parents, I really didn't feel a good feeling in my heart.
My aunt saw me absent-mindedly on the side, called me, and asked me why I didn't buy new clothes and go to see Zhenhui decently.
I didn't know what to answer, I moved my mouth and didn't say anything, my aunt thought I was reluctant to spend money, so she pulled me up, pointed to the clothes inside and said, Xiao Wang, what do you see and tell Auntie, Auntie bought it for you, don't worry about money, you have helped our family a lot over the years.
Finally, at the warm invitation of my aunt, I finally bought a shirt and wore it to the entrance of the village to greet Zhenhui with them.
The village still attaches great importance to Zhenhui, many people have come, and there are people with salutes and firecrackers, ready to wait for Zhenhui to get out of the car, and give him a big surprise.
As soon as Zhenhui got out of the car, he was surrounded by the people in the village, asking what he was, and asked him if he really made millions a year, and some asked him what he did, so profitable, could he help their family.
I finally got home, I didn't wait to say hello to Zhenhui and went home, when my mother saw me, she was very surprised, and asked me why I was at home, not at Zhenhui's house.
didn't wait for me to reply, my mother talked to herself, gesturing while talking, saying that Zhenhui's house is now full of people, all of them are saying that they want to invite him to dinner, or they are asking him to help, anyway, it is very lively.
Looking at the overcrowded door, I thought that Zhenhui and I had already gone on a strange path, and he called me to remind me, just to draw a line with me, and told me not to use the old friendship to seek his help.
In the next few days, I could always see people in the village inviting Zhenhui to drink and eat, and Zhenhui came back every time he was drunk.
For a few days, they couldn't invite Zhenhui, and even found me, wanting to use my relationship with Zhenhui to benefit them.
Originally, I was upset enough, and now they are still coming to the door to stimulate me, and I am even more embarrassed, and said to them in a weird way, how can I have that ability, you haven't seen that people have not seen me since they came, and we are not good buddies for a long time.
The village spread the word so fast that no one came to my door since I said that.
It was probably a week after Zhenhui came back, and he had just made some time to invite me to dinner, but he had to go separately so that the villagers could not see him.
I was angry, but I still looked at what medicine he was selling in his gourd first, and I agreed to his invitation.
After meeting at the hotel, Zhenhui gave me a big hug and said good brother, thanks to you all these years, my parents have told me, and now it's time for me to repay you.
I was really confused by these words, and a few days ago he called me and said that he wanted me to keep a distance from you, and now he said that he wanted to repay me, and there was no truth in his mouth, I thought to myself.
During the meal, Zhenhui said that he had drunk too much in the past few days, and there were no outsiders here today, so he replaced the wine with tea, and looked at me as he spoke, and said with a smile, the people in the village didn't embarrass you, I deliberately pretended not to be familiar with you, just to not let them bother you, I have seen a lot of these things, and I can handle them, but you may not necessarily.
I just wanted to refute, but suddenly I came back to my senses that he deliberately pretended not to be familiar with me, so as not to trouble the people in the village.
It did save me a lot of trouble, because I'm a soft person, and if they all came to me, I would be embarrassed to refuse.
Now it seems that Zhenhui still has a brain, and he has taken everything into account in advance, and I have become generous after untying the knot in my heart, and He Zhenhui has returned to his previous state.
After arriving home, Zhenhui asked me if there was anything I could do to help me, I thought about it and shook my head, it is true that I am not as rich as him now, but I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I don't need help.
In the end, Zhenhui said that my current job is not profitable, and he helped me contract more than ten acres of land in the village and helped me build a greenhouse.
After that, with the help of Zhenhui, life got better and better, and I also bought a house in the town, and traveled several times with my parents, wife and children.
In our free time, Zhenhui and I often make appointments to eat and play together, and the two of us seem to be back to our teenage years, playing and fighting, regardless of each other.
In fact, I think I am very lucky, I can meet a playmate like Zhenhui, on the road of life, support each other, help each other, life is like a friend, what am I not satisfied with?