My Uncle

Some time ago, there was a video that triggered a hot discussion among everyone, in which a girl loudly scolded her uncle for being a beast, ignored her mother for many years, and sold her mother's property. Some people may think that no matter what, the juniors cannot lose their etiquette, and it is too much to insult the elders. And I want to say: Girl, scold beautiful!

When my grandmother was alive, according to her own recollection, she was originally the daughter of the landlord's family, and when she defeated the landlord, her mother took gold and silver and gave it to Yahuan, asking her to take my grandmother to choose her life, and later after several twists and turns, she settled in Henan. Married to an honest grandfather. Until her grandmother's death, she did not remember her specific birthday.

In that era, whether under the influence of feudal ideas or the state's policy of vigorously developing the population, my grandmother gave birth to six daughters in a row, one of whom unfortunately died. The reluctant grandmother finally gave birth to my uncle after six daughters. It is conceivable that in the era of son preference, the birth of the uncle means that there is more hope for the family! My grandparents and sisters treated him like a monk!

In the era of not having enough to eat and not wearing warm clothes, the sisters almost never entered the school (except for my mother) at a young age, everyone had to go to the production team to compete for work, and the family could only eat and wear him alone.

He went to high school, failed to enter college, was idle at home for a year or two, and reached the age of starting a family. At this time, the sisters above had already married, and each had a small family, but despite this, everyone still contributed money and helped to buy a fairly grand wedding for him.

After marriage, he and his aunt went to Hebei to develop, and his grandparents stayed in their hometown, during which they sent his daughter back to their hometown for my third aunt to raise on her behalf. For the next five or six years, he never went home to visit the old man, and at first the sisters felt that it was not easy for him to be outside, and the two old people took turns to visit and take care of him.

Fast forward more than ten years and more, my grandparents are getting older and worse, and their health is getting worse and worse, my mother and her sisters are serving the elderly, while my father and uncle are holding their anger and grievances, because the youngest aunt is also more than fifty years old.

What I remember most clearly is that my grandmother was diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer, my mother and aunts were waiting in the hospital, and we juniors rushed back, and he and my aunt rushed home until the day when my grandmother was breathing. Now only grandpa in his nineties is left to start a new round of service and care at his daughter's house.

Over the years, my uncle's business has grown bigger and bigger, and he has bought shops and properties one after another, but he will not take his father, who hurts him the most, and does his filial piety. When everyone said that he asked him to come back to accompany the old man more, he said that he did not have time, and you watched and did it yourself.

I would like to say that uncle you have children yourself, and you have the day of old age, even if your material wealth is abundant, late at night, have you ever thought about filial piety for your parents over the years? You have read so many books, do you know the etiquette and shame? As elders, do you set an example for us?

But all of this is worth reflecting on. What led him to be an ungrateful, selfish man?