My mother has always had a myth. She firmly believes that a family should not take a solemn family photo, because it will be fine if it is not taken, and it will be easy to "miss a person" after the photo is taken. I was dissatisfied and too lazy to argue with her, so until now, my daughter is six years old, and despite my mother's obstruction in every possible way, our family still doesn't have a serious family photo.
My mother's old colleague Lao Li passed away a few days ago. He suffered from acute liver disease and suffered a massive hemorrhage at home. He was sent to the hospital but could not be saved. The strange thing is that a week before Lao Li passed away, he and his family had just gone to China to take photos in Wangfujing and took a set of family portraits of three generations.
My mother grasped the facts and reasoned, and further enlightened and educated me, saying that if I really wanted to take a family photo, let the children hold a stuffed toy in the photo together. In this way, there is an extra "person" in the photo, so you don't have to worry about lack of people at home.
Faced with such a clear and ridiculous theory, I was speechless and speechless – such simple and earthy science…
Lao Li passed away suddenly, and his family was naturally extremely sad and unbelievable. Especially Lao Li's wife, she simply couldn't accept that her lover, who was so lively and energetic just a few days ago and took the family on a trip, passed away so suddenly. She was in a daze all day long, and her words often showed that her husband was still at home as usual, which made her daughter The son-in-law was sad and helpless.
About a month later, just as Lao Li's wife was gradually getting over her grief and facing reality, an old colleague with whom Lao Li had a close friendship came to visit her home. My wife gave up her seat while watching tea, and the old colleague sat down to chat. Lao Li's wife found that this old colleague was very strange today. He was hesitating and hesitant to speak, and his expression also showed a feeling of embarrassment and nervousness.
The polite words were quickly finished, the silence became thicker and thicker , and the atmosphere became extremely awkward. The old colleague became more and more on pins and needles. He blushed all of a sudden. He took out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Mr. Li. He murmured: "Sister, this card contains the money I borrowed from my university last month." You, please keep Li’s three hundred thousand yuan."
Lao Li's wife suddenly remembered that just three days before Lao Li fell ill and died, he suddenly withdrew 300,000 yuan from his family and said that an old friend needed it urgently and would pay it back in two or three days. At that time, she asked Lao Li if he had written an IOU. Lao Li said that it was just a matter of friendship and there was nothing wrong with it. Later, Lao Li suddenly left. She was so dejected that she naturally forgot about borrowing money. I borrowed it from my old colleague, but why did you suddenly remember to return it today?
The old colleague seemed to see through Lao Li's wife's doubts. He had an old red face and a layer of dense beads of sweat on his forehead. He took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind, and said slowly: "Sister, I'm sorry for Lao Li, and I'm sorry for you! I betrayed Lao Li's trust in me during his lifetime, and I also ruined the nearly forty years of our lives. Years of love!”
This old colleague joined the factory in the same year as Lao Li, and the two have supported each other through thick and thin for decades. That day, the daughter of an old colleague was short of 300,000 yuan in buying a house. He had a financial loan that was not due until next month, so he asked Lao Li to borrow the 300,000 yuan for emergency purposes. I originally thought I would take it out to repay Lao Li when the financial management expires, but who would have thought that Lao Li suddenly left.
The old colleague thought that no one else knew about the loan except him and Lao Li, and there was no IOU and no evidence, so he came up with the idea of turning his back and denying the debt. Once a person's greed arises, it is as difficult to get rid of as a wild beast that has found its way. This wild beast will come every day, its appetite grows bigger, and it devours the conscience of old colleagues bit by bit.
It wasn't until late one night after Lao Li's seventh day that his old colleague woke up from his dream and saw a person standing in the bedroom. Although the man's back was facing him, the old colleague could still recognize it as Lao Li at a glance. Feeling guilty, his old colleague was frightened out of his mind. He cried and confessed to Lao Li, and promised to go to his house to pay off the debt the next day.
But the next day, luck and greed once again captured the hearts of old colleagues. Maybe it was just a nightmare filled with suspicion and evil spirits? He didn't pay back the money. On the third day, my old colleague still didn’t pay back the money. On the fourth day…the fifth day…day after day, Lao Li would come every night, always turning his back to his old colleague without saying a word. After more than a month of moral torture day and night, the old colleague finally couldn't bear the burden of his conscience and fulfilled his promise and came to pay off his debt.
After listening to what he said, Mrs. Li pondered for a moment and said, "It's really tiring to ask you to come all the way to deliver them. At our age, there are a lot of things to do about our grandchildren, and it's okay to forget them for a moment. Yeah, don’t take it personally. Lao Li is no longer here, but our friendship is still there. If you have time, come over to our house and sit down, just like when Lao Li was here."
That day my old colleague said goodbye with tears in his eyes. The most difficult thing in the world to repay is the debt of conscience. Even if he paid off the money he owed Lao Li , he would still have a heavy "guilt" weighing on his conscience for the rest of his long life. The more he thought about it, If you try to escape, you will become more and more out of breath. The heavy feeling is uncomfortable.