Uncle Cai was a miserable man. He worked in a factory and married a farmer from the suburbs. He gave birth to three children in total. The eldest was a daughter, the second was a son, and the third was a daughter.
When his youngest daughter was three years old, his wife died of a sudden illness. Uncle Cai raised his three children alone. He had to go to work during the day and do housework at night. Fortunately, his eldest daughter was sensible and helped her father take care of her two younger siblings early on. The eldest daughter entered the society after graduating from junior high school and began to earn money to support the family with her uncle.
Uncle Cai's family conditions are poor. For so many years, he has not found a wife. He has been living alone. Life is very difficult, and the house leaks and rain comes every year. In the 1990s, the factory where Uncle Cai worked went bankrupt. Uncle Cai started doing odd jobs here and there. He supported his three children by doing odd jobs. He stumbled to the age of 60, and finally got his pension.
His eldest daughter is self-employed and married to a second-married man. His son has opened a shop that repairs battery cars. He is also married. His wife is a vegetable farmer in the suburbs and also works in a bookstore in the city. The third daughter is an employee of the bus company and married to a bus driver.
When Uncle Cai was 65 years old, a kind person introduced him to his wife, Aunt Niu. Aunt Niu had just turned 60. Aunt Niu used to be a nurse in the hospital. Her husband was a worker in a state-owned enterprise and died of cancer five years ago.
Her husband left and left a pension, but her fixed monthly salary was gone. Aunt Niu wanted to buy another old and small house. She wanted to move out of the teachers' compound and leave the circle of acquaintances. So after her husband left, Aunt Niu continued to work as a nurse in the hospital for five years until she was 60 years old.
Still short of money to buy a house, Aunt Niu had two daughters. Aunt Niu called her daughters and asked them to contribute 20,000 yuan each. In this way, Aunt Niu just saved enough money to buy an old and small house. Aunt Niu bought an old and small house and cleaned it herself.
She quit her job as a nurse, moved to Lao Po Primary School, and then rented out the house in the teachers' compound.
So Aunt Niu let it out. She wanted to find a wife. The 60-year-old Aunt Niu's requirements for finding a wife were not high. She told the matchmaker in detail her requirements for finding a wife:
1. The wife wanted to move to his house.
2. I only have the minimum urban population pension insurance of 1,200 yuan per month, so my wife has to give me 1,500 yuan every month and give it to Aunt Niu for the daily expenses of the family.
3. I have been working as a caregiver all my life, and I am tired of serving others. I don’t want to do housework in the future. As long as I don’t want to do the work, my husband will have to take on all the housework.
4. If you are sick and need to spend money for treatment, then let each of you manage your own affairs.
So Uncle Cai and Aunt Niu met through a blind date. Aunt Niu was 1.62 meters tall and Uncle Cai was 1.59 meters tall. The two of them were walking together. From a distance, Aunt Niu was much taller than Uncle Cai. Uncle Niu has worked outside for many years and is now retired. His pension is 2,700 yuan.
Uncle Cai fell in love with Aunt Niu's talent at a glance. In Uncle Cai's eyes, Aunt Niu was a great beauty. Uncle Cai was running around for a living and had not been in contact with women for decades. Being able to live with a woman like Aunt Niu made Uncle Cai ecstatic.
Uncle Cai happily agreed to Aunt Niu's request. The two only met once and then moved in together.
Aunt Niu is a person who is used to living a hard life. The old couple live a very simple life. Their monthly expenses do not exceed 1,000 yuan. Aunt Niu can save 1,700 yuan every month. Uncle Cai, who lived with Aunt Niu, gave up smoking and drinking under Aunt Niu's repeated persuasion.
After living together for a month, Aunt Niu took her 84-year-old mother to live in his home. Aunt Cai's old mother lived in his house for more than half a year. Uncle Cai was responsible for cooking, washing dishes, and tidying up the room every day. Aunt Niu was responsible for buying groceries, washing her face and feet, and talking to her 84-year-old mother.
The old mother said: "Summer is coming, and we need to install an air conditioner at home."
Aunt Niu said to Uncle Cai: "If you want to install it, install two air conditioners. Install one for my mother's room and one for our room. The two of us will pay 3,000 yuan each."
Uncle Cai readily agreed, and the two air conditioners were quickly installed.
The air conditioner has been installed and summer has not yet arrived, but Aunt Niu's old mother has had enough. The old mother said: "The income of the two of you is too low and your life is very ordinary. I am going to my son's house. Aunt Niu's brother drove the car and picked up the old mother."
The old mother had just left for a week, and Aunt Niu's little daughter came again. The little daughter said, "My daughter is going to elementary school. Can you help me pick her up and drop her off in the future?"
Aunt Niu agreed: "No problem, I will bring the child back and have dinner with us. You can just come to my place to pick up the child after get off work."
From that time on, Uncle Cai would ride his bicycle to the elementary school every afternoon to pick up Aunt Niu’s granddaughter and take her home. Then her granddaughter would have dinner at Aunt Niu’s place, and then he would take the child back to his home after Aunt Niu’s little daughter got off work.
Uncle Cai has been doing this for six years. During these six years, Uncle Cai rode his old bicycle through wind and rain. Every day, he was responsible for picking up Aunt Niu's granddaughter to go home.
The winter in Chengdu is cold and humid. Aunt Niu said: "The weather is too cold, and air conditioning consumes too much electricity. If you install a heater, you will save a lot of electricity. Installing a heater in an old house costs about 30,000 yuan."
Aunt Niu said: "Look at us getting older, should we also consider installing a heater? How about each of us paying 50% of the cost of installing the heater?"
Uncle Cai said: "The weather in Chengdu is cold, and it will only be cold for a few days. Let's make do with the electric stove "!
Aunt Niu said: "You will be 75 this year, and there is not much time left, so we should not settle anymore."
Uncle Cai said: "My money is controlled by my youngest daughter. She only transfers 1,500 yuan to me every month, and the rest of the money is with her."
Aunt Niu said: "You call her and ask her to transfer 15,000 yuan to you. Then you say it's too cold and you need to install a heater."
Uncle Cai had no choice but to dial his daughter's phone number in front of Aunt Niu. My daughter said on the phone: "Our home also uses air conditioning. It doesn't use much electricity and there is no need to install a heater."
Uncle Cai put down the phone and looked at Aunt Niu. Aunt Niu was very unhappy. She picked up the remote control and turned on the TV. She said to Uncle Cai, "Go and cook." Uncle Cai went to cook without saying a word.
Another day passed, Aunt Niu said to Uncle Cai again: "Call your son and ask your son to intercede for you and use the money to install the heater."
Uncle Cai bit the bullet and dialed his son's phone number again. Uncle Cai told his son that he wanted to install a heater.
The son said on the phone: " Yaomei'er said that the money I saved for you will be used when you can't take care of yourself or get seriously ill. Wherever you put your money, Yaomei , I can't get it, so what's the use of me? Just use the air conditioner."
Aunt Niu was standing next to Uncle Cai. She could hear clearly what Uncle Cai's son said. Aunt Niu had a dark face and was very unhappy.
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Aunt Niu’s youngest daughter continued: “On a long journey, the back seat can only accommodate two people. It’s too crowded and tiring for three people.”
Aunt Niu’s little daughter finished speaking and left in front of Uncle Cai.
After Aunt Niu's little daughter left, Aunt Niu said to Uncle Cai: "I haven't been to Hainan Island yet. I want to travel with them. You can wait for me at home for a few days. I will come back in a week."
Uncle Cai nodded. Said: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you at home."
A week later, Aunt Niu followed her daughter to Hainan Island, leaving Uncle Cai at home alone.Uncle Cai felt uncomfortable staying at home alone, so he went out to play mahjong in the afternoon.
When Uncle Cai went to play mahjong, Aunt Niu's eldest daughter and son-in-law showed up. They also brought a locksmith to replace the lock cylinder in Aunt Niu's house. After the replacement, the three of them left.
Uncle Cai finished playing mahjong and returned home. He used the key to open the door, but it couldn't be opened no matter how hard he opened it? Uncle Cai was very anxious and called Aunt Niu.
Aunt Niu said on the phone: "Maybe the lock is broken. This lock has been used for decades. You can go back to your son's house for a few days and wait for me to come back."
Uncle Cai had no choice but to call his son. Uncle Cai's son arrived in time. He used Uncle Niu's key and tried to open the door repeatedly, but could not. Uncle Cai's son took Uncle Cai back to his home.
On the night that Uncle Cai came home, a family meeting was held at his son's house. Uncle Cai's youngest daughter said, "It's not that the lock is broken, it's that someone else is driving you away."
Uncle Cai's son said: "You can't go back anymore and live with me from now on."
Uncle Cai's eldest daughter said: "I'll call Aunt Niu's eldest daughter and ask her to pack your things. I'll drive back tomorrow."
Uncle Cai said with tears in his eyes: "Okay."
Uncle Cai’s eldest daughter called Aunt Niu’s eldest daughter the next morning. She told Aunt Niu’s eldest daughter: “My dad is getting older, and my brother plans to provide for him until the end of his life. He will live in my brother’s house from now on. Please pack the things that my dad left at your mother’s place today. I will drive to pick them up at 20 o’clock tonight.”
Aunt Niu's eldest daughter said: "Okay, see you there or see you."
From that day on, Uncle Cai never saw Aunt Niu again. One year later, Uncle Cai got Alzheimer's disease . Two years later, Uncle Cai passed away.
Three years later, Uncle Zheng lived in Aunt Niu's house again. I wonder if Aunt Niu's house can be equipped with heating this time?
