says that fire can make real gold. Today, I will tell you a story about the fire that refines people's hearts. This story is true happened in my childhood. After watching it carefully, I will feel that it is more exciting than a TV series. .
In the 1980s, our family was very poor, a family of six people crowded into three thatched huts, one room for our parents, one room for our four siblings, and the house was very dilapidated, usually it was raining heavily outside. The kind of scene with light rain inside.
So my parents have always wanted to start building a new house, but in the era of farming for a living, it was so easy to build a new house. It has been repairing and repairing for many years.
When I was young, my home was almost like this
Later, our four siblings grew up slowly, and the family was too poor. My eldest sister just turned fourteen in 1995, and her parents let her go out to work. . My younger brother has grown up and can help the family with some farm work, and then my father also goes out to work.
In this way, the family's conditions gradually improved, but still did not have the financial means to repair a new house. After all, my sister worked as a babysitter for others, only 300 yuan a month, and my father helped people keep the shop, only 400 yuan a month.
In 1998, the retired party secretary wanted to move to live in the city, so they planned to sell the old house. When my mother heard the news, she had a plan in her heart, which was to buy their house.
The old party secretary’s house is also a rough house across the river, but it is much more spacious than our house. It has four rooms with a yard, and the house is newer than ours, except that it doesn’t leak. An old house is much more cost-effective than building a new house.
With this plan, my mother went to inquire about the price, and finally sold it to us at a price of 1,800 yuan. At that time, our family borrowed money from the west, so I barely collected enough money. Witnesses set up the papers, and both parties hold a copy of their fingerprints and signatures.
In this way, our family moved into a new home happily. Who knows that not long after we moved there, we had an unpleasant dispute with our neighbor Zhu's house separated by a wall because of the problem of the eaves drainage ditch.
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actually in the countryside,Neighbors often wrangled over trivial matters, which was not a big problem. After all, they were neighbors. See you when you looked up, and it didn't take long for everyone to forget about it.
In July 2003, the old lady of Zhu’s family next door had her 70th birthday. This old lady of Zhu had two sons. The eldest son was an electrician in the village and the younger son was a county policeman, so her reputation in the village was relatively high.
So the Zhu family was preparing to put on a banquet this time and invited all the people in the village. The sun was shining brightly and the Zhu family’s guests were full of guests. It was very lively. There were also many relatives and friends who bought a lot of fireworks and fireworks in those years. Firecrackers, a symbol of noodles, are very popular.
Because there are usually two or three in the village during the New Year, people with good economic conditions are willing to buy it, so usually you can't see it at all. Everyone sees so many fireworks and firecrackers, and they look forward to watching the fireworks at night.
After dinner, the sky gradually darkened, and the Zhu family put all the fireworks and firecrackers in their yard to set them off. Men, women, and children were all watching, while everyone was watching.
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Suddenly a ball of fire rushed into the sky but did not explode. Instead, it landed on the roof of our house obliquely. July is when the sky is dry, and our house is again. Thatched house.
Before everyone could react, the fire was everywhere, and everyone was panicked. The children's crying and crying for help suddenly became a mess.
The men were also in a hurry. They found water tools to put out the fire, only to find that there was not enough water at all, only for everyone to drink. There was water in a well. It was originally a dry weather. The trip has bottomed out.
Seeing that the situation is not good, my parents hurried into the house to grab something out, but at that time it was already blazing, and in a panic, he lifted out a writing cabinet in the main room, and then took two quilts and came out. , The fire closed the door.
The two most valuable pigs in the family, a sow, were also burned to death by the fire, almost completely burnt. Looking at the burned-out home, the parents wanted to cry without tears.
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because we are separated from the Zhu family by a wall,The fire soon spread to their roofs, but their home is a brick and tiled house, and relatives and friends were there to help, so the loss was relatively light.
After the incident, the township cadres also came to the scene to understand the situation, and finally judged that the Zhu family was fully responsible and compensated our family for 8,000 yuan. The Zhu family knew that it was in the wrong, but was not convinced.
felt that the compensation was unreasonable, saying that our house was bought for 18 thousand dollars, even if we add a few pigs and some worthless furniture, it would not be worth eight thousand dollars. There had been some holidays before, so Zhu Jiaming agreed to the township The compensation for the above, but secretly calculated.
When it was time for payment, but he was too late to pay, deliberately pretending to be poor and procrastinating for time. In those days, our family was boarding with relatives in the same village, hoping to take the compensation, and then we borrowed some money from relatives and friends. Rebuild the house.
Who knows that the Zhu family is dragging and not giving money. It is not that there is no money, but is planning a conspiracy, and our family has no idea, and will face a condemnation theory soon.
The Zhu family secretly ran to the city to find the old party secretary who sold the house at that time, saying that our family scam his money and asked the old party secretary to come forward to testify. At the beginning, it was not selling the house, but seeing our poor family and giving it to us for free. .
The old party secretary knew that there was an agreement and thought it was not feasible, but the Zhu family said that it has been so many years. The agreement on a piece of paper, coupled with the fire, has been burned completely. After the promise is fulfilled, a certain remuneration will be given to the old party secretary.
The Zhu family and the old party secretary were originally cousin relatives. After hearing the analysis of the Zhu family, the old party secretary felt reasonable, so he agreed to this request.
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After the two families discussed, the Zhu family felt that they were in their hands. When they returned to the village, they found my parents hypocritically saying that the reason for not giving money for so long was that he was raising money everywhere. , Now that the money is collected, he is ready to pay us.
But there is a requirement, that is, to be the face of the whole village, and the writing is said to be clear, so as to avoid trouble later.
Although he thought his request was a bit exaggerated, but thought that he was willing to lose money, whatever he did, my parents did not think so much at the time, so they agreed and made an appointment.
It’s the appointed day,The Zhu family was busy, beating gongs and drums, and gathered all men, women, children and children in the village on the square at the head of the village. People who didn't know thought it was an election meeting.
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Our whole family also arrived as promised. As soon as we walked into the crowd, we heard people talking about our shame and that we wanted to change the thatched house into a building, and we were listening to us. Is at a loss.
The boss of the Zhu family, when he saw our family present, he began to perform, holding a big loudspeaker in his hand and saying, our house was burnt down, the village party secretary originally looked at our pitiful family and gave us a temporary stay. .
Even if he pays compensation, he will pay the old party secretary, not our family! When my mom heard it, he found it ridiculous, so he didn't get angry, and hurriedly explained that he had written evidence at the beginning and why he spit out.
The boss of the Zhu family, but said triumphantly, where is the written evidence? Show it to everyone? The parents retorted, why should I show it to you! Just like that, I quarreled with each other.
Just as the two sides were arguing, and seeing our house, when we were unable to produce evidence, the old party secretary also stood up and insisted that the house was only given to us temporarily!
Everyone looked at it and the old party secretary stood up to prove that it was definitely our family lying, and started pointing and saying, our family is shameless, thinking about money, etc., etc., it is unbearable.
My dad has a weak personality. After thinking about the writing for so many years, I really don’t know where to put it. When the fire was added, the house was burned out, and Liushenwuzhu, sitting on the ground, holding his head. Silent.
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But my mother did not change her face, and responded, what if I took out the writing? If you take out the evidence, you will be compensated immediately! Boss Zhu replied, and his mother said, this is what you promised in person, and I hope you don't go back!
turned around and said loudly to the villagers, thank you everyone for caring so much about our family affairs, please give me more than ten minutes, and I will go back to get the papers immediately.
Soon, my mother returned to the scene, holding a yellowed letter paper with some wormholes in the corner.She said, Boss Zhu, the handwriting you want is here. Now, I will ask the village chief to read it for everyone.
The head of the village was also not good at rejecting it. He took the handwriting and read it through. When everyone heard it, they understood. They misunderstood us and accused them all. Mr. Zhu lied and said that the old party secretary had no morals.
Boss Zhu suddenly, like a deflated ball, didn't say a word. After listening to the old party secretary, he quickly got out of the crowd and ran away.
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In this way, Zhu's family took out the compensation. On the way back, we curiously asked mother, where did we take out the note, didn't the house burn out? Has it been carried around for so many years?
My mother smiled helplessly and said, "God bless you. This note has been kept in the main room for so many years, in the drawer of the writing desk. When the fire happened, the table was snatched out in a panic. Fortunately, Keep it.
Then when we were counting things, we saw this handwriting, and we suddenly realized it.
Later, we found a new place to build a house, although it is not big, at least it really belongs to our own home.
(After experiencing this, I understand that people must not be smart, keep promises in everything, and do not make tricks because of money, or they will throw a stone in the foot like the Zhu family and the old branch secretary)
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