The children of my two cousins have successively been admitted to the civil service in the past two years. As an uncle, I was very happy. But before I was happy for a long time, my uncle from my hometown called my father and I with a problem.
2 months ago in the morning, my father was woken up by the ringing of the phone at around 5 o'clock. After answering the phone, he couldn't fall asleep and kept walking back and forth in the house. When I got up at almost 7 o'clock, my father called me immediately. It turned out that the person who called him was his brother, asking him to return to his hometown as soon as possible.
I have two fathers and brothers. His eldest brother is my uncle. He is 78 years old and currently lives alone in his hometown. My aunt passed away more than 10 years ago. As a native farmer, I am very proud to have raised four children and seven grandchildren. In addition, two granddaughters were admitted to local civil servants two years ago. As a grandfather, he should be the happiest, but the problem happened to be the uncle.
After my father returned to his hometown and saw his uncle, I asked him: My uncle has always been in good health. Although he is not rich, he is not short of food and drink. Why are you so anxious to ask you to go back to your hometown? Could something have happened?
My father said: I see that your uncle is in good health, but he insists on saying that he is sick, such as high blood pressure, high blood pressure, and thick blood lipids. He even says that he will have to take medicine frequently in the future, which costs a lot of money, and even makes him cry for poverty. He also suddenly gave me a hard task, asking you to call your two brothers and two sisters (four children in the uncle's family), saying that he is old and useless, and needs pension money, and ask the four children to give it to him every month 500 yuan alimony. He also explained for himself that he was impartial, his daughter and son were all the same, and they were all treated equally.
I burst out laughing when I heard this, and said to my father: Uncle, this must be a mental illness. If you don’t get it early, you won’t get it later. But the second sister’s daughter just got admitted to the civil service exam, and the disease came over. However, as he is getting older, it makes sense to provide him with pension money as a child.
My father said: He understands this. The key is that your uncle refused to say anything and forced me to leave the offending errand to me. He also said that this way there would be a buffer so that if the conversation did not go well, he could deal with it in time.
I smiled and said: The current financial situation of the two sisters’ families is probably not a big problem, and they are polite people. The two brothers' families are in a difficult period, but as sons, I think they can accept it. try it yourself?
So my father hesitated but still took out the phone and called his two sisters first. The eldest sister was probably busy and no one answered the phone. When the second sister heard that it was her father, she was very polite and said that as long as the other brothers and sisters didn't have any objections, she had no problem.
After that, I called my second brother again. The second brother didn’t say he agreed or disagreed. He only said that we would discuss it after we got home. I know that the second brother is referring to discussing with the second sister-in-law, because the second brother is a good old man and his income is kept by the second sister-in-law.
Finally, my father called my eldest brother. After listening to his father's story, the eldest brother said categorically to his father: I firmly disagree with my uncle's proposal! made my father and I sweat in secret. The eldest brother is not like this. He is the eldest brother of several of our brothers and sisters. He sets an example and has always done a good job.
As a result, what the elder brother said next opened my eyes even more and I was impressed by him. Just listen to the eldest brother say: Uncle, I understand what you said. However, it is enough for the two brothers to support the elderly. Married daughters should not have to interfere with this matter. Just tell them that they do not need to pay for it. One day he met his second brother, and the two brothers discussed how to provide the money. He also asked his father to tell his uncle that with the two brothers here, even if they were in a difficult situation, his uncle would not have to worry about medical treatment, medication and old age care. He could say this responsibly now.
The eldest brother’s words made my father feel a lot more relaxed, so he quickly called his uncle again and passed the eldest brother’s words to the uncle intact. Among them, he said: Married girls should not be involved in pension matters. What should I do? The two sons are responsible for how to finance their retirement.
I could feel that the uncle on the other end of the phone was not happy after hearing it. He just said: I understand, I will think about it again and hung up the phone.
At least today, dozens of days have passed, and my father has never heard his uncle mention his children giving him pension money. Although the two brothers often communicate on the phone, they ask their children for pension money, and they are impartial and impartial. My daughter The son was the same, and the topic of treating everyone equally seemed to have disappeared from the world and never appeared again.
Do you think this is strange?
