The female colleague who works with me is about the same age as me and is almost 50 years old. She dressed very ordinary and ate very simple. We all thought her family was not in good condition. But after she did something for me, it really made me look at me differently!
I now work in a private company, and many of them are young people. What they say and do seem to have a generation gap with me. I rarely chat with them except for communicating with them at work.
But some time ago, a woman who was about the same age as me came. She came to do workshop statistics and sat opposite me. At this time, I was very happy that there was finally someone to chat with.
We started chatting after she came to work. The peers really have a common language. While chatting with her, I learned that her son is in college, her husband is at work, and her in-laws are all healthy and live with them.
She said that she used to be a mother at home for her son. Now that her son is in college, she feels it’s really boring to stay at home. She just wanted to find a job to work, and her husband also said that she hadn't gone out to work for so many years and was out of touch with society and didn't have to go to work.
She went to study computers in order to come to work, and now she finally found this job. She said she cherishes this job very much and will definitely work hard.
After she came to work here, she worked very hard and worked hard every day.
She is really serious at work. But her clothes were very ordinary, and she would not spend more than one hundred yuan on her body.
often comes to work with a cheap sportswear and a pair of sports shoes. I often buy discounted and cheap clothes with me.
She said that she doesn’t need to dress well at this age, as long as she wears appropriately. Not to mention what
is eaten. The Chinese food staff in our unit can eat two meat and one vegetable dishes as long as they take out 5 yuan. This is how we eat it. But she said that it would be too expensive to eat a meal of 5 yuan, so she brought the meal to eat by herself, saying that it was affordable and clean.
Her home is a little far from the factory. She rides an electric bike to work every day, and it takes about half an hour to ride a bike every day. She said she is used to it. Riding an electric bike will not be stuck in traffic and save money on fuel.
We usually bring snacks to work. We are afraid that we will eat some snacks when we are hungry during work. She never brings snacks. She said that eating snacks will make you fat and she must maintain her figure. But she also habitually knows how to eat it for her, and we all know that she is obviously trying to save money.
What surprised us even more was that we held an event in our office to hold an event in the park. She actually carried all the snacks, water, etc. and said that buying a scenic spot would be very expensive, and it would be much cheaper to bring it to her. She brought the food to the event. Later, we all implemented the AA system and gave her the money. We all say that her family is in bad condition and we can't eat her for nothing like this.
She is such a frugal person. In our colleagues' minds, she is a very ordinary and frugal person.
But once she helped me something really made me look at her with admiration.
I had a double thyroid surgery due to thyroid cancer. After the operation, my throat felt uncomfortable for a long time and I couldn’t see my illness everywhere. I told her about my condition once.
After hearing this, she told me that you either go to a Chinese medicine doctor in XX pharmacy in the city. His medical skills are very good. If you don’t know me, I will take you there.
The city is a bit far from my home. Besides, people who live in rural areas like me rarely go to the city if they have nothing to do, so I don’t know the pharmacy she mentioned at all.
I told her to ask her to take me to see on Sunday. I thought that as long as I could treat my illness, I would go no matter how far away.
So on the day of the break, she specially rode an electric bike to find me at home and took me to the city pharmacy for treatment.
When I arrived at the pharmacy, she and I found that the pharmacy was really big, with several layers on top and bottom, and there were all kinds of Chinese and Western medicines, supplements, etc. There are traditional Chinese medicine doctors on the way upstairs who are taking acupuncture and massage, which looks like a hospital.
After we walked into the pharmacy, a few medicine sellers in the store called her the boss lady when they saw my colleague. I was really strange at the time. I thought the salesperson in the store called like this when he saw a customer coming.
And she smiled at them and led me straight to the traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
I saw many patients in traditional Chinese medicine. It seems that the Chinese medicine skills should be very good, and I was thinking in my mind. At this time, the Chinese medicine doctor saw my colleague and immediately stood up, walked out of the crowd and walked towards us and said to my colleague with a smile, "Boss, why do you have time to come to the store? Do you have anything to come to me?"
colleague immediately said to him, "My colleague is here to see you, I will bring her over, and you can see her later." As he said that, he said a few more words to him.
"Okay, wait for me a while, and I'll show her after reading these." The doctor said as he returned to his seat.
Only then did I understand that my colleague was the owner of this pharmacy. The owner of such a big pharmacy is really a rich man.
After my colleague took me there, he went to the store to transfer, and I was waiting for the doctor to see me. After finally waiting for me to see a doctor, the doctor asked me to sit down and started taking my pulse.
After seeing the disease, the doctor said I will prescribe you a good prescription, and I will write the words on it. Just go get the medicine. I won’t have to pay later. I have the words written on it.
"You don't have to pay for medical treatment! How can you be so embarrassed?" I said to the doctor with a smile.
"You are the boss's friend, so you don't have to pay. She just told me, so I wrote it on purpose. Don't you know? The boss's family has money, and her family's money can't be spent in several lifetimes. There are several such pharmacies alone. His husband is still in the medicinal materials business and earns millions a year." The doctor explained to me.
After listening to the doctor, I realized that my colleague was so rich.
Later I realized that she went to work mainly because she didn’t want to be idle at home and didn’t want to be out of touch with society. I feel bored at home and come out to pass the time.
Her usual savings are mainly due to her growing up in the countryside and suffering from life. Therefore, life is extremely streamlined. You can save as much as you can. You won’t spend a penny if you have to.
Compared to high-profile rich people, I prefer invisible rich people like my colleagues who are not showing off. Although she has good conditions, she is stressful when she is friends with her. She is very good at helping others. In her interactions with her, I also understand the truth that "people should not behave like appearances, and people should not be just looking at the surface."
I really think low-key is a noble cultivation.
