Shrewd Uncle Li

There is an old man named Li in the neighboring village. According to his seniority, I have to call him uncle. Uncle Li is very "smart". To say he is "smart" does not mean that he is greedy for petty gains, but that he is very intelligent and very measured in his dealings with others.

One winter night, Uncle Li was warming himself by the fire at home. Suddenly, I heard the sound of "painting" outside the wall, as if someone was digging something.

It is impossible for anyone to be working in such a cold weather in the middle of the night. Uncle Li looked at it and saw that a patch near the foot of the wall was getting wetter and wetter. This was caused by thieves digging holes in the wall and splashing water!

Uncle Li thought for a while, laughed, and continued to light the fire. After a while, with a muffled sound, the wall was dug through. A head poked its head in.

Uncle Li had already been waiting by the cave. He picked up a stick of firewood (fired wood) and stuffed it into the thief's neck. Since the hole he dug was so small that he could only pass through it, once the firewood was blocked, the thief was unable to advance or retreat, and he could not even move.

After a while, the cold wind outside and his inability to move caused the thief to suffer so much that he began to beg Uncle Li for mercy: "Uncle, I don't dare to do it anymore. Please let me go." Once! "

"You are young and strong, but you do not earn your own living, but you make a living by getting something for nothing. What do you mean by this?"

At this time, Uncle Li's eldest son? When he came back from outside and saw this situation, he said he was going to the police station to report the crime and also wanted to beat him.

Uncle Li stopped his son and said, "Forget it, he is still young, give him a chance!"

Uncle Li took out the firewood and the young man also entered the room. Inside, he knelt down in front of Uncle Li and said, "I will never dare to do it again. I will remember your kindness."

Later I heard that the young man had become Uncle Li's friend. During the busy farming season, he would He always takes time to help Uncle Li. I once asked Uncle Li who that person was, but Uncle Li just smiled and said nothing.

In the early 1980s, Uncle Li’s neighbor bought back a pair of Jiefang shoes from the supply and marketing cooperative. At that time, Jiefang shoes were standard equipment for farmers. There is a saying that "it is not hot in summer, not cold in winter, it can jump in the mud, and it is strong." This describes Jiefang shoes.

After the neighbor came back, he happily prepared to wear new shoes, but found that they were "slip away". "One slip" means that both shoes are for the left foot or the right foot and cannot be worn at all.

The neighbor thought of the slogan "Goods sold, non-refundable" hung high up in the supply and marketing cooperative, and also thought of the aloof and cold face of the salesperson of the supply and marketing cooperative, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Uncle Li heard about his neighbor’s experience and went to him and said, “I’m going to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow. I’ll talk about it and give it a try!”

The neighbor heard what Uncle Li said, Asked: "Do you have an acquaintance in the supply and marketing cooperative? Or do you know the leader?"

Uncle Li smiled and said: "It doesn't cost any money to try, just leave it to me!"

< p> The next day, Uncle Li came to the supply and marketing cooperative and reached the shoe counter. A large group of people gathered there. It turned out that a person also bought a pair of "Yi Lia Shu" Jiefang shoes and asked the salesperson to exchange them.

But the salesperson said: "You don't worry about yourself, can you blame me? I changed them for you, and the other shoes became 'slip' again, who should I sell them to?"

No matter how bad the man said, the salesperson refused to speak, and a quarrel was about to start. Uncle Li took a few glances and already knew what was going on. He walked up and said, "Let me see your shoes!" Sure enough, they were the same as his neighbor's shoes, size 42. Uncle Li took the shoes and tried them on. After trying them on, he calmly took out the neighbor's shoes from the black bag and handed them to the man. They just argued with the salesperson and no one cared about Uncle Li at all.

"It's not a 'number'! Are you dazzled?" Uncle Li said.

"How could this happen? I tried several times at home but couldn't put it on!" The man was very depressed.

"Whatever, you won if you can wear them, why waste time here?"

The man happily took the shoes and left, and Uncle Li's mission was successfully completed. .

Treating people is a great science. Some people spend their entire lives never learning. It may seem easy to be a person who leaves more room for others, to see through things without telling them everything, and to be merciful and lenient, but in fact it requires great sentiments.

Uncle Li has passed away for many years now, but his story is still being circulated in several nearby villages.