The neighbor guy lent me 60,000 yuan, and half a month later the building was empty. Was the relationship of more than ten years deceived like this?

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To be honest, this world really needs some sincerity and trust. Take my neighbor Xiao Ma as an example. He is from the south. The young couple set up a salted duck stall at the entrance of our community, and the business was doing pretty well. My daughter especially loves to eat duck made by Xiao Ma. We lived upstairs and downstairs, and we gradually became familiar with each other. When I was free, Xiao Ma even went upstairs to greet me: "Brother Wang Yong, come to my house for a drink if you have nothing to do. I also have some rice wine here from my hometown. Come and try it." Xiao Ma said again and again. I was too embarrassed to refuse the invitation, so we got closer as time went by.

But a neighbor said to me, "Don't get too close to that duck seller. He is not a local, and you don't know his background. You must be on guard against others!" In fact, these neighbors are overly worried. Xiao Ma and I are just casual acquaintances, not close to each other. However, sometimes my daughter comes back from school with a duck leg in her hand. Did I say give money? My daughter said: "Uncle Xiao Ma said, we are neighbors and we don’t need to pay!"

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It’s not easy for my daughter and Xiao Ma’s son in other places. Attend an elementary school. Sometimes the couple is busy setting up a stall and has no time to pick up their son, so I take him back. Mr. and Mrs. Xiaoma also thanked each other for this and that, which made me feel quite embarrassed. Although Xiao Ma is not well educated, he loves to learn. In the evening, he often came to my house to watch me practice calligraphy. I opened a calligraphy class next to the square in the county town to teach children how to write. Xiao Ma said: "Brother Yong, I really envy you as a cultured person. I can't write well. This brush is so soft that I can't use it. Why don't you teach me hard-pen calligraphy!"

In this way, Xiao Ma comes to my house to practice calligraphy when he has time. Of course, he will also bring us some salted duck to satisfy our craving. But one day, Xiao Ma suddenly made me an unkind request. He said: "Brother Yong, we have always had a wish for so many years, that is, we will no longer set up a stall in the wind and rain. I want to buy a house. There is a vacant house across from the community. We still have 60,000 yuan left. We are not familiar with the place here, so we have to borrow it from you. Can you help me? "

-03-

Actually, my family is not very wealthy. The tens of thousands of dollars my wife and I saved were intended to be used to pay off the mortgage in advance. But now that Xiao Ma has offered to borrow money, and it's not even 10,000 or 20,000, I really hesitate. Xiao Ma saw that I had a troubled expression on my face, so he changed his words and said, "Brother Yong, it's okay. Why don't you discuss it with your sister-in-law? I don't want you to be in trouble alone. However, you should give me an answer as soon as possible. That room will be available in the next two days." If you don’t pay, they will sell it to someone else.”

My wife and I discussed it and found that Xiao Ma is still a good person, but he is from outside and the house he lives downstairs is rented. What if he takes the money and runs away without paying us back? But in the end, I still believe that there are many good people in this world, and it’s better to show your true feelings in times of danger. He finally opened his mouth, and I didn’t want to break his heart, so I lent 60,000 yuan to Xiao Ma.

-04-

However, what I didn’t expect was that within half a month I found that there was no movement at Xiaoma’s house. I thought the couple had been renovating a new front house these days and hadn't been at home much. But when I asked about it at the front door, they said that the man named Ma never bought a house or paid for it again! Now I was stunned, Xiao Ma, we are neighbors upstairs and downstairs, how could you cheat me like this! At this time, some neighbors also came out to see my joke, "Haha, I've advised you a long time ago, don't get too close to this kind of people. Businessmen travel all over the world to do business. Do you know where he went? Let's break it." Is the IOU useful? Look, a duck leg is worth 60,000 now, so you are at a loss!"

Although they all laughed at me, my intuition is that Brother Xiaoma is definitely not such a person. Later, there were new tenants downstairs. We were also neighbors, and I helped them the same way, but there was no such thing as borrowing money. Gradually three years passed, and I thought I would never find Xiaoma again in my life, and I would never get my 60,000 yuan back.

But that day when I picked up my daughter from school, I met a stall selling salted duck on the road. The man kept staring at me after selling out. Suddenly he shouted: "Oh, you are Brother Wang Yong!" I said ,Who are you?

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The young man said that he was a fellow villager of Xiaoma and had sold ducks with him in the early years. Three years ago, Xiao Ma really wanted to buy a front house, but suddenly he received a call that his mother fell ill. The old lady had lung cancer and spent a lot of money. The pony couple almost spent all their savings. After the old lady left, Xiao Ma was too embarrassed to call you because he had no money to pay you back. Later, in order to pay you back, he sold his old house. He told me your address. Originally, he wanted to pay you back in person, but on the way here, Xiao Ma had a car accident and broke his leg, so he asked me to bring you the money. As he said that, the young man took out the letter Xiaoma wrote to me and a bank card. I recognized Xiao Ma's handwriting. After reading the letter, I immediately called Xiao Ma and said, "Brother, are you feeling better? I know I saw you right. When you feel better, if you still want to come back, then let's Let’s be neighbors together!”