The Story of Son, Laozi and Stone

An old man gave birth to ten sons. The couple brought up their son with great pains, and successively married them and settled down separately. Decades have passed, and the old couple are senile and full of children and grandchildren. The old woman who worked hard all her life died first. Leaving the old man alone in a room, his life is shared by ten sons. Take turns to deliver meals every month. At first, the old man ate three meals a day and went to his rotating son's house for dinner, which was also stable and comfortable. Later, the old man's legs and feet were not neat, so he was sent food by his daughters-in-law. Anyway, they all live in the same house and can't walk far. As the sun and the moon passed, the old man felt that the food was getting worse and worse, and he didn't say anything. Sometimes it's leftovers, and even on holidays, meat is rarely seen. The old man was thrifty all his life, thinking that his sons had a hard life and didn't care. In the evening, grandchildren come to the old people's house to play as usual. Somehow, several grandchildren are arguing about whose food is better. Some say they have eaten meat, some say they have eaten fish, and some say their mother has stewed chicken soup ... The child's words are outrageous, but the listener has a heart. The old man suddenly realized that it was not the sons who had a hard time, but that they abandoned themselves. The old man was sad and depressed and became old and haggard.

It happened that the old scholar, the young man, was passing by and dropped in to see him. Knowing the situation, he gave the old man an idea.

As usual. In the evening, the grandchildren came to play again. Seeing the old man Huang Chengcheng sitting on the kang playing with two shiny gadgets, he asked, "Grandpa, what is this?" The old man said, "This is a gold ingot." "ah! Grandpa, how much do you have? " The old man pointed to a bulging bag on the side and said, "There are several!" " ""Grandpa, who are you going to give these gold ingots to? "The old man said," Your father is kind to grandpa, and he will give him the gold ingot when he dies. "

When the children came home, they told their parents about Jin Yuanbao. At first, adults didn't believe it. They asked their nephews and nieces privately, just to dispel their doubts. So, ten sons secretly ran to show their filial piety to their old father. The three meals have changed a lot, and there is meat almost every day. In fact, the old man is old and eats very little. As long as he saves a bite from everyone in their family, it will be enough for the elderly to enjoy. Does not increase the burden at all.

The old man lived an easy life for several years and passed away safely. After the death of the old man, Lao Xiucai came forward to preside over and coordinate the ten brothers to bury their father. After the funeral, the ten brothers gathered in the old man's house, searched everywhere, and finally found a bulging cloth bag in the kang cave. When I opened it, I was startled. There is no gold ingot! There is a piece of paper on the slippery cobblestone, which reads: Ten children at home are not as good as the old man's stone. If it weren't for that stone, my old man would have starved to death!

This is an ancient folklore, and I think it still has profound practical significance today. In the materialistic real life, there are enough reports on disobedient children and abandonment and abuse of elderly parents in TV media, so I don't want to repeat them. I just want to say to my old friends: Please be more aware of self-protection, safeguard your rights and interests, and take some self-prevention measures appropriately.