Orchid Dispute Between Brothers: The Eldest Brother Cries Injustice, and the Truth Is Infuriating
Brothers fall out over orchids, the eldest brother cries injustice, and I bet you will be furious too once you understand the truth.
As the saying goes, even brothers should keep clear accounts. But sometimes there are things that simply cannot be calculated. Between brothers, there will be quarrels over small matters. Sometimes, conflicts arise between neighbors for no apparent reason.
And that is exactly what happened with the two brothers in Wang's family, a rather typical example. The brothers fell out over a few pots of Cymbidium goeringii (spring orchid), and a dispute broke out between them. But the eldest brother, Wang, cried out that he had bitterness he could not express, and felt truly wronged. Later, a sentence from a five-year-old child left us not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and I believe that once you understand the truth, you will be furious too.
It turned out that the Wang family consisted of two full brothers, and after each of them had their own household, some trivial household matters left both families feeling somewhat unhappy. Add to that neighbors stirring the pot, and the relationship between the sisters-in-law had always been poor. The two sisters-in-law would quarrel from time to time.
However, the second brother, Wang, was an honest man, straightforward by nature. He had a hobby: he especially loved growing orchids. Normally, after finishing the farm work, in his spare time he would go into the mountains to look for orchids. So at the entrance of his home, many orchids were planted. Thanks to his years of experience growing flowers, his orchids grew rather vigorously, with glossy green leaves and very good growth.
On May 24, the second brother Wang and his wife were helping a neighboring family with work, and their five-year-old son stayed home with his grandmother. The naive child poured a kettle of boiling water into the orchid pots, pouring it into three pots of orchids in total, because he usually saw his father watering the orchids, only he did not know what kind of water to use. By the next day, the orchids had wilted severely, and some had already collapsed at the stem. The second sister-in-law panicked at the sight. She directed all her anger at the eldest brother, Wang, and started quarreling with his family again.
The eldest brother, Wang, felt baffled and thought it was very unfair. In the middle of the fierce quarrel, a sentence from the second brother Wang's child made everything clear at once. He said he had watered the orchids with boiling water. Instantly, the second brother Wang and his wife were stunned and speechless. In fact, with matters like this, not enough attention was paid to the child. Especially with boiling water, what if the child had been scalded? What do you think about this?