Father got sick and fell into a debt of 100,000, the two sons refused to help, but after the poor son-in-law paid it off, good fortune came

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Father got sick and fell into a huge debt of 100,000, the two sons refused to help, but after the poor son-in-law paid it off, good fortune came

Among those traditional virtues, honoring one's parents holds a very important place; the saying that of all virtues, filial piety comes first is exactly this principle. However, due to the influence of certain harmful ideas, some people forget the kindness of their parents in raising them, abandon the responsibilities and obligations they should bear, and become so-called unfilial descendants. But the son-in-law in today's story, through his own actions, set a fine example for those unfilial descendants.

In a remote village, there lived a very ordinary family: Old Li and his three children. What made this family different from ordinary households was that there was no mistress of the house, because in the early years, unable to bear the life of poverty, Old Li's wife abandoned three underage children and a broken home and went far away to marry someone else. After the wife left, life for this family became even harder; in order to raise the three children, Old Li had to leave his hometown and go alone to another place to work. And so, only the three underage children remained at home, and without the care and love of parents, their days were very hard.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed, and all three children had grown up. With the kind help of the neighbors, both sons found girlfriends of their own. In order to arrange marriages for his two sons, Old Li took out all his savings, not only building new houses for both sons, but also holding two respectable weddings. Although he spent every last penny of the hard-earned money he had saved from years of work, seeing both sons married still made Old Li feel very comforted in his heart.

However, what made Old Li feel very guilty was that when his youngest daughter married afterward, he could not produce a single penny for her dowry. Seeing her father's awkward expression, the sensible youngest daughter hurried to comfort him, saying that the man's family had not given much betrothal money either, so how much dowry there was did not matter, and telling Old Li not to mind this matter too much. After hearing his youngest daughter's persuasion, Old Li could only nod helplessly; although his daughter complained not at all about it, Old Li still felt somewhat indebted in his heart.

Not long after finishing his youngest daughter's wedding, Old Li went out to work again. However, he had not been away long when, from overwork, Old Li fell ill at the construction site. After being taken to the hospital, and following a tense round of emergency treatment, Old Li finally survived, but he was left with more than 100,000 in medical bills. When people told his three children this news, the two sons not only did not contribute a single penny for the medical expenses, they did not even go to the hospital to visit their father, which made Old Li feel extremely bitter in his heart, feeling that he had toiled to raise his children yet had not received the corresponding return.

Just when Old Li was sad, his son-in-law rushed hurriedly to the hospital, because at that time the youngest daughter was away on a business trip and could not get back in a short time, so she had her husband come to take care of her father. After the son-in-law arrived, he not only paid all of Old Li's medical expenses, but also stayed to attend to him, emptying his bedpan and urinal, feeding him water and food, caring for Old Li down to the smallest detail. After being discharged from the hospital, the son-in-law also took Old Li back to his own home, and together with his wife looked after the old man's life, which made Old Li feel a deep sense of family affection in his heart.

As the saying goes, good people are rewarded. Just a few years later, Old Li's house in his hometown was demolished, and according to the regulations, he received a not-insignificant sum of compensation money. After getting this money, Old Li thought it over and over, feeling that those two sons were utterly undependable, and that his old age would still have to rely on his daughter and son-in-law, so he resolutely deposited this compensation money under his daughter's and son-in-law's names.