My uncle is a southward cadre from Hengshui, Hebei Province. He once held a leading position in Huanggang District and a provincial department in Hubei Province. This year, he is 89 years old. As he grew older and became ill, his uncle's health was not as bad as before, and his blood pressure, diabetes and coronary heart disease were infected one after another. He has four men, three girls and seven children, all of whom are still filial piety. They often go home to have a look at them during holidays or business trips. Because one of the ancestral customs of our Wang family is filial piety. In the past, elders used to say that if a person doesn't respect his parents, who else can he respect? My uncle's cousins are very concerned about the elderly, but sometimes their words and ways are a little different, making people laugh or cry.
In the past, my uncle liked to drink and ate three meals a day without his glass. His family is worried about his health and often advises him to stop drinking or drink less. But regardless of a thousand words, he has a fixed rule, which basically has no effect. For this reason, my uncle's eldest son, my cousin, saw it in my eyes and worried about it, wondering what method could have a deterrent effect on my father. One day, there were many guests at home. When they changed their cups, they talked about the pros and cons of drinking, and said that morning wine was the most harmful. Taking advantage of the tipsy, my cousin opened his mouth and said, "my father especially likes to drink in the morning. In fact, he committed chronic suicide." The uncle was furious, but considering his son's intention, he didn't have much of a fit. Afterwards, my relatives said that my cousin should not talk like this. The cousin said, "I am also forced to have no choice but to do so. I hope this will play a stimulating and alarming role." Not long after that, my uncle successfully gave up his morning wine.
One summer, my uncle came to Huanggang to see one of his old colleagues, the then district commissioner. It was agreed to meet in the afternoon in the morning, but soon in the afternoon there was thunder and lightning and torrential rain, so the commissioner immediately rushed to the riverside to fight the flood and called specially to apologize for it before leaving. Because of the rain, the uncle was unable to leave that day, so he had to stay here at night with the staff accompanying him, his second son and my cousin. At more than one o'clock in the middle of the night, the uncle may be overworked and snoring like thunder. The terrible thing is that his snoring stops from time to time, and sometimes there is no movement for a long time. Isn't this sleep apnea syndrome? It is said that respiratory or cardiac arrest during snoring can lead to sudden death in sleep. At the thought of this, my cousin suddenly became frightened, so he got up and shook his uncle up. The uncle opened his eyes and asked, "what are you doing?" My cousin stopped talking for a moment and mumbled for a long time, "when are you going to find that commissioner?" The uncle said angrily, "you bear boy, where can I find someone in the middle of the night?" Later, after understanding his son's good intentions, the uncle's symptoms of snoring were significantly improved after diagnosis and treatment.
The year before last, my uncle had a slight cerebral infarction. Although he could take care of himself, he had some inconvenience in movement and his thinking seemed to be affected to a certain extent. For example, my uncle used to be a talker, but he has become silent since then, and it takes a minute or two to play mahjong cards. Once my uncle and his youngest son and my cousin discussed the issue of real estate investment at home, and when they were at odds with each other, father and son quarreled. I heard that later, when it became more and more noisy, my cousin patted the coffee table with his hand and broke the glass on the coffee table. I know that after criticizing my cousin in this matter, I can't treat my old man in such a grumpy manner. Cousin said: what, the glass on the coffee table has long been broken, I did not take it. My father and I didn't argue much, but we argued appropriately in order to promote his brain thinking and blood circulation, which would help him recover as soon as possible. Later, after a variety of rehabilitation treatment, the uncle's humor really had some recovery. One day I asked him what activities he usually did, and he said that many people don't want to play mahjong with him now. I said why, the uncle smiled and said, "they don't like me to win!"
Author: Wang Jingrui
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