In the dead of night, a ladder was placed against the wall. An elderly woman, trembling, climbed up the 2.5-meter-high wall. The outcome was predictable. She fell to the other side of the wall.
When you learn her age, you'll be shocked. She was 96 years old! So, although she had children, they were also old. Some had even emigrated abroad. As a result, she was sent to a nursing home against her will. However, the old granny longed to go home day and night, missing her old neighbors. The wooden ladder was moved by herself from the kitchen. It's unknown how long she had planned this action and how many times she had scouted the terrain before putting it into practice.
Also at night, close to midnight, the bus driver was about to get off work. He turned off the lights, parked the bus, and took one last glance inside the carriage. To his surprise, he found a child sitting in the last row, seemingly asleep but not actually.
"Kid, where are your parents? What's your name? Where do you live?" The child remained silent. When taken to the police, he still didn't say a word. It wasn't until 2 a.m. that he took the pen and paper and wrote down his name, address, and his parents' phone number.
It turned out that the child was born abroad. His parents were still working hard overseas and sent their son back to study and live with his grandpa. The nine-year-old was doing well in school but was quiet and often sneaked out to take the bus, always until the last one.
If these two incidents sound disheartening, then there's another one that's more comical.
A young couple was both diligent. The wife ran a small restaurant and the husband had a barber shop, both on the same street.
When the husband got hungry from working, he would run to his wife's restaurant. Business was busy and there was no fixed mealtime. When his wife saw him coming, she would randomly serve him a bowl of something, and he would eat it.
One day, a male customer came to the barber shop. After the haircut, he asked the boss, "Are you very familiar with the lady boss of that small restaurant? I see you often eat there." After getting an affirmative reply, he took out a letter and asked him to pass it on.
The man was busy with haircuts and didn't think much. When he went for dinner that day, he gave the letter to his wife. The wife was also busy at the restaurant and continued working. She didn't take it out to read until the restaurant closed and she went home to sleep, and then burst out laughing.
The man wrote: "Lady boss, I think you are very nice. But why do you only run the shop with your parents? If you aren't married, can you consider me?"
It was only then that the husband realized that they never communicated when he went to his wife's restaurant. The next day, he changed. As soon as he entered the restaurant, he shouted loudly: "Wife!"
The world is crowded and overpopulated. It's so hard to find peace and quiet, but people are so distant from each other, even among the closest ones. Qi Yu asked in her song: "Why are the stars in the sky as crowded as a crowd? Why are the people on the earth as distant as stars?" There is still no answer to this day.