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By Bruna GatzPublished 3 years ago • 3 min read

Three years ago, he passed by a place called Sunshine Pond. There was no sunlight in his life for some time after that.

A peasant woman lost a bag containing 10,000 yuan in Sunshine Pond. And he, they say, was the only one who came by afterwards. This ten thousand yuan money, is the farmer woman's savings for many years, the farmer woman because of the loss of this money and miserable. The peasant woman always hated him, and this resentment became an unbearable humiliation for him.

In a never-ending barrage of abuse, his home was ransacked again and again, and his own livestock mysteriously died. Finally, even his relatives thought that he had picked up the money from others and asked him to hand it over quickly. And he cried, "I really didn't pick it up!"

The farmer's family was very large, and their repeated threats and intimidation made his wife unbearable. Before the Spring Festival, his wife left without saying goodbye and did not return for more than two years. He became a complete moral failure. He said: "If I had 10,000 yuan, I will accept it, I just want to redeem my normal life before." But I have no money now!"

The next year, in despair, he said to the farmer's wife: "I really did not find your money, if you can let me go, I am willing to go to the city to earn money for you." From then on, he went to work in the city. The woman said, "He took the money and ran away."

Two years later, he came back with ten thousand dollars for real. When he gave the woman ten thousand yuan, she didn't say a word. As he went out of her house, the woman said, "Stop! Where's my interest?" He stood still, puzzled and said, "I only have this ten thousand yuan."

He's in town again. Sunshine Pond was contracted by a villager that year. The villager drained the sunshine pond and began to dredge it. There were many fish at the bottom of the pond, and many villagers gathered around to watch. Later, a villager dug out a plastic bag and found a pile of wet banknotes inside. He was found by the villagers, and the peasant woman wept in front of him and repeatedly confessed to him that she should not take out her resentment on him. And he calmly looked at the farmer's wife and said, "It's okay, you go back, I have to go back to work at the construction site tomorrow."

On the third Spring Festival, he returned, followed by his wife. He did not look at all like a man in his early thirties, with a shock of grey hair.

I heard that on New Year's Eve this year, he set off firecrackers all night. The next day, the front of the house was covered with shredded paper of red flowers.

He's in town again. Sunshine Pond was contracted by a villager that year. The villager drained the sunshine pond and began to dredge it. There were many fish at the bottom of the pond, and many villagers gathered around to watch. Later, a villager dug out a plastic bag and found a pile of wet banknotes inside. He was found by the villagers, and the peasant woman wept in front of him and repeatedly confessed to him that she should not take out her resentment on him. And he calmly looked at the farmer's wife and said, "It's okay, you go back, I have to go back to work at the construction site tomorrow."

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    Written by Bruna Gatz