Wooden photo frame

This year, Jack's parents both died of illness. In addition to Jack's grief, he had a feeling of a bird out of a bird cage.

　　Jack has a friend named Tom, and Jack's parents have always objected to Jack's association with him. Tom has no job, roams the streets every day, and often gambles and fights. The reason why Jack's parents object to Jack's association with Tom is that they are worried that Jack will become like Tom, but Jack feels that when he is with Tom, what he has experienced Things are new and exciting.

　　Jack's family is very wealthy, and his parents have a large company and high hopes for their son. In order to prevent Jack from learning badly from Tom, Jack's parents did everything they could to prevent Jack from interacting with Tom, locking Jack at home; blowing away and warning Tom who came to the door... but all this It didn't help, because Jack was always able to find an opportunity to meet Tom.

　　After his parents died, Jack was unrestrained, so he stayed with Tom all day. In the past, Tom only led Jack to wander around, occasionally fighting and fighting, but now, he taught Jack to gamble and got together every day to gamble.

　　In the beginning, both of them made small bets, but as time went on, they made bigger and bigger bets. Jack loses some money to Tom every day, and when that money goes to Tom, it becomes the gambling book for Tom to make bigger bets. Tom used to be just a punk, but now, with Jack's money every day, he quickly became rich and even bought a limousine.

　　Before long, Jack lost all the money he could find in his home, and then began to sell the valuables at home as gambling books, but the money soon ended up in Tom's pocket. On this day, Jack was looking for something valuable at home, and Tom came to the door as usual and asked Jack to gamble. Jack reluctantly told Tom that he had no gambling books, because he could neither find money nor anything valuable at home to sell.

　　Tom asked Jack strangely: "Isn't your family very rich? Why can't you find the money? Also, didn't your parents run a big company? It can also be used as a gambling capital!" Jack told Tom that he also wondered, why he couldn't find a lot of money in the family, in addition, his parents had sold their company before they died, and the money from the sale of the company was missing.

　　Tom thought for a while, then pointed to the wall and said to Jack, "Actually, it can also be used as a gambling book." Jack didn't understand what Tom meant: "Tom, what did you say?" Tom continued: "Jack, I mean, you can use your house as a gambling book."

　　Jack's house is a large villa, which was built by Jack's parents when they got married. Jack has lived in the villa for more than 20 years and has a lot of affection for it. Now, when he suddenly heard Tom say that it can also be used as a gambling book, Jack couldn't help but be surprised, because he had never played the idea of this villa. Tom continued to say: "Jack, don't you want to continue to enjoy the fun of gambling? Besides, use it as a gambling book, maybe you can win back all the money you lost before!"

　　Jack couldn't resist Tom's temptation, and used the villa as capital to gamble with Tom. The two bet for three days and three nights, and on the fourth morning, when the sun rose, the villa already belonged to Tom - Jack lost the villa.

　　Taking over the key and property certificate of the villa, Tom said hypocritically: "Jack, your luck is really bad!" Jack wanted to cry but had no tears. He was so tired that he was about to sleep, but Tom had already driven him out the door.: "Jack, this villa already belongs to me, you must leave immediately!"

　　Jack looked at Tom blankly for a long time, then moved a chair, stood up, and stretched out to pick up something hanging on the wall. Tom hurriedly stopped: "Jack, this villa and everything in the villa already belongs to me, you can't take anything away!"

　　At this time, Jack had taken down the thing hanging on the wall and said, "Tom, this is a photo of my whole family, I have to take it away!" Tom looked up and saw that it was a color photo, There are three people in the photo: Jack's parents, and Jack, all three are smiling, and the scene is very warm. Around the photo, there is a wooden photo frame, and it looks like the wood is very ordinary.

　　That photo was hung on the wall by Jack's parents before they died. After they died, Jack stared at it for a long time every night before going to bed, and as soon as he saw it, Jack would recall the happy times and feel at home, so now Tom is going to drive him away, of course He's going to take that picture.

　　Of course that photo was of no use to Tom, so he waved his hand: "Jack, take it and leave! When you have money, come and bet with me!"

　　Jack held the photo and staggered away from the villa. Looking at his far back, Tom smiled smugly. It turned out that the reason why Tom was able to win Jack's money every time he gambled, and finally won Jack's villa, was not because he was particularly lucky, but because every time he gambled with Jack, he relied on his skilled cheating skills, while Jack But he has been kept in the dark, so he is so proud.

After Jack left the villa, he became a homeless tramp, begging for three meals a day, and at night, he could only spend the night on a chair in the station and park. And since the day he left the villa, Tom hadn't looked for Jack once.

　　The days went on day by day, and finally, three months passed. During these three months, Jack finally came to the conclusion through countless reflections: Tom must have been eyeing my family's property a long time ago, so he used every opportunity to get close to me to gain my trust. After my parents died, he taught me to gamble and gambled with me every day to win my money and win the villa. At the time, I thought it was because of his luck. Now that I think about it, He must have cheated in gambling - it seems that my parents were right to prevent me from interacting with Tom in the past. Damn Tom, I will stay away from you from now on. Even if I have money, I will never gamble with you again. Of course, I will never gamble with anyone...

　　At noon that day, Jack was walking out of the park, thinking about where to go to beg for lunch, when a limousine suddenly stopped beside him, and then got out of the car, a person who was It's been a long time since Tom.

　　Tom looked Jack up and down, and then said, "Jack, the more I think about it, the more wrong I feel!" Jack said angrily, "What's wrong?"

　　Tom continued: "The more I think about it, the more wrong I feel, because your family's property is definitely far more than the money you lost to me and that villa! Your family must have a lot of money hidden somewhere! Jack, go find that money, find it, and have a good gamble with me! Don't you want to win back the money you lost to me, and that villa?"

　　Seeing Tom looking for himself again for gambling, Jack became even more angry, and only heard him say word by word: "Tom, I have no money now, even if I have money in the future, I will never gamble with anyone, of course Including you!"

　　Tom was bored and was about to get in the car and leave when suddenly, he found that Jack's arms were bulging, as if he was carrying something, so he doubted: "Jack, you probably have found a lot of money in your family!" As he said that, he stretched his hand into Jack's arms, and Jack pushed him with his arm and staggered. At this moment, the thing in Jack's arms fell to the ground with a "snap", Tom looked down and suddenly smiled: "Jack, what are you doing with the photo of your house in your arms all day? You can't eat it! You'd better hurry up and beg for a lunch! "Saying that, Tom" haha "burst into laughter, got in the car and left.

　　Jack quickly crouched down to pick up the photo. He found that the photo frame was broken and wanted to fix it, but it couldn't be repaired.

　　Jack couldn't help but feel depressed. Just when he didn't know what to do, suddenly, he noticed that there seemed to be something in the picture frame. He took it out and looked at it, and saw a passbook, a few pieces of stationery, and a small piece of paper. Jack unfolded the letters, and with just a glance, he knew that it was a letter his parents had written to him before they died.

　　Jack's parents wrote in the letter:

　　Jack, our dear boy, when you read this letter, we are no longer alive, and, we can be sure, by this time you have lost your home's cash, valuables, and the villa, all of which have Belongs to Tom.

　　We know that Tom was thinking about our family's property a long time ago, and that's why he approached you. Originally, with us, Tom couldn't have succeeded, because we have us to protect you. But now, we both have terminal illnesses and will die soon, so we sold the company, and put the money from the sale of the company, as well as most of the cash in the family, into a passbook, and then put the passbook in a place that ordinary people did not expect. The place is this worthless wooden photo frame.

　　We know that sooner or later Tom will find a way to take our villa from you and drive you away. Jack, dear boy, we know that you love us and our family, and when you leave the villa, you will definitely take a photo of us and you, so that, sooner or later, you will find this letter, find The passbook and the little note with the password on it, and by then, you have gone through the hardships of life, you must have moved away from Tom, and have a whole new understanding of life and life...

　　Jack, that passbook holds our family's money, as well as our love and expectations for you, start your new life, Jack...

　　Love your parents

　　After reading the letter, Jack couldn't help crying... Two months later, he started a company. Tom, on the other hand, died in a car accident due to drunk driving half a year later.