A hundred years ago, people’s lives were short. Most of them would die at about fifty years old to sixty years old. Maybe they didn’t know how to stay healthy. They worked too hard.
Not all of people would die at that age. A small number of wise men lived longer, but hardly anyone lived to be over seventy years old.
One of these wise men who lived 150 and was still active and full of energy. Maybe he lived three times longer than other people.
All his friends and his relatives had died already. Everyone, even himself, had forgotten his original name. So all the people called him “The Oldest Child”.
Life was usually short. When people died, their relatives inherit their property according to the traditions. Most of the young men and ladies got marry at about sixteen years old. Their parents arranged who they should marry. So when they became old, got sick finally died, they had a lot of children and grandchildren to take care them and inherit their property.
There lived a man, who widower, whose son was almost thirty years old. The old father hadn’t yet arranged a wife for his son to marry.
The son thought he was too old to get married. Why didn’t the father do anything to help his son? The son was ashamed to ask his father about this problem. How he could remind his father that he need to find a wife.
Then, one day, the son wrote a sentence on the restroom door.
“Thirty no wife, forty no son.”
When the father saw that sentence, he smiled and thought, “Aha! My son wants to get married.” But the old man was a funny person. He wrote a sentence under his son’s sentence.
“Fifty, sixty still not too late”
The son saw the father’s sentence, and he was very anxious. Then, the son wrote one more sentence, “Life is short. Few live to be over seventy.”
At last, the father wrote one more sentence, “Compared to my “Oldest Child”, seventy is still a kid.”
1 comment:
Hundred years ago, people’s life was short. Most of them would die about at fifty years old to sixty years old. Maybe they didn’t know how to keep their health well, as they worked to hard with their labor.
Not all of the people would die at that age. A small numbers of wise men could live longer, but hardly anyone can live over seventy years old. One of these wise men who lived to 150 years old and still alive and full of energy. Maybe he lived longer than other peoples in life three times. His friends and his relatives had died already. Everyone even himself had forgotten his original name. So all the people called him “The Oldest Child”.
For life was short and followed the tradition to inherit their property. Most of the young men and ladies were pointed to get marry at about sixteen years old by their parents. So when they became old, got sick till they died. They had a lot of children and grandchildren to take care them and inherited their property.
In a single father family, there lived a man who had a son almost thirty years old. He still hadn’t pointed a lady to get marry with his son.
The son thought his age was too late to get marry. Why his father didn’t say anything. He was shamed to talk about his marriage with his father. How he could remind his father of this marriage.
Then, one day the son wrote a sentence on the restroom door.
“Thirty no wife, forty no son.”
When the father saw that sentence, he smiled and thought “A-ha! My son wants to get marry.” But he was a funny person. He wrote a sentence under his son’s sentence.
“Fifty, sixty till no late”
The son saw the father’s sentence, and he was very anxious. Then, the son wrote one more sentence.” The life is hardly to live over seventy.”
At last, the father wrote one more sentence.”Compare to oldest child, seventy still a kid.”
Post a Comment