Two rings!

 

The biggest wish of the taxi driver Adams is to save enough money to bring his beloved daughter from his hometown to New York. But after a few years, there are still very few deposits.

Worse still, because an old woman has become fewer...

That day, Adams received a car-hailing call, and when he arrived, an old woman was already waiting at the door of the apartment. He carefully settled her on the seat and asked where she was going?

The old woman hesitated and replied: "The doctor said that my time is running out, and I want to go to the Paradise Nursing Home. I have no relatives, but it is fortunate to have it with me." After finishing speaking, her skinny hand stroked her chest One thing, tears glowed in the corners of his eyes.

At this time, Adams discovered that there was a gold ring inlaid with diamonds and opals hanging around her neck. It was only very small and should be a children's ring worn by children.

Intuition tells him that this ring is very important to the elderly, but he is inconvenient to ask more.

After arriving at the nursing home, the old man paid for it, but Adams refused. Although he was short of money, the moment he heard the phrase "my time is running out", he decided to send her for free.

Adams looked at the old man and the ring on her neck, squeezed her hand, and left.

A few days later, Adams received another call from the old man. When he arrived, the old man did not wait downstairs, but asked him to go up.

After entering the house, he saw that the doors of all the furniture in the room were open. Under the old man’s feet was an open suitcase, and on the top were several yellowed photos...

The old man's haggard face was full of frustration, and his muddy eyes were anxious, as if rummaging for something.

Seeing Adams, the old man cried eagerly: "The ring is missing. I searched all the places, but I couldn't find it. It must have fallen on your car!"

The wronged Adams was a little annoyed. He clearly remembered that when he left that day, the ring was hung on her neck. He wanted to tell the truth, but when he saw the old man's sad look, he swallowed again.

Watching Adams remain silent, the old man believed in his own judgment even more.

In order to beg him to return the ring, she narrated in a frantic manner: Many years ago, she and her daughter depended on each other when their marriage failed. Despite being busy every day, but with the company of a well-behaved daughter, she forgot about her fatigue and her life gradually improved.

On her daughter's 9th birthday, she bought a diamond-encrusted gold ring as a gift for her child.

However, a few months later, my daughter was in a car accident. When she arrived, the dying daughter said in a weak voice, "Mom, I can't accompany you. You have to live well. I like this ring very much, so let it be. Be with you..."

She was distraught and wanted to go with her daughter, but the words of the child's death made her choose to be strong and use her own life to live for two people.

From then on, the ring hung on her neck, pressed against her chest, comforting her heart.

Adams' tears flowed down involuntarily. He already understood that the ring was the support of her life, and immediately decided to take the scapegoat, and in the shortest possible time, "return" her an identical ring.

He comforted the old man and said: "Your ring must have fallen on my car. I will send it to you as soon as I find it. It's just that I can't remember what the ring looks like. Do you have a photo?"

The old man hobbled to find a photo from the suitcase. The little girl on it was bright and the ring was on her finger.

Adams settled down with the old man and drove to the largest jewelry store in Manhattan with the photo. After explaining the situation, he waited hopefully.

The clerk took a magnifying glass and studied it carefully and said: “This is an old child ring from decades ago. It has been out of stock and can only be customized for you. But the opal inlaid is from Hungary, and the diamond is from India. It takes 3 days at the earliest to make old treatment, and the price will be much higher, about 20,000 US dollars."

At this moment, Adams was not thinking about money, but about the anxious face of the old lady, and he immediately agreed.

Three days later, Adams got the customized ring and returned it to the old man as quickly as possible. She held the ring and looked at it carefully, with an unspeakable look on her face, and she hugged Adams into tears.

Adams used half of his hard-earned savings in exchange for the old man's tears of joy, and he let out a long sigh of relief. In his view, money can be earned again, and the loss of kindness is a terrible thing.

He worked harder and continued to dream of reunion with his daughter.

A year later, the lawyer found Adams and handed him a list of estates and a letter:

Dear Adams, this is Joey, the old lady with the ring on her neck. When I got the ring you recovered, I knew it was not my daughter's. You overlooked one point. The inside of the ring has my daughter's initials...

These are irrelevant. You have no explanation for everything you did to an old man except for being kind.

You let me feel the warmth of a stranger at the end of my life. When you read this letter, I am dead, and the lawyer will give you all my inheritance, including the apartment you know, and a villa in the suburbs.

In addition, there are two rings. One is customized by you and the other is my daughter's original. I found it in the suitcase...

A few months later, Adams took his daughter to a cemetery and bowed deeply to the tombstone. The father and daughter had identical diamond rings hanging around their necks.

In this story, we saw that sometimes kindness is more valuable than being smart. Smart is a talent, but kindness is a choice! It is the eternal sunny side of human nature. I hope that we can all turn to the sun and protect kindness.