Dad gave a debt note of ₱2,160,000 to 3 sons…

The day his father returned from the hospital, he quietly put on the table a debt note: ₱2,160,000, the borrower was himself. My three brothers stood and looked at each other, all of them gave up. The eldest brother is busy worrying about his children going to college, the second brother has just opened a store that does not have revolving capital. As for me – the youngest – I just got married, the house is still paying in installments.

But when I looked at my father’s gray hair and cuffed back, I couldn’t stand it. I took the debt paper, signed it to accept the payment, and then arranged to welcome him to live with him for convenient care.

A year passed, life was not easy. I work day and night to pay off debts, sometimes the rice only has a plate of boiled morning glory. My wife also had to give up shopping, even selling her newly bought scooter. In return, I saw a rare smile on my father’s face when I was reunited with my children and grandchildren.

On the full day of a year since I signed the debt papers, my father called me into the room and told me to sit down. He took out an A4 sheet of paper folded in half from the drawer and placed it neatly in front of me.
– Read it.

I opened… and stunned.

Not debt papers. It’s not a thank you note either. It was a will – which clearly stated that the entire 3-storey house in the middle of the street, and the land of more than 300m² in the center of the town, were left to me.

I looked up, and before I could say anything, my father smiled:
“All my life I just want to know… In difficult times, who is honest with me?

At that time, I was both emotional and tearful. And at that same moment, I heard footsteps outside the door – the eldest brother and the second brother. Their eyes were glued to the will paper in my hand, their faces discolored…