Fortunately, his family's brand has been famous for three generations, since his grandfather was still alive, so customers had to line up to buy. He was lucky to inherit the results of his legacy, so he just kept doing it, on the predetermined track, without much effort but money still came in his pocket.
He often sits drinking beer with his friends of the same age and is always joking and teasing everyone, making everyone laugh a lot. But this afternoon, he suddenly became quiet, drinking one glass after another without saying anything. His friends kept asking him, and he finally said: Lately I feel sad because time flies by so fast. In a flash, the year is almost over, and in no time it will be Tet, and spring will come... My hair has more gray strands, my health is declining, and when the weather changes at night, I sleep fitfully. Drinking a glass of beer and eating a piece of meat are no longer as delicious as before...
His friend laughed: Everyone gets old like that, sir. You are happier than many other old people. The other day, I flew to Hoi An to visit, and saw an old lady in her 80s still selling bananas to support her sick grandchild at home. Or when I went to some Asian countries, I saw many old people still working extra hours at supermarkets or working as taxi drivers to transport passengers.
He nodded: I know that, but somehow, I still feel like I'm losing something over time. It's not something tangible like a specific object, but something vague and difficult to grasp. It could be the loss of memories , of loved ones, of a part of my memory.
There are relationships that come and go so strangely. So close, so intimate, hiding nothing from each other, but one fine day, everything becomes the past. Or there are friendships, just because of a very small detail, they are apart for a day, then a week, a month and forever. People say that is the end of fate. And when fate is over, you can't force it.
You asked him if he regretted it. He looked deep into the space in front of him and then leisurely answered: Yes and no! Yes, because of course building a relationship is not easy, and destroying it is extremely fast. And no, because life has birth, death, formation, and destruction. No one can predict anything.
