Now 70 years old, I am enjoying a happy Tet with many children and grandchildren.

I think that my brother-in-law's children are just like my children. I do this not to ask for anything in return, but only to pray for a clear conscience.

My name is Ngo Que Tien, I am 70 years old this year. I would like to tell you about my life story, maybe it will bring positive spirit in the new year.

I got married when I was 26. She was 2 years younger than me and her family was very poor.

Because my parents died early, they left my wife and brother with a large debt, so the two brothers could only rely on each other to survive.

Although I knew in advance that marrying her would be a huge burden, I did not hesitate.

I think we are both hardworking and intelligent people, as long as everyone works together we will gradually pay off the debt.

So despite family objections, she and I still got married.

My brother-in-law is 5 years older than me, he has a very good personality, always treats me like a younger brother in the family. With the joint efforts of the three of us, life at home has improved a lot, when we had the conditions, my husband and I helped him organize a wedding and build a small family.

At first I had a very good impression of my sister-in-law, otherwise I would not have let my brother-in-law marry her. But as time went by, I realized I had made a mistake.

She was selfish and only cared for her mother's family. At that time, her husband worked far away, so she often took the children to live with her parents. All the money her husband sent home was given to her parents to keep. My wife saw this and gently advised her many times, but her sister-in-law scolded her, blaming her for not having the right to interfere.

3 years later, my brother-in-law unfortunately died in a work accident. My sister-in-law received compensation from the company and insurance money and quickly returned to her hometown to remarry another man. Seeing this, my wife cried and said: "Sister, your husband just passed away, if you leave the children behind, how will they survive?"

But my sister-in-law didn't care. She said she was still young and couldn't live alone all her life. She asked my husband and I to take care of the children.

We have a son and a daughter, raising two children to go to school so life is not very comfortable. Now we have to take care of 3 grandchildren so it will be a lot of pressure. But we are the only relatives left for the children, my husband and I cannot ignore it.

Back then, raising five children wasn’t as difficult as it is now, but it wasn’t easy either. After all, we suffered a lot because we had to send five children to school at the same time, and even had to borrow money from others.

Some people in the village said that there was no need to treat the children so well, just feeding them was good enough, and they didn’t need to go to school. But my husband and I never had such thoughts. We had chosen to adopt the children, so we had to treat them equally, consider them as our own children, and let them feel at home in our home.

I remember my eldest nephew was seriously ill when he was 15 years old and the medical expenses were huge. We didn’t have that much money, and some friends advised us to give up, saying that we had already taken good care of him, and if we insisted on borrowing money, we would have to work our whole lives to pay it back.

After a sleepless night of thinking, I decided to mortgage the family's land title to pay for the hospital bills. I thought that the children of my brother-in-law were the same as my own. I did this not to ask for anything in return, but to pray for a clear conscience. But I did not expect that thanks to my selfless sacrifice when I was young, I would live a particularly comfortable and happy life in my later years...

When I was in school, my children's scores were average, my daughter passed the university entrance exam and is now a primary school teacher. My husband's family's conditions are also average, both father-in-law and mother-in-law are sick, they have to raise their children to study so life is quite difficult.

My son went to college and now owns a car repair shop. But he is a weak husband who only listens to his wife, so he is mostly close to his wife's family.

When my children are in this situation, if we want to rely on them to support us when we are old, life will certainly not be very comfortable. However, now we have an apartment in the city, do not have to worry about food and clothing, we are happy every day, mainly thanks to the filial piety of three grandchildren.

My two children did not study well, but my grandchildren are different, all three of them are smart and all passed the entrance exam to very good universities. The eldest nephew majored in economics , after graduating he started his own business, now owns two companies and has a prosperous life.

The second grandchild after graduating became a high school teacher, now the head of the department. My youngest granddaughter studied medicine at university and is now a doctor, this is a good and honorable profession.

The house my husband and I are living in now was bought by my eldest nephew when I was 60 years old. It is a house of more than 130 square meters with three bedrooms and a living room. At that time, the children were worried that we would retire in the countryside. After all, there were no children around, and if anything happened, no one could help us. The eldest nephew was richer, so he took the initiative to pay for the house.

The two of us were given a fixed monthly living allowance of 3,000 yuan, of which the eldest child received 2,000 yuan, and the second child and youngest niece each received 500 yuan. Because we were used to being frugal, we never spent it all, and the rest was saved and deposited into our bank account.

In addition to living expenses, the children sometimes give us money during Tet and other holidays, so our life is very comfortable. They not only take care of their aunt and uncle but also wholeheartedly help their younger siblings when needed. I remember when my son and daughter bought a house, they both borrowed money from their eldest brother. They said they lent money but in fact they gave it away because they had no intention of getting it back.

Now, every weekend, the three of them try to arrange to take turns coming home to eat with my wife and I, making even the neighbors think they are their real children. This Tet, they said they will take my wife and me on a trip so that in our old age we can see more of the world.

I think this means that if you do good deeds, you will be rewarded, good cause, good result. If I had not taken good care of them in the past, how could I have enjoyed such blessings in my old age?

Nguyen Phuong

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