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The mezzanine contains cicadas, collected by Mr. Long and his wife to help feed their three mouths around the house – Photo: N. TAI
I myself lost 50,000 VND and was disappointed, sad, let alone people lost billions. Someone asked me if I had a lot of money, if I was happy, I told him that the money was not mine but happy. What to do, poor people.
Ms. Tam Em agreed
A beautiful real-life fairy tale story about Mr. Nguyen Van Long’s couple (in Hall 1, Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Province) like a fresh wind in the middle of life in the early days of the new Year.
Although poor nor greed
Mr. Long’s old corrugated iron house is located in the heart of the bustling city of Cao Lanh. Although a 30-year resident of the city, Mr. Long still maintains his habit of fishing along the river to eat fish chips with vegetables grown in foam boxes in front of his house.
Every day, he went fishing for bait along the Dinh Trung River early in the morning. At the end of last January, when he was returning home to spread bait, Mr. Long held up a bag and hung it in front of the house. “I asked him whose purse he said he could pick it up, no one will take it to the living room in a while. Then he stood in the street waiting for someone to find something or not. About an hour, someone would accept it” – Ms. Doan Thi Tam Em, Mr. Long’s wife, recalled.
Moving on, Mr. Long said the bag was light brown and was dropped by a woman on a motorcycle. “I heard the bag drop, I picked it up and ran to call her but she ran too fast, she didn’t know anything. After a while her younger brother accepted again, I told her to put down the bag and say the exact characteristics of the bag, I will receive new goods within the property “.
The day the Popular Committee of District 1 invited to give a certificate of merit, asked what they did, both laughed and said that there was not much. Then, day by day, they still make their living quietly looking for garbage. The big shiny black bag from the second day of the day, the grandparents still went home, full of plastic cups, plastic wrap and waste paper.
Together they sort, wash and store on the mezzanine. For 2-3 months, they will sell each time to earn around 1-1.5 million VND, add 2 million VND / month of sleep salary and keep the cafeteria next to them, grandparents change their lives too. Not hearty, but cheerful, warm.
In telling his life story, he briefly summed up “no day to relax” but in return the children were obedient and filial. Ms. Tam Em pointed to the flat screen TV her oldest daughter was showing for her parents to watch news and entertainment.
Only through the refrigerator, it is also the item that the children bought for their parents. The current house is also paid for by the workers and more is borrowed to build. “I think it’s very satisfying,” said Ms Tam Em.
Upon receiving the certificate of merit and letter of merit from the province, Mr. Long and his wife just laughed and said that what they did was no big deal – Photo: N. TAI
True life, live for the community
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Long wrestled with Tet’s Christmas decorations. He smiled happily: “I grow not only for the cafeteria but for the neighbors, people on the road need to pick it up. One or two kumquats, three chili peppers when I need to go to the market to buy. Anyone who asks, give it to me.”
The walls of his house are covered with certificates of merit, achievements after 15 years of military and self-defense. In 2011, he was called upon to help watersheds. “I was at home when the neighborhood side passed and called to fight the floods, I picked up things so I couldn’t be there in time to tell my wife. When I got there, I borrowed the phone to call her and told her an hour. That trip it lasted a month, reinforces the dam. At night to patrol, where to go, people can eat there. ”
Asking about the salary for those days, Mr. Long immediately said, “What salary? If you can help the town stabilize, you will be happy.” He also encouraged his only son to join the militia and the neighborhood self-defense. Mr. Long’s father and son have never stopped working once.
Mr. Long: Mrs. Em is 50 years old. In the past, he met and married Ms. Tam Em when she cut rice for rent near their home. He orphaned his parents from a young age, living under the protection of his uncle. He left school early to go hunting buffalo, ducks and taking care of his aunt. The poor situation we love each other, that is why we are destined to return to our hometown, we have quite a few jobs as hired labor.
“When I was young, I carried rice and worked as a construction worker. She didn’t pay much attention to who hired them. She pulled weeds, cut rice. She was also blessed with a little disease, so she raised the children until now,” she said.
On the wall of Mr. Long’s house, there is a word “Welcome wedding on March 30, 2020”. But that was the day of her son’s lost wedding. So far, you have not yet been able to marry your children because of … COVID-19. His entire family organized the wedding, but when he heard the news of the social disruption, there was no meeting, no one needed to encourage him to marry him.
“I asked for 15 tables, the cards also had to be sent, the restaurant wanted to arrest the temple. I went back and printed the social distance policy for the restaurant owner, they will accept it. I brought the vegetables that I ordered. Buy it and give it to the neighbors, ready to announce the wedding ceremony, ”Mr. Long said humorously.
Her son is currently a worker in Ho Chi Minh City and plans to get married on the Tet holiday. Card printing again. But when the news from the city of Cao Lanh was mobilizing people to limit the concentration of people, he again put the fun party aside.
This kind of act is natural
Finding the bag that he dropped, Bui Ngoc Nhung couldn’t believe his eyes. According to her, inside the bag there are 560 million VND and the amount of jewelry is worth more than one billion VND.
Mr. Pham Thien Nghia, Chairman of the Dong Thap Provincial People’s Committee, sent a letter of praise to Mr. Nguyen Van Long for his good choice. “He truly appreciates the heart of his family. Even though life is difficult and he has to work hard to earn a living, when he collected assets worth nearly VND 1 billion, he still found ways to give them back to people.
Increasingly respectful when he thinks this kind act is natural, when he returns it, he feels happy in his heart and will teach his children and grandchildren in the same way, ”Mr. Nghia wrote in the letter.
Poor husband and wife have never regretted helping people
