LD25034: Sparing the age of retirement, the old man is slow to raise his sick wife in bed

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Vinh Long - At the age of retirement, the old man still works for hire to take medicine for his sick and bedridden wife. The elderly couple lived together in a dilapidated house.

We went to the house that had been degraded for many years of Mr. Pham Van Nam (born in 2015, residing in Long Hiep hamlet, Long Ho commune, Vinh Long province) at a busy noon.

The house is located on the edge of a small canal, covered with old, dilapidated corrugated iron and seriously degraded, and is the residence of Mr. Nam and his wife who have been suffering from a stroke and have been in one place for more than 7 years.

Mr. Nam said that he and his wife have 5 children, but are married, and their family is poor, so they cannot take care of their parents. The blacksmithing profession that has supported him for decades now has almost no one to hire him.

Now, he blackmails each knife to sell in many places in Vinh Long province, and every day when someone buys it, he earns 50,000 - 60,000 VND, in addition, who is hired to do that job. When he had money, he bought rice in small pieces, and vegetables to ask neighbors to cook for the day.

"Every month, just the money for medicine and medical examination for my wife costs more than 3.5 million VND - a very large number for an unstable income in the late afternoon," Mr. Nam added.

Mr. Ba Dung - Mr. Nam's neighbor - said that Mr. Nam's family situation was very unfortunate, his husband had no job to earn a daily income, and his wife was bedridden.

"Mr. Nam often sells knives or comes home from work to provide rice and medicine for his wife. On rainy days, if no one is hired, they wade through the fields begging for vegetables and firewood to cook rice. Seeing it, I can't help but feel heartbroken," Mr. Dung added.

Ms. Huynh Thi Hong Tuyet - Secretary, Head of the People's Committee of Long Hiep Hamlet - said that Mr. Nam's family is in a particularly difficult situation. "The locality has supported rice and medicine, but the grandparents are old and have no relatives nearby, so they really need the attention of the community to overcome it," Ms. Tuyet added.

In that quiet home, the sound of the old hammer has been extinguished, giving way to patience, endurance and a strong love - like a smoldering flame in the midst of difficult days.

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