Grandmother mortgaged her land book 8 times to borrow money for her children to go to school

'I have given my land certificates to my four children seven times, now that I have a grandchild who passed the university entrance exam and I can't take care of him, what can I do?' - Mrs. Bui Thi Mui, 74 years old, who is raising an orphaned grandchild, loves her granddaughter Dao Thi Minh Hang's education very much.

Bà ngoại 8 lần gán sổ đỏ vay tiền cho con cháu đi học - Ảnh 1. — Hang returned to her hometown to visit her grandmother on the weekend - Photo: NGUYEN HIEN

Grandmother - Mrs. Tien, calculated and managed every way in poverty.

Hearing that Hang was admitted to the University of Economics under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, but her circumstances were difficult, the grandmother and her granddaughter lived together, the grandmother was old and sick. We visited and brought the scholarship opportunity of Tuoi Tre readers to Hang.

Through the fields into Hang's countryside - Phu Ngoi village, Tien Hiep commune, on the outskirts of Phu Ly city, Ha Nam province, a traffic junction connecting to the North-South expressway is being built. The concrete road is vast but it also means that people no longer have fields to cultivate.

The small house of the grandmother and granddaughter had to cross a muddy ditch, a narrow village road covered with green moss and overgrown with trees and leaves. Hang, tall and thin, was helping her grandmother sweep the garden. Hang's grandmother had just returned from selling vegetables in the morning, her bicycle still tied to a bunch of ropes on the rack.

Mẹ bệnh nan y mất, bà ngoại quyết gán sổ đỏ cho cháu vào đại học - Ảnh 2. — Mrs. Mui is still working hard on her vegetable beds, picking them to sell at the market tomorrow morning - Photo: NGUYEN HIEN

Since hearing the news that her granddaughter got a high score to enter university, Mrs. Mui has been happier: "She lost her mother but she studies hard and is smart. No matter how difficult it is, I will borrow money for her to go to school."

Hang has just enrolled in the accounting major at the University of Economics, and has to pay 25 million VND for the first semester tuition and dormitory fees. Hanoi is expensive, and that number is not the final one.

Mrs. Mui is determined to send her granddaughter to school, even though she sometimes can't sleep at night because she thinks: "Before, I mortgaged my house's land title 7 times, and borrowed my neighbor's salary book for my 4 children to go to college and university. Now I can still borrow for my granddaughter, but I'm more worried because I'm weak, people will hesitate to lend me money." She understands the psychology of the lender, but tells herself that her "creditworthiness" is still high, and she will try to pay back the loan, so she continues to borrow... successfully for the 8th time for her granddaughter to go to school.

She took advantage of the fact that there were some households in the village who had just been compensated for their land and had little money left to use, so she "seized" the opportunity to borrow money and always calculated the money from the fields and business to pay back. If she could not pay on time, she would borrow from her children, grandchildren, and relatives to pay back to keep her reputation.

The student is lucky to have a grandmother who knows how to take care of things, make up for lost time, always plans for life and values education. Mrs. Mui affirmed, "Only through education can one have the opportunity to develop."

Mẹ bệnh nan y mất, bà ngoại quyết gán sổ đỏ cho cháu vào đại học - Ảnh 3. — The high school graduation ceremony suddenly had her grandmother attend, making Hang unforgettable - Photo: NVCC

Lost mother when three years old, always afraid that she will not return like mother

Mrs. Mui has 4 children, Hang's mother is the third and the only daughter in the family. After graduating from nursing school, she married her college classmate, gave birth to Hang when she was 3 years old and died of abdominal tuberculosis.

Hang was taken in by Mrs. Mui to take care of her. Partly because she loved her daughter too much, and partly because Hang was still young and her young father would not be able to take good care of her. Before her death, her daughter told her to take care of her grandchild so that she could grow up and study well.

Hang's father had just graduated from school and his salary was not enough to support his young child. After a while, he got married and rarely contacted Mrs. Mui and Hang's family.

Her daughter died and her husband died. Mrs. Mui alone worked more than one hectare of rice fields and did many other jobs to raise her studious grandchild.

Mẹ bệnh nan y mất, bà ngoại quyết gán sổ đỏ cho cháu vào đại học - Ảnh 4. — Hang has a hobby of reading books every day - Photo: NGUYEN HIEN

"I still remember the image of my grandmother taking me to class in 4th grade. When she left, I saw her back gradually getting smaller and I was afraid that she would be gone and would never come back like my mother" - Hang sadly said.

During the day, she goes to work, Hang stays home to take care of cooking, housework, watering plants, and focuses on studying the rest of the time.

Now my grandmother is weak and sick. She has gallstones, a lot of fluid in her lungs, and her knees are always aching. But she still gets up early to pick vegetables to sell at the market. This season, she grows sweet potatoes and water spinach. She also grows fruit trees in the garden, such as grapefruit, guava, and banana, which she sells at the market.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Hop, head of Phu Ngoi village, said that Hang is a special case in the list of excellent students who received the village's encouragement award. Hang lost her mother when she was young, and lives with her grandmother, who is also old and weak, and the family is classified as a near-poor household. "I hope that organizations in the village as well as outside will help the two of them, so that she can continue her studies after finishing university and become a useful citizen for society."

During the first weeks away from home to study in Hanoi, Hang took the bus to visit her grandmother on the weekends. Knowing that she had chosen a school and class with high tuition fees made her grandmother worried. Hang said she was focusing on saving for a scholarship for the new school year and when she got used to the living environment, she would work part-time or tutor.

Hang has a hobby of reading books, which helps her to always have faith in life. The saying that Hang loves the most is: "It's okay not to have a dream, the important thing is that you are happy". Showing off a photo taken with her grandmother on graduation day, Hang said that her grandmother is a source of encouragement and the greatest happiness, thanks to her, Hang has a bright future ahead.

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Tuoi Tre Newspaper's 2024 School Support Program launched on August 8, expected to award 1,100 scholarships with a total cost of more than 20 billion VND (15 million VND for new students with difficulties, 20 special scholarships worth 50 million VND/scholarship throughout 4 years of study and learning equipment, gifts...).

With the motto "No young person can go to school because of poverty", "If new students encounter difficulties, there is Tuoi Tre " - as a commitment to support new students in the past 20 years of Tuoi Tre .

The program received contributions and support from the "Accompanying Farmers" Fund - Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company, Vinacam Education Promotion Fund - Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company and the "Nghia Tinh Quang Tri" and Phu Yen Clubs; " Supporting Students to School " Clubs of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam - Da Nang, Tien Giang - Ben Tre and Tien Giang and Ben Tre Businessmen's Clubs in Ho Chi Minh City, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Company, Mr. Duong Thai Son and friends with businesses and a large number of readers of Tuoi Tre newspaper...

In addition, Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company also sponsored 50 laptops for new students with special difficulties and lack of learning equipment worth about 600 million VND, Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited sponsored 1,500 backpacks worth about 250 million VND.

The Vietnam-USA Society English Language System sponsored 50 free foreign language scholarships worth 625 million VND. Through the State Bank, Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank sponsored 1,500 books on financial education, instructing financial management skills for new students...

Grandmother - Mrs. Tien, calculated and managed every way in poverty.

Lost mother when three years old, always afraid that she will not return like mother

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