The mother-in-law cried and hugged her son-in-law.
Wife passed away, son-in-law took care of mother-in-law for 10 years
*The story was posted on Weibo by the son-in-law named Duc Kien (40 years old, in Xinjiang, China).
My daughter and mother-in-law live in a village in Xinjiang. I work at a bank in town, my daughter is in middle school this year, and my mother-in-law stays at home to help with the cooking. Sometimes she also works as an hourly maid or sells bags of vegetables and chickens raised in the garden to earn extra income.
In the past few years, she has been staying at home, because she is almost 70. My wife, Ha Tan, passed away 10 years ago in a car accident. At that time, my husband and I lived with my mother. My mother-in-law planned to move out after my wife passed away, but I asked her to stay. I did not promise to take the best care of her, but if I had vegetables to eat, I would still save some meat for her.
I also wanted her to stay and help me look after my 2-year-old son, who had just been married for 2 years. Moreover, this was definitely what my wife wanted.
My mother-in-law is very kind. I consider her as my biological mother because I am an orphan. Ha Tan's family is also my family. Just like that, our family of three has supported each other for the past 10 years. At first, because we had to pay compensation for the damage caused by the accident when my wife passed away, the economy was unstable, so my mother-in-law gave all her savings to me.
Every day she still helps with housework and sells goods to people in the neighborhood. I also work hard, pay off debts,... About 3 years ago, I was promoted to deputy manager, my job and income were more stable. My mother-in-law is also in her 70s, weaker than before due to hard work, so I advised her to stay at home. She listened to me.
A year ago, I met a woman, a partner of the company I work for, and I fell in love with her. Her husband also passed away after a car accident. She has been single until now, no children and no husband. Maybe that's why we can easily confide in each other and understand each other better.
Many times she asked to come to my house to visit, to meet my mother-in-law or my child, but I still hesitated. Honestly, I was afraid that my mother-in-law would be sad to see me remarry or that my child would be sad to see his father with a new woman. However, my child did not think so, he realized that I had a new love and supported his father. That made me even more motivated.
On March 8, the son-in-law gave his mother-in-law a surprise "gift"
Then, after many sleepless nights, thinking back and forth, I decided to choose March 8th to tell my mother-in-law. I said that I had a huge “gift” to give her. In the evening, I brought Minh Chau - my new girlfriend - home to meet my family and this was also the gift I gave my mother-in-law - the person I considered my real mother - a new daughter-in-law. Minh Chau also bought my mother a huge bouquet of flowers, along with a set of clothes that she had personally chosen and sewn.
I also officially introduced Minh Chau to my mother-in-law, hoping she would let us become husband and wife. My mother-in-law held the gift in her hand and burst into tears. I was so worried, I thought I had done something wrong until I heard my mother sobbing.
“I have waited for this day for a long time. I also wanted to but did not dare to tell you that you should not be afraid of me or forget your own happiness because of this old body. Later, I will also grow old and leave you. Your daughter will also have to get married. You also need a woman to be your companion. I am the one who should feel guilty towards you, you do not need to ask me,” I still remember clearly what my mother-in-law said to me.
She said she always wanted me to remarry but didn't dare say anything because she was afraid her son-in-law would think something bad and her granddaughter would be sad, so she kept it to herself.
Minh Chau and I both vowed to take care of our mother and felt lucky and grateful to have her by our side and to have her blessing.
On the wedding day, which was actually just a small party to announce that we were living together and becoming husband and wife, my mother-in-law surprised us by giving us a dowry of 30,000 yuan (about 100 million VND).
She said that this was the money she had saved for the past 10 years. Plus the money from the past few years, because my business was doing well, I gave my mother-in-law a small amount of money every month. She said that she didn't dare spend it, she had been waiting for this day for a long time to give it to her son-in-law and new daughter-in-law. She said that she had considered me as her son for a long time. From the day I decided to keep her and take care of her even though my wife had passed away.
It's true, everyone loves and respects a kind person!
The reason Duc Kien wanted to share this story on social media was because Minh Chau's new wife advised him. She said that this was the first time she witnessed this story in real life, wanted to share it with more people and also to keep the beautiful memories, to repeat it every year as a thank you to her mother. Unexpectedly, the story went viral. Many people shared stories with many similarities, such as the husband/wife passing away and the parents-in-law still helping to take care of the children or being the matchmakers for the children to remarry and find new happiness.
“That shows, there are still many humane, warm stories in the world that we do not know. Don't look far away, just treating your family well is already complete happiness,” a netizen's comment received a lot of interaction.
Tran Ha.
Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/quyet-dinh-cua-con-re-sau-10-nam-vo-qua-doi-khien-me-vo-khoc-to-me-cung-muon-nhung-khong-dam-noi-172250310083409828.htm
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