'I really appreciate holidays and Tet because I know that as long as my parents are alive, I still have a place to return to, and my parents also really want their children and grandchildren to come home to reunite.'
The happier the family is during Tet, the sadder it is when the children return to the city - Photo: NVCC
That is one of many thoughts that readers sent to Tuoi Tre Online under the comments section of the article After the days of returning home to celebrate Tet, there was a question from parents that made many children cry.
As long as there are parents, there is a place to return to.
Reader vant****@gmail.com advised: “It is good to be happy to have your father and mother back. On holidays and Tet, come back to your parents. My parents are no longer here, I miss them but I can’t do anything anymore.”
As for Chinese readers, even though they work as factory workers with a normal income in Taiwan, they still arrange to visit home every year.
Reader Quyen said she doesn't crave candy during Tet, she just wants to be with her family and loved ones.
Continuing, reader Phuc Tran affirmed that parents are always something very sacred, people who love us unconditionally.
As for reader Nhan, who is also a child living far away from home, he said that even though he is nearly 40, he usually does not travel anywhere during holidays and Tet, but always brings his small family back to his parents.
“I really cherish days like these because I know that as long as my parents are alive, I still have a place to return to, and my parents also really want their children and grandchildren to come home to reunite,” reader Nhan confided.
Reader Nga recalls that when she was a student, every time she had a chance to visit her mother, she didn't want to return to the city.
“Leaving the house, my heart was heavy when I saw my mother's hard-working figure... On the outside, she appeared strong, but every night she cried her eyes out because she loved and missed me.
“I don’t have money so I only visit my mother once in a while. But every time, I get on the bus and look back at my mother, at the rows of trees, the road and the house with brick walls, and tears flow,” said reader Nga.
"Hundreds of homelands are not easy to be truly home"
Reader Cao Gia Chuong quoted a poem he learned in high school: "Away from mother for ten years, traveling all over the country/Hundreds of homelands, not easy to truly feel home" (poem by Che Lan Vien).
“No matter where we go, the image of our homeland is always imprinted in our hearts. It is a precious asset that we will carry with us forever,” reader Cao Gia Chuong shared.
As for reader Sang, every time Tet comes and goes, before going around every corner of the house, he takes a few photos to keep as souvenirs. "Who knows, maybe tomorrow the house will change so we can have something to remember it by", reader Sang wrote.
Reader Mi Mi shared that she has a husband, a house in Ho Chi Minh City, a fairly comfortable life, but every time she comes home, her mother asks her to get all sorts of things.
“Every time I go home, I tell myself not to take anything, it’s heavy to carry, but when I leave, I only have a styrofoam box. It’s not that I’m greedy, but I like the scene where my parents ask me to take this and that, the chicken in the coop, cassava, sweet potatoes, vegetables from the garden, then go to the market to buy fresh fish and meat from the countryside,” reader Mi Mi said.
Besides, many people also want to work near home to be with their parents.
As reader Sakaeru Dao expressed his wish, the whole country would have industrial zones and plenty of jobs so that people would not have to go far from home to work, and returning home every Tet would be less difficult.
“There is no place like working near home, even if the salary is low. Being close to family, children and parents will make life more comfortable and prosperous…”, said reader Sakaeru Dao.
I burst into tears when my mother handed me 10 million VND saved from her pension and told me to use it to pay off the bank loan.
Social networks are sharing a touching story that after reading it, people who work far from home can't help but cry.
The story was told by Homo 94 account:
It has been 13 years since my mother was sick, lost her ability to work, lost her income, and for the past few years she has been receiving a monthly allowance of 800,000 - 900,000 VND. Yet somehow, she has managed to save 10 million VND.
Tomorrow morning I will leave for Hanoi, at night my mother will come in and put it in my hand and say: "I will give you 10 million VND to pay off the bank loan to reduce the interest."
I laughed: "I owe 1 billion dong."
Then burst into tears. I miss my mother so much.
No matter how old we are, in our parents' eyes we are always children. When we are unfortunate and in trouble, family is the only place that always welcomes us back.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/moi-lan-con-ve-que-dan-long-khong-lay-gi-roi-cha-me-lai-dui-cu-khoai-mo-rau-ngoai-vuon-20250205165909334.htm
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