At that time, my sister was very young, there were many young people in the village asking for marriage, but she could not judge anyone. Not wanting to spend her life in the fields, my sister went to the city to look for a job. Thanks to the money she sends home every month, we can go to school and have money for medicine for our mother.
When she was over 30 years old but still not married, my parents worriedly reminded her about her husband and children every day. But every time she said that she didn’t want to fall in love, just wanted to make a lot of money to take care of her family.
That day at the end of the year, everyone in the countryside was busy preparing for Tet and my family was no exception. My sister returned, carrying a luggage in her hand and carrying a child, making the whole family stunned. My father was angry and did not say anything, and my mother was in tears. At that time, everyone thought that she went to the city to have sex with some man and gave birth to a child.
Understanding everyone’s thoughts, she said someone put the child in front of her room. Looking at the poor baby, she decided to adopt it. My sister is honest, she has never lied to anyone, so my family believes everything she says.
But my father was afraid of being criticized by the neighbors and advised her to let the child go, and she herself had to get married. If she adopted the baby, who would dare to marry her? No matter how much my parents dissuade, my sister is determined to raise the child to grow up.
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Unable to change her mind, my parents had to let her take responsibility for her actions. In the following years, she lived in the eyes of everyone’s discrimination, they thought it was her own child, deliberately saying that it was adopted to save face.
Also happy for her, the child is healthy, obedient, well educated and loves her mother. Having such a good grandchild, my parents are very proud of everyone.
During the years, she went to the street to work as a maid to have money to support her children’s education. Now I have graduated from school and got a high paying job.
The son wanted to let her name the house, but my sister refused. She said she didn’t know how many more years to live, why bother with her name. My sister is a wonderful woman who always thinks about her adopted son without caring about herself.
Her kindness spread to my adopted son, and now he has used all the money he has earned over the years to buy a house for my sister.