Mother-in-law takes care of sick grandchild so that her ex-daughter-in-law can get married easily

Painful daughter-in-law brings food to her husband

In recent days, the village in Nong Cong district, Thanh Hoa province has been buzzing with the story of a mother-in-law raising her grandchild while her daughter-in-law gets married.

Not only did it stir up the village, this unusual but very humane story was also spread by the online community.

The mother-in-law who loves her daughter-in-law in the above story is Mrs. Le Thi Mua (56 years old), living in Nong Cong district.

Mrs. Mua's family held a wedding ceremony for her daughter-in-law.

While helping her ex-daughter-in-law take care of her sick grandchild, Mrs. Mua took the opportunity to chat with the reporter. She smiled innocently, saying that it was not uncommon for the husband's family to marry off their daughter-in-law.

“Le has been a daughter-in-law in my family for 8 years and has been a widow for 7 of them. However, she has not bothered to remarry and has stayed single to worship her husband and raise her children. We consider our daughter-in-law as our own daughter, so seeing that scene is heartbreaking,” Mrs. Mua was moved.

Mrs. Mua remembers that after nearly a year of marriage, her son had a traffic accident and died early. At that time, her daughter-in-law, Do Thi Le, had just turned 19 and was 2 months pregnant.

Pitying her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mua cried for her son once and cried for Le ten times.

“Other people’s daughters at that age are still innocently going to school, but my daughter-in-law is carrying bowls of rice to offer to her husband. I feel so sorry and love my daughter-in-law,” Ms. Mua shared.

Continuing the story, Mr. Le Sy Thanh (59 years old), Mrs. Mua's husband, said that because of the grief over her husband's death and severe flu, Le's health deteriorated, leading to an unstable fetus.

The baby boy was unfortunately born with a cleft lip and Down syndrome, and was bedridden. Afraid that his daughter-in-law would grow old and live alone, Mr. Thanh and his wife urged Ms. Le to remarry.

“We opened our doors to many people, but she didn’t like anyone. After Tet, she started dating someone from the next village.

Knowing that our daughter-in-law decided to get married, my family discussed with Le's mother, taking care of her happiness. Finally, the in-laws agreed to let us organize the wedding for her.

After many failures, Ms. Le finally found a happy place.

All the expenses for Le's wedding were taken care of by my family. Her father passed away early, leaving Le with only her mother. She is not well off. Therefore, the few coins we can spend on our daughter-in-law are not worth anything," said Mr. Thanh.

On April 30, Mr. Thanh's family prepared more than a dozen feasts and invited relatives and Le's maternal family to attend.

That day was the dowry ceremony, Mr. Thanh and his wife stood up to receive the dowry and give it to their daughter-in-law to get married. In addition, Mr. Thanh's children and daughters-in-law also gave wedding gifts to his ex-sister-in-law.

Take care of sick grandchildren

According to Mr. Thanh, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in his family is very harmonious. Over the years, Ms. Le and Ms. Mua have not had any conflicts. Ms. Le goes to work and gives her salary to help her parents-in-law with living expenses, but they do not accept it.

Mr. Thanh said frankly: "Parents won't take anything, you save for the future, buy whatever you want."

When it comes to taking care of her grandchild, Mrs. Mua honestly said: “I just think like this, at the temple, the shelter has more than 100 orphans and disabled children and they can still take care of them. My grandchild is only one child, so what is it? I have to think openly, taking care of grandchildren is normal.”

Mrs. Mua said that the villagers were gossiping, saying that Ms. Le got married, leaving her sick grandchild to her mother-in-law. When she heard this, she immediately said frankly, there was no hardship, she would take care of her grandchild. She had always helped her daughter-in-law take care of her grandchild, so she was used to it.

Mrs. Mua took a photo with Le on her wedding day.

“If the child was healthy and the mother wanted to take care of him, we wouldn’t fight over raising him. But if my child is seriously ill and I give him to Le to take to her new husband’s house, wouldn’t that make my daughter-in-law suffer?

Not to mention, he got married again, had children, and I still had to take care of them. If he remarried and they weren't happy, I would be heartbroken," Mrs. Mua expressed.

Once, Mrs. Mua heard from an acquaintance that Ms. Le confided that she could not bear to leave her child with her grandparents. She was afraid that her grandparents would have a hard time. At that time, Mrs. Mua also considered the plan that if her daughter-in-law decided not to remarry, she and her husband would build a house for Le and her mother to live next door.

Pausing the conversation, Mrs. Mua was busy preparing some vegetables, meat and fish for Ms. Le to bring to her new husband's house to cook. She told her daughter-in-law to visit her child, then pack up and leave before it gets dark.

Ms. Le was very touched by her husband's parents' sincerity. After 7 years of being widowed, she considered her husband's parents as her own flesh and blood. In return, her husband's parents loved her like their own daughter. Every day, she just had to go to work, and when she came home, her mother-in-law would be waiting for her with a meal.

“My mother went to the market, saw something I liked, and bought it for me to eat. I went to work, kept my salary, and my in-laws didn’t ask about it. During holidays, my grandparents even gave me spending money. Near the wedding, they asked if I had money, and if I didn’t, they gave it to me to buy things.

I wanted to help with the wedding expenses, but my in-laws wouldn't let me. They even told me to just get married," Ms. Le said emotionally.

The husband's parents adopted their grandson so that Ms. Le could enjoy her new life.

Before marrying off their daughter-in-law, the couple took the time to visit the neighbors and ask about the character and morality of Ms. Le's husband. When they found out that the new man was gentle, they happily arranged the wedding for their daughter-in-law.

In the past few days, even though she has moved to her new husband's house, Ms. Le still often visits Thanh's father and Mua's mother. Her new parents-in-law also create conditions for their daughter-in-law to visit her ex-husband's house.

This May, Ms. Le will follow her husband to the South for work. Although she misses and worries about her son, she believes that Thanh's father and Mua's mother will take good care of him.

According to Vietnamnet