She used to have a family, a happy home, but after a traffic accident everything disappeared when her husband died, she lost her leg and had to live with her abnormal son in a hut. roadside tent.

The accident happened after work ended at midnight

We went to Yen Phu village (Lien Ninh commune – Thanh Tri district – Hanoi city) one late afternoon in late August amid the sweltering weather in the Capital. However, in a makeshift tent in a small alley in Yen Phu village, where disabled single mother Tran Thi Ngoc Anh (1990) and her mentally abnormal son Nguyen Van Tuan (11 years old) live.

Ms. Ngoc Anh lost many precious things in life after a traffic accident.

When talking about her life, Ms. Ngoc Anh cannot help but feel sad. She said, in 2008 she married Mr. Nguyen Van Trinh (1986) through a friend’s matchmaking. Shortly after getting married, both husband and wife were extremely happy to give birth to baby Nguyen Van Tuan.

Not having much education due to difficult family circumstances, both husband and wife applied to work as sweepers for a factory with a salary of 3 million VND/person/month. Although the couple’s life still has many difficulties and hardships, they both try to improve their lives to make Tuan’s future brighter. But then, at the end of 2016, after finishing work at midnight, an accident suddenly happened.

Even though she is only 29 years old, many people think she is almost 40 because she is so austere.

She said: “The couple swept the trash, finished cleaning up at 12 o’clock at night and left. On the way home, we were hungry so we went to buy food for the night. However, when crossing the street, we were suddenly hit by a car. The load hit me, my husband died on the spot and I was seriously injured.

A few minutes later, my family was there to take me to the emergency room at the hospital, but after that I had to have my right leg amputated near the groin, and my left leg had a lot of flesh stripped off, so it gradually shrank.”

The right leg is amputated, the left leg is atrophied and does not move or feel much. She is afraid that in time her left leg will also be destroyed.

In just a moment, the wife who once had a peaceful family lost the husband who loved her so much.

Not only that, her legs were no longer healthy and she had to undergo many surgeries to save her life so she could try to live with her son.

She said that now she is most worried about what her son will be like when he grows up.

“The day my husband passed away, I felt like a lost soul. I blamed myself for why God didn’t take me with my husband to reduce the suffering and pain. But then, with the nature of a mother, I had to try hard to help. continue to live, fight through countless hardships to raise my children,” Ms. Ngoc Anh said, wiping away tears.

There is no place to worship her husband in the tattered hut

From a person who had good health and made money to take care of her life and raise her children, Ms. Ngoc Anh suddenly became disabled. Losing one leg and not being able to move the other leg much, she herself could not use crutches to move, which made her extremely miserable.

Tuan – Ngoc Anh’s son, although not mentally normal, is very witty.

After her husband passed away, mother and daughter still lived together in their father’s house, but recently their father’s family sold land and divided assets. Ngoc Anh and her mother also received a small portion and officially left their paternal home in early 2019.

Without a place to stay, she decided to use the money she was given to ask someone to buy materials including: corrugated iron, bamboo, tarpaulin, water tank, electric wire… to build a temporary hut next to a small alley.

She said: “Fortunately, mother and child were supported in setting up a tent, and neighbors facilitated electricity and water connections.”

She said: “The mother and child were also sympathized by many people recently who gave them electricity, water pipes, support in building a hut, as well as some other items. Particularly, the refrigerator was given to them by an uncle. The cabinet is old but still works well, and the steam fan was donated by organizations to people with disabilities.”

She was sad when she saved up money to buy an altar but could not ask anyone to hang it up to worship her late husband.

Ms. Ngoc Anh also said that in order to have money to live as well as take care of her son’s education in 5th grade, she has to urgently receive votive offerings for only 20,000 – 30,000 VND/day. She said that currently, mother and child are supported 1 million VND/month each month, but this amount is not enough to take care of their lives.

Tuan just stayed at home to help his mother fold votive offerings.

The life of a disabled mother and a 5th grade child in a hut in an alley faces many difficulties in daily life. She herself cannot even cook or do much laundry herself, sometimes she has to rely on her son.

The boy often smiles and loves his mother endlessly.

A temporary tent set up along an alley.

There isn’t even a place to worship her husband. She once asked someone to buy an altar but still hasn’t been able to get someone to hang it up so she can burn incense for her husband. Holding the altar that had been stored on the corrugated iron wall for a long time, she said with tears in her eyes: “I’m disabled and there’s no way I can hang the altar and ask for an incense bowl to worship my husband.”

The boy often smiles and loves cats but has abnormal nerves

Mushroom – is the cat’s name given to the boy Nguyen Ngoc Tuan because according to him, since he was a child he has loved small, pretty mushrooms and especially many types of white mushrooms. Not long ago, a former colleague of his mother gave him a cat to keep him company.

Ms. Ngoc Anh said that even though he has abnormal nerves, Tuan often helps his mother with work and cleaning.

She must rely on her hands for all her movements.

Ms. Ngoc Anh said: “Tuan does not have many friends, even friends around the neighborhood rarely play with his child because he is probably not as normal as other children. That’s why, when a colleague He gave it to the cat, so the boy liked it very much. Even when it was time to eat, he gave the best food to the cat, even though there was nothing for the meal.”

Mushroom is the cat named by Tuan.

Talking about her son, Ms. Ngoc Anh shared: “This year he is in 5th grade, and the school supports his tuition as well as contributions. But his nerves are not normal, he often smiles and talks. alone and not as active in speech as other children.”

To him, Mushroom is his friend and confidant.

“Perhaps the reason is that since he was a baby, my husband and I have not taken good care of him or spent time playing with him, which has led to this incident. However, since my husband passed away, my leg was amputated, so the boy only plays around. Staying at home and interacting with me more helps gradually improve,” Ms. Ngoc Anh said.

Outside of school, the boy always loves the cat.

Tuan has no friends, so the cat is his only friend.

Living in a hut in an alley with a lot of bushes, while the floor of the hut was still dirt and only temporarily lined with a layer of foam to prevent dirt, the mother and son had encountered snakes and centipedes and fortunately the boy used a stick to help beat the snakes. Mom.