Husband and wife, Nam and Thao, and their children don’t go out, they take the car down to the steps of the house to get everyone’s clothes and shoes neatly dressed, with fragrant perfume. Everyone who looks at them thinks this is a wealthy family.
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But they are in a level 4 house, in a small alley. The house is quite neat and bright thanks to giving the house a “new look” every few years. The equipment in the house is quite complete. As Nam puts it – “Women want to be happy, they must let technology serve them.”
They do not have much wealth, but their way of life and motto are quite gentle. Enjoy according to your budget, but whatever you do, you must save for yourself every month.
Men work freely, without time constraints. He doesn’t like a busy, hard life. As long as he can dress to his liking, of course he must have financial savings. Nam also does not like his wife’s hard work, so he is loyal to leisurely office work to suit his health. Thao spends heavily on food and shopping, Nam also supports it, he doesn’t want her to be too thrifty. He does heavy work like carrying water buckets, things that men usually do, and sometimes he also goes to the market to cook. Life is simple but cozy, they know how to make each other happy.
Thao did not feel discouraged when she saw that she could not wear diamonds, had never been abroad, and did not have a house or car. People work a lot and enjoy a lot. Even though I’m not well-off, I’ve never borrowed or bothered anyone. Thao and her husband do not put too much emphasis on economic accumulation by working regardless.
Many people “work day and night”, striving to buy a house for each child so that they can “close their eyes when they die”. Thao and her husband cannot afford to do that, it is not their life motto. Give your children knowledge, teach them lifestyle and ethics so they can be confident in life, but they do not have the obligation to “work hard” to buy a house for their children. There is no house or car, but Thao always thinks about positive things. The husband knows how to go to the market to cook, do housework, pick up and drop off the children, and contribute to the economy. Even though her husband is not good at business and accepts her actual abilities, Thao is still happy. They focus on health and choose joy and laughter to live. But husband and wife make arrangements in their economic life, but marriage is not arranged.
Economics is certainly important, but they are satisfied, know enough, and strive to maintain a stable marriage in their own way, very realistic, not at all… novel. Thao shared that she and her husband do not tire of looking up and clicking their tongues about why people are so rich, but look down and see that they are better off than many people, so they continue to live happily. Having accumulated money, although not much, even choosing to eat well and dress well, having a fully furnished house, just not being as rich in wealth as other people. They know that they cannot get rich with their own strength, so they choose another way to get rich – rich in joy, rich in laughter, rich in sharing, rich in love.
Rich people look on and sometimes comment that Thao and her husband are poor. But being poor and happy is a very… good poverty. In the house, there is almost no distance between husband and wife and children. When we’re happy, we can all consider each other friends. The child can ask the parent: “What are you doing?”. Parents can ask their children: “Is Minh about to go to bed?”.
Of course, when you are serious, address yourself clearly and standardly. Nam and Thao build happiness by, when listening/reading good stories, always bringing them home and telling them to the whole family. Spending and saving plans, all children know. They want their children to participate in family life when they are young, so they can share joys and sorrows with their parents, and will form thoughts about how to make money and manage finances in the future. .
I have a cousin who is very good at economics, but has a habit of criticizing others. She once criticized, “M. and his wife have been in Saigon for nearly 30 years but they don’t seem to be rich, but why do they look so innocent and beautiful? And then participate in charity. Where is the money for charity? I told her, each person, each family has a different concept of life. We still know that economics determines a lot about marriage, but not everything. Many rich families still divorce, but many poor families live happily. As for charity work, it is not necessary to have a lot of money to do it.
Phi Khanh
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