Farmer couple sold 2 cows to support the village to build concrete roads

Mr. Nguyen Huu Quynh - Secretary of the Party Cell of Hamlet 6, Thanh Lam Commune said: The hamlet has 270 households, nearly 1,100 people. Previously, the roads in the hamlet were all dirt roads, making travel difficult, especially in the rainy season, when the roads were muddy, making it difficult for people to live and do agricultural work.

New, spacious concrete roads in Hamlet 6, Thanh Lam Commune. Photo: Huy Thu

Now there is a government policy to support the hamlet with 180 tons of cement to concrete the village roads. The hamlet leaders have organized many meetings, mobilizing people at home and children living far away to contribute more money to build the roads.

Responding to the movement of the hamlet, the people of hamlet 6 unanimously contributed from 7 million VND to tens of millions of VND per household. Among them, Mr. Nguyen Van Bao's family sold a pair ofcowdonated 44 million VND. Many families such as Mr. Pham Van Thanh, Mrs. Luong Thi Huan... contributed over 30 million VND. Especially the family of Ms. Le Thi Giang, a mother and daughter who are deaf and mute, still contributed 15 million VND...

Mr. Nguyen Van Bao excitedly shared about his family selling a pair of cows to support the neighborhood in building concrete roads. Photo: Huy Thu

The act of selling a pair of cows to raise money to support the village to build a concrete road by Mr. Bao's family is an act of kindness that is admired by people in and outside the village. Mr. Bao and his wife started from nothing. Thanks to their diligence and hard work, the family was able to build a house, raise their children, and educate them.economyrelatively stable. Currently, he and his wife are farming 1.5 hectares of rice fields, raising many livestock and poultry. Every day, Mr. Bao also works as a bricklayer to earn extra income.

When the neighborhood called on people to contribute funds to build a concrete road, Bao and Thuan decided to sell two of their five buffaloes and cows to raise money. “We said we were building a village road, but it was also the road to our house. We built a road for us to use, and it also made the village beautiful, so my wife and I were happy to sell the cows,” said Bao.

Mr. Nguyen Van Bao works as a bricklayer to earn extra income. Photo: Huy Thu

Thanks to the solidarity of the people in the hamlet, after a period of survey and construction, hamlet 6 has concreted many important hamlet roads, with a total length of up to 2.3 km, width of 2.5 - 3 m (some sections are 4.5 m), height of 0.2 m. The road from the "fish dam" to Mr. Bao's house, 250 m long, contributed by 5 households with a cost of over 100 million VND, has also been completed.

Looking at the village roadsconcreteThe people here are really excited. Mr. Bao shared: "Before, the dirt roads were full of rocks and gravel, dusty on sunny days, muddy on rainy days, making it very difficult to travel. Now that the roads are concreted, the roads are flat and easy to travel, and I and the people in the village are all happy."

Ms. Ho Thi Thuan dried corn on the concrete road her family contributed money from selling cows to build. Photo: Huy Thu

For a rural area with many difficulties like Thanh Lam commune, where it is dry before the sun and flooded before the rain, the fact that people contributed tens of millions of dong to build concrete roads is hard to believe but true.

After completing a phase of concreting the village roads, what the people here feel is that "what we spent was worth it". Ms. Ho Thi Thuan (49 years old) - Mr. Bao's wife modestly shared: Her family sells cows and only contributes to the villagers to build roads for us to use, nothing big.

Local people are happy that the village roads have been concreted. Photo: Huy Thu

Discussing this issue, Mr. Nguyen Van Dang - Chairman of the Fatherland Front of Thanh Lam commune said: In the process of building new rural areas, Mr. Nguyen Van Bao's family sold 2 cows to contribute 44 million VND to concretize the village road, one of the typical contributing households, recognized by the local government.

Thanks to the enthusiastic contribution of the people, Hamlet 6 has completed the plan to concretize the village roads and alleys, making people's travel convenient and safe, contributing to the local economic development.