My husband passed away, I was alone for 10 years to take care of my in-laws, but unexpectedly, one day soon, they told me to leave a ‘gift’ to me.

My husband passed away, I was alone for 10 years to take care of my in-laws, but unexpectedly, one day soon, they told me to leave a ‘gift’ to me.

My husband died when we had been married for exactly 1.5 years, before we had children. A work accident. He passed away in the middle of the lean season, leaving me with a few debts from the wedding, and my elderly parents in the countryside, weak and without anyone to help.
My whole family looked at me with regret. Someone hinted:
“What’s the point of living now? Her husband died before she could have children. She should remarry and be done with it.”
But I couldn’t bear it. I don’t know if it was because I loved my husband, my parents-in-law, or because of the title of “good daughter-in-law” that I kept myself single, worked day and night, and took care of everything from food to medicine.
I worked in the fields, worked as a construction worker in the summer, and sold vegetables at the district market in the winter. At night, I washed clothes, boiled water, and massaged my grandparents’ hands and feet.
For 10 years, I never had a day off, and I never dared to think about myself. When people asked me why I didn’t remarry, I just smiled:
“I still have my in-laws, and I still have a duty to this family.”
My grandparents also love me. They always say:
– “When I’m old, the property I leave behind will only be for my children. No outsider can compare. You are my child.”
I listened and was both moved and told myself: “I will try harder, just a few more years.”
In the 10th year, my mother-in-law was very weak, and my father-in-law was bedridden. One night in December, she called me in, tremblingly shoved a wooden box into my hand, and tried to say:
– “This is a gift my wife and I left for you… keep it and take care of yourself in the future…”
I burst into tears, hugging her as tears continued to flow. It had been ten years since I had seen my efforts recognized.
That night, waiting for my grandparents to fall asleep, I quietly opened the box.
Inside was an old folded piece of paper , a tarnished black plated necklace , and a red piece of paper with a few lines written on it .
I open it.
The first piece of paper was… A land transfer paper – but the recipient’s name wasn’t mine, but a complete stranger ‘s .
The second piece of paper was in the mother-in-law’s handwriting, scribbled:
“The gift is your husband’s death certificate. From now on you are free to do whatever you want.”
I was speechless.
It turns out there was no land left for me. The so-called “gift” was an ironic way of saying it. The red paper was… a wedding invitation from my husband’s cousin – the one who said he loved me unrequitedly after my husband died.
I don’t understand how my grandparents could be so… cruel. I gave them my youth, my health, my life. And all I got in return was a vicious mockery.
On the day they died, many relatives came. But I did not cry anymore. I only wore mourning clothes for three days, then quietly left that house, without looking back .
I rented a small room in town and started working again. No one knew I was once the “widow of the Nguyen family”. I lived my life, peacefully.
Five years later, the nephew came to me and said he wanted to see me. I sat still and listened to him say:
– “In the past, she said if I married someone else, she would give me the house, but if I married you, she would disown me. I’m sorry… I didn’t know they were so cruel.”
I just smiled, not answering. Then I stood up and said softly:
– “No one can make me regret again. Enough.”
Some people are born to be wives. Some are born to be mothers. As for me – perhaps I was born to learn how to let go. But that’s okay. Once you let go, you feel light. And living with a light heart – is also a form of happiness.
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