Additional cold air, the temperature at night is lower and lower, only around 11-12 degrees Celsius. In the cold, the workers are still working hard to make a living near the Lunar New Year 2023.
The Science & Life reporter recorded at Long Bien night market as well as a few streets of Hanoi on the night of the last days of the year of the Tiger. At Long Bien market, when asked a woman who had just finished towing a cart, she refused to go while saying: “I thank you, I am in a hurry, I have to pull a few more carts to keep up with the shipment”, she rushed. pull the car.
Ms. Tran Thi Binh (Tam Nong, Phu Tho) for more than ten years working as a cart puller at Long Bien market shared: “I worked until the 29th day before returning to my hometown to celebrate Tet. I try to take advantage of these days to work overtime because the rent is a little bit better, still knowing that in my hometown everyone is looking forward to it, being away from home for a whole year also wants to prepare for a better Tet. On New Year’s Day, people stay to work very little, it’s okay if I stay a few more days. Their grandchildren are grown up, so they can partly help with the work at home.”
According to Mr. Doan Tien Thanh, Ha Dong has a stall selling goods at Long Bien market. He said: “It’s fun to look at the bustling traffic in and out, and there are people who trade and sell and make a profit. In the past few years, due to the epidemic, the market was empty, and this year our income is slightly better. I try to work until the morning of the 30th to close the shop.”
Unlike the laborers at Long Bien market, Ms. Le Thi Sam (Hung Yen) who has been pushing a cart selling clothes for 20 years said: “These days I go early in the morning and come back very late. If you are lucky to have a profit of 200,000 VND, if not, only 100,000 VND. Because the rent is expensive, and many sellers like me have returned, so I take advantage of selling a few more days before this New Year, both selling goods and saving rent because I have rented for a whole month, I also have to pay for vacation. “. Also, people who make a living at night, Mr. Vu Van Binh (Hoan Kiem) this year 69 years old said: “I have worked as a car patcher at night for many years, sometimes on the first day of the New Year I also have to do it. People’s cars are punctured, in the middle of a cold night like this, where can they find a motorbike repair shop, so this is also a job, both helping people at night and earning an income.”
So while many families gather together when Tet is coming very close, some people are still hard at work in the cold, they have worked hard, making a living to look forward to the Tet holidays are warmer.
