The old lady who picked up trash at a 10-billion-dollar villa revealed her true family background: She used to teach, and she's not wrong

The story of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong (83 years old), living on the first floor of an old French villa on To Hien Thanh Street, Hanoi, every day picking up trash and begging for charity is receiving a lot of attention from the public. Fame.

Recently, sharing with reporters, Ms. Phuong continued to surprise many people about her background.

The woman, over 80 years old, said she was a genuine Hanoi girl. She studied pedagogy and had time to teach. After that, Ms. Phuong worked at a newspaper office in Hanoi as a spelling corrector. After working for a while, she quit, so currently, Ms. Phuong does not have a pension.

Every day, Mrs. Phuong picks up scraps and bottles, brings them back home and sells them to make money, but her income is not much. She did not cook rice but instead asked for food from charity. Everyone gave her whatever she wanted. Even though she is old, she is still alert and has good memory.

"The best meal is the one when you ask for food. And when she has money, she buys a meal of bun cha for 40,000 VND. She only eats a meal like that every few months. Or there is a girl who eats on this sidewalk, they want to give it to her." They invited me to eat with them. It was great," she said.

The 35m2 house, located on the first floor of an old French villa on To Hien Thanh street, was left to her by Ms. Phuong's mother. Currently, Ms. Phuong's brothers have all passed away. She herself has no husband or children, so she lives alone.

Talking about the reportage that has caused a stir in public opinion in the past few days, Ms. Phuong said that a neighbor showed it to her and was quite surprised.

That night, she went to pick up scraps and bottles and was given charity items by people. When she loaded her things into the car to take her home, there were several people filming and following her home. Ms. Phuong guessed that people filmed her to put her on TV, but the woman over 80 years old did not think things would be so negative.

However, she did not care because she did nothing wrong. "I'm not the owner of this entire villa, my life is miserable," Ms. Phuong said.

Ms. Phuong added that the government once offered to repair her house so she could move in. But she did not agree because she thought that what she made was more meaningful. Because she wanted to keep her belongings in the house, Mrs. Phuong locked the door tightly. At this time, she is also gradually cleaning up for Tet to move in.

Previously, according to information in Dan Tri newspaper, the People's Committee of Le Dai Hanh ward said that Ms. Phuong was a single elderly person, with household registration on the first floor of an ancient French villa on To Hien Thanh street.

According to the leader, she is not homeless but currently lives on the first floor of the house. The situation is not as difficult as videos shared on social networks.

"Ms. Phuong has a household registration on the first floor of the house, and receives a monthly allowance of 400,000 VND. She is healthy, alert and active, but likes to pick up trash and accumulate trash all over the house," the leader of the Ward People's Committee said.

According to research, this house is an ancient French villa, currently there are 3 households living, the current value of this villa is about 40-50 billion VND. The house has an area of about 250 m2. Currently, he has a red book in this house on the first floor. The remaining 2 upper floors belong to 2 other households. Many people on the second floor offered to buy her first floor for 30 billion, but she did not sell.

Ms. Le Giang, one of two households living in the shared villa, shared that the neighbors were very miserable because of the smell of garbage in Mrs. Phuong's house. With the desire to have a clean living space, neighbors once proposed to sponsor Ms. Phuong 5 million VND/month so that she could stop collecting trash and move into the house. Mrs. Phuong agreed, signed the paper to receive the money, but the next day it was still not refunded, leaving the neighbors helpless.

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