Nuyan - Pure gold

Chapter (1)

"Hey...where is "Naw May" taking care of the children...Phoe San...let's take a look."

A voice from the imposing two-story building carried on the cool early morning air.

Not long after the sound, the driver, Phoe San, came running up the stairs downstairs.

"No, my mother, she's not in the yard, I just saw her at the entrance."

The rich man, "Daw Sein Hla," who was looking out from the window, turned to look at Pho San and said, "Hey... yes, have the others left the yard again... Naw May Haley... I told you so, son." As soon as the rich man said this, he ran downstairs like a bee.

From the entrance to the courtyard below the building, I looked back to the driver's office, then back to the servants' quarters where the cook Mae Aye and her husband lived. The rich lady was walking around the spacious garden, looking intently.

The rich man was a tall, fair-skinned man, but his face was a little droopy.

I don't know if he was grieving for the child, but his face looked a little old.

"Naw" said... I told her not to go out and babysit, and she had to leave anyway, Naw May • • • Ah... Naw May..."

Daw Sein Hla stood at the gate, looking out, calling out.

Soon, a young Karen woman, pushing a baby stroller, approached Daw Sein Hla and began to recite poetry.

"I'm just here, Ma'am. I'm not going anywhere. I just heard Ma'am calling me."

Daw Sein Hla became a little angry when she saw the child.

“Oh my... please keep the baby in this yard, don't go outside at all.”

"I'm not going out, Ma'am. I'm just going out for a moment because Ko U ​​Kaley asked me to go out. I'm still here."

Daw Sein Hla looked down at the baby in the stroller.

“Yes... little boy... little boy said he wanted to go outside, I thought he wanted to go for a walk. Did you get down from the baby outside and walk?”

"No, I didn't say anything. We just came back in when we heard the old lady calling us."

Daw Sein Hla looked down at the child.

"Little boy, do you still want to walk this morning? Come on, come on...

"So, please help me and tell me... Oh... The flowers in the child's hands are so fragrant... I swear."

Daw Sein Hla took the flowers from the child's hand and carried the child in her arms.

“When the flowers smell sweet, Ko U ​​Kaley will pick them, May, but I will climb over the fence and pick them to worship the Buddha.”

Daw Sein Hla took her granddaughter in her arms and parked the cart on the grass.

“Little boy, I’m going to walk. Hold my hand... Now... My mother will hold your hand... Come on, little boy. Remember, we’re walking on the grass.”

Ko U Kaley came in between Naw May and Bwa Bwa, walking like a cat.

“Oh my... Oh... Are you near the pundariki tree, Uncle Lay... I want to pick pundariki?”

"I haven't arrived yet, baby, I'll tell you when I arrive."

“When I get there, tell me... My mother... I'll pick it myself, but Grandma won't let me pick it, because I don't want to play with it.”

Even though Ko U ​​Lay is a two-year-old baby, he can't walk on his own.

He was a healthy, strong child. He was not a weak child. However, due to his bad deeds and bad deeds in life, he did not receive the light of the seven circles.

He was separated from his mother at a young age and was raised by his aunt and uncle.

When Ko U ​​Kaley was about 18 years old, his mother abandoned him and left him. Ko U ​​Kaley completely forgot about his birth mother and even considered his grandmother as a mother and became close to her.

There are only three people in the world that Ko U ​​Kaley remembers. After Bwa Bwa and Naw May, Ko U ​​Kaley's father. These are the three people Ko U ​​remembers and always talks to.

Ko U Lay usually stays with Naw May, but he often asks about his grandparents and father.

However, Ko U ​​Kaley's father sometimes disappeared without coming to see him. At these times, Ko U ​​Kaley would often ask Naw May and Bhaa Bhaa about it.

He has never seen his father, but he loves him very much. His father always takes care of him whenever he sees him. Although he is a two-time father, he always holds his son, who has been blind since birth, with great compassion. He always answers questions patiently and teaches him. His father often takes the little boy from his mother's care and plays with him, so Ko U ​​Kaley often remembers and asks about his biological father, who is his playmate.

"Have you reached the pundarika trees, my dear...?"

"I'm almost there... baby... come on... come on... I'm just talking nonsense."

Ko U Lay slowly pulled away from Bwa Bwa and Naw May's hands and began to clasp both hands on the fence of the Punda Ret.

And then he walked around, trying to figure it out on his own.

Naw May and Bwa Bwa followed behind him, still staring at him.

The child, clinging to the row of yam trees, was overjoyed every time he touched a yam with his little hand.

Naw May was holding the baby yams that Uncle Ko had picked.

Uncle stopped walking and looked up at the sky with his wide eyes.

“Hey... I heard a little scream near Uncle, and the air got a little colder. What is that? • • • “

Daw Sein Hla followed Ko U ​​Lay to where he was looking.

Two large butterflies were making love, perching on the large buds of a pundarika flower, flying and sucking nectar.

"Oh... you want to know, little man... big butterflies flew past the child..."

"Big butterflies, huh? Oh, oh... How do big butterflies live? Tell me, Uncle."

Naw May looked at the two large butterflies and said, “Butterflies are not like people. They walk in the air of the child. So when they fly near the child, their wings feel cold.”

“I want to hold those big butterflies in the air, please, please give them to me.”

"You can't catch butterflies, child. They often fly away into the sky."

“I want to hold you, Naw May. If Naw May can’t catch you, I’ll have you catch me when my father comes back... Naw, bah bah”

“Aye... aye... I caught it, I hid it. The butterfly is a flower that Uncle Ko Lay picked from the bed. It's just as soft as that.”

"That's so sweet, my dear, my dear uncle, my father came to visit me, and my grandmother and my mother didn't even let me go."

Daw Sein Hla looked at her granddaughter with a look of compassion that made her shed tears.

“Now...now, little man, let's go back to the grass, come...let's hold hands...Oh my...come on.”

Ko U Kaley looked up at the sunlight from where he was walking on the grass.

"It's dawn now... oh, oh, oh... it's just dawn now, when it dawns, daddy will come, when daddy comes, I'll ask you to catch butterflies, oh, oh, daddy, when daddy comes, tell me"

Daw Sein Hla started to cry again before she could answer her granddaughter.

"When will Dad come... Oh, it's only after dawn, Dad said... but he didn't come."

Daw Sein Hla put her granddaughter back in the cart and continued walking with a sad face. Naw May put the baby in the cart and continued to hold her throughout the garden. Daw Sein Hla walked up the stairs with heavy steps and entered the bedroom.

Daw Sein Hla's husband, U Ba Myint, had already left for the temple in the city at this time.

Daw Sein Hla pulled a book from the small bookshelf where she kept her usual religious books, flipped through the pages, and sat down. A small, unworn piece of paper slid out in front of Daw Sein Hla and started walking away.

Daw Sein Hla was reading through the words on the paper she was spreading out, and her eyes, which were wandering, focused on a painting from more than ten years ago.