Pho Myint - An unbelievable story

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In the other house, a group of people were having a conversation. I didn't know what they were talking about. I heard the words "people...people..." frequently, so I knew they were talking about people.

The golden moonlit night made everything beautiful. The occasional breeze was also cool. I was smoking a cigarette on my deck chair, intoxicated by the beauty of the night.

"I don't accept the saying, 'I'm good, but he's good.' Even if I'm good, he's good, but he's not good. Even if I'm bad, he's good. There's no such thing as a stereotype in the world."

A voice from the conversation reached my ears. Immediately, my attention, which was lost in the beauty of the night, disappeared. "I have heard such words before," I thought. Where, when, who said them.....

“Ha... I remember, Tin Maung... Tin Maung, this guy said, well... I didn't say it, I wrote it.”

I was reminded of an incident from many years ago.

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Tin Maung was one of my very close childhood friends. He and I were friends, friends, friends, friends. He was very brave when he wanted to be brave, but he also said "Eee" when he was scared. He also talked a lot. However , he was very bad when it came to women. Once, he stubbornly followed a girl who was not brave enough to help him and gave him a letter, and the girl took off her shoes and ran away. Since then, he has been afraid of women.

After graduating from the tenth grade, Tin Maung and I broke up. I moved to Yangon, and he went to Shan State to work as a tobacconist for his parents' tobacco shop. His parents, being the only son out of five children and the eldest, loved him very much. As they trusted them, he did not marry until he was 30 and only tried his hand at business. However, one day, they heard the sad news about him.

"Tell me...who are you with?"

My visiting friend Hla Aung smiled sheepishly.

“Office clerk Than Maung and his wife.” “Oh...with someone else’s wife?”

“Ko Than Maung is dead, don’t you know yet? It’s been over a year.”

Pho Myint “It just happened… Hla Aung, is it because you are not a virgin? Tauk.. I want to meet this guy.” My body trembled with pity and anger. I thought that if Tin Maung was around, I would have stabbed him. Hla Aung looked at me and smiled.

“You’ve seen Khin Kyi, haven’t you?” “I don’t remember, I must have seen her before.”

"Dark skin, a slender body, and a sense of humor. She doesn't have much of a figure, but she's very fashionable and has a very good sense of humor."

"So this guy is addicted"

"Okay.....I want to show you, you idiot, just like you've been fed meat. My parents and sisters are so ashamed that they won't even accept a house loan. They're saying that if you leave this girl, she'll lose her inheritance. That's not her fault."

"Aw...it's just a matter of being Tin Maung Tin Maung"

Even I felt sorry for Tim and complained. After that, I forgot about him.

( 3 )

About two years later, Tin Maung came to me.

His figure has improved a lot. He doesn't have the shows he did when he was younger. However, his smile is still there.

"Heh...heh...you're such a good friend, you didn't even invite me to your wedding."

"You didn't have to accept the invitation, you heard it when you weren't studying."

"Now...let's go, how is the situation now? Your knee hurts, and your little girl is also very big, right?"

I was shocked. I couldn't tell if it was because I was hit. His face was completely ruined. He was also a very close friend, so I felt sorry for him.

"Hey...let's go, leave these things behind. I came to you because I want help."

"What, you want to tell the big frog, right?"

"Bye, Mom and Dad have cut off contact, so I'm also starting to get bored, and my wife is starting to get bored too."

"I'm telling you I've asked for an inheritance." "Ha...you're a good guy."

"Heh...heh, there's a Brahmin child inside me. If you ask for an inheritance, if you don't ask, if you don't get it, I can't marry you. Isn't that how school is?"

"You've heard it already, by the way."

“I didn’t hear that, Tin Maung, I just knew without looking around with my wise thoughts. Everyone except you knows what kind of womanizer Ma Khin Kyi is. I didn’t take you for a young man, Nga Ae, I took you for an inheritance. Now you know, don’t you? Aye…it’s you who knows that I’ll borrow three baht…it’s you.”

"Say it...say it...say it, say it as you want, but I swear that he is the one, even if he doesn't want to inherit, I can't abandon him, I won't let him abandon me either, I will kill him too, I will kill myself too, that's all."

Tin Maung is no longer the Tin Maung he was before. His appearance, his voice, his mannerisms have all changed. His bones.

The high priest rose. His hands began to tremble.

"Ah...Tin Maung...Tin Maung," I said, and took a deep breath.

"You're so...well educated, can you be so crazy about a woman?"

"Don't say these things, my friend. People are all about their own preferences. Some people like it bitter, some people like it spicy, some people chew it no matter how spicy it is. Well... I came to you to ask for help. Are you really close to your father and mother? I think you'll get it if you tell me. If I finally get four or five thousand, that's fine. When I grow up, I'll pay you back. I don't want money, I'm just struggling."

The “no” mind is very evil. If it is poisoned, no one can resist it. What you like and say is true. Then the Tin Maung Khas are no longer funny or mocking creatures. They are just pitiful. I felt sorry for him. So I promised him, “I will try.”

( 4 )

I took a day off and went on a trip. First I went to Swar Tin Maung's house. I observed Ma Khin Kyi.

Although she is two years older than Tin Maung, Ma Khin Kyi is even younger than Tin Maung. She is also very attractive. Her body, appearance, speech, and movements are all good. There are other good things too. Her daughter is also cute. Tin Maung's children are also very loving. She is only good because she is his wife. I don't know if she would have kept it if she had been born with him.

“People will say that I am a hypocrite. In reality, a husband and wife are not just about loving each other. It is very important to have food, clothing and a stable life. Now, it has been more than two years, and he has not done any work. He has been doing this and that, and the children are just sitting around and eating. He doesn’t want to work in the government because the income is low. He wants to be a merchant. So, if there is money, then it doesn’t matter. So even if it is not an inheritance, I am satisfied as long as I have a little capital,” said Ma Khin Kyi.

Yes. His reason was not bad. It was a mistake. However, I noticed one thing. He was fully dressed. Since he didn't have much time, he could only briefly visit his relatives and say hello. I had to enter Tim Mong's parents' house as if I were a tourist.

"...Uncle, you know about my son, don't you? This guy is a bad guy, if he's angry, he'll do anything. I'm also sorry. After all, if my parents were so cruel to me, I would kill myself. So I don't think it's good to be too strict. He's not that stupid. He's not kicking his parents, he's not asking for what he deserves. He just wants some capital. He told me that forty or five thousand baht is not a big deal for you, uncle. I don't know if this will happen to you again, son. I don't want to make you cry, so I'll just come in and give you advice. Now.....I'll go. There's still a lot to do, so I don't have much time."

I don't remember the whole story. As much as I can.