Min Thein Kha - Sweet and fragrant words

Chapter (1)

A child from Salin

Once upon a time, there was a small grocery store near Salin. That small grocery store was owned by a couple named Koni and Ma Wa.

They work hand in hand, as if they were husband and wife. When Koni sells groceries, she sells them.

However, he often left the shop empty-handed, and sometimes he would carry children in his arms and sell them at the market, sometimes during the lottery, sometimes during the Thingyan festival, sometimes children's hats sewn from cloth, and when the Thingyan festival was approaching, water jugs made of tin, etc.

Those little things may seem small to the eye, but in reality they are “things of great value.”

So, not long after Koni and Ma Wa got married , they were able to buy a plot of land in a neighborhood called "Zhay Ma" and build a small house.

He was also able to deliver alms regularly to U Kitti Kyaung at the top of the ward every full moon day.

About a year later, they had a son.

The child was served with fried dried shrimp and black bean soup at the barbecue.

The elders of the village chose various names for the village.

The village headman, U Tun Shein, told him to name it "Than Maung Oo," which means "a bunch of garlic cloves ."

Ko Yin said that he should be named “Hla Maung Aye” using the five-step, step, and step method.

The BOC representative, U Tu, urged people to call it 'Tin Hla', saying, "If you are born with a fever, you should call it 'Pan Saput'."

The chief clerk, U Ba Aye , said that he should have been named "Tin Aung" in the sense of "keeping the name correct and the place of residence correct. "

The astrologer U Kyi said that according to the Maha Bok method , the name should be "Ramaung". If it is not named like this, the child will be born with a bad luck, he said with dry words.

Then Daw Chaw, who has a skin disease,...

"It's hard to name a child, Aung Malai Taw. I can't do it one by one. I've already named the child born to Maung Ni and Mi Wa 'Ni Wa'."

"He shouted," the child's father, Koni, was very impressed and...

“Ha... That's very true, Daw Chaw, Niwa... Ha... Ha... Ha, that's very good. I'll call the little boy Maung Niwa.”

He said happily.

Then the astrologer U Kyi...

“Brother Ni, the village elders, the BOC representatives, the clerks, and the astrologers like me are all doing a great job of making fun of you. The name given to you by Anu is a good thing, but the way you act as a king is bad.”

He began to read the sign.

Chapter (2)

The second husband blames the first husband.

After about four years, Maung Ni became so exhausted from work that he fell ill with typhus and died.

Only Ma Wa continued to sell the grocery store.

About a year after Maung Ni's death, Sein Hlaing, a horse-drawn cart driver who transported goods from Ma Wah's dry goods shop, and Ma Wah had a falling out.

From that moment on, Ma Wa openly took the horse-drawn cart driver, Sein Hlaing, as her husband and brought him into the house.

From that day on, Sein Hlaing stopped driving the horse-drawn carriage. He returned his horse-drawn carriage to its owner.

Then the owner, U Kala...

"Sein Hlaing, if you want to drive in the future, come anytime," Sein Hlaing said...

"Aung Mae Lay... Ko Kala, for the rest of my life, I will never drive a horse-drawn carriage with Sein Hlaing again. And how much more expensive is it for you to work with a horse-drawn carriage? Instead of driving your horse Sein Hla, I will drive Ma Wah."

When I replied, the owner of the horse-drawn carriage, Ko Kala,

"You are like a scythe, you are like a heron. Mi-wa has already chewed up Maung Ni. I will also chew up Sein Hlaing. You will go to the cemetery," he said, driving him away.

Sein Hlaing returned home and said to Ma Wa... "The market is closed today. I heard that Ma Wa and Aok Kaek's house has pork. After you have pulled two pork chops, cook them with a panna cotta. Add lots of dried shrimp and raw fish paste. You must also add chili. Fry it in hot oil, I like it."

"So Ma Wa went to the Chinese restaurant and brought two pieces of pork breast. Then he mixed it with the rice and cooked it. He also made a fish paste dish with dried shrimp and chili.

When everything was cooked, he served Sein Hlaing some rice. Sein Hlaing ate half of it. After eating, he went out to the front room, put down his pillow, and stretched out on his back. He smoked a cigarette.

Nearby, he placed a smoking bowl made from a fish can, blowing smoke toward the ceiling.

At that moment, an unusually heavy rain began to fall, and Sein Hlaing, listening to the sound of the rain, closed his eyes and tried to sleep.

At that moment, a large drop of rain fell from the thatched roof onto Sein Hlaing's chest.

Sein Hlaing was shocked and shocked. His vast wealth was about to be destroyed.

Then, "Tak" and a single tap...

"Brother Ni and I didn't put a tin roof on the house, but went to the shop. What a shame, that little tin roof! What a rude guy! Now, look at the next husband who will take over his duties, he doesn't have the money."

The second husband, Maung Ni, who had already died, was found guilty and was scolded.