Ma Win Myint - Siri Sandar Devi

Sri Sandara Devi

Ko Thet Naing was so happy that he passed the exam after studying hard and studying hard. Ko Thet Naing deserved to be happy. Only by passing the exam could he reach the path he had hoped for. Ko Thet Naing looked back at the exam he had passed and his life. Now, at the age of thirteen, he had passed the seventh grade. At sixteen, he would have to pass the tenth grade. After passing the tenth grade, he was old enough to work, so he intended to continue his education and work hard to continue his education so that he could continue his university education. He thought that it was important to pass each grade regularly and overcome the great barrier of the tenth grade, so he tried. As hard as he tried, he had never failed a single exam until he passed the seventh grade.

After checking the school results with his best friend Tin Maung Aye, who lives next door to him, both Ko Thet Naing and Tin Maung Aye were so happy that they hugged each other and danced around the school.

"I'll ask Mom and Dad to buy me whatever I want..."

When Tin Maung Aye spoke encouragingly on the way home, Ko Thet Naing remained silent and felt sad inside.

“If my brother and Ma Ma Tint don’t want to buy me anything, that’s fine… It’s important for me to stay in school until I graduate.”

With that thought in mind, he remained silent, unable to utter such boastful words as Tin Maung Aye. But in Ko Thet Naing's ear,

"We're in financial trouble, so we're saving up for everything, little brother. I don't know if we can even send you to school..."

He was imagining hearing his brother, Ko Ba Khaing, say.

"If only my father and mother were here, they would have taught me to study to the end, no matter what the situation was. I don't know if my older brother had no money or not.... His wife and daughter could buy me everything I wanted. When it came to paying for my school fees and books, he would complain and sometimes cry when he said it."

I was thinking to myself. It was worth thinking about if Ko That Naing thought about it.

When his parents died, Ko Thet Naing was only three years old. He was only a child, so he didn't know why his parents died. When the time came and his parents didn't see him, he cried. When he didn't see him for days, he forgot about it, and his life was as U Ba Khaing had planned. However, because his birthright had improved, he didn't become a fool or a mischief-maker, and he lived a quiet life.

Because the age difference between U Ba Khaing and Ko Thet Naing was about twenty years, sometimes I thought that Ko Thet Naing was my father. Sometimes I thought that he was my brother. In any case, until Ko Thet Naing was five years old, U Ba Khaing took care of him as lovingly as when his parents were with him. When Ko Thet Naing was five years old, U Ba Khaing chose a life partner of his own choosing.

Ma Hla Tint is a beautiful girl, as her name suggests. She shares the same fate as Ko Ba Khaing. Since her parents are gone, she relies on a relative who is a merchant. While selling comics at a relative's market to make a good profit, she meets Ko Ba Khaing, who comes to buy. Ma Hla Tint, who is a very popular comic seller, is not trusted by anyone except those who are very fond of shopping and are very fond of her. Ma Hla Tint, who is also a clever person, knows how to please the people and is always willing to sell. She has never been hurt by anyone.

When Ko Ba Khaing said he loved her, Ma Hla Tint carefully examined him to see if he was serious or not.

Ma Hla Tint knew Ko Ba Khaing’s situation well. Ma Hla Tint learned that Ko Ba Khaing’s parents were wealthy stone merchants who had migrated from an upper region. When they arrived in Yangon, they sold some of the jewels they had brought with them and were now living a quiet life. Since their parents had died, Ma Hla Tint learned that he had inherited the family inheritance with his younger brother, Lu Ma.

"A person like him is determined to kill me, isn't he?"

It may seem like a silly doubt. However, Ko Ba Khaing is a real believer. Ko Ba Khaing himself was sent to school by his parents with the desire to educate him, but he was not interested in education. He did not pass the seventh grade until he was almost twenty years old, and he spent money on school, and I spent money on school. Because he was not interested in education at all, he did not get any help from home. He was like a small rice field.

Even though he has no education or job, Ko Ba Khaing's desire for a woman is almost crazy. Although he himself has no value or appearance, Ko Ba Khaing, who is obsessed with a beautiful woman, how could he not love and be attracted to such a beautiful woman when he meets her?

Without thinking about the status, status, or occupation of the beautiful...

"It is not a small amount of merit for a woman like Ma Hla Tint, who is beautiful enough to be loved by a person like me who is neither educated nor handsome, to be loved by her. My life is blessed, I am lucky."

Ko Ba Khaing thought happily.

“I, who am living a helpless life and living in a relative’s house, and selling food at a market just to make ends meet, will be publicly married to someone like Ko Ba Khaing because of my good deeds. I will be the owner of a house in someone else’s house. Ko Ba Khaing’s house is auspicious. The yard is spacious, the furniture is complete, there are no in-laws, brothers-in-law, or relatives to disturb me, and he is a clean person. He also has a lot of things inside, so my good deeds are good,” Ma Hla Tint thought with satisfaction.

When they met, Ma Hla Tint, the beloved wife of Ko Ba Khaing, arrived at the mansion in a short time. From that moment on, Ko Ba Khaing lost all interest in his younger brother Maung Thet Naing. Ma Hla Tint began to dominate the whole house, the whole yard, everything he owned, and Ko Ba Khaing.

From the moment Ma Hla Tint arrived at the house, Maung Thet Naing, although only a five-year-old child, had to understand three things about life, so that he would not become a boy and would not be equal to his age.

Therefore, Maung Thet Naing was not beaten, except for being physically and mentally weak. Being weak is not the same as being weak. However, if we are to find a blessing, it is that when Maung Thet Naing was seven years old, Ko Ba Khaing and Ma Hla Tint sent him to school with great enthusiasm.

The year Ko Thet Naing was sent to school, Ma Hla Tint had already given birth to a daughter. The daughter looked exactly like Ma Hla Tint. She was a beautiful girl with a fair complexion. Ko Ba Khaing, because of his beautiful wife and beautiful daughter, would not only shout in the middle of the street, "Is there still a person like me in the world?" He stood on tiptoe. Ma Hla Tint, whom he had loved so much and wanted to do as he pleased, now that she had a daughter, he wanted to put her in a glass temple and worship her.

Maung Thet Naing, who understands the three shadows, helps with housework as much as he can, except when he is in school. He helps take care of Ko Ba Khaing and Ma Hla Tint's daughter, May Tint Khaing. He spends his time studying. Maung Thet Naing, who is able to think beyond his age due to the wisdom of life, also thinks about the future. He is also intelligent. He also works hard at his studies and has passed the first grade every year.

Maung Thet Naing loved and cared for May Tint Khaing, whom he had to look after during school. Since he was six years older than May Tint Khaing, he was able to look after May Tint Khaing with ease. That alone earned Ma Hla Tint considerable favor.

In this way, under these circumstances, Maung Thet Naing, at the age of thirteen, successfully passed the seventh grade. By the time Maung Thet Naing passed the seventh grade, May Tint Khaing had already reached the first grade of school.

At that moment, Ma Hla Tint said nothing, but Ko Ba Khaing's tone changed. He was no longer so tolerant of Maung Thet Naing. Although his tone was not harsh, it was not the same as before. He complained about the tight budget. He talked about the burden of school fees. He said that he had no helpers at home, that he could not afford to hire extra people, and that he wanted Maung Thet Naing to leave school and help at home. Although Ma Hla Tint did not say a word like that, Maung Thet Naing knew that the words that came out of Ko Ba Khaing's mouth were Ma Hla Tint's wishes.