Akyidaw - A house with a slate roof

Their house is covered with unique stone slabs. 

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"People are sometimes difficult."

(38) Street, a tall, long-haired man sitting alone in a beer bar drinking beer, mumbled to himself as he watched the people passing by, and then glanced at the man at the bar counter playing golf.

"If you don't have money and don't want to do anything, and if you do have it, you don't want to keep trying to increase it, you're just drowning in water."

The old man took another sip of his beer.

“The two brothers from Mawlamyine I met...

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It was raining lightly that day. The evening sun was already low, so darkness was already prevailing in all directions.

The two brothers stood in the pouring rain, watching the people rushing to get on and off the bus as it pulled up to the bus stop. After a while, the long-haired, tall, and thin brother turned to look at them with dull, dull eyes.

"Now... how will we return, Ko San?"

His brother, Ko San, didn't answer, but looked up at the pouring rain. Both of them were already drenched and shivering from the raindrops, like rats soaked in water.

"Wait a minute... I'm thinking too. Where can I get some car money?"

His brother frowned...

"Where can I get it? Where in the city do you know?"

The brother got angry at his younger brother's words...

"I'm new to painting. If you're new to painting, it's not just in this city, it's known nationwide."

The younger brother's strong words made his face even more frowned...

"You've been looking all over town for that painting, haven't you? Where did you find it?"

My brother became restless and...

“Oh... this is it... if your good karma is not on your side, then there is a saying... There is even a saying. If you don't know the truth, you think you are a thief.” It has nothing to do with it. If you can't borrow money around town, it has nothing to do with the saying that you don't know the truth, you think you are a thief.

In fact, at that time, not even three people in the country, let alone the entire country, knew about the artist. How could they know? Even the pictures he drew were only two or three magazine illustrations. A true illustrator, a budding artist.

The person who came with him was his brother Maung Kyi, with a long face and a tall body. If you look at his picture, you can immediately see that he is a painter. He is not a writer, he is a musician. He is a fake. Don't tell him to have money, he doesn't do anything and doesn't know anyone. Even though he needs a car, the two of them have run together and separately to the top of Thirty-first Street and Pansodan to find someone to borrow money. They couldn't even get a car and they were standing in the rain.

They had to go back to Gyokone. The fare was two kyats each. Neither of them even had a silver ring, which they had worn because it looked like money.

“I have an idea.”

Ko San's happy words were shared by his younger brother Maung Kyi...

"How will you do it?"

"Don't ask me anything, just get on the Insein bus quickly," he said, and ran and got on the Insein bus, leaving his younger brother to follow him, unaware of his presence.

The car's wheels start to roll and the car spoiler...

"Cart track, brickyard, history, now I'll pay the fare. One kyat for the cart track, two kyats for the overpass."

While all the passengers were paying their fares, Ko San asked, "Hey, isn't this the bus going to North Okkalapa?" The passenger was angry and said, "What's wrong? This is a diamond bus."

"Ha... so we got on the wrong bus, let's get off at the next stop."

The driver kept asking the others for fares, muttering, “I don’t know where the villagers are.” The two of them refused to pay, claiming they had gotten into the wrong car. When they reached the stop, they both got off and…

“Now, don’t you have my idea? If we take one ride and stop at one point, where will we go to Gyokon? We can reach Japan in one day… Oh… Insein bus is back… Hurry up,” he said, and the two of them ran to the next bus that arrived. When they got on the bus, they said, “Ha… we got on the wrong bus,” and got off at the next stop without paying. In this way, they pretended to get on the wrong bus and rode on from one stop to another without paying. The journey was not even halfway through until late at night. When it got too late, the younger brother couldn’t bear it anymore…

"If you keep going like this, I don't think you'll even make it home by dawn... Think of something else."

Ko San was confused and disappointed.

"Oh, that's right. Even the cars will be back in a week. It would be a shame if they remember us because we're back in a week."

"Yup"

"So how do we do it?"

Maung Kyi thought for a moment and said, “We Burmese people are not rude. If you talk nicely, they will give you a free ride.”

"Oh... yes. I forgot about that. You're going to be a writer, so you're going to think of things like that. You're going to grow up thinking like that."

"This is my teacher's younger brother... hehehe"

As we were praising each other, an Insein car pulled up to the ready stop.

"Hey... a car is coming. Tell me when you get in the car."

"It belongs to me. My teacher just smiled shyly from behind."

"I'm sure you'll melt into my smile, and ride, ride, you'll have to make it happen, my little brother."

They both quickly jumped into the oncoming car.

Unfortunately, the bus driver and some drunk passengers were having a verbal argument on the bus. Some of the drunk passengers were blatantly denying that they had paid the fare, which made the bus driver very angry.

"You four have come up and not one of you has paid yet, so don't deny it outright. Ever since I started paying for my car, you've been doing it like this and that. Not one of you has paid yet."

The drunkards did not let up on the loud words of the spy...

"Huh... I told you I gave it to you. If I didn't give it to you, it would have been the spare wheel from the back door."

“That’s a lie. There’s no spare room in the back. I’m the only spare room in the whole lot. You don’t want to pay. Don’t act like you haven’t paid yet. I won’t lose my business because you cheated me with this four or five kyats. You won’t make a profit either. Now… I’ll continue with the two of you who got off at the stop.” He turned to them and said, causing them both to turn blue. Maung Kyi looked at his brother Ko San with a “Is that true?” look. Ko San made a gesture that said, “Just tell me, I’ll smile.” Maung Kyi also looked at his brother Ko San, got a little excited, and smiled at the spare room with all his teeth showing. Then he closed his pocket, which was empty, and…

"Hey... Brother, we two brothers... hey... don't have any money."

"What?"

The loud "what" from the speaker made both of them tremble slightly...

"There... money... car fare... I don't have it... that's it"

I looked carefully at Maung Kyi, who was red-faced and showing his teeth with all his might, from the spare room, and Ko San, who was smiling shyly from behind. I didn't know what to think next, but I smiled as if I liked it.

“I got it, brother, I got it,” he said, patting both of them on the shoulder warmly. They both sighed, thinking it was okay this time, and smiled at each other. At that moment, the driver shouted loudly enough for the entire car to hear.

"Now... people who cheat by saying they have paid for the ride without paying. Look at these two brothers, they are bold enough to say that they don't have the money. Don't act like you paid and haven't paid yet. Don't act like these brothers, I'm giving you a free ride. Yes, my brothers, I don't have the money, will you give me a ride?" he said, turning to them and asking, and they also covered their heads in confusion and...

"''Give me a ride, brother''

"Yes," he replied. Hearing their chorus of answers, the speaker raised his voice again in joy.

"Now... if you say there's no fare, I won't pay you. Don't lie and say you won't pay. Be honest like these brothers."

As he said this, patting his shoulder, all the passengers' eyes turned to their brother. The more people paid attention to the spa, the better he spoke. I don't know if it was because of that, they hugged both of them...