P.Morning - Vatthupadesa No. (8)

The new father's idea

“Hey, old man, you’re useless. You’re a piece of shit. You’re a slob. You can’t earn six cents a month by pretending to be a clerk, pretending to be a dog, reading newspapers and magazines. Don’t bother coming here. When it’s time to eat, I’ll knock on the rice pot and call you. This job has nothing to do with you. It’s not your business. You don’t understand,” said his older brother, and drove old man away.

The new man pretended not to hear, and without paying attention, he picked up the glass bracelets and looked at them. When he touched one of the bracelets with his hand, it broke.

"Hey, you're not going to go, are you? This isn't the item you left behind. You have to send everything back because you made a mistake. I ordered a turtleneck. I sent you a glass bracelet. I'm going to go and make people feel bad," he said, pushing the old man away.

The old man fell down and got up with a shrug.

"Will you become my slave just because I broke a ring? Why did you send this old man to the wrong place? Who will buy and wear these delicate glass bracelets?" said the old man, and he walked away, holding an old magazine in his hand.

Pho Thit was not a worker. His older brother Pho Thit and his aunt Daw Thu Sa carried goods from the countryside to the city and from the city to the countryside, and traded goods from upland to downland.

As for the new father, he didn't care about any work, didn't respect it if he was criticized, never got angry, didn't say anything, wore a worn-out Dawei uniform and a wide-brimmed white short-sleeved shirt, and was content if he could eat a full breakfast and dinner.

Therefore, the only thing that could not be surpassed in the minds of the old man and his aunt was that there was never a time when the old man did not eat breakfast and dinner. When he ate, he would sit on his haunches, sweat dripping from his forehead and mustache, and eat with shame.

The reason he could eat like this was because he did not eat any food or drink other than tea for breakfast and dinner. He did not have any money to buy food, so he was always hungry, so he was a very capable person who could eat a lot for breakfast and dinner.

Because of this, they were healthy and did not suffer from any diseases, and they did not hear of any new-borns having a hard head. Therefore, their aunt and brother often said, "Useless animals do not even get sick, let alone die."

But Phoe Thit was a caring, kind, and gentle man, and he would often tell jokes and jokes that made people laugh, even though they were very angry. Therefore, any house would offer him a cup of tea with great sincerity. Sometimes, on Sundays, when Prata met Min Din at his house, he would help him with fish paste and lemon juice.

Except for his aunt and brother, no one in the house would eat a single meal, so everyone except his aunt and brother loved Po Thit. He never borrowed a single penny from anyone.

That day, the old man, who had never been in a bad mood, was feeling quite upset. Not only did his aunt and brother's work go wrong, but they also ordered a spinning wheel and other items from Yangon by mistake, resulting in a total of over a hundred glass bangles.

At that time, no one had ever seen a glass bracelet in that place. No one would buy it and wear it. Burmese people, especially in small towns and villages, do not easily adopt new things. Every woman who saw it would say, “Hey, what’s wrong with it? They would say you’re crazy if you wore a glass bracelet.”

They say, "If you wash your clothes once and bend them, they will break," and "If you sleep at night, they will crush them and break them."

The old man was worried that his rice pot would be missing.

"I'm going to this house with my aunt. Give me my money for a month, and I'll give it back to you in a long time."

Than Kyi looked at his hands and those of his sisters, then took out a wad of money from his pocket and gave it to her.

On the way back to the old man's house, he bought a small amount of rice and dried fish and cooked it at home. When the old man arrived, he was furious when he saw that the glass bangles were broken and the whole package was broken.

"You're the one who has to return these bracelets, right? You took them, didn't you?"

"I have no money to buy rice, so I went and sold it."

“How much are you selling it for? Are you that hungry? Do you have to sell the things you need to send back? If you don’t have rice, tell me earlier.” “I have to say, your faces are like dog droppings in buffalo tracks.

As I bet, so I didn't go and sell it, I gave it away. Then I started making money (I-O-U). Hey, old man, you guys don't use me. I think you'll find out tomorrow. Do you know what's going on?" .

"Aang. Why don't you show me what you're doing tomorrow? Why don't you show me the Buddha's flower? It's not worth six cents just by looking at it."

"Oh my... why are you showing me? I'm just saying I'll show you."

“It’s not finished yet, I have to send the glass bracelets back to Yangon by night train now. If it’s not enough... that’s it.”

“Hey, you guys can’t send back the glass bracelet. Guess what day it is? Monday, 12:30. Thuraj time, Thurajam Friday. Buddha-Sandara, Thuri Guru, Bawma, Thurajam Sunday, Garuda, Duhon flying endlessly, look, I’ve photographed it with my Angawijja.”

Soon, the aunt arrived and started to beat the old man, causing the old man to be angry again.

That evening, San Kyi and her three sisters arrived at the house with other young men and said, “Ko Phoe Thit, Ko Phoe Thit, here is Daw Nyein and her mother-in-law who wants a bracelet.”

"It will come later. When we see what we are wearing, I will call you over there - call you over there. Ko Po Thit has arrived, is he still there?"

“Yes, sister, come here,” he said, showing his own bracelets. The aunt and brother looked at each other, holding hands.

“Let’s try it on without taking it off. If anyone wants it, bring it to me and I’ll give you a snack,” he said. - They bought one batch and went away, and when another batch of five girls arrived, Phoe Thit said, “Phoe Thit, do you know that people are monkeys? If you see one or two people dressed in fancy clothes, you’re a fake. You don’t wait for people to come and buy a product. You take a photo of it so you can’t resist buying it. People do it when they see someone doing it. When it comes to clothes and accessories, ask two or three beautiful and respectable girls to help you with your accessories. Soon, many people will join you. I’ll remember that until I die.”

Over a hundred bracelets were sold out in three days.