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Days are passing as usual for everyone but of course not for Meenakshi. It's been two weeks of their marriage. All Meenakshi is doing few things like learning how to cook, how to clean, how to care of everyone, how to follow elders command.
During this schedule, she didn't get any time for herself. Her mother-in-law, Usha wakes her up at 5'o clock in morning sharp no matter how much sleepy she is. After doing her morning chores, she serves breakfast to everyone in the house while the elder ladies cooked it. After that she starts cleaning the house and did the other works whatever she was told. She is just doing all this silently whether she wishes or not. She became vey much afraid to grandparents and other elders, in these days.
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Why? Want to know?
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Well, I'm telling..
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It happened two days ago.... It's been 8'o clock and night breeze is making the dark atmosphere cool and everyone is present in the hall for dinner. Usha ( her mother-in-law) and Pushpa ( Vyom's chachi*) were making dinner and She was serving. Suddenly, the bowl of gravy fell from hands and the hot gravy fell on Meenakshi feet making her burn along with Vibhu (Vibhu is Vyom's cousin and Pushpa's 10 year old son) as he was eating near the place where bowl feel and some gravy fell on his hand in that process and he started crying hardly gaining attention of everyone. At the same time, Meenakshi was also feeling brun pain and crying silently but no-one noticed it. Everyone's concern was only Vibhu. Suddenly a loud sound echoed in the hall. Pushpa slapped her hard and start cursing her rudely, making more tears fell from eyes.
Don't you have eyes, hands and legs? You.....uhhh.. you're just a useless person.. Don't you know how to work? From morning to night we have to teach you everything still you don't know? Is there is the heap of garbage is stored ( while poking her forehead)? Look how much you burn my child.. Did you do this intentionally to give him pain or kill him? What's the use of scolding you when the mistake is done by your parents. If they didn't allow you to play whole day and made you learn these work from start strictly, We didn't have to face this.." said Pushpa with a scary face while others eyes are red from anger and told her to leave the hall and go to her room in instantly.
In this whole incident, no-one noticed her feet which was dark red from the burn. She left the dining hall silently while crying and the injury of her feet hurting and paining a lot with each step. She quietly washed her feet then went to her room and sat on her place quietly while more tears started falling from her eyes by remembering the incident when accidently she was burnt by hot milk and her parents took care of her with so much love.
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If you're thinking that she has a bed/ cot for herself. Then you're wrong. She
Only had a mat, a blanket, a bedsheet and a pillow for sleeping and resting.
*Now comes to logic of this... In rural areas there was a kind of thought that a female can not sit on the chair, bed, stool or cot in front of their elders and husbands. Whether they have to stand or sit on the ground. And at the time of their monthly cycle they aren't allowed to take a step out from their room and face others. As it's a bad omen in their eyes.
Ps- if I said something wrong, then don't mind it as the sources of this information are my grandmother and my maid.*
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When she was drowning in her parents memories suddenly Vyom entered into the room and quietly sat on his place.. of course a bed and was watching her. After few minutes he went out of the room again entered and gave her the burn relief gel.
Present-
After that day she became scared of them . Sometimes she silently watched Vyom when he was playing and studying. She also wants to play with the children outside. She also wants to study and go to the school like Vyom. But no one is allowing her.
Once after the burning incident, she timidly asked her mother-in-law about this.
"Maa... When will I go to school?" Meenakshi asked.
On which her grand mother-in-law replied "there is no use of girls to study. Their duty is to manage the household, family, to give birth to babies and take care of them and her husband."
Although Meenakshi didn't understand the whole thing, she understood that they were not allowing her to go to the school.
After that she didn't asked anything coz whenever she asked, she got harsh scoldings along with the answers. That's why whenever she wished to play, she either watched children outside or play alone. When she wished to study, she silently took the books from Vyom's school bag at night and after studying them she placed them again at their place.
But she was caught up by Vyom.
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How?
I'm telling
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One night when she was studying with Vyom's books and notebook. She noticed that he didn't completed his homework, so she completed it. When Vyom opened that notebook in school and found it complete, he became confused. But he didn't said this to anyone. When he noticed that it kept on repeating, he wanted to tell someone.
But one night, he accidentally woke up from his sleep and found Meenakshi with his book. He confronted her on which she angrily accepted that she was the one who did his homework and stole his book at night but also put the book on their place after studying.
Well, she was expecting scoldings and fight from him as he usually did but that never happened.
He made her shocked by saying that whenever she want she can use the books for studying. If she didn't understand anything, she can ask and he'll help her. And promised her, he did not tell about this to anyone, not even their parents. But in return, she would helped him in homework.
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They both promised to each other Little Things.
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But Time has only one feature that it changes.
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Yes, the time is going to change and along it many things are going to change.
THEIR innocent childhood and its promises are going to test. The Early Adolescence is going to test them and is going to change their lives including everyone in their family.
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Stay Tuned...❤️❤️😘
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From next chapter, things are going to change...
Are you eager??
One question also- "Do you want to know what happened with the girl they found in garbage in chapter 1?"
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