Chapter 6: chapter 6

Mom – Yeah, sure. Aman, give him your mobile number. Aman – Yeah sure. I gave him my mobile number. Mohan – Please send me your snaps also on my whats app number. Mom – Snaps? Why snaps so early? First show us a girl, then we will send snaps. Mohan – Actually sister, girl’s family first see a boy’s snap and his profile, if they like it only then will they get ready to show you girl’s snap. Mom – That’s not good. We first want to see the girl’s snap. Mohan – Please try to understand this process doesn’t go like that. My mom was about to say something more, I interrupted, “It’s okay, mom. No problem. I will send my snaps.”Mom – But...Aman – These are just snaps and I am a boy. Nobody is going to misuse my snaps. She didn’t say anything. Her silence was a kind of approval of my request. I found my few snaps from the gallery of my mobile and shared with him. Mohan – Hmm...good snaps. Aman – Thanks uncle. Mohan – Okay, I will try to find a good match for you and then I will contact you. My mom and I smiled, “Okay.”My mom stood up and I followed the suit. She was about to leave the room when he said, “I guess you forgot to give my fees.”I giggled, “Oh yeah. Sorry. So, what’s your charge for it?”Mohan – One thousand rupees for registration and ten thousand rupees when you got married.I expected that he would ask two thousand rupees but when he said only one thousand rupees, I became happy. I thought my mom would be happy too and she would give his fees without a word but it it didn’t happen. My mom – One thousand rupees! Just for showing us a girl!Mohan – Yeah, it’s a registration fee. My mom – Very expensive. You just wrote the profile on your notebook and you are charging one thousand rupees for that!I nudged my mom and whispered in a very low voice when his eyes were away for a moment, “It’s okay, mom. Just give him.”She replied to me loudly that I didn’t expect, “Aman, one thousand rupees is too much for that. He has not even shown us a girl yet.” I felt so ashamed to hear that because he also came to know what we were talking to each other since she said very loudly but she should have not. But what to do? Moms are moms. They never change. Mom – Sister, we are not going to put one thousand rupees in our pocket. This amount is just for mobile recharge. Because for finding a bride for your son, I have to call many girl’s parents and then I have to call you too. And I have to discuss with girl’s parents and with you everything in detail. It’s about marriage and marriage is a big deal. I nodded my head but didn’t dare to utter a word before my mom. But I was shocked to see the behaviour of my mom here. Because I told my mom that he could ask for two thousand rupees but he asked only one thousand rupees but still, my mom was fighting with him, I mean she was bargaining with him in her style. Mom – Brother, you do one thing. You told me that you need one thousand rupees for phone calls. Right?Mohan – Yeah. Mom – You need to discuss everything in detail with a girl’s parents as well as with us. Right?Mohan – Yeah. Mom – No need to call us. We will call you everytime. I mean you just relax for the phone recharge from our side. We will always call you. Just give us a miss call. Mohan – What do you mean? Mom – I mean to say we are going to give you five hundred rupees only.Mohan – What? Mom – Yes, because we are also reducing your mobile phone bill. I got drowned in the well of shame fully. I was not even able to look into the eyes of Mohan. But my mom was firing her words against him like a stain gun! Mohan – But it’s my registration fee! How can I take less? I take one thousand rupees from my every customer. Mom – You called me your sister. Right? Mohan – Yeah. Mom – Can't you give a discount of five hundred rupees to your sister? Mohan – But sister? Mom – No if no but. The deal is final. We are going to give you five hundred rupees only. Mohan – Sister, I think you haven’t been to other marriage bureaus yet. They charge five thousand rupees just for registration. I asked only one thousand rupees from you. Mom – No, no. I am your sister. And we are not from a rich family. He received his orders on today itself. You can charge high from your any other customer. But please leave us. Otherwise, we are going. I looked at my mom’s face worriedly. I wanted to say to her but didn’t say, “What are you doing mom?”Suddenly he said, “Okay, okay. Give me five hundred rupees.”My mom – Aman, give him five hundred rupees. I pulled my wallet out from the back pocket of my jeans and gave him a five hundred rupee note. Quickly, he put that note in his wallet and he said smilingly, “Okay, I will let you know when I found a good match for you.”We all smiled at each other. My mom said, “Okay, thanks for your tea. Now, we are leaving.”Mohan – Mention not. My mom and I left his home and headed for our home. At homeI said to my mom, “Now, make a cup of tea for me.”Mom giggled, “Now you seem to be happy.”Aman – Yeah, mom. Of course. Mom chuckled, “You are interested too much in marriage!”Aman – Haha. No, no, mom. Actually, I am not so much interested in my marriage, I am happy because we have done our work by going to the marriage bureau. Now, I am feeling relaxed. Mom – Oh... okay son. Now, get ready to talk to a girl as well as their parents. Mohan can call us at any time now. I guess, tomorrow we are going to meet a family. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment 🌺❇️🌹🌺❇️)