chapter 26

At the end of the last part of the story you read...After some time, Vatsala reaches home, as soon as she parks the scooter and enters the house, her maternal uncle from the village, with whose son her mother used to talk about Vatsala's marriage, is seen sitting on the sofa.  Vatsala's maternal uncle was smiling looking at Vatsala.......Now onwards........Next to Vatsala's maternal uncle, Vatsala's sister "Ragini" was sitting and next to her was Vatsala's maternal uncle's 13 year old daughter, all three were talking among themselves.Vatsala's maternal uncle was joking with Ragini before Vatsala's arrival.  Uncle ji had come home after a long time, so Ragini was enjoying a lot while talking to him.Vatsala's sister Ragini was 21 years old, as beautiful and smart as Vatsala, doing B.Sc Nursing.Vatsala's maternal uncle had a son and a daughter.  Daughter "Pavani" who was 13 years old had come with her father and son "Raghavendra" who is a civil engineer with PWD in Visakhapatnam.Vatsala was to be married to Raghavendra, for which Vatsala's mother and her maternal uncle had already talked about it in her childhood.In South India, the custom of maternal uncle or maternal uncle's children marrying each other is prevalent, hence they joke a lot with each other, these relationships are given priority in South Indian society.Here, in this region, this custom is considered so deep and sacred that as soon as a married sister becomes pregnant, she jokingly starts asking her elder brother, "Bhaiya! You tell me! Do you want a "son-in-law" or a "daughter-in-law"??If brother-in-law has sons, he is happy and just says "daughter-in-law", and if brother-in-law has only daughters, then he is disappointed and says, "Whatever happens, be healthy, what do I have to do, your children are of no use to me."If the sister has a younger brother, if he is five or six years old, the sister would only want him to have a daughter, so that she can get him married to her brother.In a way, advance booking is done between sister and brother while they are still in the womb regarding the children, even before they are born.Four years ago, maternal uncle's son Raghavendra had come to Delhi, at that time he had seen Vatsala, Vatsala was beautiful, his mind had fallen on Vatsala.Vatsala did not find Raghavendra that attractive, he was a fair young man of normal height.  Vatsala rarely talked to him on phone.Vatsala, her heart sinks as soon as she sees her uncle, she knew very well what purpose her uncle had come for.Uncle's aim was to get Vatsala married to his elder son and to get his 13 year old daughter Pavani married to Vatsala's brother Srinivas, hence he had brought his daughter along with him so that Srinivas and Vatsala's family could see her properly.  .Vatsala's maternal uncle knew very well that his brother-in-law i.e. Vatsala's father had a lot of wealth and property, that is why uncle wanted to marry his daughter into this house, for which it was very important for Vatsala's father to be agreeable.  Because it was a matter of exchange.Vatsala smilingly asks her uncle, "Hey, when did uncle come? And that too suddenly?"Uncle ji says smilingly: "This morning! I came to meet my daughter-in-law. Daughter-in-law never talks, I thought we should go and talk."Vatsala: “No uncle, it is not like that, after coming from office I get tired and forget it.”Just then, Vatsala's mother, preparing tea for everyone, says: "Appanna! Vatsala has come, now whatever you want to ask, ask it face to face."Vatsala's maternal uncle's name is Appanna, he says: "Yes, I will ask, I have just come from the tour, let me take some rest."Then Appanna looks at Vatsala and says: "Sit! Vatsala, come and have tea first."Vatsala understands that now the brothers and sisters together are going to spoil her mind and give her third degree mental torture.Appanna starts speaking after some time: “Look, Vatsala, it has been more than a year since my son got a job, it is necessary for him to get married and settle down.”"Raghavendra is a government engineer, if I go out there will be a queue of girls and nowadays the price of an engineer in our society is Rs 50 lakhs, anyone can easily give dowry along with a luxury car.""But, I just want to fulfill the promise given to your mother, so I want to talk to you guys and get you married with Raghavendra within the next 6 months."Vatsala's mother: "Vatsala! Now I don't want to listen to your "no marriage" drama, you say yes, uncle will get you engaged next month."After listening to her mother, Vatsala, after thinking for a while, says angrily: "Yes, get engaged and then get married, I will leave my job and go to my in-laws' house, I have such a good government job and leave it and get married, you too mother, what kind of thing are you?"  What are you doing"Suddenly Vatsala thinks of the best excuse for not getting married, and she says it.Appanna says: “Vatsala, it is not a problem, you both are in government jobs, after marriage Raghavendra or you apply for transfer, transfer will be done, Delhi or Visakhapatnam.”Vatsala says: "Mama, transfer is not as easy as you are saying, Raghavendra is State Government and I am in Central Government, transfer cannot happen, either he has to leave the job or I have to."Just then, Vatsala's father comes home from duty, Vatsala gets up and hugs her father.Vatsala's father asks smilingly: "Son, when did you come from Neemrana?Vatsala: "I just came papa, it's only five minutes."Vatsala's mother says: "Enough of the father-daughter talk, is there anything else left?"Vatsala's father: "What happened, why are you brothers and sisters torturing my two daughters?To Vatsala's father, Appanna explains his side, Vatsala's mother explains her side and Vatsala herself says: "Papa! How can this marriage take place in such a situation? That's why I am not ready for marriage yet."Vatsala's father thinks quietly for a while and then looks at Vatsala and says, "Vatsala! After marriage, you have to leave your job......."To be Continued .... Please wait for the next part ....🙏👉Friends, please follow me by giving review and rating and if you like the story then don't forget to encourage.👉 Read the locked parts of the story immediately by paying coins and do subscribe to unlock all my stories 🌹🌹 This is a financial help for me from your side, which keeps my enthusiasm 🌹🌹 Thank you 🙏🙏