Early Life 17 ( Zu hmun contd.)

Zu hmun/sa hmun chanchin han sawi vak hi a chang chuan a nuamlo tep thin a mahse, zep miah lovin kan lo hlim thei em mai a, sawi lova thamral atan chuan a uihawm lulai em a ni!

Naupang te e tilo chuan kan hunlai te kha chuan zu hmun hi inkawm hlimna, thianzaho kan inhmuhkhawmna, khawtlang titi hriat awlsamna ber a ni thin. Tlangnuam Block veng (Patan) leh Tlangnuam Vengthar (Saikhama kawn lam hnaih) te hi kan lenna ber thin an ni bawk. Kan intan tirh chuan um khat hi Rs.15 a ni thin nghe nghe. Tlangnuam block veng Patan tih hming chawi chhan hi Hualchhungi (fam) atanga intan niin sawi a ni thin. A ni khan tunhma chuan zu a nei tui thei em mai lah taka, tin hmeithai a lo ni bawk nen, a inleng te hi an cham hlen fo mai a, chuta tanga 'Patan nu'tih ni tanin, a awmna veng pum chuan "Patan" hming a pu hlen (unofficial) ta a ni.

Tumkhat pawh pathlawi pakhat hian luhkhung a tum a, Hualchhungi chuan,fa te a pai leh palh a hlauh avangin awm lo mai turin a ngen a ni awm a, a ni pathlawi lah chuan, " ka chi a hut (infertile) alawm," a ti fel et a ni awm asin mawle, reilo teah a rai leh ta roh si a, chupa chuan, " a van mak em em," a ti fel leh et e an tih chu. Ka mitthla thei ve ve a, an hlimawm/hlimpuiawm dun thin zia kha angaihawm hle mai. Hualchhungi te kawmthlang, Lungleng kalna kawng kan a chhuk thlak deuh hian "Haite bar" kan tih mai hi a awm thin. Haite (Theihai kung te chi) kung buk deuh mai hi a awm a, chumi hlimah chuan pawnah nuamsa takin thlifim hnuaiah nuiza fiamthu thawhin kan inkawm hlim dar dar thin. Khang hun lai kha chuan tumah intibuai pawh kan awm ka hre ngailo, a lo thleng hnuhnung te lah khan, "enge a an a," tih pah hian kan no hi an han tlak pawp a, tikhan kan in banlek vel mai mai thin. Zu nei tui/tha lo deuh pawn an sawi hreh lova, "chumi chuan a nei tha/tui, tun tum chu ka ta a fuhlo tlat," an ti mai thin.

Patan chhak mai, Tlangnuam Vengthar ah hian lenna thin kan ngah viau bawk. Thangrimawia, Pu JF-a fapa te unau hian an nei tui thei phian a, titi an ngah bawk nen len anuam thei viau thin. Sunhlu rah hunlai te hi chuan Chi nen min han chhawp a, kan ti ti dar dar a, kan hlim tlang thei em em. Babu lah a zuar apiangin ngaihtha takin an nei a, inpek loh vak pawh a awm ka hre lo, a kal ate an regular thei em bawk a ni. An zu sakna hmun (factory) te hi ka kalpui zeuh zeuh thin a, tunhnu (kum 10 hma lawk) nen chuan inanglo tak a ni ringawt. An tui lak a thianghlim a, thianghlim takin, zalen angreng takin zu kha an sa thin.

Patan/vengthar lam pawh veng dangin an lo hre pung zel a, Chawlhni tlaiah phei chuan mi an tam thei ta em em mai a, intihbuai neuh neuh a awm tan ta. Khami kha aniang chu (ka ti mai a!) VDP mit a kham tan ta a, khami kha zu chhe awm tanna ah ka ngai lo theilo. Zu sak pawh an ulukin an fimkhur hman tawh lova, VDP hlau reng reng khan an khawsa a, K1 bak kan in duh loh thin kha duh thlan tur avang tan ta telh telh mai. Aw a, Ramrilui lam thlir chung emaw, Haite bar vela thlamuang taka Ui talh pahin emaw a kan in theih lai te kha engemaw zawng tak chuan avan ngaihawm tak em! Engthil ah mai pawh hian mihring ten kan zir loh avang hian kan inti chep zel mai zawng a nih hi le!