I Got Breastfed Again

041 The result day

By now, many of you might have noticed that I am not at all nervous about the election result. That's because I knew the election result from my previous life. Dad's boss won with a narrow margin. So I was sure of a similar victory this time as well.

But things didn't go as I thought.

At first, postal votes were counted. As expected, uncle Johny was trailing. Because postal votes were by government employees and they had no good reason to vote for Uncle Johny. However, the situation changed after the first round. Uncle Johny started leading. As time passed, his lead kept increasing.

This was completely different from how it happened in my previous life. In my previous life, the competition was tight till the last round. The last round included our village and uncle Johny won the election because of a large number of votes in favour of him from our village. Mom used to tell us the stories of that counting day as it was the most thrilling day in her life.

Dad and uncle Johny were also confused. Because the number of votes we were getting was far more than their best calculations.

"The extra votes are proportional to the number of new voters and women. Probably they decided to vote for us because of the kidnap issue." Dad explained a possibility.

"Then I will have to thank this little guy." Uncle Johny poked my chin.

I knew he was right. Youngsters and women won't easily forgive those who mess with kids. So my act of live streaming the kidnapping incident severely affected the father of the kidnapper. He got the least number of votes among the three main contestants.

In between, mom gave Anu a bath. Mom struggled to control her laughter as she explained the new tragedy Anu caused to others. Dad and uncle went to check the garden. Both of them had a good laugh. With that, all the stress they had accumulated since morning disappeared in an instant.

"I may be big. But I am not that stupid to use poop as a fertilizer." Uncle Johny said to himself while looking at Anu through the corner of his eye. In the morning, he was teased a bit by Anu. So he didn't hold back a bit from making fun of Anu.

Anu embarrassedly smiled and sat down. She had no reply to his comments. She was also feeling guilty about ruining mom's garden.

Time passed slowly. Our agents in the counting stations excitedly sent us the latest numbers every now and then. Dad's belief was stating with family during counting would bring good luck. So he always stayed at home during countings.

Arjun and his dad joined us. They were also following the election news. So they came to our home as they were getting restless in their house. After about ten minutes, dad's sister also joined us with her kids and husband. This was my first time in this life meeting her husband. He was abroad taking care of their business. Recently, they sold the business and he returned yesterday.

Dad respectfully greeted her and her husband. Her husband was a silent guy. He was a very good person. The truth is that aunty married him for his money. I will tell that story later. Anyway, in the end, they formed a happy family.

There was one thing I didn't like though. He and aunty went to pet the new babies instead of me! Normally, they would have come to me. But thanks to the blunder I made, I am no longer the youngest. I am the middle child. Don't worry. I have no intention of letting it go like that. I have an elaborate plan to change the situation.

"I was getting more and more tensed watching the news. So I decided to come here." Aunty explained without anyone asking. She was trying to act cool. But she failed to hide the excitation and tension on her face.

Dad and aunt lost their parents when they were children. Aunt's dream was to make dad a doctor. Unfortunately, dad wasn't that bright when it came to studies. So when dad was in a relationship with Lakshmi aunty, aunty was happy. But that affair failed and mom came into dad's life. Compared to Lakshmi aunty, mom was a bit lacking. So Aunty was not happy and she became the 'annoying aunt' I mentioned before. But after mom gave birth to two more babies, it all changed. I will tell you that another time.

By noon, Uncle Johny had a clear majority and it was increasing after every round.  Even more people started joining us to watch the results. Some neighbours, friends, members of KDF party as well and club and even some media people. Apparently, everyone learned that Uncle Johny was at our house. He was suddenly the attention of all the media as he contested the election without the support of any political parties and he was pretty close to a win.

By the evening, our entire village was celebrating. A lot of people came to visit uncle Johny. There were many TV channels and newspaper reporters who came to take interviews with uncle Johny.  Since it was very important to keep a good public image,  dad had trained him for interviews.

KDF club members from nearby villages and towns hired vehicles and came with drums. Dad had to spend some effort to send them back. Officially, the KDF club had a neutral stand. So them participating in the celebrations wasn't a good idea. The members of the party also joined us in the celebrations.

I have already talked a lot about politics. So I will not bore you with any more.

Anyway, it was a day of celebrations. Mom took extra care of us babies. Doodu hid with us inside a room. He didn't like the sound of crackers. So mom didn't let him out. Since Anu had already caused a disaster, she was well behaved for the rest of the day.

It was a really awesome day.

Except for one thing.

Mom's little garden smelled like dog poo.

The people who came were all avoiding the garden.

Mom was embarrassed beyond words could describe.

Doodu was also embarrassed as most of the people believed that he pooped in the garden.

With that, I crossed an important milestone in my life.

It also means that I will have to actively do some things to change the future.

The first thing is to get mom tested for breast cancer every six months. That should be possible with the help of Anu. The second mission is to handle a scam that's happening in Lakshmi aunty's hospital.

In my previous life, a nurse from her hospital exposed the scandal and it affected their hospital and family severely. I cannot let that happen this time. It might not be the right thing to do. But I will do everything to make sure that the scam won't become public.

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Thank you for all the support.