Barrister babu

Chapter 12

They all left the shop and were walking towards the car when Aahi saw a puchka wala/ gol gappa wala/ pani puri wala (Whatever y'all say) and said, "are are ruko dekho puchka wale bhaiya, chalo na hum sab puchka khate hai." Bondita joins her and excitedly says, "haan sakhi didi chalo." Anirudh, Som and Batuk at the same time said, "nahi, hum nahi khayenge, ye shehat ke liye aacha nahi hota."

Seeing all three of them say the same thing, Aahi laughed and said, "dekha na sakhi main re tino bhai baba pe gaye hai, chalo sakhi hum jate hai, inn tino ko jaane do." Hearing this Anirudh says, "bondita nahi jayegi, tumhe jaana hai to jao."

Aahi and Bondita turned towards him and replied, "are wah bhala kyun nahi jayegi? Boudi ko bhi khana hai to khane do na, kya ab aap wo bhi decide karo gay ki aapki patni kya khayegi?" Bondita added, "haan, main toh jaugi, waise toh aap bada bolte ho, aurto ko adhikar hai umko kya chahiye ye fasla kar ne ka, to ab kyun ye bol rahe ho! hmp!! chalo sakhi didi hum toh puchke khayege."

Aahi nods and says, "haan sakhi sahi bola aap ne dada ko." Aahi smiles and holds Bondita's hands and they go towards the puchka stall. The three of them followed them as they had no option left. While Aahi and Bondita were enjoying puchka, all three of them looked at them like 'how can they enjoy this unhygienic food' and their expression soon changed into, 'is it that good that they are enjoying it so much?'

Aahi looks at them and taking a puchka went towards Som and said, "ye dono toh nahi sune gay, tum to kha ke dekho ek bar." and forwarded her hands to feed him, Som opened his mouth and ate the puchka, finishing it he smiled and said, "are wah didi ye toh bohot aacha hai, main ek aur kha sakta hu?" Aahi giggles and says, "kyun nahi, jitne chahiye utne kha sakte ho, aao mere sath." And Som join those two.

Anirudh and Batuk now look at the three of them enjoying and felt like they should try it as well, Batuk says, "dada chalo na jake ek bar chak ke dekh te hai kaise hote hai puchke, dekho ab toh Som dada bhi kushi kushi kha rahe hai." Anirudh looked at him and said, "sahi bola Batuk chalo."

Going to them Anirudh clears his throat and says, "humne socha ke ek baar khane mein kuch nahi hota, toh hum bhi kha lete hai." Aahi and Bondita giggles hearing him say that and Bondita says, "aakhri puchke dekh kar aap bhi nahi re paye na pati babu aur Batuk, jaldi aaye ab." Aahi instructs, "bhaiya, ye dono ko kam thikha dene." The bhaiya nods and now everyone has puchka and turns out the three RC sons ended up enjoying it more than Aahi and Bondita.

After eating they all went towards the car and Bondita says, "oof ho sakhi didi, hum rasgulla lena kaise bhul sakte hai, chalo phele rasgulla lete hai, aab toh main handi bhar bhar ke roshgulla kha sakti hu." Aahi excitedly says, "sahi bola, hum kaise bhul gaye!! chalo jaldi." And they rush to the rasgulla seller, seeing them like this. Som said, "didi aur Bondita kitne ek jese hai na dada, ekdam masum." Hearing this Anirudh absent mindedly relied, "Sahi bola Som tum ne, do no ek jaise hai." Som smiled and said, "per pata nahi kyun didi itni masum he tab bhi sab umko khuni bulate hai, ek bar bhi umko kisi ne nahi pucha kya hua tha waha, ya phir didi ne aisa kuch kiya Bhi tha ya nahi." Hearing this Anirudh turns to look at Som and then thinks about what he said, he was in deep thought when Bondita and Aahi arrived with 4 handis of rasgulla.

Bondita looking at Anirudh who was distracted said, "birristara babu, kya sooch rahe hai aap, chalye nahi to kaka sasur ji date gay hume der se aane ke liye." Anirudh smiles and says, "acha? fir to dat sirf tumhe aur Aahi ko milni chahiye, tum dono kab se kuch na kuch lene bhagi ja rahi ho." Hearing this they both pout and Bondita said, "to thik haina abhi to chalo." And all of them went to the car and started going back home.

Settling down Som said, "didi, ye kuch paise bache the." Saying this Som returned the money to Aahi and Aahi says, "are mera tumhara kya hota he Som? Main toh didi hu na tumahri, toh phir? abhi rak lo, kabhi vapis puchke khane ho toh kha lena." Som nodded and said, "haan paka, per abhi vapis le lijye, merko jab khane hoge tab main aapse mang luga, ye toh main aapke hisab ke liye lota raha hu." Aahi sighs in defeat knowing he won't keep it and in TRC voice says, "bahu dekh rahi ho, ye sanskar main ne diye he mere bacho ko! sikho kuch, isse bolte hai sanskar." Hearing Aahi mimic TRC everyone laughs.

While Anirudh thought, 'ab ye hamare paise bol rahi hai, toh main saree ke paise de dete toh kya hota? Kya main ne he kuch galat kiya hai? I guess usse abhi lagta hai ki main usse nafrat kar ta hu, Som ne bhi Sahi bola, bina kuch jane us pe itna bada ill zam laga diya humne.'

Batuk thought, 'Som dada Sach bol rahi hai, mujhe Aahi didi buri nahi lag ti, Woh toh kitna hasa ti hai, aur hum ko puchka bhi khilaya, kapde bhi dilaye, agar buri hoti toh ye sab nahi kar ti woh.'

They reached home smiling happily when Aahi saw a very unhappy Binoy, seeing his expression Aahi again realized that she is unwanted here and says, "main abhi mere kamre mein jati hu" Then she shouts, "Bihari aap mara khana kamre mein de dijye ga." and rushes to her room.

Seeing her like that, Bondita becomes sad, but for now she goes to keep the things she brought to her room. After freshening up she goes to the study room and knocks on the door asking, "birristara babu, kya main under aau?" To which Anirush replied, "haan aajao."

Going inside she sat on the sofa and said, "kya main aap se ek sawal puchu birristara babu?" Anirudh smiles and says, "haan bilkul." Bondita asks, "sakhi didi, ko aap log pasand kyu nahi karte? Som dada ne mujhe bola tha ke umne aap sab ko dukhi kiya hai, per main nahi maan ti, sakhi didi toh kitni achi hai, umne he toh jadu gar ko bulaya meri samasya dur karne ke liye, toh wo buri kaise hui? kyun aap log sakhi didi ko gussa kar te ho aur bura bolte ho? aur khuni bhi bola tha sasur ji ne aisa kyun? Aur kaka sasur ji toh bolte hai ke vo bhag gai thi, wo aisa kyun bolte hai? agar sakhi didi bhagi thi toh koi vaja zaroor rahi hogi na pati babu?"

Hearing all this Anirudh is left with questions in his mind, and he himself starts to think about the answers for them.