THIS CHAPTER IS THE CONTINUATION OF CHAPTER 6.
Nonku:Undiqhela kakubi wena Zingisa (You're disrespecting me Zingisa)
Zingisa:(Wiping his face with his hands)I really want to sleep bafazi ndini!!(You wives!!)
Nonku:You won't sleep till you explain to me ,who's that girl you were with?you want a fourth wife Zingisa (came closer to zingisa's face)
Zingisa:Mfazi ndini uthetha ngantoni?(What are you talking about you wife?)
Nonku:(Slapped Zingisa so hard and gazed at him afterwards ,with tears in her eyes)
Nthabi:Ware Zingisa wetsang?(You said Zingisa did what?)(She turned to Zingisa who was still in shock of what Nonkululeko did)What is she talking about Zingisa?
Zingisa:(Anger was bursting through his veins but what Nonkululeko said ,she put a picture of Mbali in Zingisa's mind ,one of the reasons why he was under control)Ncela nindiphumeleni(Can you guys please get out)
Nonku:Zingisa akho apha siya khona mna nalomfazi wakho womSotho(Zingisa me and your Sotho wife ain't going anywhere)
Zingisa just walked out the hut and went to Mkhokeli's hut ,lay in his last bed when he was still sharing the hut with his brother ,till the day Mkhokeli wanted privacy at the age of 15 while Zingisa was 10 years old ,he never understood why would he want privacy at such a young age and why would he want privacy meanwhile they are young and they are brothers ,they shared everything.
Mkhokeli:Andik'funi apha ke Wena nawe uyazi(I don't want you here ,you also know that)
Zingisa:I'm so not in the mood ,goodnight ,I'm sleeping(Closed his eyes and what he saw was his beautiful Flower , Mbali ,she calmed him down from a distance)
Mkhokeli just went silent and slept too.
Zingisa woke up and woke his brother up too ,they both went to the kitchen hut for breakfast ,it was a silent moment between them till their sister Zimkhitha broke the silence after she walked inside the hut.
Zimkhitha:Yintoni le endiyiva ngamakhosikazi wakho Zingisa?(What am I hearing from your wives Zingisa?)(She was loud)
Zingisa:Ndimdala kuwe Zimkhitha(I'm older than you Zimkhitha)
Zimkhitha:Andikhathali Zingisa ,kutheni uhlale uhlukumeza uNonkululeko kodwa?(I don't care Zingisa ,why do you always hurt Nonkululeko?)
Zingisa:Hurt?What did I do now?(His face was puzzled)
Zimkhitha:Ubuza kwamna kengoku?(You're asking me?)
Mkhokeli:Zimkhitha!!
Zimkhitha:Uxolo bhut' Mkhokeli kodwa usile uZingisa(Sorry Mkhokeli my brother but Zingisa is inconsiderate)
Zingisa:Andinalo ixesha lobu bhanxa mna ,mkhuluwa ndicela ubize amakhosikazi wam ukuba aze endlini enkulu(I don't have time for this crap ,big brother may you please tell my wives to meet me in the house)
Zingisa didn't even wait for Mkhokeli's response ,he said that and exited the hut and went to the house .As he was waiting for his wives to be present ,something crossed his mind ,Mbali crossed his mind
Zingisa:Hayi marn , ungubani?(no man ,who are you?)I have to see you again ,I wish I will see you again even if you don't talk but I just want to gaze at your beauty
As he was talking to himself ,his wives entered
All:Molo myeni wethu
Zingisa:Hlalani phantsi(Take a sit)(They did just that) Nonkululeko uqale nini ukundidelela ngoluhlobo?(Nonkululeko when did you start disrespecting me like that?)
Nonku:What must I do when you want to take another wife?(She said that with a loud voice ,she was angry and very much hurt)
Nthabi:Bathong wareng MaGcina?ware Zingisa obatla ho dira eng?(People!what did you just say MaGcina?Zingisa wants to do what?)
Thanti:Andimangali ke mna phofu (I'm not even shocked by this)
Zingisa:Khanithule!!(Keep quiet!!)
Nthabi:Ha.e Zingisa ,ontshepisitse hore never otseye mosadi wabo ne ,bjanong keng?Ebile wena MaGcina o bone kae?(No Zingisa ,you promised me that you won't take a fourth wife ,so now what's going on?And where did you MaGcina see that?)
Thanti:(She laughed)Nawe wayithemba lonto s'bhanxa somSotho ,nakum watsho njalo uZingisa ,ndamangala xakuthiwa uzothatha umSotho lo unguwe ke MaPhoka namSotho lowo udikayo(And you believed that foolish Sotho lady ,he said that to me too ,I was shocked when he took a Sotho wife who is you MaPhoka ,and a Sotho that is boring)
Nthabi:Wamphaphela bjanong kabona wena Thandiswa or ke wena mang?(You're being forward right now I see Thandiswa or whoever you are?)
Thanti:Hayi ndizakuqhwaba mna ubuyele pha eDitsietseng ulila(I'll slap you so hard to a point whereby you go back to Ditsietseng Crying)
Zingisa:Can you guys shut up!This is not the time for your stupid fights!
Nonku:Who is she?
Zingisa:Who is who?
Nonku:That girl
Zingisa:Andimazi Nonkululeko ,lamntu ebelahlekile(I don't know her Nonkululeko ,that person was lost)
Thanti:Yhoo ooZingisa zi map zasemaDwaleni(Yhoo Zingisa is the map of this kingdom)
Zingisa:Thantaswa!
Nonkululeko just stood up ,with tears in her eyes and left them there ,Thantaswa ran after her then Nthabiseng just walked to her hut to take a nap.Zingisa wasn't even concerned about his wives ,especially Nonkululeko ,everything changed after he saw Mbali and he still yearned to see her again ,so he decided to go to his hut just to take his spear and he was ready to head back to the place where he met the love of his life ,not just to rewind ,but to see that brown skinned lady called Mbali.As he was on his way out of the hut ,he encountered his brother Mkhokeli
Mkhokeli:Uyaphi mfondini?(Where are you going dude?)
Zingisa:Ndiyofuna is'thandwa sam Mkhokeli ,andizukwazi ukulala ndingambonanga mfondini(I'm going to see my lover Mkhokeli ,I can't sleep without seeing her dude)
Mkhokeli:Lento yakho izomlimaza uNonkululeko mfondini ,yiyeke(This thing of yours is going to hurt Nonkululeko dude ,drop it)
Zingisa:(Paused a little bit and then broke the silence)Inkawu idliwa ilila Mkhokeli mfondini ,ikakhulukazi ngeyam intliziyo(There's no mercy in this Mkhokeli dude ,especially when it comes to my heart)
Mkhokeli: Xawusitsho(If you say so)
Zingisa went back to where he saw Mbali ,he waited ,waited and waited ,and there was no site of his lover ,he lost hope
Zingisa:Pretty things come and go I guess ,maybe I won't see your pretty face again
He then put his spear next to him ,rested near Mbali's favourite tree ,took an apple from the tree and took a nap afterwards.
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