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"Thaakur Halwa..", Kalyani offered to serve Sidharth.

"Huh?", Sidharth looked at the sweet in the bowl.

"Manne panchayat wapis jaana se, toh isko ek dibbe mein baand de chhorri..", Sidharth instructs to which Kalyani nods and goes inside the kitchen. While she packs the sweet into a box, Sidharth washes his hand.

"Ye lo Thakur.. Jaldi ghar aajana Thakur, thaare bina mann na laage", Kalyani smiles passing the tiffinbox. Sidharth looked at his mother watching over them and nodded.

"Ib bas bhi kar chhorri aur khaana khaa le. Jab se aayi se, iske kaam karne mein lagi se.. Samjha isko chhorre.", Iravati said.

"Mmm.. thanne khaana na khaaya ib tak? Ibi ke ibi khaana kha le chhorri..", Sidharth said.

"Thik se..", Kalyani smilingly blushed to which Sidharth didn't pay much attention.

Sidharth went towards his room. Looking back, he confirmed that nobody followed him. Instead of entering his room, he went and knocked at Shehnaaz's room door. Shehnaaz was breathing through her mouth, and strolling with watering eyes after eating spicy food. Wiping her tears and suppressing her suffering, she opened the door. She stared at him with a frown while he observed her face. She sniffed continuously to stop her nose from running. It was red and so was her cheeks and tempting plump lips.

"Yeh thaare baaste.. khaa lena..", he said turning around after giving her the tiffin box.

"Kya hai ismein?", She asked.

"Halwa. Jab thaare ko theekha na jamme toh thanne theekha khana ke khaaya?", Though concerned, he turned around and spoke to her in a strict tone.

Shehnaaz was reminded of Kalyani's taunt on her inability to eat spicy food.

"Why do you even care? Mujhe nahi chahiye tumhara halwa. Apni pyaari Kalyani ko khilao jaake.", Shehnaaz spoke annoyed. He was angered by her words.

"Thaare ko uski chinta karne ki jarurat naa se, chhorri.. Main khila dunga jisko manne khilaana se.. Thanne bas yeh yaad rakhna se ki manne khaana barbaad karne walon pe bahut gussa aave se.. toh thaare ko mhaara gussa bardast karna bhaari padh sako..",Sidharth replied angrily before leaving.

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"Shehnaaaaz", it was the first time Shehnaaz heard Sidharth calling his name else he always addressed as chhorri. Shehnaaz was startled at his loud voice. Yet she was a fierce lady herself so she left the flour grinding job and glared at him.

"Kya hai? Chilla kyu rahe ho? Sirf dusro ko tumhaare saamne chillane se manna karte ho, par khudh gadhe ke tarah gala phaad ke cheekhte rahe ho..", She asked

Kalyani and Iravati too arrived upon hearing their loud voices. Sidharth drew daggers at Shehnaaz on her statement.

"Thaare ko manne bola tha, maahra gussa thaare pe ghana baari padega.. thanne maahra baat na maana.. ib main thanne do vikalp deta hoon.. vikalp samjhe hai na thaare ko? Options! Yaa toh tu iss ghar se jaave yaa phir iss ghar ke saare kaam kare.", Sidharth instated.

"What? Main koi tumhaare ghar ki naukrani thode hi hoon?", Shehnaaz asked.

"Naa se, isiliye thaare ko do vikalp diya se.. thaare ko kaam na karna se toh tu maahre ghar se jaa sake hai..", Sidharth announced.

"Par uski galati kya hai?", Iravati asked.

Sidharth opened his mouth to tell the reason but didn't after looking at Iravati and Kalyani.

"Woh usko pata se..", Sidharth said glaring at Shehnaaz.

"Par usko sabki aadat na se Sidharth. Woh maahre ghar ki mehmaan se.", Iravati said.

"Yeh do din ke liye yaha naa reve, jo isko mehmaan bulaave. Ib isko yaha rehne ke baaste saara kaam karna padego. Kaam na aave toh seekh jaavegi. Thaare ko ghar ka kaam na karna se ib, toh sirf isko sikha dena.", Sidharth said.

"Manne na karaana isse kaam. Maahre se na hovega..", Iravati said and left.

"Maahre se hovega.. main isse saare kaam seekha dungi.", Kalyani suggests and smirks.

"Theek se.. yeh dibba le jaa..", Sidharth said to Kalyani forwarding her the tiffin box.

"Yeh chhorri, suna ke na? Dibba le aur theek se dhokhe, sutra karke rakh isko andar..", Kalyani commands Shehnaaz in a strict tone. Sidharth felt a sting hearing Kalyani's words, he looked up at Shehnaaz who angrily snatched the box from his hand and stomped away.

Shehnaaz knew that Prerna took the utensils towards the well to wash but she looked around clueless how to wash the utensil. She couldn't find a dishwashing liquid soap or scrubber anywhere.

Suddenly, someone forwarded a pot infront of her. It had some grey powder in it. She looked at the person who held it. It was none other than Sidharth. She was really mad at him for his unexplained behaviour and wasn't ready to speak even a word to him thus turned her face away from him.

"Bartan dhone ke liye raakh aur Naariyal ka chilka se..", Sidharth said.

Shehnaaz's face scrunched upon learning the details.

"Manne pata se thaare sheher mein log bartan done ke liye sabun aur factory mein banne scrubber ka istemaal kare hai. Maahre gaon ke kuch log bhi kare hai. Par thaane jaise isko dekh ke muh banaya iss baaste bata doon ki raakh ek natural disinfectant se, jisse na sirf kitaanu marre balki eco-friendly bhi hove.. thaare chemical wale sabun aur scrubber se iss darti ka bahut nuksaan huve..", Sidharth said which she heard quietly. His vast knowledge about things fascinated her but she was still angry at him.

She snatched the ash filled pot and coconut husk from his hand to wash the tiffin box.

"Pehle dibbe paani dalke gila karna se. Phir naryal ka chilke pe bhi paani dalke rakh chipkakar isko gissna se..", Sidharth instructs seeing her struggle. She heard his instructions without looking at him and followed it.

"Ib isko paani se achche se dhona...", His words were abruptly interrupted by the sound of heaps of dirty utensils that Kalyani poured infront of Shehnaaz. Sidharth's eyes widened in shock.

"Le chhorri, lage haat isko bhi dho de jaldi se.. phir thaare ko sabke liye raat ka khaana bhi banana se..", Kalyani ordered which made Shehnaaz glare at her.

"Maahri shakal kya deke? Bhool gayi ke? Thaakur ne thaare ko ghar ka saara kaam karne ko bola se.. aur Thaakur jab koyi faisla kare usko pure gaon ke log pathar ki lakheer maanke pura kare se.. kyu Thaakur?", Kalyani asked.

"Hmmm..", Sidharth bit his lip and hummed after a short silence, which made Shehnaaz grit her jaws at stare at him angrily. Kalyani smirked happily enjoying Shehnaaz's misery.

"Thaakur thanne isko kaam seekhane ka kaam manne saupa se.. toh thaare ko koi chinta na karna padego..", Kalyani said to send him away.

Sidharth silently left lowering his head. Though he didn't like Kalyani's bossing on Shehnaaz, he couldn't go soft on Shehnaaz because she had angered him by throwing away and wasting the halwa he had given her. He had earlier found the tiffin box and halwa outside the house while returning from Panchayat. If he let go her mistake then she would disrespect the food even more which was intolerable to him. Especially, when he had seen people in his village work hard to earn the food.

Kalyani sat on the stoned fence around the well and pulled out a nail polish from her lehenga pocket and smirked.

"Sajjna hai mujhe.. Sajana ke liye..", Kalyani hummed as she painted her nails which caused Shehnaaz's blood to boil.

"Hhhuuuu huuuu. Hmmm huuu.. Sajana ke liye..", Kalyani blew air on her nails to dry the paint. Shehnaaz found it extremely unbearable and stood up before walking to her and pushing her inside the well.

"Aaaaa.. Thaakurrr..", Kalyani screamed for help from inside the well. Shehnaaz was even more mad hearing Sidharth's mention from her mouth, she had no mercy to show to the drowning lady. She picked up the big dirty utensil which Kalyani had earlier dumped infront of her to wash and threw it into the well. The big fat utensil hit Kalyani on her face making her shriek even louder.

"Rey chhorri.. ke sapne dekhe se? Jaldi jaldi haat chala, Thakur ko dher se khaane ki aadat na..", Kalyani spoke bringing Shehnaaz out of her murderous thought.

"Grrrrr..", Shehnaaz rubbed the utensils with all her might for the anger she had on Kalyani and Sidharth.

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