On the first Friday of the month, Mira's father Aftab goes shopping himself. He left. Incense market. Fresh fish from Bikrampur comes there. After the fish. Its taste is different. The price of big fish has gone out of proportion now. Even then he fell into greed and suddenly bought a big fish. Last month, Newmarket bought a medium-sized chital fish from the raw market, the taste of which still lingers.
Today is the first Friday of the month. Aftab was sipping a cup of tea after breakfast when Meera stood in front of him. Mira is twenty-one years old. He is studying Economics at Dhaka University. Third year.
Aftab said, mother, say something?
Mira said, can not buy fish today?
Let's go. Why?
I'm just asking. Dad, I really want to see how you fish?
I bargain with the fisherman, I shout, you will not like to see.
Mira said, wanting to go with you. Dad, please don't take me with you.
Aftab looked at his daughter for a while. The girl has grown up but the boyhood has not gone yet. He said in a serious voice, bizarre thoughts. Anyway, ready e.
Dad! Have another cup of tea? I'll make it myself.
You don't have to make it. I will burn my hands. Tell your mother. I will leave after having tea. Nothing good fish can be found if it is late.
Mira went to make tea. Aftab telephoned his childhood friend Shamsuddin. He can't help but tell his friend about the details of the world.
Hello Shamsu! I am in such danger.
What danger?
Danger with Mira. He will go to the open fish market with me.
It would be nice to take it.
He used to suffer like this even in his childhood. I will go to the office and cry. Will go with.
You have got a fatherly daughter. My villain returned home after eating Gaza yesterday. You think the wood of the couch is open and beaten. The bloodshed took the life of a boy. He went to Ajmer Sharif and tied the thread for the boy. Now the boy understands the fun. Cannabis and Phensidyl are not excluded. All right.
Aftab calmly got out of the rickshaw with his daughter. He gave various kinds of knowledge to the girl about fish. Mira is holding her father's right hand tightly.
Aftab is telling stories with joy in his mind.
One fish per season. Boal, chital is eaten in winter. Then they get fat. Where is the best rain? Koi is small in size, but the flesh is soft like butter. Rita is the tastiest fish. Once played, it tastes good in the mouth for a month. But there are problems.
What's wrong?
Rita fish is alive to buy. Dead fish tasteless.
Mira said, what fish will you buy today, father?
You are leaving today. I will buy to your liking. What is your choice
Can big shrimp be found?
Definitely available. Shrimp is bought by looking at the color. Shrimp should be green.
Dad, can you find big pabda fish?
Padma fresh pabda is occasionally found. However, the haor of Sylhet is remarkable. Let's see what is in your destiny. I will buy everything you like.
Mira said, thank you dad.
Shrimp were not found, but fresh pabda was found. An eagle fish was found moving Kanko. Where the big ones were found. Where is the cultivation, where is the desi. In the end, a medium size hilsa fish was also bought. Aftab did not look at the money. The girl has come to buy fish for the first time as a hobby. The daughter will get married in two days. Who knows who will fall into the hands of whom! Maybe life will pass by eating dirty fish and kucho shrimp.
Mira's mother Shahana raised her eyes to her forehead and said, so many fish?
Mira said, yes, so many fish. All will cook. Do not refrigerate.
Who will eat?
Mira said, I told a friend of mine to eat this afternoon, mother.
Who is the friend Atasi?
No, not Atasi.
What's his name?
Need a name mom? He does not eat anything good or bad for a long time. Stays in the mess. He eats in the mess once and eats outside at the same time. Do you know the food of the mess mother? One piece farm chicken and pulses. He doesn't eat farm chicken, he just eats rice with broth.
Boy or girl?
Boy. The name is Shawkat.
Shahana said in a shocked voice, you told a boy to eat at two in the afternoon?
Meera Mar looked down at the floor and shook her head.
Shahana said, fall with you?
No.
What?
By private tuition. Looking for a job for a long time. Not getting.
How did you meet such a boy?
Mira did not answer.
Did you really tell him to eat lunch?
Hmmm.
When did you say that?
Yesterday. I went to his mess and told him. She is very happy. Why did he have to comply?
She doesn't have a mobile phone. I bought one with scholarship money. Lost.
You bought him a mobile phone?
Hmmm.
Do you often go to his mess?
Hmmm. Mom, is your interrogation over? When the interrogation is over, start cooking. I told him to come at exactly two o'clock.
Shahana said in shock, did you think about what your father would say after seeing that boy?
No.
You know your father's anger. Don't you know?
I know.
She can push the boy's neck and throw him on the street. Can't?
Can
Will that be a matter of honor for the boy? No, will it be an honor for you? My idea is that after knowing the whole incident, he will push you by the neck and throw you on the road. What to do then? Will you go to his mess? Khabi rice with chicken broth from the farm?
Mira is standing silently. Her eyes are rolling. A drop of water fell from his eyes and fell on the floor. Shahana saw the scene of tears. His mind did not soften at all. He said in a hard voice, what does the boy's father do?
Dad is dead.
What did you do when you were alive?
He used to run a grocery store.
The boy's father is a business magnet?
Another drop of water fell from Mira's eyes. Another drop of water fell from his left eye. Water is falling from the left eye. Dry right eye.
Shahana said, how did I have such great courage?
Meera whispered, "Mother, it's wrong." Today is his birthday. He told me that he would get some money from private tuition today, then he would take me to a shop called Rui to eat fish belly. Listening to him, my mind has become so bad, I have invited him.
Forbid to come now. Make a telephone call. Say Some other time.
She doesn't have a mobile, mother.
Which, go to the mess and say income.
Can't be found if messed up. His all day tuition on Friday. Will come home straight from a tuition.
Do you understand how big the anger will be?
I can.
Shahana said in a hard voice, if you have the courage to go and tell your father. Naughty girl Kharbadar will not shed tears in front of me. Donkey.
Mira went to the living room. Stood in front of the father. Aftab was reading the newspaper. He read the same paper twice on holidays. Once in the morning to have tea. Once the market is over. Aftab looked at his daughter and said, why are your eyes red, mother!
Mira said, I don't know.
Aftab said, you have done shopping as a hobby, which is an item how you cook today.
Dad, I don't know how to cook.
Show your mother the ball. Shrimp is very easy to cook. Without talent this fish cannot be cooked badly.
Mira returned to the kitchen. He sat in front of his mother and started crying.
Shahana sighed and said, stop crying. Take five hundred rupees from the table. I will stand in front of the house when it is time for him to come. I will hold five hundred rupees in his hand and tell him to eat Rui fish stomach. I will have an emergency meeting with you later. Donkey girl.
Mira Mar moved away from the front. Mr. Aftab entered with a smile. He said to his wife, "You haven't started cooking yet!" The fish is getting soft.
Shahana said, the fish will not be soft. Cooking will be finished on time.
Aftab said, how about asking Sujit to eat lunch? The poor man lives alone, he doesn't know what to cook. He bought a car, did you hear?
I heard.
Let's get in the car. I saw what car he bought. What do you say
Shahana did not answer. Mira's marriage has been discussed with Sujit. He is a doctor. FBcs degree from London. Her parents liked Mira and wore the ring. Mira is not wearing that ring. He told his mother that the ring had grown big and had fallen off his finger. Shahana believed in her daughter. Now you understand what happened.
Aftab said, what, why aren't you talking?
Shahana said, father brought daughter to market today. You feed. If you call someone from outside, the formalities will come.
That's right. Teach Meera how to cook shrimp. Let's see what your daughter's cooking is like.
Shahana said, I have something special with you. I will say now, I will not say later, I do not understand.
Shawkat was seen at the corner of the street. She is wearing dressed Punjabi today. New sandals on the feet. It looks strange to have a haircut today. A bouquet of rocking flowers in his hand. Mira stepped forward.
Shawkat said, I was late?
Mira said, no.
Shawkat said it was too late to wait for tuition money.
Got it?
Got it. I bought new sandals with this money. Terribly hungry. Mira, what is cooking in your home? Good thing your parents wouldn't be upset to see me?
Mira said, there was a problem at home today. Many people have left. I won't take you home today.
That's fine.
Come on in, take a look at this restaurant. Eat something. See if you can find a rui fish belly. I'm going home. Keep this money.
It doesn't cost money. There is money.
Please keep the money. My invitation today.
There is only Tehri in the restaurant. The chicken was fried. It's over.
Shawkat Tehri has given the order. He said to the boy in a humble voice, if there is any welding soup, give it separately.
Tehri is gone. Chicken welding broth has arrived. The onion green pepper salad has arrived. Shawkat will start eating, then Aftab entered. He looked back and forth towards Shawkat. He said in a serious voice, your name is Shawkat?
Shawkat stood up in shock. Aftab said, my daughter invited you for lunch?
Yes sir!
There is food on the table, come eat. My daughter is waiting for you.
Mr. Aftab put his hand on the boy's back and said, my daughter is crying a lot. I do not understand why there is so much crying. She cooked the first shrimp in her life today.
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