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Chapter 2 - Test of Selection for Mua & Cherry

After few days at Mua's House, "Mua! Mua! can't you hear me?" her mother Mrs. Yilin Gong, was shouting, "Come downstairs for a bit". She is a very fine lady, caring for her family all the time and she was also from the farmer society. Hearing her mother's voice Mua rushed to the stairs from her room while replying, "Coming Moma!" When she came downstairs she ran towards the kitchen directly, while on her way grabbing hair of her elder sister, Yuri Gong, who was chopping vegetables on the dinning table for dinner. Yuri shouted, "Ahh! Mom! See Mua is again teasing me" and Mua smiled, made some faces and ran to the kitchen. She asked her Mom, "Mommy! Why did you called me?" as she continued to make faces to tease her sister more, so her mother replied, "Here take your favourite car you were looking for so many days". Seeing her most favourite toy Mua jumped and started hugging and kissing her mother and her toy with happiness, when Mrs. Gong pulled her ears and said, "You are so irresponsible, you always do this, only play but never take care of your things and make me find your things." She pointing at her other daughters said, "Have you ever seen any of your elder sisters being this irresponsible and messier like you". Making a fake sad face Mua replied, "Oh Mommy! You should understand all your three daughters can't be the same, so it's my duty and responsibility that, with my nature I make you experience things you've never experienced before", hearing which everyone burst into laughter and Mua ran from the kitchen with her toy.

There was a knock at the door to which Mrs. Gong rushed to open herself and welcomed her guests, the Yin's family. Mua also came to the door to welcome them as her best friend Cherry too came with her mother Mrs. Carol Yin, lady of discipline and the female leader of the farmer's society. Mua said "Hello Carol Aunty! I am too excited to eat your hand made food", as both the families have the dinner night that day, and she continues, "I am so tired and bored of always eating moma's cooking". She made a teasing face to her mom, and holding Cherry's hand she pulled her and was running to her room, when she almost crashed with her eldest sister, Feng Gong, who was bringing two jars of water from the well at their backward. Her eldest sister shouted on her saying, "You need to walk in the real world sometimes little sister. Don't always get lost in your stories of imagination and of your own world." Cherry said hello to Mua's mother and sisters and went with Mua to her room.

Mrs. Yin then informed Mrs. Gong that Cherry's father, Mr. Leo Yin, a great fisherman , and Cherry's brother Caesar Yin are on there way from the store to buy some fruits to take after dinner. Mrs. Gong also told that, Mua's father, Mr. Brian Gong, a headstrong person and the male head of the farmer's society, he also will be coming shortly. Today's dinner table is filled with happiness and so many mouth watering dishes like, Sushi, Yakitori (bite-sized grilled chicken), Tsukemono pickles, Udon (chewy noodles with soup), Soba (cold noodles), and Onigiri (japanese rice balls) which is a compulsory dish that everyone likes.

After having the best dinner, children went to their rooms and Cherry and Mua went to Mua's room to play, and the elders sat on the sofa in the living room. Mrs. Gong started the conversation saying, "I am worried about Mua. What's she is going to do in the Farming Test, that Mua and Cherry are going to take after four days?" where Mrs. Yin also joined her by saying, "Cherry is also not so good in farming". Both Mr. Gong and Mr. Yin assured them that there daughters are going to do well in test, so they shouldn't worry and have trust in them.

Mua in her room with Cherry was discussing what they are going to do in the farming test selection. They both were scared as, Selection for Farming test, which was a trail given be all the children of the village when they come of age. At this age i.e., when the children are of 12 to 16 years, they have to show there skills in there own field which they can only choose from there parents trait. Here Mua have only option as both her parents are from farmer's society which she is least interested, and Cherry's parents, mother of farming society and father of fisherman society, so she have two options any of which she can choose for the trial, but she was not good in any of it. This trial everyone can give maximum 3 times only and if not selected yet in the group, then they will automatically be sent to the Helpers society. This society helps in like small task to all the other society, which both the girls parents doesn't want them to be.

Next day Mua's father, sir Brian, took Mua and Cherry to the farm to teach them about the farming, but both were unable to understand a single thing, as if the words were going above their heads. Mua wasn't even listening, she was lost in her own world and Cherry was biting her nails and sweating with exam tension.

Finally the day came, the Selection day, the test was verbally taken by the elders and both male & female heads of each society. For they ask every child with full details about what they know from their own teaching and their society. This test was taken every day with one branch one day, which continues for 7 days, with all the branches, i.e. Farmers, Blacksmiths, Craftsmen, Medicinal, Hunters, Fishermen, and Helpers. The first day test was of the Farmer's Society which is today.

After finishing the exams, both they got there result. Cherry was shivering to see the report, so she ran to tree and opened with hesitation and saw as fail and started crying rigorously and there Mua came running to Cheery not knowing about her friend's result as soon as she saw her crying, Mua was also upset seeing her best friend crying and consoling her Mua told her, "Stop crying please" and asked her "Why are you crying Cherry? Please don't cry. What happened just tell me? I will make sure that person will cry who made you cry." Hearing this from her best friend, Cherry wiped her tears and smiled a little saying, "Your these type of lines makes me love you more my friend, but I am crying because I failed the exam and only I am responsible for this". Hearing this Mua burst into laughter saying, "So did I! just for this mere reason you crying Cherry", she said Cherry, "What's the need to cry Cherry, if you really want to be a farmer then also you have two more chances, so don't you worry and just work hard for next time. If you are crying thinking you will be scolded by your parents, then cry in front of your parents, so they will be easy on you." Cherry laughed a little and asked Mua, "You and your naughty ideas!, are you not upset about your results and how you'll tell them to your parents?" to which Mua replied with a smile, "Why would be I upset? I don't like farming, so I can never be a good farmer ever. Hence, I am happy being a helper for now. As long as I can create new new stories in my own world, and as long as there is one person who is listening to my stories I'll be always happy. Ok! now stop crying Cherry, and let's go Home" to which Cherry replied, "Yes, let's go now" while wiping her tears.