Bhan singh sit on a chair while others are standing near him. His three sons looked at each other . The anger rose in them as they thought of their daughter in pain.
" Baba ¹,we should kill them all." Bhup said.
" yes " others are agree with him.
" quite ! from tomorrow onwards third son will took kids and women's to tample on hill and protect them and you two will come with me. we won't let them live."
" yes , baba." his three sons excepted.
In the room ladies help little girl change her clothes and applied haldi on her wound. They are worried about safety of their children. one of them is wipping silently while others tried to console her.
" Gori ki Amma² ,stop crying Gori is alright."
" yes, she is fine."
"Thank God, nothing happened to her."
Then Bhop enter in room and look at her daughter .
"from tomorrow onwards all of you will spend your day at mandir ³on hill . Prepare for it takes necessary and valueable things with you. "
" ok" ladies agree .
Next day,
Third son took their women, kids and cattle to tample while Bhan Singh and his two sons went to hunt Muslims.
Little Gori was still in shock after yesterday's accident. So her Amma tried to chear her up.
"Gori, try this sabji ⁴ , it's delicious."
"Gori, let's play Gilli-danda ⁵." Her brother suggested. "No , we will play with doll." her sister said. Like this with company of her siblings and cousins, Gori forgot those unhappy event.
Days start passing, now it becomes their routine . third son protect family and Bhan singh kill and loots Muslim with his two sons.
Slowly things settled on and war come to end.
Now it's time to think about the merriage of their daughters .
Jevni the eldest daughter of Bhop has been married for 10 years now but still can't give birth. This is what worries Bhan Singh most, he went to meet jevni 's sasur ⁶ .
Anand nagar,
Bhan singh sit in front of an elderly man in white dhoti-kurta watching his expression calmly . chandrasaen Think about Bann Singh's proposal.
"Choudry sahab⁷ , if Jivani still can't give birth to child we should remarry Jamaica⁸ with my younger grand daughter Gori."
"You are right, but Gori is still young ."
"Then we can wait for few more years"
"yes, this is good idea "
"ok,I won't marry my Gori to someone else."
Jevni hear all this conversation. Her mind went blank as she think how her own grand father wants to destroy her marriage life.
But what else she can do she can't give birth. Jevni start hating Gori.
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1 Baba- father
2 amma- mother
3 mandir- temple
4 sabji- Indian dishes eat with roti ( bread)
5 gili danda- a game of stick
6 sasur- father in law
7 Choudry sahab- father in law of son or daughter
8 Jamaica- son in law