Kadulu kumudzi unali nthawi zonse ...
Aunt Rita anali woyipa. Amakhala mgulu lathu. Sanasokoneze aliyense: osalira ndipo sanapweteke. Koma m'mawa adawonekera kumapeto kwa nyumba yathu yogona itatu, adakwiyitsa aliyense, ngakhale mphaka. Mwa njira, nthawi zambiri ankagona pachifuwa chake, ndipo amakhulupirira ndi mtima wonse kuti 'amadwala.' Ngakhale, ndi matenda ati omwe adatenga, sindinali osamveka.
Kodi anali ndi zaka zingati, sindimadziwa nthawi imeneyo, ndimachita manyazi (mwanjira ina ndidafunsa mkazi m'modzi, ndikuganiza kuti ndidafunsana, koma ndi mano a golide, ali ndi zaka zingati? Madzulo amenewo ndinayima pakona Machitidwe osayenera).
Pa Rita iyi kunalibe tsitsi. Ngakhale atapuma pantchito, adagwira ntchito pamalo omanga: Ndidanyamula zinyalala zomanga, utoto utoto. Nthawi yomweyo Peter Pavlovich adasiyira mtsuko wotseguka ndi utoto m'nkhalango. Zingakhale choncho, banki yomweyoyo idakondwera ndi azakhadi. Poyamba mutu anali sopoline. Ndiye china. Zotsatira zake, tsitsi lomwe lili ndi utoto wowuma pawokha amayenera kuwonongeka ndi lumo. Mphekesera, azakhadi Rita kenako nkulira. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyi, Petro Pavlovich, adatcha "mwala wochepa." Ndipo sindinamvetsetse chifukwa chake.
Khungu linali ngati chikopa chophika. Khungu ndi lofewa, ndi tsitsi, monga ine, azakhali kulibe. Inali ziyadi ndendende! Ndinaganiza zonsezi: "Nditenga pepalali la lumo, onani mkatimo. Koma pazifukwa zina ndikuganiza kuti angandimbeze, ndipo sanakwaniritse cholinga changa.
Kuti pamaso pa maudindo audindo a Rita, panali pafupifupi ayi. Amakhala pamwala kukhitchini. Pakati pa tebulo, anaika pachifuwa: anagwira m'mudzimo, amayi anati. Nthawi zina mphaka amagona. Pachifuwa, panali chuma chochuluka: mkanda wokhala ndi miyala yamtambo yopanda diso limodzi, loyera la maskeki (pazifukwa zina zolimba). Kavalidwe wina Woyera unayamba kale, womwe azakhali angakwatire.
Atandiuza nkhani yake, ndimadziyerekeza ndekha mkwati, yemwe sanadikire Mkwatibwi wake ndipo adabwera chifukwa cha iye, namgwira ku ofesi yake ndikupita ku ofesi ya Registry. Koma zinali choncho.
Mmawa uja azakhali adang'amba kavalidwe. Awo, zingwe, zoyera, pakulankhula. Ndipo kupusa mtundu wina wa kusokonekera! Chitsulo chidakhalabe pa nsalu - balain yofiirira pa podal.
"Chizindikiro chokhulupirika kukhala wachisoni," akuganiza kuti Ritka ndi tsiku lija sanachokere kunyumba.
Iye anali wotsimikiza kuti anachita bwino. Koma pamene abwenzi ake onse atabereka kale, ndinazindikira kuti amasudzulana. Kadulu kumudzi unali nthawi zonse.
Kuyambira pamenepo, azakhali Rita amakhala yekha. Ana, amphaka omwe amakonda, oweta ng'ombe. Zikakhala konse, amayi anamubweretsa kuno, ku ife, kuti tikhale zochulukirapo.