I pray to You merciful goddess of mercy...bodhisttava guanyin...You must bless and protect my poor ah yee....and if she must go...pls guide her to Your paradise....and if she needs to be reborn....guide her that she won't have to suffer such unjust and unfair retribulation in her next life....ORNITOUFO.....
i am using purple the colour for courage and perserverance.....
today story is sad one and real cos it's the life story of my mum's elder sister...we call her AH YEE....( or auntie in hokkien)...
if u ve read about my kampong life, u should know my enterprising granny, my mum's mum....
well, she was too enterprising. and this time she shrewd too much she actually shrewd herself or rather she ruined the life of her eldest daughter...AH YEE...
ah yee was a very petite young flower just reaching 18 yrs old. she was gorgeous. she was chatty, friendly and very very hardworking.....
most of all she loved my mum who 's her younger sis....granny could only send one girl to study. to her - all the stone age kind mentality - no point waste money on girls. they were to marry off sooner or later. why waste money on them?
so ah yee sacrificed herself to allow mamalee (my mum) to be able to have a decent education.....she was reduced to a maid at home helping out the household chores while granny operate her enterprising makeshift store.
she sold breakfast like nasi lemak, prawn mee, congee....etc....she got like 5 children to handle. and she was a widow. my grandpal mati already in china when she escaped from there to emigrate here in sinkieland.
during the afternoon, she changed her business tone. she sold cigarettes, tit bits, ice karchang - the ball type , fruitty syrup flavoured type of ice cubes....and etc...and tikam tikam...my favourite!...always kena until grandma threaten to cane me if i tikam tikam so luckily with her...she could be broke by me u know...hahahaha....;9)
i just loved her super duper agar agar and her coconut flavoured ice cubes. she would sell them like 1 agar for 5c or 3 ice cubes for 5c.....very cheap and very popular with the kampong brats then...me her most loyal makan fan...;9)
of course, granny belanja me...how could she resist such cute mini leetahsar with the big electrocuting eyes even then...hahahahah...;9)
soon, a lady from town happened to come to our kampong. she saw ah yee - a demure, voluptous young lady...and my goodness! so friendly, cheerful and hardworking. she loved her...to be her daughter-in-law.
a match-maker was sent. this town lady was damn rich then. she held a string of businesses her dead hubby left behind for her to handle....and granny was mesmerised by her diamonds rings and her humongous jade pendant and bangles....
without second thought, she acceded to her proposal...and soon ah yee was prepared to be married off....and her nightmare was soon going to begin....
......to be cont'd.....standby tonnes of tissue papers....:9(
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