Sattu ..

Continuing from previous part:-

Ragini and Sanskar standing at the door of ragini's house awkwardly while bhagmati giving them disapproving look well initially to sanskar only .

Bhagmati ask ragini why she bring a boy with her and who exactly he is ?
Ragini explained how she met him in bus and he is a new contractor here , he didn't get keys of quarter till now so she invited him here to have some food and rest .

'Who is it?' comes Naresh(ragini's father) voice he come towards door and he eyes fell on sanskar who say namaste to him before awkwardly looking down . Naresh look back at Ragini for answer

'Bappu actually he is new contractor here I met him in bus and he asked me to help him find village way as he is from city that's why he didn't know anyone around here and he'll get his quarter keys in morning he have nowhere to go as nearby motel is 45 km away so I thought maybe we could give him food and a small place to rest for night !' ragini say nervously.

Naresh has same expression as bhagmati like it's good their daughter want to help someone who is not aware of village area and not have food but still he is a stranger .  He look at ragini's face who has her puppy pealing eyes on and he give in  saying to sanskar  'you are welcome here but you have to sleep sofa as we don't have spear bed'  bhagmati not very happy hearing this but as naresh gave in she don't want to argue .

Ragini pass a small smile hearing her father and Sanskar take a breath of relief as he is so tired and standing at someone's door frame awkwardly is making him nervous  he nods and they welcome him in their house .

Sanskar wash his hands and drop his bag aside sitting on sofa which be his bed for night if he is staying for night as he is planning to ask head office way to ragini or anyone else here and get keys by himself by doing that he'll be able to sleep freely in night and lessen ragini's and her parents problem like who wants an unknown person stay a night in their house right.

Bhagmati come with food plate and serve to him with water and buttermilk  asking him  'so where you are from ?'

He pass a nervous smile say  'I'm from Mumbai aunty got posted here for the construction supervision'  but his eyes fell on food and surprisingly today he felt more hungry seeing this traditional village food  back in city he avoid eating traditional food all time as he finds it greased with ghee which make him fat he opted to eat sandwiches , pastas, fancy salads and only have chapaati rice sabzi in dinner as he thought he'll get english food in abroad  but today he is literally waiting to eat this desi food.  He don't want to appear ill mannered that's why he didn't start eating yet and kept talking with ragini's mother  but bhagmati notice it and say  'arre start eating I serve it for you only' .  He ask   'aren't you all eating now aunty ?' Naresh come and sit beside bhagmati say 'we ate already and ragini is sleeping now so you eat' and sanskar nods taking a bit of food and yum this is delicious if anyone told him before traditional food is this much tasty he won't believe but now eating it his stomach felt at peace .
They talk for some more time then sanskar ask naresh if he knows where head office located and luckily he told him exact way so sanskar go to head office for keys and bhagmati take away dishes when naresh ask her 'bhago did you remember jamai saa 's full name ?'

She got confuse hearing his question as why he asking it 'his name is sattu they call him that only but why you asking suddenly?'

Naresh say with doubts 'umm this boy ragini bring with her his face looks little bit like jamai sa(son-in-law) don't you think !'

Bhagmati shook her head in disagreement and say 'oho we saw jamai saa when he was 7 years old how come you compare this grown up guy with a 7 year old boy's face' .

'Yeah I know we only saw jamai saa in his childhood but this guy's face features look bit similar to jamai saa's I mean he is fair too and come from city' naresh states as he trying to remember his son in law's face more and the slight resemblance is uncanny don't you think !' he said and bhagmati reply 'oh come on every fair boy who come from city isn't our jamai saa besides this boy's name is sanskar and our jamai saa name is sattu and why would our jamai saa do a job as contractor when he has so much property here in village and in city ! Don't worry Maa saa(Sukhmati sanskar's granny) told us that jamai saa is studying masters and be back soon here so let's not assume things on our own okay' bhagmati say and naresh nods it's true maa saa promised them that jamai saa coming back this year and after it ragini's goana(ritual which done when bride leave her parents house and start living with her husband in his house be done in village areas or basically in child marriages that when girl and boy reach the legal age adulthood they'll can start their marriage journey is called goana) be done the marriage was done because of the belief of maa saa's and ancestors marriage beliefs as it's about two families reputations if not for that naresh never wanted to do ragini's marriage in her childhood as he wants to give her all the necessities for a comfortable life first but what done is done now they have to just wait .

Sanskar got his quarter keys and he is relieved that now he don't have to be uncomfortable in ragini's house sure he is thankful of her help and her parents hospitality but he himself felt very awkward there and so does her parents but now all is fine . He give keys to kaka telling him to open quarter as he coming back with his stuff also apologies to him for his earlier rudeness kaka smile and accept his apology.
Sanskar go to ragini's house again to take his stuff and her parents ask what he eat in dinner to which he said he'll manage but bhagmati give him food pecked in two lunch boxes tell him to eat it and if need any help than come here . He thank them genuinely and looking for ragini to thank her but they say she is still sleeping so he left for his quarter ..

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