After the wedding rituals were over, Mrs Sharma cleaned the house and was exhausted and fell asleep, while her son Amit and daughter-in-law Priya had also gone to their room a long time ago. But the next morning, she woke up at 5 am and started cleaning again as the house was stained with dust and oil. But it was 10 o’clock, her waist was bent, yet there was no movement from above.

 

Just then, he called out from below: “Bahu o bahu, come downstairs and cook. Bahu o bahu.” There was no answer for a long time, so he called out again: “Daughter-in-law, get up.” ”

 

Since her legs were in pain, she didn’t want to go up and down the stairs again and again, so she stood down and called out slowly, but still there was no answer. She was also tired and angry, so she picked up a stick in the corner of the kitchen and went upstairs to teach the daughter-in-law a lesson.

 

As soon as she reached the top, she was panting: “What kind of daughter-in-law is this, newly married and knows no etiquette, lying in bed until a full afternoon. Get up.” After saying that, she removed the blanket, but was shocked to see blood on the bed sheet…

As soon as she reached the top, she was panting, and her anger had reached her mind. The wand was tightly clasped in her fist, ready to teach the daughter-in-law a lesson that she would always remember.

“What a daughter-in-law she is, newly married and knows no etiquette, lying in bed until the full afternoon. Get up!” he said, his voice hardening, and without waiting for the daughter-in-law’s answer, he immediately reached out and pulled the quilt hard.

His eyes were dazzled. The stick slipped from his hand and fell through the ‘cut’ on the wooden floor. She was stunned.

On the crystal white sheet of the wedding room, there was no dirt or blood that she had been imagining in her mind… Rather it was a wet, spreading spot of dark red, with white feathers scattered all around. It looked like the scene of the killing of an animal!

What was even more terrifying was that his daughter-in-law, Priya, was lying shrunken in the corner, her face pale, her lips trembling, and she was holding on tightly to something under the thin sheet that was left. And his son, Amit, was sitting naked at the waist, panting, his sleeves stained red, and his eyes were marked with exhaustion, nervousness, and somewhat extreme fear.

The mother-in-law took a step back, her hands trembling went to her mouth, and she couldn’t speak: “Oh my God… What’s all this?!”

Amit immediately turned around, seeing his mother at the door, he almost fell down. Priya burst into tears and hid her face in the pillow.

Amit hurriedly began to explain, his voice faltering, with a hint of helplessness: “Mom… It’s not what you think! It’s not blood! Tomorrow night… I had a very severe allergy last night!” she pointed to her chest. In truth, Amit had red spots on his skin, which were swollen like a bee sting.

“I got allergic to this new feathered quilt and feathered pillow! It was very itchy and burning, I scratched all night!” Then he pointed to the red spots on the sheet. It was then that the mother-in-law realized that it was not thick like blood.

“And… And it’s sauce! That tomato sauce you made for samosas last night! I was itching unbearably, so Priya… Priya remembered that in childhood you used to say that you used to apply ice to the insect bite site and use salt water or… Or applying tomato sauce provides relief. Priya panicked, she didn’t understand anything in the middle of the night, she ran into the kitchen, she found a box of your leftover tomato sauce, and she brought it up and started applying it all over my body!”

Priya sobbed: “I… I saw that Amit ji was having trouble breathing… I was afraid he would get anaphylactic shock! I didn’t know what to do except run to the kitchen and get anything that would cool their skin… I forgot to call you… Mother… I’m sorry!”

Amit reached out and hugged his wife, her face full of pain and exhaustion: “We both scraped the sauce that had dried overnight, and cleaned the body, changed the sheets. But he wasn’t completely cleared! We both couldn’t sleep for a moment all night, we couldn’t go to sleep anymore due to exhaustion and anxiety… Mom, forgive me!”

The mother-in-law stood like a stone statue, the anger on her face turning into surprise, then into extreme pity. The stick brought to kill the daughter-in-law was lying alone near her feet.

From Goddess of Anger to ‘Doshi’: She was angry at her daughter-in-law for being lazy, but found out that the daughter-in-law was saving her son’s life. And the feathered quilt that he gifted his son was the cause of it all!

From ‘Nightmare’ to Heartwarming Truth: The horrific scene on the sheet was not a disaster, but the marks of a wedding night that the daughter-in-law was filled with concern and love for her husband.

He bent down and picked up the stick, not to hit, but to support his tired legs. She came closer, touched her son’s shoulder, then looked at her daughter-in-law with an affectionate look that she had never had before.

“Dear… Daughter… Amit has grown up so much but this silly allergy disease of his is not gone yet! How much pain you must have had on the wedding night… Daughter, I beg your pardon. She looked at the stained sheet, then turned to Amit:

“Son, you hurry up and tell your wife to bathe and rest, I’ll go downstairs and ask someone to get another quilt and bedding.” I’ll wash these things with my own hands!”

When the mother-in-law, Mrs. Sharma, was wiping the stains of tomato sauce on the bed sheet, suddenly she noticed another thing… A thing that was neither sauce nor wings.

It was a thin red envelope, tucked under the mattress. He eagerly pulled it out, not the wedding money, but a one-way plane ticket to a foreign country in the name of his son Amit, dated two months later.

He gripped the ticket tightly, his eyes suddenly filled with more doubt and worry than before. Why did his son hide this ticket? Did this trip have anything to do with the future of this newly-begun relationship?

Holding a red envelope in her hand, the mother-in-law, Mrs. Sharma, felt a cold wave run down her spine. His face was no longer affectionate, but rather there was extreme confusion and doubt in its place.

A one-way plane ticket to Singapore… Two months later…

He secretly looked up, where the sound of water flowing into the bathroom had stopped, indicating that the son and daughter-in-law were going to come out soon. He immediately put the ticket in his pocket, and tried to keep himself calm in front of the stains on the sheet.

“Why did he hide it? Somewhere… Is he planning to leave his wife? Or is there something else going on in his mind?’ A whole series of questions swirled through his mind.

When Amit and Priya came downstairs, both looked more settled than before. When Amit saw the mother washing the sheets, he immediately came running:

“Mom, let me do it! Why are you washing yourself?” the mother-in-law turned around, her face suddenly unusually serious.

“I have to wash.” I’m washing it so I can wash away all the secrets you’ve hidden in this room. Amit and Priya looked at each other, both of them a little nervous in their eyes.

“What… What secret?” asked Priya, stammering. The mother-in-law, without saying anything, put her hand in her pocket, quickly took out the red envelope, and threw it directly on the kitchen counter in front of the two children.

“What is this?” A frightened silence fell over the kitchen. Amit looked at the ticket, then looked at the mother, her face changed from panic to despair. Priya tilted her head down, and tears streamed down her eyes again.

“Mom… I…” Amit tried to speak. The mother-in-law interrupted her, her voice now as cold as ice:

“Don’t call me mom! It’s the first night since the wedding, and you’ve already bought a one-way ticket. Were you going to leave it? Do you still understand me, this family? Why marry with such pomp and then behave like this with someone else’s daughter?”

Amit clenched his fists, he took a deep breath, and finally looked into his mother’s eyes, as if he had decided to face the truth: “Mom… It’s not for me to run away. This is the job I have to do. You know… My company has an important project going on with a partner in Singapore.”

“Work?” the mother-in-law sarcastized. “What kind of work did you have to hide from me, even your new wife, and buy a ticket to go alone?”

Suddenly Priya looked up, she held Amit’s hand and said to her mother-in-law in a trembling, but firm voice: “Mother, I beg you not to blame Amit! I bought that ticket!”

Everyone’s attention went to Priya.

 

Priya tried to swallow the tears, she began to tell the truth:

“Actually, this project is very important for Amitji’s career. But he had turned it down… So that he could do his duty to you and me, so that all the wedding rituals could be completed. He was afraid that you would feel lonely, and I would feel that I had to stay away from my husband right after the wedding.” She pointed to Amit, who was standing silently, his eyes reddened.

“I secretly contacted his boss, and begged him not to leave this opportunity for Amitji. The boss said that if Amit ji goes, he will get a chance to be promoted to the post of regional director… This is an opportunity that comes once in a thousand years. I want Amit ji to go, I want Amit ji to succeed. ”

“But… Why did you hide it?” the mother-in-law asked tremblingly.

“Because I know… Amit ji will never agree if he finds out that I have arranged everything. He is a very emotional person. He promised you that he would stay at home to take care of you after the wedding… So I mustered up the courage to buy a plane ticket, and two months later, when everything was settled, I would put it in front of me and force him to leave. Mom, forgive me!”

There was silence in the room again. The mother-in-law looked at Amit, then Priya. Their two children, one who sacrificed his career for the family, and one who agreed to stay away only after the wedding night to give her husband a chance to succeed.

Tears welled up in the mother-in-law’s eyes. These tears were not of anger, but of regret and extreme sentimentality.

She stepped forward, and she hugged Priya and Amit.

“Daughter-in-law… Daughter… You’re so good! I misunderstood you… You both misunderstood! You are not lazy, but you are a good wife and an ideal daughter-in-law. This stick… I was almost going to kill my own daughter-in-law for mistaking her!”

The mother-in-law left the two children, she looked at the plane ticket on the table, her eyes were completely changed.

“Okay.” I agree! Amit, you have to go. But not alone. Priya, you will go with him!”

Amit and Priya looked at the mother in surprise.

“But… Mother, what will you do?” asked Amit worriedly. The mother-in-law smiled, a warm and kind smile:

“I’m old now, I can take care of myself. This thing apart let alone other consideration… I’ll fly there to meet you two sometime later! This ticket is not a ticket to separation, it is a ticket to the future for both of you. Don’t be afraid. Your happiness is of paramount importance. “