Chp 11- Dowry drama
I apologize to all of you for being absent for so many days. ????
Happy birthday to our kookoo baby??
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The first rays of sunlight slip softly through the light curtains, painting the room in golden warmth. The gentle sound of birds outside mixes with the faint aroma of tea brewing in the kitchen.
The flowers that had been decorating the walls and outer pillars of the Kim house were all withering. So, the elder of the Kim family called some villagers to replace them. Fresh, fragrant flowers were put up, and the house was once again decorated like a new bride.
Behind the house, a wedding pavilion (mandap) was being set up, where the dowry sent by the Jeon family had been placed: an almirah, fridge, washing machine, bed, cooler, mattresses, bed sheets, sarees for the women of the house, a sherwani and some clothes for the groom, along with pairs of shoes and slippers.
For the men of the house, dhotis, pants, shorts, and towels were also given.
Kitchen items like a spoon set, cooking pan, stove, plate set, glass set, and more were carefully kept aside in another place.
Seeing such a huge dowry, the village women who were gathered around to see the dowry were left in shock, their mouths wide open. One of them said
"Looks like Taehyung’s bride’s family is very rich."
"Yes, just see how much dowry they’ve given. If only my daughter-in-law had brought so much with her!" Another replied
"Yes, sister, we’re just unlucky," another woman sighed.
"And I’ve also heard that Taehyung’s bride-to-be is extremely beautiful."
"Yes, I heard that too. The Kim family has always been blessed with good fortune."
Yes, but only we are the unfortunate ones. Neither did we get good dowry, nor a beautiful daughter-in-law. My son’s fate is cursed.
That’s right, sister. The Kim family always wins in everything, good house, good people, money, everything just rains upon them."
“True, I only wish God gave us that much wealth too.”
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Meanwhile, Taehyung had just finished breakfast and was leaving for the office when he noticed all the preparations. He walked toward the mandap, saw the dowry, and his eyes turned red with anger.
With heavy steps, he stormed back inside and stood at the dining table where everyone was still having breakfast.
"What’s going on outside?"
"What do you mean, beta?" Dadi asked.
"Don’t call me beta—answer me properly. Who gave all that stuff kept outside in the mandap?” Taehyung asked angrily.
"What do you mean, who gave it? Your in-laws did. It’s your bride’s dowry." Dadi said calmly.
"Dowry? You people took dowry from them?" Taehyung asked in shock and rage.
Dadi nodded. "Yes, we did. Dowry is a part of marriage."
"Part? Taking dowry is a crime in the eyes of the law, don’t you know that?" Taehyung’s voice thundered.
Dadi’s face hardened with anger. "I don’t care about crimes and laws. This is a custom that has been followed for years, and it will be followed in this wedding too."
Taehyung turned sharply toward his mother.
"Maa, you didn’t stop them?"
"What would she stop?She too has come into this house after giving dowry" dadi snapped.
"I’m not talking to you, dadi. Please stay quiet for a moment,"
Taehyung said sternly, before looking back at his mother.
Jihyo sighed. "What do you think, Taehyung? That I didn’t try to stop them? I did. But some people here insisted on her and made her call them to demand dowry."
Jihyo glanced at Minsun and Sana as she spoke.
"That’s it. I’ll call Mr. Jeon right now and have everything sent back," Taehyung declared.
Dadi stood up from her chair in fury, and silence filled the room. The women outside, who had been gossiping, now peeked through the window, trying to listen.
"Enough! You won’t do anything. This wedding will happen the way I want." Dadi shouted.
"Forgive me, Dadi, but this is my marriage. I will send everything back right now. Let me see who dares to stop me," Taehyung said, pulling off his suit coat and tossing it toward Yoona, who quickly caught it.
No one dared stop him. He stormed out of the house like a raging storm.
Yoongi, who had been watching silently, rose from his chair.
"I’m going to help elder brother."
"Yoongi, don’t you dare!" Dadi shouted.
But then Jhope also stood up.
"Yes, I’m going too. You can’t stop us." Jiya immediately caught jhope's wrist
"Where are you going huh?, sit here quietly, don't even dare to go"
Jhope freed his hand from her grip.
"I'm sorry eomma, but here my elder brother is right, I'll leave, let's go brother"
Yoongi nodded, and the two of them ran after Taehyung.
Dadi’s chest heaved with anger as she watched them go.
Amidst all the tension, Minsun kept his head down and quietly ate his breakfast, a faint smile playing on his lips. Beside him, Sana, his wife, smirked knowingly as she served him some dal. Woojin, however, seemed lost in his own world, his face thoughtful as if deeply consumed by something.
And then there was Tzuyu, she hadn’t stepped out of her room for the past two weeks.
She sat inside, crying endlessly and cursing her fate.
Only Soya and her mother Sana would bring her meals, but she wouldn’t take a single bite until her mother coaxed and comforted her.
Watching his daughter in such a state broke Minsun’s heart.
That was why, a week earlier, he had gone to Dadi’s room to poison her ears and brought up the matter of dowry.
Dadi too agreed. Minsun knew very well that Taehyung was strictly against dowry, yet he did this deliberately.
He was aware that if Taehyung discovered Dadi had accepted dowry, it would make him furious and create cracks within the family. And that was exactly what he wanted.
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On the other side
Taehyung had already summoned three or four big trucks. With Yoongi and Jhope’s help, all the dowry items were loaded onto them. He then entrusted his younger brothers with the responsibility of ensuring that every single thing reached safely back to the Jeon house.
Within a short while, Yoongi and Jhope, along with the loaded tempos, reached the Jeon residence.
The sight of the huge trucks stopping outside immediately drew the attention of the neighbors, who began whispering among themselves.
Inside, the Jeon family’s guests hurriedly called Mr. Jeon, and soon he, Mrs. Jeon, Minho, Meena, and her mother Sona stepped out.
But Jungkook did not come, because it was considered inauspicious for brides to step outside before the wedding.
People said that at such times, misfortune wanders nearby and could fall upon her directly.
Hence, she was always kept safely inside like treasure.
Yoongi and Jhope stood respectfully before the Jeon house, bowing deeply. Mr. Jeon and the others returned the greeting and invited them in.
"Keep all the items inside." Yoongi instructed the truck drivers before following Jhope indoors. The two were seated on the sofa, and within minutes, tea, sweets, biscuits, and snacks were served to them.
"You must already know us, right?" Yoongi asked, looking at Mr. Jeon.
"Yes, son, of course I know you both" Mr. Jeon replied warmly.
"You are my son-in-law’s younger brother. But what’s all this? We don’t understand… why have you brought back the dowry? If it’s too little, we can always give more—"
"Oh, no, no, Uncle." Jhope interrupted with a polite smile. "We haven’t come here to demand more dowry."
"Then why are you returning everything?" Mr. Jeon asked in confusion.
"The truth is," Yoongi began
"our elder brother, your son-in-law, doesn't approve of dowry at all. He believes dowry is a legal crime. And we believe the same."
Yoongi glanced at Jhope, who quickly nodded in agreement.
"Yes" Jhope added firmly. "That’s why the elder brother asked us to return everything. That is the only reason we’re here."
Mr. Jeon turned to look at Minho, who simply nodded back silently.
"So, you mean to say… you don’t want dowry?" Minho asked cautiously.
"Yes" Yoongi replied. "We don’t want any dowry. Elder brother has strictly forbidden it."
With that, both Yoongi and Jhope rose from their seats, joining their hands respectfully.
"Well then, we’ll take our leave. Namaste."
"Namaste" was all Mr. Jeon could say. He stood there in shock. Never in his life had he imagined receiving such a son-in-law, a gem of a man. Once again, Taehyung had won his heart, proving that he was indeed the right one for Jungkook. All of Mr. Jeon’s worries vanished at that moment. Now he was certain, his daughter’s husband was a good and noble man.
With that assurance, he could happily give away his daughter in marriage.
Kook who was looking out of her room window caught the sight of the trucks, and the men unloaded the appliances from them, she frowned and that's when Meena came inside grinning.
She looked back at her and frowned.
"Why are you smiling?, and what is all this chaos going downstairs, i..is everything okay?"
"Kookie , kookie ,kookie, you're so damn lucky, I'm so happy for you, so so so Happy"
Meena said happily hugging koo, kook confusingly hugging her back with a smile.
"Yeah I can see that, but tell me what's the reason for your happiness?"
"You're husband is so good he—" kook swatted her playfully pouting
"Yahh, he's not my husband yet"
Meena folded her arms on her chest
"Seriously?, you've done every customs, rituals in his name, and here you're saying he's not your husband yet, girl, he's already your husband, just the marriage part is left, but still we can consider him as your husband"
"Ufff, okay, now tell me what was going on downstairs?"
"You know, uncle gave tons of dahej to your in laws , and at first they accepted it, but when your husband came to know about it, he sent each and everything back saying he doesn't approve of dowry at all" meena explained cheering happily. Meanwhile koo was left shocked
"W.. what?, di..did i hear it right?"
"Yeah girl you did, your husband gave each and everything back"
Koo shyly looked down fidgeting with the hem of her suit dupatta.
"D..di..did he come here n.. now?" Koo asked in a small shy voice.
Meene who heard him pretended that she didn't.
"What?, what did you say?"
"Um did he come here to give the things back?" koo asked with a little more voice added.
Meena pout and shook her head
"Sadly no, he didn't, his younger brothers came instead"
"Oh okay" koo sounded a bit disappointed and meena immediately detected that from his tone.
"Wait a minute.... Were you hoping for a yes, so that you can see your husband for once?"
Kook shyly looked away and said
"Idi..idiot when did i say that, shut up, go ..go out I wanna take a shower"
Meena still teased him and after all the teasing she finally went out giving koo time for her shower.
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To be continued
Kim mansion ????
Jeon house ????
Sorry for the short chapter, I'll post The next part soon.
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