“Yes, I guessed he would be in bed and not in with his beloved goats!” She lifted the mosquito net and sat on the wooden floor next to his head. First she looked at his skin, then his hair and lips and final y she opened his eyes and peered into them.
“Mmm, I see… show me his feet!” Wan hurried to uncover her husband’s feet, then Da leaned over to squeeze them and get a closer look.
“Mmm, I have never seen such a serious case of lack of meat in the blood as this before. Do you give me permission to tell your children what to do for a while? Good I wil return soon, prop your husband’s head up on a few pil ows, I wil send Din in to help you while Den helps me outside.”
“Yes, Aunty, of course. Anything to help my dear Heng.”
“Al rig
