Choti Si Duniya - ArShi FF

103. Lucknow Diaries - part 6

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That evening Khushi had a visit from Gaurav's wife, Aasha with a box of laddus. And what she told made khushi adore her Arnavji a little more.

"Tumhe pata hai Khushi, aaj hum aur tumhare bhaiyya khush hai toh sirf Arnavji ki wajah se (You know Khushi, today I and your bhaiyya are happy because of Arnavji). He not only referred your bhaiyya to the company owned by his supplier to secure a job but also told your bhaiyya to leave his tensions of work away from his family."

Khushi was not surprised hearing the first part but the later part that Arnav reprimanded Gaurav was shocking for her.

"Humein thik se batayiye na bhabhi (Tell me clearly bhabhi), what did Arnavji say? He didn't hurt Gaurav bhiayya, did he?"

"Arre nahi Khushi, he in fact very nicely told your bhaiyya that just like you are Gauravji's sister, I'm like his sister and he doesn't like anyone hurting his family. He also told your bhaiyya that you really love us a lot and we mean a lot to you. So, your bhaiyya should always remember that. He said, he has also made mistakes in the past but has learnt that nothing is more important than his family's emotions for him and your bhaiyya should also remember that."

Khushi's heart swelled in joy hearing that. Her Arnavji surely knew how to win her heart again and again.

Right from adjusting in her house to buying veggies, from eating spicy food just not to hurt her family's feelings to helping the people close to her, he was making her adore him more n more. And she amply rewarded him that night with a sweet kiss for his not-so-laad-governor-ish behavior!

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The next day, Gomti sadan saw another visiting family who happened to be 'close relatives' of Guptas. When Aakash asked exactly who they were, buaji introduced them saying,

"Ee toh hamare kareebi rishtedar hai (They are our close relatives). Hamare aur sashi babua ke chachere bhai ke mameri behen ke bete aur bahuriya hai (These two are our first (paternal) cousin's second (maternal) cousin's son and his wife)."

Arnav heard it too and rolled his eyes and whispered to Khushi's ear, "Yeah truly they are really close relatives of yours."

Khushi slapped him on his arm to shut him up, but she too smiled a little at buaji's exaggeration.

Meanwhile, the guests gave them something that they had brought. It was a unique gift, a bag full of raw Basmati rice grown in their own field!

"Bilkul asli Basmati hai ye, aisi mehek kahi nahi milegi aapko (It's real Basmati, you won't find such fragrant rice anywhere else)." The guests gushed and encouraged them to test the raw rice, for its smell as it's usually done.

Garima and buaji got happy and opened the bag and Khushi and Payal too took a handful of raw rice to smell its unique fragrance.

However, they didn't realize that Aru was sitting nearby and had been observing her mamma do this funny thing with rice grains. And even before anyone could realize it, Aru too took a fistful of raw rice and held it near her nose. However, as she didn't know the purpose, which was just to smell it, she instead put the rice inside her nostrils!

Soon enough, she started coughing and with difficulty breathing everyone panicked! This had happened even before anyone had a chance to understand what had happened.

Someone rushed to dial the doctor, someone rushed to get Arnav, someone tried to pat Aru's back to remove the rice grains but she herself had panicked a lot by now and was not cooperating.