Heart Cultivation

She saw herself again in this place.

She was sitting on a throne and the whole nation was under her jurisdiction.

There were two men sitting left and right willing to split the oceans for her approval.

She extended her hand toward one of them and her heart started screaming out loud in her head that her choice was wrong.

The screams were so loud that she hurriedly opened her eyes with little fear, she was used to this dream now.

"Will there be such turn in my life when I would decide a wrong choice? Will my heart help me find right between wrong?" she looked at the ceiling and questioned herself.

But the question was too big if compared to her age.

She lazily removed the cloth sheet from her body and yawned without sitting straight.

Then looked through window of the room and it was bright day outside.

Seems! She was late but it was alright because her aunt never complained if she woke early or late.

She was only five years old.

Two years before, she started to notice that her neighbor friends had their mother and father but her was different.

She only had uncle and aunt.

She asked her aunt where was her mother which she replied patiently that her mother had died when she gave birth to her.

She wept several days for this revelation.

But her uncle and aunt were affectionate toward her that make her forget about her parents with time!!

"Gem....gem....gem", she was just woke up and she heard it.

She knew it was Li, house owner's son who barely started uttering few words and called her Jen as gem.

She was never annoyed instead she always felt this pleasing to her ears.

She woke up and hurried toward Li who was about to fell with his tottered steps.

Though she herself was five years old but she always felt herself as his big sister.

when she started using her eyes to see, she found herself in this house.

Though her uncle and aunt were greatly kindhearted toward her, still she felt loneliness sometimes but when Li came into existence, she felt herself overly joyed, Li was son of her benefactors her uncle and aunt.

Now she could play all day long with Li, though she knew that her days of carefree life were going to end soon.

She would be sent for admissions in Primary Grade Level Manner Institute to learn manners and behavior for her next schooling and life as well and eventually would not be able to spend carefree time with Li.

She hurried toward Li and grabbed Li from fall.

Li showed his new wooden toy which his father just bought for him to play and Li was eager to show it to her.

She praised his toy and promised to spare time for play.

She then came out from her room and washed her up in the bath, changed her dress and came out in front of open kitchen.

She sat in front of her aunt.

Looking at her, her aunt brought a warm expression on her face while pouring a cup of tea and porridge.

"Tomorrow you would head toward Primary Grade Level Manner Institute with your uncle for your admission, remember to pack necessary clothes and things you wanted there_ you would live there for two years," her aunt completed her sentence bringing a smile on her face.

Jen was eating apparently while she was shocked to hear that she would be there for whole two years.

They had reminded her about the her admission in a big school but they never tall that she would live there two years.

There were many things to do before next day.

She hurried to pack everything she needed still it took for hours. She went to meet her only friend and neighbors.

She went to take a look at fields where she used to stroll during evenings and before evening she came back.

When she entered the door she saw Li playing under a temporary bamboo constructed roof.

She scanned through surrounding, she felt unease, she was unsure what was that, whatever she went straight to Li and grabbed his hand and ran from temporary bamboo constructed roof, as soon as she left the shadow of roof, the roof fell immediately.

Meanwhile her aunt witnessed this incident, she could not move to help because she felt that her feet were frozen to ground due to fear and was unable to cry for help even.

After a short incense of time she ran toward Li and embraced them frantically and kissed several times Jen.

She was sure that if it was not Jen her son might not be alive these moments, it was due to Jen timely conscience that her family was saved from this disaster.

She looked at her and knew she was the daughter of great Expert and her destiny was decided with her fate, she was fated to become Expert.

She embraced Jen once more and looked at her and smiled and said, "My brave daughter,"

Her aunt was always kind to her and this kindness helped Jen to develop properly in these years, she loved the house where she lived, loved the people those showed affection to her and help under means.

Her uncle came in the evening after plough in the fields and was told the happening of bamboo roof, he was grateful as well for her timely help and went to her room and gave her a beautiful hairpin as gift for her courage which he bought from market when he was heading toward home.

She saw hairpin, it was simple iron hairpin but the affection with which her uncle gave her was exquisite and priceless.

Though it was evening but she hurriedly combed her hair and fitted that hairpin properly or what she thought that it looked better then she ran to show it her aunt and receive some complements from her.

Her aunt was happy to see that she liked the gift.

[Author's Note]

(Since this is beginning and I need to set up the foundation and many more, so there'll be less dialogues in the initial chapters)[From this date September 15, 2019 I am doing edit and rewrite two chapters a day of this story, if you like the story I wanted to suggest you to stay with the two chapters each day, you might fired up if you read the unedited chapters, TT , I promise I will keep my pace of two chapters]