CHAPTER 9

Akinwuji was working on his farm when he saw his friend coming from traveling, his house was the first place that they would saw as they were coming to the forest. He walked closed to him and collected the bag.

"My friend welcome!" Akinwuji said with smile on his face.

"How are you my lovely friend?" Onimi asked.

"I am good, how was the journey?"

"It was fine" he collected his bag and sat on the chair, Akinwuji went inside to get him water and came out after some minutes with a water inside a calabash gave it to him and he drunk it, breathe in put the calabash on the floor, Akinwuji took it and sat down beside him.

"What will you like to eat?" He asked.

"Anything that you have just bring it"

"I just cook beans will you like to eat it or I should cook yam, which one do you want?"

"Don't cook yam let me eat beans"

"Okay, am coming" he went inside and come with the food inside the pot put it at his front and he sat down.

"How is my wife doing?" Onimi asked.

"They are all fine in good health" Akinwuji answered.

"And my children, I hope they do not disturbing you?"

"Not at all, even if they disturbed me they are my children also, so is normal!" Said with smile.

"Let eat " Onimi said.

"Your wife gave birth a day that you left"

"I know, I told you that when I left or a day after"

"She gave birth to a boy"

"which name do you gave him?"

"Oladele?" Said with smile face.

"Oladele! Oladele!!" He saying and shaking his head.

"Your wife didn't want to accept it, she said I can't give him a name from my own creature"

"It's because i am not around that is why she does that"

"I told her everything that it is not me it is his father" took a cup of water on the table.

"And she accept it after that?" He asked.

"Yes now!"Akinwuji said put the cup on the table.

"But friend I want to tell you something very important" Onimi looked at him.

"What is it?" He face him.

"You need a wife that will be helping you, only you for more than twenty years now"

"Me too have been thinking about it" he said with low voice and looking at his friend.

"Just get someone, only you doing this, doing that"

"How will I get one?" He asked.

"I can give you my child to marry"

"Which one of them?"

"Oyima!, you like her?" He asked.

"Yes and you think she will accept?"

"Of course she will accept"

"Okay then, no problem" Akinwuji said.

"Be prepared, you know our culture here when the wife accept it's that day that she is going to his husband's house" removed his leg from the chair.

"I know! And no problem" packing the plate together, Onimi stood up and carried his bag.

"Am about to go, want to see my family and my baby"

"Okay let go together, me too want to see my children"

"I have forget to give you your money" took it out from his pocket and Akinwuji put the plate under the table.

"I sell everything, this is it" he counted it and gave it to him and he recounted it also.

"It's me and you that will share it, so take half let me hold the remaining half" he put it in his pocket.

"Don't worry about me, you know you have something to plan on now" going to Onimi's house.

"Take this one, I have another money, the boy that use to take my farm product just brought the money some hours ago"

"Okay then no problem" he collected the money from him and showed his appreciation. His son saw them coming, and he ran to them with all his energy.

"Papa, welcome" he shouted "Akinwuji I greet you "

"How are you my son?"

"Papa welcome, Akinwuji we greet you" Oyima said.

"Oyima my daughter, how are you?"

"We are all fine " she answered .

"Good afternoon" Akinwuji said.

"Afternoon" they greeted back in chorused.

"Where is your mother?" He asked.

"She is inside" Oyima answered.

"Okay, let go inside" he said. Door open and closed.

"welcome my husband!" she said, stood up and sat down properly on the mat.

"How is your body now?" Akinwuji asked.

"Am fine, feeling better now"

"How is my son?" Onimi asked sat on the mat beside his wife.

"He is fine" she answered.

"Where is him?"

"Am coming" she said, stoof up and went to her room.

"Papa, what should I cook for you?" Oyima asked

"I have eat at my friend's house "

"Okay papa"she said and went to her room.

"Your son is here" she gave him and sat on the mat back laid down used cloth to support her head.

"Oladele my handsome son!" Looking at him with happily face and smiling at him.

"He look like you" Akinwuji said

"Yes, he look like me"

"He is fine, fine boy!!" Akinwuji said

"Take that bag it's baby thing that are inside it" talking to his wife.

"Okay my husband, I miss you!"

"I miss you too my wife"

"My wife have to go now" Akinwuji said.

"Why stay with us still evening" she said.

"I have something to do at home, so am sorry"

"Okay then bye!" said with low voice.

"Bye my friend" Onimi said.

"Take care of my children" he said

"Okay, I heard you" she said.

"Bye Akinwuji" Oyima said coming out from her room and Akinwuji left. She sat beside her father moved the bag closed to her checked it and asked her siblings to take it to their mother's room, rest beside her mother.