THE MAGIC OF THE BLACK MAMBA

after making the promise to my mother, I ask her

"since when my father left you"

"He sent me a letter two years ago saying that he had found a woman who loves him very much and they will be living together"

"Why didn't you talk about it with us"

"that he would win with that, he made the decision for him, you just have to respect that, no one can force him to return to us

after talking a little more, she fell asleep like a baby on my arms, it was a very quiet night until she fell asleep too

in the morning before everyone woke up she got me up to draw two pictures for the carpenter and the one with the bottle

the barrel is specified that it has to be

HEAD DIAMETER 56 cm.

BELLY DIAMETER 72 cm.

LENGTH 96 cm.

I also add the drawing of how he has to look and especially the wood he has to use and the capacity of 225 liters for each barrel

now the bottle has to be on a dark background with a capacity of 75 cl: Regular bottle. with a cork cover made of wood, on the label, a shield that in the middle has the head of a snake, ready to attack with its name "black mamba"

at the end of the two drawings, I went out to the patio, the girls have not arrived yet, my uncle arrived later when he heard the sound of my practice

"Edwin with respect to the drawings the barrel if I understand him but the others well ..." his face says everything he wants me to change it for something more commercial

Uncle, the label and the name cannot be changed because the one that does half the work is called that and it is a recognition of all his efforts "he explained.

"Well but I warn you, that label will be more expensive than the bottle, since each one would be made by hand, what will be the price for each one" His question aroused my interest since I plan to sell depending on how much the bottles cost me

"first we look for a way to pay for things and then we will put the price" so we have to think of a quick solution

"Well I'm going to see the carpenter and ask how much it would be for each bottle" my uncle said goodbye, I continued practicing regarding our talk that we had yesterday I have to have experience to advance to the next level and seek the necessary knowledge to discover the classes what else do I need

I continue with my practice until Liliana and Mirna appeared with the little puppy in their arms, they both have a couple of black circles under their eyes, a sign that they did not have a quiet night

"Girls what happened to you today to be so late for morning practice" I have a slight suspicion that you just need a confirmation

"Edwin, if you get to have a hidden class and you have to leave the city, you will visit us again in the future" his face is full of worries

"If Ed would change us for prettier and upper-class girls" Mirna also joined the conversation expressing her concern

as I thought, they also have those doubts in their mind I imagine that Esther will be the same as them so we will play with them a little

"When that time comes I will say goodbye to Ester and Mom because they behave very well with me and if I have the opportunity I will return when I can in 5 or 6 years" I tell them with a very serious face

They both look like deflated balloons and then have watery eyes so I quickly try to fix it, lest they hate me for a bad joke

"But if they or you want to come with me to live with pleasure, I will accept them or it will be that they do not want to be with me"

the two immediately answer quickly to prevent her from changing her mind "Ed, me and my mother will go to live with you when you go to live elsewhere" the fastest was Mirna and then Liliana spoke

"Of course we will follow you wherever you go, you never know when those women from the wrong path will attack or especially try to deceive you, I will protect you and mother too" this sister just needs to put her hands on her waist

"That will be good now listen, you have to learn and know how to defend yourself first, in order to protect those you want, you must always have this in your mind every time they enter because we never know if next time we can escape

seeing that the two return to their previous motivation to train their basic movements, then we practice battles with each other, the morning passed very quickly until breakfast time where we all met again

with the exception of Robert since he is busy with his own affairs where my uncle arrives with good news while we are having breakfast

"Edwin, the ten barrels will be delivered in two days but the bottles will cost a gold coin per piece to have everything you want, they can also make you some samples before starting to produce them"

"Santiago, how much does a normal bottle cost?" My aunt Isabel asked him.

"The normal bottle has two silver coins but the drawing and especially the color of the glass triggered the price, your nephew is very stubborn as you will not change his mind" my uncle replied

to which my angry aunt says "that you speak, Santiago, don't listen to you, repeat it"

"They are very attentive, I also want to have breakfast" he answers very quickly and hides, I only have 15 gold coins left in my total budget so we made a decision

"Uncle Santiago takes these 5 coins, you ask him to make you 5 bottles to be able to sell them and get more gold coins to be able to make more bottles"

my uncle's expression says it all "boy you will have to sell your wine for 4 or 5 gold coins this makes it too expensive for someone normal to buy it, if you are lucky, whoever wants to throw away their coins could have a bottle, besides your name is not known "

everyone was silent with a disappointment on their face because my uncle is right since we do not have the necessary equipment, being a 100% homemade product where there is no team that takes care of each step in its elaboration

In addition, we do not have a distillery nor do we know the complete wine-making process, having filtered with rags and especially where the competition is fierce.

"Do not worry, this is a way to gain experience, our product is not the best but we want to keep trying, we can also do other things like soap, dresses, underwear and I will also surprise you"

"what is it" the girls ask

"If I tell you it won't be a surprise, right now let's finish breakfast to continue working" I motivate them a little to continue helping me, one thing is for sure we will follow our dream at our own pace

Today is the first day that Esther comes to help in the tailor shop, like any new worker she is too restless for fear of ruining what I am doing, she asks every moment if she can help, I only tell her that she has to relax

while I'm finishing the first dress "Ester this weekend I'm going to go out to win some coins making bets, I need you to find another woman to join us"

"You have three women nearby, why not tell them too"

"Well, if you don't want to have fun, I'll tell my uncle to go to a brothel to meet a woman who will accompany me."

she asks something interested in the proposal "that tells me, that we will not only be making bets, what else will we do in a place like that"

"Our plan is very simple in addition to earning some coins, it is also that they show the dresses in which we work, also that you will wear one more thing that I will do in the week and since you are the first time you have the first dress, you can choose to another person to accompany you "

"Now if you don't want to go, that is easily solved, I tell someone else to come with me and look for another" she ended up saying.

"No, no, I'm going to go, I'm going to tell the women if they want to join me, but Edwin still don't have a store where we can sell our dresses, and if they like them we don't have the capacity to make many dresses."

"Well that has a solution, but first we have to have enough coins to be able to have more things, first we have to create a reputation with our products"

the aunt talks to us "Edwin, what is the underwear we are going to make?"

When showing her drawings, she is uncomfortable with her panties, they are much smaller than the ones she wears, and they are made entirely of silk with stripes

"Hey Edwin, the panties are small and you only have one model where the variety will be" she asks the question with doubts

"Every week we will have a different model, the variety is in the colors and they are much more comfortable, we can also make them with other fabrics, cotton, linen and silk

the work was divided Ester cuts parts of the dress, Aunt Isabel cuts and sews the panties in different types of fabrics

while I leave the workshop why my mother told me that the bottles were delivered, she arrived as quickly as possible to check the packages where the size, shape and color of the container is correct

only the name of the bottle is fine with that we say everything, because the whole drawing is totally badly done the snake looks like a worm and the shield is round thank heaven they are a test imagine having to change everything for the poorly drawn drawings

so while I'm doing my coat of arms again my mother comes running saying that inside the wine container there is a huge snake and it is sleeping

first he reassured her "Mom is all right, she like Snack are my companions, she was the one who helps me"

"She looks like she is very intimidating, she is dangerous, she will not attack all of a sudden right" the rain of questions I get as we walk to the container

"No, of course not, she is very friendly yesterday she fell asleep and I forgot to take her out, she can also control her size and she likes sweets also mice like fried meat come let's see her"

she explained to him because she completely forgot yesterday, she fell asleep although it is very strange that she falls asleep a whole day

in the container only her head is on the surface and the truth looks very dangerous so she better spoke to him to wake up

"mamba, mamba, MAMBA wake up" she ended up screaming at the end she opens her eyes and tells me

"Hey teacher, it's very comfortable to sleep in this place even though I'm very hungry."

"Well make yourself smaller I'm going to get you out of that place"

I put it in a bucket with water to wash it and remove all the must from the grapes and then I show it to my mother who is amazed at how small it is, I pass it to her hands and tell her to give her something to eat

I stayed to filter a little wine to fill the bottles, although there are many procedures missing, I am going to give my uncle his two bottles and save the other three for the aging of the wine.

hours later at dinner

"Uncle Santiago, here are your two bottles, I recommend that you save them so that they have a better flavor when the barrels arrive, I will keep them for three months before taking them out so we will give them more time to make the drawings on the bottles"

"After eating I will try a little to see the taste of it and see if this business will work" so without saying anything else he took the two bottles to his room

On the other hand, we finished dinner, where each one took his way as the week begins today, my mother had to sleep at home.

so I decide to refresh my body with a good bath at the time of taking the third bucket of water to use the soap a loud knock is heard

POOM!

the bathroom door slammed open with my uncles behind, the fright was so great that I let out a yell "WHAT IS GOING ON"

"Edwin run come, you won't believe this, oh boy first look for something to cover you I don't want you to embarrass me with that thing"

so I cover myself with a blanket "what's up"

"a miracle, your wine is magical is surprising" the smile was genuine he does not deceive me

"Well man, calm down, breathe and tell me what happens"

"Listen after dinner we went to the room to sleep but when I saw your bottles I decided to give it a chance to know the flavor so I took a glass and I taste it although the flavor is very mild not totally to my taste"

"uncle to the point go to the point"

Well I'm very desperate, well at the end of the first glass my body began to heat up so I decide to take another one at the end my body heated up to a more when carrying half a bottle, the miracle happened, my last meridian was unlocked "the smile in his face accompanied with tears were very real he kept telling me

"This was not a coincidence since he took more than 15 years without being able to advance to a titular class so Edwin I am already rank 1 at last thank you boy thank you very much"

"That's wonderful man but we still need to check with" he raised his hand to shut me up.

"I also thought the same so the other half was taken by your aunt Isabel and now he is an expert apprentice, look at his skin, his body is getting rid of impurities"

"that's right, black mamba is magic"