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“You don’t know women will be ฟิน/fin the most when getting some discount. I know that being a big shot is not easy, it is difficult too.” Pudtaan said.
“Fa..Fin.” This girl’s words were like his mother’s.
“Hm Fin. Are you confused? She sighed deeply and said “It means……..”
“Oh I know it means the most satisfactory” Pudtaan was stunned looking at him, he knew the meaning.
Meun Pii Pat Rat Cha Rit Tee still spoke seriously that “When human beings come to life, all of them have to struggle no matter who they are. The poor have to struggle like the poor. The rich have to struggle like the rich. The more they have ranks or titles, the more they commonly have to be careful.”
The more he said the more he actually saw the truth. His father was Pra ya Kum Rue, a caretaker of raft boat. There were so many channels to corrupt until almost being able to see silver Pod Duang shining more than the stars in the sky. If anybody was off the right track, so greedy and careless that there were any people reported to the royal, his whole family would be in trouble.
***Pod Duang = เงินพดด้วง = ancient Thai round coin shaped like a grub
“Is there 7- generation executed here?” Pudtaan asked. She never cared about historical stories. She didn't because she felt it had nothing to do with her (It’s distant). It was the knowledge about various plants that closed to home. If she was poor or starving she could bring the knowledge of growing vegetables to support herself. Her coming to be in this era made her think she was right and lucky to have such knowledge or she might starve and die in the middle of the road as Mae Glin, Yai Gui’s niece used to scold at that time.
“Where are you from? Is it much different from here?” Meun Pii Pat Rat Cha Rit Tee asked.
“Yes, they are different both Nawattagum and technology (Nawattagum = innovation) but the principle of living seems not very different. Anyway please answer my question before if there are people being executed 7 generations here?”
“Nawat.. Tehno..” Meun Pii Pat Rat Cha Rit Tee said. These two words were quite strange for him but when he saw her eyes need answers more than questions. He sighed before changing his sentence to answer this a bit crazy woman.
“There are both 7 generations and all generations. It is a penalty only associated with being rebel against the throne. Why do you ask? There is no one here that talks about such matter.” He complained but he answered her willingly.
“Oops! I’m giving an example then, if there is a civil servant taking a bribe, will his wife and their children be punished either?" Pudtaan asked.
“If he works or serves for Khun Luang (the king) he will be hit (number of times called “yok/round”, 1 yok = 40 times) or punished according to the offense he had done. Valuable property, people/servants/slaves, houses and lands will be confiscated. Even the wife and his children considered a property, also will be confiscated. They may be imprisoned or sold as slaves and the money got from selling will be sent to keep in the treasury.” Meun Pii Pat Rat Cha Rit Tee answered.
“It looks like to be kind not killing them but cruelness is hidden. People used to be comfortable but have to become slaves being oppressed, they would live with suffering.” Pudtaan said.
Meun Pii Pat Rat Cha Rit Tee glanced at her face seeing her skew her mouth a little. Her manner looks like his mother. Her words look more similar. If his father meets her being young, purely beautiful and he like her, his mother would be heartbroken. The word “crazy woman” who has no one is like as his father always says about his mother might be changed. He weighed up his mind looking at the “crazy woman no. 2 and decided that he would never let this woman to meet his family.
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She did a better job than most newbies I've seen... not that that's saying much.
