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Igama lami ngingu-zhang li, abantu basemaphandleni, manje abasebenza edolobheni, izimo zasekhaya ngokuvamile ekhaya, nakuba ngifunda umphumela omuhle, kodwa ngasizathu simbe, ngakhetha ukuyeka isikole. Umama washona ngisekuqaleni, nganginobaba ngicabanga ukuthi nami ngingaba nabantu ababili, ukuphila okubabayo nje okuncane, ngenza okubi, kodwa ngikholelwa ukuthi uma nje unginika isikhathi, konke lokhu kuzoshintsha. Lokhu ukuzethemba kubizwa ngokuthi yi blind self-confidence, cishe ubaba akacabangi ukuthi anganginakekela kahle, futhi angiboni ukuthi ngingakwazi ukumnakekela kahle, umashi wesigodi ukuze amsize athole unkosikazi. Ngemva kokushada ubaba uyasebenza, phela lokhu akumele kube amakhosikazi abo, omunye umuntu ngeke ukubekezelela yakho ube mpofu. Futhi emva komuzi kayise ngathola unyaka wesikole, ngoba umama ongamzali wami, nakuba engasheshi kakhulu, konke kulungile ebusweni, kodwa abantu ababili abazwana nabo bonke abayihambi inhliziyo, kwenza inhliziyo yami ibe nzima kakhulu, ingathandi lenhlobo yokuphila komunye nomunye, bese uthwala ubaba uyeka isikole. Ngemva kokuyeka isikole, njengoba uyise azi ukuthi anginaso isizathu kimi, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi le nto ngenza kabi, angiyi ukuyomcasula ngingajabule. Ngakho-ke, wagwetshwa iminyaka emibili. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, nami nginemali esandleni, umlingiswa isibindi sokubona ubaba. Ubaba wangibona, futhi ubelokhu echiphiza izinyembezi ekhoneni, ukuhamba wanginika imali yephakethe. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangikhungathekile, kamuva njalo ngezimpelasonto, uqeda ukudla okulethwe kubaba, ngakho imizwa yethu ukubuyisana. Kodwa ngeshwa, isidumbu sikayise sesikhathi sokusebenza sesiza sishile, sagoduka ngenxa yokugula, imiphumela yashona iminyaka embalwa. Ngithole ukuthi ukushona kukayise lapho ngibuya ekhaya ngisheshe ngigibele itekisi, umama ongamzali wayesehambile wapakisha imithwalo yami, wabe esethatha incwadi yasebhange kayise. Inhliziyo yami iswele amandla, ingcwatshwe ubaba wakhe ekhaya elungele ukubeka ifenisha ukuze adayise noma yini ekhaya, ukuze kugwemeke ukuphuka, bheka isimo esinjena, kufanele ngibe sekhaya kanzima kakhulu. Kodwa ngivula omatilasi basentwasahlobo, SOB. Ubaba ufihle imvilophu ngaphansi komatilasi wasentwasahlobo, ongenhla wafunda amagama amabili 'i-dowry' ngivula ngokubona ikhadi lasebhange, imali engakanani angazi, kodwa lobaba wasebenza kanzima ukuze angigcinele, ngivele ngihlengezele izinyembezi, ngizwe ngempela ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle, akufanele ngithenge umoya naye, edolobheni, impilo ifushane, wonke umuntu abe umndeni we-probability, ngiyasho ukuthi ithemba liphansi, wonke umuntu ukuxoxisana ngaphambi komshado, futhi kucatshangelwe ngaphambi kokushada kabusha, noma, izingane, abakwazi ukuthwala kanzima, ucabanga ukuthi isehlukaniso waphinde washada lolu hlobo lwendaba, kube nomthelela ezinganeni?