Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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...he patted his shoulder and asked him his name 
Aslam
What do you do 
Looking for a job
 , used to work in a factory,  for some reason the factory was shut down and the doors to misfortune opened for him,  January ustad was his childhood friend,  he lived in Lahore,  he was a professional mechanic,  he had even asked aslam to  take training from him, now that he was jobless he thought of January used, he had moved out from Lahore to this new place.
A small boy brought a tea kettle and placed it on the  table with two small glasses
Jhinga bhai slapped the boy in a close warm manner and began pouring the tea into the glasses 
Aslam asked if there was an inn around because he didn't have enough money to stay in a hotel 
, both laughed and  held their tea glasses,  Aslam thoughtfully muttered where could he stay the night,  he had spotted a motel near the station 
Jhinga bhai said he had liked Aslam,  it would take at least a couple of days to find  janu used or perhaps in just one day,  Aslam could  stay with jhinga  for that long 

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