Part 2 : young

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She lived at her aunt house with her 5 cousins.

Her aunt was a very sweet and lovely lady . She also get married at a very early age.

At the age of 17 .
Her aunt got married to a government officer who was in water tax department.

He was 29 at that time.

But he was a drunkard person.
In starting he drinks rarely but

After some years he started to drink regularly.

His lungs got failed at the age of 40.

After that Laxmi 's aunt became widow with the responsibility of her 5 kids .

She was getting the job of her late husband but her education was not enough to get the job .

So she started a small tailor shop in the same house.

Laxmi admired her aunt a lot , same goes with her aunt .

She always treat Laxmi as her own child.

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After some years , Laxmi completed her 12 standard with home science.

She wanted to take science and become doctor.
But Her family refused to this.

She wanted to do the further studies. But

Her financial condition was not allowing her to do so.

Her siblings refused to study expect her little brother.

He wanted to take care of her family and her sister.

Her brothers loves her to moon and back .

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Her grandmother said to her father that
" ab iski shaadi ki Umar ho gyi h ,
Aur padhi - likhi bhi achi khasi ho gyi h .

Ab deri nhi karni chahiye. Warna fir dikkat hogi baad me .

Meri toh 13 saal par hi hogyi thi. Wo bhi 35 saal se aadmi se ."

(Now, she should get married,
she is enough educated also.

We should not be late, otherwise we'll face difficulties in future.

I also get married at age of 13 ,that to from 35 man.)

Her father said " tumare jaamne ki baad alag h Amma.

Par karni toh h hi shadi fir,

Dekh te h , chalo."

( Your generation was different mother .

But we have to do the marriage also,

We'll see)

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