CHAPTER FIVE
-THE BRAAI
The man are outside the yard busy marinating the meat while the women are busy with cooking pap and some making salads with many more family members coming in the house.
Yolanda:"today people are gonna eat muc all this food"
Sthe:"ofcoz our family is large muc"
Zipho:" what a nice thing to be a part of a huge family"
Pedro:"hmmm l feel you sis"
Themba:"l see where this is going omunye umntwana doesn't know the feeling of having a family on her side and thins we are here"
Zipho:"she did that to her self and to us it's a lesson taught"
Yolanda:"yeah a lesson of closing our legs and finishing school and...
Sthe:"yeah yeah making our family proud we know . anyways who's up for a blunt"
Pedro:"dawg now u talking lm up"
Zipho & Yolanda : okay
Themba:"where are y'all going to do it"
Sthe:"will go at the shed at the park "
Themba:"okay then lm down"
walking out
Meanwhile
Gogo and Mkhulu made their way inside the house.
Auntie:"awu gogo , Mkhulu nibuyile" l say taking them into an embrace
Gogo:"yebo mntwanam , ninjan ngan zam"
Everyone:"Sikhona gogo no Mkhulu"
Mkhulu doesn't talk much
Gogo:" kuhle kakhulu ungabe ukhona uNomathemba Lana"
Ma'Sthe:chaa gogo niyaz asimvumeli ..."
Gogo:"kungani nisam'phethe kabi , you should stop doing this and after all we are family and you are here treating her like an outcast"
Uncle:"yes because shes a disgrace to this family wat a shame"
Mkhulu:"seng'zwile . Niyakhohlwa ukuthi nani nike nawenza amaphutha but you all here acting holier than thou"
Gogo:"exactly baba wena MaSthe you had a child out of wedlock who judged you ,not to mention some of you have eyes for young girls hay sies marn"
Auntie:"please bring gogo some water udinga ukwehlisa umoya"
Everyone laughs
Mkhulu:"she's your elder not your peer marn" he says angry
Auntie:"ngyaxolisa baba bengithi ngiyasiza "
Mkhulu:"haysuka , yazin siyahamba thina"
Gogo and Mkhulu walk out without anyone stoping them
Ma'Sthe:"mxm asaz nje why their now fussing on that girl"
Uncle:"let's continue with the Braai please"
Auntie:"yha neh" sighs
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