Translated…
Ever since we’d bought a pack of cultivating soil at B&Q, I’d started this relationship with gardening since, and still, to before how I get to how I’d planted the garden varieties, I’d needed to mention how at the very start, my husband and I went into battle mode over who has the control over the gardens.
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Because our house faces the north, there was only partial of the lanai that gets the sun, and since the Dutchman’s pipe cactus had withered and died, we’d planned to plant something else there, so our lanai can be lively again. We’d bought a long-shaped pot, the right size that manage to catch the sun from the lanai; after we’d filled the soil up, I’d quickly took out the chili seeds from my neighbor a long time ago about to plant it down, but, my husband had a thought, “We should be planting a flower here!”, as he’d stated, he’d started, taking out all the flower seeds he’d bought from before on a whim out.
As a housewife, I naturally felt, that we should plant something that’s more useful, especially with the issues of food poisoning, we eat spicy foods a lot, making our own chili paste can free us from the worries of eating the additive, the chemicals; but my husband just believed, that the lanai’s are for flowers, said that after the flowers are in bloom, it will be beautiful, that it can help him feel at ease after a long day’s work. Back then, I’d not wanted to argue with him, and I’d stated, that for the first six months, I shall take over what is being planted, and he’ll get to decide after this first six months.
And, based off of what I knew about my husband, I’d thought, that he’d given up on his thoughts after awhile, but last week, he’d started, soaking the seeds of his flowers, told me, that it’s about time, that we dig up the chili peppers now. I was alarmed, and so, on this day as I cooked, I’d gone out of my way, made his favorite dishes, and looked for recipes for chili peppers, to make the unique chili pastes, so I could manage, to tackle my husband’s taste buds.
Awhile ago, all of a sudden, I’d stopped the provisions of the chili, and my husband started frowning, said that the food now tasted so bland, I’d told him, that there’s nothing I can do, as the chain of supplies of the chili peppers are about to end, so I can only save what I can. After he’d heard, it’s like, he’d finally got it, told me, “oh, I know! Why don’t you, keep on planting your chili then!”
I was secretly ecstatic then, I’d gotten my wish now, I’d taken out the saved chili paste to serve to him right away, and, the taste buds that’s used to my flavors just, won’t settle for any others’. I’d started planting down the budding seeds inside the pots, and placed them out for some sun alternately, to help make a win-win out of this. Seeing how the entire garden is now, filled with the spices I’d planted myself, I’d felt, very achieved indeed!
And so, this, is how a woman was able to play a mind game, to get her way, and, I’m sure, that the husband didn’t even know, that he was, manipulated by his own wife, because men are really very slow…
Life, the Obstacle Course 