The girls were listening attentively as the evil woman began to speak for a while...
Sosai Mansurah was shouting, scolding them while beating Mebo, but the beating wasn't much.
She was just being strict with Mebo, not too close but she wouldn't gather the children of the "hutuba" family together.
Quickly all the girls separated to look for their own places, but what hurt most was that
Mebo was beaten like a child, not like a woman. Dakyar went to meet her in the room.
She took Mebo to her bedroom... Then Sister Mansurah came into her sister's room.
They all calmed down, happy that Mebo was beaten and that nothing happened to them.
They would all be safe and nothing would be done to them.
...Mama Bintu came in and said something to Mansurah. She said what Hafsatu told her about the girls.
...Mebo was crying a lot, and what hurt Iya Meri most was that Mebo was beaten with a stick on her back,
(Hmm, what Iya Meri didn't know was that Mebo had a big heart. But now all the girls were afraid of Mansurah.
She even added "Yaa ola dinta") All of this happened in front of Mebo as if she wasn't even a month-old baby.
In the middle of the joy, the girls started talking. Siddika said what happened was because of
the lack of manners. "Because since that day we went to Mebo's parents' house, we haven't talked."
"Hmm, but the people who fix things, there is nowhere they go or the part of Mama Bintu or anyone else.
Sosai took the one who fixes things from Mama Bintu. She said that if Iya Meri starts giving us lectures,
she won't start giving her own lectures yet."
All of them sat in the parlor where Mama Meri started telling them, like this:
"Girls, today's lecture is about cleanliness, cooking, personal hygiene, and home care.
Today we will talk about how to take care of your husband."
From the beginning, this was the thing I talked about, and I also told you,
I always say that whenever he comes back from the market or from work, it affects him a lot.
All of you, when your husband comes home, don't just sit at the door.
Run and hug him, kiss him on the cheek, then give him a deep kiss on the lips,
like that. Then show them how to do "kissing" while carrying the baby on your back,
holding his hands, kiss and show him that in all the work you do, you should be sweet to everyone.
Then she emphasized and made sure they understood. She said,
"This increases the love and affection in your husband's heart.
All of you, put aside the shame of going to your husband's room.
Because even though you have faith in you, as a woman you should have no shame with your husband.
Tomorrow you will go to your parents' house so they can teach you how to give birth to your husbands.
You should learn this." She was looking at them.
Seeing that they were all looking at each other, smiling, she got up and brought a rubber object shaped like
a man's penis. Some were small ones that young people use, different colors.
For big ones that are very hard.
Iya Meri didn't have shame. She brought out a lot of things and put them on the table.
Each one should come and take one and everyone took one.
We don't have shame, we threw away shyness. She was the one who combined them all and
brought different styles.
She started doing things in a playful way and told them to imitate her.
Oh, they all...