A story of a person who wants to become a monk.

This is the story of a man who just got married. We call him Su because he wants to be called so.

 

His wife's name is Na.

 

We must admit that Su is a successful man: he has a few houses, a car he just bought, an arowana aquarium will be brought home the day after tomorrow ... In fact, his life is a scene that a famous player can lead to. A hundred million salary is also a dream. That's right! Everything comes from your efforts. He is a PhD graduate from abroad and knows 4 languages.

 

But...

 

He married a "bad" wife.

 

"Oh my God!" - is the familiar and close cry of Vietnamese people when expressing emotions, any level is possible. But, for him, the only tone for the two words "oh my god!" is on parallel with the emotions in Nguyen Gia Thieu's ancient "Cung quan ngam khuc". It was the interaction of his eyes when he bumped into his wife. That is, it is no stranger to him when he calls his wife to fix the car in the morning, but she doesn't come home until the evening because she says she forgot the keys in the house, and the car is left lying on the porch, while she goes out until late at night. Remember what your purpose is at the beginning of the day. That's just a typical small example in Su's wife's multi-episode series.

 

But okay! As a husband, Su still loves Na - his wife.

 

Su takes care of everything for Na, from buying clothes and shoes to the fact that every month, Su accepts to transform from a "bourgeois" person to a "proletarian"... He gives all the money to his wife… then Su feels like he is the most honest person on this earth. From the time he met Na until the day he got married, and even now, Su does not gamble, does not smoke, does not drink, does not have any promiscuity at all. But Na is still jealous, unreasonably jealous.

 

The story is extremely simple, the events are so simple that it makes no sense, but through Na's mind, it becomes a never-ending drama.

 

The man named Su bought his wife a bottle of perfume that she liked the most. Na looked at nothing and said: "Now that you know you're following me, you're planning on asking for something, right?"

 

The same man above took his wife out to eat and was scolded by his wife: "Do you think I'm not fat enough?" And glanced at him with eyes full of contempt. "You stay there, I'm so sad, I'm going out with my friends!" And she rode the brown Vision all the way to the friendship meeting. Su stood in the house, looking into the distance: "If you'd rather go out to eat with friends, then say something, why would you curse your husband like that!!!".

 

Tonight, Su was alone in her own house. Saigon nights are also very cold. Cold because of an empty shoulder. Is your marriage a failure? Does a PhD guy like you with 4 languages behind him have such a pathetic married life? Well... it's because I made the wrong choice from the beginning. Lying alone, who knows, he may come up with many philosophical thoughts, and later, he will definitely not lie alone like this many times. Who knows, maybe taking notes will turn into a published book.

 

He remembers Him. He remembered the peaceful, unencumbered moments he had experienced in the past, the days when he was carefree with Him.

 

He raised his face and looked up at Him. He wanted to rely on Him for the rest of his life, from now until the rest of his days.

 

"Dear Buddha! I want to become a monk!".

 

 

Tâm Cung

Translated into English by Nguyen Thi Mai Thao