6 The Gif

After we wore clothes we went to the back of our hut. There i saw a flat stone with a handle

and red clay placed on top. The place was a little wet and a pail was there filled with water. Then my mother and my sister chimeg squatted down and started pouring water on the red sand. It then hit me that they are trying to make clay pots.

I was standing there uneasily not knowing what to do. I was worried whether this would be the place I would get caught. Chimeg turned to me "Why are you looking blankly rotate the wheel".

Again mother came to my rescue saying he is hit on the head and the village head said he may be little out of it for a few days.

I went swiftly and pushed the stone wheel to making it rotate. My mother put her hands on the clay to mold it. The stone wheel was heavy to push and i was worried on how much time i got to do this. Suddenly, my mothers hands took a green glow and clay was molding into shape really fast. After it became like a pot, mothers glow brightened and the clay started hardening visibly.

"Wow.So they harden the clay without heating it using magic.Guess magic makes everything easy. "They continued working this way making two pots, 5 plates and some type of ladle . After that mother got visibly tired and stood up. I guessed magic cannot be used endlessly and everybody has a limit.

We then walked back to the house and my mother suddenly started conversing." Gan your 15th bloom is fast approaching. You may have to go to your gifting ceremony and after that get your own house.". I blinked facing the new bombshell. Looking at my confused face my mother continued "Gan, since you are injured you might have forgot it. Everyone after their 15 blooms has to go to our villages light crystal and commune with it. Once they get their gifts they can get then barter using their gifts for their own place, food and other necessities in our village".

Gan was a little shocked hearing this, so magic isn't inborn, it is obtained through a ceremony. But, he still had doubts on what type of magic is obtained. So, he started phishing for information. "Mother can i also get magic to shape clay like you do."

His mother laughed and said "No everybodys gift is unique. It would be better if you get a gift that has a lot of bartering value. If you get rare gifts like village heads healing or gift that helps in creating clothes, houses that help everybody in the village it will be really good."

Wang got a sudden spark that may be this gift and magic are different, from how my mother is talking it seems to only help in certain activities.