"You sure say na him?" Gbade asked, feeling a little lucky. "Oga, I tell you say na him." The truck pusher reassured. Gbade looked at where the truck pusher pointed to. A young man below the age of thirty was negotiating for the price of some building tools. "Could he be a bricklayer?" Gbade asked himself. The man was checking out different spades when Gbade hurriedly gave the truck pusher the #1,000 he promised him. He had taken some steps away from the truck pusher when he rushed back again to him. "Abeg, give me your phone number." Gbade said, bringing out his notepad. The truck pusher looked at him and busted into a heavy laughter. At first, Gbade thought he had just been tricked by the truck pusher, but, his opinion changed when the truck pusher said, "I never see money chop, na him I go come buy fone?" He busted into another heavy laughter. "But, if you want see me, just ask of Odeku. Nobody no know me for this market." He added. "Thank you." Gbade said, rushing off. "Oga, this your shovel cos oooo..." The young man buying the shovel said. "Oga, I don tell you say this one wey you take na the original, and he cos well well." The seller tried to convince his buyer. "You sure say this one strong well well sha?" The buyer asked, examining the shovel once again. "That one is good enough." Gbade said, interrupting the buyer and the seller. The buyer looked at Gbade, not sure of what to say. "I bought one here two weeks ago, and it's very strong." Gbade added. "Oga, good morning. How madam?" Gbade greeted the seller, trying to create the impression that he is a regular customer at the store. The seller, unsure of what to think, but was impressed by the good comment Gbade made about his product, replied in a more familar way. "We thank God oooo..." The buyer replied. "And, how's the family?" The seller added. "They are fine." Gbade replied. "Abeg, you get cement?" Gbade asked the seller. "Yes. E dey." The seller replied. "Abeg, give me #1,000 own. I want just use am finish one job" Gbade said, handing over a #1,000 note to the seller. The seller went inside to measure the cement, and Gbade ceased the opportunity to discuss with the young man. "So, are you a bricklayer too?" Gbade asked. Creating the impression that he is a bricklayer. "No." The young man replied. "I just want to use it to dig in my farm." The young man added. Gbade could not fathom the correlation between farming and shovel, but he played along still. "Oh! You are a farmer. That is nice." Gbade commended. "Oga, see am oooo." The seller came out with cement wrapped in a black nylon, and he placed it on a small scale on the table in front of his shop. He was still scaling the cement when a lady came to meet the young man buying shovel. "Chike, I no see the rope buy ooooo." The lady said. "Maybe make we buy am for here sef." The lady added. "Oga, abeg, you dey sell rope?" The lady asked the seller who was just done scaling the cement. "Yes. I get. Which type?" The seller replied, almost immediately. "Oga, abeg wait. Make we talk price for the shovel finish." The young man told the seller in a way that showed he disagreed with what his partner just said. "Is that your girlfriend?" Gbade asked the young man with a little smile on his face? "No oooo.... " The girl replied. "We are business partners" The lady replied. The young man gave the lady very strong look that suggested she had said more than she was supposed to. Gbade thanked the seller, and left with his unneeded cement. As he left the store, two expressions kept ringing in his head. "I'm a farmer" and "we are business partners". He found those two expressions hard to believe.
(c) 2016. Austus Ofmat Nwanne
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