At the hospital, their father in law and his brother joined them. There was joy all around. All of them were very happy to see Selvi’s child. So much chatting and hugging was going on. Soon the doctor came and said that they could go home. They all came home and the newborn was welcomed into the house. By evening, their father in law and his brother had to go back. They had a stream of visitors that evening, all the neighbours coming to see Selvi and the baby. Selvi was very tired after her childbirth and needed much rest. Ponni was sleepy after two nights of improper sleep. Ramu was very interested in his child and he too went to be with Selvi. Only Muthusamy and Kamala were awake. They were sitting in the verandah and talking about this and that and slowly the topic came to his sexual problem. He told her about how he can only get an erection if he sees some one having sex. His mother in law pondered about it for some time and then said, “You lack self confidence, or you may be having some nervous problems. I shall try to cure you while I am here. Let me test you first.”
She removed his dhoti and exposed his flaccid prick. She played with it while telling him how her husband and his brother would fuck her one after another and how she would enjoy them every day, except those days when she had her periods. Then too the would want her to suck them out. All this sexual talk did not have any effect on him. She tried sucking him, but that too did not have any effect on him, although he was fingering her cunt under her saree. Finally she gave up and lifting her saree to her waist, she lay down and asked him to suck her cunt. He was only glad and her really gave her a good suck, till she reached her peak and was dripping with her juice. Still his prick refused to wake up. Kamala was very disheartened. She wondered about the fate of her daughter.
The next few days went off quickly. It was usually a busy day fro the ladies. Ponni and her mother had to look after the newborn, the mother and also had to cook for the men. That weekend was easier with the men around. It was time for Selvi to begin her ritual post natal traditional baths which consisted of a good oil rub down followed by a hot water bath and benzion with herbal smoke treatment.
Kamala had prepared the herbal oil the previous day. That morning when the sun was up, she called for Selvi to come and get ready for the oil rub. She had spread a straw mat in the hall and when Selvi appeared, her mother asked her to lie down on the mat after taking off her clothes. Selvi did so, and her mother called for the men to come and help her massage Selvi. Both Muthu and Ramu were only too eager to help her. When they appeared, Kamala asked them to remove their shirts and dhoties and change to only towels for fear their clothes would become dirty. With Selvi lying naked on her stomach, Ramu and Muthu kneeled on either side of her and following their mother in law’s instructions they applied the warm oil on her body from head to toe. Then they gently kneaded and massaged her, from the neck, shoulders, back, buttocks, and thighs and all the way to her feet. Selvi was groaning with pleasure as they drove away her pains. They made her turn around and applied the oil again to the front of her body. Selvi groaned as they massaged her breasts. Ramu pressed out some milk from them for fun. They massaged he abdomen and thighs and all the way to the feet. By this time Ramu’s prick was erect and Selvi caught it with her hand and stroked it for him.
“Oh! How I long for this rod!” she moaned.