“I see. Can you pay every month for one year?”
“Yes, I think so, but that will not help. It will not make money in one year. Or maybe a little bit, but not five thousand per month.”
“Do you have the money?”
“Yes, but it is all that I have and I am using that to pay Soom’s living expenses every month.”
“So, you want to use some of the money from the house to buy some land for yourself from your own mother? Is that right? Because I can never own land in Thailand, can I?”
“If you put it like that, it sounds horrible. You make me look bad. I am only thinking of helping pay. I don’t want you to sell your house to buy land for me – that is not my idea.
“OK, you could lend me the money to buy the land.”
“But if I did that it would be the same as paying your mother slowly.”
“No, not the sa
