Ba'o VN: O^ng anh! Ca`... kho^ng?

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

Co' ba'c na`o hie^?u "ca`" nghi~a la` la`m gi` kho^ng? Ha?i.

Ba'o VN service 24/04/97
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O^ng anh! Ca`... kho^ng?

Thanh Vu~

Ta.i ddo^.i qua?n ly' xe va` la'i xe (thuo^.c pho`ng ca?nh sa't giao
tho^ng Co^ng an tha`nh pho^', 89 Nguye^~n Tra~i, Ha` No^.i), ta'm gio+`
sa'ng. 

Nhu+~ng chie^'c xe dde^'n xin la`m dda(ng ky', ddo^?i dda(ng ky' dda~
xe^'p da(ng da(ng ga^`n ki'n ba~i. Ngu+o+`i ddi la.i nu+o+`m nu+o+.p. 

Bie^'t va`o cho^~ co^ng an la` cho+' co' lo+ mo+. To^i soa't la.i gia^'y
to+`: ba?n thanh ly' ho+.p ddo^`ng mua xe tra? go'p. Ro^`i! Gia^'y dda(ng
ky' ta.m. Ro^`i! So^? ho^. kha^?u... Ro^`i! Chu+'ng minh thu+. Ro^`i! Chi?
mo^.t loa'ng, to^i dda~ ddu+o+.c anh ca?nh sa't tie^'p nha^.n ho^` so+
giao cho mo^.t bo^. ho^` so+ mo+'i. La.i ca'i ba`n ke^ giu+~a ba~i xe,
to^i ho^'i ha? ddie^`n va`o to+` khai nhu+~ng ddie^`u ca^`n thie^'t.
Dde^'n mu.c so^' ma'y, so^' khung. Ddang sa('p ghi. Cho+.t mo^.t ba`n tay
tu+` phi'a sau cha(.n tay to^i la.i. 

- Kho^ng ddu+o+.c dda^u, o^ng anh. Pha?i ca`. Dde^? em ca` cho. 

To^i quay la.i. Mo^.t o^ng tra.c tuo^?i to^i nhu+ng a(n ma(.c tu+o+m ta^'t
ho+n to^i nhie^`u: bu't chi` da('t tai, chie^'c co+` le^ ddu't tu'i
qua^`n. Tu'i ngu+.c ga`i mo^.t xa^'p gia^'y chie^`u ro^.ng co+~ hai pha^n,
da`i chu+`ng hai ddo^'t tay va` mo^.t... lo. ho^`. Ma(.t o^ng dda^`y...
thie^.n chi'. 

- No'i ba^.y! So^' ma'y, so^' khung cu?a xe to^i, co^ng an dda~ ca`, dda~
in va`o dda(ng ky' ta.m ro^`i, kho^ng chi'nh xa'c hay sao ma` pha?i ca`
la^`n nu+~a. 

O^ng no. bo? ddi ngay, sau ca'i cu+o+`i kha^?y. To^i hi` hu.c vie^'t. 

Qua? nhie^n, ba?n khai cu?a to^i kho^ng ho+.p le^. vi` kho^ng ca` so^'.
Bie^'t kho^ng ca~i ddu+o+.c vo+'i nha` chu+'c tra'ch, to^i dda`nh da^`y
ma(.t xin to+` khai kha'c ro^`i quay ra, to'm la^'y mo^.t o^ng... tho+.
ca` ddu+'ng ga^`n dda^'y: 

- Ca` giu'p to^i vo+'i. 

- Na`y! cu?a tao dda^'y. 

O^ng ban na^~y ga. to^i... ca`, hu`ng ho^? bu+o+'c la.i. Bie^'t lua^.t,
o^ng ddu+o+.c to^i mo+`i vo^.i bo? ddi. 

- Bao nhie^u? 

- Ta'm nga`n

- Tro+`i! Sao dda('t the^'? 

- Co' bie^?u gia' ca? ro^`i. Ca'c loa.i xe tu+` Angel tro+? le^n: ta'm
nga`n. Cu'p cu~ ca'c loa.i: sa'u nga`n. Anh ddu+a ai la`m cu~ng the^'. 

To^i ta(.c lu+o+~i: "Co^'t cho xong vie^.c" va` ga^.t dda^`u. Chi? ddu'ng
5 phu't sau chie^'c ye^'m xe cu?a to^i dda~ ddu+o+.c tha'o xong, va` so^'
ma'y, so^' khung xe cu~ng hie^.n le^n sau ma^'y nha't ga.i bu't chi` va`o
ma^?u gia^'y con. Da'n ca^?n tha^.n va`o to+` khai cho to^i xong, o^ng
tho+. ca` vu+`a quay ra ddo'n 1 a.ch kha'c mo+'i da('t xe va`o, vu+`a
da(.n vo+'i: 

- Cho+` kie^?m tra xong, em la('p cho. Xong mo+'i la^'y tie^`n. 

Co' so^' ca` ro^`i, co^ng an chi? lie^'c qua la` kie^?m tra xong. Nhu+ng
la^`n na`y la.i la` mo^.t o^ng kha'c cha.y dde^'n la('p la.i ye^'m. To^i
ho^'t hoa?ng: 

- Kho^ng! Dde^? cho+` o^ng kia. 

- Ye^n chi'. Tha(`ng a^'y ddang "ba('t" ddu+o+.c kha'ch, no' nho+` em la`m
ma`. Ti' nu+~a anh ddu+a tie^`n cho no'. Chu'ng em la`m ho^. nhau la`
thu+o+`ng. 

Ddu'ng 5 phu't nu+~a, ye^'m xe dda~ ddu+o+.c la('p xong. 

- Nga`y co' "ca`" ddu+o+.c va`i ba chu.c xe kho^ng? 

- Tru+o+'c mo+'i dda(.t tra.m o+? dda^y thi` ddu+o+.c. Nhu+ng gio+` tha^'y
ngon a(n, nhie^`u tha(`ng nha?y va`o la('m. Anh xem, ca'i ba~i xe be' ti'
na`y ma` co' dde^'n sa'u ba?y tha(`ng. Ba^y gio+` nga`y "he^n" chi?
ddu+o+.c 15 xe, bi`nh thu+o+`ng mo^.t chu.c. Pha?i chia nhau ma`. 

Ddu'ng 10 phu't tha'o, la('p, ca`, xo+i ngon ta'm nga`n ba.c. Cu+' nhe.
te^nh te^nh. Mo^~i nga`y bi`nh qua^n ba?y ta'm chu.c nga`n, mo^.t tha'ng
xo+i ngon va`i trie^.u ba.c ma` qua^`n a'o kho^ng da^y mo^.t be^'t ba^?n.
Qua? la` mo^.t thu nha^.p "sie^u ha.ng" cho mo^.t thu+' co^ng vie^.c
"sie^u nha`n". 

To^i vu` le^n xe, cu+' la^?n qua^?n ma~i vo+'i mo^.t ca^u cu+?a mie^.ng,
ga^`n nhu+ la` mo^.t cha^n ly': "o+? dda^'t Ha` No^.i na`y, kho^n qua'
cu~ng che^'t, da.i qua' cu~ng che^'t. Bie^'t ra thi`...  chi? ba'm va`o
ca'i ba~i xe na`y cu~ng... a(n ddu?". 

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