"Maybe your wife has."
Nawin ignored the inquiry.
"He got laid off in his factory so I decided to quit and go back too."
"Where are you both going?"
"Our father's farm."
"What about you?"
"Taking a break—a vacation—needed some time away"
"A self appointed vacation," interjected the Laotian. "Must be nice. And what about that ugly brown wife who beat you up? Are you going without her."
"Yes of course. I rarely go on vacations with ladies who bludgeon me with iron frying pans."
"Didn't like you drawing nudes?"