100 Days of Being a Widow

Section 51/100 Days exceeded

Cold air in the morning refreshes your mind and body. Beautiful nature greets happy souls. There were rows of banana gardens staring as far as the eye could see. Also, the expanse of rice fields that become tapestries in the east, visible from the height of the atmosphere of Lumajang city that will sparkle with lights at night. It's exquisite...

Rania felt that there was a calmness of soul that she found in this place. For some reason, even though he had just set foot in the banana city, but he was able to judge that this was the beginning of all the goodness. The beginning where he can become a new soul.

Rania is grateful to have found this place. In Lumajang, children are adaptable. Every morning, the children would leave for school by bicycle, and in the afternoon, they would go to the hangar, another name of musholla.

In between activities, the children will join Jean to prepare a cage, a place for goats. Yeah, Jean's gonna raise some of Etawa's peranakan goats. Goat etawa Senduro is very famous for its milk quality. Jean had set up a small factory to process goat milk into milk powder so that it could be sold outside the area.

Meanwhile, Rania will be busy helping Jean in terms of licensing and business legality. Rania also helped Jean in building a restaurant business with the concept of a playground. Visitors can feel the menu of delicious cuisine, various foods and processed from goat milk, while enjoying the process of taking milk from his goats.

***

Week passed. A resto has stood up. Rania makes a typical menu of her restaurant, namely milk shake strobery yogurt and smoked chicken. Rania who has been proficient in photography uploaded photos of the cuisine menu and the appearance of her restaurant on Instagram.

As a result, in less than a week, the restaurant named Taman Seribu Bintang was crowded with visitors. The location of the restaurant located at the top of the village of Senduro with a view overlooking the city of Lumajang very beautiful at night. Glittering city lights, looks spoil the eyes.

Rania arranged the chairs and tables right under the sky. Because the resto roof is only on the transparent rooftop lid.

***

That night, Rania was busy preparing dishes. Visitors on the weekend are quite crowded. Rania and Jean work hand in hand to serve every visitor who comes. They don't have employees. This restaurant has just opened, and Jean asks Rania to minimize expenses so that cash flow remains good.

The more the night the visitors. Rania looks overwhelmed while cooking. While Jean is also very busy serving orders and cashiers. Resto just closed at 23:30.

"Rania.I help"

Said Jean who was suddenly present beside Rania who was washing dishes.

"oh .. yes thank you"

They also do their job together.

***

"Rania, I've been counting our turnover this week"

Jean said when they just finished doing the task of washing and tidying up the restaurant, so that tomorrow morning they are ready to welcome new customers.

"oh yeah..."

muttered Rania who was preparing to go home.

"this is. five million in a week for the profits alone!"

Rania was surprised to see the nominal. It was an achievement above the target. Because they only target turnover of three million per week.

"The biggest omzet is from milk shakes and both photos!"

yes Rania put up some both photos, some are paid and some are free. Rania thought highly of this concept. He learned this marketing science from a seminar he had participated in. That in one place of business, then we can maximize every space in our place to be potential money. Well, Rania saw there is one photo spot in the restaurant area that is very good. The place overlooks a vast expanse of sky and Rania makes several Japanese and Korean miniature houses, visitors can rent traditional Korean and Japanese clothing, as well as, and take a photo in a miniature of the traditional Japanese and Korean houses. It only took a month or two to return the capital to make miniature houses and buy clothes. After that, you become passive income.

***

"Jean..."

"yes Rania..."

"i feel lucky to live here. I kind of let go of the burden of my past that always haunts the mind".

Rania breathed...

Jean is very worried about Rania's children. However, he knew that the children used to ask about their father. Despite living in the same neighborhood, Rania and Jean do not live together. Jean spends her time at the Factory, while Rania lives with Siti.

"That's it Jean. The children no longer ask about their Papa. I don't understand the reason either".

Momentary silence...

" Maybe because today children are more activity, from school, play and afternoon to night closed by teaching. So there is no chance of them thinking about anything other than their own activities".

Jean tried to explain to Rania.

"Yes.maybe that's why Jean".

Rania smiled with relief.

"Take this.definitely your finances are very thin"

Said Jean while offering money of two million rupiah.

"Your ten million capital still has Jean..."

Rania is indeed capitalized for shopping for restaurant needs as much as ten million. Rania was very careful in using the money. The agreement, Rania will be paid every week for one million rupiah. The amount of money was seen a little while in Jakarta, but it turned out that the nominal was quite large when in Lumajang, because the price of basic necessities, especially vegetables, is very affordable.

"In that case, save this money for our wedding preparations!"

Rania's heart seems to stop beating. Rania looked into Jean's eyes.

"Rania, the time has come. You've passed your Iddah days".

Rania fell silent. He remembered that the day was exactly 100 days when he became a widow.

"Jean. We'll talk about it later, yeah, I want a break"

Rania said as she left Jean.

Jean was only able to stay still, looking at Rania's back which slowly moved away and continued away.

"Women who are hard to conquer!"

Mumbled Jean

***

In Rania's heart. Of course there is a sense of longing for the figure of a husband. But on the other hand, it was not easy for him to open his heart to a new one. Remembering the trauma of a marriage trip. Rania still needs time to open a new wedding page. Remembering he has just risen from a slump of life and a shadow of the past.

***

That night he could not sleep. He realized that the first 100 days of being a widow had passed.

The weight of the search for a new identity, the economic downturn to many times moving residence, separated from children, custody struggle, and, and the rigor of arranging himself to become a new person turned out to be able to pass. True advice from Malik's father,

"Rise up, my son. Remember when you learned to walk. You fell, got up again, got hurt but you kept trying, you were tough, and you were finally able to walk, one step, two steps, until you reached me, hugged me, I was your goal back then. Then, determine immediately, what your current goal is".

Seriate....

Sorry readers 2 days off due to the first fast of many village events... Thank God the tradition in my village before ramadan is cooking and eating together in a studio & 🤗 if the tradition in your village what?

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