6 Knights of the Archipelago

8. Santians

A staring tiger saw its prey, a boy who was playing carelessly and did not know that he would be pounced on by a tiger, suddenly....

*Grwah!!....

"Ahaha... Amused.. amused. already Balang amused..."

It turned out that the boy was the owner of a tiger that just wanted to pounce on him, they were just playing around because his tiger was so tame.

Not long after that the mother of the child called him to help her to deliver food for her father.

"Santian.. come here for a minute"

"Yes Mak?"

"Give me some food for what you are!"

The boy was named Santian he came from the land of Ameh or known as the island of Sumatra. Santian comes from the Minang family, his family downhill comes from a farmer who daily ploughing farm fields to grow rice.

Santian was told by his mother to bring food for his father who was plowing the fields, he said, He had a tiger named Balang and made it as a vehicle to travel long distances because the tiger ran very fast he could arrive on time.

"Akhirnyo until also-" Santian arrived at his Father's place and wanted to give him food supplies. "Is this Santian bringing food."

"Gee.. I'm hungry" Mr. Santian was waiting. "Siko let's eat"

Santian and his father ate the food he brought together. Santian chatted with his father about the state of the rice fields whether the irrigation of the rice fields is smooth. But the answer from his father was a little disappointed because the water was only for the next few days, it is not clear why the rain rarely falls.

Santian and his father finished eating and he also wanted to go home to give the rest of his food.

"Sir, Tian go home first"

"Eloquent location"

Santian came home riding Balang and he tried to pass the river that made his father complain about the water in his rice fields that began to decrease, after following the river, he saw a large piece of wood blocking the river.

"Amboi turns to iko kasinnyo" Santian starts picking up wood that blocks the flow of the river. "Doesn't be happy if the river flows again"

Some passers-by saw a child trying to improve the flow of the river trying to approach him.

"Hey! You're on apo?!"

"Oh Iko is repairing the river that is clogged with these woods, Uda can you please not?" Santian answered innocently.

"Basic baruak!" One of the men approached Santian and pushed him down.

*Brugh.kedebuk*

*Grwh....

"Relax Balang" Santian pacified his tiger Balang. "Why are you pushing ambo?"

"You must not interfere in the affairs of adults! Back home!" That man threatened Santian.

Santian rushed home and wanted to tell his father if the river that runs into the rice fields has been sabotaged by some people who have evil intentions.

After he arrived at his house immediately told his father, after hearing all the stories of Santian, his father immediately went to the sabotaged river to find out.

At night Santian and his father met his neighbors who were traveling around to guard the rice fields.

"Hoi Pak Itang! Where are you going these nights?" A neighbor greeted Mr. Itang.

"Ah? It's gonna go down the river"

"Oh Santian's coming too?"

"Let's go to Uda, come along"

"Yes, it's been nice on the street"

They continued their journey towards the stream that Santian had informed them about.

When they arrived at their destination, his father seemed very disappointed by the actions of those who had put wood and stone to stop the flow of the river that leads to his rice fields.

They finally lifted one by one the wood and stone that clogged the river slowly little by little the river flow began to flow smoothly again.

"Finally finished, now the water can flow through the rice fields"

After finishing clearing the river flow, came some mysterious people who wanted to approach them.

  "God! What are you guys doing?" Ask one of the mysterious people. "You're maling!"

   "Don't lie to you!"

   "Where are you guys from? Dare to accuse the thief!" Answer firmly Apak Itang.

   "We're from the village next door, why!?". Answer the man arrogantly.

   "Why come to our village! Don't you guys make this river clogged?"

   "Let's go!". One of the men pulled out a machete and wanted to threaten Santian and Apak Itang. "You want to fuck around!"

  Apak Itang who saw them began to threaten with a sharp weapon worried about the state of Santian finally intend to leave them.

  "Come on Tian, let's go home"

Finally Apak Itang relented for the good of Santian. But on the way home Santian asked why his father did not fight.

"What, why not fight?" Santian asked who seemed disappointed by his father's actions.

"It's better to give in, if we fight him we'll still get hurt"

"Are you a silek (silat), impossible to get hurt?"

"The one who was injured was not Apak, but you were the target, I don't want Tian to be injured because of trivial things"

"Tian can also be wrong, later let Tian face him!"

"Haha... Don't be messy"

Apak Itang and Santian arrived at his house and prepared for a break.

Next day. When the morning was blind Apak Itang had gone to his rice field to do his routine work as a farmer.

Santian was still sleeping, as Balang usually licked Santian to wake him up.

"Hmgh~Hoaam~" Santian woke up and made up his bed. "Get's come along What!"

Apak Itang who arrived at the rice field was shocked after seeing his rice field being torn apart by someone, not only his rice field but the rice fields belonging to other people who were next to him were also affected.

"Amboy... Who is this?" It feels depressed. "It looks like a crop failure for the season, haduh.."

Not long ago Santian arrived under his father's possession and was surprised. He saw his father sitting languidly on the edge of the rice field.

"What? The saba"

"Oh Tian, Iyo What resigned, why would anyone want to do this?!"

"Was it yesterday the man I met who was rummaging through Apak's rice fields?"

"Don't just accuse Tian, no good!" Apak Itang advised Santian. "Maybe it's a wild animal"

Finally they cleared his messy rice field and picked it up.

After that they went to tell the other owners of the rice fields.

The owners of the rice fields finally gathered and just as Apak Itang first saw his surprised rice fields, there were also those who were angry and wanted to find out who did it.

"Anjiang! Who's messing with Kito's rice field?!" One of the owners of the rice fields that rose apitam.

"Saba Ajo, Kito must find the actor to hold him accountable"

"Sir Itang, Uda first came to the paddy field who did this?"

"Wak doesn't know who is pelakunyo, the new crew came already damaged in a mess of kito rice fields"

Those who are angry want to find and judge for themselves.

"Already Mr. Itang, let you find the culprit!"

"Kito can't let this happen again, Kito will teach a lesson! Let's jera!"

"Saba Uda-uda, Kito doesn't know who's rummaging through Kito's rice fields? later we throw out who the actor" Apak Itang cools the atmosphere.

"Kito won't accept Mr. Itang!"

Finally the residents want to arrest the perpetrators of destruction of the rice fields owned by the residents and hold it accountable from him.

Santian who does not accept the treatment of the perpetrators of destruction will tell the citizens who did it.