8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife

New Beginning

From then on, they started to reorganize their lives from the beginning. The heroes tried to collect the materials to build a small wooden house for them to live in. Also a small table for them to have dinner together under the moonlight.

"Mas, I need a shower!" babel Ajeng that morning.

"Bring your gear, I'll take you to the people's house bath."

"Ngga, Mom. It seems like you can't anymore. Mas Wira saw that my skin became itchy and scaly." declined Ajeng while showing the skin of his hands to Wira.

The hero breathed. "Yes, come with me!"

"Mas, did I ask you to take a shower? Why go to the clinic?" tanya said they arrived in front of the clinic.

"On this island there are only two places that have a fresh water supply. First, prison and it's definitely the most dangerous place for you to shower."

Ajeng mangut-mangut because it knows exactly what the mind of Wira. "You're afraid those prisoners want me to take a shower?"

The hero breathed back. "So that's what you have in your brain?"

"So?"

"The bathroom is located outside the building near the grounds. It can be bad if a snake suddenly appears when you take a bath."

"Oooohin... So that?" answer Ajeng blushed.

It turned out to be a big mistake. He knows nothing of the mind of the hero.

'Perhaps because we have not met for a long time.' the inner Ajeng seeks justification.

"The second place is this clinic." added Wira.

"But how did Mas Wira know that these prisons and clinics had clean water?"

"Today I went around to make sure. I also asked Dr. Husein, the head of this clinic, to allow you to bathe here until we have our own fresh water supply. He has allowed. But since fresh water became one of the rare items on the island, he could not give it away for free."

"How much? How much do we have to pay?"

Wira back flicked Ajeng's forehead. "Why the hell all-you have to value using money?"

"Keep what dong? He said rare stuff and can't be given away for free."

"He asked us to volunteer at this clinic. They need labor assistance but don't have enough money to pay."

"Deal. As long as you can shower comfortably, so volunteer no problem."

"Pinter child." praise Wira while ruffling Ajeng's hair. "because the water is very rare, the bath should not be wasteful? Kasian's the clinic."

"After the bath, we will go to the market to buy groceries and some necessities. I also have to take my order."

"What order?"

"Wood and other materials to make a room and bed for you. You won't be able to last much longer to sleep in the tent."

The smiling hero himself recalled how the girl shivered all night from the cold despite wearing a thick blanket. Also how he flips his body while sleeping because it is not comfortable sleeping on the sand with a mat.

'So yesterday Mas Wira did not run away, but find out everything I needed while here?' muttered the Ajeng in the heart.

Wira finally met dr.Husein and then chatted while waiting for Ajeng to finish bathing. After that they went to the market as they had planned before. Ajeng happened to meet one of the coconut traders who was sitting listless with his merchandise that was still piling up.

"At the end, sir?"

"Yes, neng. The harvest is abundant but the one who buys a little."

"May I help you with the sale?"

"Well, neng... That's fine."

And there, Ajeng started his new job as a pedangan and coconut supplier from the island of Nusa Beringin.

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In less than a month, they already have a small wooden house with one room, one multipurpose room and one bathroom. Thanks to his negotiating skills, Ajeng managed to gain the trust of the coconut plantation owners to help sell his sheep at Beringin Market, the only market on the small island.

With the money from the sale, Ajeng can buy their various needs. Wira also helped the fishermen fishing and sell it in the market. They live a hard and difficult daily life, yet it is so much fun being with their loved ones.

After trading in the market, Ajeng will take the children on the island to his house. There, the heroes have prepared tarps for sitting pads and small boards for them to learn to write and read.

The next time, Wira made more tables so that the children could write more comfortably. Every time there was money left, they sent books and stationery to the ship's captain who was going to the dock. Because on the small island there is no store that sells stationery. They then give books and stationery for free to children who want to study at their homes. If they had more money, they bought food and distributed it to their students.

The more children learn in their homes. And the news about Ajeng and Wira spread quickly throughout the small island. Not only children are interested in learning, but also adults and even people who are old but not yet able to read and write.

Because of the increasing number of their students, Wira again set aside their money to build a semi-permanent roof so that they can still learn despite the rain. Their house seems to be a second home for all children in Nusa Beringin.

After completing work and teaching the children, Ajeng and Wira will work socially in the clinic to help doctors Husein and sister Dara who work alone to care for so many of their patients. Sometimes they help when Husein doctors perform routine checks of prisoners in Nusa Beringin prison. When returning home, Husein doctors usually reward Ajeng with wound plaster because Ajeng often suffered blisters and scratches.

Occasionally, Ajeng also invites students to learn from nature or even learn while helping in clinics and guard posts so that they are more familiar with the roles and functions of both state-owned institutions. While Wira more often train the children's physical strength. Starting from light sports to boxing, mua thai even pencak silat and other martial arts sports. In that very secluded open space, according to Wira, martial arts were very important.

Ajeng also became more frequent practice with Wira to hone his skills. They ran along the beach and trained and fought on the sand. After that they can swim on the calm and clear Beringin beach. Then go back home to rest and chat.

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