
A 45-year-old woman was pacing the kitchen at 4x8 meters. Her bright smile since this morning always adorned her beautiful face. Since 5am she had been whining for her husband to take her to the morning market to buy the ingredients that would be cooked that afternoon. There are young cempedak burned with the skin, cork fish, shallots, coconut milk, sambal terasi, salt. Young cempedak and cork fish are grilled, after cooking the cempedak in peeled and cut across about 3 cm, put into coconut milk that has been mixed with rice sauce, last put the cork fish that has been roasted.
" Such good looks ma"
" Yes dong pah, mama's cooking is only 2 flavors, delicious and delicious"
The 47-year-old man laughed
" Yes, but if the cooking is once a month how papah wants to be fat"
" Don't nyampe is a reward, in a week will mama-nuquatin cook"
The papah chuckled while plucking the ready-made fried tempeh on the dining table.
Aunty who has been working in this house for 10 years smiled, this is just the chat of her parents, if her 3-year-old son gathers extraordinary.
Mr. Rangga Pratama, an Assistant Manager at a retail company, has 3 children. The first child of Pandu Alvaro Pratama is 24 years old and has worked in a private company engaged in services, such as, the second child of Alyana Putri Pratama is 18 years old and is now a new student in the provincial capital, only 200 km from their district, while the third child, Anastasya Putri Pratama, is, still in Class 1 High School. The first and second children are not currently living in their homes because Pandu works out of town, so does Alyana. Only the youngest Anastasya is still living at home because the school is close to home. Mrs Siska, a midwife who works at Puskesmas and also opens a practice at home, her busyness is what makes her rarely able to do her cooking, as is her husband, too, eating lunch in their respective offices, Anastasya also more often eat in the cafeteria or restaurant near school before going home from school. While the night, Bi Inah is the one who is more often in control, fortunately, the cuisine of the House is in accordance with the tastes of the house, and they always put on bi Inah whatever the menu for dinner. And today their 2 children will come, even if only 2 days. Of course, they as parents look forward with joy every time the children report going home. As today since dawn the kitchen has been in the mama's shop to serve her favorite menus.
The sound of cars stopping in the yard
" Well, Alya's coming".
Mama immediately washed her hands to welcome Alya, papah was immediately standing at the door.
" Ashloraikum"
Alya ran hugging her papa
" Navadar"
Papah returned Alya's embrace.
" Mama's girl is back in the cage, yeah,,,"
Mama nerobos from behind papah
" Mama Alya more beautiful aja Alya stayin, flanked papah mah" while kissing the left and right cheeks of her mother.
Mom pinched Alya's hand
" Our assalamualaikum, auntie"
Behind Alya were Arga, Roni and Afkar. They kissed the back of Pa Rangga's hand and Mrs Risma's.
" Greetings waalaikum" the two answered
" Where's Sylvia Al?'
" We've taken her to her house mah".
" Ooh, uh yeah this is who Al is"
He pointed at afkar
" This is Afkar mah"
Mama smiled
" Are you Al?"
" No ma, he's already working"
" ooh"
Mama shouted from the living room calling Anastasya
" Tasya, this is Alya's coming"
Arga broke down for a moment
" Apparently the science of yelling lo derivative of aunty ya"
Mama glared, although she had only met Arga once, but they were already rich as friends, Arga's silly behavior was more or less the same as the style of young mama, similar to Alya now
A cute girl came out of the room while still holding a PS stick
" I live in college far away your behavior is still gini ya de"
" Even worse Al, if you're here at midnight then he stops, now no one is watching anymore"
" Mama nih, Tasya also ngerasain sleepy, if it's sleepy yes sleep, it's reward"
While glancing at Papah asking for a defense. Papah just nods his head in disagreement. " When you sleep while eating it's called Ngigau Tas"
Sahut Roni follow nimbrung
The car horn reads 2x, a black sedan car goes into a spacious courtyard decorated with 2 mango and guava trees, while the small flowers in pots are lined up and partially hung on the porch of the house.
" Ka Pandu is coming"
Tasya ran to the yard, the youngest is indeed very happy if the Pandu come, because it has worked, Pandu always pamper him with gifts every home.
" Pandu take who mah?"
Ask Papah when he saw Pandu getting out of the car with a woman
Mama shook her head
" No idea about reward".
" Ashloraikum"
" Greetings waalaikum"
A tall, athletic man, white skin and straight hair entered the living room kissing the hands of papah and mama, followed by the girl with him.
" Pah, I know this is Kayla, my office partner"
The cute girl with long black and sharp-nosed hair was smiling sweetly
" Welcome to our home, sorry for how it is"
" Thank you aunt, I've already received Kayla to meet"
Arga whispered
" Al, I'm hungry"
Arga's whisperings sound mama
" Oh yes, this is a guest from far away, the time until hunger, let's eat, mamah have cooked your favorite food"
Bi Inah had prepared various dishes on the table. They occupy their seats.
" Waaahh, cool dear mama, make Alya's favorite food"
Staring at the dishes at the dining table
" Yes Al, the mama from dawn you prepared this"
" Papah who helped Al" Papah laughed.
Guests immediately enjoy the results of the efforts of mamah, papah and bi Ijah greedily, mamah view everything with a feeling of happiness and satisfaction, they are hungry what hunger is.
After eating and praying together they began to take their respective positions. Arga and Roni break down into a small mattress in front of the television, Afkar and Pandu start chatting in the living room. Mama, Alya, Tasya and Kayla chat on the terrace while discussing the flowers of mama whose collection is increasing. While Papah is busy receiving telf from the office, the holiday is still busy with jobs.
" Where's Afkar?"
Ask a friendly
" I'm OB ka"
Reply Afkar shyly
" Oh nothing, those who succeed many tablets from below, because they are honest, sincere, diligent, trying and praying, nothing is possible right?"
Afkar nodded, indeed Alya was lucky to be born in this family, friendly, warm, friendly, well-to-do, it was fitting that Alya was a cheerful girl, raised in the midst of such a happy family.
" Ka Panduuu, what Tasya gift???"
Tasya approached Pandu while twisting Pandu's wrist
" Aww, Tasya's sick, I'll take it, in the car"
" Key"
while raising his hand asking to Pandu, Pandu pointed beside the television
" Kaya was kaka taro next to the television de"
Tasya ran towards the television, accidentally stepped on the foot of Arga who was lying on his stomach in front of the television
" Aww, sakiit"
Arga's screams rang out from the living room, the living room all the way to the terrace, they headed towards the direction of the sound
" What's up?"
Ask mom worried
" It's lo aunt, Tasya stomped Arga's feet"
" Who told the foot of the celonjoran so, usually Tasya run here no obstacles, is this suddenly there is a foot, whose fault?"
" I'm on my stomach again Bag, cape I 5 hours drive to bring home kaka lo, put here my head here, my body here, my leg time in the yard"
" If your foot is in the yard, it's called Ga mutilation"
Mama started to joke
" Aunty here, do not rule what would-be ghosts trampled like this"
" Confidently, the height of Ga, Alya has accepted you?"
Mama has no intention of stopping working on Arga
" My fate Ron, every day tortured Alya, now adeknya, said the same would-be-in-law, my smell" while patting Roni's back
That night all the male guests slept in the family room with mattresses that had been neatly arranged by the mother.
When they lay mama counting while standing "1,2,3,4, pas already, stay in the chili sow, shallots, young mango, go into banana leaves, stay pepes"
" Yama"
" Aunty,,," they spontaneously shouted, except Afkar.
" This is the embodiment of Alya who is now, jolly, funny, silly, idle"
While papah is more serious, but not at all disturbed by the silliness that other residents create in front of his eyes.
" Pandu, are you sleepy? papah wants to talk"
The clock was set at 11pm, but the "pepes" troops were still watching the film on television. Pandu got up and followed papah to the terrace, mama who heard the follow out as well
" Why pah?"
" Who is Kayla?"
" Yes, you want to have no time for us to talk together".
As usual, my mom loves to sniff and loves to grieve
" Pandu pah's girlfriend"
" Papah is not even aware you have a boyfriend, your age is almost 25, you are working, papah is also married at that age, but papah is not comfortable Pan, you are making girls people go to the house to work, papah is also married at that age, although here it must be under our supervision, but what said his parents you brought here, you have permission to his parents?'
" He's kost pah, so Pandu can't permit it'
" Now moreover, papah does not want to yes papah child bring a child of the parents while his parents do not know, because papah also does not want ade-ade you treated so"
Pandu nodded "Yes Pandu knows the pah, sorry Pandu. But Pandu is serious with Kayla, so Pandu brought here to recognize the same candidate-in-law"
Smile glanced at my mom
" Have you investigated Pan's family?".Mom followed the comments
" Already mah, his parents are textile traders, and from a good family, Insha Allah Pandu is not wrong to choose"
Mama nodded, papah patted Pandu's shoulder
" If you feel like you've found your soul mate, we'll speed things up, there's nothing you're waiting for, right? so that papah mamah quickly called oma opa"
The three of them laughed on the terrace
" It doesn't feel good, our kids are big"
" Yes mah, may we live long to see them become sholeh and successful and enjoy playing with grandchildren'
" Aamiin's".