ANINDITA, A Tale of the Past

Rice Rendang

Mama Arya noticed Anindita's appearance that looks neat, indicating that the woman who is pregnant will travel.

" Where are you going, Anin?" ask Mama Arya later.

" Ma, Anin wants a pilgrimage to Mas Arya's tomb." Anindita mentioned the reason for dressing up neatly that afternoon.

" To the tomb?" Mama Arya gasped as she moved her wheelchair closer towards Anindita. " Anin, you're about to give birth, yesterday you were in pain. Why are you going to the tomb?" Mama Arya seems to disapprove of her daughter-in-law's plan even though the tomb to be visited is the tomb of her own son.

" Yes, Ma. Soon Anin will give birth, I want to pray for Mas Arya, Ma." said Anindita.

" Anin, Mama doesn't agree to your pilgrimage in this big pregnant condition. Pray it can be from anywhere, son." forbid Mama Arya.

" But, Ma ...."

" Anin, Mama doesn't want anything to happen to you and your granddaughter. What if you suddenly have a contraction? Does that not trouble anyone else? Mama asked you not to stubborn or Mama will tell Ricky your plan is this?!" mom Arya Threatened.

Anindita widened her eyes to hear the threat uttered by her mother-in-law. She didn't think that Mama Arya would report this to Ricky.

" Now you rest and do not travel for any reason!" firmly Mama Arya made Anindita sigh resignedly and walked back into her room.

Arriving in her room Anindita walked back and forth. She thought about how she could go out and visit her husband's grave. Anindita then took her phone and typed a message to someone.

" Assalamualaikum, sir I want to eat rice rendang, you can take me to the Padang restaurant?" Anindita then sends the message to Ricky.

More than ten minutes of messages sent Anindita did not respond by Ricky, making Anindita put the rough of her phone on the bed while grunting annoyed. But before long he took back the phone because he intended to delete the message he sent earlier. But when his phone just touched his hand suddenly an incoming message rang and the message came from Ricky.

" Later I'll arrange for people to buy you the food you want there." That's a reply from Ricky.

Knowing that Ricky was going to have people deliver the food he wanted, he irritatedly retyped the message to the man.

" I want to eat on the spot, don't want the food delivered here" Anindita protested.

" If you can't take me, let me go alone to find the restaurant." Anindita poses a threat to Ricky.

About three minutes later Ricky replied to the message Anindita had sent.

" Okay, I'll be there."

Anindita's smile instantly widened as she read a message from Ricky.

" Thank you, sir. Assalamualaikum." Anindita quickly replies to Ricky.

" Waalaikumsalam's. Wait for me, don't go alone." Ricky replied to Anindita's message.

Half an hour later Ricky was at the door of Anindita's apartment. He deliberately borrowed the motor of one of his office employees because he was chasing time so as not to get too stuck on the road and he could look for shortcuts that could not be accessed by four-wheeled vehicles.

" Had come, huh?" anindita asked as she walked out of her room. But his eyes were fixed on the figure of Mama Arya who was talking to Ricky.

" Mom ..." Anindita bit her lip. She guessed that her mother-in-law had told her plan to make a pilgrimage to her husband's grave and Ricky must have also told her about wanting to eat out which was just her wits.

" We'll all eat with Mom and get Rama to school."

Ricky's words made the spirit of Anindita who was once passionate now evaporate instantly.

" We're leaving now?"

Anindita immediately blinked when she found out that Ricky was already standing next to her. And finally Anindita again had to submit to obey what Mama-in-law also Ricky ordered.

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Anindita frowned because they would go with the car that Mr. Syaiful used to drive Ramadan.

" What did you wear back home, son?" ask Mama Arya.

" I borrowed an employee's motorcycle, ma'am."

Anindita was immediately shocked to hear Ricky returning to the apartment on a motorcycle.

" Geez, son. Why bother riding any bike." Mama Arya expressed her concern when Ricky said that he had used a motorcycle.

" I'm chasing time, Mom. Let Anin not wait too long." Ricky gave the real reason why he got on the bike.

At once Anindita immediately lowered her head while biting her lips, because she suspected that her mother-in-law would definitely reprimand her for this matter.

" Anin, you see? Ricky to the heat of riding a motorcycle just to follow your wishes. Ricky's at work, why are you asking for something weird, anyway?"

Surely what Anindita guessed if Mama Arya was going to reprimand her. During Anindita's marriage with Arya, her mother-in-law never once acted hard and rebuked her as she is today. But somehow just now Mama Arya reprimanded even blame him and more in favor of Ricky.

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After picking up Ramadhan, they went to Padang restaurant as Anindita wanted.

" Why see the food, Anin? Let's eat! Didn't you just tell Ricky that you want to eat rendang rice?" mama Arya asked when she saw Anindita not steeping the rice available in front of her.

" I ..." Anindita glanced at Ricky who directed a glance at her as Mama Arya spoke." I have no appetite."

" Mommy doesn't eat, does she? Gotta give you vitamins, Eyang. Rama also if you have eaten the same Mama given vitamins," chirps Ramadan immediately greeted another laugh.

" If you don't finish your meal quickly, I'll cancel the pilgrimage plan to Pak Arya's tomb after this!" ricky was a little threatening.

Anindita's eyes are perfectly rounded when she hears Ricky saying that after going home to eat they will make a pilgrimage to Arya's tomb.

" You want to take us on a pilgrimage to Mas Arya's tomb?" Anindita looks excited.

" No, if you don't want to spend the food in front of you" Ricky said.

" I-yes, I'll finish the food now." Anindita immediately put the rice into her mouth.

" Ma, read the prayer before you eat. Allahumma baarik lanaa fiimaa rozaqtanaa wa qinaa 'adzaa bannaar ...."

Anindita immediately stopped her chewing during Ramadan reminding her to recite the prayer and of course everything at the dinner table focused on her.

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To the ASKML Readers, I apologize if I rarely get up here. Because honestly, it seems to be starting to get discouraged because of the four months of his level ga go up². But don't worry, I won't leave this story so alone, it will still end according to the wishes of readers. Because I also have a new story of RAMADAN IN HATI RAYA that has entered chapter 8

And also again preparing his novel Azkia Insya Allah will be released in 10 later.

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