Aunt Melinda

Comparing the Faces

"Eh, Erli is beautiful, dear."

Ferry responded to Erli's request, who wanted to look as beautiful as his mother. That's Linda.

"But why isn't Erli's face the same as Mama's?" the question asked by Erli, could not be quickly answered by Ferry.

He did not know how to get his son to understand what would be explained later.

Slowly, Ferry explained to his son, if his face is not the same as his mother. But, Erli had a face that was almost the same as himself. The face of his papa, Ferry.

"Say people, the first daughter will have a face similar to her Papa is very beautiful. Kan Erli Papa's son!"

Erli nodded in agreement to his father's words.

"So, Erli remains beautiful with a Papa-like face?" erli asked, convincing himself by asking his papa again.

Ferry nodded at the question from his son. He also smiled, to encourage Erli, so as not to feel rivaled with the face of his beautiful mother like Indonesian bulle bresteran. Especially Java.

Cleks!

The bathroom door is open. Appears Linda who already looks bright because she finished bathing.

"No, my mom's done taking a shower!"

Ferry told his son when his wife came out of the bathroom.

"Ma, Mama!"

Erli shouted to her mother, running around to her mother who was heading towards the dresser.

"What's up, honey? Mama wants this first sideline." Linda asked her son, who she thought had returned from her room.

"You look at Mama in the mirror," Erli replied, smilingly looking at her mother's face, through the reflection of the mirror.

"Ihhh, Mama's son is so beautiful!"

Linda cupped her two cheeks, with her two palms. He felt anxious himself, because of Erli's cute behavior.

From the reflection of the mirror, Linda looked at her son's face. On Erli's face, her husband's face was indeed more domineering. Compared to Linda's own bull face.

But because of that too, Erli so looks sweet and cute. Because Ferry's handsome and stern face was on his little girl's face.

"Erli beautiful Ma?" ask Linda.

With certainty, Linda nodded her head in agreement with the question asked by her son.

"But, the symbol said Erli, whose house is near the house of Mbah Putri, beautiful face Mama."

Linda looked at Erli's face that looked sad. He thought that his son was comparing himself to his mother. And that was because of the words of others, who were comparing their faces together.

"Erli is beautiful, son!"

From the direction of the bed, his papa said, giving his assessment of Erli's face.

"That's horrifying! Papa said that Erli is beautiful!"

Linda tried to convince her son, so as not to feel rivaled with his face. This will affect Erli's mental as a teenager later.

"What's Ma, pa?"

Once again, Erli asked his parents, turning to face them, who was behind him.

Erli became very happy, because his mother and father, said that she was very beautiful. Just as the two symbols say, too.

So this morning, before Sumpah had fainted. Erli asked both symbols, with the same question as now.

Ferry and Linda looked at each other without saying anything. The two of them also do not want if, Erli will feel inferior, because they lost competing with the beautiful face of his mother who was bule.

It doesn't make sense. But if from childhood Erli has been compared like this, later in the future, he will have a sense of competing with his mother. Just because the two face problems are not the same.

Now, Erli was running around a little, heading out of the room. He wants to meet his daughter and sister. Telling the two if, her mom and dad also said that she was beautiful.

A while later, after Erli came out from inside the room.

"Mas. Erli should immediately enter TK and TPA. So as not to have a longer playtime."

"If she keeps going like this, she'll consider Linda her rival later" Linda said, worriedly.

"Yes Deck. Mas also thought the same thing earlier," said Ferry, approving the proposal from his wife.

"But, what about Erli's shuttle?" tanya Ferry, continued her words earlier.

"We'll think about it later. Importantly, Erli was enrolled into the school first. It's registration time."

Ferry, just nodding to his wife's words. He could do nothing, in his current state.

"Sorry, Dek. Mas has not been able to do anything about this" said Ferry with a sad face.

"Yes Mas. It's okay, Mas. The important thing is to be patient and painstaking, in learning to move and walk. Put your feet together."

Again Ferry nodded in agreement with Linda's words. He knew that everything required greater patience. Because he could not go anywhere anymore, since the afternoon when he fell in the rice mill.

In fact, his motorcycle is in the rice mill, between by employees of rice mill.

And its rice merchandise, sold by the rice mill as well. With the approval of Ferry Direct.

This was a favor from the rice mill, who was the Boss and his friend Ferry as well.

And since Ferry did not sell rice anymore in the rice mill, mbak Nana also never came. After picking up one sack of rice that he left behind that time.

From the story told by rice mill employees, some rice baskets that are usually purchased on Ferry, also have never come again.

But send a message, if Ferry has recovered and can return to sales, ask to be contacted again immediately.

So, Ferry will still have customers of rice baskets, which are already customers.

In fact, Ferry no longer thinks much about rice and trading. He just wanted to focus on his feet.

He wants to be able to walk like he used to. Not relying on help from his wife, or his two in-laws.

"Mas. Eat first!"

Linda told her husband to eat first, before taking the medicine.

Ferry was so aware of his daydream. With everything he lived as a rice merchant.

'What if Nana is really pregnant? Is he not going to sue me? So what should I do later?'

Ferry is back to daydreaming. And he did not immediately bribe the food, which was already on his lap.

He can eat his own food and should not be fed to others. Just like the first time yesterday.