BAYU: Where the Wind Brings Misses

After Storm

The little family finished eating dinner.

Mother in the room accompanied Raka to sleep. He was still in the kitchen smoking his cigarette. Bayu is also in the kitchen making warm tea.

"If the rain does not stop, it can flood the fields." Said the Father while looking at the sky of the house.

"I hope the flood recedes quickly sir." Say Bayu while stirring his tea.

"Yes, I hope you." Answer Father.

I finished finishing one cigarette, and went to my room to sleep. Tomorrow morning must be many villagers who go to the rice fields to see their rice plants, including the Father as well.

Bayu with a glass of warm tea sat in the kitchen chair, contemplating he thought of many things.

"If the father's rice field is flooded, it is forced to have an early harvest. It'll lose later." Say baby in heart.

Bayu downed his warm tea little by little until it ran out. The glove-covered young man immediately got up from his seat and prepared to sleep.

In his title mat in front of the TV. With the Pillow taken from her room Bayu prepared to sleep.

It was still raining, but it wasn't as hot as before. At least the sound of lightning and raging storms was gone.

At the end of the gate of his dream he briefly remembered Laras. But the drowsiness that approached him was already very chronic. Not long before she fell asleep.

Morning

Cold Eve pierced the bones, even dawn had not yet revealed the trunk of her nose, but Bayu had already woken up from his dream.

Soon she made her bed and headed to the kitchen to wash her face.

I prepared breakfast in the kitchen. On the kitchen table there is one hot tea, one coffee glass and one coffee glass that is almost exhausted.

"Mother is gone, Buk.?" Ask Bayu.

"Yes Yu, want to see the condition of the rice field he said." Answer Mom while seasoning her instant boiled noodles.

Then Bayu took his coffee and headed to the courtyard of the house.

Visible dim sunlight peering behind the horizon, thin dew looks faint, wet soil and puddles became a mandatory sight this morning.

"Dinginnnnnn" Bayu said in his heart.

It looks like people are passing by, maybe their one goal is to check their rice crops.

Bayu finished off his coffee glass and immediately entered the house. Because this morning was so cold that it was bone-chilling, Bayu decided not to take a shower.

The smell of boiled noodles made by Mother is really tempting, and Bayu decided to eat breakfast first.

Finish breakfast Bayu again wash your face with soap and brush your teeth. After changing clothes Bayu immediately followed the Father in his rice field.

Bicycle beetle so the mainstay, muddy muddy muddy road makes it difficult wheel wheels his bike gripped the ground, lucky baby is quite adept at controlling his bike until he does not slip.

A very different view in front of the baby this morning. Usually the rice fields stretched wide, but now like the ocean. The end of the plant is not visible. Luckily the way is higher than the rice field.

Bayu arrived at his father's paddy field.

"You don't want three days without any sign of receding, you have to harvest early." Said Mr. Slamet.

"Yes how else Mr. Slamet, than the added loss, even though we are still losing by means of early harvest." Said someone beside the Father.

Bayu saw the rice field of his father. It looks pretty bad, but in the near future it is ready for harvest.

Ahir ahir weather is indeed heavy rain, but only yesterday the rain was very heavy accompanied by a very long storm.

One day passed by the rice fields were still flooded

Two days passed the flood began to recede but the water was still soaking the rice stalks.

Day three, finally the villagers whose rice fields were affected by severe flooding harvested it. Including the rice fields of the Bayu family.

In the daytime.

"The name is also calamitous, there is still a good thing that can be harvested." Said the Father to Bayu while taking a break for lunch.

Before long Mom came by bike while carrying a rantan and shaking Raka.

After I parked my bike.

"Eat first Sir, Yu.?" Said Mother.

Finally the family had lunch on the edge of the rice field under a tarp tree.

Mother and Father seemed to be acting ordinary, but Bayu seemed very sad but Raka seprti did not understand what happened.

Maybe Mom and Dad used to face this situation in the past.

"Say around the village we want to build a dam, so in order to control flooding and water sources as well" said Mr. telling me after yesterday Mr. following the meeting of the residents and village Devices

"Where did Sir want to build it.?" Ask Mom to Dad.

"Yes, I don't know Buk yet, people are still planning." Said Father.

"Good luck in the building." Imbuh Father while eating.

Asem vegetables with sambal and fried tempe eggs tofu become their lunch meal at this time. Although simple but enjoyed with family and on the edge of the rice fields feels very special.

It took three days for the baby's family to harvest the land. Obviously a very long time, but fortunately the sun is very hot so the sowing of grain can be maximal. At least that way the price of grain is not too plummet even though the harvest is far from expected.

A few weeks passed.

Sawah Bapak has been planted with new seeds. You are forced to withdraw cooperative money for additional capital, although there is also assistance from the government and agricultural service but it is considered not enough.

Later then.

Darman invites the baby again to accept the job of plowing people's fields.

While riding a tractor cart towards the next village. They seem to be talking.

Dukkkgukkkgudukkkk

Tractor engine sound.

"Lho you took to Surabaya Dar.?" Ask Bayu.

"Yes, Yu used to look for tractor parts, just look for cheap fertilizer." Answer Darman.

"Why don't you take me, you've met Laras.?" Ask Bayu again.

"I forgot what Yu you used to be busy with, just keep you busy until I stop working on you." Darman.

"Keet you meet Laras.?" Bayu repeated his question again.

"Emmmm, yeah. Yes ngak, my people do not have the same business Laras." Darman said while thinking hard.

"Oiya yes. Hahahahahaha, what a strange question." Say Bayu while laughing.

Darman's attitude is like hiding something, but Bayu does not put suspicion on Darman.

The scorching day passed by the two friends to work hard, Darman with his big responsibilities wasakn Bayu with his hopes.

It seemed that Bayu and Darman were already used to working together, so they could very quickly settle the land they plowed.

as the day went on, the sun was waving on the western horizon, hinting that it would part temporarily.

Darman drove Bayu to the front of the house with his tractor cart.

"makasi dar." said Bayu while jumping down.

"yes the same, don't forget tomorrow there is an obyekan to Mekar Village" said Darman.

"get ready for the boss." Bayu replied with a respectful position.

"yowes me first." replied Darman then passed by with his tractor cart.

Bayu immediately entered the house and took a bath, enough sweat is pouring out today, because there is still tomorrow to squeeze the sweat again.