BRIPDA MAHMUD'S 30-DAY GIRLFRIEND

Chapter 24. Children Waiting

Before leaving to take guests to the location, Dinda, Pak Udin, and Pak Hadi wear safety clothing complete with helmets and boots for the field.

After traveling an hour and a half, at eleven o'clock the group of guests just arrived at the location in block D. The section heads in block D are ready to wait for their arrival, as well as taking and showing the location of the intended location.

Many logs in the location there are ready to be transported using logging. 

While at the main camp, Santi, Ana, Adri, Maya, Noni, Duki, Yos and Anu had already boarded the car to drive them. But earlier, they approached Andi and Mahmud in his dormitory close to the guard post. At ten they leave to go to the location of the waterfall.

About half an hour, the car that drove them arrived. Then all down and walk into the location of the waterfall.

Mahmud went looking for someone, but did not see him in the group. Then he approached Anu and asked.

"Anu, where's Dinda?"

"Can't come here, Ndan. Dinda's driving guests to D'block." Obviously Anu made Mahmud less excited. There seems to be less. But he kept following the group into the waterfall. 

Others have plunged themselves into the puddle under the fall of the waterfall.

Mahmud, Yos and Duki were still sitting on a fallen log far away on the edge of the wall.

They began to gather branches and wood to make a fire to burn the chickens they brought were ready to burn. After the fire was smoldering, Yos and Duki were helped by Maya and Santi to start putting the chicken on the coals. Andi who had come out from under the waterfall, followed Mahmud to look around the waterfall area.

There are three levels of waterfalls, here the highest, which is approximately seven meters. Surrounded by large trees whose leaves are very lush make the fresh air very cool and cold. The road to go down the waterfall on the right and left of the road made a fence. The location of the waterfall is sponsored by the company where Dinda works. In the beginning there was no way to go under this waterfall. 

Because to attract the tourists, the company built road access to make it easier to get there, and also beautify the edge of the waterfall. Visitors who come are also free alias are not charged a penny.

They were in the waterfall until three in the afternoon just returned to the main camp.

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Dinda and a group of guests take a lunch break at the canteen block D.

"Oh yes, Mr. Hadi, he said the company built a waterfall for a tourist attraction. Where is that, sir? If you want to be able to deliver we also want to stop by to visit there, mumpungung we are here," said one of the guests.

"It's close to the base camp, sir. If you want to visit, we are ready to take you. It's better how about the day after tomorrow, sir, after the inauguration of the bridge we built." Answer Mr. Hadi.

"Well, many companies have also given to help development in the local area, yes. I salute the company that Mr. Hadi leads." Said one of the guests with a happy face.

"That's all just for the sake of being together." Mr. Hadi responded with enthusiasm.

After lunch and a short break, the group of guests asked to be escorted to a work location in a different place, which was located further away from the previous one. With a field foreman, they took a car to the location.

Not a few employees in the field who greeted Dinda. Just saying hello, not being able to chat as usual, because they knew Dinda was with the guests.

Without even feeling the afternoon. At four o'clock the visitors have returned to camp block to rest and chat for a moment. Once enough is felt, after the maghrib prayer they begin the journey back to the parent camp. This time it took an hour and a half to arrive at the main camp.

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"Assalamualaikum, ustadzah Dinda!" The sound of children greeting in front of the dormitory door.

"Waalaikumsalam" answered Maya.

"Eh, you guys, what's up here?" Maya asks in surprise to see her schoolgirls coming to the dormitory. 

Today was Maya's schedule for teaching. But since Maya is being overwhelmed by her monthly guests, it should be Dinda who replaces her. Dinda can't teach because she takes guests to the block.

"We want to teach with Dinda's ustadzah" Alia replied politely.

"Ustadzah Dinda still hasn't come home, still works on the block, you know!" Answer Maya.

"How's this man friend?" Alia asked some of her friends. Because not all students come to the dormitory. They had their own initiative to come to the dormitory asking Dinda to teach him, because earlier to the mosque they were waiting for the arrival of Dinda until Maghrib but who was waiting did not appear. They were hoping for Dinda's presence.

Alia and her friends agree to wait for Dinda.

"Ustadzah Maya, we wait here until the endadzah Dinda comes, can't we?" Ask Alia.

"But the Mayan ustadzah does not know what time Dinda's ustadzah will come. Are you guys gonna keep waiting even though it's long?"

Alia whispers with her friends.

"Yes. We're waiting for Dinda's body." Answer Iqbal later.

"Yes already. Whatever you. But don't be noisy, yeah!"

Maya steps out of the dormitory heading into the kitchen for dinner following those who have already left first.

The six children sat politely on the carpet that was held on the living room floor.

"Allahu Akbar! Allah Akbar! Laa ilaaha!"

The sound of iqamah isya when the car carrying the group of guests entered the main camp gate. The car immediately darted towards the guest mess to take down four guests. Then the car goes to the dormitory where Pak Hadi and the dormitory where Pak Udin. And the last car dropped Dinda off in front of the girls' dorm.

"Thank you, sir." Dinda said after getting out of the car.

The dormitory looks quiet. Some of the residents are performing Islamic prayers, and some have gone to the kitchen for dinner.

"Assalamualaikum," Dinda entered the dormitory immediately greeted by the children who were waiting for her.

"Wa'alaikum hail ustadzah, hore ustadzah Dinda has come!" Greet the children cheerfully and their faces are immediately cheerful. 

The children stood up from their seats, approached Dinda and kissed Dinda's hands one by one.

"God willing, you are here ..," Dinda was surprised by the presence of her students in the dormitory. 

"We are waiting for ustadzah from the mosque. Because the ustadzah did not come, that's why we came here" replied Alia.