BROMOCORAS

Sobri

That afternoon under the leaves of waru trees are quite dense, occasionally the wind blows the aroma of yellowing rice from the rice fields that stretch to the right left of the road. The scorching sun this afternoon was quite stinging, but under the waru tree it looked shady, the dense leaves on the waru tree were able to shade the ground below from the sun this afternoon.

Prastowo stopped his small steps when right in front of him stood a young man coming from the opposite direction.

"Sobri." He asked with a slight frown.

"How come you're already here? Where are you going?" Further asked.

"I drove down that road, Lek." Appoint Sobri on a small road not far from where they stand.

Prastowo. He also knew that the road, it would be faster, just had to pass through the bush as well as a slightly slippery dirt road.

"Sorry, Lek. I met the sampeyan here on purpose. Does Mr Lek have time? There's something I want to talk to Sampeyan about, Lek." Sobri later said.

"Oh, so it seems. Why don't you go home, Bri?" Ask Prastowo then.

"I just don't feel good about Miss Lek Sum, Lek." Sobri's voice was a little down.

Prastowo nodded, "Alright then. What do you want to talk about? It just so happens that Mr. Lek has no activities today." Said later.

Sobri sighed, as if he wanted to calm his own heart before speaking.

"It's about Ajeng, Lek." Sobri later said.

Prastowo frowned, then he took a seat on the big rock under the tree.

"What's wrong with Ajeng?" Ask later.

Sobri also felt bad if he had to stand, he finally sat on another stone.

"It was just my hunch or something. But as far as I know Ajeng, I feel that Ajeng seems to hold a special feeling for Gus Aufa, Lek." Sobri said in the end.

Prastowo was stunned, he turned to Sobri for a moment, before finally looking up and again sighing.

"I as Ajeng's father could not have not felt that, Bri. But I can't do much either, given all this is about a person's feelings, and those feelings are very sensitive things." Sahut Prastowo with his heavy voice.

"I know, Lek. And maybe even Mr. Lek realized something." Sobri later said.

"Aware something? What's that about, Bri?" Prastowo asked a little to look towards Sobri.

"On Gus Aufa's feelings for Ning Habiba Kyai Aminudin's daughter, Lek." Sobri said softly between his breath.

Prastowo again looks to sigh. "Yes, if that's the case, I'm aware of it too, Bri. That's why I say it's a very sensitive thing."

"That's probably the reason why I'm meeting up with a boy right now, Lek." Sobri later said.

Prastowo turned his head again and frowned, but finally a smile rose from his thick black lips.

"So you...?" Prastowo muttered and slightly nodded his head lightly.

"I don't know what I deserve to say in these circumstances, Lek. But at least I've been living my father's trust." Sobri closed his words with a smile.

"Amanah Dullah? Mean you?" Prastowo asked in astonishment.

Sobri was still with her smiling expression.

"The father told me to get to know Ajeng better. And honestly..." Sobri cut off his own words.

"Hmmm, so Dullah took the chat seriously back then. I don't think that's how he doesn't want to offend me." Prastowo muttered between the smiles that instantly expanded.

"And you, Sobri. I understand very well." Prastowo then switched to Sobri.

Sobri only then nodded in embarrassment.

"I can't help much, Bri. All of this is the penentententenya. So Mr Lek suggested, go for it! Make yourself look worthy in the eyes of Ajeng. You with Mas Aji grew up together, so I can make sure your personality is not inferior to Mas Aji, but even so, I can say, although for the whole you with Mas Aji very thin difference of insight and knowledge. But back again this is about the heart, you should be able to win Ajeng's heart if you are serious about him. For the rest I respect if it's best for Ajeng." Prastowo said while looking fixedly at Sobri.

Sobri smiled, "Thank you, Lek. Although in the end Ajeng could not open his heart to me, but I will try my best to make myself worthy of Ajeng." Said later.

Prastowo stood up to follow Sobri and patted Sobri on the shoulder.

"I admit, as a father, I wanted a best priest for Ajeng. Once I realized Ajeng had feelings for Mas Aji, I expected so much. But, if in the end you can win Ajeng's heart, believe me, I will also be very happy and calm to live the rest of my life for handing Ajeng to a man like you."

Sobri did not reply, he only then bowed.

"Well, I'm going to the farm first. You want to go home or go back to the boarding school?" Ask Sobri.

"Hmmm, fine then. Next time we continue this conversation, Bri." Prastowo said later.

"Yes, Lek."

They soon separated and left the same place. Same against the hot sun that still feels stinging. But under the sunburn that feels burning the skin, there is relief in the hearts of both of them are so giving shade.

Meanwhile, in Pondok Hidayah, shortly after the end of the conversation between Ajimukti and others. Ari Godril actually came to visit Ajimukti. After his return to his parents' house, Ari Godril's face seemed to be serialized this time.

"So Mr Lek also Mr Dhe Baron has managed to catch the person who had told them to attack the njenengan, Gus?" Ari Godril asked at the beginning of their conversation.

"Yes, Kang. And after the interrogation it turns out that there's someone else behind him, that person is in the city's detention cell." Ajimukti.

Ari Godril nodded in understanding, "I happen to have a friend who is still a resident there, Gus. If we know his name, I can ask my friend to help me find out information about that person." Ari Godril offered her help.

"It's not necessary, Kang. Thank you in advance. I'll just go see him myself so I can talk to the guy." Sahut Ajimukti later.

Not long after, Sobri seemed to walk towards the terrace ndalem. Seeing that Ari Godril was there, he immediately met them.

"Where are you from, Kang?" Ajimukti asked as soon as he saw Sobri taking a seat in front of him.

"Emmm, from the front, Gus." Sobri hesitated a little.

But Ajimukti saw the strangeness of his best friend. He saw the sweat that flooded Sobri's face as well as the color of the skin that seemed to be exposed to sunburn. But Ajimukti also did not want to urge Sobri to be frank, he was sure there were personal things that Sobri covered from him and did not want him to share with him.

Just a few minutes after Sobri's arrival, a resident from around the boarding school came and headed straight for the ndalem. After greeting each other, Ajimukti allowed the residents to sit down.

"It's me at Kang Wahyu's sending you this, Gus. All ngaturi njengan, if later tonight there is no obstacle, njengan katuran rawuh at his house Kang Wahyu." Said the resident while pointing to the besek made of woven bamboo that he put on the table.

"Oh, so is that it, Kang? If I may find out at Kang Wahyu's house what's the occasion, Kang?" Ask Ajimukti later.

"Anu, Gus. That's. Walimahan Aqiqah his second son Kang Wahyu." The law of the people.

"Oh, walimahan yeah. God willing, I will try to come, Kang. And then say thank you to me as Kang Wahyu yes, Kang." Say Ajimukti afterwards.

"Snouts, Gus. I'll tell you later." Sahut residents then back to stand and say goodbye to Ajimukti also located on the terrace ndalem.

"Aqiqah, Gus?" Ari Godril asked.

"Yes, Kang." Ajimukti.

"How important is that aqiqah, Gus? I've heard it several times but want to ask njenengan not yet had time." Ari Godril said after that.

Ajimukti upholds his sitting position, "Aqiqah is carried out to express gratitude to Allah SWT for the presence of new family members in the family, Kang. Aqiqah itself comes from the Arabic al-qat’u which means to cut." Said later.

"Cut off? Why cut, Gus? What do you mean there, cut the umbilical cord?" Ari Godril asked curiously.

Ajimukti and Sobri smiled hearing Ari Godril's innocent question.

"Cutting here means slaughtering, Kang. The slaughter here is slaughtering goats as a condition of the implementation of the aqiqah itself, Kang. As described in a Hadith, Sayidatun Aisyah RA said, The Prophet said, anger 'an al-ghulaami syaataani mukaafiataani wa'an al-jaariyati syaatun. Baby boy with two goats the same and baby girl one goat." Ajimukti began to explain a little.

Ari Godril nodded, "So it's a must, Gus?"

"For the capable it is, Kang. As described in another Hadith of Salman bin ‘Amir Ad-Dhabiy, he said the Prophet said, ma'al-ghulaami 'aqiiqatun fa-ahriiquu 'anhu daman wa amiithuu 'anhul-adza, Aqiqah was carried out due to the birth of a baby, Aqiqah was, so slay the animal and remove all distractions from it." Obviously Ajimukti after.

"What if you can't afford it? Not to worry, in the law, aqiqah is common on the seventh day after the birth of the baby, slaughtered goats and named and shaved his hair, the hair is then weighed to then adjust the price of gold, for example, the hair scales are two grams, we just find out what the price of gold two grams, then the money we give up. As for if it has not been able to on the seventh day, it can be fourteen days later.If it has not been able to as well, twenty-one days later. If he has not been able too, until he is able, even if he has to finally understand himself it is permissible. But if it is really not capable, then the aqiqah is not in the person, is no longer a necessity."

"The law of aqiqah is the sunah of disgrace or sunah that is highly preferred. The Prophet said, All babies are pawned with his aqiqah which on the seventh day is slaughtered by animals, named, and shaved by his hair." Continue Ajimukti later.

"Pairable? Meaning, Gus?" Ari Godril was still looking until he really understood.

"Look, Kang. Put the landing here. If we pawn something to someone, what is it still arguably ours?" Ask Ajimukti later.

"Maybe still be, Gus. Just not completely." Sahut Ari Godril according to the ability to capture Ajimukti speech.

"Well, that's it, Kang. That stuff can only be whole if we make it up to us, right? Such is the aqiqah, the aqiqah to redeem the child from Allah. An expression of gratitude, Kang." Ajimukti.

Ari Godril nodded. "I can understand this, Gus."

After the discussion about the aqiqah, Ari Godril still asked about other things that he did not fully understand. Ajimukti also explained everything Ari Godril asked, occasionally Sobri also helped Ajimukti to explain to Ari Godril on the terrace of the ndalem.

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