Dream of the Village Girl

CHAPTER 4 Resilience

With a forced smile and holding emotions in the chest, I also returned the words bude, “ Insha Allah the father can bude, educate me and Alhamdulillah kak Tari can boast bude.” I said goodbye, leaving Bude alone. Without paying attention to her nagging anymore.

Elsewhere

“ Lan, we hangout yuk” invite Denis friend Arlan, they are working on their respective thesis repair.

“ See later ajalah Den, my plan later in the afternoon will mngunjungi grandma, already 2 weeks I did not go there.” Arlan said while focusing on her laptop.

“ Ehmmm, because of this thesis we rarely get together,” upset Galih. “ Lha, this is what the name is, the three of us will again gather right!” reply Arlan cuek.

“beda dong bro, here to gather for doing the thesis, if you get together it's fun without thinking about the task, hangout cake to the club gitu.” Imbuh Denis's.

“ Later there will be time” answered Arlan still focus on his laptop, “ Is, not fun you Lan,,”timpal Galih while touching Arlan using a pillow.

Yes the three of them are Arlan, Denis and Galih who are friends from High School, they are in Arlan's room to fix the thesis that has been examined by their respective Advisor.

At 16:00 p.m., Denis and Galih had already left Arlan's house with the appearance of a bent face, how not, after 1 hour of persuading Arlan for a weekly night out to the club but to no avail. Arlan insists on not leaving, preferring to visit his grandmother. He does not want to be a bad grandson let alone listen to the advice of –a grandmother who is very long and wide.

Arlan rushes to his grandmother's house after saying goodbye to her mother. The trip takes 1 hour, because the grandmother's house is located on the edge of the city, he wants to live in a peaceful and calm atmosphere without the frenzied noise of the city atmosphere.

“ Assalamualaikum,” with the spirit of Arlan say hello while opening the front door. “ Walaikumsalam,eh no mas Arlan. Has Arlan not been here for a long time?” welcome bik Lastri the waiter who takes care of grandma.

“ Yes bik, sorry recently I can come here, now again complete two thesis at once bik, because in the pursuit of deadline so that I can graduate this semester bik.” Arlan replied after kissing the back of Lastri's biker's hand. Although the bik Pastri was a servant, a woman who was already half a century old, was already considered a mother to Arlan. Because it has been almost 30 years more bik Lastri devoted his life to this Kusuma family.

“ well bik, I will meet grandma, already miss to hear grandma singing,”

"there was this Arlan. Yes already, the big lady is now in the garden behind the mas, she is taking care of her flowers, aunty is going to the kitchen to cook dinner, let Mas Arlan have dinner here ya.”

“ Definitely bik, already miss with bibik cuisine.”

“ Asiiiap mas.” Bibik said giggled. Arlan just smiled at the behavior of the bik Lastri, then he rushed to the back garden to approach his grandmother.

“ Assalamualaikum, nek” greet Arlan while hugging his grandmother from behind, with a little surprised grandma accidentally released the scissors from his grasp.

“granny how are you?” arlan asked while kissing her grandmother's back.

“ Thank God grandma is always healthy, especially grandmother is still waiting to be introduced by the future granddaughter of my grandmother.”

“ Is grandma, Arlan new nyampe was attacked by grandma. Arlan kangen ma granny.”

“ out of you anyway, never bring a woman here.” Grandma said while pouting.

“uda ah, granny if the pout is even younger you know.” Canda Arlan while hugging grandma from the side. “ patient ya nek, Arlan will still be in college, continue after this Arlan will continue S2 to LN to fulfill the wishes of the father, Arlan,after completion Arlan will bring Arlan's future wife. How's nek?” rayu Arlan's.

“ well, the grandmother will always take care of health to see the future granddaughter of grandmother.”

That's how Arlan when he met his grandmother, Arlan loved his grandmother very much. Arlan always joked and liked to prank her grandmother. Although outside Arlan has a cold, indifferent, assertive, and a little arrogant especially with women. She is always indifferent to women because she thinks all women always wear masks to cover their true nature in order to achieve their goals. Therefore, he always put up a wall to not relate to women.

After dinner, Arlan said goodbye to his grandmother, promising that after the completion of the script, he would visit his grandmother again. At 20:00 Arlan left his grandmother's yard accompanied by his favorite sport bike.

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“ Ra, are you sure you'll continue college?” ask mom to doubt

" Insha Allah sure mak, Naura will try harder and later Naura will look for mak part-time work, to help the cost of Naura's life later, the important thing is that father and mother always pray for Naura to be given ease and fluency in all Naura college affairs. So that Naura can prove that mother and father can give us” Obviously so that mother does not hesitate anymore, I am sure mother has been influenced by the neighbor's talk, especially the talk of bude Yati.

“ yes mak, mama do not listen too much to the words of our neighbors who are julid-julid, the important prayer of mother and father is enough for us later.” Naya's timpal was taken by me and Nanda.

“ already mak, I'm sure Insha Allah we can educate them.” I chimed with spirit.

“ yes already, mother can only pray for the smooth running of all of you in school ya.” Said the mother who welcomed us all.

That is how every dinner and Isha prayer we and our family always gather in the living room. To discuss a problem or just chat –light chat only.