Dreams of Old Bums

Episodes 10

     "Sir sir, that is what makes me sad, seeing the father with a capacity of speech and a weighty ideology, but very unbalanced with the fate of the father, he said, the fate of the father is so terrible that with the condition of the father, the efforts and ideals of the father only fail and fail, only dreams and dreams and in the eyes of men, he said, you're just considered a clown and a piece of shit."  Sahut Dipa with a voice sounded regretful.

     "Actually you remember the efforts and intentions of the fighters who won independence, they have stepped one step while the second step is entrusted to the next generation, which is our generation. But darling....."  Complaints mr. Dasim.

     Then Mr. Dasim got up from his place, then he stepped his foot, looking for a place that was a bit away. After finding a suitable place, then Mr. Dasim went back to fishing.

     "Well... sir I got another !"  Shouted Dipa in excitement.

     "Great" Praise Mr. Dasim, while his eyes are fixed on the object of water that looks rippling, as long as the float suddenly sinks.

     Mr. Dasim immediately picked up the joran then stomped the joran. it turns out that Mr. Dasimpun is not inferior, now the part of Mr. Dasim who is excited, because the fish obtained a larger size.

     while engrossed and excited about fishing in that place, they do not realize the passage of time is not felt. Until then, the time is estimated to have passed ashar, while the results they get are quite a lot.

     "Enough Dipa, let's go home, afraid of preoccupation, later we are difficult to go home, besides Mang Kardi must be worried, guess where we go !"  Said mr. Dasim.

     "Yes sir."  Dipa Sahut.

     Then both rushed. The fish that they can immediately be cleaned, led using a rope banana tree bark, so that it is easy to carry. Similarly, the jorans that have not been cleaned, immediately cleaned and clean because the bait has been discarded.

     After everything was settled, the two immediately left the place. Not told in the street, Mr. Dasim and Dipa, about almost their magrib just arrived at the Kardi mang stall where they now live. Arriving at the Kardi mang stall, Mr. Dasim immediately went into the kitchen and put the results of his fishing, near the furnace that was still burning.

     "Well, Mr. Dasim just got home, how did he get the fish ?"  Suddenly the voice of Mang Kardi.

     "Lumayan jang."  Said Mr. Dasim while pointing at the fish lying near the furnace.

     "Yes quite a lot, let it be taken care of by my wife. mamang and jang dipa immediately clean up and eat, because there is something to talk about."  Mang Kardi

     "Good jang."  Said mr. dasim while leaving mang kardi. That means Mr. Dasim wants to clean and copy clothes.

     a few moments later after Mr. Dasim and Dipa finished bathing and changing clothes, then the two immediately hunted the kitchen, meaning to want to warm the body near the furnace.

     "Mang Dasim for a moment."  Suddenly the sound of Titin tea sitting in front of the furnace.

     "Ohh yes tea."  Sahut mr. Dasim.

     "Lumayan also got it, a lot of ! Where's the button ?"  Ask Titin tea.

     "The person I asked, it was in the swamp of Atun he said, I don't know if mamang also just found out."  Said mr. Dasim.

     Not long after that Titin tea took out some of the liquid from inside the next furnace. The pepsan is only hoarded by dust on which the embers are stored. The fragrant smell of the pepper spread everywhere, so it is very tempting aroma, especially for Mr. Dasim and Dipa who are already hungry.

     "Come mang Dasim immediately eat, teteh and kang Kardi, already."  Tell Titin tea while pouring the pepper on the plate. "Please mang, that's the rice in the usual place."  Add Titin tea.

     "Our Time is all ! where's Jaka."  Mang Dasim asked his sister Mang Kardi.

     "That's in the hole, it doesn't look like it's coming home."  Tukas tea Titin.

     "Ohh yeah, let's have some tea."  Take Mr. Dasim after taking the rice, ready to eat.

     Then Mr. Dasim and Dipa ate with gourmand.difficult to tell how the dish, pepes of warm rice fish. Warm fish pepes sprinkled with whiny and celery leaves and manawung and onion of course it is a special dish for Pak Dasim and Dipa.

     After eating, Mr. Dasim and Dipa, Mang Kardi just invited them to chat in front of the shop. The atmosphere in front of the stall is quite comfortable, bright by the light of patromak lamps. Although the state of the shop is still empty there is not much food available, because it has not been shopping but just coffee and boiled cassava seems to exist.

     "Begini mang, I with Kang Soma have a proposal for mamang both with jang Dipa. how for a while mamang and Dipa lived here first, working in my hole. Later if it is estimated that mamang already has a new stock mamang planning to go home. And kang Somapun will help, even kang Damangtirta will also give something to mamang, he said mamang and Dipa who have worked for months in the upper hole first, will be taken into account, although not promising the number.

     Hearing the words of Mang Kardi, Mr. Dasim of course very happy.

     "Thank you jang Kardi." said Mr. Dasim.

     "Together mamang, I'm happy to be able to help mamang."  Mang Kardi.

     Then Mang Kardi and Mr. Dasim chatted here and there, but not long after some members of the hole came. At first they only want to buy coffee and instant noodles, but because the instant noodles run out, while if there is coffee. Mang Kardi.

     "Well, just talk, wait a minute my wife is boiling cassava, just take it to the hole."  Tukas mang Kardi's.

     "Ohh siip."  Said the person called Alo. "Later when it's cooked, I'll tell you, let someone deliver it to the hole."  Added the Alo.

     Finally, Mr. Dasim and the people who were there were involved in chatting here and there.

     Tomorrow, Mr. Dasim and Dipa have started working in the hole of the Kardi mang. So since then Mr. Dasim and Dipa began to work in the hole of Mang Kardi, both very enterprising and solemn. They want to achieve what is expected at least to be able to return to their hometown.

     From day to day they work, it doesn't feel like changing days and weeks to months and it hardly even feels like they've reached the two years they've worked.

     And at one time, Mr. Dasim was called by Mang Kardi, that he could go home. Of course Mr. Dasim and Dipa are very happy.