First Love of Ustadz

Chapter 210 The dark truth

Baby Yasmin aqiqah event is not as big as the Izam and Salsa aqiqah event at that time. The mood of grief still enveloped them.

Pondok Pesantren Al-Mukmin should be happy with the presence of a new member of their family, Yasmin Zahra Mahadi.

But they are still shrouded in deep sorrow with the departure of Umi Sarifah and Izam who are still in the healing stage.

"Yasmin, this is Grandma bringing a necklace that your mother used to wear when she was a child."

Mrs Ratih gave a child's necklace with a pendant bearing the name "Zahra" on the necklace.

"Well Mom, you still have it?" rhea asked her mother with a smile.

He took the necklace from his mother's hand and put it on the neck of baby Yasmin.

"Of course I kept it. This necklace was a gift from your grandmother Rhea, and this is the only one. This necklace was made especially for you. Just look, on the carving his name is studded with white diamond grains that amount to the same as the date and month of your birth."

Mrs Ratih explained about the necklace to Rhea and Ustadz Fariz who were sitting next to Rhea.

"I should have given you a necklace with the name Zahra, because I called it Zahra."

Ustadz Fariz let out his joke while chuckling as he said it.

"Make no mistake, the one who gave Zahra's name was Zahra's grandmother. He made a necklace with the engraving of the name Zahra there. And it was ordered directly from the maker."

Now Mr. Adrian who speaks, he wants to tell a little about his family.

"Oh yeah? Is that really Dad?" ask Rhea to her father.

Rhea did not expect that her birth was getting the attention of her grandparents.

"Your grandfather used to be a gold shopkeeper in our city. And the gold shop is growing rapidly so that it has branches in almost all areas in our city. So your Grandpa and Grandma wanted to give something special to their special granddaughter. You were only their granddaughter at the time, so they were very privileging to you."

Adrian continued his story. He told me how successful his family was at the time.

"Well, what a coincidence that the name of this mother and son is both Zahra. So his necklace could be worn by his son," Ustadz Fariz responded to his father-in-law's story.

"Yes right, very lucky Grandpa's grandson," said Mr. Adrian while chuckling.

"Given about your Grandpa and Grandma, Dad remembered something. I hope you can keep your children away from being kufr and greedy. I don't want them to end up like Dad's sisters are the way they are today."

Adrian sighed after he told me about his family.

"God willing, both of us will try to educate our children to be good and good-natured children."

Ustadz Fariz said it with a smile as his hand reached for his wife to hold.

And that made Mrs Ratih and Mr. Adrian smile with relief. They are relieved and feel grateful that their daughter can get a husband that God willing can guide her to goodness.

Mr. Adrian's family was indeed among the richest families in the city. The gold shop founded by Mr. Adrian's father is always crowded and has branches in several regions.

And they have no special skills in academics or expertise. So they have absolutely no special skills to be proud of.

They can only spend money on their parents. Even though they were married, they always asked their parents for money on the grounds to set up a business. But their efforts always fail before they develop.

Only Mr. Adrian always try to please both parents by giving the best in terms of academic and business expertise that can make both parents proud.

When both of their parents die in an accident, they can no longer ask them for money.

Eventually they received the inheritance that their father had arranged to his lawyer. Each of them got two gold shops for them to manage.

But unfortunately, in just one year, their gold shop went bankrupt. Because they were entangled by debt, they became depressed and asked the gold shop of Pak Adrian to be used as collateral for their debt.

At first Adrian refused, but for a long time he gave both of his gold shops as collateral for their debt because he was very happy to see the fate of his sisters who had sold their luxury home and changed with a house that was not so big.

Mr. Adrian has one more gold shop that is purely his own, not from the gift of his parents. But his sister, who did not have a debt guarantee, asked the gold shop and alleged that the gold shop was a gift from their parents.

With a heavy heart, Mr. Adrian gave the gold shop as a guarantee because they said that Mr. Adrian is not a good and selfish brother who does not want to help his brother who is in trouble. They also said that the store was only as a guarantee not for them to ask for. That's the reason they gave to corner and press Mr. Adrian.

And sure enough, they all failed to pay the debt, so that the three gold shops Pak Adrian seized by the Bank, and the debt on the supplier was borne by Mr. Adrian as the store owner.

From there Mr. Adrian no longer want to have the same effort, he said, he prefers the business in the field of wedding organizers so that they can no longer be bothered by his sisters who are not responsible at all with their actions.

Rhea's family life was very concerning at that time. Mr. Adrian desperately tried to bounce back with the rest of the money he had to make the effort.

Not only that, the debt to the supplier for the three stores that he must pay within a specified period of time. From there, Mr. Adrian's struggle was very heavy for several years before his Wedding Organizer business developed rapidly as it is today.

"Oh Dad, don't remember that anymore. I'd be sad to remember that. Now we have two grandchildren who God willing can be the pride of us all."

Mrs Ratih comforted her husband's heart. He did not want their happiness to be mixed with the sadness of the past they had long forgotten.

"Did Mom and Dad stay here just to help Rhea take care of Izam and Yasmin?"

Rhea tried to shift her father's grief by bringing them closer to her grandchildren.

"How's Dad?" ask Bu Ratih to her husband.

"As was our original plan, ma'am. One week we're here, and one week we're home. So on until everything is possible" replied Adrian.

"With Rhea's sister growing up, we can stay here in a few days" Rhea's mother said.

"Rhea is very happy then. Moreover, Izam was already in the recovery stage, surely he would be very happy if his Grandpa and Grandma were here."

Rhea responded with great enthusiasm and sparkling eyes.

On the other hand there was Hana who was being faced with a difficult question.

"Hana, does Hana want to change schools?"