Husband, If Your Father Is On Your Mother, Your Sins Are On Me

Chapter 5's

"I obey orders so that if something does not happen, I can blame the commanding officer." - Neng Rere

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Today my mother-in-law's house has a distant guest. Not a guest, rather a family. A couple with their 3-month-old baby knocked on the door just after dawn. The husband is Yandri's cousin. They came in order to seek treatment at the largest hospital in the city because the examination equipment in their city is incomplete.

"Budhe, I'm sorry to be such a hassle. We intend to leave Dinda here. Because maybe the examination at the hospital can be until the afternoon." Cousin of Yandri.

My husband's cousin wanted to check for a lump that suddenly appeared in his stomach. His wife was a friendly and smiling woman. My days improved when I saw her smile. How not, usually people in this house almost every day have a gloomy face.

At 8 pm Mas Yandri left for the office, not long after his cousin's husband and wife couple also left. I was ready to go shopping when Mom called me.

"Rere here!"

When I arrived in front of him, he seemed troubled to hold Dinda who had just woken up. "Would you try carrying?" bring the queen's mother-in-law to me.

I shook my head, "Neng wants to go to the ma'am's shop, keep shopping."

"Udahlah do not need to cook, buy a mateng cuisine in the front warteg. You try Dinda's sling."

I smiled knowing where my mother-in-law was headed. "Cape's mom, huh? Say dong bu, to the point so let neng understand. Nawarin's mother neng carried Dinda, but actually told her, right?"

The mother-in-law put on her jutek face, "You know how to take the baby! Pegel's mother's hands know!"

When I turned to the kitchen, he shouted. "Re! Where to?! Your nyebelin ghost! What's so hard about replacing Dinda's sling?! It's hard to be asked please!"

The cry of the mother-in-law made Dinda who was fussy because she just woke up to be shocked and cried loudly.

"Shhhhh, mom is so noisy. The baby is sweet." I reappeared in front of my mother.

"You anyway! He was told to change the carrier to leave!" He grumbled with a ketus.

"Yes wanted to wash my mother's hands first. Hold the baby for dirty time. I'm the one who doesn't have patience."

"You are yes! Keep volunteering! Keep arguing! Bla blah blah! Bla blah blah!"

"Jaudah want to be a replacement for a sling? If you are angry continue neng males ah, mending to the back just finish the kitchen." I said in between the unbroken nagging of my mother-in-law.

Miraculously, my words stopped his tirade. He immediately turned Dinda on me. It took seven turns to the right and three times to the left until the baby finally calmed down. The mother-in-law who was still sitting on the sofa looked at me and opened her voice,

"You're Re, baby with the sons. He'll be dizzy."

"Slow this ma'am, neng muternya. Yes, I want to sleep again. But neng pegel's hands, ma'am." The baby is quite heavy if it has been held for a long time.

"Later to sleep put Re. So you can also clean the house. It's still a mess! You are not agile! Many catfish!"

I choose not to answer the words of my mother-in-law. If you answer, you can be sure there will be a vote at this time. Wrongly, Dinda can wake up again and of course, I will also carry him later.

***

At 4 Mas Yandri went home with Ana. The two changed clothes and ate. While Dinda, was playing with her mother on the front fur mattress of the television.

"Neng ate?" ask Mas Yandri.

"Yes, if you eat your own food. Don't wait to be told." The two of us then talked about light things.

"Teh take that drink!" Ana sneakily interrupted our conversation. This kid had apparently forgotten the shock therapy I gave him.

"Capture a drink!" I said ketus to mas Yandri. Mas Yandri frowned and looked at me. Not long after, Ana did the same. Yeah, it's show time!

"Why are you talking rudely rich so to mas anyway neng?! Pake tell me again! You'll see that I just finished eating! The water is still on this table. Waking up can't be?! Not taught the same old man neng?! Not polite to know! I don't like it!"

"You are mas! I could have told you! Not taught adab with his parents! Weigh take a drink, tell! Judes pula!" Ana chimed in on the words of mas Yandri.

I leaned back in the chair and folded my hands.

"Udah done talking? If you still want to be driven, pretentious neng waitin. Do it first until satisfied."

"You know, replace it by talking. Yesterday Anna asked him to take a drink, right?" My toot.

Mas Yandri nodded.

"Mas Denger he sent neng who in this house status as his sister's wife, his sister-in-law, an older person with a language and a commanding tone, yakan?"

Mas Yandri nodded back.

"Why isn't Ana rebuked while Neng is reprimanded?!" I'm breaking the table.

"When what is done is because it is modeled after Ana! Maybe this house is used to ruling to older people with ketus language! Turn neng follow, why neng got angry?!

Inget mas, Ana's behavior will also affect the mas! Do you know that a man is responsible for his mother, his wife, his children and his sisters?! If the behavior of the rich Ana is what you let, until where will you be strong to bear the responsibility in the afterlife?!

Underline yes mas, Neng just imitate the behavior of Ana! Mas did not rebuke him, it means that it is tradition here to talk to the older rich so! Wrong if you follow?!

And this has nothing to do with old man neng! Because what?! Because neng is already in my responsibility! So, if there is a wrong action that neng do, it is not because parents neng, but because mas who can not educate neng!

If you want to be treated pleasant, then also give a pleasant treatment! Understand up here?! Pinter keblinger's sister! At college but don't understand adab!" I stood up by jerking the chair and passed into the room accompanied by the shocked gazes of my husband and sister-in-law.

***

Our family gathered around Dinda. It's been almost half an hour that the baby's fussy. The formula her mother brought was gone.

"Is he still hungry?" Mas Yandri asked me.

"It is mas, buy the milk or alpha. Maybe his parents are still home for a long time" I replied. That's how I am, after the emotions are channeled, my mood can very quickly improve. That's why I went back to being normal with Yandri and Ana.

"Udah do not need, use milk also will not be full. Must be fed this. Try to get Re's banana, "my mother-in-law ordered me.

I'm not moving. Even though I do not have children, I know if the right time to feed the baby is if he is 6 months old. It is also a porridge with a diluted and gradual texture.

"Cepet fetch! Lelet is you! It's hard to get told!"

I explained to the mother that a baby that can already be fed should be at least 6 months old.

"Allah, which rule is it! Mother's children are all fed before 6 months! I know you! Have a child yet! Cepet wake! Banana ambilin keep gouging! Wake up, look at mom!" the mother-in-law's jolt increasingly made Dinda uneasy.

"Neng, said mom, right? Take it, bribe Dinda." Yandri ordered me.

I can't stay still. I had to think quickly to keep Dinda out of harm's way. Mas Yandri and mom are increasingly telling me. Until I finally stood up.

"Yaudah neng nurut. Same neng bribed too. But, if later Dinda why-why, the same mother mas Yandri who is responsible. Anna, Lita! You are witnesses, yes, the same mother Yandri who sent a banana stick to Dinda."

The faces in front of me were gawking. I don't care, it doesn't feel right if I stay still when I know the risks of early feeding to the baby. When I turned around, the front door was knocked.

Tok tok!

It turns out that cousin Yandri is back. The two apologized for having been troublesome with leaving Dinda too long.

"So Dinda was crying, hungry. Want to budhe give me a banana but can't be the same Rere."

Dinda's parents' faces were shocked. Slowly, my cousin Yandri asked,

"Well, you got a banana?"

"Not yet, just told Rere but he didn't want to," the mother-in-law sneered at me.

Unexpectedly, both of Dinda's parents pronounced Hamdalah. This made the mother-in-law gawk a second time.

"Alhamdulillah. Should not be budhe, not old enough. Many risks of feeding at an inappropriate age. One of them is death. Can not be funny, we are here to want to treat his father Dinda even become Dinda also enter the hospital." Dinda's mother said softly.

With both of my eyes, I saw my mother-in-law looking down in shame.