Husband My Son Conglomerate But Udik

Chapter XXI Missing Abah and Mother (one year after the mother's brother died)

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Elah still felt a sense of loss, even though a year had passed. Now the children of Elah are growing and developing well.

Sidqia's smile was telling a story in her room before falling asleep. "Mamah, Senandung was at school meeting old mothers, passing in front of the school, the mothers were selling snacks, crackers that mah, I bought, I bought, but ask for help from the school security guard, because it's far from the school gate?". "Yes, that's good, we have to care about each other, how much do you buy?". " Yes, mah... Just two, the other I love Nanda, you remind Nanda? Good-natured Smiling Friends?". "Yes... Mamah remembered, Nanda was a good boy.". "It's night, ayooo's asleep, tomorrow he's at school, if he wakes up in the afternoon, late for class". Elah pulled the blanket, and turned off the sleeping lights next to the bed. A smile and a rose sleep one room. Diamond itself because it has grown into a teenager.

Elah saw and examined all the rooms of her children, the tradition of the Elah passed down by Mother. Mother used to be, every night before going to bed mother entered the room Elah and check whether Elah was asleep or not.

"Change, mother.... Teaches about loyalty, when death picks up my brother and mother stay together". Elah said lafadz ummul qur'an for both. "May we regroup".

Sidiq, who was watching Elah, and knew about her longing for her mother, offered to go to her hometown.

"Yes, it's been a long time that my desire has been hidden, wanting to go home to my mother and brother, but. I'm afraid of your busy life". She pulled the blanket and turned off the sleeping light that was next to her bed.

"Yes, tomorrow we go there, and I want to see you and my family too". After that Sidiq turned off the sleeping lights, the atmosphere became quiet. Everyone sleeps.

Twenty-three, ten minutes.

The princess entered Sidiq and Elah's room. Elah was shocked.. " Mah, the princess sleeps here well tonight alone, the dream princess, dream grandma and grandpa, just for a moment, they just smile at the princess". Elah hugged the princess and asked her to pray for her brother and mother, then invited her to sleep.

Activity in the morning at the house of Mr. Anwar and bu Hamidah is always busy with a variety of crowds. Sunday morning Sidiq please say goodbye to Mr. Anwar and Mr. Hamidah "Father, mother. Sidiq, Elah and the children will go to the village first, afternoon or night we will go home again". Once everything is ready, one by one get into the car. Two cars headed to Elah's hometown. "Remember, all supplies and preparations must be brought, no one forgets". Remind all of her children before they get in the car. With a choir tone all answered "yes... Already mama...". "okay... Goody". Elah's thumbs up on the smile.

The car to one is carried by a private driver, Mr. Hanafie his name, quite a long time working at the house of Mr. Anwar, almost thirty years to be a private driver of the family of Mr. Anwar.

The second car, carried by Sidiq.. why should two cars?. in addition to many children, snacks and souvenirs for Mayang, bi Iyoh, mang ujang and other neighbors are available.

Elah usually shopping souvenirs or snacks on the way to the house of abah and mother.by-by in need, usually addab put in a plastic bag. It contains cooking oil, canned sardines, sweet soy sauce and sauces, tea, and torn bread. All the same.

Halfway through, the Princess sat in front with Elah. "See there's a big car, a tayo car. Horrree..." Princess is happy if on the highway there is a big car. The bus he called tayo's car. The princess's favorite cartoon shows every afternoon on one of the television stations.

"Call first Mayang". Sidiq. "Yes, I'll call him later, usually at this time Mayang on the deck of Abah's balong, feeding him fish".

Tuuut... The voice of Mayang's phone rang, "Elah,.. "Assalamu'alaikum, May. I'm sam Sidiq and the kids are on their way there, soon. At least fifteen minutes later, you're home?". "Wa'alaikumussalam, yes. I'm at home, this is again in the balong abah.". Mayang rushed to move and told bi Iyoh and his mother, that Elah and his family were coming soon.

Mayang, bi iyoh and his mother cleaned up the house of my brother and mother. Although not filled. My house is clean, clean and nothing has changed.

Mayang take care and care for the house of my brother and mother, sometimes Ridho also sleeps in the house of my brother and mother. Elah wants the house to stay clean, Mayang every month get enough honorarium to add snacks and kitchen shopping. "For me to go home," Elah told Mayang.

Mayang certainly received with pleasure, adding to the monthly income, "calculation of savings for the future". Ridho doesn't dispute that.

Elah once asked Mayang to fill my brother and mother's house. Mayang rejected it subtly. "if I move here, my mother is the same who, relax, this house will be treated like my own home?". While the rice fields are cultivated by bi iyoh. Appreciation of the harvest for two, for bi iyoh and for zakat, infaq and shodaqoh are allotted to abah and mother.

Arriving at home, the atmosphere became crowded. The twelve children were busy looking for their hobbies. Elah immediately greeted mother, Mayang and bi Iyoh. Iqbal went straight to the back of the house, saw a jar of fish abah, Diamond sat on a chair while opening the rest of the snacks, cassava chips neatly packed and branded well-known hobby Berliana.

The son and daughter are still asleep, in the car. The car glass is open, and in the parking lot under a shady tree in the yard of the house.

If not wrong, the tree where Sidiq used to shelter before being allowed to enter by the mother, the night mosquitoes tussle the hair of the Sidiq kribo.

"All the good memories". Sidiq smile. "Rest, eat and after that we go to the graves of grandparents, later around half-four or after performing the ashar prayer". He gave information to his children.

Sidiq who was tired after driving a car, went into Elah's room to rest, "El.. I fell asleep first in the room, will I wake up?. After the grave, our mother and I went home again". "Yes, yeah,... I still want to talk to Mayang". Elah rushed to the kitchen to meet Mayang who was cooking water.

"Usually abah sat here, while coffee in the morning or afternoon after the ashar prayer home from the rice fields". Elah showed me a cot in the kitchen by the fireplace. "Yes, you like martabak, mother if to the market must buy". Mayang swept the cots with a broomstick, then the two sat side by side.