I Want to Be Happy, too
Episode 3
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After Rafi's return, my father called me to discuss my departure.
"Son, my father and mother have already discussed your intention to work in the city.Truely, my father and mother strongly object to releasing you alone."
"But, given this is your decision.Daddy can only support and pray for the best for you." continued the father.
"So the mother had a visit to the uncle's house.Said uncle, his stepson lives in an area close to your destination city.So, you should come to your cousin's house first." said the mother.
"What mother do you mean?"
"His name is Marlina, he was the son of an uncle's wife before he married his aunt.So the uncle has called his son and fortunately, his children allow you to stay there for a while." explained the mother.
"Yes son, you still do not know the area there.Dad and mother are worried, later if you already know what the situation is, then you look for a contract close to your workplace later." keep dad.
"So far from it he said, fearing far.." I replied.
"Say if you ride public transportation for about 1.5 hours.But, if you ride the motorbike for approximately one hour" explained the mother.
"Alright, then....."
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In the morning, as usual I visited my grandmother and grandfather.Continue the distance to his house is quite far and can only be passed by foot.
My mother and I were early in the morning, after my father left for work straight to my grandmother's house.
The time we needed to get to grandma's house was around, 10 minutes and we finally arrived at home whose condition was not achieved different from the condition of my home.
It turns out that grandfather was making woven made of bamboo in front of the house.When the grandmother was cooking for breakfast.
I sat down next to my grandfather, and my mother went straight to the kitchen to help my grandmother cook.
"By the cake.." I said.
"Tumben, you came here early in the morning" he said.
"Yes cake, intentionally.So let me stay here longer nya."
Grandfather smiled at my words, too,
"Oh yes, that fruit jambunya looks like kemarun grandpa already see there is ripe.Try you take," asked grandfather.
I immediately got up from my seat and walked straight to the guava tree which was located right next to my grandfather's house.
And it turned out to be true, there were two guavas that were ripe and ready to be harvested.I went straight up.and grabbed the two ripe guavas.
"The cake.." said kunafter getting the fruit.
"Sok at eating aja, kakek is not strong enough to eat guava fruit.Soalnya it is too hard for grandfather," I reply.
I also smiled at Grandpa's words, I also remembered that I had prepared fried bananas for grandfather.
"By the cake, I'm going to the kitchen first...."
Arriving in the kitchen, it turns out her food box has not been opened the same mother.She was even cool chatting.with enenk while looking at the fish pond that is behind the house.
I immediately moved the fried banana into a plate and immediately took it forward to give it to grandfather.
"Nih kek, before you come here you've made fried bananas."
Grandpa grabbed it and ate it.
"It just so happens, the grandfather had only had time to eat the remaining cassava stew last night" he said.
My heart aches, if you look at the state of grandparents.They both live in remote villages where the house is few and very rare.
Actually, his children have invited to live in the village that access his way is easy and close to his children.But unfortunately, his,grandparents often refused on the grounds that they were closer to the gardens and fields they worked on.
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After the cooking that my grandmother cooked, we finally ate together on the back porch while enjoying the scenery there.
Every now and then grandparents laughed, with the little chatter we talked about.
After finishing eating and cleaning up, the mother also langung spoke about the arrival of the two of us this morning.
Grandpa and grandma looked surprised, with what mom said just now.She both immediately looked at me with a sad look.
"Grandfather can only give a message, watch your words, watch your ears and most importantly never leave prayer." said grandfather.
"Yes cake, I will definitely remember this grandfather's message."
"Grandmother can not give anything to you son, just a prayer that can be said.May what you aspire to be smooth and hopefully there you are in good health." continued the grandmother.
"Amen......."
My mother and I lived in the house of grandparents for quite a long time.Baru around 3 pm we also say goodbye to go home, so we can go home,because indeed the father must also have been on the way from his workplace.Mom must prepare food before father arrived home.
Arriving at home, not long later Riki also came by bringing some food that he saw.
"What's that?" ask me.
"Ah this,"
"It just so happened that my mother's brother, held a ceremony to thank his son who was going to get married.So the mother had to go to the house and bring this all.Say he told me to love you alone, so at home there was no one." clearly her.
"Well, thank you....."
"It just so happens, my mom just got ready to cook.If there is this, my mom has to cook dong." I reply.
Riki also kept it on the table in the dining room.Dan approached my mother who was in the middle backyard feeding chickens and ducks.
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''If you eat well like this, I will remember the same grandma and grandpa." said me when sitting together with Riki on the front porch.
"Yes, if you want, I'll take you there.." take her.
"Correct?" ask me.
"Seriously, again it was quite a lot of food as well.They must be happy if you bring it, for them." said Riki.
"Bring me what, son?" suddenly, the voice of the grandmother who had just come from beside the house.
"Eh grandma......"
"Just me and Riki wanted to go to the grandmother's house.It just so happened that Riki brought a lot of food from his brother's place of thanksgiving.Eh turned out that grandma was already here aja,"
"Yes the problem, the grandfather invites to stay at your house he said," replied the grandmother.
