
"Desy," call Arum after praying.
"Yes, what's up Arum?" tanya Desy walked over to Arum who was sitting near the locker after piling up the prayer mats with a pile of prayer mats belonging to other students who roomed with him.
"I'm hungry, eat yuk!" invite Arum with a face-washed expression.
"All right, let's go eat!" Desy stood walking closer to the locker to pick up a small green box card clearly visible there is a black stamp that reads pp. Toriqol.
"Des, you want to eat?" ask Sinta who just finished making her face and piled it in place of the pile of the face so neatly, until the face piled up by Desy was neatly tidied by him.
Sinta is indeed a neat and clean person, if there is something unpleasant in the view of Sinta so the first person who will clean it.
"Yes, you want to come?" ask Desy.
"Whoa, where may I set out alone to the canteen of males terribly." Answer Sinta walked closer to the locker and took the same card as the card taken by Desy earlier. Arum frowned confusedly at the green card carried by his two friends.
"Wait!" prevent Arum.
"What's Arum?" desy and Sinta were confused.
"What card is that?" ask Arum.
"Oh, here's a card to trade in the cafeteria." Answer Desy.
"In exchange, what do you mean?" Arum who did not understand began to ask.
Arum entered the pesantren in a different way, in fact Arum's parents told Arum to nyantri not without cause but have another purpose.
Fia and Uqi agree to match Arum with one of Hasan's twins, Husein. To realize the desire of both then Arum sent to the boarding school. Initially Arum will study specifically with the two sons of Uqi but because Arum wants to be a real santri Uqi can not do anything but grant the wishes of his future son-in-law.
As a result Arum does not have the card or book that is usually obtained by new students, and yesterday Husein bought all Arum needs to be a santri. Although Arum initially refused but in the end Husein managed to persuade him.
"In this pesantren we do not pay money if we want to eat, but use this card." Desy showed the cards he had been holding.
"I don't have a card like that, where can I get that card?" ask Arum who does not understand anything about the arranged marriage plan that has been planned for him.
"Whatt??? how can you not have? indeed wktu you registered to the office yesterday not in love this card?" The famous Desy likes the origin of the ceplos instantly raises the question.
"office? I went straight to Umik's house yesterday and didn't go to the office. Your mother said I was told to go straight to Umik's house."Arum is what he is.
"Well, how could that be? are you Umik's brother?" ask Sinta who started kepo after hearing Arum's explanation.
"Assalamualaikum," Arum had not had time to answer had been cut with the arrival of Hana.
"Waalaikum greetings," answered the three who immediately turned their eyes towards Hana who had just arrived.
"Mbak Hana tumben here, what's up?" asked Desy who felt strange about Hana's arrival.
Hana is a special Haddam for the Uqi family, he is an orphan who is helped by Uqi and Ilzham. Hana was only seven years old at the time, Hana peddled newspapers every day near the red light until one day Hana was in the palm by a pereman and happened to be nine months pregnant Uqi was cravings sirens are sold near the red light. It used to be after school Uqi often bought it and when pregnant she wanted to go back to eating her subscription siren at school.
Little Hana is trying to fight to maintain what she has, although the value is not how much but according to Hana the money she maintains is so valuable.
Ilzham who happened to be near Hana continued to quietly pay attention, at first he did not want to interfere in the affairs of people especially the wife was pregnant. But seeing little Hana in the slap and crying sobbing made Ilzham's conscience struggling, finally Ilzham helped and brought Hana home after a long conversation about Hana's life. Ilzham who is not easy to believe in someone still continues to search for information about the Hana family until he finds the fact that Hana is really an orphan, both of Hana's parents have died and Hana's family is far away in the village, the Hana family is classified as an underprivileged family, therefore they are unable to accommodate Hana so with all consideration Ilzham raised Hana as his family. Hana went to school just like the others but after adulthood she chose to become a haddam and served the Ilzham family as well as pesantren.
"I told Umik to call Ms. Arum." Answer Hana.
"I?" Arum pointed to himself hearing Hana's answer.
"Yes, Ma'am" replied Arum.
"What's wrong with me?" ask Arum plain.
"Already Arum, just follow what Hana said." Sinta.
"But I want to eat with you guys." Arum Whine.
"Eat with us later, which is important now you go with Hana first." Sinta.
"Beber it's Arum, the teacher's orders are more primary," said Desy.
"Tumbenkamu beber Des," said Sinta nudged Desy's hand with his elbow.
"I've always been Sin's, I'm not really gonna be here." Answer Desy.
"Have not made a noise! I'll go with Mommy Hana, yes, Assalamualaikum." Pamit Arum walked out with Hana's hand.
"Waalaikum salam," said the two girls who now smile funny looking at Arum's attitude while shaking their heads.
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"Assalamualaikum," said Arum and Hana simultaneously, this time Hana invites Arum into the house Uqi through the back door, all the families are sitting at the dining table as usual.
"Waalaikum greetings, here son!" Mom waved a hand calling for Arum.
"Yes, Umik" Arum walked closer to Uqi while Hana immediately went to meet Mr. Marto who was waiting at his house.
Marto is Hana's husband, they both become Haddams and the Ilzham family because they have the same fate, Ilzham and Uqi agreed to make a house not far from the pesantren because Hana could come at any time when Uqi needed it. During pregnancy and childbirth also when Hasan Husein grew Hana who always accompanied Uqi to take care of both.
"Let's eat with us!" bring Umik.
Arum smiled sweetly at Umik and sat beside him, eating with the other Umik family. Occasionally Hasan glanced at the existence of Arum as well as Husein who occasionally took a glance at the existence of Arum while in the chuckle lyrics ignored the two because they felt sorry for Ilzham who they used to call Abi.
"Umik," Arum called after he finished helping wash the dishes, Umik stepped out of the kitchen but his steps were stopped because of Arum's call.
"Yes, what's wrong?" tanya Umik stopped his steps and turned towards Arum.
"Umik, when I wanted to eat, my friend brought a green card to exchange in the cafeteria. But why don't I have ya? they said if you want to register as a santri I have to go to the office first, but yesterday when I first entered here even though I never went into the office to register. Does Umik explain why this is so?" tanya Arum vented all the curiosity that had been lodged in his mind since.
Umik who heard the series of questions Arum actually smiled and brought Arum to sit beside him.
"Arum better take a shower first, Umik explain later!" umik.
"Mandi?" Arum who heard Umik's answer was even more confused but Arum did not want to bother about it, for him now obeying Umik's speech is the best choice.
Arum stood up to leave Umik still sitting on the dining table chair.
"Arum," call Umik to stop his steps.
"Yes, Umik," answered Arum, stopping his steps to turn towards Umik.
"Syafa's room from yesterday is your room from now on, so the clothes you don't fit are just moving there!" umik said that made Arum even more confused.
"Kok Umik know that my clothes don't fit in my room locker?" ask Arum.
"Umik used to be a santri too, so Umik knows how big the locker size is there and how many clothes you carry." Umik smiled at Arum.
"One more time, for a while take a shower here first. Later if you are used to bathing in pesantren." continued Umik.
"Well Umik," Arum who still did not understand could only follow Umik's orders without being able to refute him.
"Arum get the suitcase first, Assalamualaikum," said Arum walking out of the kitchen after kissing the back of Umik's hand.