Love Smells
Chapter 88 Goes to the House of the Physician
After finishing praying isya' congregated in the mosque, Arjuna, Mr. Setyo and the driver returned home.
The delicious aroma of cooking pierced their sense of smell, further making the stomach sound rumbling.
" Assalamualaikum," Mr. Setyo said his greetings as he walked to the living room, the room that was used as a place to eat and a place to gather the whole family.
" Wa'alaikumsalam" Dhita replied as she walked to welcome her father and husband.
" Dad's home, Mas" Dhita grabbed Arjuna's hand and kissed him and kissed his father's hand.
Yes, after marriage a woman will put her husband first than her parents.
" Hmmm, what are you cooking tonight? asked Mr. Setyo many times to breathe the air that smells very delicious.
" Rendang well, mother has prepared everything in the middle room." replied Dhita while holding her stomach which had been rumbling.
KRUUCUUK, KRUUCUUK, KRUUCUUK......
" Hungry?" ask Arjuna with a smile.
Getting that question Dhita blushed in embarrassment.
" Yes, mother's food smells really good, making my stomach even more hungry" Dhita replied with a smile.
" A father, son Arjuna is home?" ask Bu Safitri who just finished cooking.
" Yes ma'am, just now." replied Arjuna.
" Now let's eat together, let's get the driver." take bu Safitri while stepping into the living room and then follow the others.
At the dinner table, the food menu is served perfectly.
The aroma that evokes the taste is increasingly stirring the stomach to ask in the contents.
After praying, they all enjoyed the meal.
Mr. driver also joined dinner together, Mr. Setyo and Bu Safitri never discriminate, be it relatives, neighbors or even a driver for them all the same.
They all eat at the same table.
" I haven't eaten mom's cooking in a long time!" dhita exclaimed while feeding rice into her mouth, she looked very greedy.
" Now eat as much as you want." said Bu Safitri while adding the side dishes on the plate of Mr. Setyo.
Arjuna who felt the cuisine was amazingly delicious, adding rice and side dishes.
Arjuna felt that he was currently eating at a five-star restaurant.
Bu Safitri was very happy to see her son and daughter-in-law liked her cooking.
" If every day eat like this continues, then in a week my BB will increase." joked Arjuna while wiping his mouth with a piece of tissue. Apparently he finished eating.
" I'm so glad you love mom's cooking" Bu Safitri said with a smile.
" Finished eating we will go to the healer's house." continued Bu Safitri made Dhita look at him with a look of wonder.
" Healthy, what for?" Dhita asked after beginning to master her sense of hers.
Both Mr. Setyo and Ms. Safitri looked at each other, should they say that they had known all the truth about her daughter's condition, but they were worried that it would make her feel ashamed.
However they must keep Dhita's feelings in check.
" In addition to going to the doctor, we want you to also do alternative medicine, son, so that your physical fit back quickly," Bu Safitri tried to find the appropriate words so that his daughter did not feel suspicious that they had known everything.
" Yes, I was right as soon as I wanted to recover as I did." Dhita agrees to her mother's advice, making everyone feel relieved.
Dhita looked at Arjuna with a feeling that only he knew.
" Patience mas, as soon as I will realize your dream, your waiting will not be in vain" murmured Dhita but only in the heart.
Gaining the gaze of his wife, Arjuna fondly stroked Dhita's head.
Seeing that, making Mr. Setyo and Bu Safitri both smile.
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Because it was night, Arjuna decided to use his car, considering that the road was quiet and dark.
" Away from home, sir?" ask the driver who was driving, because the rocky road in addition to the absence of lights makes the driver must run his car very slowly.
" A little more, driver" replied Mr. Setyo who was sitting in the back with his wife and daughter.
While Arjuna sat in front with the driver.
A few days ago the road in the village of Kulon Progo was widened. Although still rocky, at least the car can cross the road.
Unlike when Arjuna first came to the village, the road was still narrow. Make him and Eza have to park his car far on the edge of the highway.
The road started winding and getting quieter, on the left right of the road only visible trees that lined up in the middle of darkness.
From a distance there was a light in the darkness.
" Nah, that's the house, the driver "pointing Mr. Setyo to the front.
" Good sir," said the driver continued to drive his car.
After a long journey, they finally arrived in front of the house of a healer they were referring to.
The old house that has been worn out, the house does not use lights like the houses of other residents. Only a lantern illuminated the house.
" Assalamualaikum" said Mr. Setyo, knocking on the door.
But there is no answer.
Once again Mr. Setyo knocked on the door while saying his regards.
Slowly came the sound of footsteps approaching along with the sound of the knocking of wood.
The door opened showing the figure of an old woman wearing a white head covering.
Holding the old lady's staff, he walked over.
" Wa'alaikumsalam" answered the old woman who turned out to be a physician.
" This girl,!" muttered the healer while closing his eyes.
His head nodded, not knowing what he was thinking.
" All right, let's go in." said the healer then, after opening both his eyes.
" Mbah!" exclaimed Bu Safitri he wanted to convey something that was being experienced by his daughter.
" I already know" said the physician.
In the confusion, they all entered the old house.
They were confused because without them saying a word, the physician knew everything.
" This Mbah, stay alone?" Dhita ventured to ask, as they saw no one but the physician himself.
" Yes, just call Mbah Ijah, decades of Mbah living alone." replied the Physician who turned out to be named Mbah Ijah.
His voice sounded so vibrating.
" Grandchild, named Dhita?" tanya Mbah Ijah, after sitting cross-legged beside Dhita, they faced each other.
" Right Mbah," Dhita replied, staring at the old face in front of her.
" This man is your husband?" ask Mbah Ijah again, this time he stared fixedly at Arjuna.
" Always love and love your wife, then your life will be a blessing, you will not be easy to get happiness, always and always there is a test, but if you can deal with it with sincere love Since it is divine then happiness is only yours." Mbah Ijah is long and wide like a mathematical formula.
" We just went through those days Mbah" said Arjuna, recalling how many obstacles he faced with his wife.
" No! that's not how much, after this there'll be an even heavier, even more painful ordeal." Mbah Ijah again.
