Love Stories Overseas

Chapter 108

The more days Dila's stomach seems to be getting bigger, even his body is also getting fuller, Dila's body which was once densely filled is now more contained again because of the increasing spirit of eating. True said the mother-in-law, Dila can now eat up to 4 to 5 times a day, it does not include snacking at noon and afternoon.

Dila's body weight which was originally 50 kg has now increased by 10 kg, to 60 kg. But Dila does not take a headache, because healthy pregnant women should experience weight gain every month.

Now the age of Dila content has entered 7 months, usually if in the village where Dila lives will be held a 7-month procession by making rice tumpeng with various types of side dishes such as eels, serundeng, vegetables, vegetables, petai slices, jengkol, sambel can and various kinds of tubers. It was like a custom.

But in Jakarta there is no such event, only offering prayers for the safety of mothers and prospective babies filled with lectures with speakers of an ustadz.

Because there was something lacking, Siti and Toto who deliberately came to Jakarta to attend the 7 monthly Dila pregnancy event in Jakarta so had the idea to bring Dila back to her village, just undergoing a 7-monthly ritual like the custom that is usually done in their village.

Siti asked Indra for permission so that Dila could come with them back home for a few days. But not Indra's name if not to worry about Dila. Finally Indra came home with El.

Therefore Indra chose to directly join his parents to the village the next day, mumpung weekend, and do not need a leave permit, both himself, Dila, and El.

After getting Indra's approval, Dila and El immediately prepared to arrange some change of clothes, because the clothes in the village must have not fit to be worn by Dila, Dila, just for the sake of obeying the wishes of both parents Dila held a monthly 7th pregnancy Dila event according to traditional rituals in her village.

The study event in Jakarta Thursday night/night Friday, Friday afternoon Dila, Indra and El come back to the village with Toto and Siti, a long journey that is quite tiring makes them arrive at the birth village of Dila at 1 am. Dila immediately threw herself in her bed to rest.

Didn't expect it turns out that both parents have done home renovations, they never told about it. Dila room is now a little wider because it adds about 2 meters wide, in Dila's room there is now a bathroom in it. So there is no need to wait in line and wait for other residents to shower if they want to go to the bathroom.

The room was all in clean white paint, with new curtains in gray, and also had AC installed in Dila's room, really both parents Dila noticed the comfort of Indra the daughter-in-law.

" Mother and father never told me if it had been a home renovation, even though almost every day the phone call and ask news", muttered Dila while laying down in her room.

Indra did the same thing, laying down on Dila's bed. The bed is not as big as the bed in his room in Jakarta, but this is bigger than the bed that used to be used when coming home for the wedding reception.

El slept with Dita in Dita's room, since they reached El was already sleeping in the car, and Dita immediately asked Indra to put El in her room. Indra could not refuse because Dita continued to beg.

" Maybe they want to make a surprise for you, so not the stories, let's surprise so"

" Oh yes... for tomorrow's event usually how, what is there to do?", Indra asked because he had never seen what the ritual in Dila village was like.

" Let's see, tomorrow will be a very rame, many mothers and sisters come to help cook, like rich want to worship again, just later who pray small children, finished it grandmothers. If the event is small children, usually they sit around the rice cone in the title on the banana leaves arranged on the mat. No need to do anything. I must have prepared everything. So we just follow how mom wants" said Dila.

It is true that Dila thought, Siti even just until the house immediately came to the next house to invite her to go to the market, and also tell his brothers to come tomorrow morning to help him cook for the 7 monthly Dila event.

You are also getting closer and easy to contact, indeed such circumstances are common, where brothers who are succeeding, it will certainly be easy to invite other brothers to help their event.

Especially today is indeed very facilitated by communication tools. Just need to notify in the family group, early in the morning after dawn, some neighbors and relatives have come to Siti's house.

Siti had gone to the market at 2 am, the big market in her place was open at 1 am, and it was already very crowded. Siti shop for a variety of needs for cooking, from kitchen spices to cooking, also fruits to make fruit.

Siti divides the task, the brothers are in charge of the fish market to buy fish and eels to cook. There are also those who are told to pick young coconuts to make young coconut ice, to be shared with rice tumpeng and fruit rujak. Some mothers make rice tumpeng, some cook vegetables, and some make fruit.

Everyone is busy with their work. Because there is so much they have to do. Because all the cuisine is so much. Usually there will be a lot of small children who participate in 7 monthly events, because they want to get rice tumpeng, rujak and young coconut ice. Not to mention that usually those who participate in the event will be given pocket money by those who are pregnant.

Dila also asked Asna to exchange 5 thousand coins, to be distributed to children who participated in the event later.

At 10 all dishes have been cooked, There are famous mbahs as baby shamans in Dila village, and also pak ustadz who are invited to pray for pregnant women and their future babies.

The event is very crowded because more than 50 small children even until their mothers also come to watch the 7 monthly event, which is commonly called mitoni (supernacle cah angon).

Fortunately, Siti has cooked rice tumpeng up to 5 cauldrons, weighing each tumpeng 4 kg, meaning Siti makes rice a total of 20 kg. So it must be enough to share that many children.

The event began with a prayer led by ustadz, then the little children will sit around the rice tumpeng that has been served on banana leaves held on the mat. With a wide variety of vegetables, eels, crackers, fried noodles, jengkol and petai, serundeng, small fish, and various other side dishes.

After praying the little ones were smeared with oil or lotion on their earlobes by the pregnant woman, and those who have been smeared with lotion (on the list) will get money from the father of the prospective baby, then they run into the river crowded, and then they run to the river, the baby shaman will splash them with a broom dipped in water, and the baby shaman will throw a jug after splashing the children running around, little children will pick up pebbles in the river and plunge and wet clothes until their heads, he said, and return by carrying pebbles and throwing into the bamboo webbing (gedeg) that has been prepared as a place to throw gravel.

" Why do they do that?", asked Indra who just stood to see the little children throwing bamboo matting with pebbles.

Since then Indra has always asked, what is this for, and what is it for, because everything that the little children do has only ever been in Indra's lifetime to find it.

" It's customary here, just ask mom I don't know what it all means Mas" replied Dila who did not know knowing.

El had been just standing next to Dita recording all the rituals of the boy who was going on, so crowded and a lot of good little children sepasari with him there are also bigger. Everything seems to be scrambling to take rice tumpeng that has been wrapped in banana leaves, and also rujak with young coconut ice wrapped in plastic.

All seemed happy, all seemed to rejoice, although Dila did not understand the purpose of all the rituals, but Dila knew, shared with neighbors and relatives, making them happy with small things and obeying the wishes of parents, is a good thing that never hurts to do, and all of those things make Dila so happy.

The more he prays for himself and also their future baby, the better. Do'a-do'a sincere, from the small children to the grandmothers who attended, all will be good do'a that is aimed at Dila and her future baby.