Lydia

Mother

It is in this tiny house that Lydia was raised by her parents even though she only lived a rough life but Lydia never complained even she always helped her father and mother do homework while they were working in people's gardens.

"Lidia.mom's coming home, baby." It's normal that mom and dad come home from the Sunday garden Lydia is awake but this time there's no sound.

When passing the table in the kitchen to the bathroom mom smelled the aroma of the princess's cooking. Then the mother rushed to clean up and looked for Lydia in her room.

"Lidia.why sleep again dear." Put a palm on her daughter's eel to check Lydia's condition.

"Mother, Lydia's dizzy." Wake up when your mother's cold hands after bathing stick to her eel.

"Darling, it's hot, have you taken any medicine?." swiped the tip of the head and walked into Lydia's plastic cupboard looking for a handkerchief and picked up the warm water in the hot flask. Then compress the head shoots and eels of Lydia.

"Why get up and cook when you're sick." Mother was very amazed but mother was a little upset because Lydia never cared for herself, for her responsibility is very important no matter she was sick or healthy.

"Mother go accompany the father to eat, may the mother and father be healthy always yes." Grabbing the hand of the mother then kissed her mother's palms and smiled sweetly at the mother who began to look anxious.

"Dad is going to buy medicine at the stall, mother get food first for brother, so that brother can immediately take medicine when father comes home." moving from beside her beloved daughter but Lydia held her arms.

"Why buy medicine..? the money is better to buy rice, Lydia only fever later also cured." Not wanting to squander money just for his fever medicine because according to him buying rice is more important, he does not want his parents to starve when coming home from work rubbing rubber in the garden owned by his neighbors.

"Plak. brother is sick must take medicine not buy rice." patted slowly the hand that had been holding his hand.

"A..sick to know ndaa.." Many of his lips deliberately made like a duck's mouth but a little smile because the actual blow Mother did not hurt.

Then the mother walked out and had come carrying a plate of food containing rice, vegetable long beans and fried tempeh, then feed her. Father also came to bring the medicine to the room while looking at the condition of Lydia.

"Drink baby, so that you're healthy soon." Only a stall medicine that I can afford but great hope for the recovery of his daughter has been promised to God.

"Thank you, I'm sorry to bother you and your mom, to waste money." Full bowed to make him have to pass the details of his tears that have forced him out. She knew how her parents worked hard to earn her wages for her.

"The mother always prays for the most beautiful child, may be healthy always and cheap sustenance, continue to do good dear." Swiping Lidia's back.

"Well, Lydia's the most beautiful, mother's only child Lydia ndaaa.." Laugh while tickling mother until they all laugh together.

Mother and father came out of Lydia's room and ate the food that had been prepared by her daughter. After eating the mother prepared the ingredients to make a steamed cake that is always entrusted to a stall near her house.

Dad walked past Lydia's unlocked room, he saw her daughter was daydreaming sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Why daydream darling, do you think about school? trust me, I'll get you money to buy all of my sister's gear, don't think too much about it until you get sick like this." Speak slowly and convince Lidia if she will continue to raise money to buy uniforms and all school needs.

"Dad, sister did not take the scholarship, sister school here just so it is not too expensive, later who helps mother if sister school in the city." Seemed hesitant as if divided in two, one side wants to reach his ideals by continuing the famous school in the city but one side does not want to bother both parents, his parents, and his parents, especially if he is not there who will help you pack the house.

"Honey believe me before there is a sister, father is always ready to help the mother, in fact, the mother was not good at cooking or washing clothes because the mother..." Speaking softly encouraged her daughter but suddenly stopped when remembering that mother had forced father to run away from the house of his wealthy parents because he would be betrothed to the son of a business partner papa nya's. While the father is only a cafe waitress in the city, but often becomes an idol of women because of the handsome and handsome father.

"Mother why..?" Paying attention to his father who actually stopped talking and his gaze was far looking at the outdoors. Lydia asked her father again.

"Don..yahh.." His spoiled call awakened the daydreams of his father who had far wandered in his mind.

"Yeah.. ha.. What is it ?." Surprised to hear Lidia's usual spoiled call to persuade her father when Lydia wanted to come to the garden, for Lydia to play in the garden gathering fruit - fruit that fell from the rubber tree with the children of other workers is fun but her father does not always allow her to come because of them go to work early in the morning blind and there are a lot of mosquitoes.

"Mother why do you...?." Repeating the question back.

"Ohh. It was a spoiled child, so not good at cooking like this father's son, so the father always helped him. So you don't have to worry if you go to school.

Feeling not yet the time to tell the story of the origin of his mother, because it is indeed the mother herself who advised the father if later the time is right , mother herself will tell who and where her mother is. Actually mother wants to take Lydia to the city to meet her grandfather, grandmother and aunt but mother has no fare, the cost, the distance of the village to the city in the journey of almost 5 hours and it must use a city bus that one person only charged 100 thousand rupiah to leave alone, just to leave, not to mention from home to the terminal is also charged 25 thousand.

For them the 100 thousand money was very much and they had to collect it for one week from the results of rubbing rubber in people's gardens. To meet life they are very frugal it is sometimes always lacking until the mother has to make a steamed cake to be sold to the nearest stall.