Man Seeker Cuan

The Part 11

After the break was over, the two returned to their burden. The distance they had to travel also grew longer.

"Son, long my calves can be hard rich in wood.

If you'd released that twig to my calf, it would have been a direct twig... 'CRACK...!!!' Split two! Every day the road goes back and forth like this with a load of 10 kg. If measured, it may have been more than 1 km the distance we traveled during back and forth. And until this project is complete, I don't know how many kilometers we're going to travel later."

"Same. My hands and feet also felt hard and stiff like kaso."

"What time is it now? How many hours are we gonna be done?" Ask Indra.

"Now at half 6.

30 Minutes to finish."

"Oh.. Just a moment, yeah. Yes already! Yuk continue! I think 3 more deliveries, 6 o'clock and we can go home.

"Eitz! Nay! 2 times only. Let's walk slowly for a while. My hands and feet are no longer able. It's shaking!"

So during those last seconds, they slowed down in order to buy time. They also reduced the number of stones they carried.

When the foreman saw him, he just scolded them softly, "Why is that all that was brought? Are you tired, huh? We're done in a minute."

Indra and Soni just smiled wrongly while continuing to transport the last pebbles.

Then when the time was right, Indra and Soni, as well as the other workers, immediately stored their equipment in one place and covered it with a tarp. Then they came home riding a motorcycle that now lives frame and engine.

On the street, Indra complained, "Huh."

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"Sampe here is 'ndra. I can't take you home anymore."

"Yes." Yeah."

From there, he had to walk about 200 meters more to get to his house.

A timid Indra, always looking back while walking. On both sides of the path he passed it was a fairly lush plantation, which was overgrown with old coffee plants. There were also several large trees on its side and several graves.

Bad thoughts always rule over it whenever it goes down that path when it gets dark. Because he was getting scared, he chose to run instead of walking fast.

When she reached the village, a passing mother asked her, "Why are you running?"

"Ah, it's okay."

"You scared dad? It's stupid that you're scared in your own village."

"No. I'm not scared." Reply while walking home.

"Body's a big doang, but a coward."

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"You guys come home for a long time?" Ask her mother when she just arrived and opened the door.

So he immediately took a towel and soap and quickly went to take a bath before it got really dark.

Then as he complained, he had to carry water in a large basin that was transported over his head.

"Huh.. tired of it..." He then took a deep breath after lowering a large basin filled with water. Then she changed clothes and went to the kitchen. Although the side dish was very simple, he still ate it without ever demanding.

While he was eating, his mother came to him.

"How long will you be working on that road project?"

"Until the end of mother."

"Yes when?"

"Where do I know. Maybe two weeks or so."

"How much does it cost a day?"

"70 thousand a day. And every Saturday, his wages are given all at once."

"Oh...

Well already. After eating, go to sleep!" His mother said and left him.

"Yes." Yeah."

In the room, while lying down, his mother was busy thinking about where the money would be used. He took out a piece of paper and a pen and detailed every debt and other expense that had to be paid. Ever since his father left with another woman, the fields they had been working on, were now taken over by his evil father-in-law like the devil. Their livelihoods have been reduced a lot. They managed only two small plots of land that was not taken which was only able to give a small yield.

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The next morning, while they were having breakfast, his mother expressed the opinion she had summarized all night.

"Indra, Saturday if you have received a wage, we just pay our debt to the mother of the bokkor and the mother of the parrot, then the rest to buy rice."

But Indra remained silent. Because deep down, he also had his own plan.

"Why are you silent? You don't agree, huh?" Ask mother.

So with a heavy heart he finally responded to his mother, "When the payday was up, me and Soni wanted to buy a jacket."

"Oh, then buy the jacket. Do you want to be billed with the mother of the bokkor? Huh huh? It's been to all the neighbors he spread if we have a debt with him. Anyway it's been a long time."

"How much is mak?"

"300 grand."

"Well! If I give you, the rest just buy a jacket."

"There's still one more week of work for you. Mother dizzy charged on. Not at home, in the market, on the street, anywhere you meet, charged constantly."

Watching her mother angry, she finally gave up and was forced to agree to her mother's proposal despite being very heavy.

"Yes. Aye." Yeah." He answered and went to the room after finishing his meal.

The woman, deep down in her heart actually did not have the heart to use her son's labor to pay the debt. He also wants his son to be able to style like his age friends. But he had no other choice. He could only hope that there would be a better fortune.