Marrying Kyai's Son

Chapter 2

At that time the day began to dawn and the sound of crowing chickens was heard from the homes of residents who were around.

A man who had just finished fulfilling his duty of the dawn prayer was walking towards Ndalem.

The man with a coat of cocoa and sarongs and do not forget the peci on his head is so friendly looking at the santri he met passed him. He smiled as the students greeted him as he passed them.

Not spared the santriwan also gave his greetings to him. Although the son of a kyai is highly respected but the man has a nickname Zheaan it strictly prohibits older people from kissing his hands, only the younger ones.

"Gus Assalamualaikum!"

"Assalamualaikum Gus Zheaan!"

Zheaan nodded and thrust out his palm as the younger santriwan wanted to greet him.

"Wa'alaikumussalam."

"Where's Gus going?"

"Regular to Ndalem."

"Titip salam bak kyai and sampain to Pak kyai hopefully soon recover from his illness."

"Well, Anhar, I will tell you. Thank you for that."

The man named Anhar smiled and invited his Gus to walk first.

Zheaan took a breath and looked at Ndalem who was in front of her. The man opened the door and greeted the occupants of the house.

"Asphalt, Umi!" Zheaan took her bare hands and kissed the back of the woman's hand.

"Wa'alaikumussalam, Gus."

"What's abi's condition, Mi?"

"Alhamdulillah Gus. Abi mu already wants to eat, she said Umi's cooking is delicious," said Umi Sarni with a smiling face imagining her husband praising her delicious cuisine.

Zheaan's face was tilted like exploding uminya which looks middle salting.

"Ciehh Umi."

"Ih. What the hell is Gus," embarrassed umi made Zehaan's smile rise on her lips.

"Umi, Zheaan wants to see abi, can Mi?"

"Muhun tiasa" said Umi Sarni while rubbing the head of her favorite son.

"Zheaan nyangka abi teu acan tea squatted."

"Byok in waiting for you, Gus."

Zheaan went into his parents' room and he could see his father lying weakly on the bed.

Therefore, Akhyar kyai cannot participate in congregational Fajr prayers in the mosque. Kyai Akhyar just got her illness last night, she has diarrhea.

"Assalamualaikum Abi," called Zheaan while shaking his abysmal hand.

Akhyar opened his eyes and smiled to see the child who was single and ready to get married. Zheaan was the only son he had and the future successor to the Darunnajah boarding school he built himself.

"Wallaikumsallam Gus Zheaan" said Kyai Akhyar stammeringly.

Umi Sarni helps kyai Akhyar sit down. Umi Sarni also restyled Akhyar's revealing kyai shirt.

"Abi, who's sick?" asked Zheaan while massaging the legs of his ashes.

Kyai Akhyar smiled as he shook his head. He pretended to be strong in front of his beloved son so that Zheaan was not too worried about his condition.

"Ningali anjeun ngajadikeun abdi damang."

"Alhamdulillah or Abi. But Zheaan is still worried about Abi."

"Euweuh salempang. Abi, it's fine Gus."

"Abi there was a santriwan who sent greetings to Abi, he also ngedoain Abi suapaya quickly healed," said Zheaan conveyed the mandate entrusted by Anhar to him earlier.

"Isn't Gus?"

"Anu Abi, the Anhar who yesterday vice president of tahfidz competition in Jakarta."

"Oh eta si Anhar" said Kyai Akhyar, recalling one of his talented students. He is happy to have a santri who has such talent, even Anhar not only represents also bringing home trophies and prides itself on Darunnajah pesantren. "MasyaAllah O Gus, Anhar's parents must be proud. Abi is happy that there are Abi's students who succeed."

"Zheaan is also Abi."

Umi Sarni who just listened to the conversation decided to retreat to the kitchen.

"Gus, Abi, Umi to the kitchen for a while nyiapin food for you, ning Salsa, ning Kansa."

"Ning Kansa is here Umi? When's the reverse?" astonished Zheaan because after he was his brother who was in Egypt completed his studies.

"It is customary to go home without saying anything, suddenly there is aja. Last night just came, Umi did not have time to tell Gus, the night was really because ning Kansa came home, after all Gus Zheaan had also slept," said Umi Sarni told her firstborn that there was only her behavior.

"Teteh Kansa mah like so Umi. Umi won't come eat later?"

"No Gus, Umi's fasting."

"Gus Zheaan sleeps well, Umi does not have the heart to wake up," said Umi Sarni while laughing. "Go to the kitchen first."

Zehaan nodded giving his ummah permission to the kitchen. While he and Kyai Akhyar talk about things related to pesantren and other things.

At the age of twilight that has almost died, Kyai Akhyar certainly had a lot to talk with Zheaan about boarding schools and other talks related to religion and economics.

_________

Zehaan took a deep breath and opened the door of his room. The man entered while opening the pecans until his hair was quite long and covered his forehead and then put the peci on the table.

The man looked at himself in front of the mirror. The suit he used was a simple dress typical of a santri child, but it looked very authoritative.

"God willing, the pisan case," said Zheaan admiring himself.

The man sighed then took the Qur'an on the bookshelf. He opened several pieces of the Qur'an precisely in Surah Al-waqiah.

"audzubillahiminashyitonirojim bismilbornohmanirohim

اِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُۙ"

He routinely read the verse every dawn because reading the verse every day will bring sufficient sustenance.

The reading is so good and the pronunciation is clear with the correct tajwid. Zheaan was also a Hafidz Qur'an.

Although he memorized all the verses in the Qur'an, Zheaan read the Qur'an with its text.

"Shadaqallahul adzim" said Zheaan, ending his recitation of the Qur'an.

The man put the Qur'an to the beginning and soon the man's cell phone rang.

Zheaan frowned looking at the caller's name. It was his friend Haikal whom he had met outside the pesantren.

"Assalamualaik."

"......"

"To Bandung well tomorrow? Bentar Kal, I thought first."

"......."

"God willing, if you make it, Kal."

"......"

"Wa'alaikumussalam Haikal."

The connection was decided by Haikal. Zheaan took a deep breath, he was confused by his friend's invitation.

His parents definitely forbid it. But he tried to make sense to be allowed to Bandung.

"Astaghfirullah," said Zheaan when something bad came to his mind. "Allah keeps the servant from lying."

"Assalamualaikum, can Umi not enter Gus?"

Zheaan also realized from her daydream. He looked at the door of his room.

"Wa'alaikumussalam enter Umi."

Umi Sarni went into the room Zheaan wanted to call her son so as not to miss breakfast.

"Breakfast first Gus."

"Nice Umi."

But on Zheaan's face it looks as if the man keeps his mind on Haikal's invitation.

"What's Gus?"

Zheaan decided to tell her to uminya. It would be unpleasant to continue in the pendam and it would also be a burden on his mind.

"Umi Zheaan can not go to Bandung tomorrow?"

"What's the business in Bandung, Gus?"

"Haikal temen Zheaan ngajakin for new year's night in Bandung."

"Astaghfirullah Gus, can't celebrate Gus' new year, haram. We just pray and teach from the house only Gus, if you know your Abi, you're finished Gus."

Zheaan grimacing. He thought this kind of answer was what he got.

"Zheaan just wanted to take a walk for a while and not celebrate."

"Oh Gus, we'll wait for your brother to decide."

Zheaan breathed and nodded. The man followed her from behind to the kitchen.

__________

Tbc

DON'T FORGET TO LIKE AND COMMENT AFTER READING