
There are two things that Vedra always do when entering the beginning of the month, especially after the salary goes into his account.
The first is to check all the needs in his house. Checking the needs of the kitchen becomes one of the most important tasks. See if the stock of food he prepared has been exhausted or if there is still something left.
"Rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, gas, run out" the man murmured as he noted on the yellow scrap paper.
"Bawang red, garlic, onions, all gone" he continued.
He opened the fridge, looking at the empty freezer.
"Chicken, meat, fish, run out," he murmured again.
After checking all the needs of the kitchen, the man began to continue the second thing is to make a kitchen budget.
The man deftly wrote down all the things he had to buy to create a kitchen budget for a month. In addition to the needs of the kitchen, he also had to make a budget purchase soap-soap.
Then added with all accrual expenses such as car loans, land installments, house building materials, home construction installments, mobile phone installments, internet quotas, water payments, to electricity.
"Hmm, it seems like electricity consumption has recently soared due to the use of AC," murmured Vedra.
Yes, as long as there is Verda, the usual AC is only turned on by Vedra when the day is really very hot, now it must be lit continuously.
"Do we have to pay for electricity?" vedra murmur. "No, no, it's my home, it's my responsibility."
The clock had shown at eleven in the afternoon and Verda still had not shown any signs of waking up from her sleep. It is very different from Vedra who never wake up too late. He prefers to get up early and do a lot of activities such as exercising in the morning, followed by washing and drying clothes, ironing his clothes, to cooking. This is what he used to do on Sundays.
Vedra's phone rings, her mother calls her.
"Yes, hello ma'am" replied Vedra.
"Ved, this you, there's absolutely no telling of your parents!" his mother's cutout across there.
"Sorry Mom, I've been really busy lately" Vedra apologized.
"You are, yes, a married man, then do you mean to forget your parents?" ask his mother in a loud voice.
"Sorry ma'am, really, as soon as I finished my leave, my work immediately piled up, and I had to finish it immediately" Vedra replied.
"Have, excuses! Just tell me you're busy working your wife's farm!" cecar Bu Fadlun's.
Vedra breathed a heavy sigh.
"Ved, starting this month, I'm joining the five million, you transfer directly to Reni only, he manages the show!" said Ms. Fadlun.
"What's? Five million?" tanya Vedra is stuck. "What is that, Mom?"
"Yes, arisan! I told Reni, you pay! Send me the money, it'll be shaken for a moment!" sahut Bu Fadlun before hanging up the phone.
Vedra massaged his head, there was another budget that suddenly suddenly appeared outside his prediction. Five million is equivalent to the budget to pay for car installments, land, and the construction of his house.
Although next month he could receive a salary with a position as branch manager, just how could he go through this month?
Meanwhile, Bu Fadlun was smiling with Reni.
"Acil, five million is too little, should Acil ask for more, so Vedra money will not be controlled by his wife!" said Reni.
"Well, Ren has already, next month just ask for more" said Bu Fadlun.
"Yes Cil, just don't give that breath to his wife Ved!" tukas Reni's.
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"Promo today, cooking oil two liters brand Silver Key twenty percent discount! Young Mango stamp rice price packing five kilograms ten percent discount!"
A department store official made a big splash by wearing a loudspeaker. The employee is in charge of informing the goods that are getting special prices. The task is simple but invites many visitors to storm the department store.
Vedra is one of the many visitors who come to the department store. He took a trolley and nimbly raced to target basic goods that were being discounted.
For basic necessities Vedra does not adore any particular trademark. For example, it must be cooking oil with three times filtering, premium sugar brands beautiful mistress, or sweet soy sauce that black soybeans are treated like their own children. As long as the item was being discounted, it was more than enough.
As soon as it entered the detergent rack, Vedra nimbly took the last two packs of liquid detergent.
"Wait, young man!" exclaimed a mother nimbly holding Vedra's hand.
"What's up, Mom?" ask Vedra.
Vedra held off the two packs of detergent with a defensive move.
"Can't ma'am, I got it first!" reject Vedra.
"'Believe the young!" insist on the Mother.
"Guelped? Sorry ma'am, I can't give up on a detergent that's thirty percent off with a clothes softener bonus!" sergeant Vedra.
"You're a young man, you don't want more!" the mother's voice rose two octaves.
All buyers look towards them.
"Sorry Mom, it's not that I don't want more or less! I was the first to get this detergent! I pay with my own money! So I don't think it's going to hurt anyone!" sahut Vedra directly put two packs of detergent into the trolley.
Vedra immediately left the mother who looked keki herself.
Stupid terribly! Stupid terribly! gerutu Vedras.
Vedra again continues his adventure down the shelves. He remembered going shopping with Silvia. Silvia who lives in employee mess and often gets a monthly shopping titan makes Vedra sometimes accompany Silvia for shopping.
"For items that are used up it is better to buy discounted ones only, Ved," that is Silvia's principle.
Then they split up, becoming hunters of discounted items. Show off when you get these items.
Silvia was definitely the figure of the woman that Vedra coveted. Silvia is beautiful, simple, thoughtful in organizing and managing finances.
Seeing Silvia's meticulous figure when buying goods always makes Vedra review her smile.
Silvia wore a light blue shirt, pushed a trolley, and picked the sweet soy sauce off the shelf.
"Vedra."
Silvia's voice called Vedra's name.
Oh my God, am I imagining? Inner Vedra.
"Silvia!"
The figure of a woman who called the name Silvia made Vedra realize that the figure of Silvia is real, not just in his imagination.
The woman turned her head towards the transfixed Vedra.
"Oh, this guy again!" ceplos the woman. "Come, Silvia, we go, don't need to grab the same guy, so men aren't more or less right!" fierce woman while taking Silvia away.
"Silvia, wait..," assault Vedra.
"'Mbak Ratih, let's go" Silvia asked.
"Silvia wait, we have to talk!" exclaim Vedra.
Silvia immediately left with the woman named Ratih.
"Silvia, do you know that man?" ask Ratih.
"Yes, Ma'am" replied Silvia.
Ratih still saw the man calling Silvia's name many times.
"'Your ex?" guess Ratih.
Silvia nodded slowly.
"Would you like to talk to him?" ask Ratih.
"There's nothing we need to talk about anymore" Silvia replied.
Vedra sighed, no matter how many eyes looked towards her. Silvia had already disappeared from sight with the woman who had been fighting over detergent with her.
Damnit damnit! Vedra swore in his heart.
He lost track of Silvia.
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