
Munding returned to his home with minor injuries all over his body. It wasn't a hard night for him, because everything ended better than he expected.
There was only one lapse in his heart, what Amel told his Papa until he admitted Munding to be his son-in-law.
Munding is a simple man and has no extraordinary dreams. He wanted to spend his time with simplicity with his beloved family. It never occurred to me to be a Don Juan or a Sheikh with more than one wife.
He also does not want to live a luxurious life like the Broto family and live in a big city with all its polemics. He is happy with the life he is living now. Therefore, Munding never understood why a beautiful girl like Puji was willing to do everything for what she had now.
Munding also never understood what the motivation of Sutinah and her brother first when choosing the decision they took.
Is a good food that only tastes on the tongue so tempting?
Is an expensive springbed mattress more enjoyable to wear than a musala carpet-lined floor when the whole body feels tired and just needs a place to relax?
Does an expensive mobile phone feel different than a regular mobile phone as long as it works as intended?
Or maybe a luxury car worth billions is better to drive than a car alakadarnya as long as it can deliver someone to his destination?
Munding also thought, could this be all the results of the upbringing of his Father who never taught or gave him the opportunity to enjoy luxury so that he never wanted these things.
When Munding's mind was still drifting somewhere, he came to his simple house beside the musala.
A veiled woman was seen standing in front of the house with a face full of worry and anxiety. When the woman saw the shadow of Munding approaching from a distance, a relieved smile fell on her lips.
The woman wiped the tears that were dripping in her eyes.
"No pa-pa, right?" nurul whispered softly as Munding had already reached in front of him.
Munding smiled and shook his head in response.
The two of them entered the house and closed the door.
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Praise speechless. The incident he had just experienced had really opened his eyes. The man he considered only a class of village thugs and had made Joko's gang messy was more than that.
Kusnandar, the Commander who himself considered the sky above the sky, even had to smile kindly and take the young man out of this Cafe without complaining and seemed afraid to make the young man angry.
Even when Munding asked that the cafe be closed, Kusnandar immediately agreed without refuting. Now, Puji and Sucipto just bowed quietly and were counting their assets to sell. No more Aditya Cafe after tonight in Sukorejo Village.
Sucipto could only gulp and now realized that in his village, where he considered himself King, there was someone who could roll it all up if he wanted to.
Sucipto had thought of using his family connections to elevate the case to a higher level. Kusnandar is just a Danramil with a sub-district level, Sucipto wants to raise the case to the level of Kodim even Korem if necessary. But, Kusnandar's words directly stabbed him deeply.
Therefore, Sucipto can only be silent now. His anger towards Puji was also lost somewhere. The shadow of Munding's existence that will be entrenched in Sukorejo for the rest of his life makes Sucipto gamang.
Perhaps Sucipto could still pat him on the chest and say that he was the 'king' of Sukorejo, but he knew, as long as Munding issued his edict, everything could be gone in an instant.
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"Is it done with the business?" ask Amel to Munding.
A week after the incident at the Aditya Cafe, Amel returned to visit the Munding house. Asthma and her mother have returned to their home. Pak Yai had also returned to Source Rejo.
Amel came alone to Sukorejo as usual. And as he had, he came without telling Munding or Nurul, because Amel knew the two men had never traveled anywhere and were engrossed in their own little world every day. So it is almost certain that the two of them must always be in their home.
"It has. Thanks Mel," Munding replied with a somewhat strange look.
"How do you think Amel's doing that anyway?" amel protest.
Munding shook his head. Of course he will not protest the actions of the Amel that made Mr. Broto consider Munding as a 'prospective son-in-law'. He had no thoughts in that direction at all.
"Well, Papa and nanyain, Munding has changed his mind yet?" amel asked while busy cleaning the vegetables, the three of them were cooking now.
Nurul who was still engrossed in slicing tempe glanced at Munding. Her husband told her about Chaos and Mr. Broto's request. But Munding refused.
Munding was silent. He knew and believed that the military had many strong soldiers like Afza, Munding did not know why his name was still chosen by Mr. Broto.
Munding is not from the military and Mr. Broto should also know that Munding's priorities are different from those of his soldiers.
"Said Papa, the victims continue to fall," said Amel slowly while continuing his activities to help Nurul.
Nurul did not want to influence Munding's decision. She wanted to leave everything to her husband. So he just fell silent and didn't want to comment.
Soon, the food was ready and they had lunch together. Their simple routine begins. Asthma comes after Dzuhur. Sometimes he would argue with Amel. The three women will then eagerly teach the children to teach. Munding as usual will fill the water tub Musala.
What is different, since the incident a week ago when Munding was wrongly targeted when kicking, Munding will now practice silat after Ashar prayer when his wife taught teaching.
Munding used the back garden of the musala, where he invited Muhktar 'discussed' first, as his training ground. He only performed light technique exercises to maintain the accuracy of his attacks and the coordination of his body. He didn't want the 'shameful' incident of a wrong target when kicking like the other day repeated.
"Mas, take a shower first. Maghrib again, "call Nurul.
Munding stopped his training and walked towards his house. Just as usual, he would lead prayers at the musala, chatting with his neighbors after Isya and spending the night with his wife.
This time, because it was too late, Amel decided to stay at Munding's house and Asma accompanied him. Although the two seem to argue a lot, everyone knows that they are not really hostile.