
After exploring the coast and getting wangsit from the results of the hermitage a moment ago, Mariana rushed to Pasar Alok. Because her favorite bike was abandoned at Grandma Esi's house, she was forced to wait for a roadside transport to take it to the destination. After nearly fifteen minutes of waiting by the side of the road, a carriage passed by then stopped in front of him.
Without wasting any more time, Mariana immediately boarded the city's transportation. He threw a friendly smile at the transport passengers. A middle-aged male passenger shifted his butt, giving room for Mariana to sit down.
"Thank you, Om," said Mariana before anchoring her body.
The old man smiled, nodding his head. After getting a seat, Mariana only mute during the trip. However, that calm did not last long. A woman who may be over thirty years old glanced at the plastic bag Mariana was carrying. He then asked, "Will you go out of step?"
All eyes were on Mariana, especially when she saw that there was still some sand attached to her clothes. Mariana flicked her teeth, then shook her head.
"What's that snail shell Kaka doing?" ask the woman again.
"You make accessories, Kaka," Mariana replied, "like this." He pointed at a bracelet that was coiled around his wrist.
The woman's eyes twinkled. "Beautiful! Kaka sell?"
Mariana nodded. He also introduced his accessories store in the Shoppe app to the woman. Some of the female passengers in the transport were also excited to see Mariana's handcrafts in the girl's phone.
They ordered some jewelry on Mariana, such as statues and other accessories to be used as gifts. The woman ordered more jewelry. More precisely—borong because the woman also has an accessory store. Mariana took the opportunity to work with the woman. Before arriving at the destination, they exchange phone numbers.
Mariana was unceasingly stalling a smile. His heart was jovially excited as it got the durian crumbling down. She intends to buy some fish to celebrate the joy she got today with her husband.
The girl, nicknamed the Kribo, left a bundle of shells on her neighbor who sold vegetables at the Alok market so she wouldn't get tired of carrying them to and fro. After finishing shopping—buy kitchen needs and a little goods needs Andreas, he again took the package. Not to forget Mariana bought some vegetables as a thank you to her neighbor.
When she was about to go home, Mariana's phone rang. He opened the phone, a notification from the bank. The girl's eyes immediately rounded large. He was surprised to see the lift in front of—angka 3 exchanging 5, while the number of zeros is still the same, which is six.
"Well, the Lord of the Virgin is so generous?" he murmured, "what happened?" Although surprised, he still could not hold the joy in the heart. Along the way back home, his lips were always carving a smile. Today he has doubled his profits.
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The hour hand had shown at 20:00 WITA, but Andreas had not yet returned home. These past few weeks the man has always been late to come home. I don't know what makes him work late.
"Is there too much work in the office or does she have other women?" That question always played into Mariana's mind, but she never asked directly.
Mariana brushed aside the second question because she believed in Andreas. He was sure the man would not do anything bad or betray his trust. Trust is very important in a relationship. If those beliefs were tarnished, the relationship between them would no longer be the same.
Some jewelry in the form of bracelets and necklaces from snail shells are ready to be made, stay beautified again. At that moment, there was a roar of a motorcycle in the courtyard of the house. Mariana smiled. He knew Andreas was home. The girl immediately rushed to open the door to welcome the return of her husband.
When she saw Andreas at the door of the house, Mariana's smile spread to her ears. "Welcome home, Husband," said Mariana as she picked up the briefcase and kissed the back of Andreas' hand.
Andreas is feeling troubled. Even though she was treated like that every day, she was still not used to it, let alone seeing Mariana's smile tonight which was like an excess of sugar. Ah, Andreas doesn't want to get diabetes! He wants to live a healthy life, yes, Kribo.
Mariana widened the door to let her husband enter the house. His footsteps continued to follow wherever Andreas went. He took some water as the man walked to the dispenser.
"My husband, whatever you want, just say it. I'll serve you." Mariana refrained from calling Andreas as Lord of Perjaka.
Mariana had to be nice because today her salary as a housewife has gone up. If not Andreas, who else would raise his salary? Therefore, he must be kind so that his salary does not need to be cut.
"No need! I'll take a shower first" Andreas said. He climbed up the stairs to their bedroom. Mariana quickly followed her husband's steps.
He also opened the door for Andreas politely. His attitude was like the servants of the royal palace. Andreas almost blew a laugh when he saw the attitude of the Kribo like that. Before Andreas got into the bathroom, the girl also held him first outside.
She needs to prepare warm water and a towel for her husband. When he was ready, he let Andreas into the bathroom. While waiting for the man to clean up, Mariana prepared a change of clothes. After that he sat down on the bed linen while waiting for Andreas to come out.