
I am Anto, a very ordinary husband. With an income of not up to two million per month. I keep trying to please my wife by helping her with her homework.
Thank God at the age of our tenth marriage, my wife and I have two children, a boy and a girl who are now in school. They are good and sweet children. Never bother parents and always obey the words of their parents. They are also smart kids, always getting ranked. I'm really proud of my kids.
I came home from work as usual this afternoon. My job is only as a shop worker who is not far from where I live. By bicycle, as my means of transportation.
"Mas, my powder's gone." Lisa complained, my wife suddenly when I just took off my slippers at the door.
"Assalammual." My speech.
"Wa'alaikumsalam." Lazy leg.
"The money you love is over, Mom?" I was careful with my wife.
"Well, the money you gave me for one month's worth of food isn't enough to buy my powder!" Oceh Lisa's. My wife has always felt less about my gifts. I always try to be patient with it.
I breathe heavily. I could not please my wife. "How much does the powder cost, ma'am?" Ask slowly.
"It's only three hundred thousand kok well." he replied lightly as if the three hundred thousand money was small. I got the three hundred in one week.
"Three hundred thousand, ma'am?" Manya surprised. Very expensive price of powder used by my wife.
"Yes, why are you surprised? It's just powdery well. Not lipstick, mascara and more. Could be five hundred grand. Buy it also only once every two months, kok." gritted with a sour face.
"Hhmm, the stash in my wallet is only one hundred and thirty thousand left, ma'am," I said as I reached into the wallet from my pants pocket.
"Yes already, here!" hold it up by raising your hand.
"Make father thirty thousand, yes." My speech.
"Superb, yeah. Thirty thousand were taken." Lisa's neutered.
"Make daddy's grip, ma'am. If the bike tires leak." Obviously, I handed the only piece of red money in my wallet to his hand.
Quickly, Lisa took the money and put it in her pocket.
"Yes already, Dad wash the dishes there. I'm tired, man." He said while then approached the youngest Alya who was lying on the bed.
I'll go to the bathroom immediately. The bathroom is only twice a meter and a half.
We lived in a simple boarding house because to contract the house, of course, my finances were not enough.
I then washed the dirty dishes that had piled up in the bathroom. After finishing, I immediately took a shower and then prepared to go to the mosque for maghrib prayer.
After the magbrib prayer, I immediately took the plate. My stomach feels hungry.
I opened the rice boiler, the rice was cold because it was from the morning my wife cooked. When about to take vegetables and side dishes it turns out there is only a piece of tofu and a little sambal terasi. That's okay, what matters is that there's a rice friend. My inner.
Thank God, I eat well. Whatever my wife cooks, I never protest. I know myself enough. And luckily my two children were not like his mother who often complained.After feeling full, I sat for a while next to the eldest who was watching television.
"Well, ask for donk money. Make buy data package." Andre Pinta.
"The father's money in the purse is only thirty thousand, son. I've already given you a hundred thousand." Anto's Clear.
"Dad, I give you a hundred thousand dollars to put up." Lisa's grumpy who was immediately sitting stared irritatedly at me.
"Not in the mountains. But I just told Andre that I don't have any more money." I clearly.
"You alone are thirty thousand!" Lisa's Saying.
"Mom, that's for daddy's grip if there's anything on the way. If dad's bike tires leak or something."
"Ban leaked at most ten thousand, huh. You don't want to give up on a child." Lisa said cynically.
I let out a breath. Lately Lisa has been increasingly unwilling to understand my situation. "What's the price of the data package, son?" I asked Andre.
"Father twenty thousand is enough right?" I asked Andre again.
Ander nodded quickly. "Yes, that's enough." Answer's excited. My son never complained about all his father's gifts even though sometimes his father was unable to fulfill his wishes. He is an understanding child.
I stood up and took my shabby purse in my pants pocket. I took out my money twenty thousand and I gave it to Andre, my son. "Here's money. Wear the quota in the frugal, son."
"Yes, thank you, yeah." Say it with a smile.
Because I was tired, I immediately lay next to the eldest who was still cool watching tv. Suddenly Lisa stood up, then took the phone next to Andre.
"Mas Andre, I want to use the phone for a while." Lisa said to my firstborn. Well, we only have one mobile phone so if you need to take turns.
I just glanced at Lisa for a moment. After picking up the phone, Lisa opened the door and exited our room.
Lately almost every night before going to bed, Lisa came out with a cellphone. He only came back half an hour later sometimes more I don't know. Due to exhaustion, I didn't care about him as long as he just went out of the room. I too quickly fell into a dream.
Either out of shock or what, I suddenly woke up. The new clock shows at ten o'clock in the evening. Beside me, Andre was asleep.
I sat down and turned to the bed where Lisa and the youngest slept. I was very surprised to learn that Lisa was not next to Alya even though it was ten in the night. Where's Lisa. I asked in my heart.
I immediately stood up and opened the door of the unlocked room. I'm out of the room. I heard Lisa's voice. I looked to the left right but Lisa was not there, only her voice sounded very slow.
Since our boarding room was at the end and close to the stairs leading to the clothes drying place, I took the initiative to go up the stairs. It turned out that Lisa was sitting alone on the top step while leaning against the wall. He was so cool to call that he didn't realize my presence was peeking at him.
"She?" Call me slowly for fear of sounding people because it is already night.
But Lisa didn't hear me. He was smiling like a timid person.
"Lisa!" Call me again in a slightly louder voice. He was so focused on his interlocutor across the street that he didn't listen to my call.
Lisa looked over and was shocked to find out I called her. He immediately stood up and kept the cellphone behind his back.
"Dad! Just be surprised!" His words were annoyed with eyes that shone sharp.
"What are you doing here tonight?" Askaqua.
"I-I'm on the phone with my sister Maya." Nervous answer. Looks like someone who's lying. But I don't know what.
"Why should it be here? Why not just in the room?" many wonder.
"If the phone in the room later Alya and Andre wake up. That's why, look for home. Contract what? The boarding time continues, huhh!" Ketus answer.
I breathe heavy. That's always what Lisa asked for. I cannot answer it because I have not been able to fulfill his wish. Forgive me, my wife. My mind while looking at him.
Lisa came down the stairs past me with an annoyed face. I followed him down. He went into the room and slammed the phone into a thin bed where Andre and I slept. He climbed into the bed and slept next to Alya.
I just shook my head to see Lisa's behavior. I also went into the bathroom and berwudhu, I did not have time to pray Isya earlier.
I immediately prayed, not forgetting to pray for my little family. After the prayer, I lay down to continue my sleep. But after half an hour, I was not able to fall asleep because Lisa's shadow on the stairs continued to mill around in my eyes.
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