Pellucid

Chapter 30 - Shock

A few weeks passed, though,

The gestational age of Bening is now entering its sixth month. Of course his stomach is getting bigger. Grandma Minah does not know about a clear pregnancy. Because for the past month, Grandma Minah went to Yogyakarta to meet her relatives and stay there.

Ayu also faithfully accompanied Bening to go to the village midwife next door for routine check-ups. So that no one would catch them both. Because if you check in the Midwives of the village where they live, Ayu is worried that Bening will be expelled.

Because Bening is a non-native immigrant there. Especially since the change of village chief one month ago. The village rules are getting tougher. Girls and widows are forbidden to go out at night. And if found to tarnish the good name of the village, then be ready to receive customary punishment until forced eviction.

Two weeks ago there was one of the villagers who was in the middle of the mojok with his lover in the cornfield area, which was around the banana tree. The two lovebirds are doing sacrilegious behind the banana tree.

As a result, both were carried to the Village Hall by the residents. Both were whipped a hundred times. After that, the two were exiled in another different village.

With minimal facilities and village conditions are quiet and away from the hustle and bustle for three months. To survive, they would either farm alone or walk into the forest to pick up fruit or foodstuffs provided by nature.

Imagining that, Bening immediately shuddered in horror. Especially when the young men were held, both passed by Minah's grandmother's house. From the window, Bening saw the two screaming and crying for mercy. But unfortunately the punishment is still carried out without care or mercy.

Ayu village is located far enough from the city, so there is no police force that prohibits the customary law. Because according to the new village head, if there are acts of immoral or pregnant citizens out of wedlock then it is believed their village will be hit by disaster or bad luck up to seven derivatives.

Ayu already told Bening to stop working at the stall. Because lately, suddenly Bening always excessive nausea and decreased appetite. Even though at the beginning of pregnancy, Bening did not experience nausea at all.

Now the clear is often weak. Even then had fainted when Ayu went to buy food for Bening.

After being examined by a midwife, it was stated that Bening had hyperemesis gravidarum.

Excessive vomiting (more than three times a day) in pregnancy can result in weight loss. This condition can trigger dehydration or fluid deficiency conditions.

The cause of hyperemesis gravidarum is not yet known, but the condition is often associated with high levels of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in the blood. This hormone is produced by the ari-ari (placenta) since the first trimester of pregnancy and its levels continue to increase throughout pregnancy.

"If I don't work, how's Yu's delivery money?" ask Bening with teary eyes.

"You don't need to think a lot of things that aren't important. I still have a little savings to help you out. I'm afraid Ning, you're okay at the stall. Especially if it gets caught. Your stomach is now distended."

"Yesterday you remember that Onah suspected that you were pregnant. Even he made rumors that are not the same as you to work friends at the stall. I was lucky to arrive that time. So I chopped his mouth that spicy. Fiuhh. " said Ayu.

"Thank you Yu. I'm sorry that I often take care of you" said Bening, who was sleeping.

The next day, Minah's grandmother returned to her village. He misses Ayu and Ningsih.

Chequek...

With the door creaking open, Minah's grandmother locked the door back and walked into the kitchen. He heard a voice in his kitchen. Looks like Ayu or Ningsih is cooking, he thought.

"Assalamualaikum.." said a greeting from Grandma Minah while carrying a gift bag for Ayu and Ningsih.

"Goddessalam..."

Bening answered his greetings and immediately looked back. Grandma Minah was surprised not to play to see Bening who was wearing a negligee or a house shirt that was not too loose, so that her distended stomach was clearly visible.

While Bening has not realized that he was wrong to wear clothes. He did not think that Grandma Minah would come home today. Ayu hasn't come home from work yet. So he decided to cook for dinner with Ayu.

It was already afternoon, the clock showed five o'clock in the afternoon.

"Ning_sih... You ha_ mil?" ask Grandma Minah stammering.

Shock saw a reality that he did not expect was in front of him right now.

Women who he thinks are good girls with the status of still single or unmarried according to information from KTP (Cards of Population Signs) and information from the lips of Bening himself that he is not married. Then suddenly the girl was pregnant now.

Bruck...

The bag that Grandma Minah was carrying fell on the floor. Grandma Minah is holding her suddenly crowded d@danya. And he walked slowly looking for a chair handle on the dining table to sit on.

"Sir.." cried Bening surprised to see the condition of Grandma Minah.

"Shut up at your place!" squeal Grandma Minah with limited energy.

Degs...

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