Pig Slamming

15. Oddities

"There's fried Uli, bah! same fried bakwan." replied Salamah while storing fried foods that he had drained, into the tray of his sales.

Without asking any more, Mbah Abun took the fried food that had been served on the tray of the sales tray.he began to bribe the fried food that was still hot, so that it made his cheeks that had begun to wrinkle, slightly bloated.

"Be careful! heat Abah." remember Salamah who saw the behavior of Mbah Abun.

"Plate, Bi! Kirain was cold." replied Mbah Abun who sounded a little bit ngosom, because his tongue was too hot.

Salamah just shook her head, feeling funny with the behavior of an old man who was like a child, who could not distinguish which hot which was an angel. whereas Mbah Abun ate the fried food, but, he took it by hand, when he could not feel the heat of the fritters.While Mbah Abun he continued his fried breakfast slowly, even before it was put in the mouth, now he blew it first, and now he blows it away, let the food get a little cold.

"It's bi! Abah ate, fried uli lima, bakwirkan lima. How much is total?" asked Mbah Abun while filling the glass with drinking water.

"Rp250, Mbah!"

Mbah Abun reached into his pants pocket, but how surprised he was, when the money he took was full of mud.

"Why Mbah?" asked Salamah who was surprised by the change in the face of Mbah Abun.

"Kok my money is full of mud, Bi! Whereas earlier when given by Mang sarpu, the money was clean."

"Money from Mang Sarpu?" said Salamah who was surprised, then he rose from the furnace, wanted to see more clearly with what was delivered by his customers.

"Yes Bi! look, the money is full of mud" Bah Abun said, revealing the money in his hand.

"Be careful, Mbah! abaj will be the growth again." said Salamah who felt sorry, saw Mbah Abun.he was afraid that his customers became one of the victims of the wealth of his neighbors, because it had become a public secret, because it was a secret, if mang sarpu has a strange behavior. Although I cannot prove it yet.

"Ah don't suudzon like that, bi! it's okay, isn't it, the money is full of mud? later this can be washed." refute Mbah Abun, while thrusting the money in his hands.

"I'm afraid bah! yes already! Abah does not need to pay, than I will get the sap." said Salamah who was horrified by the money that was about to be given by Mbah Abun.

"How my money is, everything is exposed to mud" explained Mbah Abun who issued all the money he had.

"Abaaah, no papa! Abah does not need to pay, mendingan Abah now hunted home, later the demon pig instead stop by my place." throw Salamah who was afraid of bad things happening to him.

"Don't be so Bi! mang sarpu is a good friend of mine Bi. can not slander him." refused Mbah Abun who disagreed with what was said by the shopkeeper.

"Already! the hunt is gone, Mbah! Once again I apologize, I do not disrespect guests, but I am afraid! Please understand my situation." said Salamah with compassion, because he really felt afraid, with what would happen to him. when he received the payment money from Mbah Abun.

"So, too, I'm sorry! not that Abah won't pay, but her aunt refused!"

"It's okay, Bah! pray for more than that."

"Thank you again!" bah Abun said while returning the money from the mang sarpu into his pants pocket.although the money was full of mud, but for Bah Abun, it was very valuable.

"Yes bah! it's okay!" salamah replied that her seller was missing.

After the shopkeeper did not want to receive the money Mbah Abun said goodbye, he wanted to continue his journey back to the house in the village of Ciandam.

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On the Path there is an old man, wearing his proud cowboy hat. is walking with Roman radiant face, but his heart can not lie, because he just experienced a strange incident, because, which is not understood by his mind.

"If you knew the money would turn into full of mud, mendingan I ate souvenir food from mang sarpu for the Ambu." his grunts were embarrassed, he said, remembering the incident when he was about to pay for his breakfast the next morning.

Untold about the length of the journey, finally Mbah Abun arrived at his house.Ambu Jayah quickly welcomed her husband's arrival, by taking tea water and served, Ambu yayah opened the plastic package that her husband brought, souvenirs from mang sarpu.

"Where have you been, how come you just got home? kirain is ambu, Abah why." asked Mbah Abun's wife while looking at her husband.

Mbah Abun also began to tell the events he experienced, the incident when he was about to be sat by a boar while watching a show of swinefighting. But Mbah Abun did not tell everything, he said, because there is Ranti who just came home from ******. He joined his family.

"Tomorrow! it's okay Bah! are you killed by pigs? Look at his stomach, there will be more wounds!" abu Yayah said that she was worried about her husband's situation.

"Really ambu!" mbah Abun answered while lifting the clothes he was wearing. Sure enough, there was no significant wound in the stomach of Mbah Abun, there were only scratches that were already invisible.

"Makanya said Ambu too! the sale is not far away. Later if you already understand the way to sell around.just try to sell to a distant village. For now that's just a whim." Ambu Yayah again gave advice to her husband.

"Yes ambu! next time Abah will sell to villages close to our area." replied Mbah Abun

"Oh yes, how are Mang sarpu.Are they healthy?" abu Yayah asked, Who knew her husband's best friend well.

"Health ambu! Not even healthy anymore, so healthy! Now Mang sarpu's life is compared to 180 degrees from the life that used to be. Now his house is the biggest, the nicest. His sawn is the most extensive, the most solid." explained Bah Abun look proud face to his best friend.

"Yes yeah, Bah! we used to be like that, Mang sarpu downstairs. Now Mang sarpu up above, we are downstairs.really, life is like a spinning wheel." said Ambu Yamah reminiscing back to his prime .

"Eh even chatted, Please get me a cleaver, same saw! Abah wants to take the bamboo, it just so happens that our accompaniment is over, right?" pinta Mbah Abun is seen rising from his seat.

"Just rest, bah! tomorrow we start working again."

"Yes Abah! On the other hand, we work hard and there is no result. mending enjoy our misery." said Ranti justifying his mother's opinion.

"We are miserable! So we must be active in working. the problem of results or not is the business of the creator." explained Mbah Abun with a smile responding to the plain words of his son.

Abu Yayah finally relented, with a little careless, because he felt sorry for her husband.he went to the kitchen, took the equipment as Mbah Abun asked.and then returned to the living room, where he went, to give him the equipment he had just picked up.

"Almost forgot! Abah has not given the results of the sale of our rice cooker, as well as the money given from the mang sarpu." said Bah Abun while reaching into his pants pocket, then he took out the muddy money earlier, when knowing the money is clean without any stains attached.

"Why is Abah bengong, not giving him the money?" abu Yayah asked while looking in wonder at her husband.

"So who! so then! it's okay!" replied Mbah Abun who looked nervous, hiding his sense of hers.he quickly divided the money, some given to his wife as a living, some he brought to buy bamboo to be used as an accompaniment.

After giving money from the sale of income, Mbah Abun went to Mang Juju's house to buy back his bamboo.so Mbah Abun who was always passionate in finding life for his family. no word tired, when he makes a living, he continues to be excited even though the results are small.

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At night. the sound of frogs from the direction of the rice field sounds like a simple one, as if to tell his friends, that time is the time to find food.night insects, too, nocturnal insects, not to miss to enliven the Sepinya night in the village.

In the middle of the house Mbah Abun, there were three people sitting chatting, while lowering rice After dinner.