
Without notice, two months had passed since Jeni first set foot in the boarding house. All the kindness of Umi and the rest of the cottage residents make him feel at home and never get bored of being there. Sometimes Umi also allows her and her baby to go home to visit Nek Minah at her home.
All of that makes Jeni forget that she ever got excruciating pain in the past. Although until now, Jeni never ceases to cry at every night prayer if she remembers all the sins that she had done before.
"Mbak Jen, today it's your turn to the market huh. Later let my grandpa take care of it," said one of the santri who also participated 'ngabdi in ndalem' while giving some red money to Jeni's hand.
Jeni nodded and smiled kindly, a wide headscarf that has now begun to be comfortable she wears in a roll up to the shoulder. And carrying her baby who is fond of playing with cooking toys that Asiyah gave her.
"Mama's son with Auntie first yes, son. Mama wants to go to the market for a while, later Mama buyin something for grandpa. Wait, don't be naughty with your aunt." Jeni kissed the little angel's forehead and handed it to the woman's santri's sling.
The baby is now growing healthy and cheerful, never fussing and making Jeni overwhelmed by it. Even anyone who invited him to play he would obey and not trouble anyone. Jeni is very grateful to be blessed with a child who understands the condition of her mother.
Jeni slowly steps towards the garage of Umi Nafisah house and Kyai Hasan which is very rarely outside the house. According to some santri who had been there for a long time because Kyai Hasan was old and it was very difficult to just take him to the terrace because he had a stroke for many years. And until now can only lie on the bed in his room, and handled independently by Gus Moses a.
The journey to the market is quiet, maybe because ordinary days and hours have also shown at ten in the morning, maybe everyone is already at work or school respectively.
"Mbak, Mbak comes in here. It's still empty" exclaimed a parking attendant when Jeni had just arrived in front of the market parking lot.
Jeni followed the advice of the parking lot and parked the motorbike that was provided by Gus Musa for the needs of the cottage in a row of several other motorcycles.
"Don't get in the handlebar lock, Ma'am. It will be hard to move." The parking attendant exclaimed and left Jeni there.
Jeni just shook her head in wonder, in an era like this let alone a motor that is not in the handlebar lock. The one in the handlebar lock and in a place that many of his CCTV can still be rushed. So Jeni did not heed the parking bans and still use the handlebar keys on the motorbike even she also padlocked the axle to be safer, then Jeni calmly left the cottage motor there.
"Sayur, vegetable, vegetable Ma'am. Let's choose, still seger still seger." an old grandmother offered her merchandise vegetables to Jeni, still, the grandmother was selling not at the stall like other traders but just stretched a Kumal sack for her seat and some vegetables that seemed to be still very fresh, visible from the sticky sap that is still in hold.
The grandmother reminded Jeni of Nek Minah, who had not been in her arms for two weeks. Finally Jeni crouched down and began to choose the vegetables belonging to the grandmother.
"Come on, cah ayu. The vegetables were chosen, guaranteed still fresh, the new grandmother picked it at dawn," said the grandmother was very friendly while helping Jeni sort out the vegetables she wanted to buy.
Jeni smiled and chose some kind of vegetable that looked very fresh and beautiful.
"I want all this, Grandma. " Jeni pointed at the vegetables she had already chosen and placed them in front of her, apart from the other vegetables.
Grandma's eyes were sparkling with pleasure. "Alhamdulillah, a lot of buying, cah ayu. Want to make stock?" he asked while putting all of Jeni's vegetables in a large plastic bag.
Jeni shakes. "Ah, no, Grandma. Want to make stock in the cottage, so buy a lot. Who ate the rame because," kekeh Jeni.
"Everything so 160 thousand rupiah, Cah ayu. Pay only 150, more so for the children of the cottage, all grandmothers alms." Grandma tied up the plastic veggie wrapper and handed it to Jeni.
Jeni accepted it with pleasure, and gave the grandmother two pieces of red money.
"Well, the money is big, Cah ayu. Grandma hasn't changed, wong you're Grandma's first buyer." Grandma scratched her head confused.
Jeni was confused, because in her hand there were only three more red sheets. There's nothing else. Finally the grandmother moved and took the initiative to exchange Jeni's money to a rice merchant in a large store located not far from there.
"A little while, hah ayu. Grandma exchanged the money first" he concluded.
Jeni nodded and waited patiently.
Shortly after, Jeni was like hearing a noise from the direction of the rice shop that had been visited by the grandmother. Anxious Jeni looked there and how surprised she was when she saw grandma had fallen on the ground with a pale face of fear, in front of her looked some thugs were threatening her with a rogue face.
"This is a wayward grandmother grandmother does not play, it's been said if the cave still wants to sell here yes pay the bail money first. It's not just paying for excuses!" snapped a thug who seemed to be the chairman while pointing at the face of the grandmother.
"Although, grandma does not have money, this money has a grandmother customer who just bought granny vegetables. Please don't hurt Grandma," she asked.
But instead of pity, the thug just went forward and heartlessly slapped the grandmother hard.
"Much bac*t!" he growled while slapping into the face of the old grandmother.
Plaaakkk
Grandma immediately fainted instantly after receiving that loud slap on her face, Jeni covered her mouth in disbelief how could the other merchants even act as if they did not want to know when the crime occurred before their eyes.
After the thugs had succeeded in taking Jeni's money from the hands of the grandmother, then it appeared that many residents and sellers there were approaching the grandmother's body and swept it to a cleaner place. Jeni asks for their help to take grandma to a nearby hospital, and she will be her guarantor.
In short, in the hospital while waiting for the grandmother to be examined. Jeni was sitting on the waiting chair, but soon a screaming voice seized her attention to turn to the main door of the hospital that looked crowded by officers pushing a patient's gurney. From her voice Jeni knew, the patient was a woman.
But his eyes immediately narrowed when he realized who the person beside the gurney was accompanying the patient.
"Bang Adam ...."
*Nb: tomorrow lebaran\, please do not ask up cepet2. The author also wants to eat ketupat heuehu\, but the author try to keep it up. Minal Aidin wal Faidzin.*