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Special Guest...

Almost a week passed, today was Friday, when I was cleaning the kitchen after breakfast with my husband, someone knocked on our door.

I hurried to open the door, I saw my grandmother, uncle and aunt already in front of the house. I immediately greeted them one by one and let them into the house.

" Where is your husband Ni", asked my aunt,

" Bang Izal has left for his office at 8 this morning" I replied with a smile.

I let them in the guest chair. I rushed to make drinks and snacks of cakes that were already in the refrigerator we bought yesterday while shopping for kitchen needs at the market.

After I finished making drinks and snacks on the plate, I took them to the living room one by one. I sat down at the table and sat with them in the living room. We enjoyed our food and drinks while chatting.

" Bi, now who will occupy that house in Binjai?", I asked,

" The house was contracted with the son of aunty's neighbor, the child was married and had children, the house was too small in many people, the house was too small in many people, so they asked the aunt to be allowed to contract our house, the aunt allowed it for a while, but on the condition that the house be taken care of and cleaned, and the household furniture that I had stored in the barn, should not be used, even though I wanted Khadijah and her husband Raka who occupied the house, but her husband did not agree, because he works in a factory in the city of Medan" my aunt explained.

" How are you pregnant" asked my grandmother,

" Alhamdulillah healthy grandma, now it's been almost three months" I said with a smile.

" If grandma wants a break, let's take Ani to the guest room near the tv room" I said while waiting for an answer from grandma.

" Yes, let's take grandma to the room, so grandma and aunty sleep one room, and your uncle sleep in the tv room aja y" said the grandmother with a smile,

" Yes Grandma, it's up to grandma and aunty how good, because this house only has two rooms" I said while bringing grandma to the guest room.

Bags made by grandmother and aunt, brought uncle to the guest room, so as not to mess in the living room. After in the room, "Granny just rest first, I want to continue my work in the kitchen, it was not finished all" I told grandma.

" All right, finish your work in the kitchen, we'll have another conversation tonight" replied my grandmother.

I rushed to the kitchen, while my uncle and aunt were still in the living room chatting. Finished composing the dishes I had washed, I rushed to the refrigerator to prepare the cooking ingredients for lunch, especially for my husband and our special guests.

I plan to cook chicken opor, vegetable spinach stew, and sambal terasi. While she was chopping the spices, aunty came to the kitchen to see me, "Ani again what's in the busy kitchen by herself, don't you call aunty?", asked my aunt,

" It wants to cook chicken opor bi, for lunch later, all sambal terasi, without garlic, let bang Izal ga vomit if the kiss smell of garlic" I said with a smile.

" Aunty help me just let it finish quickly, later Ani soybean because of a lot of work" said my aunt,.

" No kok bi, Ani was used to his work, aunt memenin uncle in front" I said again.

" Your uncle again watching tv in the tv room, your uncle if you have watched the news on tv, can not be invited to chat at all, so the aunt bored herself, meningan here help you", my aunt said with a smile.

We cooked in the kitchen for an hour while chatting. You know that mothers talk, like to forget time, all I learn to cook good food with aunt, so that my husband loves me more.

After entering, I cleaned the cooking utensils we had used. After I stacked it in the cupboard, I rushed to the room for a short break, because pregnant I easily feel tired, if working too much. My aunt was in the tv room with my uncle.

Before Friday prayers, usually Izal bang already home from his office, maybe still on the way to home, I said in my heart.

I finally fell asleep this afternoon. I didn't know Izal had gone home and prayed Friday with his uncle to the nearest mosque from our house.

" Have you been home long bang?", I asked while eating to him, he said,

" last long, dear, this has come home from the mosque, Friday prayers with your uncle", he replied with a smile on my face.

" I overslept before I finished cooking, I prayed Dzuhur first y dear", I said hurriedly to the bathroom to clean myself and take ablution for Dzuhur prayer.

After the prayer, we went out of the room and invited our grandmothers, uncles and aunts to lunch together. We had lunch together, because we were hungry.

After cleaning the table and washing the tableware, I caught up with grandma and aunt who were sitting in the living room.

My uncle and husband were chatting on the porch.

" Assalamualaikum.", said Khadijah and her husband Raka,

" Wa alaikum greetings", answered my uncle and husband.

Hearing Khadijah's voice, I rushed to the terrace to confirm it, it was true that it was Khadijah's sister and Raka, her husband.

" Bi..!, Brother Khadijah came", I called to the aunt, and the aunt immediately followed us to the terrace, and the grandmother also came to see us.

" It's good that the new bride has arrived, so the atmosphere of the house is getting crowded" I said happily, and they smiled at my words.

We immediately went inside the house and sat in the living room, while the men sat on the porch chatting.

I rushed to the kitchen to make drinks and snacks for us and the men on the porch.

"Where are the circumstances of Khadijah kak bang Raka?", ask me curious,

" Thank God be well deck, bang Raka's family welcomed me well" replied Khadijah with a smile on us.

" Thank God, then, I hope your household is happy always" my grandmother said chimed in.

For a few hours we chatted, and we prayed ashar alternately. At exactly 5 pm, brother Khadijah and bang Raka said goodbye to go home to them, and we drove them to the terrace of the house, because the distance of our house was not too far, because the distance was not too far, they go home on foot.

This afternoon, we were chatting on the porch of the house,

" What time does the graduation start this Sunday?", asked my uncle,

"At the latest at 8 am, we must arrive at the graduation venue so as not to be late uncle" I said.

" That means, Ani is a Biology scholar now, what are the future plans?", asked my uncle again, asking,

" I'm up to bang Izal, if I want to be a housewife or a woman who has a career, it all depends on the idzin of the Izal bang" I said with confidence.

Seriate....

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