SEBERANG VILLAGE

Chapter 19 - Grandpa?

A cold night with heavy rain outside, snatching makes no other sound heard due to the resulting rumbling. Bertan pensively on the chair while evaporating instant noodles into his mouth, fried tempe was presented in front of him. And right in front of him Dekka also ate his noodles, enjoying every mouthful of noodles that went into their mouths.

The style they did was the same, with one of the legs rising as a fist that would feed the noodles into the mouth. The fried tempe was taken as a complementary side dish, they both listened to the same thing. That is a postcast that tells about the horror of several people who are made into one in one channel. I don't know since when, they became fond of horror shows like that, especially for postcast.

Lightning and rumbling sounds outside add to the sensation of horror, although sometimes they cannot hear clearly what is being said. This time they listened to a podcast about horror climbing, Dekka asked for it. Suppose Dekka gives to respond to podcasts that have already reached *******. One last mouthful went into his mouth, and Dekka finally took another one of the fried tempeh for his.

One sip of water he did while continuing to listen to the story that was almost over, then Bertan also took a sip of water. The story ends with one of their friends eventually dying, much to the pity of his fate. The fried tempeh on the plate is no longer left, all the ludes are eaten by the two who are only able to rest after a day ago around the city to find corn and cassava seeds.

Yesterday Bertan told me that in fact they have a legacy of plantation land that is divided for the two of them. And Dekka suggests planting the land with cassava and corn that can be used for daily food or sold later. Bert nodded in agreement, and Dekka was more educated than he was.

Not yet they had time to survey the location located quite far from home, the rain had fallen and forced them to stay there. Bertan got up, following Dekka who brought dirty dishes to wash in the kitchen. He rearranged the plates in the shelf, then they continued their steps to return to the living room.

"De, what if something later related to the incident in this village makes one of us die?"

Berdan's question suddenly made Dekka look surprised, what the he asked suddenly like this. Dekka shrugged his shoulders, he did not have the right answer to that question. Because he was also afraid of something that would happen to them. But as much as possible he as a big brother will make the atmosphere safe for them.

"Lo don't have to think macem-macem, mending we try to go to grandfather's room, you say there are things you want to point, right?" ask Dekka.

Bertan patted his eel, gosh he forgot about it. He finally nodded then took Dekka away with him towards the grandfather's room which was next to theirs. This is also Grandma's room, but when she checked out a few weeks ago Bertan forgot something. So it was only that day because she remembered, she wanted to show her to Dekka.

"First, grandfather also liked gardening, said grandma. So he often nyimpen some writing about gardening tips, maybe we mean we can learn from his writing. In addition, there are some grandfather records that you might be able to see," said Bertan.

Grandfather's room was open, the dust was still the same in their sense of smell. Obviously because they had not been able to clear the place the week before. Bertan opened a drawer, took out two piles of books containing gardening notes. He handed over one of the books on Dekka which was immediately opened. Benars aja, in it a lot of writing about how to grow crops on plantations. It seems like grandfather used to have a hobby of gardening.

'There's a lot of danger here, it's because of them.'

It was written, Dekka finally continued to turn the page until he finally saw the writings on the next page. Many writings that Dekka did not understand, but some can Dekka read. One of them is about the descendants of grandfather who bore the problem, also about the apologies that grandfather said to his descendants. Dekka frowned, wanting to read further but the last page was just blank paper without writing.

"What does this mean?" ask Dekka.

Bertan saw it, displaying the writing that Dekka had read. Bertan was also equally surprised, before he only saw some writing in the form of pieces of paper that were out of nowhere now, but this he had only seen. He then handed Dekka another book, telling Dekka to read it as well. There may also be something strange, because Bertan is very lazy to read all the pages.

Just as before, one by one the pages were opened slowly by Dekka, repeatedly reading the same sentence to make sure there was something strange or not. The book he now reads contains about some events that grandfather had passed, such as when he was a child and also when there was a struggle for women in Seberang Village in the past. Dekka chuckled, feeling funny with what was read made Bertan curious and read the same thing.

The two of them ended up reading together, until on one of the blank sheets a photo fell. Dekka took the photo, saw what was there. His body immediately stiffened, his fur stood up and he goosebumps instantly. She held her breath for a moment, my God in the photo. The three men in the photo, one of whom Dekka had seen in another form before. His hand was raised, pointing at one of the people in the photo.

"Who is this?"

"That's stupid grandpa, who else." Bertan was upset.

Again Dekka was silent, meaning that the figure that meant all this time could only be seen by him was grandfather? Then why was he the only one who saw, and why was grandfather just watching him without saying anything. What really happened, why did Dekka feel any more awkwardness here?

"The grandfather I saw was my own grandfather, Bertan."

"HUH"