See You Tonight
Chapter 96: Father's Friend
After walking quite a distance, I finally stopped at a minimarket to rest and buy a drink and some snacks. I sat in the front seat of the minimarket while enjoying the drinks and snacks I just bought. While looking at the people who were passing by on the street.
"Excuse me bang, can I have a drink?" suddenly a person who was a bit fat and aged maybe a few years above me, came to me while carrying a large backpack. His face was slightly pale, and his lips were somewhat dry.
"For what?" ask me.
"To drink bang. I didn't eat the same as not drinking a bang. Actually I'm not a real person here bang. I just came to this town last night to find a job, but all my mediocre supplies are up on the way from my hometown to here bang," he said with a slightly trembling voice. From the way he spoke and his accent, it did not sound from this city. It seemed like this young man was from a different island.
"Oh then my brother mending buy a drink that has just bought the same food. Here I have a little money, hopefully enough to eat," I said while giving a sheet of 50 thousands.
"Is this really bang? It's a lot of loh bang," The young man seemed to be in disbelief with what I wanted to give just now.
"Surely, make a brother," I said again.
"Thank you very much, thank you very much. Yes, I said yes bang, you want to find food first," the young man then immediately left with a happy face.
The cloud is becoming increasingly. The sounds from the sky started to sound. After finishing my drink, I will walk straight home.
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At 11:00, as I was walking towards the house, it finally rained before me. I am also now taking shelter in the front role of a small kiosk. I took shelter with some people who also didn't seem to carry umbrellas or rain coats like me. Not too much, maybe about 4 people only.2 of them look like a couple who were traveling on a motorcycle, the first two lovers were traveling on a motorcycle, but it suddenly rained and finally ended up taking shelter in this store with me and the others.
Those lovers might be college kids or something. The man was taller than me by a few centimeters. While the woman seems to have a height that is not much different from Cindy. If there is a difference, it may be only 1-3 cm.
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It has been about 10 minutes we took shelter in front of this small kiosk. Instead of easing up, the rain even looks more swift. Although everyone here who was waiting for the rain to subside looked calm and silent, but from the look of their faces emanated the desire for the rain to subside immediately or even stop. Unfortunately, maybe the sky can't hear their inner voice, the sky is still too far away to be able to hear their voice, or it could be, their voice is too slow so that the sky does not ignore them at all.
The branches of the tree look to sway quite strongly. The wind was blowing strong enough for now. The streets that had been crowded, now slowly began to be quiet and even empty. All that remained were the leaves and twigs that fell into the streets.
The strong wind occasionally brought rain and soaked us. The coldness of being exposed to splashes of rain water is very pronounced. It may be colder than water in general. I don't know, maybe it's just my feeling or something.
The rain is not going to stop in a short time. I don't know what to do to wait unless I stand and stay here.
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Finally after about 40 minutes, the rain finally began to subside. Now what remains falls from the sky "only" small specks that do not get too wet. The money people from earlier were waiting, now immediately scattered to leave the role of this kiosk. Now all that's left is me standing here.
I sat in one of the available chairs. Actually, maybe the chair I'm sitting on right now is reserved for customers who come to this HP pulse kiosk and equipment. I also feel a little bad sitting in this chair, but how else, my legs have started to feel sore after standing for quite a long time.
"Will you wait until the drizzle stops completely?" suddenly the stallkeeper asked me.
"Oh no sir, wait for the sidewalk not to hit the water first," I replied while looking and throwing a thin smile at the stall keeper.
"Oh yeah, where's the plan going from here?" ask the guard at the pulse kiosk again.
"You go straight home, sir" I replied.
"What area is his home deck?" ask the stallkeeper again.
"In the area of Rambutan street sir, next to the Lili florist," I replied.
"Lili flower shop? You live next to him? Then you know the late Mr Kurniawan?" ask him who now looks more enthusiastic.
"Oh know sir, it's my late father himself" I replied again.
"You're the son of the deceased Mr. Kurniawan? Well you're already big. I was Mr. Ramlan, a close friend of your late father. The last time I met you it was like that time you were a child, now it is big huh hahaha. Time passes very quickly.
I was a little surprised to find out that this stallkeeper father was a friend of my father's. Yes indeed at that time, the people who mourned when father died were relatively many, I might not remember too much every face that came. Anyway, I was a kid at the time.
I then just smiled wider in response to that sentence. I really don't know how to respond to it. So, maybe smiling is the best path for now.
"How's your mother doing? Be okay? I used to hear that after your father died, your mother then opened a new flower shop next to the house" he added.
"Oh so sir, means you know pretty close well with my late father?" ask me.
"Yes, you could say so. In the past, your father was, if you buy a pulse must be here. Although it does not always come here when buying, your father usually buys via SMS, then later pay it new here as well as casual conversation," he said again.
"That's so sir... I just found out" I said again.
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