
4 Years have passed, now Laila is 6 years old and Anjani also has offspring again. The other child is a man. From a long time ago, a boy was highly anticipated by Adwi.
His name is Riki, according to the name proposed by Adwi when he wanted to name Laila while still in the womb. The birth of the boy made some residents think that he was Anjani's child from abroad.
She became pregnant after 4 months in the village. But Anjani did not care about it, he did not feel upset and the citizens also forgot about it. Indeed, the days passed felt fast, as if Anjani had just returned home.
This year, Adwi intends to nominate himself as the village chief. I don't know what possessed him, but Anjani is not sure that Adwi has a leadership spirit. Leading the household alone he is still not very clever, let alone leading one village. Her thought.
"You've been so cheap, Aa will not play in the middle of the mall again dong?" Anjani asked her husband.
"Yes, yeah, I'm not going to play the mall again. At least if there's any business."
As a lurah, Adwi should show a good attitude in order to be an example for his community. Although he did not do anything bad, but he had to stop playing in such despicable places.
Close to the election day, Adwi spread a poster showing a photo of herself. Wearing a black suit, a black peci and a red tie, like a picture of a president.
"Ahaha..I just saw Aa wear a kayak gini suit this time." Said Anjani looking at the sheet in his hand.
"When we got married, I used to do it too." Adwi said he felt ordinary.
"But that's a different A. Ahhaha..." Anjani keeps laughing and makes Adwi feel ridiculed.
"Happy gini, am I?" Adwi feels very confident.
"You do'ain, let me win on the day of the election." Adwi asked for his wife's do'a.
"Hmm. Yes A, I do'ain." Although a little doubt, but Anjani still support her husband.
The man who graduated from Junior High was easily accepted as a candidate. To run as the village head, Adwi must be a trusted person and also he must spend money for various costs of organizing his election.
The night before the election day arrived, relatives at the Anjani house including Emak and Abah. Mother also brought her father (Kakek Anjani) to come there.
Mom came with Grandpa for no other reason. In order to win the most votes, Grandpa came to help them. You could say he is like a shaman, he is an expert in glaring and likes to help people's requests.
"Wi, you want to win not later on the election?" Said Grandfather who wanted to offer his services.
"Yes, I want a cake." Answer Adwi.
"It's like taking water in a clear glass." Decree Grandpa.
Adwi thinks grandfather deliberately ordered her because he wanted to drink. Adwi also took water in a glass glass according to Grandpa's orders. Then Grandpa took the ring off his finger and put it in the water.
"Liat, the stone's on fire, right?" The grandfather who was sitting on the chair showed everyone his glass.
"This is an expensive stone, rare, you never see what you think? Grandpa's lucky, it's a stone of nemu." Grandpa's words helped make Laila gawk.
'Wahh. if the red stone is that I also like to see in the garden. Later if you go to the garden again I take ahh...'
What is meant by Laila is not agate, but grains that fall from the wood tree. He who likes to go everywhere is often also to the garden with his father. Laila thought, the seeds are also the same as the stones owned by the ancestors.
"Now you're trying to sit up here." Grandpa handed over 2 coconut shells.
"What's Cake doing?" Adwi accepted it, but he felt astonished.
"Sit down, this shell will muter itself." Grandpa's words suddenly made Adwi and Anjani not believe, as well as the others.
With doubt, the two of them sat on a shell whose pointed tip was attached to the floor. Grandfather said, the shell will spin several rounds, and if the round ends without anyone falling between them, then good luck will befall them.
Moments later Grandpa seemed focused, and after that suddenly the coconut shell that stood unbalanced was spinning slowly with an awake balance. Like a magic show, not a single rope or mover was seen moving the shell.
"Sir, is this motion?" Anjani was panicked, her heart was racing.
"You're just in it." Grandpa's speech made Anjani speechless.
Everything was clearly silent and paying attention. How could the shell turn around by supporting a load of tens of kilos? It felt strange, but finally the shell stopped without a single one falling between them.
"Well.how can this be?" Anjani breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's it, luck is on your side." Saying Grandpa.
"Now you Adwi, put these two eggs in front of the house. Tonight you have to stay awake outside the house until 12pm." Grandpa turned out the ritual wasn't finished.
"Jaudah Kek, if we're lucky don't go on anymore, I'm afraid." Anjani felt anxious, he was afraid that the action they were doing could associate with his god (musyrik).
"Say you want your husband to win? Although there is luck but not necessarily tomorrow your husband can win or not. If you do not win, the money that has been spent will be in vain." Grandpa's words made Anjani consider it.
For the nomination costs that Adwi spent is now up to 4 million. They took the money from a savings account they had saved. Anjani feels sorry if the money runs out without getting something that has been addressed.
(Note: That year has begun to modernize, the money 4 million is still equivalent to 4 million money in today's times. Only the difference, in that year mmm. arguably the year 500 candy can be 3 seeds. If now 500 candy can only get 2 seeds.)
Anjani agrees to resume the ritual. But he felt a little worried, "Mmm.. The Aa must be alone outside the Cake?"
"Company may also, provided that it is not the same Grandpa and not the same woman." Saying Grandpa.