
Towards Eid al-Fitr, Rika, her son Adwi must always come home. And this time he came with his aunt again. At that time Adwi was not at home, but he was called and immediately went home.
"Well, where are you going to go to school?" Tanya Adwi, considering Rika's one generation with Laila. Laila is already in 6th grade of Elementary School, and she will soon graduate from her school.
"I won't go to school, sir, there's no charge. But gapapa really, I want to work so you can give Mama money." Answer Rica.
Poor kid, surely the economy is not okay right now. Adwi knows that Rika's mother is not a person, she salutes because this one child remains strong and instead builds a motivation.
Having compassion alone is not enough, if Adwi has a smooth sustenance, he will certainly not let such a small child break school.
'What the hell? That means nyindir let A Adwi persecute him?'
Anjani was annoyed, it could be that such a small child was already good at stringing words.
"Where do you want to work? You just want to graduate from SD, don't work, just stay at home."
"No idea sir, hehe."
Shortly after that they say goodbye, but before they go home Adwi gives Rika money of 500 thousand rupiah for clothes and supplies of Eid. He had understood for himself the purpose of his son coming here.
"A why is her love so great? We haven't bought any lebaran clothes either."
After the two left, Anjani made a sound. He felt unacceptable, even though the money was money piggy bank deliberately saved to buy clothes Lebaran.
"What are you not kasian? Look, Laila can still continue school, while she just graduated from Elementary School. The present time where there are parents who only nyekolahin their children to SD, let alone women."
Anjani is made not warty, he is not willing to give that much money to people who are not relatives at all. But because Rika was still a child and did not have a father, she finally considered what Adwi gave as charity.
Before Lebaran also Laila always went to the house of Mother, she enjoyed her holiday there without the need to be accompanied by Anjani.
There he felt at home, he felt pampered. What he wants is always obeyed by his mother and his brother. Indri who is her aunt also indulges Laila.
Indri has grown up, now he is 20 years old and has married people who are still alive. Mali is a friend of Anjani. Anjani remembered that he was often betrothed to Mali, but now Mali even became his sister-in-law.
Already 2 years Indri married but until now he is still not blessed with a child. Though he did not take the KB program at all, but the signs of pregnancy have never appeared at all.
At home, Mom only takes care of Dimas, Laila gets along with Dimas, unlike when he was with Riki.
"Sir, I if the school is given a salary of only a thousand, I am already 6th grade in a thousand? My friends also every day his snacks are 3 thousand, 5 thousand."
Laila deliberately spoke like that, she knew Mom would defend herself later in front of Anjani. There Laila always tells the experience of not wearing it to Mother, Laila feels Mother is the most understanding about her.
"This is for your snacks, yes, for your sisters too. The money should not be given to Mamah and then be made again. Make you 30, make Riki 15, make Rara 10 thousand "
Laila kept it carefully, the plan she would put the money in her piggy bank.
Laila was sent home by Abah and Mom. Adwi and Anjani can not pick up, they bother with children because they can only ride a motorcycle.
That afternoon Adwi was not at home, did not know where because Adwi often went without talking and as usual Mother began to reproach again.
"Your son is not taken care of Tea? Every day there are only a thousand? If there is not the era of the thousand snacks, kasian Laila, pantesan aja his body is getting smaller. Teteh know itself was when Laila was taken care of the same mother body also bongsor, eh since here Laila even kayak malnourished." Said Mom cynical.
"Aja aja Mak, any snack will not make full, mending also eat rice."
Anjani just said softly, he felt pain when he heard the words of Mother, himself as if he was seen as not being able to take care of his own child. Anjani knows, Laila must have complained to Mom.
Laila who heard that grinned thinly, she did not expect her allowance to go up, she just wanted her mother to pay more attention to her.
"Well, I'd like to go to the pesantren."
Laila did not want to continue formal education, she thought the middle realm was not suitable for her. But actually Laila was a little insecure, because of her below average stature, she was afraid of getting bullied.
Laila knew the pesantren must be inhabited by civilized and religious people. In his shadow he will live in harmony with others regardless of form or caste. In addition, Laila aspires to become a njai teacher, therefore she thinks she must explore the science of religion.
However, Anjani does not allow it, he is worried because he cannot monitor his son closely.
"Why? Later in the pesantren if you want to eat you have to cook yourself."
"Father, I can cook." Laila often helps her mother.
"But then how will you not eat? If you're sick, who's taking care of you?"
"I want to be independent Mah."
"It's good that your child wants him to go to Teh pesantren, that's permissible." Timpal.
"You went to school in Tsanawiyah, and there was also a lot of religious knowledge."
Anjani still does not allow. After a long debate, Laila also complied and was forced to prepare mentally to take a formal education. His pocket money now rose to 5 thousand, he was also given a fee of 2 thousand to go back and forth on an angkot.
But since Laila came out of SD, Riki's pocket money which was only a thousand has now risen to 2 thousand and sometimes 3 thousand.
Laila felt unfair, in the past when her pocket money SD never went up. But when complaining to Anjani, Anjani said that the pocket money of a thousand is no longer dated. Laila was annoyed with her mother, especially to Riki, but from the first snack prices still remain the same until now.