Special Journey

Episode 62

"Do you want to go for a walk or do you want to go home?" after leaving the TPU neighborhood, there was still a sense of sadness, I don't know what I was thinking. Even though I know I have something wrong, suddenly, it would have been great if Father and Mother Bang Yusuf were still around I was sure that they would love me as well as Bang Yusuf and the family of today, Papi... Mommy and Nissa.

May Allah allow me to meet them in a dream.

"So Brother!"

"Why is his face so sad?"

"No, not sad either."

"Raclut? Let's just go home, shall we?"

"Lho said he wanted to visit the house of another brother's family, how come home anyway?"

"I'm going for a walk."

"Then I asked my dear! I'm afraid you're tired."

"Yes, bring it somewhere. But far enough, you're not tired, are you?"

"Yes, no papa."

Living in a rural environment is no shame, it seems like I like it. Aside from the fresher air, here it turns out there are also many rice fields, so remember first... When he was a child often invited Dad home to the village, the fourth from Dad, the majority of the population has*umo.

Umo is almost the same as rice fields, utilizing forest land, then crowded into Umo, gathered and gotong royong in planting rice.

If there is only rice paddy field, Umo field in addition to planting rice, in Umo can also grow other crops, such as chili, kesek, kesek etc*.

But unfortunately... Now the countryside Dad's been very hard to find Umo.

According to Dad, now all the forests are almost completely replaced with oil palm plantations.

So, to get the rice from the Umo result is really already difficult. Though the rice from the results of Umo is amazing taste, its fragrant smell and soft texture, and it tastes very good. Too bad I might never feel it again.

"Darling!"

"Eh! Oh my God, surprise Bang." When Bang Yusuf's hand squeezed the back of my hand.

"Why did you ask just silence? What else do you think?"

"Ask what Bang?"

"I can't hear. I asked my wife what would she want for lunch? Later there is no food sales usually, so we just bring food from here."

"Oh... Hehe sorry dear."

"I don't know what food is here, Hm... It's up to Brother. Eating anything doesn't matter, just like you."

"Have started to be smart to compete now, huh?"

"What does my nose coel like?"

"Too bad about it."

"Yes to depth. What a metaphor to say!"

"Haha..."

"Think what the hell, you call not hear?" sounds serious.

"Think nothing, just remember childhood, while still living in the village," I smiled a little as if looking at the scenery in the village first.

"When I was a kid, I loved going to the farm with my grandmother, when I was in the village it was called Umo."

"Young?" Bang Yusuf's forehead is slightly wrinkled.

"What's that?"

"Almost the same as this rice field, planted rice as well, the difference... If Umo planted in the land, and can grow a variety of other vegetables, Chili for example."

"Oh yeah?"

"Indeed, you can plant rice without water, you mean Abang other than under the rice field?"

"Can dong! Rice crops are also delicious, unfortunately now Dad said it's very difficult to find Umo village."

"Why?" Bang Yusuf looked curious again. He asked with a full of enthusiasm.

"Soalnya now there is no more land that can be made Umo, already almost 90% of our villages used to be planted with oil palm."

"If now said Father, everywhere oil palm plantations." There is a sense of disappointment in this, because Dad said he almost did not experience the remaining jungle forest, everywhere that found oil palm.

"Sadly dong, can oil palm damage the environment and forests?"

"Hm... I don't know what I am. But it looks like the oil palm that has been planted the land is no longer fertile."

"Will God if there is time we take Dad to the village. There are still some of our relatives who live in the village." I smiled at Bang Yusuf. Just thinking about going home makes me happy enough.

"Wait a minute, I'll eat first."

After some time Bang Yusuf opposed two plastic rice packs, complete with drinking water.

Not much to say, I was just amazed to see this countryside, residents who are still quite a lot of back and forth on foot. Come to think of this village is not including a village whose citizens are less able, but all the way today residents here still look like walking. MashayAllah...

"Here the citizens are still many who walk yes Bang, do not make the vehicle as an option in the move."

"Yes quite a lot, but this is only a small part, yes Most people who are quite old who walk, that's also if it's down near the village."

"If teenagers and young people are not, even now more and more have private cars."

"Oh yeah?"

"But how come I've seen so many people still walking?"

"But it's true, too, that I see most who are quite old."

"Still far away Bang?"

"Lumayan."

"It's really a good place, isn't it?"

"Later you'll see for yourself."

Hearing Bang Yusuf's reply I was impatient, hopefully really good.

"The road is pretty ugly, Bang! This is a tourist spot."

"Where do you know this is a tourist spot?" bang Yusuf's smile was very unpleasant to see.

"Hm... Did you say you wanted to take me to a tourist spot? Take a walk."

"Hehehe... Yes, see it later. Patience dear."

"The road is indeed quite ugly, because it has been destroyed and not repaired and treated again, but soon enough, at least 50 meters, it will be good again."

"It's starting to be good again." Bang Yusuf pointed at the end of the road. Justjust right... From a distance there is no visible puddle of water in the hole in the middle of the road.

"Kok quit?" After arriving at the end of the road, the condition looks better.

"Let's get down."

Without asking much more, I immediately followed Bang Joseph down.

"It's hold."

"Kok brought Bang?" I stared in wonder at the plastic bag that Bang Yusuf had brought.

"Would we eat here?" Without answering Bang Yusuf took back the two sizable plastic bags, there was rice wrap, drinking water and a snack in it.

"It's not lunch hour yet Bang." Still without an answer, I also continued to follow in the footsteps of Bang Yusuf.

"Abangs... Ih, I was asked to be quiet. Unchangeable. The cue is reduced oruh." With a slight quickening step I grabbed his arm.

"We've reached our destination, but... We have to walk again, the car can't be taken to where we're headed."

"That's good to answer." Hearing my protest, Bang Yusuf simply smiled.

"How long is the road?"

"It's still far away?"

"What's the more here you're the more chatty ya!"

"Just ask Bang, don't I know."

"It's still good, it's about thirty minutes."

"WHAT? 30 MINUTES?" when I stopped my steps, Bang Yusuf said thirty minutes to walk without feeling sorry for me.

"Did it stop there?"

"Isn't he strong?"

"You want a big brother?" With a sinless smile Bang Yusuf even teased me.

"Bag a heart!"

"Don't tell me anyway?"

"Nih look... " I raised my right leg.

"I wear my sandals a little high. Where are the rocks again."

" Haha... " Bang Yusuf turned back and pulled my hand.

"You want a big brother?"

"Come ah... Hunting, as good as the place, so that it makes me go all the way."

"Here is my brother!"

" Ouch... Terdaru Dedek Bang, here plastic one let adek help." I grabbed a plastic bag from Bang Yusuf's hand, obviously I knew the plastic bag was heavy because it contained several bottles of mineral water.

"MashaAllah... Like Brother if you say adek that, more GEMES Brother."

"MashaAllah... Thank you Brother! May my nose run forward like a brother if every day pulled continues."

"Don't ngarep... Expiry already. Can't go any further, let's go hunting." MashayAllah... This loss of fatigue.

Justjust right... Half an hour's drive I heard water splashing.

"Well the sound of water Bang?" all I asked was silence while smiling.

"MashaAllah... It's a beautiful bang." MashayAllah... This is really beautiful, from here you can also see the expanse of rice fields that begin to turn yellow there is also a green that stretches wide, plus indeed a cold atmosphere, and the sound of splashing water showers.

"So hungry is me." After a pretty tiring journey I was really hungry, but my fatigue paid off with this beautiful sight.

"Eat first. We'll go downstairs."

"That'll be one and two Bang." I sat down to face Bang Yusuf.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Abang didn't tell me to come here, just try to know, I can bring a change of clothes. You can shower here."

"Shower what?"

"Ngaco you." Slowly Bang Yusuf began to chew.

"Feel camping ya Bang." I eat rice wrap, it feels good... Tasty.

"Mommy Words... In the early days of losing Brother's parents, Brother liked to be invited to play here, before he moved to the City." Bang Yusuf's eyes looked far away.

"Has right, in my memory, I think my brother likes to play here."

"Said Mami if Abang nangis want to meet Mom, Mami always bring Brother here, Brother so happy again."

"Until now when you come back here, you almost never forget you are always here. Alhamdulillahot... Now here is a friend, a beautiful woman. Mashay Allah."

"From earlier, Abang also mulegombal. It feels so beautiful this place." I slowly sipped the mineral water in front of me.

"Hehehe..."

"Why did you eat it?"

"Father, you eat a lot. You who need extra energy to be able to keep nemenin Abang."

"I'll be fat again." One pack both feels better.

"There's a bang mushola?"

"Nothing, we will pray at home. Not late."

"We can pray here too, I bring prayer equipment, I want to stay here for the afternoon."

"She wants to be invited?"

"Tomorrow."

"Later one o'clock we'll be home. Afternoon take the road again."

"Here it is."

"It's delicious, Bang. Calm... Not in town." I sat beside Bang Yusuf with my legs dangled, the cold water of this river made me more relaxed.

"Wherever we stay we must be grateful, wherever God dwells therein all the good that God has planned for us."

"If you feel this is beautiful, don't just enjoy the beauty, but take the wisdom and the lesson."

"meaning?"

"With all this beauty, it proves that God loves something beautiful, everything that is visible belongs to God,"

"Many lessons we can take, for example again... We must be more and more convinced that God really exists, believing in the pillars of faith."

"MashaAllah... One more thing that makes me even more sure God is good,"

"What?"

"God send a man who is also good to me, who is sholeh, well, handsome... Complete package."

"It can be you." Bang Yusuf increasingly tightened his embrace not forgetting one kiss for sure.

MashayAllah... Getting married is really beautiful, what else is marrying the right person.

"If the time off and like the big days here cumup crowded, from the villages next door also come here."

"Oh yeah?" I rubbed my face and looked at my husband's handsome face. Oh Allah... Really handsome.

"Don't look at that brother,"

"No problem dong, enjoy the beauty of the creation of another God." I looked at Bang Yusuf more and more closely.

"The smarter you get here, the smarter you are."

"Just like you know, I usually like to be shy with people."

"Eh... Same people? Who's person?"

"Yes the same people! Men especially."

"You mean you open people? Not a man either?"

"Hehe... "

" Bang! Ih... Wet, don't flush or shit."

"Let's get wet."

"Don't bring me a change of clothes." I tried to avoid the splash of water that Joseph sprinkled towards me.

"MashaAllah... The new bride, Neng?"

"Message very."

"Eh... The father!"

"Sorry sir, follow up so wet my husband does not squirm there is a father like it." Bang Yusuf immediately stopped and approached me and the Father who suddenly fell behind me.

"Assynoltom... Miss, how are you?"

"Wa'alaikumussalam's chat... Who did you think it was."

"This is his wife?"

"Yes Mr. Lady, Thank God love is beautiful, beautiful outside in thanksdulillah." Hearing Bang Yusuf's praise I was only able to smile wryly withstanding the shame, Mr Miss? My forehead suddenly wrinkled, Bang Yusuf must have known.

"This is Mr. Cik, whose rice fields are across there, the village where Mr. Ngah is also."

"Assalamualaikum, Mr. Miss." I folded my hands together as a greeting and courtesy.

"Yes Wa'alaikumussalam."

"Continue, sorry Mr. Cik has disturbed your romance."

"Assalamualaikum." The man whose turtle was more middle-aged stepped away with a hoe on his shoulder.

"Kasian Bang, it's old but still hard work." My vision drove the man away with pity.

"Working down with a hoe does not mean working hard and not being able to, Fah."

"I mean Brother?" I followed Bang Yusuf sitting with great assistance by the river.

"Yes... He means Brother, not everyone who looks to work hard, is a person who is not capable. Especially to insult."

"Yes Allah... Na'uzubillah! I don't have the slightest intention of insulting you, did you say that?"

"Cock pouting? Don't pout! Soon get old, besides Brother did not say you were insulting. I believe you're a gentle woman and good at keeping people's feelings."

"Just give me an example."

"Cirain told me."

"You didn't?"

"Don't know. Hehe."

"Anything's not done yet."

"That's it well, again like my nose pull."

"GEMES is like your nose that is sharp."

"Yes on..." I nodded, "the uncle was including the people, he is retired TNI, because he used to work... So after retirement he routinely down, not because of lack, but indeed a hobby. He is also very good, loves to share. His children are also successful."

" Oh... MasyaAllah, it is fitting that he still looks strong and healthy, Bang." I subconsciously looked towards the father just disappeared.