The Ark of Love Nurmala

Mother Message

Aldi and Mr. Sardi continued to talk while Lila prepared dinner. Dad gave a lot of criticism sometimes his voice sounded loudly berating Aldi, if so Aldi chose to quietly listen.

This son and father from the past were not very suitable in terms of thinking, Aldi was closer to his mother. One of the things that made Aldi leave without saying goodbye was his father's ban on wandering. Aldi was asked to work on his rice fields while he preferred to do business.

"Food is ready sir, let's Mas, we're eating!" pinta Lila after arranging her cooking on the dining table.

Aldi guided his father to the dining room. Simple food has been served, Aldi who feels very hungry immediately eat the food.

"When did you go back to Bandung?" ask Mr. Sardi between his meals.

"Father, Mas Aldi has just come to be asked when will he come home?" argue Lila.

"It's okay, I just pity his wife if you have to wait a long time" said Mr. Sardi while taking the side dish in front of him. Aldi fell silent, there was a longing in his heart when he remembered Nurmala. His heart was wanting to go home soon, the shadow of Nurmala's smile suddenly flashed through his mind. Aldi just kept quiet around his heart.

That night Aldi slept in the room that used to be his place. Nothing has changed, not even a Bob Marley poster is plastered. Aldi was breaking down, a sense of bitter creeping in the recesses of his heart, but there was nothing he could do but let go of the broken hope of seeing the smile of a mother who loved him so much.

The next morning Aldi asked Lila to take a pilgrimage to the tomb. Through the path of the two brothers walked towards the tomb while carrying flowers, water jugs and a small mat.

Aldi and Lila held a mat, while reciting the pilgrimage prayer Aldi sprinkled flowers and doused the navel. Then they sat down cross-legged reading Yasin's letter. Long enough Aldi sat down, conversing with his feelings, hoping that the sin to his mother could be forgiven. Aldi did not want to move from his mother's side.

"Mas, let's go home, pity you waited a long time!" lila Pinta. Aldi thought of his father alone at home. He stood up immediately.

"Mom, we're saying goodbye! Assalamualaikum yes gravedigger" Aldi said before leaving the cemetery.

They walk back.

"Mother, am I not beautiful?" lila asked, making Aldi smile to hear it.

"Hehe, it's beautiful that your Masmu is handsome!"

"Yeee pede once! I really want to see Ma'am, what's Mas's name?"

"Nurmala!"

"Emmm, what a pretty name!" lila said while swinging the jug in her hand. Lila kept asking about Nurmala. Apparently he was very curious about the story of Aldi who was willing to find five million (Fifty million money now) for Nurmala's mother.

"How attractive is he, so much so that Masku is crazy?!" muttered Lila, Aldi laughed at his sister's speech.

"Love is not just because of Lila's physique, sometimes there is a power that you cannot control with logic!" said Aldi.

"Oh yeah?? how exquisite?" cletuk Lila who was sitting in the second grade of High School. Aldi nodded, smiling as he stroked his sister's hair.

They reached home, Aldi washed his feet and hands and entered the house to meet his Father who was sitting in the middle room chair while watching the news on his black and white TV.

"Assynnya!" Aldi greeted, Mr. Sardi replied with a smile.

"Greetings, how is your mother?"

"The tomb is clean sir!"

"Your mother's all night coming!"

"coming? Where's Mr?" Aldi was astonished by his father's words, his mother's mind appearing as an apparition.

"In a dream, but it has made my longing for a healed father Al, happy father!" mr. Sardi's smile expands, the cloudy face that Aldi saw last night now turned cheerful, he looked so fresh.

"What did your mother say, sir?"

"Your mother said nothing just giving us a ring that used to be our first wedding anniversary gift!"

Aldi's heart rippled, because the ring was a jewelry that Aldi had stolen from his mother. Aldi thought that the ring should be handed to his father. Aldi went into the room and took the three rings from his bag.

"This is the ring, sir!" Aldi put it on the table.

"No, there are three Als, isn't your mother's ring just one?"

'"Well thank you, may your efforts improve Al!"

"Amin sir, God willing, I'll be back in the afternoon sir!"

"Emmm, yeah! When are you going to introduce your wife to this family?"

"If there's no obstruction soon it'll bring Nurmala here!"

Mr. Sardi mustard to hear the words of his son.

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Since then Nihaya who accompanied Nurmala was a little confused because Nurmala was vomiting in the bathroom, she staggered out of the bathroom.

"Are you pregnant, Nur?" ask Nihaya.

"I don't know Niha!" nurmala answered softly as she walked towards the room.

"Rest me, I'll make you some warm water!" pinta Nihaya while stroking her stomach which has started to bulge. Nurmala. Nihaya hurriedly warmed the water on the stove.

"Assynnya!" a woman's voice was heard greeting from the front door. Nihaya hurried to open it.

"Waalikum hail! Pakde, bude, how come you don't want to come?" Samsudin and Samira come to Nurmala's house.

"Where are Nurmala and Aldi, how are you here Niha?" samira asked while carrying her bag. Samsudin brought cassava into Nurmala's kitchen.

"Nurmala's in Bude's room, not feeling well anymore!" Said Nihaya, who then Nurmala emerged from behind the room mosquito net, her face looking pale. Nurmala sat in the living room joined by her parents, Nihaya returned to the back.

"You're vomiting? head dizzy, your body lemes? maybe you're pregnant Nur!" Samira flocked Nurmala with a question with an excited expression.

"No idea, a week ago nur got caught!" nurmala answered while holding her head.

"Well, who knows, check with Nur's midwife!" ma'am Samira's orders. Nurmala just silently did not answer the words of her mother, she just leaned her weak body.

Nihaya came out with four cups of tea.

"See Nur, Nihaya is already pregnant!, how many months has Niha been?" ask Samira.

"Six months of Bude!" he answered while lowering the cup.

"Say I don't want to be called Grandma yet?" Samsudin Clettuk.

"Yes, it's just that the others have grandchildren cook I don't sir, but later I don't want to be called Mbah, or grandma!" samira said that was responded to funny by people around him.

"Hehehe, who do you call Bude?" Nihaya curious.

"Yes, could it be Mom or Oma that's Niha!" Samira smiled confidently, Nurmala who was leaning on the chair smiled at the behavior of her mother who was still seduced.

"You rest in Nur's room, let me accompany Bude here!" nihaya Pinta. Then Nurmala stood with her Father's guidance to the room.

"Aldi where is Niha?" ask Samira.

"Still back to Kediri Bude!"

"To Kediri? his wife wasn't even invited?" Samira was astonished by Aldi's attitude. During this time Nurmala's father and mother did not understand the past Aldi.

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