The Ark of Love Nurmala

Besan meeting

The sun began to lean, Bu Samira called when he entered the city of Bandung. Aldi swiped the car ready to pick up at the terminal.

"You don't have to go with Nur, just rest in the room!" pinta Aldi, according to Nurmala, he chose to tidy up the room that his parents would occupy.

"I'm leaving Nur, scared first!" aldi's voice came from a distance. Nurmala came out waving "Yes Kang, be careful!"

Aldi's car out of the yard, the shadow is no longer visible from Nurmala's view.

"Assalamualaikum bude Nur!" Rudi and his family emerged from the gate. Asti who was in the front porch had already shouted to Nurmala.

"Hey, pretty greetings waalikum!" Nurmala greeted him at the door. Asti rushes down from the motorbike shaking hands with Nurmala.

"Bude, I want a baby sister!" chirping

"Waah seneng dong, just love your sister, Asti asked again mama!?" nurmala.

"No need ah, bude make it yourself!" cletuk Asti makes Nurmala more nervous with his nephew.

"Oh, that's it!" pinch cheeks Asti.

"Asti, take off the jacket baby!" nihaya Pinta. Nurmala glanced at Nihaya's stomach which had already been seen starting to bulge.

"Where's Aldi?" ask Rudi.

"Fetch Ibuk to the terminal!" answer Nurmala.

"You're healthy, Nur?" nihaya asked as Nurmala's gaze fell on her. Nurmala said she was healthier while walking towards the kitchen door.

"Mok Jum, please make some tea!" nurmala Pinta. "What do you want to drink, baby?" ask when Asti followed in his footsteps.

"Bude got no ice cream?" ask Asti spoiled.

"Waduuh, bude don't have, how about we make iced oranges?" persuade Nurmala, Asti nodded.

Tin..Tin

"Horee, Aldi's father is coming!" Asti rushed out of the room followed by Nurmala. Ms. Samira and Mr. Samsudin came down, all welcoming.

"Your stomach is big again Niha? How many months has it been?" ask Samira.

"Lake in five months Bude" Nihaya replied as she stroked her stomach. Nurmala could only be bowed when Samira's gaze was fixed on her.

"Assalamualaikum Buk, sir!" Nurmala. Aldi brought his in-laws bag into the guest room.

"Say you're sick, Nur?" ask Samira Ma'am.

"Have a Buk!" answer Nurmala. They walked to the living room. Mpok Jum took out cups of tea and coffee according to Nurmala's order.

"Since when have you had Nur's maid?" asked Samira when she saw Mpok Jum.

"Only temporarily during Nur's illness Buk!" nurmala said, Samira mangosteen.

"It is better that you have a maid Nur, so do not be tired and quickly have a baby, Niha alone is almost two Nur!" Nurmala could only smile bitterly at her mother's words.

"Hehe is Buk, but if Nur's many idle saturated, all body aches!" nurmala. They kept chatting, the day was approaching the afternoon. Rudi and Nihaya ask themselves to go home. Nurmala's house looked lonely again. Mr. Samira and Mr. Samsudin chose to rest in the room.

"I picked you up at the terminal" Pamit Aldi took his car keys. Nurmala agreed with one message of caution.

Aldi's car left the yard.

The three of them are welcome to sit in the living room. Mr. Samsudin and Ms. Samira came out to greet each other and get acquainted.

Ms. Samira stared repeatedly at Mr. Sardi, he felt familiar with the face, but forgot where he had known a man who now looked aged. Mr. Sardi just smiled to see the woman he had loved while wandering in West Java. Although clapping one hand, but Mr. Sardi did not remove the face completely.

"It turns out the world is very narrow, I used to work in a tea factory and had previously known the family of Bu Samira and Mr. Samsudin" said Mr. Sardi in the midst of their introduction.

"Haha, right Mr. Sardi, after 8 years of children's marriage, only today we meet, and it turns out we already have nostalgia before!" mr. Samsudin said.

Samira smiled faintly by showing his teeth, now he can remember it turns out that Aldi's father was a young man who had once hunted his love but he refused on the grounds of Mr. Sardi a young man who was not yet clear his future.

"Excuse me, I'll go back!" said Ms. Samira while standing up stepping into the bathroom. Aldi and Nurmala looked at each other. They did not understand the nostalgia of their parents, and did not dare to ask.

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Pakde Jarno was still sitting in the living room with Aldi, while others were already feeling tired and sleepy.

"You've been married for 8 years and you don't have any children yet?" ask Pakde Jarwo with a puff of cigarette smoke.

"Ngggeh sirde, this is still trying to join the program!"

"Well, if I get married it's to get a successor, if one wife can't have children yes, look for another!" pakde Jarno said casually. This man has been married three times, and he still has two wives.

Hearing Pakde Jarno's words, Aldi could grimace while swallowing his saliva.

"I can't stand Nurmala Pakde!"

"Well, you're a man too weak. Are you forever going to be like this. Your house is deserted, your wealth is plentiful but there are no descendants. Who is the successor to your generation?"

"We're still trying Pakde!"

"What age do you want to have children? later between school children thought his grandfather!" said Pakde Jarno while connecting his cigar.

Aldi simply fell silent digesting his Pakdenya words. Aldi standing.

"Excuse me Pakde, the car has not entered the garage" Aldi said, Pakde Jarno invited Aldi to run his activities.

Nurmala, who was lying in front of the television, listened to their conversation. His heart was sliced, his feelings wandering in time he would part with Aldi.

In the dim light of the lamp, no one saw Nurmala's tears dripping down the pillow. Everyone thought Nurmala was asleep.

"Nur, move into yuk!" whispered Aldi slowly.

Pakde Jarno had moved into the room, Aldi turned off the living room lights, and locked the door tightly.

"Face here dong Nur!" pinta Aldi as Nurmala lies behind him. Nurmala did not budge, Aldi approached hugging his wife's body.

"You crying?" tanyanya, Nurmala is getting sobbing.

"Nur, what's wrong? syuu...Don't cry, what's wrong? talk to Akang!" Aldi turned Nurmala's face to face her.

"Hiks.hiks .hiks, will Akang marry again?"

"What the hell you say, baby, don't think about it ah, sleep yuk! I'm so tired!" Nurmala was silent, she did not have the heart to discuss the feeling, all day Aldi was lacking rest, pacing to the terminal to pick up the Father and his father-in-law.

"Sleep Yuk!" pinta Aldi, Nurmala nodded in agreement.

Before long Aldi was asleep, Nurmala looked at her husband's face. He's been flicking his thick eyebrows. "May God always put yourself with me!" inner Nurmala.