The Love Competition

56 . New Place

Previous day

In a simple house in a small village Not far from the Villa .

Purwanto Preparing to leave for the next village on his motorbike .

" Don't stay there long ! " I cried the younger brother who sat in the second grade of SMU .

" Yes.you don't be naughty when I go, and help Yono do schoolwork "he said to the sister .

" I left first sir." he said as he stepped out of the house . A small house built with the help of a home surgery program from the government .

The noise of his motor bututu broke the silence of the night in the village .

As always , once a month he will go to the place of a healer of traditional medicine to redeem the medicine and do a check up .

There was a strong reason why he did not go to the hospital, even though his heart always denied it .

Actually Purwanto could not remember anything after waking up from fainting for almost a week . A salesman who was a close friend of his father found himself unconscious in an abandoned land to be built a resort in the suburbs of Bandung .

With a severely injured state, and a broken leg . At that time around the place there were patrols chasing members of the drug kingpin . His father's best friend Bejo who finds himself also finds a bag of white powder that his wife thinks is a midwife is a drug . Because he wanted to protect himself, Bejo immediately hid himself .

Then they took Anto to an expert in traditional medicine and Sangkal Putung for treatment . A week more Anto fainted and only in the infusion while given herbal medicines .

Mas Bejo, who was his father's adopted sister, informed his father . Of course the man was very happy that his son who left ten years later had been found . Honey, when he woke up he didn't even remember his own name .

To protect her the father entrust Anto to Simbah call for the owner of the Traditional Medicine clinic . Six months Anto was treated to treat a broken femur . And treatment of wounds on his body . He also had a severe head injury .

According to Sumpah, there was a nerve in his head that was injured so he could not remember anything , for that Anto must drink herbal decoctions so that the headaches that he often felt quickly healed and his memory returned .

After almost two hours riding his butututnya motorcycle Anto arrived at the house of Simbah . After greeting and talking he immediately headed for the small cottage that lined up behind the house, where some people who had broken bones were treated there .

Sambar himself never asked for a dowry to him because he knew the economic condition of his family, to repay his kindness Anto often did any work when he came to the mansion owned by Sewah .

His handsome gourd with an ideal posture made some of the girls in the village interested in him . Even the child of Simbah also liked himself .

But somehow Anto was not interested in the women at all , his heart felt empty and sometimes he felt very sad as if he was going to miss someone .

Anto laid his body on a bamboo divan in the courtyard of the hut . His eyes glared far into the star-filled night sky . His encounter with the rich lady earlier this afternoon had troubled his heart .

For the first time since he regained consciousness, he felt his chest pounding looking at those beautiful round eyes . Her face is ayu, her white skin smooth dancing nari in her eye pelupur .

At first he thought because the woman was beautiful, like a soap opera artist . But even seeing a movie star like Rianti Cartwright doesn't make her heart beat like it did this afternoon, even though she only sees it from the screen .

" What do you think Anto.he's a rich man, and again he's the wife of someone "The boy's mumble in heart .

"Wulandari Ratnadila ..., Why does his name feel familiar ? " Anto muttered softly .

" Who is mas ? " The voice of the Goddess made Anto turn her head .

" You Wi. were surprised" said Anto, rising from his sleep, and sitting cross-legged on the bamboo couch .

Dewi served a cup of warm tea, he knew the young man did not like coffee .

" Who is Wulan mas ? " The Goddess again asked suspiciously .

" Oh.just a rich man walking his way in a resort near our village, he got lost all the way to the garden "he replied with a smile .

" Beautiful huh..? " Ask the Goddess .

" City people are beautiful beautiful wi." replied Anto .

" Yes obviously ..the powder is expensive "saw the Goddess with envious tone . Anto just smiled seeing the girl's reaction .

Anto knows the silent Goddess is fond of her . The girl who just graduated from SMU was always looking for attention from him, he was indeed the youngest son of Sewba from his second wife .

" Thank you for the tea but next time you don't have to make me tea, I can make my own " said Anto later .

" No matter what mas , I do not mind kok , yes already mas I went home first yes" said Dewi as it passed .

" Thank you wi" said Anto .

Late at night, Anto went into the hut, lying on the empty bed of the patient ,

Behind the house are four huts, each containing two hospital beds for two patients, sometimes all full but coincidentally tonight only three lodges are filled and one hut is empty , Anto can sleep there . When all the huts are full, Anto will sleep in the mushola .

Anto took the blanket he was carrying from his backpack, then began to close his eyes . Tired he began to fall asleep .

In his sleep Jidan dreamed of seeing the beautiful girl he met was running happily in a meadow .

Some flashes of events are present in his dream , in the dream he was so familiar with the girl .

Anto awakens from his sleep in surprise, he sees a wall clock hanging , still at two p.m .

" Why do I dream about him "he muttered while sitting in bed .

" The eyes were looking at me with the same gaze that time "anto muttered while lying down again .

During this time he often had nightmares, saw the car explode while there was still someone in it, then he was in a drooping bullet, and other things that made him feel tormented , but his dream tonight is a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere with a girl . The dream looked real, until when he woke up his heart was still pounding .

" Yah....!" The young man scratched his head in confusion .

" Do I have to see him, what am I going to say ? " Think Anto .

Tok tok tok tok

A knock on the door made Anto surprised .in wonder the young man got off his bed and opened the door .

" What's up Tito ? " Tanyanya was surprised to see the arrival of the child from her father's sister .

" There was a letter from your father "he said in a whisper . Anto frowned seeing the way Tito spoke .

" Why did you send me a letter ? " Ask Anto .

" Read you will understand "he said .

Curiously Anto opened the letter her father had sent .

𝑳𝒆...

𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒊 𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈 , 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒊 . 𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒂𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒖 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒋𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒎𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒊 . 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒖 𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒊 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒂𝒑 .

𝒃𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒖 𝒅𝒊 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒓𝒂 , 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒖 . 𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊 𝒃𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒌 𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒌𝒎𝒖 ,𝒋𝒂𝒈𝒂 𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒋𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏 .

𝒃𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒍𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒐'𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒌 𝒌𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒏𝒎𝒖 .

𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒌 𝒅𝒊 𝒅𝒂𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒊 , 𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒋𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒉 𝒌𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒉 , 𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒔𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒌 .

𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒎 𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝒃𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒌 . 𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒖𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒌 𝒅𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒖𝒏 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒂 .

𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒎

𝒃𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒌

Anto fell silent while folding a letter from the father .

" It's money for the handrail along with the home address of a friend of lek's "mas Tito gave him an envelope .

" To.." the voice of Sewah from outside the house .

" This .I prepare herbal medicine for one month , And just buy this chinese medicine when it is exhausted , the efficacy is almost the same " The waste that arrived appeared from behind the door gave him a package as well as a recipe for traditional medicine .

" Thank you Mbah.Sorry I was troublesome " said Anto .

" Ndak Ndak..., Later in the morning there is a patient coming from Cianjur, you just ride the trip there , I have said the same prospective patient and the person wants to send to Sukabumi " he said then .

" Good Mbah .. suwun "answer Anto .

" Already do not rame later even some are suspicious , beware again the person came really.." said Sewahan while leaving them .

" Yo wis ngono wae, I say goodbye ati ati Yo bro.." (yeah I'm sorry, ' I said , heart yes bro ) mas Tito immediately left the cottage after handing over a backpack containing his clothes .

Anto fell silent while closing the door . He rushed to clean his clothes and put together the clothes carried by Tito mas . The young man sat on the bed, for some reason he felt something was wrong with his life .

An hour and a half later an Avanza car came along, a patient came with his family . After talking with Simbah and his assistant the patient immediately went to the cottage he occupied, of course Anto had gone from there , he immediately met the travel driver who decided to leave in half an hour .

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Anto awakens when they arrive at the terminal of the earth-loving city, he falls asleep for about two hours on the way . After paying the agreed fare he immediately went down and looked for the angkot according to the color in the instructions given by his father .

Anto worked out his eyes that were glared by the sunlight that afternoon . After he saw the angkot he was looking for the young man immediately boarded it . The new face looks to notice her new self entering angkot .

Along the way he just fell silent while listening to the conversation of some passengers who were riding along with him, strangely he did not feel unfamiliar with the Sundanese language they were using , anto actually felt foreign to the Javanese language when he first realized from his stupor .

Maybe almost ten years this he migrated to Bandung, not to Jakarta as his father said, that's how he thought . Anto plans to search for the past he forgot in the city .

The kenek told Anto when it had reached its destination , in a mosque . In front of the mosque there are several taxi drivers according to the information he read .

A motorcycle taxi driver approached himself on a motorcycle .

" Where are you going ? " Task the taxi driver .

" To the granary of Eyang Saka "answer Anto .

" Heyuk I delivered the "jeker offered himself . After negotiating Anto between the destination .

Arriving at the barn Anto met several employees, long story short he finally arrived at a house owned by his father's friend .

After talking Anto was given a small room that was empty . His father's best friend had only one child and had married despite only being eighteen years old .

Om Wira, the name of his father's best friend, has six years managing the rice fields with a rental system and sometimes works as a day laborer in the place of the richest man in the village .

Anto decided to walk his way around the house om Wira to get used to the new place . he had to wait a few days to work on the plantation because the foreman and the plantation owner's confidant were on vacation in central Java .

Anto met some young men who were fishing on the river bank . He approached them and talked .

The young man was very friendly and accepted his presence very openly . Anto felt grateful about it . His new place now makes him feel a little comfortable .