The Story of Pilu A Village Flower

#3. Sari weave ulos

After dinner is over, there is usually no more activity done, all go to the room to rest. Sari went straight into the room, before laying down her body on the bed glimpsed briefly towards her sister, it turns out all her sisters had slept and slept, maybe they were too exhausted so they immediately fell asleep. Bathin Sari in the heart. Before taking a short nap Sari sat down and bowed, this is one of the routines to release the tiredness of the mind Sari said slowly"God give me strength in living this life, it feels tired and tired, it feels tired, I don't ask God much, just suffice our needs, lest my sister starve". Sari immediately put her body on the bed. Sari cries, misses her mother 'If there is a mother, maybe I am not as tired and as scared as this mother, mother accompany this child always, help Sari Bu, why do not you invite Sari to come with mother?', mother, and her mother will not follow you?', Sari spilled her feelings, Sari continued to cry and tried to hold her voice so as not to hear her sister or father.

Sari is afraid that her father knows that Sari is crying, Sari also knows that her father must be hit by the passing of her mother, sometimes Sari also finds her father crying. His father did not care or less work hard, since long ago when the mother had not died, the father only netted fish in the lake, the, usually the mother every morning sells it around the village asking the neighbors if they want to buy fish, After returning from the lake dad immediately rested sleep, and then, briefly to the farm and help make a roll of yarn for the needs of the mother weave ulos, afternoon to the store just hang out and story with the father of another father. If the mother's activities, before the father came home from the lake, the mother took her to the field or down, if the father had come home and sold around the village to sell the catches of the father. After that, then ready to be ready to weave ulos, until the afternoon, occasionally eat, or to the bathroom to release and relieve his back pain due to sitting too long.

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Sari has made up her mind to learn to weave ulos, yesterday about borrowing rice to her aunt has been told Sari to her father "Dad, yesterday Sari there is a loan of rice to Aunty Ati's home, ati, actually, Sari wanted to borrow for rice until harvest later for 2 months, but aunt Ati also happened to have no rice, just enough for rice needs waiting for harvest 1 month more, but also did not have rice, but Aunt Ati wants to give us just enough rice for our rice needs for the next few days only", Alex is silent, and immediately leaves Sari and heads to her room, it wasn't long before Alex came and gave Sari a note of money."This is a little money, this money I borrowed yesterday to take care of, where you know there is a sudden need, smart to use it as well as possible", Alex told Sari.

"Okay dad", said Sari, looking down and nodding her head.

Tomorrow happens to be Wednesday means a weekend, it's time for residents to buy everything in the city.

Given the incident of his mother who died due to his ship that was on fire, many passengers were jumping out of the ship to save themselves, because they did not know swimming and fatigue, so all the passengers on the ship did not survive.

Sari is actually a bit afraid to take a boat, but there is no other transportation, only can be taken by boat. Inevitably Sari had to brave herself, long after she will also get used to it, Sari muttered in her heart.

Sari bought the needs as necessary, and intends to buy capital yarn for the material to make ulos, a little more, Sari once asked for capital and how to make ulos from her late mother. Sari has unanimous determination to make ulos stay ask later her clarity to her neighbors, incidentally, all mothers around her house are doing ulos as an addition to the results of the field or the results of the rice fields.

After buying her needs, it was time for Sari to go home, eits Sari remembered, the moment her mother came home from the week was eagerly awaited when her late mother was still alive, surely his sister felt like he felt, before returning Sari first bought bananas, martabak and popcorn for his sister.

Sari at home, right his estimate, his sister immediately ran to meet and lift the Sari grocery basket, they immediately took out the goods that Sari bought from the week. His sister shouted "Hore, there's martabak and popcorn". Seeing that moment accidentally Sari tears flowed into her cheeks, it was happy when she saw her sister could be happy.

"Thank you brother", cried his sister together while chewing the martabak in his mouth.

"Yes", Sari replied with a satisfied smile.

Seeing her neighbors are drying the yarn outside, Sari approached Tio's mother, Sari already understood that how to hang the yarn that Bu Tio does now it's his term "Mangunggas", the yarn was first soaked with rice boiled water that has been cooled, soaked for a few minutes and then dried while brushed brush with a special tool so that the order of the yarn is neat and not shavings, like combing hair the term then after dry then rolled into a roll of cans.

Sari expressed her desire to be taught how to arrange the arrangement of threads to pattern such as floral motifs, patterns or words, "Bu Tio, please teach Sari to arrange her ulos pattern!, Sari wants to make ulos Bu" said Sari pleading with Bu Tio.

"Sari wants to find additional money ma'am", replied Sari.

"Well in a moment if I have finished drying this thread, I will continue the stage of making patterns, later you can watch me how to make it" said Bu Tio.

"Alright Mom", replied Sari happily because mommy tio wanted to teach her.

Not long after that Bu Tio immediately continued the stage to make the pattern there is special equipment, Bu Tio explained from the initial stage to the final stage, Sari also watched it carefully and seriously. And Sari also immediately practiced her to make a pattern that will be woven. Bu Tio was amazed, Sari immediately understood.

"Now it remains the weaving stage" Bu Tio told Sari.

And Bu Tio just put it into practice. "The position we sit, the legs are straightened forward, the body is strapping, the woven tools are tied around the waist and then just put the threads one by one and then pressed down with the special tool, so on until finished", obviously Bu Tio at length to Sari. Sari was also a mangosteen, a sign she understood and understood, Sari was impatient to immediately practice at home, then Sari also said permission to go home "Thank you very much, Bu Tio, Sari was very happy and grateful that Bu Tio wanted to teach Sari", said Sari immediately died, Bu Tio.

Sari immediately practiced how to make ulos taught by Bu Tio, immediately Sari installed all her equipment, Sari still save all the needs of weaving her mother. Sari also began to weave.

Sari's sister's brother spryly helped him, some were drying yarn, some were rolling yarn in cans and there was also the stage of rolling the yarn on an equipment, almost like chopsticks eating, there was also the stage of rolling the yarn on a piece of equipment, his younger brother had already understood this way, because they had also been taught by the deceased how to do it. Fortunately, all of Sari's younger siblings are obedient and quick to say when called and told to do something.

Sari is still a beginner stage and not used to it, he works still who is careful and slow, afraid something is wrong, because it is fatal if there is a mistake, later the price will be bargained as cheaply as cheaply, no longer comparable to the capital spent and the energy we have spent. 'It's okay to slow down first, if you already understand and get used to the pattern and motif and color of the required thread color, it will also be fast', Sari's bathin in the heart, as an entertainer and encouragement to himself.

Neighbors on negative comments when seeing Sari weave, because Sari weave her position on the porch of the house, many people who pass by her house. "Why do you weave Sari, does your father no longer care for you?", said the neighbor meredek Sari.

"No Ma'am, Sari just wanted to find an extra to be able to cover the needs of the house, hopefully can later send the younger sister all".

The neighbors who passed by could only remain silent. 'For a long time they will be indifferent, ' Sari murmured in her heart.

Naturally they commented, because there were no children of Sari's age who did ulos weaving activities, and naturally they thought, that Alex had exploited his children to become the backbone of the family. As long as we eat not from the neighbors, Sari does not care what the neighbors say, anyway their future is dependent on their own efforts and hard work. And if they do not eat not necessarily also the neighbors want to feed them continuously, that's how Sari encouraged himself, and more eager to get better and of course can weave even faster, can be and sell ulos at least 4 sheets every Sunday, as the late mother usually did.

Sari's current goal is to be able to meet the needs of her younger sister, can make her sister not lack of food, and smile happily when she sees a snack brought from when she came home from the weekend, that was enough for Sari.