The Thorn in the Family

Bethari Is Blamed

"What the hell is it?, still early in the morning screaming". Mom woke up and went out of the room to the kitchen where we had gathered that morning.

"Look at this your son, why cook food like this?".

Mom quickly opened the hood of the serving on the table. How surprised the look of the mother's face to see the menu presented on the table.

"Tar why cook food like this, son?".

"Why Ma'am? It is also delicious gulai cassava leaves with side dishes tofu and peyek leaves are taper, this is healthy food halal anyway".

My words to my mother quietly did not mean to offend her.

"Sorry mas, mbak seems like Tari misses the village-style cuisine that is perfunctory, let's eat together, whatever the menu if eating together must also be delicious".

My mother persuaded Pakde and bude to keep the breakfast food there.

"I have to eat food like this, where can I". Bude answered like that.

"If you do not want to eat the existing cuisine, bude and pakde cook themselves at home in accordance with what bude want, easy right?".

I offered them a solution.

"Son, I have to cook for myself.we are both descendants of Mbah so it is natural that I also want to eat here, enjoy a little treasure mbah that you use".

"Pakde please stop, don't talk like that again. There is nothing left, all this is purely my own money that you eat every day".

I was quite upset by their words. Morning made my brain boil.

"Open you don't have Tar money?you yourself said yesterday if you no longer have money, but the proof can pay the Mbah hospital care money. Money from where to try if not money Mbah himself".

With a sack of bude talking like that.

While Mbah who is being contested his property is only able to lie helplessly on the bed.

"Tar goes in my room".

Mother interrupted my conversation with Pakde and bude so as not to heat up, I lazily moved from the seat to the room,

I was so upset with the attitude of my mother's brothers.

"Make instant noodles then Mar don't forget to add half-cooked eggs, I'm hungry once, anyways the children must also quickly prepare to go to school".

Indeed, it is so good to say that to the mother, unfortunately, I am happy to carry out the bude command without a single fight. Hearing their words from the room made me sicker of this family.

Shamelessly after the noodles are ripe pakde and bude immediately take each plate and enjoy it so delicious. Not to forget they also wrap it for children who happen to see the side dish gulai leaves and know it immediately run home.

"Next time do not cook such village food again, than you are increasingly bothered later so cook twice".

Bude said with a pack of rice passed away from my house.

***

After Bude and pakde mother immediately came to see me in the room. I pretended to sleep facing the side of the wall by closing my eyes so tightly. I wish you'd get out of my room. I was too lazy to argue that morning. I'm really very tired.

"Tar mom knows you're not sleeping".

Mom moved closer and sat at the end of my bed, I did not budge not wanting to open my eyes and voice.

"Tar's mother is a widow, does not have many brothers, the closest mother's brother is only pakde and bude only. So we as young people can respect them".

Mom shook my body hoping I would open my eyes.

"Tar keeping the fraternity is important, just like you and Ipul, you two are brothers until whenever you are going to be brothers. If one day the Ipul needs your help do you have the heart not to help him".

"I'll definitely help her, ma'am, but not by feeding them every day. Economically pakde and bude are much more established ma'am than us, what is true with economic conditions that are more able to have to ask for food in people who are not able".

I ventured to express my opinion to my mother.

"But nak pakde and bude a lot to help us first, not a little pakde a helping hand pakde for our family, what else when you were in school first. So you should return the favor to them, son".

"It's not a debt ma'am, it's a favor, if indeed I have to return the favor why the old man helped us, why not let it go, let me not bother to return the favor".

I am still very lazy with words of gratitude that are not balanced with what I give and what I get.

"Tar put your tone down, you're not polite to say that to mom, after all your uncle is a mother's blood relative who since childhood we lived together in limitations. What's wrong if right now we want to enjoy life a little bit with you doing us good".

Mom left me.

"Yes ma'am I know we have to do good to everyone but not in this way, nor do I have to bear the lives of all of you. If it's just mom and Ipul I can take it but if everything is fair to me".

"All of you are just enjoying it without knowing how confused I am looking to make enough of your lives".

"You know I have to skimp very frugally so that I can send money to mom every month, hoping that mom will not be lacking. But ma'am why should I enjoy it with everyone like this?".

Said Dance in the heart who wanted to protest to her mother but not to say.

"Tomorrow let the mother alone cook, you just go to the market just buy the ingredients".

Mom went back through my room and told me that.

"Good God the cost of the hospital Mbah I have to pay, until the cost to eat everyone who is here must also be my responsibility anyway'.

Dance exhaled so violently, suddenly her blood pressure rose maybe to 180, her head was so heavy.

I'd better get out of this house, I'm gonna have to get a new job if this keeps up how they're gonna live. I myself have not got a job.

***

Next day

Early in the morning my mother woke me who was still asleep so fast.

"Tar woke up, son, it's morning'.

Slowly, my mother shook my body.

"Tar wake up son, please shop first to the market, it happens Mbak Ti who sells groceries in front is not selling".

Mother handed me the list of groceries I had to buy that morning, with my eyes still drowsy I grabbed the little paper and opened it. How surprised I was to find out that

Whahuh?

My eyes that I was sleepy were opened perfectly at that very moment.

*doing good on all that obligation should be without demanding to return the favor.