The Widow of Bahenol

Forced marriage.

"You must marry that Bidin!"

snapped Mang Ibing at Yati, her fifteen-year-old daughter.

"Lagian the Bigin is a good widower really, you can be educated with him, in the teachings of his religion, let you know religion, can read the Qur'an, diligently pray, the Bigin is a teacher njai, njai, you also like him, he is a sholeh man, anyway you have to want Yati!" Chirping Mang Ibing to Yati, while Yati who was sitting in the corner while looking at her two legs cried a mouthful, because she did not want to according to her father's will.

"It's Bu who you said, Make it can be a husband for Yati, I believe, Badin can guide you Yat!" sahut Mang Ibing, his eyes looked at Yati who was still crying in the corner.

Then Ratmi stood up from her seat, she approached Yati and tried to persuade her.

"You have to want Yati! Your father knows Bidin very well, he is good, than you play all day just as your friends are not clear, the road there, the road here, mother does not want you even why later, and so on, mending you marry Bidin. Badin section is not bad really, in this village many girls and widows scramble to get married to him, and he wants to be with you!"

Yati heard her mother's cry of a clover crying a mouthful, she did not expect if her mother supported this matchmaking.

Feeling dizzy from hearing the babbling of his parents, Yati finally went inside his room, and closed the door of the room, even he locked it from inside.

Yati got into her bed and continued crying. She covered her face with a pillow.

At a young age, his soul still wants to play with his friends, and they also have a girlfriend, while Yati does not. Yati has no boyfriend, as she has not been brave with men.

Indeed in Yati's eyes, Bidin was a handsome man. But to be his wife, Yati did not think that way. What else did Badin have two small children, Yati thought, if she became the wife of Badin, every day she would take care and care for the children of Badin, Bidin, he won't be able to play anymore.

Yati finally came back crying.

Outside the room, precisely in the dining room, Mang Ibing and Ratmi were still talking about Yati.

"Dizziness I think of Yati! He told the school not to, njai did not want, he wanted to play there play here, his youth was just playing! You should be able to do more with Yati Bu!" Maki Mang Ibing to Ratmi, his wife.

"Well, you're so guilty of me! I have tried to educate Yati well, even when she does not want to register a school, Mom to persuade him, even the mother to be angry with him, is mother still less taught? Should Mr Ngaca dong, lazy nature learn nurunin who? Mom studied hard sir! Even though the school is just a graduate of Junior High, the value of good mothers, even though the children used to be young, who could they learn? Have you ever seen children's lessons? Boro-boro! Asep am Usep, you can see, they are studying!"  Ratmi's protest against Mang Ibing, her husband. Ratmi's voice was heard by Acep, their first child.

Mang Ibing's eyes looked at Ratmi who was still talking, he did not expect that his wife's attitude could be that angry at him, even Mang Ibing saw his wife as he spoke, so enthusiastic, so enthusiastic, until Mang Ibing could see the veins that appeared on Ratmi's neck.

"Udah ma'am, be quiet, do not cape ngockeh continue not to use breath? Look at the spirit of the mother in the neck looks attractive, the Father is afraid to break up," said Mang Ibing.

When he heard the voice of his father and mother talking, although a little high tone, it was like a daily meal for Acep. He also joined his parents who are still fighting muscles.

Acep sat between them, opening a jar of crackers that were on the dining table, without commenting. Acep intentionally kept quiet, he did not want to take sides. At that time Acep was 18 years old, steamed school age, yes, he soon graduated from school.

Suddenly Ratmi's eyes were fixed on Acep, Ratmi immediately spoke back, and,

"Liat Acep sir, he's about to graduate, and he's active in studying. He takes responsibility with his lessons, he also wants to pay after school, even though cape loh sir! Same with Usep! Lah Yati is the only girl who is too lazy to ask for mercy! We are introspecting ourselves sir, he is lazy nature to learn from whom!"

"Aduuuuh, ma'am, why so keep beating me! Yes, I admit, I'm lazy about studying, but you're diligent about making money!" Mang Ibing defended himself.

Ratmi did not want to lose, she again scouted her husband with a sentence that was actually worth hearing, but because of his delivery with emotion, so it did not feel good to hear, he said,

"Eh sir, really, I'm diligent to make money. But nyari money must also have knowledge sir! The fact that the father was just a lackey continued on Pak Toha's plantation. Try the father there is education, the mother believes the father can enter his office, usually rise in office. These are children from small ampe already on the bangkotan, his father is still a lackey Pak Toha!"

Hearing the mother's babble, Acep even laughed while eating his crutches.

A long time later he got up and went from there to Yati's room. Acep knocks on the door, and he tries to repeat it again, calling him his sister's name, "Yat, open Yat! It's me, Acep!"

Hearing her brother's voice, Yati immediately got up from her bed and opened the door.

Yati saw Acep standing in front of the door.

Yati's eyes then looked at the room occupied by her parents, then she immediately said to Acep, "You come in, or you want to stand there? Yati wanna close the door?"

Then without answering, Acep immediately went into his sister's room and sat in the small chair in the room. Meanwhile, Yati immediately closed the door of her room and locked it again.

Then he turned his body and sat on the bed.

Acep looked at Yati with full investigation. While Yati lowered her head, but her eyes glanced upwards fixed on Acep who was sitting the chair that was directly opposite her.

"Why don't you want to marry Mang Bidin?" ask Acep.

Yati shook her head without answering her brother's question. Then Acep asked again,

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

Hearing her brother's question, Yati immediately raised her face and stared fixedly at Acep.