Thread Without End

Chapters 14. Imlekan.

Her night.

After finishing praying and burning the paper for the ancestors, Alin and Yuan played fireworks together in their yard.

The little Yuan was very happy when he saw sparks start emitting everywhere, until he screamed himself out of excitement mixed with fear into one.

Alin chuckles to see this, because it feels funny with Yuan's behavior when playing fireworks, and Alin so remembered his childhood who loved to play fireworks. Especially playing with friends and family on the eve of the new year.

He laughed merrily it seemed from the outside, but what actually happened was very different, because deep down he felt sad and very lonely.

Where there are no parents or relatives accompanying on new year's night, even the husband who should be on the side, is more concerned with personal pleasure with others than the pleasure of being with his small family.

Alin immediately missed his parents, he always remembered his beautiful childhood. Miss the beautiful moments of togetherness and warmth with the big family if it is time for the holiday to arrive.

Gather and enjoy a warm dinner together at the same family dining table, laughing and jokingly telling each other.

But that happiness was only a memory, a precious moment that Alin had a hard time realizing for his childhood family today and this was the only little thing he could do for Yuan.

That is to accompany him to play fireworks and eat new year dinner together, and give him delicious snacks made by his own hands, so that Yuan also feel the happiness of new year's night, like he was a child, even without Yudi his father who accompanied.

Alin's prayer never broke up there. He continued to hope and look forward to the new year moment the next year, so that later Yudi changed and they could gather in a happy family.

"Mom, the fireworks are over!" said Yuan dumped the remaining torso of fireworks in a barrel.

"If the fireworks are over it means we have to go inside" Alin replied leading Yuan into the house. Then set the television and give his favorite broadcast to calm down.

After Yuan calmed down with his favorite broadcast, Alin went back to check on the condition of baby Marlina. The woman rubbed her little daughter who had just opened her eyes, then held her for milk.

Occasionally stare at the wall clock that has shown at 10 p.m. "Yuan, it's malem. Sleeping yuk!" bring him.

"Ya Ma," obediently Yuan according to. Both of his eyes felt sleepy. Then Alin rushes to brew some milk for Yuan before going to bed and says good night to her.

While Alin himself still had to stay awake and wait until her husband came home, whether until what time he had to wait. But one thing is certain, both eyes and body are too tired to keep watch given the hard work he did for the sake of his family.

Until that night Alin fell asleep in the living room, with the door locked tightly and he forgot something, namely forgetting the message of her husband who asked her to always be awake before her husband came home.

A few hours later Yudi arrived at his home, drunk and staggering, trying to reach the entrance, and knocking.

"Well!" call Yudi occasionally burps because of the satiety.

"Well!" call Yudi once more as there is no answer from inside the house.

"Si-al nih bini! Cave at the door, lest he sleep," said Yudi with a drunken look.

Impatiently waiting, Yudi who was then kebelet wanted to urinate immediately kicked the door with all her might. Until waking Alin who was asleep, until he was shocked and looked dazed on the sofa.

"Geez! I fell asleep" said Alin so panicked. Then opened the locked door so that her husband could enter the house.

Yudi stopped kicking the door, after hearing the key of the sewer in the house shift. He stared intently at the woman who opened the door and immediately scolded her with harsh words.

"Breng-s! Where have you been in the cave callin nyaut nyaut hah!" sarkas Yudi while kicking Alin's thigh out of emotion.

"Sleep? The man still outside you dare to sleep? Where's your brain Alin! It's a cave house, you have to sleep outside the house while you sleep in the room? What kind of bini are you!" yudi Sentak.

"Yes Koh Alin is wrong, Alin is sorry." Alin relented instead of fighting, which led to a storm on the eve of this new year, because of the same shame surrounding neighbors.

Yudi screeched, then pushed Alin away from before him. "Surge you! The cave wants to piss. Almost a cave piss dicelana because of you!" the balance is non-stop.

Alin let out a long sigh and looked at her husband who staggered towards the bathroom, then his instincts immediately helped her husband and swept him to the bathroom.

But the help of Alin and the patience of the woman while taking care of her husband, did not necessarily make Yudi's heart soften. All that was left was eating the heart, because suddenly the man spewed out his stomach contents to scatter everywhere and scolded Alin for being perceived as smelly by him.

"You smell of Alin, the cave is vomiting!" yudi said he was not to blame.

Because what really happened was that he ate and drank too much in the gambling house to satiety, until his stomach was not strong enough to accommodate it all.

And it is seen from the contents shed by Yudi, there are still many meat and other foods that have not been digested properly.

"Clean thou!" tell Yudi not to care.

The man casually walked into the room and knocked himself to sleep there after changing his clothes.

While Alin stared lethargic at the spillage of a foul odor scattered on the floor of his house, and it made him inevitably have to clean the floor of his house, which was, his body was no longer strong and refused to work.

...----------------...

Next day.

Firecrackers exploded everywhere, and the music of the ringing was heard unpretentious in several houses. Red knickknacks character of the new year's zodiac installed adorn every corner of the house, and do not miss the round-shaped lanterns hanging everywhere, so festive in welcoming the new year.

Everyone rejoices, coming around to every house, not forgetting to say the word Khiong Hie which means congratulations to those who celebrate the Chinese to the homeowner.

In addition to the Chinese trinkets, those who celebrate the Chinese new year wear new and nice clothes. No exception Yudi, the man was so stylish wearing new clothes.

He wore a short-sleeved shirt, combined with blue jeans and dragonfly shoes that were in trend.

However, a different appearance was seen in Alin. The woman was just wearing her old clothes last year, nothing new. But thin makeup makes it no less fresh like other young mothers, even though this morning he woke up late because of body aches due to fatigue.

"Khiong hie, Koh! Khiong hie, Miss!" ah Chin's family came to Alin's house.

"Khiong Hie!" welcome Yudi happily. "Let's go in Chin!" bring later.

"Yes Koh thank you," Ah Chin replied happily. Then they went into the house and gathered together as usual.

.

.

Seriate.