Under the Hugs of the Colonial Army

Matchmaking

Seeing the father return with emotions that are still exploding, and the flip flops are still in his hands. Raden Sri Utami knows he will be in trouble.

"ENTRY!" Speak with a high tone.

Raden Sri and bi Iyem were terrified to enter the house. Bi Iyem immediately went to the kitchen, while Raden Sri went into his room. His breathing was still breathless as he had not expected his father to come. Raden Sri immediately threw his body on the bed. But he got back up when he heard the noise outside. The whip of the human body sounded loud.

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"Ampun.. Ampuun doro", exclaimed Bi Iyem while resting on the foot of Raden Sugeng Wiranatakusuma.

There was no answer and a sense of compassion from his employer who was still holding the strap. His bursting emotions were channeled from every swing of the whip to his slave. He kept swinging his thud higher.

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Raden Sri Utami immediately ran out of the room scattering hugging bi Iyem who was about to be whipped again by his father. His father paused to see his daughter, he never whipped her children, in his eyes if the child did something wrong meant that the maid was to blame.

"What are you doing Sri, MOVE! people like them deserve to be whipped to discipline them!" raden Sugeng's emotional voice.

Raden Sri Utama did not budge, he looked at his father by shaking his head, as he let out his tears. Seeing his son behaving like that, the strap was thrown carelessly, his father went to the front room. Sri embraces bi Iyem whose back has been scratched and some of them emit fresh blood spots. Sri can not hold back her tears, she hugged him tighter, while the hugged drooped, Sri also shouted to call her coachman.

" Yyyyyy."

 Hearing a beautiful voice shout, the coachman entered through the back door in a hurry. His eyes watched as his master was hugging his maid, his eyes were silent asking for help. Without Raden Sri saying Ujang understood his point, he lifted bi Iyem to the back room of the maid's bed. Raden Sri followed him behind, bi Iyem was put to sleep on his side, so that the wound on his back was not depressed. Ujang immediately rushed to fetch water and a towel then kept it on the table beside the mattress. Raden Sri who does not discriminate caste, does not hesitate to treat wounds on his back. Bi Iyem was awakened from his stupor, then treated his wounds by Raden Sri painstakingly. There was no sound, only Raden Sri's heart felt torn. A loud voice pierced his ears back.

"I'm waiting for you in the front room, we're talking!" said Raden Sugeng Raden Sri Utami's father.

Raden Sri only glanced at him with her tail, not daring to look at her father's still wrathful face. He stroked bi Iyem's back, then went to the living room. His father had sat down, seeing Sri had appeared to him the girl was sitting in front of him.

"Is your ear now no longer working HEH!? I told you you have to be on your waist, still wild and dare to sit side by side with men. You want to embarrass your father! You've been betrothed to Prince Arya Wiraraja, if the citizens know you're with another man, Prince Arya won't marry you!" said Raden Sugeng with menguebu.

As an obedient child, he did not chim in his father's words, only bowed to listen to his father's babbling.

" You understand!!"

" Father's sampun" replied Raden Sri.

" Don't see that Dutch boy again! There's no point in you being with the Dutch, you're just gonna be their mistresses!" his father said full of frustration.

" It's the same for me, father. Being a wife yayi or scare or dutch. Same position as a mistress."

" How dare you say so SRI!!"

" I'm sorry, father."

" You must camp, your grandfather died because of the walandas, our people are starving. We do not deserve to be with them. Their attitude is arrogant, haughty, do not let in the slightest sympathy with the londo-londo," said Raden Sugeng.

"Our people are dying not just by our fathers. But by those of us who are greedy also want to get Cultuur procenten from the ruler of walanda," explained Raden Sri without him realizing it issued his speech.

Sri was speechless, just muttered with the words of her father who did not want to lose talking to her.

"Tomorrow Prince Arya Wiraraja will come to propose to you, I have Nyi Dasimah help you here. Don't refuse any more proposals, if you do, your father will make you a spinster" said Raden Sugeng.

Sri was only able to sigh at the words of her father. In his heart he said:

Then I'd rather be a spinster, than marry a man who likes polygamy.

Seeing no response from his daughter, Raden Sugeng went to step his feet out of the house. He had not stayed in the house since Raden Sri's mother died. Raden Sugeng spent more time with other wives, one of them Nyi Dasimah his second wife. Women who are very graceful and obedient to customs.

The departure of his father made his heart more relieved, the atmosphere of the house did not feel like hell anymore. Raden Sri stood shut the door. Then walk to the back room to see the condition of bi Iyem. Apparently bi Iyem had fallen asleep, Raden Sri pecked at the door. His heart burned at the sight of his father's rude attitude. It was not once she saw her housemaid whipped by her father. After being satisfied to see bi Iyem, Sri closed her bedroom door slowly, walked into her private room, sat down at the table, grabbed by paper and pen. Sri began to write a few sentences on the paper, she could not meet the rest of the Wives at the event tomorrow. The folded paper was put into an envelope. Raden Sri came out of the room carrying a letter, he went to the front page.

"Ujang, send my letter to Soendari yes", said Raden Sri.

The Ujang who was bathing the horse, walked in a hurry to his master. He then received an envelope Raden Sri had given him with both hands.

" Is there another Nyi?" Ujang.

"That's it, say my regards and apologize to Soendari" Raden Sri said.

" Okay, Nyi. Then I say goodbye to Nyi," said Ujang resigned.

"ah, Ujang. Thank you" said Raden Sri.

Raden Sri after seeing Ujang brought delman out of the yard back into the house.

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Delman was speeding down the street, but was stopped by a Dutch soldier. Ujang remembered the soldier, Ujang also gave respect to the army.

"Where are you going?" van Berg asked Ujang.

" Em, I want to send a letter to Nyi Raden Sri to a friend of his organization," replied Ujang.

" Oh, so. Is Sri home now?" ask Van Berg.

" Of course, sir, but you better not see him again" suggested Ujang.

" why? Does Sri already have a husband?" ask Van Berg.

" Nyi Raden is being visited by the master, tomorrow Nyi will be proposed by Prince Arya Wiraraja, so according to the servant is not good if the master is still approaching Nyi Sri," said Ujang.

Van Berg heard Ujang's explanation immediately to understand it. His heart felt tight at that moment, but just now he felt happy because he saw Raden Sri also seemed to like it. But what can be said now Raden Sri will be the wife of others. Ujang saw Van Berg still sculpting, finally asking permission to continue the journey.

" Sir, I'm sorry I have to deliver this letter immediately. Afraid of rain, the sky is getting dark, I'm sorry sir."

Van Berg came back from his daydream and then stepped aside to make way for the delman to walk again.

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The driver quickly put his horse back on. Gives the effect of dust billowing in every ground that passes through it. The thundering sounds of the sky with a flash began to be earthy, making every soul feel afraid, the peasants had already started to leave their fields.

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