Wife For Papa

Chapter 6 Stares at Him

Every Saturday lectures are off, and every Saturday I look after the store.

Usually papa saturday go to the mother market in the city, shop for shop needs and also home needs.

Go from the store ride the open pick up car around 8am and usually return to the store around 2pm.

When leaving the car is empty but when returning the car is full of merchandise.

This morning I did not see Retno's mother, usually she every day I noticed always buying bread for breakfast in the morning.

But today there is nothing at all even though from the morning I was guarding the store with Wawan.

I'm busy serving customers who shop, this is how I'm quite adept at serving and even counting buyer's groceries.

In addition to papa pasting price stickers on his merchandise, I also quite remember some prices.

Only if there's a change papa always reminds to look in the notes on the table.

Because there are some items of need sometimes there are going up but there are also going down.

Usually such as cooking oil, eggs and sugar that often go up and down in price.

Finally the clock almost showed at 3 pm, and I just sorted out to help tidy up papa's groceries.

Now stay up tidying up groceries for home. Fortunately not too much so it soon settled.

After tidying up the house, I went down and went to papa to meet Retno's mother.

"Nan, you don't bother the hostesses, don't feel good. Who knows if people are cleaning up or taking a break, after all, the mother is a lecturer at your campus, do not get too close. Later you are wrong to say so you feel good, can-can the scholarship assessment void how," at length papa said.

"Papa..Mother was different majors and nggajar Nanan. So Nanan has a problem dong if he is friends with her," I argue while smiling at papa.

"Yes understand, but according to papa ngga it's over, papa worries later so there will be problems later so bad" papa tried to explain to me about his worries.

"Pa.. once this is pa, the problem is I'm not good too, who knows he needs help clean-up or what, is he still new in this city. Besides, if I'm good with him, who has added value for me, can't you?" i'm sulking.

"Well whatever, don't stay there for long, if for example it looks like his mother does not want to be disturbed, soon you come back well".

"Each commander," as I put my right hand over my eyebrows.

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Tok tok tok !!! I knocked on Mom Retno's room door.

"Who is yah?" ask from within.

"Mom, ma'am" I replied.

"Oh, wait a minute!" he said half screaming.

Then the door opened and I was welcome to enter by him.

"What other mother? What's going on and what can Nanan help you with?"ask her.

"Hahaha.engga again nothing Nan, Saturday is drakor time..Hahaha," he replied with a laugh.

Reaching my eyes rounded in shock, the person who said fierce, jutek, hard, cold and killer was a lover of drakor. (Korean drama)

"Waduh ma'am, Nanan just don't like to watch drakor... Haha.. Mother turned out to be a lover of drakor, amazing," I said laughing while a little surprised.

"It's Nan. entertainment dong so stress," he said again with a laugh.

Apparently, Mother Retno's room is neat, it doesn't seem like a lot of stuff, maybe not much.

Ibu Retno also titip washing iron to Ibu Yayah according to papa's recommendation.

We also use ironing services to Mother Jayah, if washing your own clothes is so cleaning the house, me and papa like to take turns.

Above the store is our home, it contains only 2 bedrooms, family room, kitchen and dining room and bathroom.

Then we chatted to each other about my mother who was gone also about Retno's mother who turned out to be really not married. But I dare not ask why he is not married.

I don't feel like it's late at night my stomach is hungry.

" Nan's..Eat yuk where it is delicious, my suwer from morning have not met rice just stuffed with bread only. Last night I came home by chance your papa store is still open, so buy some bread for me this morning to eat".

"Well, what do you want to eat? near here there's some pretty good fried rice, ma'am," I told him.

"Wah okay too, we just eat there yuk Nan," he asked me.

" Hayuk ma'am, Nanan briefly pay to papa first while taking the motor well".

" Waduh papa will be angry again not well," he said again.

"Calm mom, hand it over to Nanan," as I walked towards the house.

I rushed into the house to go to Papa and get the motorbike.

Looks papa with Wawan is making up will close the store, as usual our store will close at 7 pm every day.

" Hmmm, where are you going to eat? it's a Sunday night crowded street. Many people on the road, there will be speeding or mabok all how to try," Papa seemed not to give permission.

"Just to Nasi Goreng Sapri aja kok, ga far too pa. kesian bu Retno do not know where to find food and from the morning only eat bread purchased from the store last night, he said," I tried to explain to Papa.

" Yes whatever, it's just weird that you seem so close to that mom. It's nothing to worry about, Papa. Because the mother was a lecturer at your campus, worried that you were wrong to say or wrongly apply to her. Because you're in the process of receiving the scholarship, son," Papa again expressed his concern.

Naturally, because maybe Papa also does not want me to fail to get what I aspire to.

I embrace your shoulder with a smile, "My dear Papa, trust Nanan right.. Nanan will try to keep the talk and attitude. Papa don't worry too much, well, because the mother is not Nanan's lecturer".

Papa then sighed while shuffling my hair. "Well, I believe, yes it's there. Don't be so late at home Dad".

" Open boss" I replied.

Then I turned on the motorbike and when I was going to pick Retno's mother up to the back it turned out that the person was already in front of the store.

"Well, you're here, apparently" I said with a laugh.

"Yes, let Nanan easily do not need to pick her back again," he said with a big smile.

Then he looked at Papa and nodded his head for permission while still smiling.

And papa also seemed to return a nod of his head while returning Retno's mother's smile.

In my heart, once the man can smile sincerely like a woman, usually people smile only in reply nods while his face remains flat.

Lest this old man has the same heart as Retno's mother.

Hihahii...I chuckled inwardly, hoping that there would be a small glimmer of light that could melt my papa's icy heart.

Before long we arrived at Nasi goreng Sapri, it was our favorite selling place. Because it tastes good and also if we buy always a lot of chicken fillings.

My dad and I are loyal customers. In addition to fried rice, usually papa order fried kwetiaw. And Mang Sapri already memorized the taste of my papa, fried kwetiaw telornya 2 , which 1 stirred with kwetiaw and 1 more plucked beef eyes.

As usual, there are always many visitors, I asked Retno what message? Fried noodles or fried rice or fried kwetiaw or fried vermicelli, as if I was Sapri's assistant mang well.hihihi..

And Ms. Retno ordered fried rice just like me, I said to mang Sapri 2 nasgor then we looked for a seat near the sidewalk of the road.

"Mom is it okay to eat on the side of the road like this?" I'm afraid he's embarrassed to eat on the side of the road.

"I'll end up eating pay-loh, if I finish eating a new escape I'm embarrassed," he replied to me with a light laugh.

I laughed at what Retno's mother said.

So far I have talked with him cool, there is no barrier such as jaim or arrogant how it is.

They are humble and enjoy very much.

While waiting for the fried rice, I casually asked him

" Mommy.I'm sorry I want it but don't be mad. Yeah".

"You know what the hell Nan was when I was angry didn't know what you wanted" he replied.

"Gini Ma'am, said friends of children's techniques and also gossip circulating in the first grade of mathematics, supposedly the famous mother fierce and jutek abis. Even called Tiri's mother, I don't know if she wasn't taught to be a mother," I said trying to clarify while stubbornly afraid she was angry disbanding the event.

But Retno's mother laughed.

" I am Tiri.hahahahha's mother, my name is Tri Retno Handayani... Haha".

I also laughed.

" Nan..I asked if in your department there must be a fierce lecturer right? If it's not wrong, Ibu Nuraini who teaches English Pronunciation, right?" turn around and ask me.

"Hmm yes.... Wah mother Nuraini is amazing, one word long deh affair... Even to the upper forces like us is harder ma'am," I replied elaborating on Nuraini's mother

"Well that's it, just like me, we try to make students become true and qualified scholars after graduation later".

Yes too, I so compare maybe Retno's mother is similar to the lioness in our department, Nuraini's mother.

He is very fluent in English, as well as his speech and spelling. If the Indonesian term is EYD.(.The Perfected Spelling).

"It's just the difference, Nuraini's mother is married, while I'm not married. Said the old man virgin.. hahahah.biasa the old virgin is always special," he continued again with a crisp laugh.

While I'm not feeling good about it, I'm worried that Retno's mother will be offended by me.

Before long our fried rice arrived, and we while eating further stories about the campus.

Triiiit.triion..!! there's a chat coming in.from papa apparently.

Q: Nan, is it still a while?

N: Short again, what the hell is pa?

P: Hungry nih, papa also want Kwetiaw well regular 🤭

N: Wew.okay...