
That morning, Pearl at home helped her mother clean the house and yard. When finished, Pearl sat on the terrace to rest, after a morning struggling with a broomstick.
"Tiara." Mr. Bowo came near the Pearl sitting on the terrace.
"Eh, sir. Yes sir." said Pearl.
"Plan, how long have you been in the nduk house?" ask Mr. Bowo.
"InshaaAllah one week sir. Next Sunday, Tiara let me leave" said Mutiara.
"Only a week?" ask Mr. Bowo.
"Please sir. Because Tiara has been awaited by Kanti to help in her stall." said Mutiara gave an explanation.
"Wo, yes nduk."
"Why sir?" ask Pearl.
"Ndak papa's. You just ask" said Mr. Bowo.
Then Madam Hindun came to bring warm tea and fried cassava to Pak Bowo and Pearl who had swept the yard is indeed spacious.
"Warm tea is like coffee for you. This was your father going to the nduk field. There's cassava, kept in bedhol, yes kept the mother fried. You like the blanggreng." said Miss Hindun.
"This mother.tauuu is Tiara's favorite. Maturnuwun ya ma'am." said Mutiara while hugging his mother.
"Nduk." call Miss Hindun.
"Yes mom?"
"Over here, what do you plan to do? I mean, is there a rush? Or do you want to rest at home?" tanyabu Hindun's.
"Why is mom?" ask Pearl.
"So yesterday, just as you plan to go home, I met mom Hayati, because when you returned several times yesterday, you will help me teach there, this is ma'am Hayati nanyain you again. This repetition of yours, can you help me learn more?" said bu Hindun.
"Oh yes stay InshaaAllah Tiara. Mumpung holiday, it is always Tiara's agenda to participate in studying at school is ma'am" said Mutiara.
"Yes wis, tomorrow you go straight there" said Miss Hindun.
"Yes ma'am, InshaaAllah."
"Oya nduk, have you contacted nak Ahmad? Has he reached his house?" ask Mr. Bowo.
"Oh. yeah. Tiara forgot sir. Last night, Dzen said that Dzen mas has not yet reached home, because Dzen mas directly bablas to Jakarta sir, he wanted to Pilgrimage to his mother's tomb" Mutiara said.
"Walah, lha kok yo far men to Jakarta? Why didn't you say it yesterday?" said Mr. Bowo.
"Tiara is also less tau sir" said Mutiara.
"Perhaps, Nak Dzen went there to ask for do'a blessing as well, so as to be a father mantune" said Miss Hindun with a smile and then walked into the house.
"Mother nih. What to?" said Pearl who blushed her face in embarrassment.
Mr. Bowo just smiled in response to his wife's babble.
"Yes wis nduk, the father of nitip greetings to Nak Ahmad, the heart of the journey is far" said Mr. Bowo.
"Gift sir." replied Pearl.
Then Mutiarapun ate and drank the dishes that had been prepared by his mother, then he said goodbye to his father to clean himself.
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The Jakarta
"Where's your mama's grave is Dzen?" ask Shanum.
"In our school deck" said Dzen.
"TPU deket SMP us?" ask Shanum.
"Yes." replied Dzen.
Arriving at the location, Dzen and Shanum get out of the car, then walk towards the grave of Mama Dzen.
"Assalamualaikum mom. This is Dzen ma. Dzen came for Ziarahi same mama adek. Sorry, Dzen long time no visit, but do'a for you, tal ever break up ma" said Dzen holding a tombstone bearing his mother's name.
"Ma, Dzen is now again trying to change. Dzen wants to be a good boy for mom. Dzen is proud to be a mother's child, born from my mother's womb, thank you ma. Mama was indeed the greatest woman Dzen had ever known."
Not much was conveyed Dzen in front of his mother's navel, Dzenpun then prayed for his mother and sister. Then put a bouquet of flowers on the tombstone of his mother, and sprinkled flowers on the mound of the tomb of his mother and sister. Then Dzen and Shanumpun walked away from the TPU.
While on the road, it was already noon, Dzen invited Shanum to rest and have lunch first.
"Num, where are you going to eat?" ask Dzen.
"I'm this laper" said Dzen again.
"Ehm, how about if we eat at our subscription restaurant first, it's still open?" shanum Gulan.
"Yup."
"Okey, hopefully it's still open" said Dzen doing his car to a restaurant not far from where he lived first. And the guess was right, the stall was still open, but the look had already changed, it was getting wider.
"Assalamualaikum bu Nawang." said Dzen.
"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. Yeah, what would you like to order, ma'am?" ask Bu Nawang.
"Mother's the same as us?" ask Dzen.
"Eh, wait a minute, who is it?" tanya Bu Nawang trying to remember.
"I'm Dzen bu, Pradipta's son, and this is Shanum, Toni's son" Dzen said.
"Oh, yes. Mom just remembered. Oh Allah. Haven't seen you in a long time, where have you been?" ask Bu Nawang.
"Now we live in the same town. In Semarang." said Shanum smiling happily.
"Ow, yes yes. What is the event to Jakarta?" ask Bu Nawang.
"Kangen mom's cooking" said Dzen teasingly.
"You are Dzen, not possible" said Ms. Nawang blushed.
"Thank you, this. We're here because of the pilgrimage, but it's done. It's going back to Semarang again, because tomorrow's work." said Dzen straightened out.
"Oh, yeah. What do you want to eat now?" ask Bu Nawang.
"I, vegetable ma'am, same omelet" said Dzen.
"Well, wait a minute" said Ms. Nawang.
"Dzen." call Shanum.
"Yes?"
"Yesterday you can be on the path outside the city anyway, lo where do you want to go?" shanum asked curiously.
"Oh, yesterday? I'm from Solo." said Dzen casually.
"From Solo? Whynot? Then yesterday you were traveling far? Keep getting further away from me?" ask Shanum.
"Yes, gapapa. Just relax. I went to Solo because I have a business doing my specialist doctor Num education program, I happened to study at UNS Solo" said Dzen.
"Owh, you want to be a specialist?" ask Shanum.
"Yes Num."
"Cool.." said Shanum.
Then Ms. Nawang already came with Dzen and Shanum's order.
"Please. I live yes, I have to serve customers first" said Ms. Nawang.
"Yes ma'am." replied Dzen.
"Oya Dzen, how's that girl at the night market doing?" shanum asked curiously.
"You mean?" ask Dzen.
"The girl we bought martabak at the mallem market" Shanum asked.
"you mean? A tiara?" ask Dzen.
"Yes. How's things? He's your temen, right?" ask Shanum.
"Yes. He's good, yesterday he I anter back home to Solo, all my duties, and all medical seminars" said Dzen who had not yet mengeh with Shanum's conversation.
"Ehm, did you see the ort?" ask Shanum. Dzen nodded as he continued to eat his food.
"Lo likes her?" ask Shanum. Instantly Dzen stopped his mouthful.
"Why? You jealous?" tanya Dzen teased Shanum, until Shanum's face turned red.
"Idiih, what a pungency lo. Who likes elo" said Shanum jaim.
"Who knows, you actually have a crush on me, don't you?" dzen said jokingly and was still engrossed in his food. Shanum was aghast and looked at Dzen closely.
"Ehm. Ge Er lo!" shanum ketus.
"Hahaha, yes already, immediately eaten the rice, we must immediately continue, let tomorrow's bad luck until now" said Dzen.
"Ehm, okay" Shanum said.
They continued their lunch, and Dzen and Shanum said goodbye to Nawang to return to Semarang. Because the next day Dzen and Shanum had to work again.