Asti Girl Carrying the Curse
Chapters 147. Not the Fir Family
" Thankfully! Wek!" Ledek Asti tickled.
Leon's lips shriveled.
It turned out that Akbar was not an ally to him. They are both men. Even if taken to the project alone, the baby was a pleasure when invited to ride some heavy equipment used to stem the river at the end of the hill there.
The next morning, Asti had prepared all the necessities for Leon. Her work clothes were already hanging neatly at the end of the closet door. Because of working in the field, Leon usually only choose short-sleeved shirts or collared t-shirts, with subordinate parka pants or material pants with good quality.
After long working in various development projects in Jakarta and the surrounding area, Leon never felt at home sitting sweetly in a chair in his office room cool because of using AC.
There are many new development skills and methods available today to complete various projects. Starting from chicken claw system for peat soil or swamp soil. How to install with the foundation pole of the building as it was created. Until the installation of earth nails that no longer emit loud and noisy sounds, because the engine is more modern.
" Dad, I got permission to go to the bank and stop by the village, huh?" Asti Report.
" Yes!" Leon replied slowly, wearing his socks.
" Later lunch prepared by Ms. Ning, it's okay right?"
Leon's face became less excited. Moreover, Akbar had not yet woken up when he was going to work this morning.
"'No stay at Pak Sarno's house, right ?"
" Depends!"
" What, anyway? It depends on everything." Answer Leon bete.
"'Depending on the business can be finished quickly not today...."
"'What, the bean harvest is not good?"
Asti was silent." Since, Dania's parents no longer help in the rice fields. Some other farmers also do not want to work there even though they want to harvest tomorrow!"
" What, are they spreading slander again?"
" No idea, tuh! But Lek No lacks people to uproot bean crops. Otherwise, the harvest would be less good!"
" How many people do you need?"
" Five to ten people only. Actually more people, also better, anyway ...." Asti's eyes stared at her husband for a long time, for lack of certainty. " Don't don't, Mas wants to deploy the workers on the project, huh?"
" No! I want to ask Mr. RT, if anyone wants to join the harvest in the rice field Pak No tomorrow. Don't forget, Mrs Ratih told me to cook a lot and taste good...."
Unknowingly because of her husband's brilliant idea. Asti hugged the man tightly and gave him a kiss of gratitude on both cheeks. The scene was seen by Ms. Ning who would serve breakfast at the dining table.
" Duh, just like Romeo and Juliet. It's morning, it's !" Tegur Mbak Ning amused.
" Let's Ma'am Ning tomorrow we have a picnic to Lek No's house in the village! Let Joko take care of the house!" Bring Mr. Leon spirit. Having already got the brightening morning vitamin on her long work day, later!
" Can, can you. Every now and then Ms. Ning can get out of the house. Want refreshing!" he said in style.
Sure enough the next morning there was a group of Asti neighbors coming in front of Joglo house in the village. They consist of fathers and mothers who come there using two open-air cars.
It seems Mr. Leon's offer yesterday was quite interesting. Some of them also came from farming families. Moreover, this is only a part-time job with enough wages.
The men would pluck out an old-looking peanut plant. Because the leaves are yellowing. The mothers will collect the plant and accumulate it on the edges of the rice fields are more shady. Because every on the outskirts of the Asti rice field, planted shade trees such as banana trees, cassava, and various flowers that are bright and beautiful colors.
Mothers will separate the peanuts from their stems and roots. Some were by plucking by hand or cut with a knife. The bean pods were immediately collected in large containers of woven bamboo. or a used sack that is spread like a mat so that the peanuts do not scatter everywhere.
All of the old tree trunks were inserted into the prepared hole in the corner of the rice field, which was near the bamboo forest. He said all the rest of the plant can be used for green fertilizer, by being stockpiled with soil.
The impromptu harvesters rejoiced at the work. Because every nut tree that has been uprooted, is filled with large and large bean pods. The land here is very fertile.
In a matter of hours, already collected a few sacks of peanuts. The sacks were tied to the ends, and raised into Lek No's open-air car. They took him to the barn behind the joglo house.
The cars went back and forth from the rice fields to the road to Asti's house. Lek No who brought the car, there was also Mr. Sambodo and another father who also deployed his car.
Finally they also pulled out dozens of cassava trees that are old enough to be harvested at the request of Lek No. All the trees were tied together. Because the cassava stem will be used as a new seed. While the cassava results immediately raised to the car of Mr. Sembodo.
Inside the joglo house, the kitchen was filled with various smells of cooking. There are Asti, Mbak Ning, Mbak Asni and Mbak Mar. They go hand-in-hand to make meals that are easy to serve and taste good for the farmers' lunches.
Bulek Ratih assisted by two neighboring mothers began to arrange food placed on a large table beside the house. There were also dozens of piles of dishes and a large flask of sweet iced tea
Sure enough, at 11:00 more, the peanut picking troupe had arrived. They went home to the Joglo house to rest, and had lunch .
Some of the fathers washed their feet and cleaned their bodies in the bathroom of the mosque, which was located in front of the street of Joglo house. The bathroom was renovated last year. While the mothers use the bathroom in the Joglo house and the house next to it alternately.
It turned out that the work of the harvest had already been completed today. Mr. Sambodo almost brought all residents in the village of Sidodadi for the harvest event in the village of Sendang Mulyo.
Asti helped hand the dishes to the neighbor for lunch. On the big table there are two kinds of vegetables in a large pot, there is a vegetable soup with chicken claw and vegetable mixed lodeh that fragrant asherbak. Chicken, tofu and fried tempeh. There is also prepared lalapan cucumber and vegetable stew in the form of cassava leaves, kakung and papaya leaves. Tomato sauce is prepared in two large bowls with a drum cracker in a large plastic.
The luncheon event was increasingly crowded because there were dozens of people working to help in the rice fields that day. They eat and talk happily. Moreover, they come from different villages, so while enjoying lunch. The harvesters got to know each other and chatted with each other.
Peanut harvests from dozens of hectares of rice fields were seen in the back shed.
From a distance there was the sound of Mr. Leon's car coming which was also very memorized by Akbar. The baby exclaimed pleasure when he saw his passengers get off one by one from the pretty nice car.
There was not only Mr. Leon, and his two assistants...In fact there is Joko, Firman and the driver, Dimas. Of course, the presence of young and handsome men was very attractive to mothers from neighboring Bulek Ratih.
It was precisely Bulek Ratih who was happy to welcome them. He told his son-in-law, son and guest to join for lunch together - the same as the other neighbors. It's more like eating at a people's thanksgiving party.
"Who, Dek?" lek No asked, deliberately mocked the baby. While pointing at Leon's most prominent figure... Because Leon is tall, with clean skin and a handsome face.
" Akbar's father!" the baby replied funny.
The boy's reply made some mothers there quite moved. When Akbar began to be good at words, he got the love of a whole father from Mr. Leon.
Moreover, they saw Mr. Leon continue to hold Akbar after finishing eating. Sometimes the man also chatted with the neighbors, to get along. Including answering prank questions from neighboring mothers Bulek Ratih whose curiosity is very big.
" Why, bring the group. You don't want to cook, do you?" accuse Asti of Joko.
" I asked Ma'am Mar, the food supply here is enough, right? Mar said cook quite a lot. Well, instead of waiting for Mas Danu to come later, I just bring them here!"
Bulek Ratih laughed amusedly at the reason his son felt reasonable, because of his laziness. He said Mas Danu was having business in the village near his house. So he's going to the stall by late afternoon. While the closest rice stall to around the house of Asti is just a rice stall Mbah Peyek.
Eventually they agree to Joko's proposal to follow Asti to the village. The journey only takes less than 20 minutes. Luckily, now they really enjoy processed cuisine called Bulek Ratih they can shake the tongue!