Asti Girl Carrying the Curse
Chapters 212. Delayed Return
Mr. Basuki Murti's health is gradually recovering...
Every morning, I told a lot with Lek No about his duties that are sometimes placed in remote and remote areas. While Lek No likes to tell stories about the way he cultivates rice fields and gardens from the heritage of Asti's grandfather.
There is also a funny Qani crawling in the family room that is quite spacious. Until there was a tricycle that Dimas brought from the house of Mbak Mesya. Although not a new item, but the bike that used to belong to Hanum is a quality item and expensive. So it looks still good.
The cry of the baby and toddler who played in the room did not disturb the two grandfathers who were still busy chatting. Sometimes their eyes keep watching the two grandchildren to keep playing safely.
Seen since yesterday Leon, Dimas and Joko busy gathered in the workspace owned by Mr. Murti, in the room near the stairs. For the most part, Leon's work can be run by his two assistants carefully in his office in Sidodadi Village.
Asti who always prepares coffee and small food for them... While Mbak Siti and Bulek Ratih began busy in the kitchen to prepare lunch. Ms. Tia had already cleaned some rooms upstairs with a broom and a bucket filled with mop water. Joko and Dimas were now sleeping in the room upstairs. Exchanging with Leon and Asti who used one room among the other three rooms available in the pavilion.
" What cooking, Lek?" ask Asti while preparing the rice team for Qani. Siti was shopping for a bit of green vegetables and seasonings at the nearby traditional market of the region... Maybe because in this region most are resorts, villas or places to rest so the traditional market is not too large and complete in some other areas with more densely populated settlements.
" We make a hodgepodge, just! ... Siti already knows the recipe, this is Pak Murti's favorite food!" bulek Ratih.
Various vegetables began to be cleaned and cut - cut. There are spinach, kale, bean sprouts as well as cabbage. Add sweet corn that will later be sliced from the tip to take the seeds only. In addition there are additional pieces of tofu and fried tempeh. Siti's mother also boiled eggs that are quite a lot of almost half a kilo. Later the egg will be added after the gado - gado ready to be served.
That day all family members in the house enjoyed a dish called gado - gado Betawi. The food was mixed in one large container. Bulek Ratih still had time to make a barrel... The woman meticulously paid attention to the way Mbak Siti processed cuisine which is a typical food from the Jakarta area.
Understandably most of the service period of Pak Basuki Murti is in Jakarta. Especially after he held a fairly important position in the city, until he retired and moved to Semarang.
" Such a pecel, yeah. Lady Siti!" comments of Bulek Ratih. Only if the sambel pecel is not too thick and will be splashed to a variety of vegetables that have been boiled. If the hodgepodge is all put in one container and mixed with seasonings in the form of fried peanuts which are kneaded with chilli, salt, terasi, garlic and brown sugar. In order for the ulekan spice to blend added pieces of fried potatoes that are refined on the peanut sauce so that the flavor medok or thick after being given a little lemon juice.
Bu Jum pokes Asti's shoulder to tell the woman to look at Tia's face that scoffs at all Bulek Ratih's words. Even though the woman was a bit far away from them, she still heard their conversation in the kitchen.
Bulek Ratih has been two or three times to Jakarta invited by the late Bude Ayu, to meet his relatives who live in the Orange garden. They have also been invited to various tourist attractions there. Do not forget to try a variety of typical foods of Jakarta... Especially hawker street that is mostly affected by the sellers who are nomads from various regions. So there are various kinds of snacks options, from seblak, satay Madura, ketoprak Cirebon and Sukabumi chicken porridge.
In fact, there is a restaurant called Padang restaurant, or warteg aka Tegal stalls!
" What are you doing, Miss Tia? don't like it, hear our chatter?" ask Bu Jum.
" Bulek Ratih is a cook, lho! Tanya Bu Anggun who had stopped by her house in the village... So if there is a menu from another area, it will definitely try it. Especially if it makes it easy and all the spices are available."
Bu Jum's words were answered with the sharp eyes of Mbak Tia who was increasingly glaring. Unknowingly, Bu Jum followed the steps of ART which seemed to be his favorite person in this family who stepped into the backyard.
" So that person should not be too highly self-assessing, Ms. Tia. Where - where, babu ya still babu?Even if you work in Singapore! I was also often taken by my Singaporean employer, Ms Tia! Yeah, just for a walk !"
Ma'am Tia looked up, her eyes looked the other way sign she did not want to respond to Bu Jum's remark "Don't expect too high to be able to tease Mr. Leon... A person as beautiful as Madam Almira, Mr. Leon refused! Especially you who if dressed up like a person wants to mess up! Poor you, Tia! Dreaming in broad daylight!"
"'Where is Bu Jum from?" asti asked confusedly. She saw Mrs Jum carrying a can and a bottle of Qani's milk to the kitchen. Asti only looked up briefly from the door, but in the empty kitchen there was no one.
Qani immediately approached Bu Jum who was carrying her milk bottle. Usually Qani will already sleep after spending half a bottle of milk.
Lek No and Bulek Ratih had already brought the two Asti children back to the pavilion.
" Just rest, Mom Jum! Accompany Akbar to sleep in the next room, yes! If Mr. Murti's situation is getting better, it feels like we can go home first. Let Dimas drive the Inova who will take us home!"
" Tomorrow shall we go home, Ma'am? "
" Yes, the house of in-laws tastes better at home. Ma'am Jum!" asti complains unconsciously. While looking at the magnificent du-storey house in front of them. A house that shows the prosperity of the Basuki Murti family.
" Yes, Ma! Moreover, here there was an ART who felt himself to be the owner of all these luxuries and riches!"
Asti laughed heartily. " That's it, Ms. Jum. It's none of our business! Let Mas Leon take care of Tia's problem!"
After the children fall asleep, Asti and Bu Jum begin to fill their suitcases and bags with piles of clean clothes. A few days ago Asti had time to shop at a clothing store, for additional copy clothes. Because when they go to Semarang they only bring enough clothes. Because they thought they wouldn't stay here too long.
Be he bought some gamis and negligent batik hijab to copy. Bu Jum also bought 3 batik negligee to replace. So they no longer have to wash their daily clothes, after they dry and then put them back on.
Another case for Qani clothes, they carry quite a lot of change of clothes. But Asti also bought some t-shirts for additional home clothes that her husband would wear.
" You're going home?" leon whispered that night. Qani was already sound asleep in a small cot specifically for babies.
" Yes, Mas! It's been ten days here...Papa is healthy enough, right? "
Leon hugged his wife gently. He knew that his wife had a business that had to be closely monitored... If the business is still expected to produce a fairly decent profit. Of course, the business owner must always monitor it.
" Don't you want to see the drama that Ma'am Tia made tomorrow afternoon?" whispered the man again.
" That's the business of Leon and Mama! I didn't expect it, there was such a brave housekeeper!"
Last afternoon Joko alerted several CCTV footage that could be recovered. Mainly tracking down who the person who had taken the missing Graceful Mother's jewelry from her room. It turned out that Ms. Tia did it by turning off the CCTV in front of the master bedroom. But the woman did not know that in some rooms there was also CCTV installed rather disguised, especially in the corridor of the room, behind the house, from the kitchen to the room of the ART.
Mom Anggun to check repeatedly various jewelry lost in the storage drawer. Of each set, not all. Usually taken in the form of a gift or ring only. Because those items are limited edition. Jewelry that generally consists of gold was ordered specifically at their subscription gold shop in Semarang City. Mr. Basuki Murti or his children more often give him various jewelry made by the store for birthday gifts or their wedding anniversary celebrations that have reached 40 years.
Bu Jum requested that Asti suspend their return the next day. Because they're planning a trap for Mbak Tia. A lot of information was immediately obtained from the agent of the dealer where Mbak Tia was accommodated.