Asti Girl Carrying the Curse
Chapter 260. Stories About the Past
" This is Yusuf's sister's wife, Sister Sarah. This is her smallest child, Hafiz. His two grown sons also studied and lived in a pesantren as well!" obviously Ardi.
Soon they shake hands and get to know each other. Sarah's age also looks young. For he married Joseph at the request of his father, Mr. Kromo Jati. Because the sweet-faced woman had just graduated from SMK. The woman was also veiled as is, even though her father was an Ustaz. The black pashmina veil is covered only on her head with a knot around her neck. He wears a suit like a cotton blue abstract motif negligee with a child's arm top.Also subordinates like pajama trousers.
The brand immediately prepared - ready to leave the shophouse. Ardi told many of his employees who guarded the store there. Especially for items that have been taken down from the car of Brother Yusuf. There are dozens of convection bales ready to be screened and sent to the merchant who ordered the goods.
In the shop yard, Ardi will come with Leon's car. Mr. Joseph brought his own driver. Because the road trip from Surabaya to Malang, including a fairly long trip. So he needed a driver to take turns with his car. After a few days earlier, she had been sleep deprived from having to look after her hospitalized in-laws.
The middle-aged man who was sitting relaxed while resting in front of the shophouse, quickly stood up. He immediately faced Mr. Joseph who was carrying the youngest. The boy still looked a bit sleepy.
" Mister Jan! We're going straight to the Rock, yeah!" call Yusuf. The old man immediately ran over to the car of innova colored navy blue.
" Ready, Sir!" It turns out that Mr. Jan has long been working with Mr. Yusuf in developing the convection business. They used to have to deliver their own goods - ordered goods to customers to various cities in East Java. If now just call him a courier by using the service of delivery of goods to be delivered to the address of the buyer. So don't bother anymore.
Traders who order T-shirts and other screen printing products, usually sell the goods in retail. They opened stalls and shops in several strategic places. Such as near tourist sites in the Batu area and other cities.
The tourism industry began to be encouraged in some areas for the economic progress of local communities. So that more and more just stand new tourist attractions in some areas. Both natural tourism and educational tourism to provide education, knowledge is also a means of entertainment.
Now Leon just follows the car in front of him as a guide. Ardi sat down next to Leon. Behind Asti sat pensively. The woman felt that she was in between dreamland only! He could hardly believe it, because his mother's two brothers were with him... Can she hear the truth from the story about her mother's whereabouts?
As Mr. Muin said... Emilia was trapped by a very complicated situation at the same time. The woman had also felt the insincere intentions of Mr. Kushari. When the man was determined to come with them to go to the city of Banjarmasin.
The proof of the man's existence did not help them much. In fact, Mr. Kushari looks more prone to hearing the talks of people there. He allied with a certain person just to gain an advantage for himself.
Including approaching the enemies of Mr. Jaffar who their eyes too pious and religious, as a leader of the great merchants there. Though there are people who start selling contraband items they get from the arrival of barge boats from neighboring countries.
Such goods are very sold in the market, because they can be sold at low prices, below market prices. Because without paying taxes. But the official traders began to protest loudly. Because they have similar and more official goods, but must be sold more expensive so that they do not sell on the market.
Many people turned to selling goods - goods that he said came from the ship, which came from abroad. So that unofficial traders get very high profits. The presence of the abal-abal traders began to cause resistance from traders who had long sold in the store.
They eventually formed groups - groups that clashed with each other. Moreover, there are groups that prioritize their own interests and benefits.
At the time of the fire, Ardi was very small. Only ten years old. Even she was asleep when carried by the Grandmother to be taken out of her burning house. Know-how, he was lying outside the house with his feet hit by the rest of the ruins of the house. While in the fire still heard his grandmother screaming for help.
Even before the incident, his parents had not returned home for two days. Because his father had to take merchandise from a storage warehouse near the port. Usually, the departure of Mr. Jaffar there is always accompanied by his men who also help him maintain his grocery store. But in the afternoon his wife came along, after leaving her two children to her mother-in-law who lived in front of the house.
At that time what Ardi could remember was that he was in his grandmother's arms. Because Grandma Sami often woke up in the middle of the night, and had a habit to pray Tahajud, in one third of the night.
The old woman heard a commotion behind her house, which was an alleyway from a long hallway, from a densely populated settlement. Most houses are built half-permanent, namely from brick and wood. In fact, many other houses were built near the bridge at the end of the big river, from the village. The residence is more like a hut because it consists of used wood, zinc or cardboard wrapping electronics.
The hut was founded by scavengers or hawkers. Because they made the place, just to shelter from the heat of the air during the day. Also the cold night air that feels biting bone.
The old woman only realized that the noise was the sound of fire that burned her son, Jaffar. Two nights ago, both of his grandchildren slept in his house, after his daughter-in-law left him.
The woman panicked immediately took hold of Ardi, her youngest granddaughter who slept on the cot along with her. Still he's kind of having a hard time building his other, bigger grandson, Jamal. While outside the people were screaming for people who were still asleep. Again, were panicked female voices screaming - screams and asking for help. And the cries of frightened children. Because they only found out that their settlement had turned into a sea of fire.
All power and effort has been made by Grandma Sami to save herself and her two grandchildren. The woman did not notice her old self. As powerful as he was, he brought his grandson out of the house. Unfortunately, the fire quickly spread throughout his not-so-great house. His older grandson had just woken up, after hearing his grandmother's screams. The fire didn't just grab all the flammable parts of the house. Also made the wooden poles fragile and collapsed on the residents who did not have time to save themselves .
Ardi can run jumping and dodge from the collapsed roof . But her grandmother and sister were stricken by the house. They were thrown with great force.
Suddenly a group of people came to help them. It was his father's men who worked at the grocery store. They have also lost contact with Mr. Jaffar for two days. They took Ardi away. But Grandma and Jamal were injured when they were helped out of the roof of the house. The shame in that incident was that Grandma Sami's soul was not helped. He died when he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Likewise Jamal, who was struck by a large wood on his chest. He was already in an unconscious state, and was in a coma days later.
Precisely that was destroyed was the house of Mr. Jaffar who was actually empty, without occupants. But the blaze quickly swept into almost all of the homes of nearby neighbors.
Now Ardi still often wakes up in the middle of the night, if you get nightmares. As a result of these events, he often has difficulty sleeping or experiencing insomnia. Until now the screams of people asking for help continued to burrow in his ears. Not to mention the sound of wood cracking burning. The night air became very hot and full of blazing flames. Plus the sound of ambulance sirens combined with the sound of fire engines...
" Om! We have arrived!" Call Leon while patting the guy's shoulder slowly. Along the road they took in less than 30 minutes there was no sound of conversation. The night air made Qani ask to be hugged by her mother rather than sitting in her car seat. The man woke up from his long daydream.
They walked a little faster, as it was awaited in the corner of the large restaurant at Pak Cakra's order. The arrival of the group was already seen by Lek No and Bulek Ratih who had once met the man. Because Bulek Ratih who takes care of Asti who is still a baby, before Emilia say goodbye to go with her brother.
They look at each other... Mr. Yusuf, Bulek Ratih and Lek No. As if - it would be thrown back to a time that had passed almost a quarter of a century earlier... Suppose they knew to face this kind of destruction, they would have prevented Emilia's departure!
Of course they can also anticipate Pak Kushari's involvement in that departure as well! But it's all fate! No man can prevent all the provisions of God, bad events and good things from Him. Only we can surrender and undergo all the trials and difficulties of life in this mortal world.