Asti Girl Carrying the Curse
Chapters 261. At A Meeting
" Mad and Dad are healthy, right?" welcome Yusuf was deeply moved.
He hugged Lek No's body which was more sturdy and contained. Because almost every day, Lek No works in the fields. He cultivated dozens of hectares of rice fields to plant rice. Also a very extensive coconut grove, part of the ancestral heritage of Winangun. Although now assisted by two men from his wife's brother. Still the man was still diligently swinging his paculan!
This man and his heartened wife were willing to nurture and care for his nephew from the time the baby was 2 months old, until growing up like this. She was also married, until she married twice. Asti also has two children who are toddlers. But they are all healthy and funny.
At that time, the couple Pak Sarno and Bu Ratih were also newly married a few months ago. They live in a house next to the Joglo house. The special house established by Mr. Winangun for the nephew.
" Let's eat first! Akbar was tired and exhausted too! " said Pakde Muin wisely. Because if they talk about the past, all night told will never be enough. After years of change brought that sadness. The memories will continue to incite a great loss for Asti. Especially with the absence of his mother, in his life. Not to mention Yusuf and Ardi who also experience problems of life that are endless. Because the two Juwono brothers always pressured them.
Akbar was very excited to walk along the room at the Angkut meseum. A place that is really well-organized and modern. Not like a pervert in general. Because there are regulations and many restrictions for visitors. You have to have permission to take pictures there. Most objects in the meseum should not be touched by the visitors.Fear to damage the collection of rare objects because of its long age. It is also a valuable relic of the past.
Precisely in the Transport museum we can hold and also climb into the cars. There is also free to take pictures - photos. Especially in the museum that there is a street, with a view of the terrace of the house or front yard of various beautiful countries... They can enjoy the Broadway stage-style performances in the middle of the road which is the most awaited show by the visitors there.
In addition to showing off a variety of antique cars that can still run and are well maintained. The performers and dancers also wore interesting performance costumes that were adapted to their time.
The battle is mafia-style, in America there. Akbar yelled with pleasure! When there was a shootout scene. Mr. Muin who always accompanied him because the cute boy asked a lot of things. Moreover, he knew that the grandfather had a real firearm. Retired a policeman!
They had now returned to the inn and enjoyed dinner with a different order menu. In addition there are chicken satay and roasted chicken for children whose season is not too spicy. There is also a phenomenal cow rawon and a variety of desserts such as bakwan Malang, a typical snack of the city that is already widely known.
Because there were additional family members staying overnight, Mr. Muin booked another room on the second floor. Om Ardi does not mind sleeping one room with Mr. Jan driver his brother, because in his room there is a double bed.
Qani is now guarded by Bu Jum. While Akbar and Hafiz immediately play together guarded Mbak Putri. The two toddlers became familiar after getting acquainted. They were almost the same age, only a year different. The driver also increased to three... They are also looking for a comfortable seat to rest and smoke.
While Asti , Leon and Bulek Ratih, Lek No and Pakde Muin and his wife sit around Ardi and Joseph. Many stories will be told to the Asti family. Moreover, the Juwono brothers forbade Mr. Yusuf to make contact with the Winangun family in the village of Sendang Mulyo. As if - will not return Emilia to the village was the fault of her family in Banjarmasin City. It was also Yusuf's fault, too, for it was too late to get news of Emilia not returning to Java
" Let's tell you a story, Joseph! " Pinta Pakde Muin's.
The former police officer who was asked for help by the late Bude Ayu to look for traces of Emilia's brother who lives in Surabaya.
It turns out that all their efforts were once, always hindered by the Juwono brothers with their personal interests hidden.
" I sent Emilia back to Java! After five days there. Emilia and I took turns to look after the younger sisters who were hospitalized! The situation there is really very chaotic. The father and mother of Sharifah were persecuted by Mr. Alek's men...Because they misunderstand hearing reports from traders who sell unofficially. Though they gave the most deposits to those security guards."
" After 5 days of taking care of the hospitalized sisters, also took care of the burning house. Mr. Kushari has bought them a plane ticket back to Surabaya with a flight tomorrow afternoon. At night Emilia was ready - ready to leave because she had tidied up a bag containing all the clothes and some documents.. I have to go back to the hospital! Because Jamal's circumstances became very critical that night!"
The man's eyes glared a little far away with a very sad look. " I think Emilia is gone with Mr. Kushari tomorrow. Surprisingly Emilia was uninteresting to me... So was Aunt Hera, deeply shocked by Emilia's attitude!"
" Until there's a brother assigned to guard the warehouse. Like seeing Emilia leave that night with Mr. Manaf and some of her men in the harbor ... They're riding speedboats. Two days, Aris awaits their return at that port ... But they didn't come back. The people there did not give much meaningful information... But Aris saw that Mr. Manaf was already in his village a week later."
" Who is Manaf?" ask Pakde Muin beware.
" That man who used to be the lover of the Mother of Sharifah, my mother continued! The man was married to a woman whom his family had arranged... The father who helped the Mother of Sharifah who was financed by the family of Mila Sanah, because it was considered to be a troublemaker at their wedding. Mr. Manaf and Ms. Mila got married because of an arranged relationship with the kinship between their families!"
" Nearly two years passed, the family only reported that Aunt Hera had found a bag of Emilia clothes that someone had hidden in a mane that was destroyed and long abandoned . We don't know where else to get news of Emilia's whereabouts... Until Aunt Hera also sought information by asking someone for help.."
" Who is Aunt Hera?" ask Mr. Muin again.
" He's a cousin of the father who married the town guy... Her husband has an important position in the government. Be the most respected in our family... His mansion was not far from the merchant village opposite him..."
" The person who sought the information told Aunt Hera, if Mr. Manaf did it was told by the Javanese, aka Pak Kushari... Emilia did not go home. Because he got word that his father and mother were in a house in a fishing village... But Mr. Manaf's men caught him and took Emilia away from there ... There seems to be another interest behind the fire. In addition to Mr. Manaf, there are some people who do not like the efforts of the father who is getting bigger and quite successful with the store ... Emilia was kidnapped and killed by Mr. Manaf... The man was a big criminal ... He has been reported twice by people because of debt problems. They also often go to jail. His wife's extended family always released him with a large money guarantee... They are also ashamed of the father and the mother of Sharifah, because the man is just a son-in-law who always tarnishes the good name of his wife's family which is quite famous in our area as the descendants of great scholars!"
" What about Mr Manaf?"
" Mister Manaf was involved in a transaction of illegal goods somewhere...He was arrested and imprisoned. He was seriously injured in a fight with a fellow prisoner in prison. Somehow about his fate?"
"Is there anyone from the family there who is trying to find information from Mr. Manaf?"
" You once came to jail and asked about Emilia's whereabouts! Manaf sir is a very cruel person and has no conscience! He laughed happily at the father's condition which was not as healthy as it used to be. Father's feet were also partially paralyzed as a result of the persecution ... Ibu Syarifah continues the business of opening a grocery store in a traditional market elsewhere.. The shop is not big. But enough for the cost of living both of them everyday. Because the treatment for Ardi has depleted all the savings and inheritance that the father has actually prepared for his children..."
" Why did Mr. Kushari make a fuss about Emilia, huh? Was that the man who had Manaf kidnap Emilia?" mister Muin finally opened his voice.
" Or does Emilia know something? Because he didn't come home and even intended to find the whereabouts of his father and mother? " whispered Joseph again.
Sometimes Joseph also felt uncomfortable living in the village with his family. They used to move there after she graduated Elementary School. His father was a widower who married Sharifah. The woman took very good care of Joseph. Although the woman also had her own children who were born after marriage to her Father, the Mother of Sharifah still treated Joseph well, like her own child.