Asti Girl Carrying the Curse
Chapter 32. Gifts for Dekbay
"Bude, the vegetable supply and side dishes in the fridge are almost gone, huh?" Asti asked after driving Satrio to work on the front page. Asti was only sunbathing in the morning for a while because it remembers the needs of the kitchen.
"We're going to the market, Asti! Bude's not ready. Let you take note of what needs to be purchased!"
Before long Bude Prapti came out using a loose tunic and black cotton trousers. Since her widow years ago, Bude Prapti has had to make a living for her children. So she became an independent woman, strong and stoic.Because not always can expect the help given by Mr. Sanjaya, the husband of her cousin's sister. So in that village he works anything, as long as his children can eat and school.
Sometimes Bude Prapti participate as farm laborers, planting rice in neighboring fields during the rainy season. At that time he was only given a daily wage of ten thousand to twenty thousand per day.
Sell in the market when there are garden results that can produce rupiah, from bananas to leaves. In the garden there are also jackfruit trees, breadfruit also some other fruits such as sapodilla and mango. Sometimes called neighbors who have a celebration, from washing dishes, to cooking various dishes.
Bude Prapti was very careful to bring the motorcycle down the streets in the small town which is quite crowded. Just don't head towards the middle of town, so they don't wear helmets.
After passing through the smaller streets, they arrived at the traditional market. The market was crowded but kept clean and orderly.
Many side dishes, vegetables and seasonings that Asti has purchased. While Bude Prapti who brought two bags of large crackers of their groceries that day. The woman also forbade Asti from lifting heavy things.
Arriving in the parking lot, they cross paths with Suparlan's mother who carries her husband's Inova car. The woman pretended not to know Asti and Bude Prapti.
Soon the woman entered the market wearing a thin dress that resembled a nightgown. She still wears complete make up despite wearing flip-flops. In his hand was a cloth shopping bag, wallet and wearing a face glass, or large anti-glare glasses placed on his head like wearing a bando.
Unknowingly Bude Prapti denounced the appearance of Asti's neighbor with his slightly sneering lips. Although they live in the city, but many residents here are still unable to accept the changes that are too drastic. Moreover, most of the population when obeying the teachings of Islam. So according to the middle-aged woman, Mother Suparlan's appearance was inappropriate. Moreover, the dress showed part of her body that was smooth and smooth skin. It certainly becomes its own assessment in the community.
"That's a new dress model, Asti!"
"What, Bude?" asti asked confusedly.
" That's what your neighbor used!"
" Who?"
"Yes Suparlan's mother, you know? It is so if the Jakarta people go shopping to the market wearing nightgowns!"
"Already, Bude... Don't bother taking care of anyone else. Nih, I just bought the same marrow porridge pecel and fried noodles. Looks delicious..."
Arriving at home, they first enjoy snacks from the market earlier. Aided by Bude Prapti, they immediately tidied up the groceries.
After a short break, the two women prepared some herbs to process side dishes and vegetables to eat in the afternoon.
" Why , De.. Still curious about Jeng Inneke, earlier?"
" Slight . . . It is not uncomfortable to see a lot of people wearing thin and open clothes so?" Bude Prapti's murmur was almost inaudible to Asti's ears.
" It was as if she was preserving the dignity of her husband. Poor Mr. Suparlan high position but not appreciated his wife. Where said Ms. Eri, next door neighbor, Mother Suparlan was fiercely begging for mercy..."
"De, don't listen to the gossip! That's what people say. We don't see for ourselves?"
" But Miss Eri was horrified when she was angry with Ninuk and called your cousin!"
" Malah Ninuk too, looking at the neighbor's guest. Anyone else must be suspicious too?"
Bude Prapti immediately stroked his chest. Asti rarely goes out of the house, yes, because it does not want to join the mothers who are busy gossiping while shopping at a mobile vegetable maker. Mommy Suparlan often goes to the market, because she is often used as the talk of the neighbors in the complex. Bude Prapti so join nimbrung, even though what he bought is only a trivial thing. Like kitchen spices, Royco or a packet of fat crackers, made from rice.
It all started because of the presence of Asti, Satrio's wife who became a new resident in the official house in front of his house. The young woman was very beautiful, polite and meek she said. Moreover, the hijab is long and somewhat closed. Even so, the woman called Bu Satrio is very fast to combine between her dress and her veil to be harmonious.
Since the presence of the young woman, Jeng Inneke lost his prestige. Though he often tells about his hometown, Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Although it has moved from the city since the third grade Junior High. But she always prides herself on being a modern and classy woman. His family had to move from one city to another when his father's business went bankrupt.
Until his grandmother helped their family. The father got a job overseeing a vegetable plantation in Central Java. They lived in a wooden house on the edge of the forest. Because the house is the facility as a garden supervisor. Fortunately, the grandmother's brother allowed his father to use an open-top car to drive and pick up his children to attend school in a nearby village.
The arrival of Pak Sadewo and Eyang Putri that afternoon to Satrio's house was the attention of the neighbors. The man who has a high rank is not shy to lift some cardboard from the trunk of his Pajero sports car. The item was owned by the twins when they were babies to be given to their future children Satrio later.
Satrio helped lift it. Now the gift items that have been piled up in the living room.
" Mr Asti. All that stuff has been cleaned my maid in the house there. Slowly, the sling is also a blanket already in the laundry. Anyway, Dede the baby will just wear it!"
" Thank you, Princess. To trouble so..."
The old woman stroked elus the big belly of Asti. " Hopefully his birth is good for nothing. Also quickly healthy again."
They immediately say goodbye because only to deliver the gift of Ibu Anggita only. It seems Mr. Sadewo has great respect for his mother-in-law by opening the car door. Until she saw the woman was quite comfortable then the man closed his car.
While Asti and Satrio were still standing at the door to escort them, Bude Prapti observed the pile of boxes and boxes.
The middle-aged woman was amazed by the number of items the baby needed. From bathtubs, cutlery, bouncers, car seats for babies to two stroller with two different types for traveling.
In the past, Anggita's mother donated most of the twins' baby clothes to a burning village in a village.
While the various baby equipment he kept at his parents' house in Yogyakarta. In addition to the price is quite expensive, at that time the mothers who have babies need more food assistance. Also diapers and milk for babies.
Even Bu Anggita still keeps half the stuff in the hope that she can get pregnant again and be given a daughter. But feel the report takes care of twins who are still toddlers. The plan to get pregnant again will be delayed in the next few years. At least until both twins are independent and in school.