Asti Girl Carrying the Curse
Chapter 56. The Satrio Family Away
Asti's daily activities are taking care of Akbar before leaving for the market. He usually goes to his shop after eight. Because he had entrusted to Dania, who must have opened a shop and tidied up their wares.
Yesterday afternoon, he got another shipment of goods from Ibu Tuti's convection, in the form of his dress order. So there's no way he's got two big boxes of that robe with his bike. The plan is he will bring the goods later by using his car to the market.
During this month, Asti only dared to drive his car accompanied by Joko or Lek No when traveling a long distance.
"Mbak Ning and Bu Jum, want to come to the market, right?" Take Asti. It is good to provide entertainment to those who are always at home every day. Help take care of the house and keep Akbar while selling in the market.
" Can you, Ma'am?" mama Ning replied hesitatingly.
"Yes, I can. I'll take it!"
Just yesterday they received their monthly salary that Asti gave. There may be some items they want to buy for their own sake.
" Any breakfast at the dinner table, Ma'am! Ma'am Jum, let's prepare Akbar's needs!"
In front of the house there is Mas Yanto who is helping Mr. Roh water plants and grass.
" Sirah sir, take home. Everyone wants to go to the market! "
"Sip, Ma'am!"
" Mas Yanto, if you want to have breakfast already at the dinner table. Just see if Joko and his men want to join as well, right?"
The man opened the front gate. The group began to come out of the house with all the prints belonging to Akbar. From stroller, big bag, milk bottle equipment. Also two boxes of goods that Mr. Spirit has put in the trunk.
"Cie - the pie that wants to wholesale!" Ledek Pak Yanto to Bu Jum and Mbak Ning.
The two women smiled happily as they waved at the two people who were about to wait for the house.
Asti was busy pulling the car out to the front of the gate. Ma'am Ning helped open the door, so that Bu Jum could sit on the middle bench with Akbar.
Mas Yanto continued to follow from the side, until Asti's car was on the side of the intersection road. After looking at the right of the safe road, the man signaled that the car could cross.
It's not easy to give Asti confidence. Since the divorce, Asti's attitude is more closed to men. Except for those who are still related to the relationship of relatives with kinship with him.
For a long time, Joko also knew that Mas Adam was also interested in Asti. At that time, Asti had no contact with Satrio. It turns out that Adam used to see Asti when he played to the house of Haji Anwar, who still counted distant relatives.
The young man was almost the same age as Satrio. He used to feel unsustainable because he just started his business by opening a small office for renovation services and making home and business designs. So he has no intention of having a serious relationship with women. Especially to be a wife.
Akbar's arrival to the store becomes entertainment for Dania. Poked-up her cheeks chubby Akbar. Admired cute and adorable handsome face. No matter what the baby starts poking around and hitting Dania on the shoulder. Everyone laughed at Akbar's behavior.
" Eits, no, Deck! " asti said. "'Bak Dania hasn't seen Akbar in a long time. So miss Dedek, huh?"
Mbak Ning and Bu Jum started to enter the market. Asti had ordered Mbak Ning to shop for some supplies of seasonings and green vegetables for additional food for Akbar, rice team.Also a little basic food for Bulek Ratih.
"Sir, someone keeps watching from the store next door! " Bisik Dania's.
The baby was already sleepy so it looked quite calm in a stroller. Asti did not care about Dania's words. His fingers are busy calculating the income of the store in this week. Meanwhile, Dania has tidied up the goods from the box that are arranged into the storefront. While attaching the price tag on each plastic wrapper.
The Iddah Asti period was completed almost two weeks ago. But Asti did not care about all of that. Now he works not only to support Akbar.
He also had the responsibility of giving wages or salaries to the people who worked for him. The one who helped ease his life.
Dania received three hundred thousand bills. The girl's face shone brightly, while repeatedly saying Alhamdulillah.
Asti greatly appreciates the hard work and honesty of Dania who has been guarding her shop since she lived in the city because she married Satrio.
The two women who worked at his home have returned. They each carry a bag of groceries in their hands.
"You, have lunch first, Dania! Before that we go home. I will also stop by Bulek Ratih's house for a while."
"Ninuk is rarely seen again, yes. Maam? She's a student, so she's busy..."
There was also envy that sounded from Dania's words. Although still a brother with Bulek Ratih. Dania's family life is even tougher.
He still bore two young sisters. While his father and mother only earn income by becoming a farm worker, because they do not have their own rice fields.
Ms. Naning has stuffed groceries into the trunk. He also bought some groceries to take to Lek No's house.
All their activities and movements were watched by the man who was sitting a little away from the two women in the gold shop next door. Mas Kusno Atmaja's.
Even Asti did not realize that he did not only get the attention of the young man alone. There are some mothers who also open shops and merchandise in the market. They glanced at Asti many times. But I dare not talk about everything about his life. It's just that they saw Asti with a different view. Because Asti has brought a car that is quite good and can drive it himself. She divorced her husband almost 4 months ago.
The red Honda Jazz was speeding steadily through the direction of the bamboo forest. The road for years has not been touched by smooth asphalt. But it becomes a very important road because it helps facilitate access to outside-entry villagers Sendang Mulyo for activities. From the school, to the office to bring the crops from their farmland to be sold to the market.
"Assalamu'alaikum!" Ma'am Ning said knocking on the front door.
Precisely from the backyard of Bulek Ratih appeared with a banana leaf sheet that had been neatly arranged in his hand.
" Yes, Allahu Akbar, my most handsome grandson came. Nengok Mbah Ratih huh, Dek?"
The woman joyfully grabbed Akbar from Bu Jum's sling. The baby was laughing because it was being swung around a bit.
Asti, assisted by Ms. Ning, took out various groceries to be brought into the house. This house always gives him a sense of longing, kangen also sad.
" This, Ma'am drinks it."
The soft voice of the woman who was laying the tray contained three cups of cups .
" She Dian Lek? how are you?"
That woman who helps Bulek Train in the kitchen every day. When their husbands work in the fields. Lek Dian and Lek Paijo are older sisters, who are still cousins with Bulek Ratih. Bulek Dian's husband, Kang Asmat who now often helps Joko at the tent stall, every Sunday night.
" Akbar nginap, huh?" the Bulek Ratih.
" I don't take it in exchange, Lek! If there's a Ninuk."
" Well, I rarely call him. He said more tasks!"
"Liar Lek, still eager to learn we support! If I do, we tell him to keep the shop. And he was jealous of Ninuk, could go to college!"
" Yes, Asti. You should have gone to college, too. Your school grades are always good. I thought it was to pay for college until I had to sell the gardens and rice fields! . Until Bude Ayu won't allow it! Turns out he wants you to stay here, keeping all this inheritance for Winangun's children, grandchildren and descendants."
Everyone who heard that was silent. They saw for themselves how Asti rose from his downturn, after the divorce. There was no word from Satrio let alone his parents. Mr. Cahyadi and Ms. Widya Prameswari, Asti's former in-laws. They become like everyone else.