Being Struggled Due to Debt
CHAPTER VI
With great joy Ayunda returned to his father's room and woke him up. “Dad let's wake up we play cook-cook.” But Gabriel did not wake up, because he was still sleepy. But Ayunda who has got ‘yes’ then he still tried to wake his father. There are several experiments that he did ranging from shaking his father's body, to tickling the soles of his feet Gabriel did not wake up. Gabriel's body is like a wooden tree stranded on the shore. In the end, Ayunda has one last way that is sure to be powerful to wake his father, namely by tickling his armpits. Ayunda did, and it turned out to be fruitful. Gabriel wakes up to accompany his son to play. Ayunda was very happy because. As the two play, Ayunda asks her father about her mother who has not returned home.
“father. Mother where?”
While putting a toy plate Gabriel said “Your mother is selling in pasar”
“Since when do you sell?” Come back Tanya.
“Since last week.”
Hana, who works as a vegetable trader, has been doing this job since she was not married by Gabriel, but when she was married she chose to quit. However, due to the depleting economic conditions of the family, he eventually returned to become a vegetable trader.
Today, buyers at Hana's sales place are very crowded, so that not only lunch time, the sale has been sold out. The income in this day is also enough to eat for two days. He also went home. Before going home, Hana bought vegetables and tofu to cook. After finishing buying, Hana also went home by riding an angkot car. At home, she was greeted warmly by her husband and children.
“Mother home.” Ayunda cheered happily at him, ran towards Hana then hugged her.
“your foot has improved?” Ask her husband. When he put his waist bag on the chair.
“Already mom” sahut Gabriel.
Ayunda let go of her embrace, then pulled the mother's hand, and invited her to play “Mother let's play.”
“Mom should cook, you play first with dad”
“Ok lah” mouth Ayunda manyun.
“Hmmm” she shrugged both her shoulders also draped her hand.
“Here dear, play the same father” cried Gabriel when the look on his face made funny.
With a little annoyance, Ayunda finally went to play with his father. Hana went to the kitchen to cook. But when Hana had not reached the kitchen he was surprised by the sighting of a bedroom that was as messy as a broken ship. Hana stood in front of her bedroom door, her eyes looking sharply at all sides of the room. Almost all objects moved from their original place unheard of. Seeing all that mess, Hana said inwardly she said “Tadi before I went to the market, the room was not like this right? but why change like this?”
Hana's confused. She wanted to find answers to the questions she had in mind in her husband and son yet, she was afraid they were distracted. Also because his stomach was already hungry, forced him to leave his room just like that “Later, after I finished cooking.” He walked out of his room and went into the kitchen. Arriving in the kitchen he immediately rushed to cook rice, tofu saos, and vegetable stir-fry kale. Everything he did at the same time, his hands were shrewd and good at concocting spices, when he sauteed the seasoning to be used for vegetables, the smell was very fragrant, he said, even for anyone who kissed him would have wanted to eat it. In Hana's hands, a simple meal can have a special taste. About an hour into the kitchen, all the food was cooked. Hana then drove the food to the dining room to serve it at the dining table. Hana also took three plates and a spoon and arranged them on the dining table.
Hana felt that her husband and son were hungry because it was already 12 noon. Even when she went to the market this morning, she had not had time to prepare anything for her son and husband. He went to call them both to eat “Dad and Ayu let's eat together.”
After calling the two of them, he left them, and went to his room to clean up as well.
Ayunda stood up leaving his game, Gabriel too.
Gabriel who later sat down, in the end it was difficult to stand because his legs were cramped, also due to the influence of the wound that was still raw. She was then helped by her daughter. They both follow the call from Hana. When he reached the dining room, Ayunda went straight to the dishwasher to wash both hands. His father went straight to the dining table. While arranging the dining table chairs, for him and his wife and children. He called his wife.
“Mother let's eat together”
“You two just eat first, later mom nyusul” reply Hana from inside her room.
After washing his hands, Ayunda approached his father and sat in the chair provided by his father. While sitting his right hand took a plate and spoon that had been provided by his mother then placed parallel to his face. After that, he opened the hood, to take food. Ayunda and Gabriel ate as they were about to put a spoonful of rice into the mouth of the mother said to her father.
“Happy meal dad”
“Goodbye also unfortunately father and mother”
In the room, Hana cleaned up all the objects scattered she returned everything to its original place and her bed was arranged very neatly. In about 30 minutes, everything finally settled, the room again neatly arranged. Hana who has been hungry since returning from the market but, must be detained because she has to clean the room first. Now that the feeling was running amok by making a strong sound from the stomach, he finally went to find food. Arriving at the dining room, she saw her husband and son who had just finished eating, and were cleaning the dining table.
“Where's mom from? How come you now?” Ask her daughter. “I and Ayunda have finished eating” said Gabriel mlcontinue his son's conversation while sipping a glass of water.
“Mother from room darling. He's father”
Gabriel and Ayunda leave Hana, they exit the dining room towards the terrace. Hana continued eating. But she is still not calm with Ayunda who knows that her husband has a debt. Just a few spoons of rice just entered his mouth, he put it back under the hood. “Later spent when I'm back hungry.” His next hand was placed on the dining table while his other hand held a glass containing water to drink. While drinking, she keeps in mind the conversation between her and her husband about the debt that her daughter could know.
“I have to ask him” he said as he put the glass back on the table.