My Mother's Tears
Part 15 The Punishment for Maryati

Like a maid in her own aunt's house, such was the fate of Maryati, must still be four years old, but she has been taught to work.

Whereas for children the age of Maryati, it should get excessive affection from those who care for it, but not with Maryati, he actually lives miserable and suffers.

The body that used to be clean awake and well maintained, has now been wrapped in gaping wounds and even some are infested with maggots. Thus, Roro still ignored him.

After Maryati was five years old, the work of the little girl even grew heavier. Every morning after he woke up from his sleep, he also had to pound rice, to be made rice.

The heavy thing that he should not have done, he did it at an early age, his delicate hand had turned rough. When the grain of rice has been turned into Rice, then the rice was cooked by Maryati.

Not only until there work, this little girl, she also had to deliver all the rice to the rice fields, to be eaten by the ten children of Roro who was rude and evil.

They won't even leave a single thing for Maryati. While the poor girl, just get the rice crust left in her container.

After all the rice was gone unceremoniously, Maryati was told to go home immediately, because at home there was still work waiting for her.

Quickly and agilely, the tiny foot stepped in the middle of a small, narrow rice field. Upon arrival at the house Maryati must pack a very large house, sweep and mop the floor to clean and shiny.

Not only that, after cleaning, Maryati had to sweep the yard of a super spacious house. But all of that was lived Maryati with enthusiasm and pleasure.

That afternoon, as Maryati was sweeping the backyard, she suddenly heard the sound of children laughing outside the high walls.

“Hm..! what's up, out there? why so many?” ask Maryati to herself.

Not wanting to be a burden in his mind, Maryati also tried to peek out of the wall, through a narrow gap.

When she looked out, Maryati saw so many children of her age running and playing together, they were all wearing nice and clean clothes.

From inside a house surrounded by clear glass, a man stood holding a long rattan.

“What's the guy doing, why is he holding a rattan?” maryati asked as she continued to peek out the wall.

“Kids, everyone get inside immediately!” the man's orders from inside the greenhouse that Maryati saw.

Then all the children who were playing were running inside, inside the greenhouse looked like children were learning something. The old man was like he was writing something on a blackboard.

“Do you guys know what this letter is?” ask the old man.

“Alif!” answer the children simultaneously.

“If we give a line on it, then read what?”

“A.”

“If we give a line under it, what will it be?”

“I.”

“If the line is in front, he calls?”

“U.”

“So if connected to?”

“A, I, U.”

“Yes right,” said the man with a big smile.

“Ooo, when standing like a lidi, called Alif, apparently. And if connected to A, I, U.”

“Maryati…! why are you there again, want your aunt jewel ear.”

The sudden arrival of Roro, made Maryati's heart stop beating instantly.

“Ngak Bi,” Maryati replied in a soft voice.

“Nothing really, Bi.”

“Lying, you must be hiding something from Aunt.”

“Ngak Bi, I don't hide anything from Bibi.”

“Review if you lie, Auntie will scissor your tongue until it breaks.”

Hearing the threat from her aunt, Maryati was silent, but the next day Maryati did the same thing again, again and again, until finally she memorized all the hijaiyah letters by herself.

When Maryati tried to write the letters one by one, Roro accidentally saw it, she was so surprised because without her knowledge Maryati could write hijaiyah letters.

“Bigger! where'd you get this writing, huh?”

“I got it myself Aunty.”

“Lying! you must have learned it from someone!”

“Ngak Bi, I got it myself,” answered Maryati lying.

“Well, if you keep lying, Auntie will hit your feet until it bleeds,” Roro said as she bulldozed Maryati's legs to the point of bleeding.

Roro is cruel, even he does not feel sorry for Maryati, an orphan. After Roro finished whipping his nephew helplessly, he locked Maryati in his room without being fed for two days.

As long as Roro does not feed her, Maryati cries day and night from hunger.

“Ambe I Bi, give me a meal, just a little.”

“No, it's a punishment for the person who cheated Bibi,” replied Roro while locking the door of Maryati's room from outside.

After the door of the room was made sure it was locked from the outside, then Roro went to leave Maryati alone inside the house. Then suddenly a strange incident occurred when Maryati begged for something.

“Mother, I'm hungry, feed me from heaven,” Maryati groans quietly.

A few moments later, the door to Maryati's room opened by itself, but no one was in the house.

“Hah, who has opened the door?” ask Maryati to herself.

Then slowly, the little girl tried to step out, her legs and body filled with whip wounds seemed to smell fishy and rotten, the wound even let out pus, because it was wet and dirty.

It must have hurt so much, but Maryati no longer cared about it, she just kept walking towards the dining table, when the hood of the meal was in instead, not a bit of rice and chili left there.

“Oh Auntie, you are so mean and cruel to me,” Maryati muttered in a soft voice.

Then Maryati went to the kitchen, to see the remaining rice, just like at the dinner table, in the kitchen Maryati found nothing.

While walking slowly, Maryati also went to the rice field which was located a little far from her Aunt's garden. Not strong to step, Maryati also sat under a noni tree that grew on the edge of the rice field.

“Oh, what should I do, I'm so hungry, give me your paradise food Mother, I'm so hungry, it's been two days Aunty hasn't fed me,” Maryati's moans with tears.

Not long after, a noni fell on his trembling hand.

“Oh, what fruit is this, is this the fruit that Mother sent from heaven?” ask Maryati while biting the noni fruit slowly.

“Aah, it tastes sour, but nothing, most importantly my stomach can be full and not hungry anymore.”

After hitting a noni, then Maryati tried to take another one, until four noni was eaten.

It is quite unexpected, by eating four noni, Maryati can stand firmly, lost instantly feeling weak in her body.

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