My Mother's Tears
Part 80 Debt redemption

“Then where should we be Bu?” tia asked her mother.

“Mother also does not know what to do son, I am confused as to where,” Maryati replied with tears.

Unfinished they both discussed the matter of Arman who had escaped from Maryati, suddenly some villagers across who had felt at a disadvantage by Arman came to visit them both.

“Where is Mom, has the money been earned?” ask a man to Maryati.

“Not sir, we all lost Arman, so did his parents,” Maryati replied lying.

“Praak...!”

Unaccepting, the man immediately slapped on the wall of Maryati's house, the whole house was shocked and ran out.

“What is this?” ask Tomi wonder.

“We came here in a good way, but your wife has lied and does not want to pay compensation for everything we experienced!”

“You think it's easy to spend ten million, not only you who feel at a disadvantage, we and our family also feel dizzy with this incident.”

“It's none of our business Sir, at the moment all we need is the restitution money we have agreed.”

“That we have agreed, but Arman itself we can not find, does not mean we do not want to spend your money, but you must be patient first.”

“But be patient until when Sir?”

“We don't know either, but we definitely pay for it.”

“We know that you and your family will pay for it, but give us an explanation as to when this family will pay for it.”

“We can't answer it yet.”

“Neither dong sir, today you must tell us until when the last day you can pay the debt, or the son-in-law of the Father we throw into prison.”

“Alright, if you insist, want to throw Arman into prison, go ahead. When do I need to make a letter of Arman's submission to all of you.”

When Tomi spoke like that, one of them approached his friend and whispered something to him.

“Alright, this is it Sir, we will all look forward to the decision from Mr.”

“Why? you guys didn't catch Arman?”

“No need, if your family can bear the cost of our losses, why should we have to find the whereabouts of Arman that is not clear.”

“That's why, don't be smart, like this, I'm also a former ABRI retiree, you know!”

“Iya, Sir. Then excuse me first.”

“Please,” Tomi replied harshly.

The departure of some of those people, made Maryati and Tia able to breathe a sigh of relief. However, it was only for a while, whereas the debts that were piling up should they think of how to pay it.

Until late at night, Maryati still could not sleep, she could only cry sadly, thinking about the compensation money that was burdened on her shoulders.

If it is burdened to Tia, of course Maryati could not bear it at all, because at that time, the life of her daughter was much more suffering than her.

At midnight when Maryati was praying tahajjut, Maryati suddenly remembered the two cows she had, when it appeared Maryati smiled with relief.

In the morning, when everyone had woken up from their resting place, and Tia came back to her mother, Tia seemed so agitated, because the money that had been promised was not yet there.

“Where is Mom, did Mom find her way out?”

“Dear, you don't have to worry.”

“Mother seriously?”

“Iya darling?”

“What's the way out Bu?”

“Hah…! we sell cows?”

“Why? do you disagree?”

“That's not the case, ma'am, isn't that the only livestock we have left?”

“If you don't sell it, then where do you get the money to pay for everything nak.”

“As for Mothers only, most importantly, we do not dizzy anymore to think of ways from where to get the money.”

That afternoon, Maryati immediately conveyed her intention to Tomi, to sell her cows.

“Selling cows?”

“Iya Bang. We just sell the cow one tail, then the money we just pay into the debt Arman.”

“Alright, I agree with your plan.”

At the end of the agreement that Maryati agreed with the owner of the fish pond, they all came again to Maryati's house that afternoon.

“Today is due to our agreement Bu, according to the agreement, I have to indemnify ten million.”

“Money ten million, we do not have at all, while Arman who has poisoned the fish pond Father, to this day he has never met. So, we only have this cattle to compensate for everything.”

The cow was also taken out Tomi from the cage, fat and healthy cows, only they cost seven million rupiah.

“Because this Mother cow is healthy and fat, we can only price seven million.”

“O sorry, if about the price we do not know about the business, but after this cow you receive, we do not have any more business with you.”

“Ngak can do dong Bu, your debt is worth ten million, while this cow is only seven million, meaning I still have three million more debt to us.”

“Didn't I just say, if you don't have anything else to pay your debt, anyway it's not your responsibility to pay it, if you want to ask for additional, then, you guys just go to the Arman family, I'll give you the address.”

Hearing Maryati's reply, some of them made their way to find the best way.

“If not, put it this way.”

“What is Bu?”

“If you don't want this cow, it's okay, this cow I'll just pull back, you'll just find Arman, and ask for compensation to him, if he doesn't want to pay, then you'll find Arman, then just put him in jail.”

“Oh well, well ma'am, this cow alone is enough to pay off all debts Arman.”

One of them pulled the cow out of Tomi's hand. The cow took them to the opposite village.

Maryati was a little calm at that time, because all their debts were paid off. What was in his mind, just how to provide the cost for the delivery of Tia who will soon give birth.

One week had passed, from the corner of the street Anisa saw several middle-aged men walking towards her house.

Nisa was silent, as the men passed her house. So did Tia and the others, but after the man moved away, the man met Jupri, a close neighbor to Maryati.

“Pak tanya?”

“Iya please.”

“Father acquainted with Tomi.”

“Pak Tomi?”

“Iya Pak.”

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