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9. Shopping In ... Not the Mall

"Why go to the mall? The mall is far away. Then, how much money do you have to go to the mall?"

Madya checked her wallet. Inside the place where the money pictured the cartoon character was only 5,000 left over.

Oh, my God, I forgot that I'm a normal kid. The rest of the pocket money lives this way. If in the era of 2020s, this only get instant noodles 2 seeds. (Madyyas).

"Ehm ... Mas, how much instant noodles is a pack?"

"What we used to buy was that ADC noodles were a bit expensive in the 1,000s. What we used to buy was 900."

Wuih, cheap stuff these days. But it's the same bo'ong if I have the money just a little. Continue to shop where to use 5,000 gini money? Going to the mall is impossible. I don't have a debit or credit card. (Madyyas).

Eka stopped his motorbike on the side of the road.

"Cock stop, Mum?"

"You were going to the mall, but already know that we do not have much money. Keep you the price of instant noodles, even though you are often told to buy noodles at the stall. You healthy?"

"Ahahah, I'm healthy wal afitson. Just, I kind of forgot a lot of things, Mom. Maybe I'm having partial amnesia [partial memory loss]. So, please help me if you have any weird questions don't be surprised."

She turned her body half-facing back. He put the back of his hand on Madya's forehead.

"partial amnesia? Do you know where the term kayak comes from? You're still a high school kid, you know that?"

"Ehm .. from The Vow."

"What movie? Anyway, where did you watch the movie? Don't tell me you're secretly watching movies at the movies."

Duh, forgot. The movie 'The Vow' was released in 2012. (Madyyas).

"Eh, no, Mas. I saw a movie that was on TV, forgot the title. Anyway, that's it."

Eka's hand held the key and prepared to turn the key, but was held back by Madya's next question.

"Mas, if you want to buy perfume, powder, lipstick where is it?"

Again Eka looked at her sister who liked to tie her hair high and glasses. Her sister never put on makeup except with baby powder.

"In Mbah Pawiro's stall there's a tuh."

Akh yes, if buying cosmetics is never in the mall but in the Mbah Pawiro stall. Fyuh, grieving. (Madyyas).

Madya nodded her head. "Oh yeah, we stopped by there, Mom."

***

Madya glared at the sighting of Mbah Pawiro. Of course he was shocked, in the year Madya was in her 30s, the owner of the legendary stall was dead. Now he seems to have met the devil.

He strengthens the heart. Certainly not only Mbah Pawiro who for Madya like 'live back'.

With her heart pounding, Madya chose some cosmetics that could be bought with her 5,000 dollars.

My money is just enough to buy cheap make-up. There is no Lumecolor brand. If there is one, I cannot buy it. Akh, bodo very, inget influencers-influencers, the important technique. (Madyyas).

"Mb-mbah, please powder brand Marini, Sarisyantik brand foundation, lipstick brand Sarisyantik."

The old but deft Mbah Pawiro picked up the item that Madya had requested.

"Eh, Mbah, the lipstick is not the red one of the gini chilies. The pink one."

"Pink? What is it, Nduk?" [Nduk\=call for girls, bhs Java]

"Pink is ... What is it? Pink, Mbah. Jambon." [Jambon\=pink, bhs Java]

Mbah Pawiro nodded and picked up the lipstick that Madya asked for.

"Mas Eka, pinjem money. Less than 2,000."

"Ckck, huh!"

Eka clucked, but still she reached into her pocket. He held out 1,000s of money as much as 2 pieces.

***

At home

After meeting her father and mother, Madya went into the room. Eka lives with her mother.

"Ssttt, Mom, Madya's weird."

"Oh, do you feel that way too? Kirain is just a miserable mother. How did it become like an adult, right? Keep liking things beyond reason."

"That's it, Mom. Keep shopping tools to makak [dandan]. Is he possessed?"

"Huh?" []

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