BERHALA ISLAND
EPISODE 21: OPENING A SHOP

    A two-storey shophouse measuring six by ten meters, is located at the front of a housing project being developed by an elite housing developer in the fresh hilly area. Quite a number of shophouses, lined up along the front of the housing, of course, are on the side of the main road housing, which turns its back on the elite housing complex.

    The shop consists of two floors. In the first part of the floor is an empty room that is indeed the room will later be used for business selling. Only on the back there is a place for the kitchen and bathroom. In the corner next to the bathroom in the first floor room, there was a ladder that went up. The stairs lead to the second floor.

    On the second floor, on the front there is an empty room directly facing the front, with window glass that can be used to watch the scenery in front of the house. The empty room is used as a family room. A place for children to play while watching television. Podin deliberately did not give the chair in that place. Just called thick carpet, and foam mattress. There was a TV attached to the wall on his right side. Yes, his children must be cool playing in the room that has a TV.

    While in the middle, the floor is slightly decreased. The room directly connects the first floor with the second floor which has stairs. In that room by Podin given a kind of dining table along with four chairs. The dining room is pretty nice. Of course for a small family the room is already very good and interesting.

    While on the back, there are two rooms on the right and left, in the middle of which there is a bathroom. The room can later be used for rest or family sleep. At least, if the afternoon after school, Dewi can sleep with her sisters. Similarly if Podin or Isti is tired, or sleepy, he can rest in the room.

    Focus more on the first floor. Yes, the shophouse building in the form of empty space without barriers. On the front is limited only by a rollingdoor. Yeah, the cover is just a rollingdoor. So if the rolingdoor that closed the six-meter-wide building was opened, then the merchandise in the shophouse was all visible. But Podin and Isti, did not open all the rollingdoors that were divided into three doors, two meters each. Podin only opened two boliingdoor, of course, so as not to open it too wide.

    Yes, on the first floor, arranged trading shelves and storefronts to put merchandise. The shelves are lined up on the right and left sides, so they look like they are lined up, from front to back. While in the middle is more loose or empty, of course, for the road or the passage of the buyers in and out. While on the back there is a glass display case. It contains items that are quite expensive, namely cigarettes and other small items.

    Near the storefront was a small table. By Isti this table is used as a cashier or payment place. Yes, on the table at the bottom there are search boxes for where to save money.

    While in the back itself, there is a room of about 2 meters, which is used for cooking places and bathrooms. The kitchen only has a place to put the stove and sink where to wash dishes.

    The design of this shop house is actually very good. So that people who buy it no longer need to organize anymore. Because this shophouse is designed as a place for sales or offices. Yam like that design a shop house. Buildings used for shops and residences.

    One month Isti waited for the construction of the shop was completed. Now the shophouse is done. Although immediately want to open the store, to sell grocery items as planned. Isti not only sells small foods as children's snacks, but also there are cigarette sales, selling other household items. Surely Isti when he saw the shophouse he owned was good, he was happy. Well, his ideals of being a merchant will be fulfilled.

    On the first floor, which was only used for selling, Isti began arranging her merchandise, which was spent by her husband. As soon as he saw the condition of the new shophouse, and of course happy, Podin who had asked Mr. Mandor to help complete the target, namely furniture and merchandise shelves. Everything's complete. The shop was already very pleasing to Podin and his wife. It will not be labeled as unemployment anymore.

    Podin immediately helped his wife to arrange the stall. They began to organize the things that had been spent. Even put the items to be sold in his wife's shop.

    "The merchandise is still a little yes, sir .." said Isti to her husband while arranging the goods that had just been spent by her husband, on his trading shelf.

    "Yes, yeah .... The purchase was already one car. But kok has not been able to fill the shelves of our store yam, ma'am ..." said Podin who also felt that the shopping was still too little.

    "Tomorrow means shopping again, sir .." said his wife.

    "Yes .... Little by little, Mom .... Tomorrow will be full too. Along the way, while ; look around, roughly what needs to be bought" Podin told his wife.

    Dewi, her daughter who is now the biggest child, the daughter who is still sitting in the second grade of SD, she began to want to help her mother. Dewi and also her little sisters are trying to join the storm in the new shop.

    "Goddess .., please help Mother" said Isti who called her son who is now the largest in his family.

    "Yes .., Ms .... What's up ...?" said the Goddess who immediately approached her mother.

    "Pick up those things, bring them here .... Mau Tata's mother ..." said her mother,

    "This is Ms.." said Dewi who immediately handed over the item requested by her mother.

    "Now I'm asking for more help .... This one is laid out on the shelf over there ..., the front first ..." said Isti again, who asked Dewi to arrange merchandise.

    "Yes, ma'am .." replied the Goddess who immediately arranged the goods.

    The goddess is certainly also followed by her sisters, although still small and certainly not able to do anything, but they follow the storm as if helping to organize merchandise. Of course, his mother was happy to see his diligent children.

    Meanwhile, Podin still continues to take things out of his car. The goods he bought from the wholesale market. Yes, the Podin I was told to do by his wife. Buying goods for merchandise needs in his shop, for example,

    "Buk .., the sister asked for snacks ..." said the Goddess who saw her sister who took the snacks that were being laid out on the shelf.

    "Walah .., already a seller .... Yam told him to take one ..." said his mother, who of course immediately told him to take. Understandably, because they are arranging snacks, then they must be cool. His mother who always gave snacks to her son, would allow her son to take one snack from the store.

    Finally Dewi gave snacks requested by her sister, Asri. He also took it for his younger brother, Antok. His name is children, surely when he saw snacks he immediately asked for it.

    "Mother .., I ask this snack one yes ..." so also said the Goddess who has taken snacks on the merchandise rack, a packet of small food. Of course, the Goddess is also like her sisters.

    "Yes .... Not much, just one .... Later if the snacks are eaten continuously, Mother can lose ..." said her mother to her children.

    "God .... Lha kok already on edible, snacks ...?" said Podin who was so in watching his children already on eating snacks.

    "Hehe ..., Yes, Mr .... Yes, the same Mother ..." said the Goddess who answered her father.

    "Not much, yeah .... Later bankrupt ..." his father also said so, same with his mother.

    "Yes, sir ..." replied the Goddess.

    "Yes, Sir ..." said the Goddess.

    The goddess helped her mother. He must have been happy that his mother opened the shop. That means that later all the needs in his house will be fulfilled. And if he wants anything, in the store it already exists, just take it for granted. And also, his life must be enough, because surely if he has a store, his mother's money will always be there and enough.

    "Where is this not being put, ma'am ...?" ask Dewi who is now the biggest child in her family, must be able to take responsibility and teach her sisters.

    "Put it up here yeah .... Let's see, it's good to be laid out here ..." said his mother.

    "Yes, Madam .... Good .... It looks more if there are people who want to buy" said Dewi who then arrange the items, on the shelf that is already available. Then Dewi continued to help bring down merchandise that had just been brought by his father from the car.

    "Waduh ..., this son of the Father is all diligent .... Pkut helps with selling. Surely the trade will be sold. Surely later the goods will run out quickly" said Podin who just nodded his goods one day and put it in the store.

    "Our children are willing to help, sir .." said Isti who is certainly happy with the attitude of his children.

    "Yes .... Tomorrow let's go to the sales exercise. Even we take shopping to the market, to buy snacks for exercise .." said Podin.

    "Yes, Sir .... Let tomorrow if it is big can be smart to sell, yes sir." said his wife.

    "Tomorrow we still have to add more stuff yes, ma'am .... It turns out that one car groceries are still too lacking to fill this shelf" said Podin who after the goods are arranged, it was still too little.

    "If you buy food like this, can not ...? Then snacks like this, about suitable? If at the school of Dewi, snacks are selling small food like what? Like this ayau like this ....? ask her mother to Dewi while showing some snacks sold by her mother.

    "Normally children like to have a ciki-kikian, Ms. .., which is also cheap. One pack at most a thousand rupiahs ..... Their allowance is also a little, Miss .." replied Dewi who often saw sales in the cafeteria.

    "Yes ... later while watching the ads on TV .... What snacks are currently trending, tomorrow we shop." Podin is pulling.

    "Yes, Sir .... Later will suddenly for example the sale is already in demand, we still lack goods, tomorrow can be added." said his wife.

    But of course, the name of the business of selling, whose name is trading, is not necessarily immediately sold just like that. Not necessarily the buyers immediately came a lot. Yes, as experienced by Isti with his family. The new Rukonya, even only alone he was selling in that place, no one else was selling in that place, no other traders had opened the rukanya, yet, new Podin with his own wife who opened the shop, and immediately occupy and sell there. It was a very brave effort.

    Of course, if the shophouse is not in demand, not many people have bought, not many people have come to buy merchandise, the term people say Isti shop is still quiet, but there are still many people, there is no buyer.

    "Our shop is quiet, sir .." said his wife to Podin, while in the shop was lonely without a buyer.

    "Yes patient .., ma'am ..." replied Podin to his wife's case.

    "Nobody is buying .... Most of the artisans who buy cigarettes" Isti told her husband again.

    "The name is also a new tuko. It is also in its new home. Residents who live are also still quiet, not many residents. Tomorrow if it is occupied, it must be crowded ..." said Podin who asked his wife to be patient.

    "Yes, Sir .... The important thing is not to be idle, sir .... At least we've opened the business. Yes if later the housing is full of residents, it must be a name yes, sir .." said Isti who can also accept the fact that the structure is still quiet.

    "Yes .... At least we can teach children to organize our trade, can teach children to sell, yes even if it is like the word later the sale is eaten by our children. Yes it's okay, if we do not have snacks in our store, they also ask for money to buy snacks outside. Well if for example he took the goods here, let's just say we have bought snacks to children. Yes, while training to sell." so said Podin, who certainly did not want his wife disappointed with the state of the store is very quiet.

    "Yes, Sir .... I am patient .... Hopefully tomorrow if this housing is crowded, later our store will also be crowded." so Isti said to her husband, who also resigned to his condition. He also realized about it. That's what it's called effort. It is not easy like a begging person, who just puts his hands straight to money. The name of the effort requires patience. The name of the business must be tenacious, must be able to accept the situation and not easily despair. At least later, if the housing is crowded, there are many residents, there will also be a lot of sustenance coming. Important is effort intent.

    "Actually, if you look at the people in this housing, both those who have occupied and the artisans who are at work, now our shop is quite good, sir .... Every day at least there are artisans who stop by to buy cigarettes, there are artisans who stop by to buy snacks. Well, we can enter, sir, although a little important there is money to be able to shop again" said Isti who of course also feel happy, because every time there are still buyers who come to buy cigarettes or other snacks.

    "Yes .... Hopefully later it can be better than that. Oh yes, Ma .... Try about what items are needed by the buyer, which we do not have the goods .... Later we will shop for items that do not exist, we spend all the needs of the citizens. Hopefully the needs requested by the buyers we can serve, we can spend. And at the very least, we can help them." so said Podin who would want to complete his trades.

    "Yes, Sir .... I want it to be that way too. This is a note from the buyers who want to buy the goods, they order to be spent. Yes, we must buy people orders, Mr .... Surely the stuff that is not in our yoko. That's why I want this record later, you spend in the market" Isti told her husband.

    "Oh, yes, Ma'am .... Of course later I will ask at our wholesale subscription. But this I will tell you, yesterday I met with sales .... He said he was a grocery salesman who sent to markets and shops .... Well yesterday it was, he offered me that for shopping like groceries it could be through him. I told the sales yesterday, if the price is the same as wholesale, can be affordable to profit, I want and agree. At least we don't bother to go to the market, just call him right away. Like that, ma'am .." Podin told his wife.

    "God .... Yes, Mr .... In fact, Mr .... We don't have to go to the market, they've come here. And it must be better because later every need our citizens can order all. Really, Mr. .., we don't bother. We just have a phone call, and then he comes to deliver. Isn't that so, sir? Isti said to her husband, which of course for Isti, even facilitates her business.

    "Yes, right ..... This is why I convey to my mother so that later I can record any items that are not in our shop that are needed by buyers. In fact, there was also an ice cream agent that also offered to put the ice cream in our place. He said the equipment is complete, we just sell it .." said Podin who also got an offer from an ice cream agent.

    "God .... That's delicious, sir ..." said his wife, who of course with a shy smile, because it's kemcer ice cream.

    A week later. Finally, Podin and his wife have subscribed with sales from various companies to fill their stalls. Yes, of course the shelves in the stall, which used to be still a lot of empty, the goods in the storefront and shelves that were once still a little, not filled with goods, have not been filled, finally, now that there are sales who come and offer their trades, to the store opened by Isti, now the shophouse is getting full and more complete. Complicated trading. Meet all needs, ranging from rice, cooking oil, sugar, coffee tea, instant noodles, soy sauce, cooking needs, including the needs of soap, bath soap, shampoo, and so on, there are even kitchen utensils such as sosrok, pans, even pots, buckets and dipper, all in the store. Yes, Isti shop is now more complete. Of course, when later there are people who come or move will enter their new homes, and they do not have household supplies, yet, of course they will come to his shop Isti to find the basic needs to meet the equipment.

    Isti was happy to see the merchandise that has been a lot, the merchandise that increasingly meets the shophouse, and of course, at least the results of his sale can be used to meet the needs of daily life.

    So did Podin, who certainly enjoyed watching his wife happy. Watching his three children who are also happy because they often take snacks for his mother's merchandise. Even Isti now lives more often in his neighborhood, rather than living in his luxury home. Of course in the structure, want anything is available and complete. All his needs were met in that shophouse. Even finally, his children were more happy, his children felt more at home in the shophouse. Although the reason helped his mother who was busy handling the merchandise.

    Yes, now the life of Podin with his family is increasingly prosperous. The Podin family was more organized, and his life was now happier.