Cassava Child

Cassava Child
Chapter 24 ~ Starting a new life ~


Break up Theo's hopes of getting back with Naomi,there is nothing a poor man can do but surrender and accept all the realities of his life.The happiness he feels with Naomi is only temporary and in the end the poor will remain discarded by such a fate diabolical.


"Theo you eat son, mama has entered your favorite side dish, mama know you are too difficult to accept this reality but you have to know the world hannya behave temporarily, he said,there is no justice for the poor let alone us the villagers given by cassava."Said Ratih giving encouragement and advice to Theo.


Ratih always patiently advises Theo every day, not once did Ratih get angry or emotional to Theo because he knew Theo was the greatest child.


"Rightly what mama said, even worse than this would not make me a respectable man to work and improve my standard of living is the way a man solves problems." Theo said he got up and hugged the woman he respected the most.


"It's good this new Theo, mama's greatest son." Said Ratih while stroking Theo's hair and they went inside the house and had lunch together.


"Ma...Forgive me for having to give our land and our house to Selvi, I do not want to marry such a man,may God give us one miracle we can live in this great city.And for the princess and Laura you must be able to go to school until the end,although later you can not continue education to a higher level."


"Good bang, thank you for being our brother again."


"Mama doesn't matter baby, the most important thing is we can be healthy to do anything, money can be sought."Reply Ratih sage he has mengikhlaskan his small house and also rice fields a patch that they belong to the Selvi family took rather than having to see his son married to such a woman.


Each of their faces looked happy, and so did Theo, who had promised himself that he should be successful in the future.


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Three months ago Theo forgot his bitter memories with Naomi, he was working at a car dealership,his handsome face and polite grammar make many buyers like him so he can get a fairly high salary at his place of work.


Theo returns home feeling happy because today he got a payday and got a high enough bonus he came home in a hurry because he wanted to take his two younger siblings and also his mother to go to the mall because his family had lived in the city for three months, he had never taken his mother to the mall.


"Mom.....Ma'am......" Theo opened the door because he did not hear his mother return his call.It turns out that both his sister and his mother were in the backyard making a lot of bread.


"What's this much cake for, ma'am?" Theo asked while taking one fruit and directly eating it.


"This is there next door neighbor ordered the same mother's cake, because in her house there is a study, lumayan kan for additional shopping."


"Sure Brother does not know that mother has long made cakes and put them in the stalls,Abang know not a lot of people who like mother-made cakes." Laura explained, And of course Theo was shocked because she knew her mother was secretly helping her.


"I don't know that, if you don't have to push yourself too much, your son can still count on."Said Theo not while showing his sturdy arms.


"Hw....No papa bang because we also help him.Especially me and the princess have not entered school anymore because we have finished the exam just waiting for the announcement of graduation did not pass bang." Laura said.


"The new bang, from the first you bring us to this city seems to be more money in this city, just look at the mama results he made a cake just his salary of almost three hundred thousand a day, just look at the mama,in the village looking for fifty thousand money is very difficult." The Princess returned.


Theo hannya smiled at his two younger siblings, the point is that he is very grateful for this moment, it seems that their lives are much better in this city, he said, and he hopes that their finances will improve, so that they will soon have their own home.


"Mom...You guys have a lot of work? today I got a lot of bonuses I want to take you to the mall, once the four of us go there."


"Really bang, we want to dong bang, we have long wanted to go there, but not yet accomplished." Laura said in a tone pretending to be sad.Theo nodded his two younger siblings very happy as well as his mother.


After delivering the cake to the neighboring order, Theo took them all to the mall,the journey there is quite far Ratih a little tired but seeing happiness in the face of the child and his two daughters really makes him happy because never in his lifetime gives happiness to his children.


They get out of the car, Theo leads his two sisters on the elevator and the exclator, because he has been in this city for a long time he does not look like a person who came from the village.


They surround all the shops sometimes he buys something that his mother and two younger sisters need.


"Dec...You want to buy makeup equipment, if you want to buy for each of you to not envy each other." Theo said, Both of his sisters soared in excitement because they finally got everything they had long wanted.


Theo bought everything his younger siblings wanted, for his mother he bought some clothes his mother chose discounted items for more he said.


"Thank you for buying us all this, may your fortune continue to be a bang." Said the Princess with a face full of parts.


"Amen..." Reply Theo.Today he was really happy because he could make his mother and two sisters happy.


By the time they were about to climb the top floor to look at the shirt, because he wanted to buy a shirt for himself when his steps came to a halt when he saw Naomi standing staring at them.


Theo was very surprised to see Naomi who was looking at him there was a look of sadness on the woman's face and Naomi with her big belly smiled at him.


"Theo we go, son, we see the clothes you want." Ratih said, then pulled Theo's wrist and took her away, leaving Naomi still standing in her place.


During this time Theo still struggled hard to forget Naomi, but today saw Naomi's big belly her heart was so hurt it turned out Naomi was so quick to forget her.


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