Don't Call My Name
What's This Fuss?

Chapters 37.

“One of the two,” Yudha said to her own son, “you should know your words are sensitive. That is why we are encouraged to maintain the attitude, anywhere, including at home even once. Understand?”

"Understand, Pa.." Mauza replied weakly.

On second thought, his father's words just now had a point. Had there been no joke about the kids, dinner would have been fine.

But....

Mauza thought his good brother-in-law and a Hafidzah would answer smartly. That questions about news, work, relationships, children or family— could have been thrown from anyone, including people he met out there. A kind of common language used by the early people they met after a long time, just for pleasantries.

Can we ban their mouths?

The answer is no.

It would be nice if his sister-in-law was always prejudiced and replied like this, “please pray for immediate,” or “maybe in a moment, help pray, yes?” or “iya, nih, not yet. Maybe he was told to go out first. Halal dating! (can say it with a smile the soup is more pleasing to the”, or many other answers without having to snatch and conclude that the person is intending to be negative. So from Mauza's own view, no one else. What is clear, people's mouths are not always daggers when we are good at responding to them.

And this time Mauza dispels the feeling of high heart, “I don't want to say right myself, Brother Hamidah. I admit my mistake and I apologize profusely, for unintentionally my words have offended Brother Hamidah. From my heart, I didn't mean to get there at all. I hope this problem is not wide and we stay on good terms. Please understand, I am bad and still need to learn a lot..”.

Hamidah who silenced without responding to the Son's apology, made Yudha look back at her son-in-law. The woman is looking down sad and ready to receive a reprimand, “You too, Hamidah. You have long been a part of our family, you should be able to know well what your sisters are like. They are not the same, they all have different characteristics.

“Umar is a little nosy, Zunaira is quiet, and Mauza yes, as we saw just now. Do not take heart every word that sometimes is not serious. Know and approach them. He's not the one you'll only be with for two days, but forever. Do not consider others let alone rivals that must be fought. You guys are big sister figures who will be an example for them ..”.

Yudha explained one by one how the nature of his children so that his daughter-in-law would know him well. For Yudha felt that Hamidah was keeping his distance, not the other way around. During the early days of the marriage, Yudha tried to understand him. But the more he gets here, he feels Ray is also following the habits of his wife who is far and away.

“My son didn't mean to offend you, so be biased. Understand that a family must always have differences like this. Please forgive me,” continued Yudha to her daughter-in-law who only looked down and held back tears as if she was the most wrongful party.

But instead of being relieved and receiving input from his in-laws, Hamidah actually stood up, “Sorry everyone, I permission to go to the room first. Again I also apologize for messing up your dinner.”

“Let's Mama take your food inside, yes, son,” said Vita trying not to show who she was taking sides with.

But Umar's response this time surprised everyone, “Mama is nothing, anyway. There was her husband. No need to go up and down the stairs, later the joints will be crushed. No spirit goes.”

 Zunaira who had been following along feeling tense, now has no power to hold back her laughter, “Skip, skip, ads want to pass!”

“Yes, later let me take it up,” said Ray finally came to stand, then drove his wife to his room on the second floor.

And as Hamidah was leaving, Mauza finally abandoned his intention to leave. The girl again pulled the chair and scooped the rice, “I have to eat here. Kan, I was busy helping Mama cook from earlier. Papa, it's not fair with your own child, huh? Violation,” grunty.

“You are too much nonsense, if Oma said it was brake blong,” said Yudha astonished to see his descendants like that, whereas others did not. Indeed there is a little mischief of his sister (Alif noran) who declined to Umar, but still understood because it is not too severe.

“Not a lot of nonsense, Pa. But show yourself what it is.”

“Iya, my dear Papa... Mauza apologized, yes. Next time will not Mauza repeat again,” said Mauza similar to the person who was promising.

After dinner with a slightly tense atmosphere, Yudha and Vita deliberately invite her husband to talk alone in their room.

“Mas, looks like our son-in-law, kind of off the hook, huh? His attitude is less ...” The lips of the woman feel heavy to just say it, although here there are only two of them.

“You are off-limits or not, we do have to keep the attitude, right?” Yudha.

“But if the problem like that, I think only a trivial problem. I also see my son being blamed. After eating, he was crying in his room. It turns out that Mauza is just pretending to be strong in front of us. I hugged him right away. He apologized, looked very sorry and promised never to repeat again.”

“Maybe his mood is not good.”

“After we see like this .. are you sure, our son is happy with his marriage, Mas?” Vita feels something is strange because Ray is turning into a very closed person. Besides being thin, his face was also depressed.

“Bappy or not. It's no longer our business.”

“But Ray is our son .. pity I see him, Mas.” Vita remembers memories. Since childhood, Rayyan has been a disadvantaged child. Due to the various polemics that occur between the two of them. Now, he also got a wife who was lacking a lot. Which mother's heart is the heart?

“What can I do? He himself chooses, so let him accept the consequences.”

Yudha had convinced her son many times before she got married. And at that moment, Ray was very confident of his choice. Supposing the woman present in his dream is the answer. Yet at another time, there was another woman present who was covered in tears. Alone on the boat and further away.

“But despite all that, I'm sure Ray can educate him well,”.

“I think Kyai's son is not like that.” Vita assumes Kyai's child will be well educated and become a virtuous woman. Salihah in question is good in everything including patience that should also be had.

“Kyai's son is also human. Not that it should be the same as his father.”

“Maybe my expectations are too high.”

“Do not just because of this incident, we only see from one side only. I'm sure Hamidah has many other virtues that we don't see,” Yudha tries to think positively.

But just as the two of them finished talking, there was a commotion from outside the room. Following the sound of a car that shot quickly from the yard.

Oh my....

What the hell is this?

Both were very worried and wondering.