DRAGON CARVED JADE BRACELET
Chapter 16: THE BABY GIVEN

    Melian was kidnapped. Time crawls in the middle of the market, when people are busy with themselves by buying and selling, even Melian's grandparents are also busy. His mother who was also busy helping people who shop, Melian crawled without the knowledge of his mother and grandparents. Of course Melian crawled according to his will, despite passing between the legs of people who passed by in the market.

    When there was a big man who happened to cross in the middle of the market, and passed by the beautiful baby girl who crawled, there was a sense of love. Of course out of pity, the big man immediately raised the little baby who was crawling across in front of him. And as it turned out, as the man crouched down and stretched out his hand, the little baby laughed and simply complied as the two mighty hands raised his body. Then the man who had raised Melian, immediately invited her out of the market. Melian does not cry, even laughs looking happy in front of people even though they do not know.

    But when he arrived in front of the market, the man who carried Melian, passed by a young mother who wanted to enter the market. Of course, seeing the baby carried looks cheerful, the woman who passed him smiled, and the usual, friendly villagers also teased the baby who was carried by the big boy.

    "Iih ..., beautiful .... Son kintung-kintung-kintung ..." the woman's hand has touched the baby's beautiful cheeks.

    The big man was silent, saying nothing. But reflexively, the hand that holds the baby, has handed the teased baby to the woman whose hands have begun to itch want to join in carrying.

    Of course the woman immediately accepted the baby that the man gave her. With pleasure and joy, the middle-aged woman immediately held up and petted him. Even she did not enter the market, but immediately went down again and went to the motor park to meet her husband to show off the baby he was carrying.

    "Kang ..., Kang .... Look, Kang ..." said the woman to her husband.of course while showing the baby he was carrying.

    "Who's son ...?" ask her husband who is sitting in his motorcycle seat.

    "That's .... The big man .." answered his wife.

    "Where are the men ...?" ask her husband again who is confused look for the person in question.

    "Nh ...?! Together with me .... Piye leh ....?! How come ..." The woman also looked for the man who gave the baby, but also did not see the man she was looking for.

    "Lhim .... Blaik ....!" her husband blamed his wife.

    "Piye leh ....?! How to say .... It gave this baby to me, kept coming down from the market together. Lha, I'm heading straight here, Kang .... Why did I say ...?!" the woman was also confused, although still looking for a man who might be the father of the baby.

    "What kind of person?" ask her husband who wants to know the baby.

    "Gagah ..., height ..., large .... Put on white clothes." answered his wife.

    "What is that ...?!" her husband said, pointing at the person on the side of the road, as if to cross.

    "Huh ..., yes, Kang .... Bener, that's the man ..." said his wife.

    "Come, give the baby to his father .... Lest he purposely give up the baby because he wants to throw it away" said her husband who frightened his wife.

    "Yes, Kang ..." said his wife who went straight out of the market area, trying to chase after the man who brought the baby. Of course he was yelling, "Mas .... Her child ...!!! Mas .... The baby ...!!!"

    The husband could not wait to see his wife walking while holding the baby to meet the man who had tried to cross the road. He immediately turned on his motorbike, then went out of the market following his wife.

    But late. The man was on the bus. And headed towards Surabaya.

    The woman who gave up the baby was waving. There is something strange, even though the bus is in the north, driving from Semarang to Surabaya. While the man was still in the south, had not crossed yet. But as soon as the bus passed, it didn't even stop, the man was gone with the speeding bus.

    "Piye, Kang ...?!" the woman regretted not being able to pursue the man who had left her baby.

    "Wadm .... How is this ...?! How's the kid?" her husband was sorry too.

    "Are we after that bus?" mikulan.

    "Cannot .... That's the Surabaya bus, very fast. There's no way we're going after her." her husband can't.

    "Lha, continue ..., this baby how ...?" the woman was getting confused.

    "Yes wis .... Let's take it home first ..." replied her husband who immediately turned on his motorbike.

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    The couple had been married for eight years, but had no children. Of course he really wants to have children. I really want to hold a baby. And when Juminem received the baby from the boy who then disappeared, of course he was very happy. Likewise, Jamil, now he can hold and hold a baby who is predicted. Even at night, they can both sleep while holding a baby.

    Indeed, neither Juminem nor Jamil knew, whose baby it was, he was now stricken and he was upset. All he knows is that the baby was given by a man he considers his father, who deliberately wanted to throw the baby away. He did not know that the baby was in Lasem Market because of the news of the kidnapping. Understandably, Juminem and Jamil do not take care of a lot of news that is not important. Even as they rarely left the house, then he really did not know about the matter of child abduction. And clearly, when he got the child or rather given a child by an unknown boy, of course he was very happy because he could finally hold a baby.

    But when Jamil worked to break the chalk, there was a friend who told about the kidnapping of children, he began to be disturbed. Perhaps the baby he found was a kidnapped child. So by eavesdropping on the stories of his friends, he wanted to know about the problem of kidnapping. He wanted to know the characteristics of the kidnapped child. He also wanted to know whose son had been kidnapped.

    That afternoon, after work, Jamil recounted what he had heard from his friends. It was about the news of child abduction in Lasem Market. Of course while kissing the cheek of the baby that was held by his wife on the porch of the house.

    "Juminem .., I heard news from friends about the abduction of a baby at Lasem Market. I'm afraid, maybe this kid we brought home with us is what those friends tell us" Jamil told his wife.

    "Well, keep ..., how about, Kang ...?!" ask his wife, who of course while holding the baby.

    "We'd better get it back to the market .... I'm afraid we'll be accused of abducting a baby .." replied her husband.

    "But, Kang .., I still want to hold this child ..." said his wife.

    "Pity of his parents .... She must be sad to lose her son" her husband said.

    "Lha continues ..., whose parents are these babies? ask Juminem.

    "Tomorrow I'll find out. If we know who the parents are, we will return the child. But we still say that the baby we found was given by a big man" Jamil said to his wife, who was also a bit sad to lose the baby he had already brought.

    "Yes, Kang .... Anyway we should not be accused of kidnapping." said his wife.

    Of course the disappointment in Juminem's heart appeared. The baby who starts to make his heart happy, tomorrow must be out of his arms. Will be returned to his parents.

    And so did Jamil. Seeing that beautiful little boy, certainly very dear and happy .... He also did not want to be accused of kidnapping. Jamil doesn't want to be happy when the boy's parents are sad. Although he was a villager, he did not want to make others difficult. So it should be, he will deliver the baby to his parents.

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    Upon hearing the news of the kidnapped child's parents dead, Jamil was immediately shocked. Shocked and confused. He has made a mistake. It has caused people to die. As a village person who always upholds the values of kindness, he feels guilty with what has been done by himself and his wife, which is to bring home a baby that is not his.

    Jamil went straight home to his wife, relaying the news.

    "Yes, Kang .... The one who died was Ms. Lan, her son Babah Ho who sold in PasarLasem. She said it fell on the Cerbung River, from the bridge under construction" Juminem told her husband.

    "Kok you know, Jum?" ask husband.

    "Yes .... It's from those men who put on the veil." said his wife.

    "I'm sure, this baby must be Miss Lan's son .... Yes, kan .... Look at his face, his narrow eyes, his white skin .... She was a child of child.." said her husband.

    "Keep ..., what, Kang ...?" ask Juminem, who of course while holding the baby because he really wants to have the child.

    "Yes, we have to give this child to his grandparents. All of us are sorry, because we have caused all of this. Later in the night our crown will be gone to his house, all of us will serve" said her husband.

    "But don't tell me we kidnapped you, Kang ...." Juminem.

    "Yes .... Goodwill will surely get blessings ..." answered her husband to appease his wife.