DRAGON CARVED JADE BRACELET
EPISODE 255: FINDING A JADE BRACELET GIVER

    "Mas Irul .., could it be that the one who gave me this jade bracelet was Engkong?" ask Melian to Irul.

    "It is impossible .... It is impossible that the one who gave the jade bracelet was Engkong, Mel .... I know exactly that. Even Engkong you, Babah Ho asked me. And I said I don't know. But if the one who gave Papah Melian, maybe. I don't know either, Mel .... Because when you were a baby with your Mom and Dad, it was a different house. Do not live with your Engkong" said Irul who certainly also remember the moment after marriage, Melian's parents did have their own household, not being one with Babah Ho.

    "Oi .... Then I didn't live in this house, did I.m.Irul ....?" ask Melian.

    "Born Melian here. Even the one who harbored Melian's ari-ari was also me. The place is ahead of it. But after that it was brought back to Papah Melian's house, near Gombrang Market. Because Melian's parents are selling there." replied Irul.

    "Oi .... Means only my birth is here?" ask Melian again.

    "Well, Melian stayed with Engkong again, that was after Papah Melian died. Then your house in Gombrang Market is always getting terror. Then your mother was afraid, and the house was sold. Then you are invited to live together in this Engkong house." so replied Irul who certainly knew the story when Melian was a child. Nevertheless he still did not know who exactly gave the dragon-carved jade bracelet, which was always attached to Melian's arm.

    "Mas Irul knows what about this jade bracelet? This jade bracelet on my arm ..." asked Melian to Irul.

    "When I look at that jade bracelet, I've seen it since little Melian. But if there's anything with the jade bracelet, as Melian told me, I don't know, Melian .." replied Irul who did not understand the history of the jade bracelet. Of course because the parents of the Melian lineage are no longer there.

    "Says this bracelet always saves me huh, Mas Irul ..." asked Melian again.

    "I just listen to the story .... That's the story of Mamah Melian, Ms. Lan .... At the time of the fire at Gombrang Market, the event occurred during the day. The fire that is very heartbreaking for many people, because the fire that hit the Market Gombrang occurred suddenly and the fire that engulfed was very fierce. The fire that engulfed the Gombrang Market was immediately blazing enormously. So the market was up to the ludes, and everything was reduced to ashes. But there was one strange thing that was told by Cik Lan at that time, namely

yourselves. You who are in the market, who are in your Papah stall, the stall is in the middle of the market, and your story is still left in the stall. Surprisingly, when the fire turned out you weren't on fire. You who are still a baby, who have not been able to anything is not touched by the slightest fire. Even it is said that the smell of the smoke of the fire did not touch you Millian .... That's the miracle that happened during the fire in Pasar gombrang." kta Irul who tells Melian from the story that was once told by Cik Lan, and of course it became a byword about the miracle of baby Melian who was not burned in the fire.

    "Mas Irul's .... Maybe not, same Pak-e Mak-e knows this? What if for example tomorrow we together ask this to Mr. E with Ma'e, Mas Irul .... Who knows if Mae has a story about this. Maybe even, Pak'e and Mak-e can also parse my problems." said Melian to Irul, who was certainly confused by what really happened to him, including what exactly happened to the jade bracelet that had been coiled around his arm since he was a child.

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    Finally, Sunday morning, Irul with Melian went to ride a motorcycle, returning to Juwana. Surely they wanted to ask the matter of the jade bracelet that Melian had in hand. And of course, Melian also wants to tell her about her problems that always bring disaster to every man who approaches her.

    "Ro-i .... Maki-e ...!!" melian exclaimed when Irul put his motorbike into the yard of Jamil's house in Kampung Naga.

    "cn .... Melian ..." said Juminem who immediately came down from the terrace and hugged his son. Of course, Juminem is actually very confused with Melian. Understandably when returning from Jakarta, Melian was only briefly in his house in Kampung Naga. Even though at that time, Juminem actually still felt sorrow by the death of Mr. Endang who was predicted to be his daughter-in-law.

    "Come, Nduk .... Go straight in, Mas Irul ..." so said Jamil who asked his son and Irul directly into the house. At least, they will talk together in the family room. While drinking and of course Juminem will provide dishes.

    "Have breakfast not ...?" juminem asked the two people who had just arrived.

    "Yet, Mak ..." said Melian quickly.

    "What do you eat ...?" ask Juminem again.

    "Soto kemiri only, Mak .... I have not eaten soto kemiri for a long time ..." said Melian who certainly immediately called her favorite food.

    Yes, in the past when he was in elementary school or Junior High School, every time he came home from school, stopped by his father's company, and immediately ordered the kemiri soto in front of the factory. Apparently, now Melian kangen peng eat soto typical of the Pati area.

    Of course to fulfill the wishes of his beloved son, Juminem went straight out of the house, bringing a pot to buy soto kemiri that is at the end of the road from his home.

    "Here you like to trouble Mas Irul, to .., Nduk ..." said Jamil who sat with Irul and Melian.

    "No hassle, Mr. Jamil ..." said Irul.

    "It is precisely Mas Irul who invited here, want to meet Pak-e with Mak-e ..." said Melian.

    "What's the matter ...?" ask the astonished Jamil. Just this time there were the words Irul peeng found himself. There must be something.

    "Ah, that's okay, Mr. Jamil .... This is actually Melian who wants to know ..." replied Irul who threw Melian's words.

    "Iih .., Mas Irul .... He likes to throw at others." of course Melian who knows it also feels reciprocated by Irul.

    "Asiiik .." said Melian who immediately followed her mother's steps towards the dining table.

    "Come, Mas Irul .... We have breakfast first ..." take Jamil who of course also immediately stood up and headed to the dining table.

    Indeed, the departure of Irul with Melian was too early this morning. So I haven't had breakfast yet. Understandably in a small village, when so early there is not much activity. That's why breakfast is not ready.

    Finally, they were all in the dining room. Enjoy breakfast with soto kemiri.

    "Uh ..., good, Mak ..." said Melian who had started eating. Of course while holding the fried chicken breast. Melian really likes to peel the meat that sticks to the breastbone. He said it was more distinctive and very good.

    "This is what you heard, this early in the morning you have come here, Nduk ...? Do you want an event or where else to go?" ask Juminem in between breakfast.

    "Yes, Mommy .... This is a problem that we want to ask the same Pak-e and Mak-e ..." said Melian who is still scabbing the breastbone of fried chicken.

    Of course, that question immediately became a discussion. The four of them chatted in the dining room. Of course while enjoying the soto kemiri rice that became Melian's favorite. Then Melian and Irul also told her talk last night.

    "Mr .... This jade bracelet I am wearing is actually from who the hell, Mak ...? asked Melian who certainly wanted to know the answer from her mother.

    "Well, Nduk .. the jade bracelet was worn when Mak-e and Pak-e found you. By the time we found Melian, she was already wearing a nice bracelet" her mother replied. Then Juminem also told the story when he got a small baby in the market.

    "Yes, it was Mak-e with Pak-e to the market. Mak-e wants to enter the market, when there's a big tall dashing guy carrying you. So the man handed the little baby to me. At that time the little baby was immediately me bopong. And it looks happy that I bopong. Ee ..., it turns out that the big tall dashing guy is leaving Mak-e instead. Of course Mak-e is confused ..." said Juminem who told the first time when he found Melian.

    "Mak-e doesn't know the man who handed Melian over ...?" melian asked who cut her mother's story.

    "God, Nduk .... After the gallant man handed you over to Mak-e, and you I carried on, but suddenly, the man left .... I am confused .... That's why I ran after the man. Even Pak-e who was waiting in the parking lot also ran after the man. But strangely enough, the man suddenly disappeared behind the speed of the bus outside the city is very fast. I'm just as confused as Pak-e, the baby I asked the people I met at the market, nobody knows. I want to give you who the baby is. While the person who gave it to me has just disappeared. Well, that's the baby we finally brought home. I don't know your name yet. And of course when I found you, I was happy too .... Because Pak-e's marriage with Mak-e has not been blessed long ago. So even if someone gives up the baby and disappears, we are actually happy. That's why at that time, Pak-e and Mak-e were not shopping. Go straight home with the beautiful little baby" said Juminem who recalled the events at the time.

    "That means men are mysterious huh, Mak ...? melian asked her mother.

    "Yes .... I don't know, Nduk .... Wes, he just disappeared .... Like a word can disappear without a trace .." replied his mother.

    Melian was silent she couldn't say anything more. What is clear is that he is one of the people who have a strange. Including her cranks from her papa family, all of them lost their faces without being able to know who they were. And also, that big dashing man was certainly part of the strangeness of his crank.     Melian began to realize that she was wearing a dragon-carved jade bracelet, including part of the strangeness of people she could not recognize. Just like his crank family from his papa, and also the mysterious man who surrendered himself to Juminem. It was probably already planned by those who gave the jade bracelet on his arm.

    "Mr .... If it's this jade bracelet, do Mak-e and Pak-e know the story?" melian asked his mother and father. Of course Melian thinks that his mother's father knows about uniqueness, has oddities, and has supernatural things that are not known by anyone.

    "Yes .., Melian .... We realize your strangeness .... You are a magical baby. There are so many miracles that have happened to you. But we're actually keeping that a secret. We don't want to say that. Even now, Pak-e and Mak-e still agree not to talk about the wonders and oddities that exist in you. Pak-e is the same Mak-e is afraid of disaster ..." said Juminem, who has been aware of it since Melian was a baby. Of course he can not protest, he can not be denied, indeed Melian is a strange child, a child prodigy whose origin is unknown. But clearly he had a lineage of unknown magicians.

    "Mak-e and Pak-e have seen the strangeness of this jade bracelet ...?" ask Melian.

    "She, Nduk .... Pak-e remembers something strange ..." Suddenly Jamil answers Melian's question.

    "What, Mr ...?" ask Melian who is very curious. Irul also looked at Jamil.

    "Yes, sir-e remembers .... That ..., the pendant hanging from your necklace ..." said Jamil as he pointed at the pendant hanging from Melian's neck.

    "Continue ...?!" Melian actually hesitated, why the locket. The strange one's the bracelet.

    "Yes .... The pendant was given by Grandma Amak, as she was carried inside a coffin made of enormous jade. The coffin eventually re-entered the grave and was again covered in bongpai. It happened when Melian was a child, when she first lived in this house. This is the inheritance of Grandma Amak given to us, Nduk ..." said her father who explained about Grandma Amak.

    "Grandmother Amak ...?!" Melian and Jamil just heard the name.

    "Yes, Nduk .... And at that time, the miracle that happened was from the bracelet you were wearing. Grandma Amak who brought you, put your jade bracelet into the pit of bongpai to meet her ancestors. And at that time, there was a strange happening, which was very scary and worrying about you" said Jamil who told the story while on top of Mount Bugel with Grandma Amak.

    "Could they be my ancestors ...?" melian muttered.

    "Yes .... If so tomorrow we go to the grave of Grandma Amak .... We find out the truth." said Irul suddenly, who of course was also curious about the strange bracelet worn by Melian. Yes, a dragon carved jade bracelet.