He's your son
Marriage for the return
"Ma, do I have to come home?, I am currently working on an important project, Jose told his mother.
The morning conversation at the dinner table, at breakfast made Jose's appetite disappear, he already knew what the purpose of the mother invited him back to the mother's hometown in West Sumatra.
From the beginning he already knew that he would be made a tumbal (a term he made himself) will matchmaking that has been planned by his parents with his uncle's son, his uncle, the mother's brother who lives in the village.
"Pa, why be quiet anyway, support me dong, I'm already big, besides this is not the era of siti nurbaya, I can find my own wife, besides I already have a wife".
" It's true your mother said, you have to come with us back to the village, this is not just an ordinary matchmaking Jose, this is a form of our return to your Makdang".
"Huh, there are still gini days who are not sincere in giving help".
"Jose, watch your words, know what you're about your Makdang's help". Visible face Mr. Ismail reddened holding his anger.
"It's been da, don't be emotional, now the point is that Saturday we all go back to the village, mama does not accept rejection". Ms. Fatma spoke up.
"Now spend your breakfast, didn't you just say you had a sudden need in the office".
"Jose full ma, ".
"Home home from work waiting for you at home, there's something you should know."
"Ga promise ma, hopefully my business is done on time, Jose left ma, ". Jose say goodbye while kissing the hands of his parents, although angry whatever he is, say goodbye and kiss the hands of parents he always does, because it has been applied to be polite to both parents.
In the car, he muttered, "Why is only one of my parents' sons, and why isn't Aida getting married to Makdang's son, why should I."
Once in the office, he immediately entered his room, shortly entered the secretary and his personal assistant, Andi.
"Boss, today, we go to the field, review the location that we will buy and we make housing clusters themed madani."
"OK, what time do we leave?.
"When the boss is ready, we're leaving. Andi said so, because he saw from the beginning entered earlier, the face of his superior was moody, lethargic not at all.
"You better order me breakfast first, I didn't have time to eat at home."
"Tumben Boss, usually offered breakfast never wanted".
"Gue again not the mood, gegara early in the morning, kombes (big commissioner), the nickname he gave to the mother, has been making arguments".
"It must be the matchmaking problem again, right?. Andi was already aware of the matchmaking problem, because Andi was Jose's best friend since they were the same in Junior High, and again Andi's father was the former driver of the Jose family, and again, so they are already close and familiar, even Andi also know if Jose already has a lover, just that Andi actually does not like the lover of Jose Aira, because in addition to the son of a rich man, Andi, Aira likes to look at people based on wealth, so she will only consider people worthy of being made friends if they are at the level of education and wealth.
"Yes, moreover, I've refused but still maksa nyokap, know how kombes if already said, his talk is" the order, which can not be disturbed contested".
"What's wrong, you try first, after all, the choice of parents is usually the best, it's not possible for parents to plunge their children."
"Sok you know, already there quickly take my breakfast, I'm laper, eat our new meal to the field".
"Assynolajet. Jose opened the door while saying his regards.
"Waalaikum salam, bi kus, their housemaid who answered.
"Where are mama and papa bi?, Tiara has returned home from college?
" Mommy is still in the clinic, the father to Bogor this morning was the same Mr. Ujang, said he wanted to see the garden, if Ni Tiara had been in his room, bi Kus explained one by one like a teacher.
" Da Jose wants to eat, let's get Kus ready, right,".
Bi Kus did call Jose and Tiara uda and uni, because Fatma ma'am forbade bi Kus call them by the name of Lord, mistress or den, because the mother of Kus called them, the word Fatma maam impressed imperious and could make his children big heads, but because bi Kus did not want to call them by name alone, so Fatma's mother told bi Kus to call Jose and Tiara as Uda and Uni, her word let them know if their origin is urang minang.
At home, Fatma often speaks regional languages with Ismail, Jose and Tiara understand their mother tongue even though they are not good at pronouncing it, ma'am Fatma said let them always remember where they came from.
" Don't take a bath, I'll take a shower".
Ms. Fatma works as a midwife, in addition to being an ASN, she also has a maternity clinic located not far from her home, actually, if people who own the house and land behind their homes want to sell it to Fatma, then the clinic can be connected directly to their homes, but until now, the clinic can be connected directly to their homes, the person does not want to sell on the grounds that they do not need money.
While Tiara is one of Jose's younger sisters because they are only two sisters, Tiara currently lectures at the medical faculty at the State University in Jakarta, Jakarta, he wants to become an obstetrician in order to continue his mama clinic later. Tiara is 22 years old, 7 years from Jose.
"Assalamualaikum, simultaneously Fatma and Ismail said their greetings.
"Waalaikum greeting, Jose answered his parents' greetings, coincidentally he had finished bathing and was intending to eat.
"Jose, sit here, orders ma'am Fatma after they perform congregational magrib prayers.
In the family, the rules are applied if it can pray magrib must congregate at home, because the mosque in their residence is a bit far away, so Mr. Ismail took the initiative to make a prayer in their home, so that the mosque was not allowed to be, which aims to still feel togetherness and congregation even though they have their respective activities.
"Jose, you know ga, what's the reason your mama betrothed you to Aisha Makdang's son in the village?", you heard the story of mama, you later concluded yourself.
In the past, when we were about to get married, grandma and inneriak did not agree with your papa, they think we are not as level, andung and my camp you are not educated people and including the hard people in the village next door, while the grandmother is a midwife and the child is a principal, in our village the work of the grandmother and the inneriak at that time was very honorable, so that they are very visible in the eyes of the people of our village even to the next village.
Mama, know your papa, because your papa is a playmate and schoolmate of Makdang, in our custom, in our custom, the usual female side would come to the male side of the family to ask if they would if their son was married to the daughter in their family. Your grandmother wants to marry your mother to the son of a health minister in the next village who happens to be studying medicine in the provincial capital, but mama does not want, because mama knows besides she already has a lover, she has a boyfriend, he also considers trivial to mama because of the profession of mama who is a midwife he considers not as level as he is a doctor.
Mama refused the match, and chose your father, and asked grandma to come to your family to ask if your father would marry you, but grandmother and her brother were angry. Finally mama complained to Makdang mu who was studying agriculture and livestock in the provincial capital.
Your makdang supports mama, because she already knows who your papa is, at the end of her we both married your Makdang as her guardian. Grandma and thisiak were angry, even until we moved to Jakarta and until the time when mama gave birth to you they still did not give her blessing.
But everything changed when our economic situation began to improve, but it was all inseparable from your help and support, Makdang, he was even willing to get married late for work and help our finances until he thought we were able to stand alone.
Even when your Makdang is married to your mintuo, your mintuo is not angry when Makdang still helps us.
Your father did not ask for your favor, only we felt bad until the moment Aisha was born, when she was five years old, it was our idea to match you if you are adults later, the beginning of Makdang and your mintuo do not agree, because they say, the time of mama was, just the beginning, mama does not want to be in a match especially when you are an adult.
But we managed to convince them, so until the age of Aisha 24 years old at this time she is not married, not no one asked her to be a wife, she said, but because Makdang was bound by our promise to them, even so, never once did your Makdang remind us of that promise, until last month when your mintuo died, Makdang began to get sick, Makdang said if Makdang followed the mintuo, Makdang mintip Aisha and Ridwan, Makdang asked for a good mate for Aisha. That's where we think back to the promise we made 24 years ago.