
"That's what we're afraid of. If later they are razing and do not find our existence here, is not that the same lie his name? We'll be punished tomorrow. Thrown into the mud in the rice fields and humiliated in front of many people. Do you want that to happen to us?"
This has happened before but what was punished was a male santri not a female santri. 5 Or 6 male santri were found not sleeping in the dormitory and instead went to the rice fields to look for quails overnight. They only returned when tahajud prayer time arrived. Unfortunately they got, when they returned to the dormitory they were immediately greeted by one of the Ustad who had been waiting for their arrival.
They were all punished tomorrow morning, thrown into the muddy waters of the fields and dried in the middle of the field to be humiliated. Actually it was a warning to the other students not to follow in their footsteps.
"God's Inshaa will not happen. Besides, I made a deal with Ratna so that if there's a disciplinary officer in the girls' dormitory coming to the raid, she'll help us make an excuse." Asri had been preparing since this afternoon so that he was not too afraid.
"What if he can't face the disciplinary officer?" Ai asked doubtfully.
"I'm sure he can. The outcome? We won't know before we try."
Mega, "Well, we'll try it but only tonight."
Asri was clearly satisfied.
"Wait what else, pack up all your things."
Ai didn't agree right away, "I'll come but on condition that the place we go to is not a strange place. If not, I'll be back in the dorm."
"What strange place do you think we should bring the prayer mats, prayer mats, and even the Qur'an?"
Mega shrugged both of her shoulders indifferently,"We'll see her later."
After that the three of them came out of the princess dormitory together. Important items such as mukena, prayer mats, and the Qur'an they hide inside the long veil they use.
Since it was still not time to sleep, the three of them did not look suspicious at all. No one noticed the faint bulge inside the long veil of the three of them. Even the roommates they passed by did not realize there was something wrong with their attitude.
"Isn't this the way to the mosque?" Ai was very familiar with the path they were walking on now.
And Asri did not dodge or refute, "True, the mosque is not a strange place, right?"
"Oh, what are you hiding for. If you tell us from the beginning then we won't hesitate to leave." Mega complained.
"It won't be exciting if I tell you right from the start."
Ai hugged her luggage tightly nervously. I don't know why he suddenly felt that someone was watching him. He looked left and right, then looked back to confirm his feelings but he found no one.
Strange, when the feeling of being stared at is very real.
"Ai, what's wrong?" Mega noticed Ai's confusion.
Ai tightened her embrace while shaking her head. He did not know for sure whether this was just a feeling or not but that was certain because Ai became more agitated.
"No, I'm just a little nervous." She lies.
Mega and Asri were also a little nervous as this was their first experience of doing such a crazy act.
"If Ustad Vano were here and happened to find us, I'm sure he would not only plunge us into the mud water, but also have us swim in the muddy water!" Asri could not endure the toothache each time considering the punishment given by Ustad Vano just because of a very small mistake.
Mega also agreed with what Asri said. Ustad Vano always gave them a punishment that is not playful although not too difficult to do but still the punishment given is in the heavy category.
"Ustad Vano does that because it's for our good too. He wants us to be able to quickly adapt to the boarding school environment as quickly as possible and let go of our relaxed lifestyle at home." Ai did not mean to defend.
Since childhood Father and Mother always said that no matter how heavy the punishment in the boarding school was worth the wrong that was violated. Maybe for people the punishment is heavy but for boarding schools the mistakes we make are also heavy, maybe even more severe if it involves sharia law.
Everything in this world begins with a cause and ends with an effect. As for the wisdom felt later starts from the consequences and ends with the cause. Everything has been arranged in such a way, and man only needs to live it. Reflect as deeply as possible for each step taken because not all steps end well and not all steps end badly.