Joe William
Arrive at Kuala Nipah
One taxi unit drove off Kuala Namu international airport heading towards Tanjung Karang.
Inside, there was a young man who was about fifteen years old accompanied by a man in his 60s who was engrossed in looking at the scenery along the road they went through.
"Grandfather Jeff, take a look there. Just like a date tree." The boy told the 60-something man he called Grandpa Jeff.
"Young master, it's not a date tree. But palm trees. This tree is found in Southeast Asia. And one of the biggest producers in the world is this Indonesia." Grandpa Jeff explained.
"Is the fruit very good at eating cakes?" Ask the young master.
"Haha... It's not to be eaten like dates. The palm fruit will be processed again in the factory. One of them is to be used as cooking oil."
"Oh. Which means that what we use to fry fish is the oil from this palm?" Ask the young master.
"Not all cooking oil comes from oil palm. There's also that coming from real coconuts." Grandpa Jeff replied.
"Oh so. Why isn't my dad interested in going into a plantation business like this cake?"
"Great masters are not directly involved in this kind of business. But he did invest in this business. Most of it is for the processing plants of crude materials from oil to palm." Said Grandpa Jeff.
"Look. Was my father a very rich man?" Ask the young master.
"Emmm... You'll know later. Now the focus of the young master is to learn. Remember that! Don't let down the expectations of your parents." Jeff's grandfather's message.
"Yes Cake. I won't disappoint them either. Moreover, my late grandfather uyut." Said the young master.
Because it was too fun to talk, now the taxi that brought them had passed the city of Tanjung Karang and began to straight enter the rubber plantation.
"Replace the cake again."
"Oh. This one is a rubber tree. It is said that this tree comes from the Amazon basin of Brazil. But this rubber tree plant is very much in southeast Asian countries. In addition to Thailand and Malaysia, Indonesia is the largest rubber rubber rubber producing country in the world. After that, there is also the country of Cambodia which also has rubber plantations although not as much and as wide as in Indonesia" said Grandpa Jeff again explained.
"Hmmm... I know now. Palm and rubber. Later I also want to invest here if allowed by Dad." Said the young man.
"Maybe young master. Surely your father will allow."
Without feeling now they have entered the coconut plantation area which, according to its height, is likely to be over 40 years old.
"Gee. It's beautiful here, cake. Look at that there's a coconut plantation."
"Yes. According to Google maps, soon we will reach the village of Kuala Nipah." Said Grandpa Jeff.
"I still doubt whether the grandfather was in Kuala Nipah or where. It's been a long time. Whether he is alive or dead. Grandpa uyut didn't explain to me." The young man said with a doubtful facial expression.
"Its important we've tried. Whether it works or not, it depends on the windfall." Said Grandpa Jeff giving an injection of encouragement to the young man.
"Yes, too." The young man said with a smile.
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After almost a day of traveling by renting a Taxi, they finally entered the village of Kuala Nipah.
This village is not too big. But it has a beautiful and clean beach with dozens of small islands that seem vaguely visible in the middle of the sea there when we are standing on the beach.
After paying the fare, the old man now carried the boy's bag and let him carry his own small bag.
"Look. Is this really Kuala Nipah's village?"
"What do you think my grandfather used to work here?" Ask the young man.
"not working. Just bringing a friend. But it's been a long time. At that time the young master had not been born."
"Where is Tengku Mahmud's grandfather's house?" Ask the young man.
"We'd better ask the villagers."
"Come young master!" Take grandfather Jeff.
The two of them then asked here and there with the aim of knowing where Tengku Mahmud's grandfather's house was to show the location of the house they called the Supreme Master.
"Young master, according to the villagers, this is where Tengku Mahmud's house is." Said Grandpa Jeff pointing towards a house with a walled bamboo woven and hemmed on the trunk of the Nibung.
Just now Grandpa Jeff wanted to say his greetings, suddenly from the direction inside the house darted a shell towards the old man.
"Awas cake...!" Jerk the young man while pushing Jeff's grandfather to the back.
As soon as Grandpa Jeff escaped the attack, now another shell shot at high speed towards the young man.
Tau will be dangerous, the young man threw himself to the side and then rolled on the ground.
Just now that he had escaped, another shell shot towards the boy, but now he did not dodge anymore. Rather, picking up a stone last..,
The tests....!
Now it appears that the shells and small stones were shattered by colliding in the air.
"Heh son of the devil. What's your relationship with Malik, huh?"
Seemed a very old man coming out of the house while pecking and nagging a short length.
Seeing the man who was the same age as his uyut grandfather, the young man immediately bowed respectfully.
"Greetings from me to Tengku's grandfather Mahmud." Said the young man.
"Heh son of the devil. I don't need your salute. Just answer my question. You're using a devil's finger. What's your relationship with Malik?"
"I'm Joe William answering grandfather's question." Said the young man still bowing respectfully.
"I am the great-granddaughter of the person you asked me about. He is both my grandfather and my teacher." Said the young man.
"Now answer my question! Where is the devil now? Is it still hiding in the Mountain Slope?"
"Look. My uyut grandfather just died five days ago." Joe William answered while holding back tears.
"What...?"
"Cannot be. No. mungkiiin... The devil cannot die. The business with him is not finished. It's in vain that I deepen my knowledge to be able to defeat his silver needle technique." The old man said as he sat down and swiped the sand with his feet.
"That's what happened, Cake. Before he died, he greeted you and said that he had won because he first faced the Almighty." Said Joe William.
"Maliiiiks... Demon pedestal." The old man said while crying.