Joy: A Hope's
Chapter 3: Eros's Deducation

A new morning has arrived. The activities of the residents in the village of Benjam went on as usual. The dominant citizens of the farmers had gone to the fields or to the gardens even long before the sun appeared. Not because you think there is no tomorrow to work. It's just that they want to appreciate the time at hand and try not to waste time doing unimportant things. Time was too precious just to waste for farmers like them. Until when the sun has gone up and getting higher, a quarter of the work is done. Although tired, do not stop complaining. However, they keep the spirit of working. They believe that their current bitterness will bear sweet fruit later on.

Their teenage children stay at home and help with homework so that their parents do not work twice again after returning from the fields or gardens. Coincidentally, a two-week semester break has arrived. They spend more time at home. While the boys who have turned 17 years and over, participate their parents work in the rice fields. In the village, abstain for boys if only unemployed at home. Most migrated to the city if they did not follow their parents to the fields or rice fields.

At lunchtime, the village children usually bring their parents food. As of now, Joy has just finished cooking with Ari's help. After yesterday's incident, where Ari got a lecture from the father, then Ari decided to migrate to the city this afternoon. So Ari did not go to the garden with her parents. The thing he left before leaving was cooking rice along with his side dishes for Eros and Santi who were working in the garden today. A few days ago, their fields were planted with rice. Now, the turn of the garden being cleaned, has long since not been taken care of.

“Kak, I went to the garden first, yes,” say goodbye Joy from the kitchen, a little screaming. It is ready with one rice raantang in the hand, also kettles filled with drinking water.

The sound of water splashing was quite swift to stop being heard. Ari who was bathing in the potluck bathroom behind the house responded, “Yes, you are careful. Greetings from Mamak and Father. Tell Ari that he wants to leave.” Ari shouted.

“Iyaaa! If you leave, be careful. Don't forget .. the right job. Don't know henna mulu. Poor mom and dad banging here!” joy's advice exceeded that of her parents.

There was a snort from Ari. “Iya-iyaaa, really nice. Uda, sana!” evict Ari sounded annoyed.

Joy chuckled amusedly with her brother's response. Now he is the one who is back in jail. Actually, Joy was only joking while advising Ari earlier.

Then, the teenager left the kitchen leaving Ari who also just finished bathing. The young man appeared behind the kitchen door with a white towel wrapped around his waist. Wet hair periodically dripped down his face.

Ari stared at the remnants of Joy's departure. His teeth were grinding, furious. “Basic boy. Sok!” his lips.

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“Eh, Joy! Where are you going?” The typical chirping sound of boys when they are going through puberty greeted with disrespectful drum Joy.

A group of children of Joy's age interrupted the teenage boy's steps while crossing a river on a wooden bridge. Joy looked down, to the source of the voice. He found some teenage boys were engrossed in bathing naked. The river water is running. The splashing sound of water colliding with river stones is quite deafening.

One of them, a close friend of Joy, greeted. “Joy, let's join here!” bring him.

Joy shook her head quickly. “No, I'm in a hurry. Afraid of being scolded by the father too,” reject it raw.

Just call him Bayu, the teenager who took him to take a bath, snorting cynically. “After, where are you going, anyway, Joy? Very rushed! Nysel loh not fusing here.”

Joy is in a hurry. Faintly hearing the ridicule from his friends accompanied Joy's departure. But Joy ignored it. The man seemed to be deliberately listening. He did not want his heart to be hot and challenged.

“Huh, basic cepu!”

“Say you can't swim, use the reason of everything!”

Lying if Joy is not interested in bathing in the river especially after seeing the excitement of her friends for a while. There is a desire of its own that is neatly stored in the heart. Joy was almost tempted and lost control. Fortunately, I quickly realized. If not, he is most likely in trouble.

Joy was in a hurry besides because both her parents were waiting for her arrival, Joy also had the trauma of bathing in the river. When he was a child, Ari often invited him to do naughty, such as bathing secretly in the river. One day they are discovered by Eros. Eros angry. Unmitigated to beat Ari who was still Junior High until bloody because it invited Joy who was still about 6 years old at that time.

Eros sighed with the behavior of his eldest son who was being naughty at that time. A little resigned to face Ari who every day becomes more so. In the end, don't beat the stone-headed boy again, but Eros just said, “As much as you want to be a dissident child or not. What is clear do not invite you, Joy for naughty like you!” while raising a sharp gaze that is really unfriendly.

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“From anywhere? How, for so long? Your mama is starving wait for you from earlier.” Just arrived, Joy has got a hot spray from father. Even while chewing, Eros' mouth was endlessly slurping. It felt like a word did not want to break from his lips.

Joy could only bow her head, sitting in a corner waiting for her parents to finish eating. The man was filled with guilt and found his mother helpless in the hut. Father said, Mamak stomach acid disease relapsed because of late eating when he was hungry.

While Santi is getting better. She was eating and sitting next to her husband, staring at Joy. He turned to glance at Eros and interrupted the man's chattering. “Already, Sir! Poor Joy. It's not entirely his fault, you know. Mamak who had forgotten breakfast before coming here,” said Santi trying to defend Joy.

“Santi! Stop defending the boy. You almost starved to death because of him. However he remains wrong!” jolt Eros, keep blaming Joy.

The man's appetite was instantly gone. Take off the plate violently and come out of the hut with a hot heart. Santi could only sigh harshly with her husband's behavior, temprrament was still like before. The man despite having five heads but his nature never changed. Santi cleaned their cutlery and put it back in the basket Joy had brought.

Santi approached Joy in the corner after that. He sat next to the teenager while gently rubbing the top of his head. “Joy who is patient, yes, face Mr. Joy doesn't have to worry. Mama is fine. Don't worry about what you said, ” said Santi tried to calm down.

Joy felt comfortable every time she was near Santi. The thing she liked the most when Santi had started stroking her hair. Joy rushed into Santi's arms. Crying loudly in the arms of the woman. As big and mature as Joy is in the eyes of people, she is still a whiny and spoiled child in front of Santi.

“Mak, Bang Ari real go. He's staying with us,” great-grandson Joy on the sidelines of her crying.

Santi was touched by his youngest son's complaint. Shocked at the same time because of hearing the fact from Joy that her eldest son had really gone wandering. Unknowingly a drop of clear fluid decays from Santi's eyelids. He had not even saluted Ari before the poor young man left.

“Ya already, saying there with you before returning home.” Santi broke their embrace. Before that, she had already wiped away her tears not wanting Joy to see her sadness.

Although reluctant to say goodbye because he was still afraid of the man, Joy still nodded. Taking the basket with the bushel and the cutlery, Joy came out of the hut. He found his father sitting in front of a cigarette smoking. The man's gaze was straight forward not knowing what he was thinking. Occasionally sucking a cigarette tucked in two fingers and exhaling smoke into the air through the mouth.

Frightened, Joy approached the man. “Pak, Joy first, yes,” sapanya after being silent for a while, do not want to answer what.

The man looked. Looked at Joy from top to bottom. Then he turned his face back. “Udah, go there!” throw him out rudely without feeling.

Long Joy was silent. Heartache at once disappointed to hear the tone of the ketus. What's wrong until you hate him like this?

“I-iya, Sir,” says Joy stammering.

As Joy left, she turned back to recall something. His faint smile rose hoping that this time Eros would respond well to his words. “Oh yes, Sir, Bang Ari send greetings. He has already left for the city,” he told.

Outside of Joy's expectations. Even the man did not respond to his words. He ignored her like the wind. Not wanting to create a deeper liver disease, Joy chose to leave.

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