KELANA
87. Bellicose

After waiting in line for about half an hour, Mumu got a ticket.

After that he immediately returned home because the ship Jelatik just departed at 16.00 wib.

The afternoon wind blew on the faces of the people as the Jelatik ship began to move away from the port of Selatpanjang.

Mumu was in the back booth of the second floor ship.

From the window of the ship he saw the ship speeding calmly splitting the brownish-grey sea water.

Somehow Mumu looked at the scenery through the window of the ship, when he turned his face the lights of the ship had been lit, apparently already almost maghrib.

As Mumu went down to the first floor, the bathroom was on the first floor, Mumu saw a girl who was about ten years old was sitting leaning against a rather large room. It turned out that they had fused three rooms into one.

The girl's right leg is bandaged from the ankle until it reaches the knee. His face was a little pale. Beside him sat a modestly dressed woman in her forties. While in front of the girl, a man sat on his back to the ship's passage.

Mumu scanned the girl's right leg. His face changed a little. It turned out that the injury of the girl was very severe, in addition to the fracture, the bone was also broken so that it could not be restored in the usual way.

If treated medically, Mumu believes the girl will forever sit in a wheelchair or use prosthetic legs.

"Why his son's leg, sir?" Ask Mumu.

The man turned his body, he looked at Mumu. After sighing heavily he said, "The victim hit and ran, Dik. So far, I don't know who did it." There was a flash of anger behind his gloomy face.

"Ooo, so now you want to go to Pekanbaru, sir? Why don't you use a marine ambulance, sir? It'll be sooner to."

"Ongkos the oil is big, Dik. After all, the Jelatik ride can be rather relaxing. Oh yeah, what's your name, brother? Please sit here." Apparently the man named Aripin was very friendly and open.

"Thank you, sir. Let's stand up better. I'm Mumu, sir."

"If it is not forced not to want us to go to Pelanbaru, Dik," Mr. Aripin began to confide. "Although the cost of treatment is free because it has been borne by the government, but for transportation costs, not to mention the cost of eating there, requires a lot of costs. Not to mention if we have to buy drugs outside because there are also types of drugs that are not borne by the government."

From the statement of Mr. Aripin it seems that this is not the first time he referred sick people to Pekanbaru, he already understands the situation.

It is heavy for the cost of eating people who wait for patients, must buy packaged rice outside.

Eat three times a day. Still mending if only one person and treatment time is only a day or two days. If for weeks, money from where to bear the cost of living there.

Seeing the appearance of Mr. Aripin and his family, Mumu knows they are not among those who are.

Your mums are a little tired and pity them.

He didn't say much, when he heard Mumu's words he just nodded his head.

"If according to the doctor what kind of treatment will be given to Tiara, sir?" Mumu turned her eyes back to Mr. Aripin.

Mr. Aripin again took a heavy breath, as Mumu had previously suspected, Mr. Aripin said, "If the stock of his false legs already exists, then Tiara will be directly installed with false legs."

Subconsciously Mr. Aripin looked at his wife and son with sadness and helplessness.

Actually he and his wife did not until the heart saw his son walk using a prosthetic leg, but how else, it was the only best way.

Although they knew that Tiara was reluctant to accept it, there was no other way.

Because the Jelatik ship was filled with passengers so that some people who lived in rooms adjacent to the family of Mr. Aripin, of course heard their conversation.

They only looked at the poor little girl with pity eyes without commenting anything.

After that they return to their respective activities.

"Actually I understand a little about the science of medicine," Mumu said in a soft voice so that only Mr. Aripin and his family could hear him, "If Mr and Ibuk believe, I can treat Tiara, I can treat Tiara, although I do not guarantee that I can cure it, maybe I can reduce a little bit of the disease suffered by Tiara. How, Sir? If Mr and Ibuk agree, Maghrib later I will return here." Mumu did not want to say that he could cure Tiara's disease, because it sounds very sensational. After all he wants to see the attitude of Mr. Aripin and his family, if they believe then he will try his best. If they refused, Mumu would not force them either.

When he heard Mumu's statement, Mr. Aripin looked Mumu in the eye for a moment and then turned to his wife at a glance, after which he without a doubt immediately said, "If Nak Mumu has the ability and is willing to treat our son, there is nothing we can say but agree and thank him for reaching out to help our little family. As for how much Nak Mumu can do, we don't question that."

"Well then, sir, then I'll come here again.

Later the room divider is installed only, sir so not many people see later."

After Mumu passed away, his wife looked at Mr. Aripin and asked in a curious tone, "Tumben Abang immediately believed in someone you just knew? After all he was very young, how high was the science of medicine that he could learn. If he had started studying in his mother's womb, whether then the science of medicine could beat the specialists who have studied for years, Bang."

Mr. Aripin sighed, "Surely Brother does not know, Dik, but when the listener said Brother only felt that he was not lying, that he only wanted to help us. That'sthat's all. What else when you try to see his face and eyes, you do not hesitate in the least, so you did not ask for your opinion but immediately agreed to it."

His wife gasped, "What do you think, Tiara?"

Tiara shook her head, Tiara doesn't know, Mom, just like you, Tiara just trust me."

"There's no harm in trying, brother. If it does not work, we will still go to Pekanbaru. So no one's harmed." Timpal Mr. Aripin.

"Well, then we wait for his arrival." Said wife.

"Let's eat first, Bang. Tiara eat too."