
Melda's arrival is like breaking the behavior of her cousin who continues to reward the God of deadly pinch-paint.
"Of course, your behavior is still like a new bride," Melda chirped as she took her daughter from Ruby's sling.
Moga Melda did not hear the words of the Bule Sableng.
"You're being washed!" Ruby followed Melda, as well as the God who continued beside his wife. "Where's aunt? The feeling of not seeing aunty from earlier," asked Ruby.
"To the fields follow the Father." Melda gave up her daughter again, while she prepared water for her daughter's bath. "Emang why?"
Ruby glanced at her husband who was now sitting on one of the chairs in the back room. "This time we're going home."
"Going home? It's only been a day here Aa Bule" said Melda who was ready with her daughter's toiletries.
"There's a lot of work in there" replied Ruby, although cliche but that's the answer that is most appropriate and easily understood by others. "I'm the one who took a shower, don't know when I'll be here."
God did not make a sound, he only noticed the behavior of his wife who seemed to have been here for a month, had learned a lot of baby care, as evidenced by how skillful his wife was when bathing his nephew, a smile continued to crack on his face with a happy look. He is indeed the type of man who always spreads love to anyone, so anyone will definitely like when he is near him. Ruby's smile can always make God smile to see his wife's smile.
"Baby carrying already can, baby bathing already can, wear clothes, diapers, same ngebedong already shrewd. Waiting to have a baby. I'm not happy how happy you are to have your own baby" said Melda who did not know the problem that occurred between Ruby and God.
Melda's words were like slapping a God, extremely loud, even making her heart tremble. All this time that has always been the main priority of God is the happiness of his wife, but when Ruby asked for a baby who was his main goal when willing to marry him first, God even broke his wife's spirit.
He saw his wife only forced a smile to hear Melda's words. Again it makes the chest hurt when he saw the disappointed face of his wife.
"I want to go to the rice field, followed by Bibi, afraid it's fitting we want to leave Auntie has not come." Ruby deliberately diverts Melda's conversation about the baby. And the gods can see it clearly.
The heart of God is shaken, the woman he loves so much looks inferior just because he has not been able to get a baby, which is actually not so important to God. Because until that time God still can not know how a weak creature is so important to be present in his household. His ego seemed to be being squeezed by the pain of seeing the disappointed face of his wife.
"You wanna come?"
God was stunned to see his wife who had wrapped her hands in the stomach. "Where?"
"To the rice fields, followed Bibi. You've never been to a rice field, have you?"
"Make what? I am a farmer!"
Ruby raised the corner of her lips, mocking her husband.
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Ruby took a deep breath as if she was replenishing long-forgotten memories with her parents as she entered the vast rice field beneath the foot of the mountain, the bright blue mound was clearly visible from the rice field area, flashes of beautiful memories that now live memories so heartbreaking.
His brain again visualized the smile of the father who was only an elementary school teacher, who was like never tired of going to his fields after a long day of work, utilizing the fertile land that God had given him, work and grow vegetables that usually can be harvested within 1-3 months.
Now the smile of the mother who came, the smile of a woman who always smiled at her husband, without ever complaining about their economic conditions that are far from adequate. The salary of the Master in a remote village can only meet the needs of their daily lives, while the medical expenses of his sister who already had a history of heart disease from the baby forced the small family to make more money. The piece of prayer he always said for her came back. "Mama do'ain, so that you can get rich husbands. Let's not understand what Rasain's mother. Life is good, enough, go where you want." A prayer that he always said when Ruby whined something that requires both parents to reach into their deep pocket.
"Well, do'a Mama's really getting dabbled. I now have a rich husband, even his wealth will not be able to imagine Mama first." Ruby's heart was slashed. There was regret in his heart, because he could not invite the people he loved so much to feel the luxury he now has.
Thanks for doing'ain me! I am truly grateful for all the prayers you have given me.
The god only noticed the behavior of his wife who closed his eyes while breathing deep air, then smiled and soon cried. I don't know what he's thinking, God doesn't know. But when he saw the change in the look of his face, it seemed not about the baby, but something that God did not know.
"Why you?" The god hugged Ruby's body from behind. "Don't be sad! I'm here" he said confidently.
Ruby realized, it turns out that happiness that has been lost, has now been replaced with happiness in other forms. A great love that God gave to her that could never be judged by anything is her happiness now. Even Ruby seems to have owned the world just by having her husband.
"Inget Mama, same Father, same Adek me too," replied Ruby in between sobs. "I used to spend time here." Ruby is nostalgic.
"Well?" Confused gods. What is the thrill of gathering with family in the rice field? Commoners are just weird. But that remark could only hold in his heart.
"Father Nemenin, sometimes while harvesting chilies, corn, long beans. Or nemenin mom ngundeur—"
"Stop!" God cut off his wife's words. "What do you mean by ngundeur?" With a pretty hard pronunciation.
Ruby chuckles. "Oh that's— Emmm, what is it? Ngundeur means picking leaves that can be made by default." Yes, it seems Ruby's answer is pretty clear.
"Oh, that goat food you used to eat?" Without talking, he spoke.
"That's different!" The wife began to rent, because it did not accept equated with goats. "If the goats will eat all kinds of leaves, but if I'm just the leaves of choice, with premium quality."
"Where are premium quality leaves? The only premium quality you can enjoy is me. Your husband!" Although in the middle of the rice field it turns out the God's attractiveness never faded.
"Whatever!" Ruby walked in the rice field by carrying her sandal. Continue down the river so clear river.
"Ruby!" the God shouted, he had great difficulty walking on that small path overgrown with weeds.
Ruby turned around. "What?"
"Wait on! I'm hard to walk! Looks like I have to donate my money to build the infrastructure of this boarding road to be easily traversed by vehicles. I'm having trouble walking here!"
"Emang you've seen people with after-work, and cars get into rice fields?" Ruby mocked her husband.
"I'll sue the local government for complicating my move!" He's really furious.
"You wait in the saung aja sonoh!"
"Soung?"
"That's the wooden building you were sitting in!"
The god immediately put on his protest face. Until finally Ruby who relented and returned home, because indeed the rice field where his Aunt and Uncle was still quite far away.
The two beings from two different realms returned home. With the God who continues to grumble about the difficulty of the road that he had to pass earlier, with amazing ideas that will paved the rice field just so he easily walk when he will pass.