MARANTI (FOOD OF THE DEAD)
EPISODE 138: UNCONSCIOUS
Minul came home from the rice field with a more relieved feeling than before. In his heart he was very grateful to Mr. Salihun who had comforted him while helping him to eliminate his feelings of sadness.
“Pak Salihun's. You are a perfect man. It is fortunate that Jamila can have you, but it is fitting that Jamila gets the best man to spend the rest of her life and also at the same time become a father figure for Gio. Hm ... Why did I even think Mr. Salihun? Nah! Mr. Salihun belongs to Jamila. I can't interfere with both of them. I've hurt Jamila too often. I'm not gonna make the same mistake that Jamila's gonna hate me for. I had to throw away my feelings of admiration for Mr. Salihun ...,” Minul said to himself.
Meanwhile, Jamila who was lying sad at home became lazy to move. He who was initially still upset with Mr. Salihun coupled with his regret to Minul. He did not touch his son who was in need of friends to play.
“Oh yes, this morning Mr. Salihun wanted to apologize to me and he admitted that the one who received his date was him, not Mr. Ratno. Unfortunately, it wasn't me who handed the date to her. Loh, Minul will scare me so that he can snatch a date from me so that he can take the opportunity to return the sophistication to Mr. Ratno. Meanin? Oops ... Yes, it means that the woman whom Pak Salihun thinks I am is Minul. And Minul himself also did not realize that that night he did not give his date to Mr. Ratno, but to Mr. Salihun who was disguised as Mr. Ratno. Because Mr. Ratno will meet me near musholla.” Jamila said to herself while reanalyzing the words of Mr. Salihun and Minul.
“I'd better convey this to both of them. Let them both know that they've had a misunderstanding. But, I'm going to meet Minul. Let it be, later I will talk to Mr. Salihun if there is time,” said Jamila again.
In the afternoon, Jamila got out of bed because she wanted to take a bath to refresh her mind. After finishing the bath, he looked for Gio to have his son take a bath as well. However, it turns out that Gio has just returned from outside the house and is already clean and fresh.
“Where are you, Bun?” ask Jamila.
“Eh .. I played with his son Aunt Minul,” replied Gio with a little stuttering.
“When did you leave the house? How not to get permission from mom first?” ask Jamila again.
“Tadi Gio has permission from Mom, but I think I did not respond. Mom's probably sleeping. Finally Gio set out on his own,” Gio replied with a little fear.
“Other times you can't like that! Must be allowed to go outside the house. Afraid there's nothing?” reprimand Jamila again.
“Iya, Mom. Gio apologized,” Gio replied innocently.
“You've eaten, Gio?” ask Jamila again.
“S-already, Mom. Aunty Minul who greeted me with her son,” replied Gio honestly.
“Loh, I told you. You can't eat at people's homes. You should refuse if offered a meal with Aunt Minul,” Jamila's nag.
“Tante Minul also initially did not want to feed me, Mom. Because she's afraid I'm getting scolded by Mom. But, I asked to be fed because I am a laper,” replied Gio innocently.
“Lo, why did you get to Laper? Is there rice in the kitchen?” jamila's nagging not so hard because Jamila didn't want her son to be scared.
“No rice in the kitchen, Mom. Has the power gone out since this morning? I want to wake Mom up to cook rice, but I don't have the heart as if mom is sad,” replied Gio with a little caution for fear of being scolded by her mother.
“Ya Ampuuun!!” jamila screeched as she walked towards the kitchen and sure enough when she opened the rice cooker, the contents were still rice.
Gio followed behind his mother with a feeling of fear. Jamila turned her body to face her son.
“Iya, Mom. Forgive Gio, yes Gio promised not to repeat it again,” replied Gio innocently.
“Ya. Now you take a shower, yes, mama masakin hot water?” say Jamila again.
“Gio has taken a shower, Mom. I took a bath at Aunt Minul's house. Aunty Minul was the one who made water for Gio. Gio will tell Aunt Minul that mother is sad and does not want to go outside the room at all. Then Aunt Minul who told me to take a bath there so that mother does not bother at home,” replied Gio with his natural verbal intelligence.
Jamila could only gawk at such an explanation from her young son. In his heart he was still angry with Minul, but his heart was slightly touched by the concern of his best friend.
“Mother has eaten?” ask Gio to his mother.
“Numbered, Gio. I want to cook rice first on the stove,” replied Jamila.
“Tante Minul brought a pack of rice for Mom. Aunt Minul also brought this candle to prepare later tonight if the light is not alive,” replied Gio while thrusting crackle to his mother.
Jamila was surprised that Minul brought the objects. Actually he wanted to reject the item outright, but he did not want to teach hatred to his young son.
“You put the crackle on the dining table that's it! Keep changing your clothes. Take his shirt in the closet and put your filthy shirt on the bucket huh?” jamila's orders to her son.
“Iya, Mom!” sahut Gio while putting a black crackle given by Minul on the table and the little boy rushed to his room to change clothes. After that he also put his dirty clothes on the ground which is special to collect dirty clothes.
Jamila also started the stove and moved the rice in the rice cooker to the pot Setela the young widow was sitting at the dinner table to open the rice wrap brought by her son.
“Iwak pe!” peekkik Jamila when he found his favorite menu in the rice pack given by his friend.
Iwak Pe is a cuisine that is rarely found in the hamlet of Pomegranate. If there is a very expensive price. Actually Jamila initially did not like the type of food because he thought the aroma was strange and a little pessimistic. But, one day when he was upset, Minul suddenly came and invited him to the time of iwak pe together at his home.
“Mil! To vent your anger on your brash act, giman if we cook extreme food iwak pe?” tawar Minul's.
Jamila was hesitant at first, but it's true Minul said. He wanted to vent his anger at that time by eating foods that he did not like plus chilli he wanted to lotin to vent emotions.
“OK, Nul! Sikaaaaat!” sahut Jamila at that time while covering her nose.
And it turns out that something unexpected happened when the iwak pe was ripe. It turns out that the taste is getting better and the aroma is gradually acceptable to Jamila. In fact, in the end, iwak pe became one of the favorite foods of the young widow.
So for Jamila's mind, he did not realize that he had spent the rice wrapper given by Minul. Gio who saw how greedy his mother ate also became happy with her.
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