Matchmaking
Just a Crib

With a heavy heart Aurora decided to tell her brother honestly about the state of her family at that time, Aurora thought that her sister was old enough to know the problems of her parents.

"Nov, later tonight someone wants you to talk to her sister" Aurora said as she approached Nova who was standing right in front of her mother's room.

"Son't crying, what's up, sister?" nova asked curiously at her brother.

"Later tonight brother explained everything to you, now you help bathe Dika yes because sister wants to cook dinner for us," Aurora rushed back to her mother's room after approaching Nova.

"Mom, now I'm resting! let me cook dinner for us" Aurora said, laying her mother's body still on her bed. Aurora then pulled out the blanket and spread it out slowly.

"Mom never imagined this before, nor did you expect your father to do this to you" said the mother with unstoppable tears.

"What should Ra be now?" mother asked as she looked at Aurora who was standing next to her.

"Mother just needs to be strong and forget everything, I will try to find additional work so that the sisters can continue their school, even without the help of the father's fee," Aurora said with confidence. The look and smile that radiated from Aurora's face, was enough to make her mother calm down.

Dusk also showed his face at that time, but Aurora still faithfully accompanied beside his mother who was asleep. Her mother's face was a passion for Aurora to keep working hard to make a living for her three younger siblings.

"So calm mom, ma'am, I won't let the sisters drop out of school because of the absence of the father at this time, nor will I let the mother continue to slam the bones into washing labor in the neighboring house," aurora said as she rubbed her mother's forehead.

"Sister I want to eat, but in the kitchen the rice is exhausted," cried the Star, one of Aurora's sisters from the kitchen.

Hearing her sister's scream, Aurora awoke from her seat. "Before de, you cook first," Aurora rushed out of the mother's room and into the kitchen.

After Aurora cooked the rice, she opened the basket where the mother used to store food for cooking.

"Well, all the supplies of materials have run out, how we ate tonight" Aurora said with a sad and confused face. He reached into all his pants pockets, but not a single sheet he found.

His lips trembled withholding tears, he was powerless when he saw his sister had to eat rice only with a sprinkling of salt. His heart did not waver, so great despair he had when he saw his sling bag hanging beside the wardrobe.

"Bismillah, hopefully there is still money left behind here" Aurora said expectantly. After reaching into the zipper of his bag, Aurora found a sheet of paper money with a nominal of ten thousand rupiah. Aurora's happy smile widened, her eyes sparkling while holding the piece of money.

"Alhamdulillah, finally me and my sisters can buy a side dish for tonight," Aurora said with a big smile.

"Star.... Star.. please brother dong, please buy chicken eggs at the front stall yes!" call Aurora to the Star that afternoon. The star approached her sister who was cooking in the kitchen.

"Buy the eggs how many legs?" ask the Star to Aurora while picking up a piece of money Aurora gave her.

"Buy one quarter, because the money is not enough to buy more than that" Aurora replied to the Star.

The star then ran away and rushed to buy the egg her brother had asked for. Before long, the stars brought back four eggs wrapped in plastic.

"This is the egg, oh yes the money back is allowed for the Star is not sis?" ask the stars with a clear look.

"Star, now that brother has no more savings for us, so brother asks us to keep saving in order to keep eating," Aurora told her sister.

"Yes, big star,"

"Well that's it, this is the new Star brother," Aurora rubbed the head of the Star and pinched her cheek.

Aurora resumed cooking, taking two eggs and frying them to eat together. Yes, the remaining two she set aside for breakfast her sisters tomorrow.

"What are you cooking Ra? sorry mom, you have to cook after work," said the mother as she approached Aurora who was laying two eggs.

"Mom don't have to say that, ma'am, I'm glad I can help you" Aurora said, smiling at her mother.

"Mother is really lucky Ra has a child like you," the mother's eyes stared hard at her beloved daughter.

"May we all get through this, son" said the mother, hugging Aurora.

"Yes ma'am, we can all get through it because we have a great mother" Aurora said, holding up her thumbs.

"You are the most able to take the heart of mother," said the mother chimed.

After laying the eggs, Aurora called her three sisters. "Nova... The star... Dika... let's eat first, brother has prepared dinner for us!" call Aurora to her three sisters.

"Yes, brother, we will eat soon" said one of his sisters.

While waiting for her sisters, Aurora prepared the necessary cutlery with the help of her mother.

"Mom, let me get ready!"

"You're tired of working in the store, you don't want your child to get sick from exhaustion" said the worried mother.

"I'll be fine, ma'am, as long as mom stays beside me and my sisters" Aurora said.

"Sister, what are we going to eat?" asked Dika with her innocent face.

"When, we eat as is yes dear, brother fryin omelet for Dika.

"I don't want any more eggs, brother, keep the eggs! I want to eat Rafa's rich fish, the rich sis," whined Dika to her brother. Rafa is the front neighbor of Aurora's house, which is the same age as Dika. Rafa's family is a family with enough economy. It's not strange for us, when Dika plays with Rafa always just Dika whining asking for something that Rafa has.

Hearing Dika's whining, Aurora and her mother looked at each other, not not wanting to provide the best and nutritious food for their families, but the low economic conditions forced them to provide food for their sons.

"When, now Dika eat the same egg first yes, next time you buy fish for Dika.

"When you don't want to eat eggs, you want the same fish" she cried.

"When..heard brother son! Brother promised tomorrow will buy fish for Dika, but tonight Dika must eat first with eggs yes," Aurora also persuaded her youngest sister to want to eat.

"True tomorrow when you can eat with a fish?" ask Dika back to the brother.

"Yes, I'm from tonight when I eat!"

Hearing Aurora's words, the mother then whispered to her. "Ra, where are you going to buy fish tomorrow? I know you have no more money to spare" whispered the mother.