Not Laila Majnun
War

That night he did not come home for fear of Septi doing strange things again. He had even forgotten to have promised to pick up his father at the station. He only sent a message to his wife if there was a problem with the storage of their paddy so he patrolled to watch her directly.

It is true that tonight there will be a massive rat slaughter carried out by local residents and Lukman employees. The war against rodents is unsettling. A sensible human versus a disgusting rat.

Lukman confirmed his heart that he was doing all this because of humanity alone. He warned himself not to be tempted by Septi who had a helpless face that often made him pity. Hopefully the lie this time counted as an effort to maintain the household as well as to maintain the lives of humans in the womb Septi.

Lukman was just waiting for Septi at the hospital. He only left when the time of prayer came. Waiting for the poor woman who claims to have no one. He even left all the work and handed it to Daniah and reasoned that there was business in the hospital.

It was not a solution to the problem. it was more convincing Daniah if Septi there play with Lukman to leave seeds in the stomach Septi as Yuli said. And the rumor spread quickly from word of mouth among employees to the surrounding community who are also farm laborers in the fields and fields.

After the Prayer of Isyak he was stunned after praying. Bang Alif's words were ringing in his head, "Let go of what is not your responsibility!"

"Yes, how should I be?" He was confused where to go and how?

When he was in the room alone with Septi he chose to sleep on the sofa without inviting him to talk. A silent atmosphere enveloped the room.

Although Lukman closed his eyes, his mind was still everywhere. He's thinking that Septi can go home he has to put him where.

If bringing Septi to live with Yuli and her mother in her office, it's better because she doesn't have to worry about anything . There are others who take care of him. But certainly Septi will be depressed and mentally unstable can affect the health of the fetus in his stomach because of the temperament of Yuli and her mother who often corner Septi.

If he had to leave Septi at the parlour it would only raise suspicion on his family because the people of the parlour would ask his extended family who he was, he said, what's the relationship with him and the rumors that won't just spread. And for sure his family will be very angry with him.

If he had to find a place far from people who knew him then he would live with whom. Did he have to spend a lot of money to pay for art and security to accompany Septi. Isn't that like hiding an affair from his legal wife.

He had to make sacrifices that far. With all the other lies he would have done.

"Bas....!" Septi turned his head weakly looking towards Lukman who was still closing his eyes.

"Hem?"

"Mas didn't come home?" The question is attentive.

"No ", Lukman replied firmly.

"Just go home! My wife and kids are waiting at home. I'll be fine!" He said in a still weak voice.

"It has. Just sleep! I don't want anything to happen to the fetus in your womb. He is an innocent creature" Lukman said without opening his eyes.

"If I give birth to her, she will also be ashamed later. He's gonna be taunting his friends for not having a father. I'd better get rid of him right now. Let me bear his sins, my sins are many, no longer count. Than my son suffers later"

Meanwhile, in the storage warehouse of rice that is ready to be distributed the guards are ready with their respective tools. Ready to fight the rats that come.

Indeed some days the rats that come are quite unsettling. Although it has prepared traps and traps to put rat poison at some point in fact does not work.

The rats were challenging. With their massive size almost resembling a kitten they mill around among the workers without fear at all even like mocking a human who fires a beard upon seeing it.

Paddy rats (Ratus argentiventer) are relatively difficult pests to control. Rapid breeding of rat pests and damaged power in plants that are high enough to cause rat pests is always a threat to every plant. The damage of plants caused by rat attacks is very large, because it attacks plants even from the time of planting until the time of harvest.

And this time it happened during the harvest season not only in the fields of Lukman but also in other fields owned by local residents.

They also work with each other to cope with the current rat outbreak in several ways.

TBS (Trap Barrier System)

namely the plastic fence that surrounds nursery farms or rice fields equipped with bubu traps at any given distance.

Gropyokan is Control with complete equipment (beating, dams, nets and so on) carried out by all components of the community are coordinated and planned in a wide expanse of planting.

The feeding of rat poison with acute rodenticides or anticoagulants mixed with grain or rice is then placed on rat traffic.

The installation of the Nets is also done how the Nets are installed on one side of the rice field, then on the other side are jointly carried out rat motorization and on the edge of the net some people wait with a bat.

Puddling holes of rats in their hiding places

Sanitizing

namely Cleaning shrubs/weeds, dismantling rat holes and repairing rodents.

Life Control is

Control using natural enemies such as cats, dogs and owls.

That night everyone stood in their posts waiting for the victim to come. In the rice field, in the hiding burrows of rats and their rats, in the road that is often passed by the rats and their herds. By carrying war equipment in the form of batters, nets, throw-ins. There are even those who intend to burn the nesting place of rats from the front and back so that they die roasted in their hiding place and buried alive in it.

Maybe the actions of the residents look like psychopaths because they are so irritated. After four months of nurturing the rice crop and waiting patiently until the harvest time arrives. When the time came suddenly the rats came uninvited, leaving without excuse to spend what they had been waiting for.

That night there was a frenetic sound of the beating device as well as the voices of workers and residents who were chasing with rats that seemed to be inexhaustible.