Not the Dream Son-in-law
Changes in mother's attitude

Two more weeks at the mother's house will be held the wedding of Resti. I came to that house more often, helping with everything I could do in that house. Sometimes we also asked my mother to stay overnight, I felt there was a change from my mother's attitude. Mom is a little better for me and the kids, I don't know if I'm going to be too happy, I'm afraid I'll be disappointed. My mother could have acted that way because right now she needs my energy. God, why did I think so badly of my own parents. I'd better pray, hopefully my mother's treatment really turns better on us.

Airin had returned to his city, he said he wanted to accompany his mother, as well as go visit his papa in the courtyard. His papa's case has been decided, his father is found guilty of embezzling company money. I don't know how long the verdict is, because Airin never told us here. Every time anyone asked about his papa case, Airin's facial features changed. It seems he does not like to discuss the legal case that is being lived by his father.

Rido and Raffa stayed here. Rido works to help the father in the garden, while Raffa has moved his school here. I did not expect Rido's life to change one hundred and eighty degrees like this, he used to be quite successful as a businessman. Having a beautiful wife and a smart child, Rido's life used to look perfect. But, now Rido works in the garden like my husband, living apart from his beautiful wife and his son is now the same as my son, who used to be called a village by Airin.

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"Mom tomorrow I can't come here" I told my mother as I was about to return home this afternoon.

"Where are you going?" ask my mother.

"I want to help bang Rozi harvest vegetables" I replied slowly. Uh, I haven't told you yet. If the vacant land that my father gave us, now planted a variety of vegetables by my husband. So, after tapping my husband's rubber, I've just cultivated the land. The results have helped us a lot in our finances.

"What vegetable harvest is Rozi tomorrow?" ask mom again.

"Cayenne, kale and cucumber, Mak..."

"Seru tuh, mother follow ya," said mother smiling. I was surprised to hear it, did not hear wrong, my mother wanted to come with me to the vegetable garden.

"Yes, my mom followed. Later we will eat together there using banana leaves, eat using sambel terasi and fresh vegetables directly from the tree," said the mother as if imagining the delicacy.

"Be...nar, you want to come?" I said half in disbelief hearing my mother talk to me like that. In the past let alone talk like this, I ask often not answered.

Mom nodded enthusiastically, "Let me ask Resti to take Ferdi with you tomorrow on Sunday, Ferdi's work off. Consider it refreshing before their wedding party is held."

"Well, I'll make the paste sauce..."

"Let your mother who is preparing her rice, resti nyiapin other side dishes. Make grilled fish good times yes, fried tempeh, tofu, eggplant and.hmmm must be delicious," said the mother anyway.

"Yes, I went home first, Mak, it's bang Rozi has been picked up," I said, pointing to my husband's arrival on his motorbike. This afternoon I came home happy, happy to see my mother so sweet to talk to me who is not the daughter-in-law of her dreams.

"Bang, tomorrow you want to come with us to harvest," I told Bang Rozi when we just got home.

"Emak want to come?.." asked my husband, just like me earlier bang Rozi also like not believing what he heard.

"Oo.ya it's okay, the harvest of exciting rames too."

I nodded, "Emak also said, tomorrow we want to eat banana leaves together..."

"Emak told you that, Dek?"

"Yes... Bang..."

Hearing my words just now, my husband smiled.

"Alhamdulillaah yes, Dek" said my husband, smiling happily.

"Alhamdulillaah, for a..pa Bang?"

"Yes Alhamdulillah, my brother is very happy now to see Adek can be that close to my mother."

I nodded and smiled, as if my husband also noticed the change of his mother to me.

"Eh..that's what?" he asked when he saw the black crackle in my hand.

"No idea, Bang. It was in the mother's love for the children he said," I said as I opened the black crackle that was given by my mother before I left earlier. I haven't been able to open up yet.

"Yes.di see dong," said bang Rozi anyway.

I opened the black crackle, and it turned out that the snack consisted of snacks, biscuits and four pieces of milk packaging box ready to drink. Not believing the taste, my mother was so concerned with my children, to buy this delicious snacks, even though their remnants were just given to us. I don't feel my tears dripping by themselves.

"Kok nangis," said my husband as he pulled the black crackle.

"That's okay, Bang," I replied, wiping away the tears.

"With you a cry of food," said Bang Rozi, smiling to mock me. He seems to know that I am overwhelmed.

"Love the children" said my husband. I also called my children and shared fairly their grandmother's gift. My kids ate the food too greedily. I stared at them without blinking. God, maybe one day we can make their lives happier.