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Section 130: Saba Alkamah 15

The news of Saba Alkamah a very beautiful baby spread very quickly, many residents came to flock to see and bring fruit hands, some also brought money.

“Pak, I wonder.” Wife says.

“What's Bu?” Her husband was going to the forest to find firewood, his wife was no longer coming because she had to take care of their baby.

“I threw the garbage behind, when I was going to clean up, accidentally some strands of toge left behind, I was not aware, until this week suddenly toge it grew sir, sir, Alka our child so can eat sayut toge.”

“Hah? isn't the land very barren, we've tried to plant rice and also the tubers nothing works, but this toge is only made sure it can grow? you sure”

“Yes, because I never again tried to plant anything on that land. So surely it's because of the toge that was wasted on the ground that I wasn't aware of.”

“Then, you try to plant cassava or yam, if our soil is fertile again, it means we can start planting rice again.”

“Iya Sir, later I will go to the market to buy fertilizer and also seedlings, but if to prove that our land has been fertile again, then we plant carrots only, because carrots are fast, only about two months have been discovered.”

“Yes, you just set up Mom, may our land really be fertile again.” Her husband rushed to the forest to find firewood.

While his wife had fed Alka the porridge at the age of two weeks and then rushed to the market by carrying Alka walked quite far, the location of the market was about 8 kilometers, a short distance if taken by vehicle, he said, but a considerable distance if walking.

The day was quite hot, but Alka did not feel heavy at all, her adoptive mother was happy with all the funny behavior of Alka, a baby who never cried.

Once at the market, everyone who saw Alka immediately welcomed, leave vegetables, cooking ingredients and even spices to eat Alka to his adoptive mother.

Carrot seeds are also obtained for free and fertilizer, although the seller is surprised, if you want to buy carrot seeds even though their village is famous for its barren land, the seedlings are usually purchased by middlemen to be spread to various small plant sellers, so there is indeed in the market, people in the village rarely buy seeds, because the land is famous for being barren, because the land is notoriously barren, so free planting anything will not be so.

But Alka's adoptive mother told her that her togenya yesterday grew wild on the ground because it accidentally scattered her fall while she was cleaning up the trash.

Some traders doubt it, feel it's something that is difficult to happen, so yes just think of it as a joke.

Arriving at the house Alka's adoptive mother came with so many tote bags that she was carrying, it was heavy, but walking with Alka made her heart happy, so the weight felt light.

Once home, Alka's adoptive mother was shocked, because her husband had arrived at home again, usually in the afternoon he had just returned home.

“Pak, already home?”

“Yes, today it is easy to find firewood, only two hours, I have gotten that much.” He pointed at the pile of firewood that was quite a lot, usually to get that much it took three to four hours, done both.

“Wah we are very lucky yes lately, look, I got a lot of cooking ingredients, there is rice, there is fish, seasonings, vegetables and this carrot seedlings are free, just for free, I even got her fertilizer too.”

“Wah, we ate good today?” Her husband was happy, because he and his family would eat well as the days that followed.

His wife then put Alka on the bed, she prepared to cook while planting carrots with the seeds she had obtained from the seller.

Alka was still a henchman, not crying, she was invited to play by her adoptive father, who rested after looking for firewood.

After finishing cooking and planting, his wife invited her husband to lunch with fried fish and also vegetable soup, Alka ate porridge that had been added with a stir-fried fish, Alka ravenously ate it, Alka, after that he drank and fell asleep, Alka did not drink milk because milk was expensive and from the moment she was found, Alka was not given milk.

“Wah, lately we've been eating good ya ma'am, I think after having Alka, our life will be more difficult, but now after two weeks with her, I think after having Alka, we often eat well, ma'am.” Her husband is happy because he usually eats only tofu or tempeh, sometimes only eat with vegetables, such as cassava leaves or kale purchased at the vegetable maker, sometimes the leaves from the forest could have been cooked, but now that they can eat fried fish, the family is very grateful.

Little Alka became a blessing for them, because many love the ingredients that are very useful for their lives as well as the life of Alka.

“Pak, but if my night is goosebumps, somehow yes, the night in our house lately has become cooler than usual day, trus every two o'clock at night Alka was seen waking up and laughing herself, like someone was playing.”

“Bu, already do not think too much of that, his name is a baby boy, it is so, he is still sensitive to it, so do not be too afraid.”

“Yes sir, I just feel weird.”

“Jaga is well our child yes, lest he get sick or look hungry, because people will always monitor us whether it is right to take care of Alka, their foodstuff donation must be only for Alka, because people will always monitor us whether it is true to take care of Alka, we must be in charge.”

“Yes sir, I will remember that, after all it is not difficult to keep this child, because he is very calm and not fussy at all, I am always happy with him.”

“Yes, this child is indeed fun, he is always smiling, he is really a sweet and kind child, I am also happy when with him.”

Alka became the perimadona in the village in an instant, a beautiful child who was very calm.

Two weeks later, his wife was shocked, because the carrot seedlings were planted ready for harvest, in just a week, because usually, it takes at the earliest one month, and the, but now within two weeks the carrot is ready to be harvested with a fairly large and fresh shape.

“Pak, look! This is my harvest today, well, our land is fertile again Sir.” His wife was happy until he pranced while holding his adopted son.

“Wah, amazingly, means we can plant rice and others, I will try to borrow rice seeds and also all that is needed to plant rice at the oragan, I will try to borrow rice seeds, we can share the results if the pad is ready to harvest later.”

“Can we get the loan sir?”

“Can, his wife is very fond of Alka, she will definitely persuade her husband to spawning rice seedlings on us.”

“Oh yes, his wife is very often here, she likes to bring a variety of snacks and rice for us, hopefully you can get it, sir, so we can harvest rice for our next life.”

“Iya.”

Then her husband went to bring the carrots in the land behind their house which was only three times three meters.

“Iya Sir, this is the carrot, just two weeks is already this big Sir.” Alka's adoptive father persuaded.

“You are crazy, our land is barren, I have even given up planting in this village, my land is hectares I leave it, later if there is money just to build a house or something else, or else, the present moment suddenly our land becomes fertile again, too ..”

“Pak, since when is your land fertile again?” Suddenly his wife came and nodded.

“Since these few weeks lah.”

“Since Alka's arrival isn't it?” Juragan's wife can indeed be said to be a fan of hardline Alka, she who does not have a daughter so she really likes Alka.

“Iya anyway Bu, since the arrival of Alka, all the goodness came to us, no less eating again because many are discordant, the land in our house also became fertile.”

“Then it is true, the boy is the bearer of good luck Sir.” His wife looked excited.

“Kok can you say that?”

“This is the reason I often come home and give you rice and other food, because there will always be other lucky things that I get, for example, my gold slices that are deceived, suddenly the culprit came back and returned my gold, but I was almost compensating for the personal money because I brought my friends to join the party, after which, I noticed, I noticed, every time I feed Alka, misfortune will happen, like there is an antidote, from the simple, the house people say it rains, but when I am going home, the rain stops for a moment, the rain stops, as if waiting for me until home first, after I got home, the rain came back with thunder booming.

Those are just simple examples, so I really like to visit, because when giving kindness to Alka, another kindness comes to us.”

“Oh, then, I'll lend him the seed and all the necessities to farm, but, on condition, you won't have to pay for everything I lent you, in return, instead, allow Alka help us make our land fertile again, how?”

“So that means Alka should make your land fertile first, then you will seed rice on me Pak?”

“Iya so.”

“But I am not sure if Alka really brings good luck and do not know how to make Alka land fertile.”

“That's easy, you just send Alka to us, two weeks, two weeks, if we managed to return Alkanya, with rice seeds and everything you need? How?” His wife Juragan is getting hotter.

“I have to ask my wife first Sir, because she is very dear to Alka, she must be sad to part with our son.”

“Only two weeks, we won't take Alka forever, only two weeks, if it's true we both profit loh.” His wife Juragan would not give up.

“Alright Sir, Mom, I will bring Alka with my wife tomorrow, may it be true Mother guess yes, that Alka brings good luck.”

As soon as his father got home, he delivered what the boss wanted in exchange, his adoptive mother Alka, actually took off Alka heavily, because she was very affectionate, she wanted the child to stay nearby.

But, for her husband's efforts to go smoothly, she finally agreed, but the boss had to promise to release Alka after two weeks.

As soon as it was handed over to the court lady, Alka looked fine, she did not cry, did not look for her mother or her father, she still never cried at all.

The first day Alka ate a good meal, she still ate porridge with a side dish that was so luxurious, there was chicken, eggs, meat and even duck eggs, all bought, Alka ate voraciously and looked happy, he laughed and rattled himself, as usual.

“You're sure Mom, if she can bring good luck to our badlands?”

“I'm sure, I feel for myself, every time I give her all the things she likes, then I get lucky.”

“Then I have to how nowa?” The jury was confused.

“We just give him food and clothes that he likes, after that tomorrow buy carrot seeds Sir, if the carrot began to grow leaves, it means it works, only there, only, if it grows leaves it means we succeed.”

“Then, let's try first yes.” The jury was excited.

The next day, the master bought the seedlings again laughed at by the merchant, but the master did not tell him what he and his wife were doing.

After getting the seedlings, he planted them and went home feeling hopeful.

While Alka was still showered with all the good food, Alka was also calm, but strangely, the old lady looked unwell.

“Why are you, Mom?” juragan asked.

“I'm sleepy once, overnight can't sleep.”

“Kok that, isn't Alka very calm and not crybaby?”

“He is indeed calm and not crybaby, but ..”

“What?”

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OVERNIGHT

The nurse's wife had fallen asleep, but she was forced to get up because she wanted to check on Alka who was put to sleep in the crib from her son's rattan first, she just wanted to make sure Alka was comfortable, but strangely, he did not find Alka in the baby's bed.

He panicked, what should he do if Alka was truly lost, he could muster time. Therefore, she hurried out of the room looking for him, but when she looked towards the kitchen, there was a strange, open kitchen door, the housewife hurriedly ran, no time calling her husband, no time to call her, he hoped that if there was a baby kidnapper, he could still pursue it, but, when he was already at the back of the house which was a vast land, he immediately fell unconscious.

What did he see, until he fell like that?

He saw Alka being struck by a figure whose legs were tied to a rope, her body and neck were also tied, her hands coming out slightly from the winding white cloth holding Alka.

The face of the creature was terrible, his face blackened, his eyes white perfectly in a state of wide open, and the way of menimanngya strange, he cradled while jumping with excitement.

While Alka looked so happy, she rambled to herself while laughing.

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“You saw the pocong in the backyard of the house?!” Juragan was shocked, this was the first time he had heard such a thing.

“I-iya, what a creepy, as soon as dawn I woke up, I went back to the room and saw Alka was in her bed again, really I was scared Sir, the pocong was really terrible.”

“So, you want to back off with our efforts?” husband asked.

“No, but I want you to take care of Alka at night, I'm afraid.”

“You're not afraid Sir?”

“You think I've never faced anything like this? I'm rich not because of old people, but I'm rich because I try, my opponent even ever want to hook, so I know the world like this.”

Her husband is arrogant, he doesn't know what she's up against, a child by the name of an inverting spell, a spell that turns bad luck into good fortune, but only temporarily.

At nightfall, his wife took care of Alka, she did not sleep, some servants slept in the living room right in front of the door of the master's room.

All looked not sleepy, some were eating nuts, drinking coffee and singing, the atmosphere was crowded, the wife of the master decided to sleep, because she was tired, not sleeping last night and fainted.

The time showed at one o'clock in the evening, the atmosphere was suddenly quiet, the nurse looked sleepy as well, but she survived not to sleep, she wanted to take care of this lucky child.

He kept trying to open his eyes, keeping Alka in the crib, the more he could endure the more drowsiness he felt.

Then the coach fell asleep in seconds, he fell asleep, but then woke up again, he was shocked because he did not realize he had fallen asleep, he woke up and rubbed his eyes while shaking his sleep so that it was gone, then after making sure that he was not sleepy, the nurse again looked at Alka's bed and how shocked she was, it turned out that the bed was empty! there was no Alka there, the boss immediately feared the child was missing.

He hurriedly came out, when he came out, he saw everyone asleep, lying down just like that, there were even people sleeping in a sitting state, not leaning back just down, down, down, while the cigarettes in his hands were still lit, they were like they were not sleeping because of drowsiness, but sleeping because of the sirep.

The scribe woke up one by one, but no one woke up, cold sweat on his forehead the fear began to ambush, while trying to wake everyone up, the nurse realized, there was the sound of babys chattering, babbling is like joking, the thing he always does when he is communicating with people around him.

But the voice felt strange, said far no, said close also no, so he continued to look for the direction of the sound, he looked around no, he kept looking, he kept looking, at some point he just realized, only one place he had not seen, namely.

As soon as he looked over his head, he fell silent, pecking, his body stiffened and unable to move.

There was a black figure full of feathers with a very thin stature, the creature crawled on the ceiling of the house with a lizard-like position, while Alka was on its belly, so when the creature was struggling like a lizard, Alka will not fall, protected, because the stomach is on the inside facing the ceiling.

Juragan tried to move his body and wanted to scream, but could not.

The creature and the master looked at each other, his eyes were red and his smile was very wide, Alka continued to babble happily, she was like she was comfortable in the stomach of this creature.

Juragan wanted to turn his face even run away, although he knew and understood the supernatural world, but interact directly he had never, so he had to urinate in his pants because of this.

The creature was seen by the master, instead of leaving, he continued to laugh as he slowly started crawling towards the wall, he continued to crawl until he came down from the ceiling then to the wall and finally came down, he said, Alka is still attached to it even though it is not held.

Frightened, the creature approached in a standing state, the closer the clearer his face became. His face was scary, seen from close up the skin was peeling so that it showed the jawbone on his cheek.

Juragan kept trying to break away in order to move again, but hard, he could only moan and scream in his heart, no one woke up and could help him.

When it was very close, the creature laughed, he pointed at the face of the dragon and laughed again giggling, the photographer saw the creature walking into his room and then after that.

“Pak ... Sir ...” His wife woke up the juraga, the dragon fell asleep next to Alka's bed, she woke up startled and hurriedly looked towards Alka's bed, it turned out Alka was there.

“How am I here?” juragan asked.

“Yes, don't know, last night you might move near Alka's bed, then fall asleep while looking after her.”

“No! last night I passed out in the living room.”

“Hah? no kok! I woke up wanting to wake you up at dawn, you were there when I woke up, not in the living room.”

“Come out, I also want to be angry at the employees, they fell asleep all the time I went out to look for Alka.”

Juragan's out, his wife's in, and all the waiters look like they just woke up.

“You guys! why are you all sleeping when last night Alka was gone?!” juragan asked. He was angry, feeling abandoned by everyone.

“Juragan, sorry, but we did not sleep until three in the morning, we all took turns, there were some who slept, but some keep,” replied one of the waiters.

“What! I was last night on the unit trying to find Alka because she was missing, I got out you all slept, you! you even sleep down while holding up cigarette butts, danger knows! can fire.”

“Sorry Juragan, but he did not sleep at one night, he just woke up because of the guard turn, after all, we did not see the master out of the room at one hour, we were on guard five people at one o'clock in the night Juragan, we had five witnesses, yes?” The waiter asked for support from some of his friends.

“True skipper, we are literate until three o'clock, because feel safe time.”

“Pak, the five of them, Mr alone, they are definitely right.”

"So you think I lied?"

”That's not it, sir, but you could've dreamed."

"the dream? Hold on, look at this, I pee in my pants, hold this, get wet right? It's because I'm so scared, that's why I pee in my pants."

"So, so you peed in your freaked pants?" The boss's wife instead of defending laughed out loud, she remembered how brave the boss had been when told about what his wife had seen the night before.

"You're laughing." Juragan.

"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to miss you, but I'm increasingly convinced you were just a dream. You must have pissed in your pants in that dream, even that dream could have made you pee in your pants so scared of him."

"Shut up!" Juragan was upset, he went to the bathroom in his house, he was angry at his servant, of course he lost, five on one.

Although in his heart he was sure, if it was not a dream, when he entered the bathroom, he was scared, remember the incident last night. But, he finally ventured to go in and take a bath, because it had entered dawn time to pray.

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"Mom, yesterday I felt I had so much luck, it's been an Alka week at our house right?"

"You feel it?"

"Yes ma'am, our matrial and grocery tolo are crowded this week."

The scouts were happy but there was still something stuck, because the carrots had not changed, even some of the seedlings dried, as before when they were growing crops, all failed to harvest.

“What's our wrong way sir?”

“You mean?”

“Yes, is it just not a matter of giving her the food she likes, do we buy her clothes, toys or even gold so that she makes us more lucky?”

“Hey, you don't make up, you want gold like.” Juragan laughed as he felt his wife's wet capture.

“No Sir! I'm not so, I just want your land that acres can be fertile again.”

“Yes what are you saying is absurd, indeed his father and adoptive mother bought the child gold and nice clothes and toys? didn't you? but their land is fertile.”

“Eh yes, but sir, then, we ask, what they do so that Alka can make their land fertile again.”

“Bu, we've asked, but they don't know.”

“Nah, so we find out, we just bring one sack of rice, fish and eggs, they will definitely want to tell us everything they do everyday for Alka, he said, who knows we can find what makes the land fertile again Pak.”

“Then, come on, we rush there, I don't want too long the baby is here, I'm afraid.”

“Pak, you said dare.”

“Have not mocked me again.”

Then the two of them, along with several servants and Alka also participated to come to the house of his father and adoptive mother.

“Wah, did the manager succeed? the land is fertile again?” ask his foster father.

“Not Sir, precisely we are here to exchange ideas.”

“Hah? meaning?” his foster father was confused.

“Yes, we've given you all the best Alka needs, food especially, she looks happy, but somehow, my land is still not fertile.” The director explained calmly.

“But sorry Juragan, come with me yes, I want to show you something.” His adoptive father Alka stood up and asked the father and mother to come to the back of his house which is not too wide yard.

“See the master, it has onions, there is chili, there is kale, everything grows well, this week all fruit well even though it is not ready to be harvested.”

The draughtsman was amazed, in stark contrast to the land he had still looked dry and barren.

“But my land is not so, still not successfully planted.” Juragan complained, he wanted his land to be like that.

“If it has not succeeded, the boss tries to love Alka like us, meaning like a biological parent, because we do not have children, Alka is our hope, our focus and we love her very much, I'm afraid, it's his way.” His adoptive mother gave her opinion.

“But if it is difficult dong Bu, because it can not be shown affection just like that, it must be with sincerity, we really care about Alka, but not like you guys, but not like you, because we have children and it will be difficult to love Alka like you.” Juragan's mother looked disappointed.

“Then how is Juragan?” ask his foster father.

“Already, the deal failed, Alka we will return, honestly I am also a bit afraid, because Alka makes our house so haunted.” The scene is starting to look original.

“Means haunted?” his foster father was confused.

“Yes, there have been many demons in sight since Alka came, so sorry, we can't continue this deal anymore.” Disappointed jurors.

“Then what about the rice seed and all its needs, Juragan?” his foster father asked.

“Ya can not, will fail, if successful tuh, I give it free.”

“But Juragan, I borrow it, later as soon as my money is enough, I will return it.”

“No! when your land is fertile, you can plant rice, my land is not, give Alka back to them Ma'am. Oh yes, it is also tasted and all cooking ingredients bring back.”

The scribe began to look his skinniest, Alka saw it laughing and continued to babble happily as it returned to her father and foster mother.

“Alka, what makes the soil fertile?” his adoptive father asked, after his guest came home carrying all the luggage that was not given because he did not get what he wanted.

“Pak, never mind, it's wrong they can't love Alka like us, naturally their land can't be fertile anymore.”

“Bu, but I'm afraid, that he will spread slander on us.”

“Kok can do that? what's the connection sir?”

“Yes could be, he saw our fertile land just envied, especially if told to others, could be dangerous.”

“Then? how are we now?” Her adoptive mother Alka was very sad, she was afraid of what she felt when this was lost, all these conveniences, easy eating and shopping were also easy.

“We must find out what makes our land fertile again, if we know, we help everyone fertilize the land, then after that will not be hostile to us, it could be, it could be, they will be very begging to us.”

“But it's not easy Sir.”

“Everything we have to effort, you have to start paying attention, since when, after what and other habits during Alka with us, you have to learn well.”

“Yes sir, I will learn, while praying, so that we can get an answer.”

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Author's Note :

What makes the land fertile again?

BTW Alka part is still a few yes, remind the bridge what? in the previous part when he first met Aditia and explained his identity, so later after the crossing was only completed Alka part.