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Section 371: Gold Shop 1
“Buy there aja.” Amanda told her mother she wanted to give her mother a gold necklace, because it was her birthday.
“Why there, whose subscription is only mother, if sold again, the pieces are small,” said his mother.
“Emang mother I boughtin for sale again?” Amanda was visibly upset by her mother's words.
“Who knows tomorrow-tomorrow you need money suddenly, can sell again the necklace.”
“Nak aja, I bought for mom, I will not take it again.” Amanda finally pulled out her mother's hand and went to the backmost gold shop in this market.
“Ci, want kaling which is 5 grams yes, which is where is the necklace?” Amanda asked.
“Oh the 5 grams here.” The middle-aged woman who was the owner of the gold shop pointed to one of the storefronts that held several rows of gold necklaces that weighed 4 to 5 grams.
“This one is Mom, let's choose.” Amanda looks excited, understand, only this time she can buy her mother jewelry, she just worked at the company where she works now for 1 year and for 1 year, during that, she saved up to buy her mother jewelry, just on her mother's birthday, Amanda managed to collect the money, so she was very happy.
Her mother is a single parent, she takes care of Amanda and her brother alone. His father went missing while fishing in the sea with three other people, his father's job Amanda is a fisherman, and his father's job is, the three missing people along with his father are the ones his father hired to fish together in the sea.
Though their lives were very prosperous, because his father Amanda was able to provide for the family very well, their house is large, the car is two, and there are two, his mother had a lot of jewelry and all their needs could be met very well, even excessively.
But it's all gone after her father Amanda goes missing at sea with 3 other fishermen her father Amanda hired.
Their boat was quite good, nor did they know where the windpipe was.
The police and also the TNI have been searching, but nil, they were not found, not the body, even the boat as well.
At that time Amanda was just sitting on the Junior High School bench, while her brother was sitting in High School.
To find his father, his mother spent quite a lot of money, initially 1 car was sold, although there was no result, his mother did not give up, he ended up selling a car to two to find his father Amanda, who was a, but still not found.
After 1 year of searching and making 2 cars and jewelry of her mother ludes, finally her mother Amanda gave up, she no longer tried to find her husband again.
The rest of the treasure he had was only the house they were currently occupying, the house was quite large but the cost they needed to take care of the house, child education and daily necessities was enormous. So finally, Amanda's mother decided to sell the big house, then buy a smaller house, a house only two rooms are enough for them, and so on, Amanda and her mother slept together while her older brother slept in the other room.
They gave a makeshift severance to two maids and one driver they could no longer pay.
The rest of the money from the sale of the huge house, saved for her sister Amanda's college, her mother hopes that, after her brother graduated from college and work, it can help her sister to go to college.
But unfortunately, hope lives hope, her sister Amanda has been five years of college has not graduated, actually Amanda is much smarter than her sister, Amanda, but her mother believes that her sister is able to graduate college and get a decent job, unfortunately her sister Amanda can not meet the expectations of her mother, who is, even always troublesome his mother who had to push for work to finance his college that did not go through.
Amanda who has graduated from High School was also forced not to continue college because she knew her mother would not be able to continue to study them both.
So he finally relented and worked in retail companies that were widely spread in the area as a cashier.
Amanda went to school at SMK, she went to school at SMK so that once she graduated she already had the skills to work, so she proved to her mother, she said, that he could help the family economy by working as a cashier.
After a year of work, he was now even able to buy his mother a gold necklace that he had always wanted to buy, because he knew, her mother used to wear jewelry when her father was around and money was not something that was as difficult to have as it is today.
“This one, good.” His mother pointed at a necklace that had no pendulum, the chain was quite large with a weight of not up to 5 grams.
“This Ci, try to see dong.” Amanda pointed at the necklace and the gold seller immediately took the necklace and gave it to Amanda.
“Good Mom, look deh.” Amanda took the glass on top of the gold display case, her mother looked very happy, because this was the first gold she had after the state of their family money difficulties.
“It's nice Man, love mom.”
“Then, select the band bu.”
“The usual ajatannya, do not be too expensive,” his mother whispered.
“Quiet aja Bu, Manda is ready for the money, so I just choose what I like, yes?” Manda then pulled her mother to look for a pendulum suitable for the necklace.
After seeing some pendulum that is not too expensive, his mother chose the cheapest pendulum and said that he really likes the pendulum, Amanda believes, if his mother really likes, if his mother does, so he paid for the necklace and the pendulum, after they were paid, they went home in an angkot. Riding an angkot is a habit that they do if they want to travel, although they used to always travel by car and their mother drives herself, but now they have to go by public transportation, although they have to go by public transportation, even if they are frugal, they walk when they have to go to the market.
“Bu, good yes.” Amanda admired the necklace that was now on her mother's neck.
“If Manda likes, later Manda can use the necklace, we use it together, Nak.”
“Manda, don't do it, he's your brother, you have to respect him, later if he has worked well, then he will finance your college, meanwhile, you must be patient first yes.
“I'm not sure anyway Mom, she will work and help Manda, she is stingy and does not love Manda.”
“Neither, he loves Manda, only Manda never gave a chance to help sister Manda.”
“Bu, Manda can really make money for college, if it's really hard to go to college, you don't have to go to college, let's put it this way.” His mother was silent, while they were still being transported home.
They were already at home, his brother was still asleep, even though the time had shown eleven o'clock in the afternoon. But strangely, the breakfast was over.
“If you've woken up, beberes why the hell Kak, do not kasian same me mother?” Amanda looks upset, because the house is still a mess, the dishwasher is still dirty while her brother can still sleep again after eating.
“Emang you think I'm a maid? Don't be arrogant, you're so insolent, your mouth, the whole time his brother made clean the house! You're rich, want my babuin?” Her sister looks upset, Amanda touched her pride as a man, patriarchal culture that prohibits men from doing homework, is still thick in our country, indeed, parenting in this village will also not be able to open the eyes of mothers who continue to hold the patriarchal culture, where men are leaders and become the center of household problems.
“Udah-alah ya, you shower gih, right just wake up right?” His mother said softly.
“Mom can not educate a child like gini right? Look at his mouth, already brash, even though only working as a cashier was arrogant.
“If you can work more than me, you prove, even though you have not graduated, you can use the value transcripts as a reference, right? but why are you still unemployed and not working? You're lazy, right?” Amanda mocked him.
“What are you talking about, your brashness is already at the end of your head? I also won't want to be offered as a cashier, a small salary if lost brang join change, I will work in the office, you just wait!” Her brother looked angry and finally went outside.
“Mother, don't defend sister anymore! he must have started to grow up, he must think about his college first, he forgot how bloody mother cuddled money for him to go to college, want to until when mom managed him!” Amanda was upset with her mother.
“Manda, you have to be more understanding to your brother, he can not go to college properly for sure because of his father's thoughts. Then you must be aware.” Mother advised.
“Bu, if he can reward us as a family, I certainly won't be too hard on him, he fantasizes too much and feels our finances are fine. Eat here and there with his friends, go for a walk with his gang, then lastly, busy memayari women he targets to eat and watch in the cinema!
That sucks ma'am, while we're trying to find money to finance our lives, he can be busy spending money and lazy at home.
You're not tired of being a washcloth? Sometimes help catering a celebration, really tired, don't you, mom? The money was for the needs of the sister, but the money was always even less for her, so the mother had to add an employer to wash the rub.
What a heartache this is, Mom. You must be firm yes.”
“But, your sister her heart is soft, mom doesn't want her to be offended. He also lost your father greatly, because your father used to be his role model.”
“Bu! She even yelled at me in front of people, soft how her heart, she was deliberately looking weak in the eyes of mother, so that mother melt, my childhood daughter is more resilient than her!”
“Already Amanda.” Her mother walked to the kitchen, and as she walked back to Amanda, Amanda screamed.
“Bu, briefly!” Amanda approached her mother who had walked into the kitchen earlier, about five feet away.
“Why Manda?” His mother was startled and about to turn around, but Amanda screamed for her mother to stay behind him.
“Bu, why is your back neck turning blue?” Amanda asked, because the neck looked firmly blue, on the nape.
“Hah?” Mother's confused.
“It hurts not?” Manda pressed the blue part against her mother's arch.
“Sick Nak!” Her mother slightly jumped when her nape was pressed.
“Sick Mom? Mother why? here Amanda love wasp oil let's not hurt anymore.”Amanda took the wasp oil in her room and went back to her mother and was about to grease it but ....
“Loh, where is the bruise?” Amanda was confused because the bruise was gone, the nape field was not wide, so Amanda should not have seen it wrong. But this bruise is completely gone.
“Bu, pain not?” Amanda tried to press the nape again, in the same place where she thought she had pressed the part too and her mother felt pain.
“Ngak Manda, no more pain.”
Manda was silent and confused, was Manda wrong?
His mother went to the kitchen and was about to do the dishes, while Manda decided to clean the house before going to work later, because she was now on the day shift.