Rai Universe
CHAPTER 61. Everything Happens Because of the Intervention of Destiny.
One day before the national exam.
Esta was busy cleaning up the house while Rai was gone. The man said he wanted to hang out with his friends.
After sweeping, washing dishes, washing clothes, and mopping the floor. After that, he opened a textbook and began to study. He is preparing for the test tomorrow.
Esta left the front door of her house open for free air circulation to enter. He could hear some of his neighbors nagging their children.
The noise made Esta unfocused on learning. So he decided to just go out. It turned out that there he also saw Mpok Nur who was also nagging a shirt. In his hand Mpok Nur brought a white shirt.
Esta smiled amusedly and then approached Mpok Nur.
“Why Mpok early in the morning already ngomel aja?” Ask Esta.
“Where not to say, Ta? This shirt has shedding what can not be cleaned again. Where don't have bleach anymore. Though want to use tomorrow.” Mpok Nur said showing the shirt he was carrying.
“Try here I see, Mpok.” Esta Pinta.
Mpok Nur gave the shirt to Esta who then examined her nodes.
“Do not use bleach, Mpok. Cepet broke the cloth. In a moment, let me help you clean.” Esta said by bringing the shirt to her house.
Mpok Nur followed Esta into the house. He waited and watched Esta who was cleaning her clothes.
“Ta?”
“What, Mpok?”
“Mpok want to ask, but you don't take it personally huh?” Mpok Nur said carefully.
“By the way, Mpok. What?”
“You're the same Rai, not brother, right? Rai that's not your brother, is it?”
The question made Esta stop her activities for a while. He was surprised by Nur's question. But he immediately continued to wash it and tried not to discuss Mpok Nur's question.
“Mpok this talk what, anyway?”
“Not to be ashamed. Everyone here says that you're not brother. But husband and wife, really? You guys married?”
Esta fell silent. There was an incision in his heart through the words of Mpok Nur that felt sore.
“Nothing. Mpok did not bother. What if you are married? There is no harm to Mpok either. But Mpok really berm denger people talk about you guys. Though you guys are good, never bother them.”
Esta continued to wash it. This time he rinsed the shirt.
“If you want a story, same story Mpok, it's okay. Mpok can keep your mouth.” Mpok Nur. From his words, he seemed very curious about the relationship between Rai and Esta. Are they really married?
“Someone said that you are pregnant, so you are still in school already married.” Lirih Mpok Nur. He daydreamed glaring towards the rippling washtub.
For a long time, Esta could not bear to hear Mpok Nur who kept urging her. Just now he was about to deny it, but he saw Mpok Nur was sobbing. Seeing Esta turn her head, the woman immediately wiped her tears with her hands.
“Mpok why? How to cry?”
There Esta became a trough to hear the story of Mpok Nur. He did not know that Mpok Nur had been married and had no children. He did not know how to entertain Mpok Nur. But the situation is sad like that.
Apparently, compared to the problem, the problem of Mpok Nur is also no less strange. Different problems but with the same pain. And it all happened because of the interference of destiny.
“How many months, Ta?” Mpok Nur asked after calming his tears.
“Udah is almost two months, Mpok.”
“Pantes aja your stomach is still flat. Mpok joined the seneng.”
“Then anyway, Mpok.”
“Don't hear people talking out there. Let them gossip cake, want julid cake. No need to be in terror. Close your ears tightly. Know?”
“Iya, understand, Mpok.”
But, in his heart Esta remained uncomfortable with it. He only realized now why his neighbors always look at him with a strange look. As if he was sneering at him. Especially when he walked along with Rai, they immediately whispered. It turns out they're talking about it.
“udah, Mpok.” Said Esta handed the shirt to Mpok Nur.
“Wah, so clean gini. It turns out you're pinter nyuci. Thanks a lot yes, Ta.” Mpok Nur felt grateful because her husband's shirt was clean as before.
“Same-sama, Mpok. If anyone wants to clean up again, I can help Mpok. Washing is my specialty. Hehehehehe.” Esta prides herself. And Mpok Nur immediately dried her husband's clothes in front of her house.
After that, the two women of different generations spent time telling stories. Talk lightly about the journey of life. Mpok Nur tells more about his youth first. Until it does not feel the time has shown at 3 pm.
“Yes geez. Fun to talk until you forget the time. Where not to cook again.” Said Mpok Nur who was preparing to enter his house.
“You cook what, Mpok?”
“Kot to know. There's no idea yet. Huh! Every day that is in need only, want to cry what.” Adu Mpok Nur's. It turns out that it is a problem of every wife.
“Buy it Mpok. Just these two. We buy outside more often than we cook. Hehehe.”
“It could be too. Sometimes yes...” Mpok Nur's sentence suddenly stopped. The woman looked straight at the two men who were walking towards them.
One of the middle-aged men. While the man who walked behind him, was younger than him. Dress in full suit, and have glasses. Tall with a handsome face and glowing white skin. All he wore were luxury and branded goods.
“Yeah! That's not Fandi, is it? That rich artist? Gosh darn. Banging bangettt..” Pekik Mpok Nur who looks sumringah and immediately approached the two men.
Esta knows who it is. That's Fandi, Rai's father. A former famous artist who has retired and is now busy taking care of his patronizing business.
There are feelings of fear, anxiety, suspicion, and I don't know what else Esta is feeling. He could feel Fandi's extremely unfriendly gaze on him. Makes his knees tremble. His hunch said that Fandi's arrival was something that was not good.
How not? Fandi who did not know about his son's marriage to Esta, but now the man came and was standing right in front of Esta with a gaze that emitted an aura of anger. Making Esta feel small in front of him.
“Yeah! The handsome. Want to ask for a photo dong mas Fandi?” Pinta Mpok Nur enthusiastically.
Fandi smiled at Mpok Nur and immediately served him to take a picture together. After that, Esta invited Fandi to enter the house. While Mpok Nur returned to his house with a flowery feeling. Although he was very curious why Fandi came and found him.