Room No.11B
Part. 87

The rain accompanied by the wind makes this night feel heavier, plus the occasional thunder roaring. I, Kang Ujang, and Arya were still standing staring at Bang Oji's body bag. For a moment we were confused about what to do, as if the responsibility was on our shoulders.

"Yep, we'll lift." Kang Ujang opened his voice.

I looked at Kang Ujang and Arya.

"Bismilahbornrahmanirrahiiimm." Arya spoke strongly.

We also lifted the body bag. Kang Ujang clutches the front, Arya in the middle, I'm in the back. I don't know what part of my body I lifted, but it felt soft.

"Sir, I say hi sir!" shouted the officer.

We walked into the yard, the wind seemed to blow louder. Rain drops hit our faces. My eyes hurt, I couldn't look further.

"Kang, where's the body going to put it?" my many.

Kang Ujang stopped his steps. He looked at me and Arya.

"We bury it now" said Kang Ujang.

Arya and I looked at each other, then nodded. We also walked back, towards the burrow that has been made right next to the tomb of Mbak Wati. The lightning still rumbles.

Our body bags are placed on the ground, right on the lips of the grave.

"Who wants to go downstairs?" ask Kang Ujang to me and Arya. I quickly shook my head.

"Yes, I am the same Aryan who went down. Adi's deck above ya." cried Kang Ujang, the rumbling of the wind made an inaudible sound.

Water inundated the bottom of the tomb pit, flowing from above.

"Kang, is this in the grave with the body bags?" my many.

"What?" my voice was not heard by Kang Ujang apparently.

"Would it be in the grave like your bags?" I shouted loudly.

We look at each other. Lightning strikes make the atmosphere more tense.

"Shouldn't wear a bag!" sahut Aryan.

"Okay, let's get the body out of his pocket. Please deck!" pinta Kang Ujang who has come down to the burrow with Arya.

My heart is beating fast. It was my first experience taking care of someone's funeral, maybe the last. I read the basmalah in my heart. I opened slowly the body bag zipper. Serrs. Instantly a foul smell gushed through my nose. I'm holding back the vomit. I opened the end of the body bag.

Yheng!

The white shroud has changed color to blackish red due to rain. The cotton covering Bang Oji's face was already wet. I held myself up the nape of Bang Oji's body with my left hand, while the right hand lifted the thigh. Weight. Extremely heavy. My heart raced, my blood flowed.

Because of the heavy rain, the cotton that covered the face of Bang Oji's body was swept away by water and fell.

"Yahoooooo!" I shouted so loudly, I almost threw Bang Oji's body out of my grasp. Fortunately, it didn't happen.

Astaghfirullah, a terrible sight was seen from the face of Bang Oji. His face was shapeless, the skin and flesh on his cheeks were mixed, his teeth were gone somewhere, his eyes were missing, his nose was out of shape. Very creepy.

I slowly gave Bang Oji's body to Kang Ujang and Arya. Then they put the body at the bottom of the hole, then Arya punished. I was preparing to hoe the ground from above. Previously, the body was covered by several wooden boards.

"Let's go deck, on the ground pacul." I quickly hoe the ground, Kang Ujang and Arya stepped on and compacted the ground.

The rain was still falling, not less. The ground became soft and muddy. Kang Ujang and Arya seem to have a hard time. Many times the board to cover Bang Oji's body floats.

Finally, with all the obstacles and difficulties, Bang Oji's funeral was completed. I lay my body on the ground from exhaustion. Kang Ujang sat next to Bang Oji's grave, and Arya jumped her legs and sat on the ground. The rain was still pouring down, but the wind was not blowing as hard as it was.

We managed to carry out Bang Oji's funeral. If it is delayed until tomorrow morning, it is possible that Bang Oji's body is getting smelly and rotting.

"Kang, yes, just rest in my room yuk." take me in with a breath of breath.

They also agree. I lent T-shirts and sarong cloth to Arya and Kang Ujang. We took a shower alternately. Arya with the initiative to make three cups of coffee, as our body warmers.

It's 03:10, It's still raining outside. The door to my room was shut, only the window and gordyn were wide open. Arya decided to go to bed first, while Kang Ujang and I were still sitting in the front room spending coffee while smoking.

"Thank you deck, it has helped a lot" said Kang Ujang.

"I wonder the deck, why so many obstacles yes. What sins Oji has committed." said Kang Ujang.

"We don't reveal the past of the deceased. No good, let the Almighty avenge all the good and evil that the deceased did." I added. "Kang, I'd like to ask." I asked.

"Ask what deck?"

"Where did Kang Ujang know that Grandpa Badrun gave me a necklace-shaped mustika?"

Kang Ujang was silent. Then he said, "I better continue my story that was cut yesterday. Because everything is related." replied Kang Ujang.

"By kang." I said.

"So that time..."

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It has been a week Nyai Asih just sitting pensively in his favorite rocking chair. His appetite disappeared again, so did his life spirit, as if it had faded. Nyai Asih had a miscarriage in her first pregnancy. Day after day filled with silence and crying over the dead baby. Nyai did not expect all this to happen. Nyai is confused as to what she should say to her husband about their baby.

Bi Tati, mother, and father are always worried about their health. After the miscarriage, her body became weak and thin, her face as pale as cotton, her beauty aura faded.

Apparently, the main cause of miscarriage is due to appetite enhancer herbs that nyai drink contains herbs that are not good for pregnant women. In addition, often consume coffee after eating. Mantri did not know that the herbal medicine that was ordered for pregnant women, she said, if mantri knows that the herbal medicine he made for pregnant women then he will not mix some herbal plants that abstain in the consumption of pregnant women. That was the rebuttal of the mantri that a few days ago was protested by Bi Tati.

In a few days, Mr. Thamrin will be home. Mr. Thamrin has sent a letter that his task is soon to be completed, and will be home soon. Nyai powerless to endure his grief, he was confused what to say. Bi Tati, mother, and father were also worried about getting angry by the jury. Moreover, Bi Tati, he was the first to propose to ask for appetite-boosting herbs on his mantri of belief.

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The day that awaited arrived. Today Mr. Thamrin is going home. I've been walking from the morning to Mr. Thamrin's office to pick him up. The atmosphere in the house became tense, moody, and sour. All hearts are scared. Afraid of the wrath of Mr. Thamrin when he found out that the baby in Nyai Asih's birth was gone.

Bi Tati and mother waited for the arrival of their master with was was was was was, Nyai Asih could only resign. He sat on the rocking chair just silently looking out of the house, his gaze empty.

In the afternoon, Mr. Thamrin arrived home. Dad took all sorts of parcels that Mr. Thamrin bought from out of town in the trunk of a car. Mr. Thamrin immediately darted into the house with a happy face. He misses his wife very much, he misses wanting to stroke his wife's stomach.

"What's this about? Why don't everyone show a happy face when I come back" said Mr. Thamrin.

Bi Tati and mother just stood pecking at the back of her rocking chair.

"Hey, what's wrong? Don't you miss me nyai?" ask Mr. Thamrin. He hugged his stomach.

Nyai Asih suddenly cried.

"What's this about? What are you hiding from me?" Mr. Thamrin is getting upset. His tone is rising.

Bi Tati and mother lowered their faces, terrified.

"Kanda," nyai called Mr. Thamrin in a soft voice. "I'm sorry kanda." said Nyai Asih.

"Sorry what nyai? Sorry about what?" Mr. Thamrin asked.

"Pardon me kanda." say a word while sobbing. "I'm sorry I couldn't take care of our baby." nyai continued, then the crying broke.

"What do you mean nyai?" ask Mr. Thamrin.

Nyai Asih just crying, he did not answer the question Mr. Thamrin.

"Dead! What's the matter?" Bi Tati was shocked. "Quick say!" Mr. Thamrin snapped.

"His own, the miscarriage of a nurse" said Bi Tati with a stutter.

Mr. Thamrin's face flushed. He kicked the chair next to him until it bounced. Mr. Thamrin said he broke all the furniture in the living room. Nyai Asih could only cry, Bi Tati silently lowered her head, mother was the same.

"Why can a miscarriage? Answer Tati! Answer me!" mr. Thamrin.

Bi Tati also told about all his habits during the jury went on duty out of town. He told me about appetite-boosting herbs. And told at night his nyai bleed from his female organs.

Mr. Thamrin is furious. He kicked the door hard and got out of the house. Nyai Asih continued to cry. Bi Tati and mom calmed down.

The sound of the car engine roaring, Mr. Thamrin went somewhere. It was a grey day for Mr Thamrin's family.