Swordsman Without Friends
Srianah., the boss of jamu.

The atmosphere is still dark even though the time has changed days.some distance outside the Duchy of Muntilan there is a small forest.to pass through the forest it can through the path that divides the middle of the forest. if you continue to walk until penetrated into the outside of this forest people will be able to cut the road leading to the area of Punggingan.

But if in the middle of the path that people choose to turn to the left until passing a small river that is a fiber of steps away from the edge of the path and covered with dense bamboo grove people will find a hut with wooden board and woven bamboo.

Although the air feels cold and the sky is still dark but if we observe in the kitchen in the bamboo hut it has happened a busyness.three large and small fireplace hearths look lit. in just a drink of tea alone is able to boil the cauldron of soil placed on it.

Instantly the smell of spices, seeds, roots and leaves that are used as various herbs and medicinal herbs is smelled and spread to the outside of the hut. in the hut which consisted of three rooms and was separated by a wall of woven bamboo it was lit by the flame of torches and a lamp of castor fruit seed oil.

A young girl who only wears clothes in a white button and wrapped around a black pull cloth cover her waist and knees looks busy arranging a fireplace in the kitchen room that feels hot. his white skin looks wet and dirty by sweat and furnace ash.His back and shoulders appear decorated with strips of scar sabetan whip.

''Gendol., please cut firewood outside the hut. Choose from teak wood because the heat of the fire is more durable, good for cooking herbs. today we can order quite a lot from the traders in the Sewon market.'' the girl orders on a big fat and chubby young man who just lifted a big cauldron from the top of the fireplace. the power of this young man is quite large even though his movements seem slow and stupid.

''Ooh., iiy., yes, Srianah. Aa., I immediately did.'' said the young man called by the name of Gendol who stuttered to obey the orders of the girl who was apparently Srianah, a disciple of the 'Gembel Sakti Mata Putih' and the late Ki Suta as well as the closest friend of the cripple Pranacitra.

''Don't forget, you also tell Mbah Tumi to bring the grated ginger, kencur and turmeric that he worked here. Duuhh., today I was really busy.'' complains Srianah wipe the sweat that flows on his forehead.however the girl actually added enthusiasm in the work.

A grandmother who may be in her seventies was small and slightly bent open the door of the kitchen room.in her hands she brought three piled cauldrons. seeing that, Srianah quickly took over the pile of cauldrons from the grandmother's hand. ''Thank you, Mbah Tumi, now you can rest. because since last night you have been awake and preparing herbal medicine, of course the Mbah feels tired, right.?'' srianah said attentively.

The person called as Mbah Tumi shook his head loudly with a hand signal he was trying to say that he was still willing and wanted to help Srianah. the girl understood that the old man who had difficulty in speaking was quite stubborn. since two months ago Mbah Tumi and the big fat young man named Gendol helped him concoct customer-order herbal medicine materials.

Gendol who is large and has strong energy is in charge of finding firewood in the forest as well as cutting it into smaller sizes.although stupid is also a bit slow but he is very obedient and diligent work. until Srianah forgot to tell him to take a lunch break until the evening the young man still worked on cutting firewood.

Srianah did not know to be sad or laugh to see it. therefore the next day Gendol he allowed not to work.all day from morning until night arrived the young man just slept soundly. if only Srianah did not rush to wake him maybe he would still slur until the morning.short said the behavior of this young man is like a buffalo that can only be counted anywhere.

Between Mbah Tumi and Gendol there is still a family relationship.The two of them still counted grandmothers and grandchildren.The mother of Gendol is a nephew of Mbah Tumi. a year ago, both of the young men's parents had died of an illness. Gendol and Mbah Tumi were also affected by the disease but not to severe.

The family of Gendol's late father took over their home in lieu of medical expenses during illness and the funeral needs of both parents after being given just the money, the grandmother and granddaughter were also expelled from the village for fear that they had contracted the congenital disease of their parents.

Be both grandmother and granddaughter hanging in the Sewon market. Gendol who has a large power works as a porters of goods traders, because he is a fool often the merchants outsmart him by paying cheaply. even sometimes only given a few pieces of boiled cassava in exchange for payment money.

Srianah who happened to be sending an order of herbal medicine to her customers saw the incident.Sirily the girl followed Gendol when she came home from work in the market. at once, Srianah felt anxious to see a sick grandmother and her grandson only slept under a tree and was covered only by coconut leaves as shade.

These two people did not live in the same hut as Srianah but rather a small hut that was behind him and had just been built by the three of them. although small and very simple but quite comfortable in residence.after all when compared to where they were before, of course, this hut is much better.grandmother and grandchild feel very indebted to Srianah.

It didn't take long for the girl to teach the granny that she then called as Mbah Tumi about how to prepare herbs and medicinal ingredients because it turned out that the old granny had a little difficulty in speaking it also had knowledge in the basis of making herbs.

But not so with Gendol. young man strong-bodied but slow in thinking it was very difficult to teach.in the end he gave him the task of finding and preparing firewood and all sorts of other heavy work. it was precisely this type of work that Gendol liked because he no longer needed to bother thinking.

With the help of the two men, the work of Srianah became lighter. herbal medicine and customer orders from outside the Duchy of Muntilan which he often refused because he could not do some of it now can serve. peddlers of mobile herbal medicine are also increasingly taking herbal medicine and medicinal herbs from him because it is quite famous for its efficacy.

Similarly, if there are sick people who come to seek treatment directly to his cottage, he also has time to serve him.Short says now Srianah who used to be a child pickpocket has turned into a thief. perhaps in the language of today he could already be called a Boss.!

A few weeks later there was an event in the cottage of Srianah. some traders who can usually take advantage of the stupidity of Gendol as a porters market came to ask the young man back to work in the market. at first the sweet girl just kept quiet without even bothering to interfere.

But when they began to play forcefully on the young man also threatened to hurt Mbah Tumi if Gendol did not want to obey, finally Srianah intervened as well. the number of traders who came there were three people not including the five tiles.Srianah saw the sweet-faced and innocent look arise dirty thoughts in their brains.

Unexpectedly, Gendol who had felt fear and confusion worried about his grandmother suddenly became furious to see Srianah who became the goddess of his help was about to be persecuted by people. although he did not understand silat and stupid but with his large body was also strong he was able to throw one of the merchants and his guards until his shoulder bones were both broken after crashing into a large tree.

Although quite surprised but everyone did not panic.even by relying on the machete weapon and silat possessed they gangbanged Gendol.the young man would have died if only Srianah did not intervene. it only took ten moves for the girl to knock it all down. Even four of them he made collapsed for three nights.

Both grandmothers and grandchildren never thought that it turns out that their master's young girl has great canuragan knowledge.The admiration and gratitude of Gendol and Tumi's mother more and more manifold on Srianah. in their hearts they swore to always be faithful and worked diligently to follow all his commands.

But obstacles are always there, Gendol suddenly ran into the hut with a look of panic. ''Cee., woe to you, Srianah.oor., those market people, meer., meree., they come back here again.their numbers are aa., there are duu., twelve., uh buu., uh., buk., no. they have twenty people.!'' stammered.

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