The Dancer (The Story of a Single Parent, Who Became a Night Dancer)
SP 42
~Start from zero~
Gladis opened the window of his room.he breathed clean and fresh air. The village where he used to live was a very beautiful village.A magnificent view was seen from behind his house.
Incidentally the house only has one room adjacent to the kitchen, bathroom and the front there is only a small living room.The house is ten times fifteen. However, it can give her peace of mind.
This morning he will go to the market together with shine.he wants to try to live independently without any more interference from anyone.
"Life is a choice, and that choice is all in our hands - no one can decide what our life is like or manage it. I will do everything I can to support myself and my daughter. It is my decision as a single mother and I will learn to take care of myself without relying on anyone. it was my decision as a woman."
Gladis decides to live alone in the village where he was born along with his beloved daughter.
"Darling, let's get excited.we have to fight for both of our lives.mama will protect you with all her energy mama and mama will raise you with all her heart." Gladis picked up his daughter and put her in a baby carrier.
Gladis went down the road and met with a rickshaw motorcycle taxi.he immediately stopped the rickshaw motorcycle taxi and rode it. He enjoyed the trip to the market.
"Have you changed a lot in this village?" gladis asked the rickshaw driver he was riding in.
"Daddy neng, it has changed a lot. has been a lot of buildings erected.the road is also very good.neng just stayed here?" ask the man to Gladis.
"Father sir, I just returned from Jakarta and decided to settle in the village where I was born." replied Gladis.
The market was already visible from a distance of one kilo meter. The atmosphere of the market becomes its own attraction. The rickshaw motorcycle taxi carrying Gladis and Shine stopped in front of the market gate. Gladis paid for the rickshaw and went straight into the market to buy some ingredients.
"Honey this is a market. This is the first time mama has brought you to the outside world.may we can continue to be safe and happy living here." Gladis spoke to his daughter as he continued walking.
That's how a mother, even though the child can not be spoken to two ways, still they make children a true interlocutor for under five years old. because when they are over five years of time they socialize with others outside the home.
Gladis choose some ingredients such as vegetable soup, vegetable sour and also some ingredients for the menu MPASI Shine. Shine's been six months so she's been giving Gladis her own organic baby porridge.
"Bought his fish a kilo." Gladis pointed to the tuna that was hired by the fishman.
"Thank you." Gladis gave a piece of paper money to the person who sold the fish.
All the cooking ingredients for three days he had bought. he could not often go to the market because it would require a hefty fee.
"Sorry mas, my money is only enough for the fare of the rickshaw motorcycle taxi." declined Gladis very politely.
"You're Mbah Aminah's grandson, right?" he said he recognized Gladis.
"Really.how did you know?" tanyakanya.
"obviously I know we live in an alley of our house just different he's home" said the man.
"Oh, I'm sorry I don't know" replied Gladis.
Gladis was afraid of the person he had just met let alone that he did not know him. The events that occurred in Jakarta made Gladis be wary of anyone.
Gladis soon stopped a passing rickshaw and he rode it straight. He did not want to talk to people he did not know.
The rickshaw bounces on the bike pedal and walks away from the bustle of the market. Gladis prepared the money to be paid to the rickshawman.
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Gladis and Shine after reaching home immediately tidied up some of the cooking ingredients he had bought at the market. Gladis put chicken and fish in the top refrigerator while vegetables in the bottom box.
"Shine, you have to be smart, from tomorrow you will sell cakes. please do not fuss, dear." Gladis put the shine on the cotton mattress in his room.
Gladis planned to sell wet cakes after he looked around the alley no one was selling.
"i will prepare the ingredients to make risoles, banana roll cake and also Mayang putu cake.must be a lot of fans." Gladis was so excited to make the cookies.
Being a single parent must be strong in the face of the bitterness of the world and also the sweetness of the world because sometimes the sweetness of the world can be just a lie.
This world is sometimes a world of deceit.if not we who cheat means we who are deceived. Many people who play in this world. behaving sweetly in front, stabbing in the back.