The Enchantment of Neighbor Grass
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Time keeps passing. Aulia lived her days with passion and cheer.

Of course, the face of the beautiful woman was always cheerful and always decorated with smiles because Aulia was surrounded by people who loved her, and honor the adopted daughter of Pak Haji and Bu Hajah who are respected in the shophouse complex.

"Bak Lia, I ordered rice soto lima. Could you please take me to my shophouse?" pinta is one of Pak Haji's neighbors.

"Can, Mas. Later to be delivered with Mbak Jum, yes," reply Aulia who is busy serving buyers who eat at her stall.

"Good, Ma'am. Same satay quail and shellfish plate, iced tea is also five. I wait in the shophouse, Ma'am," said the man who was the age of Handoyo, Aulia's ex-husband, smiling sweetly.

Aulia nodded as she returned the smile of the man and then resumed her activities, serving the shoppers who were about to have lunch at her food stall.

Already nearly four months Aulia runs a food stall, whose capital comes from the sale of her own jewelry because Aulia does not want to constantly bother Pak Haji and his wife. Pak Haji did not want to force when Aulia insisted on being independent.

He is not alone managing the stall because there is Mbak Jum who helps the young mother, cook and serve buyers in the stall.

Mbak Jum is the wife of Mr. Dul, a kind taxi driver who helped Aulia and delivered the former Handoyo wife with her son, to Pak Haji's shophouse.

Yes, after seeing the seriousness of Aulia in managing the stalls and good prospects of the stalls in the future, Pak Haji then called Dul to return to work on him.

Dul immediately agreed because not only he was promised a good job, namely managing the workshop and washing motorcycles and cars owned by his former boss, but Dul's wife was also told to help Aulia in the shop.

In addition, Dul's small family was also asked to live on the second floor of the shop that Aulia occupied opened the food stall business.

"Sir Lia, I want to add half, can you?" ask one of Pak Haji's employees who had lunch at Aulia's stall, shy.

"Byeah, Mas. Don't hesitate," replied Aulia who directly served the young man.

The young man continued to observe Aulia who was concocting soto for him, with a fluffy smile on her lips.

'Truly the ideal wife-to-be, ' she whispered in her heart.

"Please, Mum." Aulia's friendly voice that gave the young man a bowl of soto rice, unraveled his daydream.

"Thank you, Sister Lia," the sweet black young man politely told the adopted daughter of his boss.

Pak Haji employees and other employees, even business owners in the shop complex are very happy with the food stalls owned by Aulia. In addition to the good taste of the food, the seller is also friendly and beautiful.

However, none of them dared to tease Aulia blatantly. Besides because the mother of one child is the adopted daughter of an influential person in the shophouse complex, Aulia's polite attitude makes the men feel hesitant to tease the beautiful widow of Handoyo's ex-wife.

They can only admire Aulia in silence, even if they tell each other and praise the beauty of the mother of one child, of course they will do it behind Pak Haji.

"Dek Lia, this is payment money from Mas Syamsul," said Mbak Jum when he had just come from delivering soto rice, to the end shop.

"Say, the change is not necessary, for Ammar only," continued Mbak Jum smiling.

The woman whose age was eight years adrift with Aulia was able to guess, that Syamsul, the owner of the shophouse at the end there, put his heart on Mr. Haji's adopted son.

"Well, it can't be, ma'am. I even become unpleasant, if Mas Syamsul like that. Please give her change yes, Ma'am," Aulia pinta while taking the change for Syamsul and then give it to Mbak Jum.

"Well I'll tell you how, Deck Lia?" ask Mama Jum, confused.

"Let's say, I can't accept. If Mas Syamsul maksa, next time I do not want to serve again," said Aulia.

Ma'am Jum nodded, understood. The woman of two children then immediately passed to return the change to the owner of the screen printing and printing business, Syamsul Hadi.

After the death of Mbak Jum, Aulia pensive. Incidentally, the employees who had eaten at the stall, had disbanded because the break for lunch, had run out.

"Mother!" exclaimed Ammar who had just come to the stall, unraveling the reverie of Aulia.

The boy came with Bu Hajah who had accompanied Ammar to take a nap.

"Mother's beloved son is awake, son?" asked Aulia who then approached the son who had been sitting sweetly, next to Bu Hajah.

"Ammar wants to eat here he said, Son Lia. I told you to eat spinach vegetables that you have prepared, but she refused" said Bu Hajah.

"Yes, it's okay, ma'am. Another mood traveler, perhaps," Aulia replied with a warm smile.

"Ammar want some soto rice, son?" tawar Aulia then, while rubbing the top of the son's head lovingly.

The boy nodded his head enthusiastically. "Syama syate telul quail ya, Nda," pinta Ammar.

Aulia smiled as she nodded and then immediately moved, to get the son the food the little boy wanted.

"Would you like to eat?" aulia asked with a slight hardening of the sound from her place concocting soto rice.

"No, Son. Mother had already eaten the dishes that you prepared," Bu Hajah subtly refused.

"Mr will, son. Make half a serving for dad." The voice of Mr. Haji who followed to the stall, surprised his wife.

"Sir, have you eaten yet?" bu Hajah protested while turning towards the source of the voice.

"Father miss the same soto rice made by Nak Lia, Mom," replied Pak Haji.

Yes, even though Aulia sells soto rice, pecel rice and rames rice, the young woman still prepares special meals for her adoptive parents.

Only occasionally, Aulia provided a side dish like the one in the stall. That he did, so that his two adoptive parents did not get bored with the menu.

"Well, a few days ago will have been given the same soto menu Nak Lia." Bu Hajah continued to protest because the middle-aged woman did not want her husband to consume too much coconut milk food.

Yes, the soto that Aulia makes is soto kuah santan. It tastes savory and very delicious, especially if eaten together with shellfish satay or offal satay.

"Is the cook missing?" ma'am Hajah, asked.

"Lho, how are you, ma'am. Although every day eat soto, but if the sotoya made Nak Aulia, then there is no word bored. As the children in the workshop said, it felt mak nyus," Pak Haji replied, chuckling, recalling the chatter of the employees who commented on Aulia's cuisine as second to none.

Aulia smiled at the words of Mr. Haji. "Alhamdulillah if they like the cuisine of Lia, sir," said Aulia while serving soto for Pak Haji and also for the son.

"Eh, there are Pak Haji and Bu Hajah" said Mbak Jum who had just returned from Syamsul's shophouse.

"Have, Mother?" ask Aulia, make sure.

Mbak Jum nodded. "He sends you a greeting, Dik," replied Dul's wife.

"Who, Jum?" ask Pak Haji while turning towards Mbak Jum.

Aulia looked at the woman she already considered like her own sister while shaking her head slowly, hinting that Mbak Jum would not open her mouth.

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