The House 1937's
16. Have to Excuse me first

Grandma's house today is quite crowded in the kitchen because today there is a leaky kitchen roof repair and also the replacement of cracked tile. The day before the kitchen roof did look sad with a large enough hole accompanied by pieces and fragments of tile that fell onto the kitchen floor and also a large tub in the dishwasher so that the tile fragments become dirty water in the tub. The rain that fell these few days was able to make damage to the roof and my grandmother immediately told this to papa. Papa finally called a foreman builder who is also an acquaintance of Mr. Tani to come along with some of his men to carry out the repair process on the roof.

Already since this morning the artisans who are the men of the foreman have been in the kitchen of the house and until almost this afternoon are still busy with the work they do. Some are still working, but there are also some who rest by eating treats that have been prepared aunty such as, various fried foods, oncom contents, lontong, not to forget also a small plate of green cayenne pepper along with warm black coffee and a teapot filled with water and several clean glasses neatly arranged in a tray of cans next to the teapot. My aunt who occasionally came to the kitchen apparently quite attracted the attention of some artisans there who immediately got a reprimand from the foreman and warned them to focus on their work.

The foreman who was quite fierce was finally taking the initiative to meet the grandmother and papa to inform that in the kitchen, precisely on the roof was a lot of need for repair and replacement of new roof tiles, he said, in addition to the condition that is old and weathered, it is also very risky because it could be at any time the kitchen tile falls and can harm residents of the house if not immediately repaired.

"Where is Jun?", asked my grandmother to the papa who was also seen thinking for a moment.

"In dandanin aja Nah all that is damaged, it is also horrified if there is a tile that jatoh.", Papaku scratched his head that does not itch.

"After all the broken parts, you have to buy a new tile too?", asked the foreman.

"Yes bener Koh, many roof tiles are weathered, mossy, there is also a cracked it yes.., it can be jatoh if ga in exchange...", Obviously the foreman while taking out a kretek cigarette from his shirt pocket.

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It was late in the afternoon and the craftsmen who had been doing their work were now sitting quietly on a long bench in the kitchen with a dish that aunt had just put on the table that is, that is, warm white rice, tamarind vegetables, fried anchovy beans, fried tempeh and also complete with a plate of sambal terasi. The new tiles that papa ordered were ready and are now in the corner of the kitchen. After the meal, they were still there while cleaning their exchange equipment by occasionally chatting and joking. One of them who was cleaning his exchange suddenly felt he had to fulfill his natural call and because he felt bad about using the bathroom at home, finally he decided to go to the back of this house to complete the call of nature that is already very urgent. When he was about to leave the house to go to the back, he was frightened by one of his colleagues who said that the back of the house was very haunted so by night, before night, it could be if you are not lucky to see or cross paths with the awesomeness that is in the back of this house. He just shook his head as he passed and opened the side door of the kitchen and at a glance heard the laughter of his friend who had scared him, he was not concerned because he wanted to immediately finish the taste of kebelletnya. Once he was already at the outside of the kitchen side door and walked slowly towards the back of this house, he felt a little trembling because the air tonight was cold not to mention the state of complete darkness because papa has not replaced the bulb lights that usually illuminate the back of this house a little with a yellowish light. The carpenter saw the dark surroundings and immediately turned on his small flashlight which he had taken from his exchange tool. The back of the house which is still in the form of empty land makes him a little afraid, maybe there are snakes around him that are not known and can hurt him. Now the light from the small flashlight in his hand leads to the rice warehouse that he heard from one of his colleagues that the warehouse is very haunted and several pairs of eyes have been witnesses of the awesomeness of that barn. He just shook his head slowly and immediately finished the call of nature, and as soon as he finished and turned on the flashlight again, he briefly accidentally saw something like a shabby cloth exposed to the light of his flashlight and once he re-directed the flashlight he was very surprised by the appearance he saw with his own eyes. A figure of a pocong with a pale face and crushed in the nose to the point that only the disgusting slimy nose was left. A white, shabby cloth wrapped around his body and he stood near a large mango tree near the rice shed with a wide grin with his black eyes empty and very frightening. Suddenly he immediately ran off the ridge with that terrible sight and immediately opened the side door of the house and entered the kitchen with a pale face of fear. He only saw that there was an aunt there who was cleaning up dirty dishes and utensils with a slightly absentminded look and now his gaze collided with a slightly sighing aunt.

"It should have been hitchhiking first bang.", replied the aunt as she passed.

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