The House 1937's
41. Feet and Hands

"It's all gonna get sorted out?",

"Yes Bi, I want the mosquito nets, bed sheets and pillowcases replaced, and the under the bed also please clean ya Bi...",

Grandma was giving instructions to Bi Inah to change her bed nets, bed sheets and pillowcases. Grandma also showed Bi Inah a special wardrobe where grandmother used to store bed linen, blankets, sarong cloth and pillowcases clean. Grandma also told Bi Inah that everything stored in this cupboard is specifically used for grandmothers only, without ever being used by her two children.

" Bi, later if you want to wash the pillowcase, bed linen and blanket are separated from the others. And this is just me who use.., if it is dry and ironed later stored in this closet yes...",

"Well Well, it means Sturdy same Cici does not use the one in this closet huh Well?",

"True Bi, Bibi knows the closet in front of Aunt's room right?, well that's the bed sheet, pillowcase and blanket that is usually used by the same Goddess, Toni, Jun the same Alin. Dewi and Toni are my children as well, but they have a family and have not come to visit this house again. After finishing replacing everything, go straight to Bi's kitchen to make dinner. If anyone wants to ask, I'm in the front room Bi.", Grandma please come out of her room to sit back in the family room, because it's almost late afternoon, it's almost night, it is indeed the habit of Grandma sitting in the family room to start enjoying television broadcasts. Grandma is still alone in the living room because my Papa and Tante haven't come home.

Auntie opened the cupboard she mentioned and took the necessary bed linen, pillowcase and blanket. Bi Inah who had heard the name of my other papa brother, he immediately remembered two wedding photos displayed on the wall of the family room that he saw the other day. Maybe later in the Lunar New Year celebration has arrived, Bi Inah can meet in person with the two of them. Bi Inah immediately began his work now by lifting the mosquito net of his grandmother's bed, Bi Inah took some time to lift the mosquito net because of its size which is larger than the size of the mosquito net on his bed. The mosquito net that he had dropped was quite dusty and he immediately tidied it by rolling the mosquito net so that the dust did not spread to this room. He resumed his work by removing the sheets and all the pillowcases of his grandmother, replacing them with new ones and also putting new mosquito nets on the bed.

When he was tidying up all the blankets and pillowcases that he had released, his vision led to the undercarriage of the grandmother's bed, which was seen a bottle of wind oil and a granny's back rake tool that was there. It must have fallen when he made this bed, or it was there because while doing his job, he did not hear any sound of falling objects. Bi Inah then slowly went into the undercarriage of the grandmother's bed to pick up the bottle of wind oil and the rake, although the size under the bed is not too narrow he still has to be careful so that his head does not hit.

As soon as Bi Inah took a position to get out from under the bed, he saw a pair of legs that were on the outside under this bed. Bi Inah noticed the pair of legs which she thought were very strange. A pair of legs that tend to be pale white without wearing footwear and it is definitely not the feet of the grandmother because she knows the feet of the grandmother are always covered to the eyes by the batik cloth she always uses. Aunty Alin's feet were impossible because as I remembered my Tantu's feet were not as pale as that. Bi Inah did not hear any sound from the owner of the foot so he did not know whose foot it was. Bi Inah had a chance to take her eyes off those strange legs. All he knew right now at home was that she and Grandma were in the living room. He turned his gaze back to that foot, and he was still standing there. Bi Inah felt that the leg looked pale and stiff, like it had never been in motion before. Bi Inah took a breath and started trying to move from her current position, trying to move by not making any sound. Just one step Bi Inah moved forward, suddenly there was the sound of Grandma's room door opening, Aunt's reflexes looked up and there was the sound of Aunt Alin entering Grandma's room. Bi Inah looked back at that strange foot !.

"Ci..", Bi Inah called Aunty while trying to speed up her movement to get out from under Grandma's bed.

"Loh Bi, Bi Inah what's under the bed..?" The squatting aunt looked towards Bi Inah who was still trying to get out from under the bed. Aunty Alin helped Bi Inah to get out of the bed and grabbed a bottle of wind oil and a back rake held by Bi Inah and put it on the bedside.

"Oh so Bi, I guess what. This is Bi I bought a two-pack nugget, then please in the fried half pack only yes Bi, this I want to put in the refrigerator Bi..",

"Oh yes Ci, later for dinner. But what, Cici know I'm here?...",

"Yes Bi, I went to Enah, already Bi, I went out first..."

Aunty Alin nodded slowly and pleaded with her to get out of the grandmother's room, while Bibi turned back to her original job, Auntie put a dirty pillowcase and blanket into the dirty mosquito net and rolled it up to make it easier for Aunt to take it to the kitchen. Bi Inah took a heavy breath, shook her head slowly, and tried not to recall the events she had seen. He held tightly the roll of mosquito net in his hand, opening the door slowly and then exiting and closing the door of the grandmother's room without knowing the owner of the foot looked at her from the corner of the room with a cold blank look.

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Bi Inah drank a few sips of water from a clay teapot on the kitchen table after finishing washing dishes and other tableware that had been used for dinner. My grandmother, papa and my aunt are in the living room watching television. Bi Inah only sighed while wiping her forehead which was quite sweaty with the back of her hand. Is the incident that he experienced earlier the grandmother's room should he tell?, Bi Inah felt a little worried when he wanted to decide whether he should tell the creepy incident or vice versa, he just kept quiet and kept his mouth shut as if it had never happened. But still, he felt like something was blocking him, but he felt all sala. He wanted to tell stories to reduce his fear, but also felt bad. Bi Inah decided maybe later he would tell what he had experienced, but not in the near future. He will tell you when....

"SPRAKE.....!!!!!"

Bi Inah flinched in shock and her gaze immediately led to the source of that extremely startling voice, the sound was so loud that Bi Inah dropped the glass in her hand and now the glass fell and broke splattered on the floor. It turned out to be the sound of the bathroom door that was now wide open. Bi Inah was astonished in the midst of his shock, the door was deliberately pushed firmly so that it made a noise like that. But..., in this kitchen there is no one but her. Bi Inah who looked down while covering her mouth then saw a glass that was difficult to break splattered the floor, trying to calm her feelings and then took a broom and a pengki to clean the remaining glass fragments. Bi Inah who turned around to sweep the broken glass suddenly returned in shock with a hand that stalled from under the table of clay teapots and directly entered back under the table with real fast. Bi Inah immediately left the broom with the pengki he held, following Grandma , papa, and aunt to the family room.

So he went back to thinking, was he in the middle of "exorcised" to no longer work in this house by "them"?

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