The House 1937's
73. Next Plan

Papa again smoked his cigarette deep inside, removing the smoke that makes the surrounding view quite blurred because of the cigarette smoke. Today, papa does not open his shop in the market as he usually does, during the day he was busy watching and supervising the foremen and builders who are now doing their work to build a new warehouse, of course with the form of a new building that is much sturdier than the previous building. Papa had given information to the building foreman that he wanted the warehouse to be made the design of the building similar to the rice warehouse next to him, it's just that he wants the warehouse floor to be made shorter and also with a much higher door size and width, of course to facilitate the entry and exit of furniture that will later go back into the warehouse.

Papa was sitting on one of the old wooden chairs which was one of the items from inside the warehouse. The leather from the seat cushioning seat looks worn and dirty and peeling off all the parts. Before lunch, papa had dried the chair with the aim that the pungent moist aroma in the bearing seat was reduced. But still, because it had been stored in the old warehouse for too long, the smell of damp still stuck to the chair.

Papa accompanied by a cigarette that he now put in the ashtray and a fresh tea glass that had been in Drinking half a glass that was placed on the old furniture table right next to him. The atmosphere is quite hot today it feels very strange to see papa who even lit his cigarette while drinking warm tea. But he did not care about all that, a few minutes ago he realized that after a long time, today he returned to smoking after a long time he did not smoke the tobacco. To smoke, papa is fairly rare to do it, and not as often as Om Toni or the late Grandpa. Therefore, one box of cigarettes that he has will be exhausted in a long time.

Usually, Papa smokes tobacco only at a certain time, when he wants to smoke, is bored, or when he is thinking a lot at this time. Yes, some of the problems that occur at this time are quite attention and thoughts. Making him tired and a little chaotic, as a reliable boy in the family, it is already a risk papa, but still the risk makes him tired. Yesterday because he was too tired, Papa asked Aunt Alin to massage him, and now his body feels better after being massaged by Auntie. Papa who is absent from trading in the market today was thanks to the idea of Aunt Alin who told him to stay home for a day and supervise the process of building a new warehouse on the back of this house.

Papa glanced at his cigarette ashtray and found that his cigarette only left the butts and the remaining smoke thin from the cigarette butt. His gaze that was still pointing at the ashtray, suddenly his hearing was greeted by a voice that was not foreign to him, he said, Bi Inah stood not far from where papa was sitting while carrying a plate of lontong and risol with a small plate of cayenne pepper.

"Koh.., here I bring food.", Bi Inah glanced at the tray she was carrying.

"Put it on the table Bi.", Papa pointed to a round wooden table that had been cleaned before. Bi Inah interrupted and put the plate from the tray onto the table. Bi Inah glanced towards papa with a slightly worried look. Since yesterday, papa looks tired and tired of taking care of many things in this house.

"Koh, what does Engkoh want me to make medicine?, Engkoh from yesterday looked tired...", Bi Inah spoke by lowering her voice.

"Thank you, Bi. Maybe later tonight for, the cure.", Papa is planning tonight to ask Aunt Alin to massage him.

"Oh Good Koh, later I will bring the tea pot also here.", Bi Inah stepped back to the side door of the kitchen. Papa, who saw the tray on the table, immediately got up from the old chair and took a spoonful of vegetables from the plate. At the table there are four plates consisting of two plates filled with lontong and two plates filled with risol. Papa took a sip of fresh tea from the tea pot that Bi Inah had brought from the kitchen. In the middle of papa enjoying his lontong, Chun In stepped towards him while occasionally glancing at the builders who were working on the land of the old warehouse.

"Eat Koh.", Papa offered the food at the table to Chun In and was thanked by the man. Actually today he should have returned to his residence. But since Papa kept him from going home, he also wanted Chun In to oversee the process of the initial construction of this warehouse, at least that's for today, because Papa wanted to make sure that everything was gone "obstacles" again through the man.

"It's better Koh, yesterday I asked Alin to help me massage.", Papa scratched his head that does not itch. It is better that he immediately inquire about the situation in his house now, especially regarding the construction of this warehouse.

"Meaning for this development process is no longer a problem, right, Koh?", Papa observed Chun In with a gaze full of anticipation, while chewing the rest of the rolling in his hands.

"For the construction of this warehouse, it is safe Koh...", Earlier this morning one of the builders who worked for this warehouse reported to Grandma that yesterday night had held a joint prayer for the spirit of Sukarsih yah g his carpenters who had been buried it. The joint prayer was held in Mushola adjacent to the public burial ground that became the location of the tomb of the woman's spirit. The builder knew that because some of them apparently attended the prayer session together. Papa also knew this, and also thanked them for praying for the tranquility of the woman's spirit.

"I'm sorry Koh if I hold Engkoh back to go home...",

"Yes Koh Jun, I understand, I also happen to have no business in the temple. I have also informed Ncek Afung.", Papa just nodded with an incomprehensible look.

"What's Koh?", Chun In subconsciously asked like that which immediately made her flinch. Somehow when he mentioned the name of the man who had long been the caretaker of the Temple, he felt something very strange. He felt Papa who was like uncomfortable and a little uncomfortable when he called Ncek Afung.

"Oh it's okay Koh. I remember the disturbance that I asked at that time, is the creature no longer there Koh?, I mean will not interfere anymore..?", Papa shifted the conversation from Ncek Afung to the thing he had consulted Chun In when he came to his house at that time.

"As long as Engkoh does not respond to the creature, and always prays to Thien.., it will gradually diminish Koh, the disturbance.", Chun In confirms the word disturbance at the end of his sentence.

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