The House 1937's
77. Disappeared

Mr. Tani lit a matchstick to burn his bakery, a traditional cigarette made from dried leaves. Although there are now many modern packaged kretek cigarettes and with various brands on the market, Pak Tani is still loyal to the traditional tobacco rod. The smoke coming out of Bako was mixed with the air around it. At the table on the chair he was sitting on there was currently one glass of warm tea that had been used up half a glass and there was a banana leaf leftover from the lontong that had been served by Bi Inah to him. Today Mr. Tani changed his turn with Giman to watch the builders do their job.

The three of them, he and his two sons had agreed with Papa that they would take turns to oversee the construction of this back shed. Because Papa had to go to his shop in the market as usual, Grandma herself already knew that today Mr. Tani was the one who today oversaw the construction behind. Mr. Tani who was still sitting in his chair now turned his gaze towards a man who looked much taller than himself. All he knew was that this man in front of him was the foreman or superior of the builders who were working at this time.

Actually Pak Tani was a little surprised when Papa asked for help to himself and his two sons to oversee the construction of this warehouse. Though there is already a building foreman who can ask at any time for this development. Mr. Tani who has known papa for a long time predicted that maybe Papa was more confident in people he knew to oversee this development directly. During Pak Tani's family working with Grandma's Family. Sometimes they are asked for help for things outside the management of family rice fields. And that was not a problem at all for him and his two sons.

"Not lunch sir?", a taller man who was none other than the foreman greeted Mr. Tani politely.

"Perhaps later, Mr. Bi Inah said that his lunch was not ready yet", Mr. Tani made small talk and it was not entirely wrong, earlier when Bi Inah delivered tea and lontong for him, he said, he said that Kana at noon would be ready to deliver for him and the builders this afternoon about not half a day.

"Father has been working with Koh Jun for a long time?, sir?," The building's foreman noticed a considerable resemblance between the old man before him and the young man who was here yesterday performing the same task as his interlocutor

"Yes sir, it's been a long time since my father was still around, which yesterday was my son, Giman.", Mr. Tani answered briefly. Then they began to engage in several conversations and familiarize themselves because it was the first time these two people met each other.

"Oh so the father had previously been asked to help Engkoh Jun as well?", Mr. Tani took out his Bako plastic, but the foreman took out his kretek cigarette wrapper, his own, indirectly speaking that he has his own cigarette.

"Yes sir, at that time Engkoh asked for help me and his men to repair the damaged roof tiles in the kitchen..", They chatted for a while then the foreman returned to the building section of the warehouse full of building materials and the artisans who worked.

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"How was it behind Sir?",

The clock has shown at eight pm, Papa and Pak Tani are now sitting in the guest house whose lights have been turned on. Because usually if it has entered the night time, the lights from the living room are turned off because rarely do grandmothers or papa receive guests at night. Except for yesterday and today. Mr. Tani who was home this afternoon and he came back to the house again tonight because it had been instructions from papa, as well as done by Giman yesterday.

"To this day all is smooth Koh.", Pak Tani drank fresh warm tea. Though Mr. Tani will not visit for long tonight, but Bi Inah to bother to provide a small plate of snacks such as lemper and pastel filled with vegetables.

"Nothing is lacking?", Papa sipped his warm tea while looking at Pak Tani with a serious look.

"Why sir?", Papa saw a look of worry on the face of this old man before him. His skin that has been seen wrinkled here and there looks to be increasingly wrinkled in the eyebrows and eyes.

"Is it okay Koh?, if I, Giman or Najim regularly take turns to oversee the construction of the warehouse?, because I see the builders there are foremen......,"

"Obviously it's okay sir, because it's from myself.., because father, Giman or Najim I consider my representative to oversee the construction of the warehouse, he said, do not feel bad with anyone sir, because I told you.", Unlike Giman or Najim who directly carry out what was instructed by Papa without any frills, even though it was outside the management of the rice fields the old man in front who was the father of the two brothers sometimes felt 'unpleasant' when doing work outside the management of the rice fields. Of course Papa will not let the father and son go empty-handed after doing the task that Papa gave. Papa still gave them a fair wage if they had finished the task you gave them, and that too had gotten permission from Grandma.

"I.iya Koh, thank you.., Koh, I want permission to go back to the bathroom Koh.", Mr. Tani pointed at the door that leads to the living room with his right thumb.

"Please sir.", Papa invited Mr. Tani to use the bathroom. He even looks relaxed while opening a pack of lemper in his hand.

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"Excuse me Well, Ci, Bi Inah.., I want permission to go back to the bathroom.", Mr. Tani is now in front of the family room door and see Grandma, Grandma, Aunty Alin and Bi Inah are massaging Grandma's feet. The three of them were enjoying a television show.

"Yes sir please..., is it difficult to finish the same Jun Pak?", asked Grandma who was seen sitting in her big chair.

"Yes sir, it's okay, please.", Aunt Alin replied to Mr. Tani's greeting politely.

"Now, let's.", Mr. Tani walked slowly towards the back of the house carefully, even though the sound of his steps sounded not noisy at all.

Mr. Tani opened the kitchen door that was closed next to the door, maybe because the residents of this house had not yet gone to sleep, so this kitchen door was not the key to the wooden lock. Mr. Tani again walked slowly into the kitchen area with the light from a bright yellowish fluorescent light bulb. Maybe this is just his feeling, he felt that this kitchen area remained the same as before, felt gripping and gave him goosebumps. He remembered some time ago also had permission to ride into the bathroom of the house when visiting at night to this house. But somehow tonight feels so strange, he hopes it's just his feelings. After she finished using the bathroom, she closed the door and was shocked by what she saw. In one of the wooden bars on the roof of the kitchen, it was very clear that the vision, there was a kuntilanak with a dull white clothes that was very long almost dangling down, he said, sitting on the wooden crossbar of the horizontal part of the roof while showing his terrible face. I don't know what it means, then the creepy female-shaped creature immediately floated up on the roof and disappeared just like that.

"This house has not changed..",