The Lives of Five Hundred Thousand
Change attitude

The arrival of Bu Rida suddenly made the Ustad Amir look stiff and silent. While I was relaxed, because, it was not I who asked Mr. Amir to come to my house but himself.

With a breath that still sounds boring, Bu Rida forced herself to ask questions and scolded Ustad Amir." What are you doing in this ja la ng house, huh?with a loud voice, the tail of his eyes glanced sinisterly at me.

"Mother..bu ..bu..!"ustad Amir.

"What, ma'am, ma'am?" Her eyes were about to look out at her husband. Ustad Amir himself immediately silenced, it was seen that he was a husband afraid of his wife.

Then Ms. Rida turned her gaze towards me and yelled, "the female ja la ng has no shame, how dare you seduce my husband. What your boyfriend who was yesterday is less than enough that any man's husband you seduced!"

I stared back at Bu Rida's nagging gaze, furious at her accusation. Who seduced her husband, it was Amir himself who always came to me and seduced.

"Mother accuses me of seducing mother's husband? just so you know, even though I am a poor woman but I have a level. Do you know the man who approached me all this time was a handsome and rich young man? why do I have to seduce my mother's aged husband? it's my own mother's husband who came here who doesn't know what his purpose is." Little did I boast of myself so that he wouldn't think I liked married old men and grown children, although my husband was five years under Amir, my husband was not a husband but a widower.

Ms. Rida glanced again at her husband who was looking anxious and then snapped again."you want to see this ja la ng sir, what do you want?"

"Better sir justad bring his wife home. I have much more important work than serving your idiosyncrasies." I kicked them out indirectly because I was no longer comfortable with the commotion in my house.

Ms. Rida did not accept that I threw her away, she stared hard at me and was about to approach me but Ustad Amir held her arm.

"So ma'am, let's go home, I'll explain at home, embarrassed to see people." Ustad Amir pulled his wife's arm so as not to approach me but Bu Rida brushed it off.

"Bodo very, I don't care. Anyway you explain it here and now," she said with a fiery face.

"Yes, I'll explain at home not here." Ustad Amir.

"No, just say it right now, sir!" Bu Rida is still firm on her stance. The sound was quite deafening to me.

I shook my head to see their argument, then without their knowledge I rushed into my house and locked it. But not long before the sound of Bu Rida's cry." Nuri, don't run away from you. Basic ja la ng has no shame, come out you Nuri." Maybe he just realized that I'm not among them.

I peeked out from behind the window curtain of my room that Amir was dragging Bu Rida to enter his car. After his car passed away I let out a sigh of relief.

"There's just, it's still morning already made the blood of the two freaks."

An hour later, a motorbike stopped in my yard. I picked up the sound of the motorbike, my husband's motorcycle that has been two weeks now just returned home. Mas Surya said his greetings and I answered him then rushed to open the door and saw Surya smiling widely I returned his smile and then regretted it.

"Zain where's Nuri?" ask her. His view leads to the TV room.

"Oh, there's a mas in the room. I sat down to get a drink, got tired, right?" tell him and Surya according to.

Then I called Zain in the room to tell him that his papa was coming home.

"Holee papa puyang!"zain exclaimed, he looked very happy when Surya came home.

Then I rushed to the kitchen to make coffee and grab a snack. After that, I went back to the living room. I saw that Surya was tagging Zain, making Zain laugh. I put a cup of coffee and a snack on the table and then sat down with them.

"Lady, I'm not here long!" said Surya and made me frown.

"What do you mean, not for long?" I asked with impatience.

"Yes, I'll be back in Jakarta soon." Mas Surya explained.

"Kok, just go back, why?"I asked again, I was wondering why Surya did not stay the night.

"Actually I'm dizzy Nuri, I'm in a two hundred million debt with someone, if not paid this month he will imprison me."

I was so surprised, so surprised that my eyes widened wide to hear the solar mas's confession that he had a real debt of two hundred million, what used debt? I thought, while he gave me a living for three years of our marriage alone with a total of only eighteen million and he gave me a more recent living of about less than two months. What is that money for?

Out of curiosity I asked, "what kind of money is that?"

"So I was going to open a business with my friend but it turns out my friend is a fraud and he took my money away." Mas Surya reasoned. Whether true or not, I don't know.

"Therefore Nuri, I want to ask you for help" he added.

"Seek help" I repeated.

"Yes, I want to borrow this house certificate as a bank guarantee because I want to make a loan to the bank."

Again I was surprised, so surprised that I stood up from my seat. I shook my head as a sign that I did not want to give my only home certificate for me and Zain to take shelter. What if in the middle of the road mas Surya stagnated and could not pay the installments and the bank continued to confiscate my house, Zain and I will live where later? after all, this land belongs to my mother, I only build her house.

"Nuri, help me, do you want your husband to go to jail?"Mas Surya explained to me that I would give a certificate of home.

"Mas, why does this house have to be mas? you know, this house is the only one that Zain and I have. If for example the installment mas is not smooth then the bank confiscates this house then me and zain will live where mas? besides this land belongs to mother mas even though I built it, I don't want you to get angry with me if you know the land is made a bank guarantee." I tried to give understanding to Surya so that he understood.

"So you won't help me Nuri?"ask Surya with the sound starting to rise.

"Sorry mas, not her I do not want to help you but I can not if I have to make this home certificate as a guarantee. Why don't you ask your mom for help, I'm sure they'll help." Not without reason I suggest that, because I know that Surya's parents are not difficult people. The gardens and rice fields are vast, not to mention the smooth farming business and I'm sure two hundred million is not a difficult thing for them.

"You're telling me to ask my parents for help? have you forgotten what I told you that I married you not empty handed but three hundred million and you know whose money it is? my parents' money Nuri. Because I'd love to marry you until I sacrifice my parents' property, but unfortunately you don't have any sense of revenge for me."

"Bas....!"

"It's Nuri, it's useless that I have a beautiful wife but unfortunately stupid, useless and unreliable."

Then Surya lifted the tiny body of Zain from his lap and put it on the sofa with a rough. After that, he got up and was about to leave but I held his arm and said, '" Please don't be like this."

Mas Surya brushed my arm so violently that I staggered and lucky there was a sofa blocking me so that my body did not hit the wall. I straightened my body back and ran after Surya mas but he had turned on his motor. I screamed his name but he paid no heed to me but put his bike on and passed away.

I looked at his departure with tears, why did Surya's attitude change again like before? my chest feels tight, so tight.