
The next day when the sun began to show his face, Thalib came out of the house carrying a machete and slashed all the grass in the yard and back of his house until the dawn had risen.
While sitting resting on the front bench of the house, the grandfather had just come out with a woven leaf hat and hoe on his shoulder.
“Hey what you just did, I told you to take care of me not my home,” he said staring cynically at Thalib.
“I just want to make the host home page clean so that there are no snakes that endanger, of course this will also make the master healthier,” replied Thalib smiling at him.
“It will only make you stay here longer.” He continued to walk through Thalib.
Thalib was astonished to see him who looked hurriedly. “Gentleman where you going?”
“I want to go to the field to be defeated and die quickly,” he said he did not care.
Approaching that Thalib could only be astonished by his behavior while shaking his head, then he also scoffed at him. After noon they both returned home and were surprised by a pile of sacks in front of the house.
“It looks like rice and wheat given by the prince,” said Thalib walked first and put down the pile of firewood he was carrying.
Grandpa walked towards the house. “Share half of it to the citizens passing by near here, the other half is enough for both of us.” Thalib just kept quiet and obeyed.
The two bodyguards he first met passed in front of the grandfather's house and Thalib immediately met him while carrying two packages. “This is from the host who lives here for you,” said Thalib made both of them shocked.
“What! indeed, in the old house there are residents,” said one of them while the other looked surprised.
“You really don't know that anyone lives there?” ask Thalib.
“After we house it has been a long time no one occupies.”
“I'm sorry for my attitude yesterday, I am so afraid that you are a bad stranger as the king often tells you,” he said bowing to Thalib.
“Woy-woy what are you talking about,” said one of them reprimanded.
“Ah yes is okay,” said Thalib stepped back feeling bad.
“So master now lives with that grandpa?” sis asked.
“Yes, I live with him, I feel worried about his condition so I want to take care of him to always be healthy,” replied Thalib.
“Sgratitude ... I have known for a long time about the state of the grandfather, I even often come to the end to see his condition, but every time I come he always drives me away. Thank goodness he accepted you,” he said.
Thalib smiled. “Loh why you never said,” said the other guard.
“I have often wanted to talk about it, but you are too busy,” his answer makes Thalib laugh a little at their behavior.
“Oh yes you said earlier, the king once told me about a bad stranger, what does he mean like?” ask thalib.
“I think it's just the king's current wits, he doesn't seem to want any outsiders to come to his country, ” replied the other.
“Then we want to go to guard the gate again,” then go.
Thalib just nodded and felt astonished by that answer. After that he continued to distribute the rice and wheat as requested by grandfather.
The next day when Thalib wanted to repair the grandfather's house, he was collecting good wood.
“What do you want to do with those woods?” ask the grandfather to leave the house.
“I want to improve the host house to look better, so that people will know if there are people who still occupy this house,” replied Thalib.
Thalib wanted to come, but the grandfather told him to be quiet by waving his hand at Thalib and then going into the house and coughing.
Thalib also undoes his intentions and obeys whatever the kekek will. After the incident, the grandfather's health deteriorated further, but Thalib continued to do whatever it took to make him recover, from cooking healthy food, mutilating medicine, massaging his body and summoning the Physician.
One day, Thalib went to find medicine and met Sayyid at the market. “How is grandpa doing?” ask Sayyid.
“I have done various ways, but his health is declining,” replied Thalib.
“Follow me sir, I have an acquaintance with a healer who always treats father,” reply and they leave.
After that they went straight to the grandfather's house along with the healers they met, with the experience that many healers also checked the grandfather very well.
“How is it?” ask Thalib.
“The disease has been very severe, I have treated it once so I know very well that he has shortness of breath, now the disease relapses again and gets worse,” replied the healer.
“Then what should we do?” ask Sayyid.
“What master stays here with him?” ask the physician to Thalib.
“Well, it has been a few days I live with him,” replied Thalib worriedly.
“Thank God then, from now on accompany him and never leave alone,” the healer replied.
“What's been sting badly?” Sayyid.
The physician nodded. “He also had a fever, his body was very hot, master should always put a wet cloth on his head for his body temperature to drop,” he replied.
Thalib and Sayyid could only bow quietly while the grandfather was asleep in his bed.
“Alright then I leave first, the problem of drugs is ready,” he continued.
“Thank you very much,” Sayyid said and the healer came out.
From that moment on Thalib continued to look after grandfather, every night he did not sleep well always worried about his condition, because his body temperature had two days not dropped. Until the next day to coincide on Friday’at the health of the grandfather getting worse.
“Thalib!” he called her to Thalib who was cooking the porridge.
Hearing that, Thalib was immediately beside him. “You are already next to me,” he said as he felt sideways and directly held by Thalib.
Grandpa was smiling. “I'm so grateful that you've taken such good care of me, not that I don't like it if you want to fix my house, it's just that it's not necessary,” he said softly and coughed.
“But ..”
“Listen to me first!” his reprimand made Thalib speechless.
“Below my house there is a treasure that I have kept with my wife for so long, if you fix my house will be free, because if you want to take it you have to knock it down first, take it for you all use it for supplies, it is not much but it is more than enough for yourself,” continued the grandfather.
“I'm sorry I can't take good care of you, but I said I will take care of you so that you can be healthy, but I failed, ” replied Thalib holding tightly his hand.
The grandfather patted Thalib's hand and looked at him with a smile of happiness, as if to say that the presence of Thalib had delighted him.
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