The Love Story of the Village Girl
Searching for Home

Right after the adhan reverberated Sekar also performed the dawn prayer as he usually did, finished performing the morning prayer Sekar woke his sisters to the morning prayer. After that Sekar went to his mother's room to wake her mother

"Lady..." Holding his mother's hand

"Mom's hands are so cold?" mom wakes up to dawn prayer bu first" wiggles her mother's hand slowly

Sekar began to look at his mother's face that had looked pale, with her trembling hands Sekar held her mother's cheeks which were also cold. Sekar also began to shed tears and stick his finger to his mother's nose "Innalilahi wa Innalilahi raji'un" tears also flowed very fast

She dropped her head on the edge of her mother's bed, as if she didn't want to believe it was all reality. He really hoped this was all just a dream

"Why isn't mom awake yet?" Sekar turned his head towards his sister with eyes that had been flooded by tears

"Kak Sekar why?" walking closer to Sekar, Sekar tried to strengthen his heart he told himself that he had to be strong there were still his sisters who needed him

"Kak Sekar why cry?" Sekar hugged his sister Ajeng's body tightly

"We must be strong yes, now that mother has calmed down" with a disjointed voice held back by her crying

"Mom why sister?" began to cry and the younger brother also entered into the room his mother saw Sekar and his sister crying he also joined in crying

That morning Sekar's house was enlivened by mourners, Sekar and his two sisters sat beside their mother. They continued to look at the pale face of his mother who had been stiffened with tears that continued to flow occasionally

"So calm mom over there I promise to finish college I'll make mom proud like mom's last request, I'll take good care of my sisters too. From now on I will change the position of mother to take care of them, mother rest calm yes" hugging the body to her two younger siblings

Finished performing all the rituals that should now be the three of them helped deliver their mother's departure to her final resting place, They looked at their mother in the burrow for the last time

Ajeng the smallest sister wept bitterly seeing her mother being buried, with a broken heart Sekar hugged his sister tightly as if he was trying to give his sister strength

"Your grandfather can't be like this, mother will be sad if you see this" teary-eyed

"I want to join my mother aja kak" thrashed, Sekar increasingly tighten his embrace to Ajeng the smallest brother

"Why do you want me to be quiet because you see this?" Ajeng also cried violently in the arms of Sekar

"You are calm deck, from now on Brother Sekar will replace the position of your guard mother. Brother Sekar promises all he can, Brother Sekar will make you happy"

Almost everyone who was at the funeral dropped their tears seeing Ajeng who was crying bitterly, those who were present there were carried away by the atmosphere created by Ajeng the smallest child of the family

After it was finished all began to disperse from the cemetery, left Sekar and his two younger siblings and some people who are considered their closest relatives

"Yes calm mother, now Sekar already big bu Sekar certainly can take care of Adek-adek Sekar well" stroked his mother's tomb board

Just trying to look strong in front of everyone including in front of his sisters, he did not want anyone to know that his heart was being broken at that time. Only in that way did he try to strengthen the hearts of his sisters

After a seven-night yasinan event, Sekar decided to express his desire to bring his sisters to the capital. Because she could no longer leave her sisters in the village while her mother was now gone

Now planning to leave his younger siblings to his relatives first, he would go to the city to find a small rented house that they would occupy. Only then will Sekar pick up his sisters

Actually the plan is not approved by one of the younger siblings of his mother, because his aunt is afraid Sekar will be overwhelmed to look after his two younger siblings. But Sekar still insisted on bringing his younger siblings and others were forced to only be able to give in

Without delaying the time of the day Sekar was preparing to go to the capital capital with a modest savings that had been prepared by his mother all this time for the cost of school children, his children, some of his relatives recommend selling their hut house if not occupied so that the money can be for their living expenses temporarily. But Sekar refused because only the house was left from the relics of their mother and father

After boarding a bus to go to the capital, he had to rush to get a rented house before his college days began. Arriving at one of the bus terminals of the capital Sekar immediately boarded the public transport department towards the campus later on, he planned to find a house that was not too far from the campus later

A full day Sekar drove around from alley to another hoping to get a rented house at an affordable price, and it turned out that it was not an easy thing to find in the capital

Sekar also stopped at a roadside chicken soto because he felt his stomach had begun to sting because he was hungry, he ordered a bowl of chicken soto to fill his stomach

"Godly the price of rented houses here is very expensive, even though in the village if there is an empty house who can fill it to take care of the house"

Sekar also began to eat the food provided, finished eating Sekar did not forget to ask the merchant goods time knowing there was a house rented at an affordable price

"That the deck-deck here there's a house on contract in ga ya mang?"

"It seems that behind there is neng, for whom neng?"

"Make me the same as me later"

"But his house entered a small alley, continue also yes his house is ordinary"

"Ga what mang, I happen to be looking for a rather affordable price. From earlier I muter-muter if he asked for annual monthly price is very expensive mang"

"Yes or his name is also the capital city, but not the original here?"

"Yes my mang from the village, I want to go to college and find out the work of the plan"

"Yes, try to go there"

Sekar also explained where the location of the house is, finished paying without wasting time Sekar immediately headed to the place directed