The Neglected Pearl
Part 4 valuable lessons

In another room that is smaller, Ranita saw a mini-sized bed with a base that is activated by orchid flowers in the middle.

It's so beautiful it can't be said with words. Suddenly from the direction of the kitchen, Ranita was surprised by someone who had been behind him.

“Eee, there's a little bit of it! What's the name of the deck?” rita asked in a soft voice.

“Nurul!” the girl replied slowly.

“Waah very beautiful name!” praise Ranita with her sweet smile.

“Kakak is very beautiful, whose sister's name?” ask nurul pula.

“Waah clever! small-small already smart to praise, if the name of Ranita's sister!”

“Waah very funny name!” nurul said with a slightly hoarse voice.

“O, yes. Very funny name sweet sister! ranita said while holding Nurul's adorable cheeks.

“O, yes brother. Brother called Father!”

“O, yes?”

“Iya!”

“Come, if so!” take Ranita while holding Nurul's hand. And walking towards the kitchen, in the kitchen there was Miss Fatma who was busy preparing food.

“Ee, there is a guest apparently!” greet the woman to Ranita.

And with a gentle smile Ranita immediately greeted Fatma with a smooth helping hand.

“My name is Ranita, Mom!”

“Ooo, Ranita huh? what a beautiful name, please sit down. Sorry, I don't have a chair, just sit on this mat.

“Ngak nothing kok Bu, ” replied Ranita while sitting on a pandan mat in the Bu Fatma landscape.

While sitting Ranita glanced everywhere his heart was not satisfied to see the truth he saw.

“O Yes Mom, by the way, actually Mom works where?”

“Mother is just a scavenger Kok Neng,” replied Bu Fatma.

“This is Mom's house right?”

“Iya this is Mother's house, we have long occupied this house, it has been decades. I'm a child.”

“Ooo, has it been a while? but I'm comfortable living here?”

“Yes, very comfortable, even though the situation is simple but I enjoy it. This is Mother's precious treasure, because this is where we raise our five children, with her heartache.”

“Hm, so yes Bu?”

“Iya neng,” Bu Fatma replied briefly.

While telling the story, Ms. Fatma deftly arranged neat dishes that will be dined that afternoon.

After finishing, Ms. Fatma stepped into her yard, then she hit an old iron in front of her house three times. Mom Fatma's children were standing in front of her.

As usual, they immediately rushed to the bathroom and washed their hands and sat neatly when they were done. Then Mang Ojo stood up while saying.

“This is Neng Ranita, pay respect to him.”

Simultaneously, the five children of Mang Ojo greeted and kissed Ranita's hand. No one spoke, everyone was silent.

Especially when they eat, not once Ranita heard the sound of clanking plates and spoons. What a valuable lesson learned that day at Mang Ojo's house.

“Come eaten Neng!” said Bu Fatma let Ranita eat rice in front of him.

Tampa thought Long Ranita was eating the dish in front of him, a bit strange rice in the meal, but Ranita did not dare to comment.

He saw the five children Mang Ojo, they ate so greedy, not a single rice splattered under their plates.

After they finished eating they immediately washed their dishes and berwudhu for prayer.

Tampa in command, it turns out they have memorized with their daily tasks.

If Mang Ojo and Bu Fatma go out, the children are ready to work together to clean the house.

This is what Mang Ojo and Fatma taught. In order for them all to get used to the situation they have to rely on their parents.

Ranita saw there was another side of the Mang Ojo family, besides they lived below the poverty line, but Ranita was sure that the Mang Ojo family, not just anyone.

“Mang, may I ask something to Mamang.”

“You want what Neng?”

“Before Mamang became a traveling nut trader, previously Mamang worked as what the hell?”

“Previously Mamang worked as a scavenger Neng.”

“But, I really don't seem to believe ya.”

“Neng Means?”

“Ooo, actually the cup belongs to us family.”

“Means Mamang?”

“There is a Mamang trophy, there is a Mother cup as well and there is a children's trophy in it.”

“Mamang means, inside there is a Mother's trophy too?”

“Iya, Mother's cup.”

“So Mom?”

While they were talking, Fatma suddenly came and served two glasses of warm tea and a plate of boiled beans.

“Please Neng, tasting her boiled beans.”

“Good, thanks Mom,” replied Ranita while tasting boiled beans that have been provided in a dish.

“Why hasn't Neng returned? later Mama Neng Ranita kecarian.”

“Iya Ma'am, soon I'll also be going home kok.”

“Other times, if Neng Ranita wants to play here, what if Neng should ask permission first to Mama or Papa, so that the two of them do not search.”

“Good Mom, later if I want to come here, I will ask permission first on them.”

“Yes it's better, than to go silently.”

“Good Mang,” replied Ranita while nodding her head.

Submissively, after finishing eating boiled beans, Ranita immediately pleaded with Mang Ojo and Bu Fatma, to return home.

While walking leisurely, Ranita smiled to herself. Many valuable lessons he had just learned in the Slums, a lesson he had never learned so far.

Although life is happy and rich, but Ranita never get a lesson as beautiful as that in his life. Whether it's from family or from people close to him.

Papa and Mama are always busy with their respective lives, so Ranita grows up with no one to control.

Before arriving home, Ranita took the time to stop by a food stall that was on the side of the road.

There he ate so well. Without looking right and left.

“Add Bu, one more!” ranita is sitting in the right corner.

“Good Neng.” Answer the shop owner while delivering rice orders Ranita.

“Taste Mom very good,” Praise Ranita to the shop owner.

“Ah si Neng,” replied the shop owner flattered.

“True Ma'am, I didn't lie to you.”

“Now Neng is hungry again!”

“What yes? but it tastes good, different from the one at home, not good!”

“Only when you're home, who cooks Neng?”

“Bi Home!”

“Helper means?”

“Iya.”

“Where are Papa and Mama Neng?”

“They work Bu.”

“Does it work all day?”

“Iya, even until the new night they go home.”

“Always parents Neng work what the hell?”

“Papa works as an official, while Mama is a board member.”

“What! seriously?”

“Yes seriously, why?”

“If Papa and Mama Neng are well-known people, then why would Neng want to eat in Lesehan like this?”

“Only can rich people eat in a place like this?”

“Not so Neng, but most rich people are arrogant.”

“Not all rich people are arrogant Bu.”

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