TOAST
* Slice 17, Changed

Babe Naim died 3 days after being admitted to the hospital. Noah was devastated by this disaster. Those who love him must leave forever. Iyus disappeared after Babe Naim's funeral. No one knows where he is. Imah and his family only appeared during his takziah, then returned home without intending to bring Qeena.

A month later ...

"Nuha ... has been a month Babe kaga there, Iyus also mabur kaga tau timbanya .. let alone the Imah noh, has been the way ama cow laen .. let alone the one you wait for? Waiting for the inheritance of Iyus' rations?" mpoknya Iyus.

"Astaghfirullah Mpok .... I ain't so. I can leave Mpok, get my feet up from here. But how's Qeena? His family is already in the bodo period, there is nothing. Iyus also did not know the balance. Would Mpok take care of Qeena if I left?" noha asked seriously.

"Enak aje I have to take care of. Balikin aje to his family Imah" replied Mpoknya Iyus nyolot.

"Mpok will look at the time of tahlilan nseven days. His father Imah was angry because Mas Iyus went away. Keep telling me if they get permission for this house again. Qeena was not brought he said because of his responsibility Mas Iyus" explained Nuha.

"Emang tuh kiddo makes it complicated. Take it back to the village there. There is nothing more to wait for. Let it be Iyus .. want to go home to cake .. kaga kek, Enak already thought. I also said what ... Qeena's a damn kid. Babe had a stroke and died because of his ball" said Enyak Kesel.

"So Nuha same Qeena should get out of here Nyak?" no, asked Noah to believe.

"Yes, yes .. why do you two, just a ghost, Lo also ntar in cere ama Iyus. Si Qeena also brought dah, good aje the family of the mother of his parents raised their hands .. he thought the living expenses of the child lived methik in the money tree? Nyak don't want to go out of money for both of you" said Enyak.

At the insistence of Iyus' family, Noah finally prepared to go and bring Qeena along. Noah tidied up his clothes and Qeena's clothes while crying. Qeena, who had been able to walk and learn to talk, just laughed to see Noah cry. Thinking about his future after getting out of this house is not yet clear, this again must bring children. But he was desperate, had the money to go home, embarrassed he had to return home. There is no business selling meatballs. Instead of living in Jakarta without family. Nuha brought a big suitcase bag used by Babe Naim to go to Hajj first, all made one including the equipment Qeena. The goods are not much, because during marriage he did not buy a sheet of clothes.

Noah walked out of the house. Many neighbors embraced him. They lost a good neighbor, and some even gave money to Noah just to help buy Qeena milk.

Nuha was escorted by her neighbors to the highway to take an angkot, Qeena sat on a suitcase and tied to a cloth so she could not fall. Qeena looked happy, because she thought she was being invited to the train-mapping because she was being pushed. Everyone prayed that Noah's life would be better after this. The hand of the neighbors became a moving moment. Even the angkot driver was moved even though he did not know Noah with all his stories.

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Today Mak Leha is trading. She made a pilgrimage to her husband's grave in the Balaraja Tangerang area, the family tomb of her husband, quite far from where she lives now. It takes 5 hours to go back and forth, so Mak Leha takes every 3 months just to come, his old energy has not been able to walk long and far. This afternoon Mak Leha looked tired. He took a break at a stall in the Terminal, ordered warm tea to relieve dizziness by taking a bus from Balaraja to the terminal Kampung Rambutan for 1.5 hours. Suddenly a woman heard asking for help, apparently there was a mugging. The woman was taken as people to the stall to be given a drink to calm down. Mak Leha looked at the mother and son in front of her. Then Mak Leha approached slowly.

"Neng ... Poppocket huh?" mak Leha asked while sitting down.

"Yes Ma'am." replied Noah as he fed the bread to the hungry-looking Qeena.

"Call Mak Leha aja ... Where you going?" ask Mak Leha again.

"You go home Mak village .. but the same HP wallet all in the bag, abis all taken Mak" said Nuha nangis.

"This is his son how many years, kasian already afternoon gini, does anyone anterin return home?" ask Mak Leha.

"Qeena has been a year. There's nothing anterr us home, just the two of us" replied Noah politely.

"Ikut Mama aja neng, live in the hut of Emak. Enough for the three of us. Ntar if Neng already has new money to go home. Some of the rich Neng face again very sad, Mak worried even Neng why-why on the road" bargained Mak Leha.

Finally Noah went with Mak Leha to his stall. Qeena looked tired and fell asleep in Noah's arms. Thin mattresses on the bale unfurled the same Mak Leha. Tonight there's not much they talk about, Mak Leha sleeps in the bale with Qeena, while Noah sleeps under the bed of tikers and bed sheets. This area is indeed a place to sleep and pray, so clean for the bed.

The next morning, Mak Leha asked Noah to slide the cupboard, as if it were a partition between the same chambers of the trading place, the unclosed part was fitted with rope. Noah is very good, anything can be done. So everything is in order before the trade.

"Thank you, Mama..." Answer Noah.

"Since first see Neng .. Mak's heart is sure if Neng is a good person. If you can know how to go home together?" ask Mak Leha carefully.

Nuha told the outline of her story until leaving just the same Qeena.

"Yes Allah Neng .. very strong yes, Mak could not imagine if so Neng. Where now must take care of the husband's honeymoon. Mak was also pitted, driven away as well, but the power was Neng's parahan" Mak Leha said.

"Allah nitipin Qeena to me Mak .biarin deh Mak. His parents did not care, Kasian Qeena. Do'a Noah let this child raise his parents. May Allah have a strong love of faith for this child" said Noah.

"Aamiin .. insyaa Allah Neng, if Allah love be entrusted there must be a fortune" said Mak Leha.

Day after day spent full of happiness in the house of Leha, God so dearly sent Noah and Qeena to him at the age of twilight. Noah was like the child that had been coveted all this time and Qeena completed the happiness.

Mak Leha taught all the recipes for making bread and jam that became his mainstay to Noah. Noah, who was also quick to learn and deft to do anything, was able to master what Mak Leha taught, within a month, Mak Leha's toast was increasingly rame.

Nuha's fast but tidy work patterns and sumeh towards buyers make many customers. Nuha also provides various drinks such as sweet tea, milk and coffee. Mak Leha's job is just to play Qeena.

Two months later, Mak Leha even went home with Nuha and Qeena to Wonogiri pas Lebaran. There Mak Leha was given special treatment, and all of Noah's family was as affectionate as his own. There Mak Leha felt like she had a family.

Noah was frankly the same family. Disappointment .. that's how the family feels. But Mak Leha was able to mediate. Noah was asked to stay with him. Join the business in Jakarta, raise Qeena there.

At first Noah's parents were heavy to allow, but Mak Leha was able to convince the family of Noah.

"I think of Neng Nuha as my own son. I live alone, I have no one. The presence of both of them in my life is an answer to the do'a-do'a that I offer to God. Please allow Neng Nuha to keep me at my age" Mak Leha said.

"But Mak . let in the village this is the situation, if we look even so calm. In Jakarta there is no one Mak" replied Nuha's mother.

"There is a mother .. If here what work? Qeena is getting bigger, she needs more. My toast business is growing, it's all for Neng Nuha and Qeena. I just take the proceeds to pay employees the same cost of food. The rest were saved by Neng Nuha. If I have no age, Neng Nuha will continue my efforts" explained Mak Leha crying.

Eventually the Nuhas allowed Noah and Qeena to return to Jakarta with Mak Leha.

As time went on, Mak Leha's toast business was already quite crowded. But Mak Leha did not want to move from the stall, staying there, because this is where she lived after leaving the house.

Every Lebaran Mak Leha came back to Wonogiri. Noah and Qeena also made a pilgrimage every three months to the tomb of her husband Mak Leha.

The relationship between Mak Leha and Nuha and Qeena is like a real family, only minus a male figure. Mak Leha and Nuha agreed to save the profits of selling toast for the future of Qeena. Mak Leha did not take much profit because the ingredients used in the production of bread and jam are ingredients with good quality. He did not want to cheat like the traders who were investigated in a television station that used expired bread and jam from rotten fruit. For him serving healthy food for buyers is a must.

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Fajar is now 6.5 years old, he has a big Kindergarten in his Kindergarten Dafi first school. Dawn is more cheerful and plays a lot in school, different from Dafi who is a lot of silence. Even Fajar always asked to be picked up late by the driver so that he could play first at school. Because of Dawn, almost all boys finally go home around one o'clock in the afternoon, even though school ends from 12 pm.