Wild Roses For Luqman
28. Surprised

Long enough Rose and Mama Firda surrounded every supermarket aisle. Until almost night time, both of them finished shopping.

Because of exhaustion and hunger, the two stopped by a restaurant that was quite crowded with visitors.

The two entered the restaurant. Mama Firda circulated her gaze looking for an empty spot.

While the Rose watched carefully the visitors who were sitting enjoying the food, and also some visitors who just came.

"Come, let's go there." take Mama Firda, holding the hands of the Rose. The girl also followed her boss's steps.

After the two sat down in the saung, a waiter approached them to give them a price list.

Roses rounded his eyes when he saw every row of expensive food.

"Th-this is really worth this much? Or is it wrong to write the price?" he asked innocently, which made the waiter forced to hold back a smile.

"Yes, miss. No writing mistakes." reply the waiter friendly.

"Then, water alone costs ten thousand." the girl muttered while shaking her head.

"What do you want to order, Rose?" mama Firda distracted the girl.

Roses also choose carefully, the food that has the cheapest price in the restaurant.

"This is it." said the girl, showing the waiter the food menu.

Mama Firda tilted her head looking at the food menu pointed by the Rose, then she revealed a thin smile.

After the Roses, now it is Mama Firda's turn to show the menu of food selected on the waiter.

Roses also do the same thing with Mama Firda earlier, which is to loosen his head to see the menu chosen by his employer.

'Yeah, expensive too. The real rich man.' Inner Rose is full of amazement.

Moreover, Mama Firda not only ordered one, but several types of food. Roses are hard to say. The food menu mostly uses Latin names.

Before the waiter left, he took a good note of their order. After that, while waiting for the food order to come, the two conversed.

"Tante, what is the food in this restaurant? The feeling is expensive, but the visitors are many too." asked Rose, frowning.

As usual, Mama Firda will review the smile before answering the very critical Rose question.

"Enak or not, it depends on the taste of the visitor. They charge a high price on the food they sell, because many factors affect it. It could be because the material is difficult to get, and the material itself is also expensive first. It can be expensive because it pays the salaries of the employees. So, there are many factors that affect it. If we can't afford it, don't insult the person who sells everything at a high price. Fear can hurt his feelings."

Shortly thereafter, a waiter served his second order. Roses rounded his eyes when on the wide plate there was only a small amount of food served. Maybe just twice a spoon, the food was gone.

When going to comment on the food, he immediately remembered the words of Mama Firda. 'Do not comment in front of the seller or his servant directly.'

"Please enjoy" said the waiter kindly before leaving.

After that, Roses began to taste the food that had been in his message. The girl grimaced at the macaroni schotel she ordered. Because the food had a savory taste of a combination of milk and cheese, but he did not like it.

"Tan, isn't this rice?"

Mama Firda shook her head, while smiling thinly.

"Of course not, Roses."

"Well, where full." at once the girl displayed a lethargic look on her face.

"If you are not full, you can take this food Rose." mama Firda pointed to some food that is on the table but has not been touched.

"That's ours, Aunt."

"You're eating too is okay."

"Horay! Thank you, Tan." exclaimed the girl cheerfully.

Mama Firda did all order a lot of food, just in case if the Roses are still not full.

Satisfied to enjoy dinner together, the two soon go home. Not to forget they stopped at the cashier table to pay the total food bill.

The rose also took money out of the wallet in his hand. But Mama Firda pushed the wallet back.

"Let Aunt pay for it."

"Thank you, Auntie. You are the same Luqman is the nicest man on the face of the earth. All your life, Roses will never forget your kindness."

"You could have, Rose." Aunt Firda commented a smile for a moment, then turned to the cashier's maid.

"Why, mbak?"

"Total pay for table number thirteen amounted to, one million rupiah."

For the umpteenth time the Rose was surprised, because the total bill was quite a lot. Until he shakes his own head.