BLESSINGS OF LOVE
New Friendship

Jimmy opened the map containing Aliong's curriculum vitae, because starting next week Aliong will officially join one of the field staff in his office.

"Jefry Wiguna Liauw, so this is the correct Ko Aliong name?" ask Jimmy.

"Geez, this is the name that is in accordance with the Identity Card and also in the Family Card. I used to use the pseudonym Freddy, because I had a fictitious company with Mr. A," Aliong explained to Jimmy.

"Look off Koko, I'm just kidding. I know his real name. What's the name of the Chinese?"ask Jimmy again.

"I am Liauw Sen Liong, and my sister Liauw Sen Siaw. When we were little, our parents called us Aliong and Asiaw. Well, that's the Chinese trait, it must all have two names and two calls" Aliong explained again.

"Liauw is the family name? like I'm a manado, Maliangkay's name is a surname and a son, the next grandson wears Maliangkay behind his name" Jimmy said of the surname.

"Sama bro, male successor to the family name. It just so happens that my son is both guys, so there must be a word Liauw behind his name. The eldest one is Erickson Liauw and the youngest one is Davidson Liauw, a call at Aming and Ahan's house" Aliong explained with a laugh.

"Hahahaha, the western name in the school, in the house the name silat. Hahahaha," Jimmy also laughed at Aliong's words.

Then the two were silent for a moment after laughing.

"Boy boy. Successor surname. The Maliangkay family is also somewhat reporting. The grandson has only one, only William is the son of Bang Robert" Jimmy said.

"Ebu elu cepetan make one or two more grandson boys. Let the name Maliangkay so much more," said Aliong.

"Who do you make the same? can it be like a cat?" timpal Jimmy as he glared at Aliong.

"There was someone who had a restaurant yesterday. Why don't you just apply, anyway?" ask Aliong with a smile.

"Jeez, Kristy. She's not my girlfriend, she's just a customer. After all yesterday he looked familiar to TNI officers. I'm not a rival, bro," Jimmy said, sneering.

"Okay, not yet down the war has surrendered. Not necessarily he really likes the officer, because I see Kristy is friendly to anyone," said Aliong while remembering the figure of Kristy.

Jimmy looked bright imagining Kristy's appearance.

"That's a pretty girl, her skin is white too. Her face was smooth with no pimples at all. Just fat, yeah," said Jimmy.

"Not fat, but plump she's it, bro. Different fat with plump. I'm sure he's big because his bones are big, too. People whose bones are large, will not be able to be slim even though how. But his body is solid, I'm sure he likes sports" Aliong told Jimmy about the man with the big bone construction.

"Ko Aliong knows where he likes sports?" angling Jimmy.

"My wife is a gymnastics teacher, she's not lean either. But he's flexible and his body muscles are toned. That's why I love my wife. Hahahaha," Aliong told me about his wife's appearance.

"Oh, Cici Yu Chen is a gymnastics teacher? just found out about me, "Jimmy didn't think Aliong's wife was a gymnastics coach.

"That's why I say, Kristy may also be the same type as I think," said Aliong again.

"Of that, let's walk. There is a new job, yesterday there are people asking us to the location in the district. He said he wanted to build a college building, "take Jimmy to Aliong.

"Gue's coming along, it's nothing. It has not officially become an employee" Aliong said.

"God, come on, come with me".

"I'm the one driving, let's launch again, bro".

Jimmy then handed Aliong the keys to his car, and they both moved to the location that had been determined by his prospective customers.

Along the way they talked about Aliong's plan to join Jimmy's office.

"Ko Aliong wants what salary?" ask Jimmy.

"Wow, whatever. I am a beginner again. Now I focus on doing the right job, improving my life. Restore good karma, eliminate bad karma" Aliong said.

"Yes, at least how many pictures?" ask Jimmy again.

"No Jim, I'm not the old Aliong now. Even later my salary please send to the wife's account only. My weakness is money, so it is better not to hold money at all" replied Aliong again.

"Hahahaha, ready!!!".

"What will surely be Ko Aliong work more in the field than in the office. So this car will be held by Ko Aliong".

"Well, not Jimmy. I just need a motorcycle, I don't need a car. Sometimes I borrow a car anyway, if there is a family need," said Aliong again.

"OK, later I prepare a motorcycle that can be used to various locations, especially to make it to the project".

Aliong glanced at Jimmy, then gave his thumbs up and Jimmy also returned the thumbs up.

Before long they arrived at an abandoned land on the outskirts of the city, there was already a staff of Andre's men waiting for them.

The man explained that the land belonged to his leadership family who were given to be a college.

Then the man also gave a copy of the land plan, and allowed Jimmy to do a location photo shoot as well as land measurements.

"We ask that your draft proposal can be completed in a few days. Because later the child of our leader who lives outside the city will come to this city, and you have to present your design in front of him," said the staff.

"Okay, we'll do it as soon as possible. Later after the building plans and others are completed, we will immediately contact the father," said Jimmy.

Then the man drove by his car, headed to Margo's Tower to report his encounter with Jimmy.

While Jimmy and Aliong work all day on the vast land, they work while giving each other input for an estimate of the plan they will soon make in the office.

Jimmy will soon establish a new partnership with Aliong who was once his brother's coworker as well.

Across the island of Java, Aletha was telling her husband's story to Ratna.

Telling from the beginning until yesterday was told by the Police that her husband had been buried by his cheating family in the village near Pagar Alam City in Palembang Regency.

"Prophetically, everyone has their own test, the goal is the same to be closer to Allah SWT. Giving our whole lives to His will" Ratna said, patting Aletha on the back.

"Today I have always felt sinful, it is possible that my husband could be with another woman for obeying my parents' will. Almost all of our wedding travel time was spent at my parents' house. Even though my husband has often invited to be alone with him," said Aletha while sobbing.

"Everything could have happened. I'm sorry, but I don't think I blame myself. Whatever has happened is the fate of the Power," Ratna tried to encourage Aletha again.

Anwar who had heard since the outpouring of his brother-in-law's heart became silent. Indeed while still alive he often heard Asrul complaining because his wife had no principles. Always succumb to the decisions of parents without considering the wishes of the husband.

Fuad was also sitting next to the driver, inevitably so he listened to the curses Aletha conveyed to Ratna.

While listening while glaring at himself, questioning in his heart whether it is true that his wife is cheating also with a man named Mario.

If you are cheating, why cheat. Materially nothing short of it, every month Fuad gave almost all of his salary to Asmila.

In addition, Asmila herself also has income from her job as an insurance agent even already has a certain position.

Often Fuad hears women cheating because the husband cannot fulfill his mater. This was not at all, Fuad was one hundred percent sure that Asmila was not lacking in materials.

What, then, is the issue of heredity?. Fuad should have cheated on him because his wife didn't give any children.

Inevitably, all mysteries are difficult to reveal because the person who did it is no longer.

"Great Mother, sorry. I knew from earlier that I felt amused to hear the way we talk wong Palembang. I personally do not matter, because since the first I to the land of Java has often been laughed at because the speech dialect is different from the general people there".

"But sorry, later in the village there, please be detained first laugh. They are people who still hold the custom, it is difficult to accept outsiders. Especially if you can be seen laughing, you will be afraid to be suspected of insulting them," Ratna told and advised Raya.

"Listen to you, from earlier was not polite. Ratna laughed, what's wrong with you. What are you if you talk well, Javanese accent so thick," Anwar very angry to his wife.

"I'm sorry my wife, Ms. Ratna. He does like that, can not be advised and can not be willing to obey others," Anwar apologized for the behavior of his wife.

"I'm not insulting, Ms. Ratna. I love the way he talks, only I can't keep up. Especially if Mrs Ratna talks there is an element of her R, it sounds very unique. I'm sorry, Ma'am. No offense because I have no intention of insulting at all," Raya explained to Ratna apologizing.

"Well, I'm fine. We will soon reach the village. Please take care of your attitude, well," Ratna asked Raya and Anwar.

They began to enter the road of a village that still seems very thick customary regulations.

In front of the entrance limit of the village looked like some youths were on guard so that not carelessly people could enter their territory.

The driver stopped the car a few meters in front of a group of young men who were now standing in the car, then two people appeared to walk forward towards the car.

Ratna immediately went down to face the two young men.

Seeing Ratna down, then the driver immediately went down to accompany Ratna.

"You're the media? We don't accept you media. Just make a mess of our village" said one of the young men.

"No, I'm a Tandjung Sakti, here this brings a group of friends. They were about to meet with Jena's late family," Ratna tried to explain slowly.

"What is the purpose of meeting Jena's late family. You want to announce again to the media about the problem he used to be when it was still there. Don't you disturb our village, "the young man insisted he didn't give us permission to enter.

"In the car there was the legal wife of her sir husband Jena. She just wanted to visit her husband's grave and also just wanted to be in touch with Jena's late parents," Ratna still tried to negotiate with the young men.

"Let's go check on the guy in the car, make sure it's not the media. If it's true what this mother said, then I ask permission first to the traditional elder," the young man asked one of his friends to check on the passengers in the car.

The driver immediately helped open the car door to show that there was anyone in there.

The more to the district, usually the more viscous people berlogat area.

Most Palembang people indeed if saying the letter R is like there is a vibration, the name is R bederot.

In addition, most Sumatran people must have a high tone of speech like people quarrel.

"Eh, Mr Driver, is there anyone in this car?" ask one of the young men who was told to check the car earlier.

"This is Mr. Fuad and Ms. Aletha, there is also Mr. Anwar and the General Mother. They were about to go to the grave of the drowning victim yesterday" the driver replied.

"Where is the legitimate wife of the late Asrul?" ask the young man.

"I am the wife of Asrul" said Aletha.

"So this dad said mom and dad are a couple. Why now confess Asrul's wife?" the young man pointed towards Fuad and Aletha.

"No, this man is not my husband. But I was right Asrul's wife," Aletha tried to convince the young man again.

Raya from earlier held a laugh, she was funny to hear the sentences spoken by the young man.

"Ssttt, you are. Later they were outraged by danger," Anwar rebuked his wife.

"Ppffff..ppffffff...ppffff.

Then the young man left the car and appeared to be talking to the young man who was talking to Ratna.

Then the young man who was talking to Ratna, who looked like the leader of their group was seen ordering some people to enter the village like him to coordinate with the Jena family.

Ratna got back in the car and said that the youth group was asking permission from the elder and the Jena family.

They had been tired because many media crews were covering the funeral of Asrul and Jena.

So that at this time they do not want any more media crew to enter their village to cover anything.

All waiting in the car, not a word said. In the heart of wondering each other, there would be if after the young man had entered the village.

Of all those in the car, Aletha was the most tensed up in her face. While the most as if it has no mind material is Raya.

Before long the young man who had been told to meet someone in the village, seemed to have returned again and conveyed something to the leader of his group.

Then the head of his group waved towards the car and seeing that, Ratna immediately got down from the car and ran towards the young man.

"You may enter, we will take you to the village pendopo. Our elders want to talk to you, only then can you see the graves of the victims drowned" the young man told Ratna.

"Okay, I'm telling them now".

Shortly after Ratna conveyed to Aletha, then immediately Aletha with Anwar and Raya came down from the car to enter the village.

Cars are not allowed in, so they have to walk.

Fuad who had not wanted to come, but Anwar invited him so that he also became curious and wanted to know what the real story of their family was.

Ratna obviously had to accompany, because the traditional elders did not want to speak Indonesian at all, they only spoke regional languages.

There were about three young men who were controlling while conversing with each other.

Raya smiles while occasionally seen holding back laughter every time she heard the young men talking.

One of them saw Raya's behavior and looked somewhat offended.

"What about ketawo-ketawoe?"ask the young man to Ratna.

"Ngato customary kito dak?".

(*Why does he laugh? Is it insulting our customs?)

"Not that mak, mahap bae. Betino the traditional samo Plembang. It's just a jingok kito lembaro nih funny ujinyo," replied Ratna to the young man who asked that.

"Katek means ngehino, no".

(*That's not it, I'm sorry. The woman likes the custom of Palembang. It's just that he feels funny the way we talk

There is no intention of insulting us)

"Wong plembang tu pinter ngawak!!!. Caro wong jawo talking cak semelo in the ears kito !!!" the young man who asked earlier nagged while glancing at Raya.

(*Notably the Palembang people are comedians. The way the Javanese talk also sounds strange to our ears)

After a few minutes of walking, they finally arrived at a village pendopo, then the young men asked Aletha's entourage to wait at that place.

"You were too much, I'm sure the young man was angry with you. Since he asked Mbak Ratna something while glancing at you," Anwar again grumbled at his wife.

"Yes, I'm sorry I had the hardest time holding back a laugh, if there's anything I find funny I can't stand it. Forgive me bang," whispered Raya while feeling guilty.

Before long, a group of people walked towards the pendopo.

Tenyata who will face Aletha's entourage is Bicek Mala, followed by his parents Jena.

Bicek Mala sat in front of Aletha's entourage, then Jena's parents sat to her left looking down.

"Who are the Palembang among you ?" ask Bicek Mala with a thick Palembang accent also a cold tone and flat face.

This time Raya could not giggle, which there instead felt tense with the atmosphere in the pendopo.

Then Ratna went forward and introduced herself as the original Palembang wong, also informing anyone who came along with her and conveying the intention of her arrival to the village.

Aletha's entourage only heard and tried to understand what was being discussed between Ratna and one of the elders.

Then Bicek Mala seemed to move his neck and looked sharply at Aletha.

"Tell the woman, her husband has chosen Jena. Even if they live, her husband wants to be a citizen. Her husband is not happy to be married to that woman" Bicek Mala told Ratna as her finger pointed at Aletha.

Of course Aletha felt trembling appointed by Bicek Mala, but she did not understand what Bicek Mala had said to Ratna.

"The body came in a state of near-rotting due to long submerged river water. They have been husband and wife religiously, so their bodies are buried into one following the baby," continued Bicek Mala still with the same cold tone.

"Although still alive, the man could not return to Java. She was already a part of us, so the bond with the woman had actually been broken long ago when Jena was united with her husband".

Ratna of course was confused because inevitably later had to convey what Bicek said to Aletha.

"Can we see her husband's grave?" ask Ratna slowly.

Bicek Mala was silent for a moment, then while taking a breath he said, "Please, later the young men will show their place. Only after visiting his grave should you leave our village immediately. Don't ever come again, let's just say Jena's husband was never in your life. Because he has been a part of us forever" said Bicek Mala ended the meeting.

When Bicek Mala was about to leave, Aletha suddenly said that she wanted to give a little money to her family Jena.

"Do not accept anything from them, no more ties with them. They must understand that now Jena's husband is already a part of us, and there will never be a relationship with them again. Quite a good memory of his fellow-lives that will be theirs," Bicek Mala admonished the Almarhumah Jena family to not accept anything from Aletha.

Then Bicek Mala left Aletha's entourage followed by the Jena family who could not speak at all.

Slowly Ratna conveyed what the customary elder had said to her, with the weight of the day she had to say it all to Aletha and Anwar.

Of course Aletha cried so much, especially when she had to accept the statement that Asrul was always alive to feel unhappy with her.

Anwar just looked down, he also felt confused and inexhaustible if his brother could say about the unhappy life with Aletha to the Jena family.

Means when living first and having an affair with Jena, apparently Asrul expressed his unhappiness to Jena and forwarded the story to the Jena family.

"What should I say to Abi and Umi when I get home?" whispered Anwar's heart was too dizzy to think about it.

"We take you to the tomb, you can not stay here for long," said the youth leader as if to expel them.

Then they followed the young man to the tomb of Asrul and Jena as well as their baby.

Whichever wife's heart is unharmed, when faced with the fact that in the ground there are now three lies declared as family.

Though it is clear legally and also religiously that Asrul is the legitimate husband of Aletha.

She could only see the red earth mound, without being able to see her husband's body one last time.

Screaming cries drenched her cheeks, and Ratna sincerely held onto Aletha's body which looked violently shaken to find such a reality.

The young man who delivered told Asrul that his chest was torn because it was stuck in wood that penetrated into his heart.

While Jena's cracked head was hit by something, even when her body arrived in their village, Jena's ears and nose were still bleeding from the crack of her head.

"Only their baby girl looks smooth and clean, the baby is held by her father. Although his chest was pierced by wood, but Asrul looks so dear to his son," the story of the young man who told in detail the appearance of his third corpse when bathed yesterday.

"Mas Asrul, be happy with your son and wife there. I've forgiven all of your mistakes, and I'm sorry if I'm wrong. Goodbye, I'll never be able to come back here again. Peace be with your family in eternity" Aletha said, holding a tombstone embedded in her third tomb.

Then they were driven back to the car by the young man, the driver had been waiting in front of the village boundary, then immediately opened the door when Aletha's entourage came.

Ratna said goodbye to the young man, and when Aletha was about to give her allowance, she was again rejected.

"Sorry, that's the town's custom. We are here not to accept such a thing" said the young man when Aletha asked why she refused.

Aletha understood and did not force them to accept the gift.

Ratna was visibly exasperated, as the car drove away from the village and started to have a signal on her phone.

Her husband since then could not be contacted, but since from the river until now they drove away from the village there has been about five hours.

Finally when the car had arrived on the big road, Ratna's husband managed to be contacted but Ratna instead became blood-ridden hearing her husband's answer.

"Sir, I was following your car from behind. Then I stopped by for a while at the food stall, I lost my way. I'm looking not to see you, I'm calling no signal. So I just go home, at most you will catch the bus," very lightly Bang Ali answered his wife's question.

"Mbak Ratna, come with me first to Palembang. Staying overnight accompanied me, although I just knew but I am very happy all day this helped and accompanied by Ms. Ratna. Come, accompany me, let me ask permission from my husband" Aletha pinta.

Ratna then conveyed Aletha's invitation to her husband, again Bang Ali replied casually.

"What's wrong, just accompany the mother. Who knows tomorrow you are given a lot of windfall, enough to be taken home," Ali seduced casually.

Ratna hung up on him and said her husband gave her permission to accompany Aletha.

"But I don't carry any clothes" Ratna said.

"Later for the mall in the city, I bought it for Ma'am also for her son and husband" replied Aletha.

"Don't, trouble later" said Aletha.

"It's okay, as a sign of gratitude is also a sign of our friendship" Aletha replied again.

Ratna was silent, while smiling, it was true that her husband's guess was that she would be blessed by Aletha.