CANDRAMAYA STORY
Part 13: The Ghost of Gendhis

Arriving at Desi's house, I met Desi's mother and sisters. While Desi's father is still working and returned home a little night. I also asked permission to mendi because my body feels very sticky.

Finished cleaning up apparently Desi's father had gone home and Desi's mother was preparing dinner assisted Desi and her sisters.

“Sini May, eat first sorry yes sooo”

“Should Maya who thanks for being allowed to stay”

“Nak Maya ndak not hesitate, Desi is often invite her female friends to stay at home” Said Desi's father in a friendly manner

My gaze focused on Desi's mother who brought a plate of rice complete with side dishes and also a glass of water to the back.

“Why did you say hello May? Not good food?”

“Enak kok Des, this is more than delicious usually mom cook simpler than this”

We finished our meal without any chatter at the dinner table. After that I helped Desi clean the dinner table and wash the dishes. Although Desi and her mother forbid me to help but I still kekeh yes no matter how they have been very good to me.

When I decided to go to bed first, suddenly Desi's father who was sitting in the living room with a cigarette in his hand and a black coffee that he occasionally whipped called me.

“Nak Maya, can you talk to me for a minute?”

“Bby pak” I sat opposite Desi's father as well as Desi who immediately took a sitting position next to me.

“Waste want to meet with kak Maya?”

Cesspit? Who's sewah? And why he wanted to meet me. As if reading my panic Desi was holding my shoulder.

“Not to be afraid May, I forgot to tell you that I still have a sumpah kakung from the father. But because the sewage is already sepuh and sickly so only sewah can lie on the mattress. Even to eat alone we have to deliver food to the room soberbath”

My question was answered, the rice that Desi's mother brought earlier was apparently for waste.

“Let's mother inter”

Desi's mother opened the sewer room, and I could see the bodies of the old men with sagging skin after gasping for breath lying on the cotton mattress. Desi and Desi's mother signaled me to sit on the edge of the bed next to the bed.

“Assallammualaikum, mbah niki kulo Candramaya mbah rencangipun Desi”(Assallammualaikum, this mbah I Candramaya mbah his friend Desi)

“Waallaikumsallam, tekamu wes not enteni nduk cah ayu. Sewah durung iso lungo soko ndunyo iki sakdurunge babakan iki rampung”(Waallaikumsallam, your arrival I've been waiting for a beautiful child. The waste cannot leave this world before the matter is resolved)

“Muintae pripun ngggeh mbak, kulo mboten mean”(Meaning how yam bah, I have not understood)

“Wong wadon sing ngatutno your crew iku jenenge Gendhis, ing time sakmono mbah iki abdi daleme nyai Anggoro family. Mbah iki salah sijine abdi dalem kaperindungkan rama lan biyunge nyai Anggoro”(Women who follow you is called Gendhis, the past of this altar is the servant of the Anggoro nyai family. Mbah is one of the servants of the father's trust and his mother Anggoro nyai)

“Sepurane Gendis niku sinten ngggeh mbah?”(Who is Gendhis sorry?)

“Gendhis iku putrine sewah, son wadon sewah siji-sijine”(Gendis is his son mbah, daughter mbah the only)

“Ibune Gendhis sedo wektu nglahirke Gendhis, amargo kakang-kakange Gendhis iseh podo cilik sumpah forced gowo Gendhis hail gawe”(Gendhis's mother died giving birth to Gendhis, Gendhis, because his brothers were young Gendhis was forced to bring Gendhis to work)

“Nanging jebul rawuhe gendhis welcome slick dening kulawarga nyai anggoro, utamane nyai anggoro dhewe . kang ngrasa ana kanca dolanan rikala iku. mula simbah ngajak gendhis saben dina nyai nyai anggoro press cedhake dheweke kabeh wis kaya sedulur. amarga saka cilik together rai dhewe kabeh can dietung meh ora ana bedane. deleng cedhake gendhis lan nyai anggoro dadi dadi anggoro sanggoro kaping rong wong tuwa nyai anggoro intends to lift gendhis dadi anak adopted” (but it turns out that the presence of Gendhis is welcomed by Anggoro nyai family, especially the Anggoro nyai itself . I felt like there was a playmate at the time. Hence the daily waste of Gendhis to the Anggoro nyai house until their closeness is like a brother. Because from a small together their faces can be said to be similar almost no difference. Seeing the closeness of Gendhis and Anggoro nyai finally both Anggoro nyai parents intend to raise Gendhis as his adopted son)

“nanging wayah iku mbah nolak, amarga mbah ngrasa ora pantes lan gendhis yaitu anak wadon mbah siji-sijine. amarga iku mung nyuwun ben gendhis didadekake kawula dalem wae. karo kabeh kawicaksanane nyai anggoro ngerteni lan understands the feeling of mbah wayah iku. lan dheweke uga ngindhani panjalukan mbah” (But that time he refused, because Mbah felt unworthy and Gendhis was the only daughter of Mbah. Therefore Mbah only asked that Gendhis be made a courtier only. With all his wisdom nyai Anggoro's father understood and understood the feeling of that time. And he heeded the request of Mbah)

“tekan ing endi gendhis nglakoni kaluputan karo njalin sesepikan karo bojo nyai anggoro. dhuwuring kaluputane iku gendhis ngandhut fetus kasil sesabungane karo bojo nyai anggoro, yai Wijaya” (Until where Gendhis made a mistake by establishing a relationship with her husband Anggoro. For his mistake, Gendhis conceived the fetus as a result of his relationship with Anggoro's nyai husband, yai Wijaya)

“Nanging ing wektu iku yai wijaya ora pep dhuwur fetal responsibility kang dikandhut dening gendhis. amarga yai wijaya nresnani bang bojone nyai anggoro. lan piyambake ora peg honor lan jeneng apike tarnished amarga memamil siji kawula dalem” (But at that time yai Wijaya did not want to be responsible for the fetus conceived by Gendhis. Because yai Wijaya really loves his wife nyai Anggoro. And he does not want his honor and good name tarnished for impregnating a courtier).

“spah ora can act anything wektu weruh princess petah dipateni kanthi keji dening lanang kang wis menhamiline. mung Mbah nanging mbah ninggudge mung can resigned marang the pancipta lan nyuwun mercy dhuwur what kang gendhis actake. mbah ora pep fostering revenge dhuwur pati gendhis mung mbuk mbuka sakabehe in front of nyai anggoro and nyuwun welasih kanggo ngapura gendhis lan nyuwun jisim gendhis ben mbah can be buried next to the tomb of gendhis” (Sumpah could not do anything when he saw his beloved daughter was brutally murdered by the man who had impregnated her. Mbah was angry with revenge but could only surrender to the creator and beg for forgiveness for what Gendhis did. Mbah did not want to cultivate a grudge for the death of Gendhis, only to open everything before Anggoro's nyai and ask for his compassion to forgive Gendhis and ask for the body of Gendhis so that the mbah can be buried next to the tomb of Gendhis)

“liwat kowe mbah minto tulung setaake problem iki marang nyai anggoro ya ngger cah ayu” (Lewat you Mbah minto please convey this problem to nyai Anggoro ya beautiful child). Long Mbah told me without me knowing the clear water flowing from the eyes of waste as well as me, Desi and Desi's mother who could not resist crying. I clasped my hands tightly, I strengthened my heart to receive the trust from the waste.

Apparently all this time the waste of saving all the suffering itself without any one family even his other children know. As bad as parents can still cover the ugliness of their children, but a child may not be able to do it all. Love your parents while they are, your grace your blessing is from them. Without it we will not be able to feel the pleasure of seblak mrecon and meatballs.