The Sand Palace II
Every day the heart in the knife wing
The view is getting blurry, blurry not focused on seeing long distances. At a young age who is in the throes of bitterness. The woman has not been able to describe what happened to her. Every day is just quarrels, anger, crying and wanting to part ways. In her third pregnancy, she was more sensitive to the cruel world of heart-wrenching.
Listening to the useless snoring of the man. He didn't even think about tomorrow what his son and wife should start the day like. Looks like he'll let his son and wife starve to death. Bilqis shakes the body awakening Darma. Blazing red eyes pulled the moving blanket back.
“Mas, rice exhausted. Empty food, your son's milk is also gone. I also have to peksi tomorrow mas.”
“Whispering! It was in the wallet there were two hundred thousand. You owe it at the store, peksi problem you are independent. Tomorrow I have overtime, anyways old age has not paid already asked for money!”
After nagging, he was as quick as lightning snoring loudly. Bilqis ran into the kitchen, she took a knife holding back her anger which was intent on killing the man before her. Is this what you call a father and a husband? He was truly testing regardless of their fate.
Bu Upik's breath kempis saw Bilqis take his merchandise. Just deserted, many customers pay cash. Some of the others paid half, in the note of the bon Bilqis delinquent for three months.
“Let go of your groceries Bilqis, wait for you to pay your debt then you can shop again.” said Upik rough strong-pitched at the hearing of the buyers.
Bilqis face was like slapped, she was very embarrassed inside holding back her tears that began to shed tears. “Sorry, brother, next month if my husband paycheck I will pay.”
He rubbed his stomach, speeding up the steps to get home. Today it is not so peksi, the money given by Darma is just enough to buy formula, rice and replace the empty gas canisters.
Today the side dish uses onion in warm water flush as a stomach booster. He had told Dila's mother not to be diligent in sending food. She wants to learn to take care of her home.
“Mom will not benefit if you send me food every day. May Miss Dila deliver my message earlier” muttered Bilqis.
Today, a big family event in the title at his mother's house. Darma as usual put on the face of two pretending to be good in front of Bilqis. He gave attention, as if very attentive to all the needs of his son and wife.
“Have you arrived brother? Come in, special room for sister at home mom no one ever occupied it” said Risa smiling while holding her baby.
“Wah-wah Wawan has grown up yes, here mother huk” Bilqis rubbed her hair.
Not feeling the day quickly changed, Tomi's closeness with Nani headed to a more serious level. The number three child who was difficult to smile and was afraid to approach the woman suddenly wanted to propose to the village chief's son.
“So right you want to marry Nani? Didn't we know that Nani was Widya's best friend? Very kind and polite woman.”
“True Bilqis, but the choice of heart brother round to Nani. Do’ show brother later smoothly yes.”
Bilqis and Risa could only stare at each other without daring to open their voices. The house crowd added to the presence of Dodon and Naya, broken bottles of their children in the sleigh entered with the cries of Minten and Naya who had difficulty organizing their children. Dodon gave a package to Bilqis, he knew his brother's favorite if the cravings are sour mangoes.
“Thanks bang.”
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The families who began to know the man's stripes gave a spicy satire and sharp glances. He held his hand hitting his sister-in-law's face. The siblings Bilqis did not want to change the atmosphere of the house to heat due to the man's actions.
“This is the default child bang, Bilqis so males. Want to eat also nausea.”
No wonder that seeing Marina must always bring the equipment and mystical objects. On a small mat, she led her grandchildren to wait in line for her to give blood-filled bowls.
Lysa crawled up to pick up an object the size of a peppercorn. He swallows round, as it gets stuck in the esophagus. The baby was crying and holding his neck. Bilqis patted her back, she continuously beat and massaged until her son managed to spit out the seeds that were almost swallowed. It was surprising to see Marina smiling face giving a thumbs up.
“Bu, your grandson wants to faint even in a smile?”
“That's my top besan party grandson! He can swallow the ingredients of the immune science potion! It's okay if you had time to go through his throat. Your son has a body-care science!”
“Do not ma'am, Bilqis take Lysa to room yes.”
The little ones left in front of him were busy watching the way he sowed into the foreign-scented smoke in the nose. There are Rusli, Soni, Diki, Sincan, Tami, Erli, Raka and Riki. Naya pretended not to feed her children. She refuses her son to follow Marina's ritual with her readable demeanor. Just like Minten called his son from the kitchen. Now in front of him the future granddaughter of his son Adit, he began to give each of the cups containing blood.
“Opung want to see who first can spend it” he said with a smile.
Two little children who did not know that it was black chicken blood, gulped occasionally back at Marina's smile. Hold next to eat chicken shrimps, on not the meat should be pinched alone with the fingers.
“Risa, sister worried same two nephews sister.”
“kakakak calm down, precisely the mind of brother more calm. Bu Marina is a great shaman in her village, I know she intends to protect her granddaughter.”
Two submissive creatures follow Marina's orders. For a lifetime until he died, the creatures made his two grandchildren masters to be guarded. Raka and Riki began to get used to consuming blood, half-raw chicken that still bleed and boiled frozen blood.
Raka more often sweat like a new person plowing the fields. Every night Risa's two children are playing with her imaginary friend.
“Raka, Riki fast sleep. Have you seen Grandma Hani yet? From earlier grandma called you.”
The two ran in search of Hani, a handmade warm shirt that had just finished was very fitting to wear. Hani smiled looking at the two grandchildren. As he was about to lift Riki, the weight of the little boy was like the weight of an adult.
“Why this! I couldn't lift it. What is Marina doing? I sensed that there were other creatures hiding inside Raka and Riki's bodies. Their distinctive aroma like parents” murmured Hani lowered Riky and Raka.