Dusk At the End Please

Dusk At the End Please
Warung Ibu By SNA


Garut with all his charm always gives positive energy to Shanum.


Since his existence in Garut his cheerfulness began to return. Communication with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law is still routine she does every night. They look increasingly familiar, Hasna even planned to apply for leave to visit Shanum in Garut.


"Alhamdulillah Teh, I'm happy if you still have relations with them. They are good people Tea, very fond of you too. Pondok jodo panaya jadina teh (short soul mate, long kinship)" said Bu Hana when found Shanum had ended the video call with his sister-in-law and mother-in-law.


"Yes Mom. Thank God" Shanum replied.


"Today I want to go to the market, do you want to nganter? Do you dare to bring your own car?"


It has been two weeks Shanum was in Garut, during that Fauzan the younger brother he was resistant to not first go home because he had to teach Shanum to learn the car. A white mobilio given by her late husband is now parked in her yard.


"God willing, Ma'am" Shanum nodded his head in response to the mother's question.


In addition to studying cars Shanum and Fauzi also visited all relatives in Garut for two weeks. Since moving to Bogor communication between families from the Father who is the original Garut becomes less intertwined. They can only meet during Lebaran or certain moments such as family celebration.


Mr. Imran is the eldest of five children. Born and raised in Garut. He was the only boy in the family. After finishing his school at the High School level try his luck by going to the city. With a strong determination Mr. Imran works in the city to help his younger sisters' school fees. Almost ten years working in Bogor as an employee at one of the companies, until finally met Hana's mother who is also a fellow employee there.


Decided to get married after two years together as a couple, after all his sisters finished school until they could graduate high school except his youngest brother who was still Junior High at that time. Mr. Imran is very affectionate and protective of his four younger sisters, so it is natural that his four younger siblings are very respectful and affectionate with their only brother. Mr. Imran chose to return and settle in Garut after Bu Hana became pregnant with Shanum. They have resigned from the company they work for.


With severance capital and savings, Mr. Imran built a house on land given by his parents. The rest of the money is used to build a laying chicken farm. With the help of his younger brothers Mr. Imran runs a laying chicken business.


His efforts were smooth for many years, but because of something their chickens suddenly died overnight. This made Mr. Imran suffered losses that were not small so that eventually the laying chicken farm business went bankrupt. Due to various limitations he did not continue to find out what caused his chickens to die overnight.


His bankruptcy coincided with when Shanum had to continue school to the SLTP level, because of the declining economic situation Shanum decided to stay in the school dormitory because it had to save costs, because it was a big problem, especially the daily cost of fees and pocket money.


Imran turned to farmer. Utilizing gardens and rice fields that are also given by their parents who have not been used as a source of livelihood in order to still be able to meet the needs of the family's livelihood.


Mr. Imran's younger siblings are very happy when they find out now that his brother will return to live in Garut. Shanum is very happy to be in the middle of a big family from his father's side. Cousins who live in Garut really become friends for him, so there becomes more at home.


Shanum's activity while in Garut is helping his mother who opened a rice stall business. Mr. Imran who decided to farm for several months was seen busy with the affairs of his rice fields that began to harvest so the presence of Shanum was very helpful.


Rice milling business that is the legacy of the parents of Mr. Imran is now taken care of by the second and third brother of Mr. Imran was growing after Mr. Imran returned to Garut and helped. While the third and fourth brother of Mr. Imran they live in another village because they are with their husbands. The rice fields are deliberately not sold, Mr. Imran grinds all the rice crops and is sold in the form of rice.


Shanum's busyness slowly made him able to forget all his sadness. In Garut Shanum's cheer is really back.


Three months have passed....


Shanum is getting busy with his current activities. The mother's rice stall is advancing, Shanum is promoting the rice stalls online. Special accounts of some of Shanum's social media created to promote his mother's cooking, from the process of selecting fresh ingredients, are still fresh, the process of cooking until ready to be served and enjoyed shanum make in the form of video and uploaded every day on all social media with the name of the account Warung Ibu so that buyers are not only the ones who come and eat directly at there but also a growing number of online shoppers.


In the morning he drove his mother to the market if his father was unfortunate, followed by helping him cook and serve buyers who come directly to their stalls or deliver orders that order through online. The white mobilio of the late Haqi became loyal friends wherever he went. Now Shanum is very good at driving a car.


Shanum enjoys his daily activities at the moment. Although he still got alimony from the family of the late Haqi every month but he never used it. Many times Shanum refused the gift because it felt bad, but his mother-in-law and sister-in-law did not discuss Shanum's refusal they routinely sent money to Shanum's account because it was his right.


The turnover of Bu Hana rice stalls is increasing, not only rice and side dishes are marketed. On social media with the account name Warung Ibu, Shanum also promoted rice which is the original production of rice fields directly worked by Mr. Imran. The busyness is increasingly felt in the natural Shanum and his parents. Shanum took the initiative to add workers at his mother's rice shop.


"Teh, if you need additional workers there is Ceu Imas who is ready to help, he is very good and honest people Insya Alloh can be relied upon" said Indri Shanum's cousin, the son of Mr. Imran's second brother who had been helping at the mother's shop since the beginning.


"Which person, In?" shanum asked, he planned to add one or two workers because Ramadan is coming soon. Shanum predicts if online orders will grow. Especially in the month of Ramadan often held joint open events, Shanum is optimistic that the turnover will increase.


"The village next to the tea, but deket kok from here. The walk is also at least twenty minutes. Kasian teh she is the widow of two children, her husband just died a month ago" Indri explained.


"If he's interested, you try to tell him to come here yes" Shanum replied without taking his eyes off the notebook. He is currently recording an online order that must be sent tomorrow.


"Yes Teh, I will go home and ask mamah to call ceu imas" Indri replied, they continued their work.


Ramadhan arrived, during the first week Shanum and his mother agreed to close first, they concentrated on carrying out worship in the month of Ramadan. Shanum devised a strategy so that stall activities can be carried out without disrupting worship activities in Ramadan.


With the time-sharing and order restrictions Shanum began to devise his sales strategy during Ramadan. Ibu Hana is also asked to arrange a menu that can be ordered in the month of Ramadan, of course, with ingredients that are easily available and the cooking process that is not too time consuming.


Various pepes became the mainstay of the menu at the mother's shop. Starting from pepes of fish, chicken, tofu, tempeh and pepes of salted fish are always the best-selling orders in the mother's shop. Shanum had to find fresh stocks of salted fish to be stored for several days in the refrigerator at his home.


Ibu Hana initially sold using wheels in front of her house which was quite strategic because it was directly faced with the main road that passed by people from several villages in the area, it makes the stall of Hana's mother more famous and many riders who suddenly stop to eat there. Be the terrace of the house is now a lesehan place to eat the visitors.


During the week off sale Shanum took the initiative to renovate his house and build a garage. With the savings he had Shanum renovated the home page to be made a stall. The front is used as a rice stall complete with a dining lesehan which if arranged enough to store two long tables that fit for eight to ten people and two tables that can be used for four people.


Even Shanum sitting pedestals made of foam pads that are not too thick but comfortable when used to sit down. A minimalist and simple design but looks clean and efficient becomes the hallmark of a mother's shop. Walpaper and various wall hangings to complement the comfort of the dining room.


The presence of unique chandeliers and some decorations of old items left by his grandparents in the window makes it look friendly. Moreover, large glass walls make visitors feel at home to enjoy a relaxing time inside.


Dominated by the brown color of furniture and incandescent lights, as well as green plants stored in every corner of the room can balance the atmosphere and give other colors. Wooden ceilings with embossed checkered accents make the look of the mother's shop more beautiful, look different and elegant.


Not only adults who are interested in eating there, but also teenagers who are no less enthusiastic because of the atmosphere of the stall that is cozy and also looks good on the camera screen.


The side of the house that still faces the main road is used as a terrace of the house and the main door of family mobility if entering and leaving the house.


The second week of Ramadan the mother's warung is ready to open. With a reservation schedule and a menu of workers plus one person, namely ceu imas, Shanum is ready to open a mother's shop with a new look.


"Bismillah" said Shanum while opening a board that read Warung Ibu By SNA.


Mother's shop is open from four in the afternoon until eight in the evening during this Ramadan. People who want to eat there must make a reservation the day before. Shanum deliberately restricts visitors because he does not want the time of worship in the month of Ramadan to be disturbed.


For those who take a way or delivery order Shanum also serves orders the day before and delivered from one noon to three in the afternoon the next day.


Towards the last week of Ramadan, Shanum was busy with catering orders to open together, he also had to add employees because they were overwhelmed by the number of catering orders. Ibu assisted Ceu Imas and Bi Isah new employees to cook and Shanum with Indri in charge of packing food into a box that has a logo of a hijab cartoon chef with the words Warung Ibu by SNA it is the initials of Shanum Najua Azzahra.


"Teh, there are catering messages but far away, would you like to be accepted? make the day after tomorrow rice as well" asked Indri who served as admin.


"Where is that?" shanum asked curiously, he confirmed the veil first. This morning they are re-examining yesterday's order to be executed today. Mother was in the market between the father and bi isah after the dawn tadarus earlier. Mother deliberately invites bi-isah because her house is closer.


"Pameungpeuk, Tea. About three times from here" replied Indri.


"Wow, jauh juga ya. Pesanannya apa?" tanya Shanum lagi,


"Tie box package one Tea" Indri showed a chat containing orders from the Pameungpeuk people. There are five choices of boxed rice menu packages in this Ramadan with different menus. One package is the most complete package and the most expensive among other packages.


"What's that name?" tanya Shanum who is less clear to see the contents of the chat on the Indri device he squinted his eyes to observe the screen Indri device.


"Order on behalf of........Akhtar Farzan, Teh" replied Indri.


Deg. Hearing the name made him nervous and wondered if he was the same person he had in mind or just happened to be the same name, Shanum thought.