Wrong: The Brief In The Right Heart
Plant Chili

Seeing his lackluster son-in-law, Pak Hidup took the initiative to invite his son-in-law to help pursue his new hobby: gardening.

"You want to help Papa?" ask Mr. Life.

"What can I do for you, Pa?"

"Papa has chili seeds that have not been planted. You want to, if Papa does plant some chili?"

Without a long time, Zaya nodded. "You, Pa, want!"

After instructing what to do, Zaya took stock of polybags, chili seeds, and packaged fertilizers in the warehouse.

Meanwhile, Mr. Life hoeed one of the yard areas of his son's house to get soil as a planting medium, before finally starting their gardening activities.

"You're so hot, huh?"

For a moment, Zaya stopped her activities again. "It used to be almost every holiday must follow the father to the field, so often hot. The skin becomes dark gini. Hehehe," he said, then continued his activities.

"This includes the dark?"

Zaya nodded. "Many say that. Only, if not so now. Maybe because it is rarely hot, so the color of my skin becomes a bit smoother. But if I used to be really close," he said. "Eat him to entertain himself, I often say that my skin is not dark. Just exotic," he added while grinning.

Mr. Life immediately nodded while chuckling for a moment. "It's good to have skin that's not too white like this, yeah. More healthy and protected. After all, if at that time your skin was deliberately made white while you often go to the fields, your skin might even burn. It'll be Zaya burn."

The words made Zaya smile. Thin, amused too. "Bapak also often said, if the problem of white or baseball, it is not a serious problem. Because the most important thing is to be healthy first."

"It's true what your father said." Mr. Life also covered the smile. "Your father has not changed much in the past. Because he has always been principled that the simplest and most incriminating prayer is to ask for health. Of course, what reaches us will never miss, and far beyond the expectations that were too simple. Turns out your father was given a complete package. Yes healthy body, healthy soul, healthy mind, healthy heart, and if you are lucky, God willing, healthy economically as well."

"Aamiyi." Again Zaya smiled, although now overwhelmed with astonishment. "Why can you know the character of the father in such detail?" his question was astonished. Moreover, the educational and occupational background of his father and his father-in-law was much different. His father was a real farmer, while Pak Hidup was once an employee of PLN.

"There is something strange, if Papa who used to serve in Karang Kidul Village for many years, to know your father well?"

Zaya shakes.

"If you do not forget, in the hamlet of your eyes there is often a short circuit, especially every time it rains. Well, usually your father who goes to Papa's place, even though it must be midnight. Your father to senewen, because if Papa does not want to repair the electricity lines of the citizens, yes your father can sleep peacefully. Must have been chased until the electricity was on again." Mr. Life laughed, imagining how the old scene appeared.

Through the talk of Pak Hidup afterwards, Zaya became aware of the reason for her father-in-law to meet and then marry Afriz and Nida's mother. In addition, he also understood why Mr. Life knew Mr. Kuswin well. None other than and not caused by the intensity of their meetings that were not small when they were young.

"Sorry, yes," said Mr. Life while holding a polybag that already contains a mixture of soil and fertilizer. After seeing that Zaya was not moody, he felt that this was the right time to unravel the problems of his son and daughter-in-law.

"Sorry for what, Pa?" ask Zaya doesn't understand. He had to stop his activities.

"I'm sorry for Afriz's childish attitude as he was yesterday morning."

Smiling in response to Mr. Life's words, Zaya said, "Yes. After all, I was wrong too."

"If Papa can give advice, you better explain everything to Afriz. Nothing is hidden anymore, let all the problems be clear and not cause this kind of misunderstanding. Anyway ...."

Zaya who was still curious about what problem his father-in-law meant, he patiently waited for Mr. Life to continue saying.

"Sooner or later Afriz will know who Faiz really is. It's not good to keep secrets from your husband."

"You know Afriz is Faiz's father, don't you mean?"

Zaya shook her head, dismissing the accusation again. "That's not what I mean."

"Lho, you're officially Afriz's wife. So, Faiz automatically becomes Afriz's son, right?"

"Yes too, yes" muttered Zaya, who inevitably made Mr. Life chuckle.

The middle-aged man was amazed by the innocence of this daughter-in-law of his. "You think, Papa wants to marry Papa's son to a woman with a son, even though he's never married at all?"

Zaya. The possibility was not thought of, although often passed before. Come to think of it, Mr. Life's blessing before his marriage to Afriz was indeed so awkward. It really doesn't make sense, if he says.

"Her mother Afriz was in office with your mother for a long time. Since they were SD, maybe. Usually, mothers if they have children of different sexes want to match their children when they grow up. Well, it happens that his mother Afriz has been eyeing you to be a son-in-law. Yes, because Afriz is wayward, likes to wander, childhood is not too smart. Yeah at least, you can compensate for that Afriz."

"That's what, Pa?"

Mr. Life shook his head. "No." He kept in mind the fact that his relationship with Afriz had not been very good in recent years. "Did Afriz ever tell you that some of the women he introduced to us must always be our comments?"

Justifying, Zaya nodded. "Yes." Yeah."

"That was the behavior of Afriz's mother before she died. He was too sure that the best soul mate for Afriz was indeed only the son of his best friend in the Hamlet of Your Eyes. Therefore, Papa was involved in commenting on the women that Afriz brought home, even though Papa actually did not want to interfere in the future affairs of Papa's own child." Mr. Life smiled amusedly.

But Zaya's view was still curious.

"Yes, come to think of it, our actions sound ridiculous. Those who were brought home were above average. Yeah must be pretty, well, have a career too. There was no reason to refuse them to become sons-in-law. Although there is one that Papa does not like, but Papa must admit that Afriz is smart when it comes to choosing women."

Somehow the pain hit Zaya when she heard Mr. Life praise Afriz's ability to choose women, which of course one of them is not him. "Mas Afriz was angry with Papa because of that?"

"Yes, maybe. Papa doesn't know how to fill the kid's mind either."

Zaya did not deny the situation created during their stay together. Her husband was never seen chatting with her father. There was no familiarity as Zaya saw when Afriz was close to Pak Kuswin.

There's awkwardness. There's distance. There is a desire for greeting, but it is blocked by invisible walls.

"During marriage, she wasn't rude, was she?"

"No, Pa. Mas Afriz is good. Very good, even. Just like you saw Papa all this time."

"Alhamdulillah. Maybe she really loves you and Faiz."

Zaya also does not understand how Afriz feels and also his own feelings.

"Oh, yes. Papa accidentally read Faiz's birth certificate."

Swallowed hard, but Zaya kept waiting.

Mr. Life smiled, whether to give the hospitality to whom. "Papa was very relieved, because his mother's name Faiz is not your name, but someone else's."

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