Chapter 14 Small order

"It's taking so long? You know, Bertrand has been crying since earlier. Never mind, it's better now, just take care of him. Thereafter, give him some breast milk, let him be quiet. Since earlier, I couldn't rest because he wouldn't shut up. Plus, Alvin started to poop in any place. Meanwhile, last night, I stayed up late because of so much work." David grumbled to himself as soon as Fen got home.

Fen held Bertrand, and immediately breastfed him until his crying had stopped. Meanwhile, the grocery bag was just left lying on the floor. David peeked a little at a black plastic bag. "Sister, what's that? Snack, huh? Why don't you open it? You're going to eat it alone? So stingy!" David continued, frowning, annoyed.

Silence, no answer. David repeated his words again while checking all the contents of each bag that his wife brought when she came home from the market. "My guess is right, surely you will buy my order. Thank you very much!" David, who had been grumbling before, turned into a smile when he found a pack of cigarettes in his shopping bag.

Still, the wife didn't answer, she was quite annoyed because the price of a pack of cigarettes exceeded the price of necessities. This really pissed him off. She was even willing to owe a little at the shop where she had bought cake ingredients earlier, rather than having to accept her husband's scolding.

David opened the pack of cigarettes, then smoked them after being burned. After that, he moved from there to the terrace of the house.

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"Mas, can you help me for a while? My eyes can't take it anymore, you take care of Bertrand, well, just half an hour is enough for me. Today, I'm exhausted, bro. I want to rest for a while! I'm so sleepy already." asked Fen with a pitiful face.

Yes, that night the baby woke up, right when the wind was blowing hard and the air pierced to the bone. Sir. That's why he can no longer hold back tired, every now, and then he almost fell from his seat.

"You'd better put him to sleep first. If you tell me to look after him, he'll only get more cranky. I'm too lazy to deal with that whiny attitude. In fact, I'll get even more dizzy later." David protested without feeling the least bit wrong.

Even though her goal was only to ask her husband for help so that someone would accompany Bertrand who was still awake. His eyes, already very heavy, sleepiness was unbearable until he fell asleep.

David, who had been asleep before, was awakened again by the sound of the baby's crying. "Sister, I can't sleep well! Is he sick ?" snapped David harshly.

The voice woke him up, his husband was so heartless. Even though Fnei had fallen asleep earlier, and he couldn't hold it since earlier. Moreover, he will be awake again to make selling materials in the canteen.

David was busy placing his palm on Bertrand's forehead. "His body is not hot, which means he is not sick. Maybe he is hungry, you feed him again until he is full, don't just think about sleeping comfortably." he snapped.

It was easy for her to speak, every day it was Femi who knew better what condition her child wanted, as a mother, she had to understand Bertrand's situation better. But David, he knew absolutely nothing about babies, and even children.

It has been half an hour since Fen has been petting Bertrand while standing. It was already two o'clock in the morning. Mas David even came out of the room, with a cell phone in his hand.

"Man, where are you going?" Fen asked her husband as soon as she stepped foot in front of the bedroom door.

David turned his head expressionlessly, his eyes looked unhappy when Fen stopped him. "I want to watch a soccer program on the internet. It's too noisy in here, I can't hear clearly what's going on." then he left from there after saying so.

All parts of Fen's body and her hands were very sore, it felt like she wanted to lie down on the bed again. But unfortunately, all that he had to undo. If only she could be like her husband is doing now, maybe it would not be like that. It's like being forced to work.

Fen looked at her tiny baby in her arms, her face was so cute, she was still innocent. But really, if it wasn't her child, Fen would not be willing to be like that, she loves all her children very much even though she has not been able to provide the best for them.

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"Mom, it's Saturday right now? What if we go to the beach this afternoon, at the same time dad is also invited to come with us." Waking up early in the morning, Nana Sidha chattered loudly to her mother, of course, her words made Fen smile.

Feni thought about her husband again, however, as a mother, she couldn't bear to ignore her son's request if that was natural.

It had been a long time since they had been taken out for a walk, naturally they asked him to play by the beach.

"Okay then, but now you have breakfast first. Subsequently, go to school, you'll be late if you keep stalling for time."

That smile, Fen very rarely smiles like that. To be honest, he was also tired of cooping himself in the house every day.

It's true, I still have a little money for shopping for the kids, maybe it can be used to buy food on the road later. Besides, the beach is not too far from his house. It takes half an hour to arrive at the beach, if only on foot.

"But Ma'am, what about provisions? We also have to have provisions when we go there. You see, later we want to play with sea waves."

It turned out that the eldest thought was the same, he thought of something before everything happened. "Don't worry, mother has been thinking about that since earlier, and what is certain is that the provisions are there, at least we can buy chicken noodles." said Fen while developing a smile.

"Fun!" They cheered with joy.

After breakfast, they hurriedly put on their shoes and set off on foot as usual.

After the children left, Femi wasn't concerned with David, who was still asleep in the guest chair. For her, providing for her husband's needs alone was enough without having to force him out of bed. Waiting for him to wake up alone is better than accepting his babbling.

"Mbak Fen... I was helping you find customers, you know! That's all I did so that your sales would be more in demand, and you could get orders from the office. You want that, right?" Fen's view was diverted when she was about to head to the kitchen to get cooking oil to fry the Balkan dough.

"Eh, it turns out you are Tina, what do you mean? What order?" Fen was a little surprised by what Tina, the next-door neighbor, had said.

The woman laughed heartily, "Anyway, are you ready? Today you will also get a few orders. By four o'clock you should be able to make 50 servings of packaged rice accompanied by the drinks too. If I need help, I can help you now. How? Did you accept this order? It's a rare opportunity, you know, it's rare to come across something like this." explained Fen while grabbing a piece of cake in the jar where Fen sells it.

"Wow, there are so many voices here. What's going on?" Suddenly, without realizing it, David was already behind them. His face was wet, like he had just washed his face when he woke up.

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