Chapter 5

"Mas, I don't feel at home here. For example, if you've gotten a little better, you just come back with us and go home, you can't see, children are often neglected because of that. Whether they eat or not, it's safer if we're at home," a the words just came out of Feni's mouth.

David, who had just arrived from the restroom, turned his head. The cellphone that had been in his hand had been forced to turn off. Staring at Feni with a sharp gaze while clenching his fists. "What did you say? Go home? I still haven't fully recovered Feni. Don't you know that," he said in a curt tone

Feni swallowed her saliva, she already knew that her husband would say that. "Let me go back with the children, you wait here until your treatment is finished. So tomorrow please tell your brother to take us across the river with the help of their boat." Feni said as if he couldn't be denied anymore.

David snorted, "what can you do without me there, huh? You don't even have money for the fare back and forth. So don't be so adamant about going home first. After all, this is my parents' house, so let me be here with my family a little longer." .

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"That's right, it's not my family. I'm just another person here. Why am I hanging around here like a fool. I still have to earn money tonight so I can come back tomorrow.!" Feni's determination while grabbing her cellphone, then pressing several times until finally a short message was typed and finally it was sen

Ooekk... ooekk... Her youngest son woke up, Feni immediately breastfed the baby so it would stop crying. She saw that her husband had fallen asleep without knowing what Feni was doing in the middle of that cold night.

His tummy started growling as the baby suckled so much. But it's still not finished, however Feni must be patient in facing such a situation.

Not long after the baby fell asleep, his fourth son woke up and started crying. "Gosh! You wet your pants, didn't you? In a moment, Mom will get a change of pants for you."

The woman walked to the clothesline, she chose a few pieces of dry pants to put on her son immediately.

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The sound of an incoming message notification on the cellphone, Feni woke up and checked the sender of the message. "Thank God! My brother sent it too," he exclaimed without realizing it surprised David.

"What's going on at this noisy night?" he asked guessing the origin. He wrinkled his forehead, looking at his wife's innocent face, "Are you still playing on your cell phone at this time of night? Who are you talking to?" asked David suspiciously.

Annoyed, it felt as if blood was flowing so profusely throughout the body after hearing her husband's words.

"I just woke up when this message notification came in bro, you know? This is a message from my brother who sent money for transportation costs home tomorrow. You don't worry, once I get there I'll be fine and look after the kids alone. After all, Chika can also be ordered around if I need to." he explained.

At first David had no intention of going back to sleep, but hearing his wife's words made him cancel his intention and immediately get up from his sleep.

"You seriously want to go home without me? You must be lazy to take care of me if I'm sick right?" said David shuddering looking at Feni with one eye.

"Yes, I want to come back soon. This is your family, not mine. My family are only the children I gave birth to, and my brothers who are out of town. So please ask your brother for help to take us across the big river in his boat."

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"You can't, I'm the one who manages everything here. You are still children who don't know what your parents think. I still don't agree if my daughter-in-law and grandchildren go back there. Anyway, you have to stay here until David recovers." ." Feni's father-in-law's decision blessed him loudly when David revealed what had happened to them last night.

David glanced at his wife, smiling happily because he felt he had won.

But here we are starving, what will we eat until David recovers?, he whispered softly but his in-laws didn't hear him.

"Feni, come here for a moment. Come on, sit down first, daddy will talk." Feni was shocked when her name was called. Reluctance approached him to face stubborn in-laws according to him.

what should he do? All that can not be denied. Whatever she said was completely out of sync with the thoughts of all of David's relatives, her husband.

While holding her baby, she shifted her sitting position to be closer to her husband and in-laws. "Feni, we plan to take David for treatment to the next village. There is a healer there who might be able to cure his illness now. Even though he looks fine from the outside, he is still fully recovered. So, I suggest you stay here. as long as we go to the next village. That's our decision together with whatever your in-laws want. They will also help see how you are here."

gosh!

"What? Why don't I know about this? Previously, David didn't discuss his treatment in the next village? This is really not normal." he replied to his father-in-law's long words.t.n-law's long words.

"You're only a woman, so we don't think there will be a way out of you. That's why we decide it ourselves. You don't worry, Feni, we won't be there. At the very least, it will take about three weeks for the process to be complete." clearly one of his in-laws explained it to Feni.

Hah? Women will not open your way of thinking? Then where did you come from if not from a woman's womb. This is ridiculous!

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"Dek, the baby is pooping, please clean it up for a while, ok, the smell is very strong," David joked while covering his nose.

Feni turned his head when he had just finished washing clothes, and now he was drying clothes in the backyard instead. He took a deep breath and then rushed to where his son and husband were sleeping on the veranda terrace room.

Arriving there, Feni was even more annoyed to find that the baby's diaper was difficult to remove by itself, the dirt was scattered and hit the blanket and bed.

David even looks relaxed with all that while playing games on his cell phone. "Mas, why don't you take a look at our son for a moment, even though I'm also working at the back. If you really don't want to wash your clothes, I'll do it as soon as you get here." said Feni trying to hold back so as not to become emotional.

"You already know that I'm still sick. Are you telling me to work in my condition like this?" said David, raising his voice.

"But I didn't make you work, I just said if you saw it so nothing like this would happen." Feni showed what he meant earlier.

"Is that hard for you? Even though it's only a small problem, why are you always making a fuss? Why don't you just send the children away, you let them play outside the house all day without knowing where they are."

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