A LEARNING

"Forgive me." Allam said in his deep voice.

"I forgive you." Fazrani replied without replying to Allam's helping hand.

"You are indeed the basis of a child who does not know religion, it is forbidden to touch if it is not the mahram you know!" said Laila, hitting the back of Allam's hand.

Allam blushed at Laila's words, then walked unsteadily into the house.

"Please forgive my son Fazrani, I don't know how to make Allam a good man anymore. Even though his father was very strict in educating him. Especially if you are angry, you have already given whatever punishment you have been given an electric shock, it still doesn't change your attitude." said Laila with teary eyes.

Fazrani was silent to hear the story of Laila who was none other than Allam's mother, a man who was not good in her eyes.

"Be patient Madame, may Allam soon find the right path and become the proud child of Madam." said Fazrani trying to calm Laila's heart.

"I hope so, Fazrani just call me, not madam anymore. And thank you for forgiving my son Allam." said Laila, for some reason she really liked Fazrani's graceful and kind figure.

"You're welcome ma'am, excuse me first." said Fazrani who had to hurry home to tell Nur about Amalia.

"Be careful Fazrani." Laila replied and then went back into the shop.

Over the window of Allam's room on the second floor, Allam saw Fazrani with a pounding heart.

"Fazrani, is it possible that I can have you? whereas you never looked at me for the least bit, I liked you at my first sight." muttered Allam standing at the window of his room watching Fazrani leave.

***

"Good afternoon Nur." said Fazrani on his phone when she got home and went into her room.

"Good afternoon too Zra, don't you usually call me?" asked Nuraini, who was still busy with her job at Hafiz's house.

"There is something I want to ask you, about a woman named Amalia, do you know Nur?" Fazrani asked Nur, her friend and cousin of Hafiz.

"Amalia, oh ... she's a woman who likes Hafiz, what's wrong with Zra?" asked Nur a little surprised.

"Yes Nur, I heard the story about Amalia a little and I didn't want to half-know the story so as not to cause bad slander in my mind about Hafiz." said Fazrani with a slightly restless heart.

Really her heart was a little wondering why Amalia was so brave to come to Hafiz in his room if Amalia was never close.

"Oh my God I'm sorry ... I thought badly about Hafiz again." muttered Fazrani to herself.

"Tell you what, Zra, instead of you having negative thoughts on Hafiz you should ask the person directly, here is Hafiz who is resting here." said Nuraini which made Fazrani embarrassed.

"Hafiz has come, isn't it Nur? thank goodness when you get to the city safely." said Fazrani who felt bad for Hafiz regarding Amalia.

"This is Zra, Hafiz." said Nur without giving Fazrani a chance to calm her heart.

"Good evening Fazrani." said Hafiz who had just finished taking a shower.

"Good evening too Hafiz, did you just come?" asked Fazrani with her heart pounding again.

"Already a few hours ago. What's wrong Fazrani, said Nur you want to ask about something?" Hafiz asked calmly.

"Em ... there is no Hafiz, it means that you don't want to be because you are afraid to offend you." Fazrani replied, not wanting Hafiz to think anything wrong.

"Why does your heart hesitate to ask? ask if i can answer it i will definitely answer it." said Hafiz trying to stay calm.

"Sorry beforehand Hafiz, I want to ask about Amalia. Who is Amalia?" asked Fazrani to the point.

There was the sound of Hafiz's long sigh.

"Amalia used to work at the Foundation, and since when Amalia likes me without me knowing. And you know what my attitude is towards all the Foundation teachers here. There is no difference with my attitude when I was in Kunjang village." said Hafiz with a deep sigh before continuing his story.

"And one day when I have a meeting until late at night I stay at the Foundation Office. And that's how Amalia entered my room and kissed me while I was asleep. And fortunately there is Ahmad who knows. Amalia was punished by the head of the village twenty lashes and then locked in seven days with the law of shackles to repent. Then Amalia was expelled from the village." Hafiz's story is at length without reducing it in the slightest.

Fazrani's heart shuddered in horror at the punishment of the Head of Kunjang Village.

"Is that punishment always done by Hafiz? what twenty lashes wasn't that much?" asked Fazrani with a heart that was saddened by what happened to Amalia.

"Twenty lashes were carried out on women, Another punishment for men is that they will receive a sentence of fifty lashes and seven days in shackles to repentance. then expelled from the village if the villagers expelled him." explained Hafiz again at length.

"What about the bad guy we ever met who likes to get drunk?" asked Fazrani who suddenly remembered the five bad men.

"Those four people were not residents of Kunjang village, so they could only throw them out if they made a mistake. And for Allam, the villagers had punished him by not allowing a single resident to approach him or talk to him. And if Allam ever made a mistake, he could be punished with whips and shackles too." said Hafiz, yawning a little because he was too tired.

"Very scary punishment from the Village Head here?" said Fazrani who was already holding back sleep too.

"Yes, that's Fazrani because there is still a chairperson who is still alive and still adheres to the customs and laws of Kunjang village." Hafiz replied, who was holding back his sleepiness.

"Alright Hafiz, thank you for all the stories, hopefully the things that have happened will not happen again in Kunjang village." said Fazrani with a calm heart.

"You're welcome, Fazrani ... now you can relax and rest without having any nasty thoughts." said Hafiz with a smile because he knew very well that there was jealousy in Fazrani's heart even though it was not visible.

Fazrani's face was slightly flushed and it couldn't be seen but Hafiz could feel it.

"Yes Hafiz, you are right I can't sleep thinking about it, and now I can calm down and not think anything more." said Fazrani honestly.

"What I told you earlier, you can take it as a lesson, so you also have to be careful in other people's villages." said Hafiz seriously.

"I will remember Hafiz, I will make it a lesson for everything that happens." said Fazrani, increasingly convinced that Hafiz really deserves to be a husband in her life.

"Thank goodness Fazrani, yes Fazrani ... I want to rest, until next Sunday. a good afternoon." said Hafiz with a happy heart.

"good afternoon too." Fazrani replied with a very relieved heart.