Social Visits

David walked towards the kitchen because he felt his stomach hungry. Just a few steps, his nose seemed to smell something. While holding his fifth son, he immediately ran to the source of the smell.

"Eh, it turns out you're here huh? I thought you were busy washing clothes. That's why I rushed here to check on the cooking. How's the rice burnt?" asked David curiously.

The woman whose status was his wife only smiled expressionlessly. Because he had done a lot of work since earlier. And she was also annoyed because behind her husband also followed a shameless sister-in-law who came while pretending to be nice in front of her older brother.

"Ouch, what's wrong with your wife, bro? The cooking isn't good, how can the rice burn like that? What have you been doing all this time? You're too relaxed in life, you know you've already spent a lot of my brother's money. You should be able to be a good wife because you don't If you have income, you've been accommodated, how come you're just lazy to cook?" asked Fera without the slightest bit of hesitation to her brother-in-law.

David just looked down, even though he was ashamed of his wife's attitude, but he still defended his wife. This made Feni feel happy for her husband's attitude. At the same time, there was the sound of a small baby crying in David's arms. Suddenly all eyes turned to the baby. Fera returned to criticize when Feni was still washing her hands. "Hurry and feed him. He'll be hungry! And my niece can be emaciated later," Fera said, sounding a little mocking.

What? He dares to give orders to me? Who is he anyway? Why is he speaking so rudely to me anyway? I am entitled to the living that David gave me. So far, I haven't even asked David for anything. Take a look out there, there are many wives who demand that their husbands be given jewelery or other luxury branded items. But not with me, I'm still thinking about the needs of children that must be prioritized.

But unfortunately Feni can only say that in his heart. Everything can not be expressed in words because of the emotion. Because it's useless, they will take it for granted. Moreover, her two parents-in-law always thought that Feni could be used as a tool to be ordered around. And that's what makes it uncomfortable to be in the in-laws' place. The same thing always happens every day.

After taking over the baby from her husband, Feni sat down to breastfeed the newborn. She is already a strong woman. Even though most people who have just given birth cannot even work and just sit without doing any activity except breastfeeding their babies.

David went straight to the dining table, and Fera's husband also joined. Meanwhile, Feni was still breastfeeding her baby until her waist ached. Suddenly Feni remembered something. "Mas, where are the children? Why didn't you bring them here? Since this morning they haven't eaten anything. They must be very hungry." explained Feni deliberately raised the volume of her voice to be heard by Fera.

David furrowed his brows, "Why haven't they eaten yet? Did you purposely do something like that because you don't want to take care of my children anymore? Is that so?" he replied.

David's words made Feni furious. Luckily, she still has a conscience and has tolerance, considering that her husband has just been seriously ill. Try it otherwise, he will curse at her without pause. But unfortunately Feni would never dare to do that. He prefers to always keep it in his heart.

"Hufft.. you won't understand, bro. I had absolutely no intention of that. Don't you remember that this morning I had set aside a bowl of rice and side dishes for them. But when they were about to eat everything disappeared without a trace and was clean as if it had been washed?" I don't know where everything went," he explained at length.

Hahahaha, Fera laughed as if her brother-in-law's words were a joke. "Are you kidding, Feni? Is it possible that you yourself put the wrong food so that the food was eaten by a stray cat that happened to enter the house. Or maybe, you did that because your portion of food was lacking." original guess.

David himself also nodded. He seemed to have the same thoughts as his younger brother. God, even Mas David also feels like me? how could I do that to my own children. If only I could really guess the culprit without making a mistake, I would embarrass them, he thought to himself.

"It's up to you if you don't believe me, bro," he finally said without you arguing at length. Then he left there, calling his four children in the front room.

***

The dining room is filled with the sound of Feni's children fighting over food. "Can't you be quiet? If eating is your mouth, don't talk too. Later you can be available, you know!" Fera snapped a little harshly.

Everyone was silent, Chika, Feni's eldest child, glanced at their mother Feni. Apparently their mother had been displeased with her sister-in-law's words, which turned out to be advising her niece out of hatred. Whereas before that, Feni thought that Fera cared about her children.

"Chika, invite your sister to eat well. Don't make a fuss like that. I know you are hungry, so take turns taking each other's portions. After all, I also cooked it for you, too?" he explained while looking sharply in the opposite direction. Yes, it's obvious that Feni doesn't like her sister-in-law's style of eating voraciously, while her own children are reprimanded when they only make a small mistake.

It seemed that the new husband and wife were starving. Her husband made a large glass of hot drink that could hold almost 200 ml of water in volume. How much sugar do they spend if they make a large glass per person. Even one kilo, even if it's just the two of us, won't be enough.

Actually, Feni's four children eat in an orderly manner. Even before starting, they have been accustomed to praying first. They only fuss when one of them doesn't want to lose. There were none for the rest, but alas, their aunt did not like the presence of her sister's children.

"Mom, I'm done. But don't be angry, mom, because I can't finish my rice." The third princess said innocently with a worried face.

The little baby that was carried by Feni finally fell asleep, he saw that the husband was still eating food with Fera and her husband. While all he wanted his son had finished and cleaned up his cutlery.

"I'll let mom finish it later. Later, please help mom take care of my sister, okay, she just fell asleep." asked Feni while taking the used plate from the hands of her third daughter.

Feni knows that her husband is still not fully recovered. He also can not do anything if the disease relapses. Her parents-in-law and all of David's relatives blamed Feni and they thought she was the one who caused her husband's illness.

But do they know that Feni also sacrifices her energy and time to take care of and care for David's offspring. When she was pregnant, she was willing to work to do anything alone. Even now, the work gets even harder when they are at David's parents' house.

As for David's parents? They are very stingy. When David and his family arrived, everything related to food looked empty as if there was no one in the house. Luckily, Feni has little money and buys their basic needs after other kitchen needs.

15.00. Feni just finished eating and immediately cleaned up the house so everything looks clean. It so happened that the baby was still fast asleep so it was an opportunity for him to work. In some time, now all the work has been completed.

Without knowing the news, neighbors and local RT residents started arriving. Feni was surprised, she immediately changed her clothes and sat in the front room to greet.

One influential person, the chairman of the majlis ta'lim there, opened his voice on behalf of everyone present there. "Sorry, Ms. Feni, we have disturbed your time for a while. You see, we coming here might be inconvenient for the mother, our purpose in coming here is not only to stay in touch, but specifically to see that the mother and baby are safe, then David is also our younger brother, who has changed even though it's a little , so we give thanks for that. And we also agreed to bring a few gifts. Hopefully this gift of ours can lighten a bit of the burden for you." the chairman of the majlis ta'lim took out several large plastic packages and gave them to Feni's hand.