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Is it normal for a wife who stays at home all day taking care of her children to be accompanied by doing household chores that are always piling up, to take everything lightly?

Yes, David is a husband who behaves like that. No wonder, Fen grumbled all day when she found her husband always relaxing and sleeping for the same reason. Unfortunately, Fen, who now looks pitiful with her thin body, is only cornered and there is no one to defend her.

It didn't matter if David just wanted to look after the baby, but all day working fetching water and carrying it home made his body weak. All the children had fallen asleep. Only he was still struggling with the cold night. His stomach hurts, his son's felon oil still can't make it less.

Ought "I think I caught a cold." Fen grimaced alone while holding his stomach.

"What's wrong with you, deck? Did you catch a cold? Why don't you just drink warm water? Who knows, it might make the pain go away."

Ahhh…! Fen rubbed his chest.

"You're awake, bro? Why didn't you say earlier, you also spoke suddenly, it really surprised me? I might even have a heart attack later," Fen said curtly.

"Sorry, but tonight I'm also hungry. Why don't we go to the kitchen? I'll accompany you to cook food. You can also warm up there. How about that? Do you agree?" David said, raising his eyebrows, hoping his wife would nod as planned.

Feni looked up, staring at the figure of the man in front of her. His cheekbones were starting to show, making him look even thinner to the point of pity. "In that case, okay." Finally, Fen decided.

As he was about to leave, his gaze returned to the mosquito net on his children's bed. "What about them? Do we just leave them?" doubtful eyes looked at Fen.

"You don't worry, we only cook for a while, after that, we'll come back," said David without expression.

Silence, Fen continued his steps towards the kitchen, which was separated from the house. Understandably, wood stoves every day cause a lot of smoke. If you inhale the smoke, you will feel shortness of breath.

***

Ought. "Finally, my stomach pain is reduced".

It's a relief that now Femi doesn't feel pain in her stomach anymore. The advice that the husband said turned out to be quite effective. A glass of hot tea finally managed to finish, but after eating, David just now went back to sleep holding his cell phone.

Fen grabbed the cellphone, curious about what he had been doing since earlier by playing cellphones all day. "Oh, apparently just playing a game!" It doesn't just end there. As a wife, it's only natural to check her husband's personal belongings, she checks all the social media on it one by one. "Thank goodness! Nothing was amiss."

When he was about to put his phone back, his eyes fell on a post on his husband's homepage.

"Writing competition? Is it really possible to make money? How?" Fen was curious, she pressed a button, so she could read the explanation. Then he took his cellphone to find out through YouTube videos about the truth. It is true. But it takes skill and ability to do it.

"I think I can try." said Fen firmly.

On the website menu, he traces the procedure for writing a story, what are the steps, until he tries to write a paragraph which makes him even more addicted to writing and producing hundreds of words.

Feni smiled. Looks like this will be enough with the requirements to make one chapter of a story," he thought while making a slight revision to the writing he made.

All of that went on for five days straight, and finally, he uploaded the script.

***

"Del, wake up! Didn't you cook this morning? What time did you sleep until you woke up so late? Breakfast isn't here yet! Father will be angry if you do this." David woke his wife.

Feni stared at the time on her cell phone. "Impossible. I'm too late," he said, immediately got up without caring about his baby crying in surprise due to the noise he had caused earlier.

In the kitchen room, noise and clicking of plates could be heard at the door. There was already a mother-in-law who lit the stove fire while frowning without even looking at Fen's face. In the small well, too, it looks like Fern was forced to wash the pile of used cutlery yesterday. His face was also not happy, looking at Fen.

The woman thought, then took two 30-liter buckets and took them to a clean water well. As usual, she drank lots of water so that all her children could bathe, wash it, and even bring it to the kitchen as clean water to use for cooking.

When he returned to the kitchen, the freshly boiled water was immediately made for his husband and in-laws to drink, then delivered to the front porch terrace room.

"Have you made breakfast, honey?" asked David to his wife while sipping the tea that had been lying on the table right in front of him.

Femi shook his head, "I don't know what to do, I happen to still have the money my brother sent yesterday in the blue jacket pocket in the cupboard. Better just tell the children to buy biscuits or bread that can settle your stomach." he said while narrowing his mouth in the direction he intended.

Sure enough, Chica, the eldest, immediately got excited and approached Fen. "I'll just go buy it, mom. Besides, Bertrand is already asleep. It won't take long," he said impatiently.

"What about you? Did you allow the money to be used? Didn't you previously leave it for the vehicle fare when we returned home? What if the fare is not enough?"

Seriously, wasn't he the one who asked me for breakfast? Why are now even pretentious selling expensive? Even though his words were so cold towards me, did he purposely test me like this? He thought, a little annoyed.

Fen forced herself to smile, "Don't worry, I've already provided the fare. If there's a pressing need, we'll have to use it."

David nodded, then walked away, "I'll take a shower first, okay, we'll talk at lunchtime, I have something to talk about as a family."

Her husband's words were only answered with a nod of the head. Lazy to think about that, Fen also left with a pile of cloth in his hand.

***

David immediately sat down at the dining table as soon as the meal was served, as Fen's wife always fetches food for him. Then set aside several plates for all the children in different places. He deliberately did that so that later everyone would feel full without getting leftover food.

"Feni," the call made the person being called turn around. Staring at the face that called her name, it was her husband, David, who made her activities stop.

"What's wrong, sir?" Fen stood frozen beside her husband.

Everyone stared at Fen who seemed curious about what the next sentence would say.

"Hey, Fen. Don't be so tense. This isn't bad news!" said the mother-in-law, cut a little.

"Yes, you better brew a drink for your husband, so that later it will be more comfortable to talk. Isn't that right, father?" continued her mother-in-law.

Ought . Again that old woman made me work continuously. Can't he see that I also want to eat with them?

But Fen had to do it, "I'm so curious, what does Mas David want to say?" he thought, frowning, as he walked away from there.

Fen returned to his original position, with a pot of drink already on the table.

"Mas, what's actually going on? I'm curious! Why haven't you spoken before?" Fen finally said a little forcefully.

David fell silent, as if he had a massive burden on him. Fen turned to look at her mother-in-law and brother-in-law one by one. "Please don't stress me out anymore, Mas. Just tell me, who knows, I can help find a solution."

The husband raised his head, his eyes showed undisguised honesty.

"So you see, we have agreed not to go for treatment to the opposite village. I think my illness is not like before. And tomorrow we can go back home."

"What?" His eyes showed that he was happy. "Are you serious, sir?" he still can't believe it.

David nodded, "But…"

"But what, sir?" Fen frowned and began to worry about her husband's next words. He began to guess where this conversation was headed. What, there are other obstacles?" Ought "Hopefully not. I would rather not guess at random."

David laughed at his wife's expression. "Are you worried you won't be able to go home?" he sneered at his wife.

Fen grinned. "Then what do you mean, sir?"

David was silent, he pulled Femi's hand, so he sat next to him. "No vehicles want to pick us up now. That's why I said tomorrow, hopefully my friends will pick us up tomorrow."

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