My babysitter Maduku
Chapter 3

"What do you want again? You want some more money, right?" asked Bu Nining who seemed to understand what Arini wanted to see her back then. Maybe Dodi has conveyed his wife's small wish to Bu Nining.

Arini nodded her head slowly while looking at the middle-aged woman with a sad face. For some reason after seeing the expression on Bu Nining's face at that time he was sure that his mother-in-law would never be willing to give the money to him.

Looking at the nodding Arini, Bu Nining smiled sinisterly. "What's that money for, huh?" ask Bu Nining again.

"Mom, next week one of my friends is getting married and I want to buy a new shirt to wear to the event. My old shirt has been broken and I can't use it anymore" Arini said.

Ms. Nining rolled her eyeballs. He reached into the pocket of the clothes he was wearing while bending his face. Ms. Nining took out a wallet and then took out a piece of blue paper money.

"Now!" Bu Nining handed the money in front of Arini, still with a bent face. "Replace the zipper to the tailor! No need to buy new clothes. After all, soon Dodi will definitely buy you a new shirt fitting Lebaran later," he continued.

Shakily, Arini welcomed the money from the hands of Bu Nining. Although he knew this would happen, but he could not deny his heart still felt disappointed and sick.

"But, Ma'am ...." Arini stared sadly at the blue-colored paper money. Almost he could not control the clear circles that wanted to seep out of his eye sockets.

"Why, you don't want to? Yes, give it back!" annoyed Bu Nining who wants to reclaim the money from Arini's hands.

"Ah no, Mom. That's not what I mean," Arini said as he retreated a few centis back and tried to keep the money in his hands from returning to the cruel woman's grasp.

"Don't you already know, Arini! I've often said that Dodi has many dependents that he has to pay every month. Installment of this house, car installments, not to mention paying for electricity, water and others! And now you want to ask for allotments, you useless wife!" the Ompat Bu Nining.

"I'm sorry Arini, Mom. All right then, let Arini change the zipper to the tailor," said Arini with his head bowed. This was Arini's weakness all along. Every time he asked for money for his personal needs, Ms. Nining always answered with the same answer, which made Arini unable to dwell anymore.

Ms. Nining poked her lips and then refocused on the large television screen. Seeing Bu Nining who no longer cared about herself, Arini immediately left the room and returned to her room.

Upon arriving in the room, Arini grabbed the clothes he would bring to the tailor to replace his zipper. He put the clothes in a small bag. However, before he went to take the clothes to the tailor, Arini had sat on the edge of his bed while shedding tears.

"Yes, God! May I always be given infinite patience because I know You will not test the patience of each of your servants beyond the limits of their abilities" Arini murmured with tears.

Arini grabs her phone then opens an orange shopping online app. He checked the basket on his account and then deleted a list of groceries that he had long dreamed of. A beautiful dress at a fairly affordable price. However, now her hope of wanting to have a beautiful dress was dashed already.

The 25-year-old woman breathed heavily then immediately got up from her position and walked out of the room. When passing through the lounge, Bu Nining had a chance to look at him with a flat gaze. The middle-aged woman seemed to care nothing about what her son-in-law did.

"Mom! Miss Nining!" Suddenly there was the voice of someone from outside who was calling out the name of Bu Nining. Bu Nining who had been cool to pay attention to Arini, immediately rose with a crisp face. With a quick step, Ms. Nining came towards the origin of the sound.

"Hei Jeng, my order has come, huh?" asked Bu Nining with a crass face to the woman who was standing at the door of her house.

"Yes, donk! Take a look at this!" The woman smiled broadly as she showed a large black crackle she was holding to Ms. Nining.

"here, here! Where, I want to see." Ms. Nining extended her hand before the woman. While the woman opened the bag and took out a transparent package containing cream-colored clothes.

In a hurry, the woman opened the transparent plastic package and now looks a robe with beautiful sequins lined on each side.

"Look, Miss Nining! Pretty, right? As beautiful as Miss Nining. I'm sure Ms. Nining will be even more beautiful if she puts on this robe" the woman teased.

"Yes, God! It's beautiful," cried Bu Nining while holding the beautiful robe to her body.

"Do I look beautiful?!" Ms. Nining seemed to be dancing around with the robe.

"Yes, of course, Miss Nining!" answer the woman.

Arini could only be speechless to see Bu Nining who was buying new clothes again. Even though just last week her mother-in-law bought a kaftan at a price that is quite expensive for an Arini. Arini glanced at the small bag containing her clothes that she would bring to the tailor. He was sad, but could do nothing.

"Eh, there's still one. Whose possession?" asked Bu Nining to the woman.

"This? It's nobody, Mom. I purposely bought more, yeah who knows anyone has a crush, right?!" he replied, chuckling slowly.

"Try opening it, I want to see that one!" ma'am Nining's word and was immediately obeyed by the woman.

The woman had a beautiful robe with almost the same model, but with different colors. Equally beautiful and equally expensive of course.

"Well, that's pretty!" pekik Bu Nining again. He released the cream-colored robe and then grabbed the bottle-green robe held by the woman.

"How much is it, Jeng?" asked Bu Nining while walking around with the game.

"Specifically for Bu Nining, let it be equated, deh. Ms. Nining's my subscription" said the woman.

"Five hundred too? Two becomes a million, huh? Could it be less, Jeng? I took both of them" said Ms. Nining while teasing the woman.

"Not again, Miss Nining. It's cheap, Mom. I sold it to five hundred more people, you know!" answer the woman.

"Alright, I take both," said Bu Nining steady.

"Okay, Miss Nining!" replied the woman with a cramped face. Eventually the merchandise was purchased by Bu Nining.

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