The Elbow of Life
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you can play outside, baby

''no ma'am we can play at home'' I said to Mom

we also played dolls together

not like my dad used to come home at dusk

after the mishap that hit my mother she always came home from the fields when lunch came, just to see if mom was okay.

we had lunch with Anna and now I feel like I was joking with my mom and dad

I pray we stay like this

it did not feel like the year I spent in elementary school was over now I set foot in high school I enrolled in a state school

and of course with my best friend Aira

this is our first day in school, getting to know a new environment, new friends, new teachers.

when the announcement starts I wish that Aira and I were as classy as they used to be in elementary school

but it turns out that everything I wanted didn't happen

I'm at kls 7.1 and Aira is at kls 7.2

although we are not one kls at least we are in one school .

this is my first step into the new kls

I feel so lonely because I don't know anyone

I got the back seat even though I don't like it but I have to accept it

before long I entered came a female teacher who I thought she was very young.

greet us

' Good morning son's '

'' morning Master teacher ' cheers us all

'' today we will only start the lesson by introducing ourselves to our fellow friends

and yes let me introduce myself first

'' introduce the name of Jessica's mother you can call mother with the call of Jesi's mother

the students went up to introduce themselves one by one from here I can know their names where they live and what their parents do

it was my turn to introduce myself

'' hi, my name is Adeliana and is usually called Anna

I live in the village ******

my father's job was a farmer

my mother's job was a tailor

greetings know all

with relief I finished introducing myself continued with my other friends yes as said the teacher mother earlier we only introduced ourselves in front of the kls after all finished the teacher's mother out of the room

'' your name is Anna, '' said my friend

'' yes, '' if you are your mama GINA, I replied

'' yes, I'm GINA greeting '

that's my brief introduction to Gina, she's my classmate and the first person who wants to invite me to talk about people, beautiful, white, tall, rama, I don't feel awkward at all when talking to her

after a while, another teacher entered and prepared to teach us

explain the teacher to us

we also began to take turns standing to take the book that the teacher's mother pointed at earlier

after I picked up the book I started the lesson and opened the book to begin recording my first lesson in this class

during the break, Gina took me to the school cafeteria

'' Anna how about we go to the cafeteria together, said Gina

'' may but we can go to the next class first ''

'' what are you going there for'' Gina asked me again

'' I want to take my best friend also to the cafeteria, I replied to Gina

'' oh alright'' by pulling my hand we walked out

' ha Aira'' I said as I waved at ya

'' o Anna, where are you going ? ask Aira

' i want to go to the cafeteria, and I want to take you, '' I said to Aira

'' ok well you are indeed my best friend, Aira said to me with a smile

the three of us walked to the cafeteria which was at the back of the school while walking I introduced them to each other and as I had expected they could definitely get along quickly due to Aira's nature being easy to get along with makes it not difficult to be friends with Gina.

oh he Gina is from another village but not far from my village he told me his father was just a building hunter who works in the city so he only met his father a few times a month

while choosing what food we wanted to eat I and Aira looked at each other we were surprised to see so much food available in this cafeteria unlike our school cafeteria in Elementary School

I just took a bottle of water and a packet of crackers and Aira and Gina took a packet of rice and a glass of water, she said they had not had breakfast this morning so they were starving

while glancing at me Gina asked

''are you not having breakfast like we are''

'' I always have breakfast at home because mom won't let me and Dad out of the house before breakfast ''

my light is on Gina

'' oh wah your mother is firm as well yes but good as well' he said as he glanced at Aira

'' yes Gina is a very good mother I often go to her house her mother never scolded me whatever we did her mother just smile just like her mother Anna ''. aira said to Gina

after we finished, we went back to our classes

at school, the three of us took public transport to

our school is a long distance from the village

unlike when he was still in elementary school Dad still had time to take us to school because the distance is not too far and he did not have a garden to cultivate

yes, I can say that my family's economic situation is much better now than it used to be

Now we have been able to buy several acres of land and several acres of gardens all thanks to Dad's hard work over the years .

my mother's stitching business has also grown rapidly many people from the city who order clothes from her

since the arrival of someone from the city who covered the activities of the Father in the rice field at that time Father was known by many people since then also one of them was interested in the stitches of the mother and invited the mother to working together from there our small family economy flourished

although the mother offered to work in the city, she preferred to settle in the village and hire the neighbors in our village

Dad already had some people guarding his garden and became workers in the fields

even though my father had workers, he kept monitoring his fields and paddy fields every day

that's the nature of my father from the past until now he always worked hard for our small family