
The day began at noon, the sun should be hot, but around the old man's house that helped Deni did not feel the heat because of the many shady trees with leaves that protruded down.
Deni already looks quite healthy, he is splitting the roots of the tree that will be used as firewood.
While the old grandfather was drying the leaves of various types. There has been no notification of what leaves it, Deni did not ask much, because his body was sick all like being beaten up by people. So he just fell silent and obeyed the orders of the grandfather.
Suddenly the old man snapped at Deni,
"Hey young man, the work of the catfish is right, want to eat no? "
Then the long machete floated right in front of Deni,
"Niih, go to the forest, there are leftovers of man's crops, dig and grab the yams!"
Deni was dumb, he did not understand the grandfather's orders.
Finally the old man repeated his orders,
" Young man, even dumbass, quickly go find yam in the forest there! "
In a hurry Deni ran into the forest to carry out the old man's orders.
Arriving there, Deni only saw a stretch of empty land, no yam trees were still standing, everything was plucked. Only the stems of the yam are loosened above the ground.
Deni was surprised, it turned out that the grandfather was following him from behind.
Fortunately Deni did not fall when the grandfather patted his back, because he was dumbfounded to observe the situation.
"Hey young man, let's dig the former hole of the yam, there must still be a yam left
Deni did not want to be yelled at again, he immediately dug the land of former people harvesting yams.
Sure enough there are still a lot of sweet potatoes left inside. Once collected all can be half a large sack, then brought home to the old grandfather's house to cook.
Desire to run away but the energy has not been collected all, because the old grandfather likes to rule himself and laugh at his work if wrong.
Deni remembered, it was his behavior to his employees. It turned out to be uncomfortable to be ruled rudely like that, Deni thought inwardly.
The cleaned yams are not removed from the skin, just washed. After clean directly put into the hot furnace dust. It turned out to be true about half an hour the yam was ripe.
"Now, salted fish store it on the stove!"
Deni quickly did the grandfather's orders, afraid of getting snapped again. The salted fish also gave off the smell.
While the water above was already boiling, the old man gave a basin containing kale and cayenne pepper that was already clean and whistling.
"Push that water! "
Deni according to his orders, he did not want to argue much, because his stomach has been rumbling since. It is also worth expending energy to split the roots of wood and dig the soil, plus the body is not so fit.
When the food was ready, they ate it well.
In this place Deni tried not to make the old man angry, the rest of the food and place to eat he mengaskan without having to be told first.
A state of silence nobody spoke, suddenly the old man asked Deni.
"Young man, I don't know you yet, what is your name?"
Deni did not want to lie afraid of this old man with high knowledge, later he will be berabe.
" Deni Cake."
The old man refused to be called grandfather, he protested.
"Oh Aki Daud" whispered Deni's heart.
Since that introduction, the tension between them had somewhat reduced. Deni was not so scared anymore.
He understood that Aki Daud was very attentive to himself. Evidently when Aki Daud thrust the concoction of herbs in front of Deni to drink.
"Drink to recover quickly! "
Deni nodded his head in order to understand Aki Daud's orders. Aki Daud continued his talk, "Later you go to bed early, I'll wake you up in the middle of the night? "
Deni wanted to ask by turning his gaze towards Aki Daud. But the grandfather seemed to have understood what Deni was going to ask.
"We go to the forest, take the broom water of the universe that is in the tree of Grace. "
Aki Daud named the tree.
Deni nodded and no one asked anymore, he went to the back to see the leaves that were being dried and some were smoked because of the lack of sunlight.
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"Let's get up-and-get up! "
Deni got up quickly, he did not want Aki David to get angry, half jumped he went to the kitchen to wash his face.
Seen by the appearance of Aki Daud is neat, it seems that he has been awake since then. Seen from his fresh appearance and clean clothes.
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They entered the forest rather deeply, both of them wearing boots. Aki Daud had prepared everything, it seemed that this old geezer had genuine affection even though the language he spoke was sometimes painful and rude.
"Shave the very end of the rod, son! " Aki Daud pointed towards the right trunk, apparently the trunk was fatter than the other trunk.
Instantly the water gushed and flowed profusely as the stem began to split, "task this on or drink right away! "
Aki Daud directly exemplifies drinking water coming out of the stem. Seeing so, Deni did not let his guard down anymore, he drank the water that came out of the tree trunk.
It turned out that the tree trunk was not discarded by Aki Daud, all of them were put into sacks that were ready to carry pieces of wood that came from the broom tree of this universe.
"Bless this sack, we'll take it back to Aki's house tomorrow."
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Evening still accompany, the sound of crickets is still creaking, Deni and Aki Daud are ready to wait for the arrival of dawn prayers. They will travel down the hill to the house of Aki Daud below.
Deni did not fully understand, what work was undertaken by Aki Daud. But he had concluded that Aki Daud is a person who understands medicinal plants.
The proof after drinking water from the broom tree, his body felt fresher than before.
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There were two large sacks carried over from the top of the hill, but both were equally heavy. If held a hard sack once seems to be a piece of wood that has been reduced, while the other is soft but because it is compacted and many become the same weight.
" Beware of the descent, the road is slippery! "
Aki Daud reminded Deni, but Deni listened less to Aki's warning, Finally he slipped and fell into a not so deep abyss.
Aki Daud tried to help, his hand was unable to pull Deni's body, finally he sought wood to increase strength when Deni's hand could be reached.
But even so, Deni has not been able to rise to the top.
" Patience son, Aki will make artificial, hold the root2 first! "