The Abandoned Wife

"Uduk rice! Uduk rice!" shouted a woman wearing a headscarf, selling her goods while pushing her battered bicycle.

"Sis! Is there still uduk rice?" shouted a woman while waving her hand.

"Yes ma'am," answered the seller named Aisyah.

"I want 5, okay?"

Aisyah nodded her head, then she wrapped 5 uduk rice. When finished, the mothers paid.

"Thank God, I finally ran out of my merchandise. I'd better go home now, Mas Andre will come home this afternoon, I'm sorry if there's no food yet," muttered Aisyah.

The woman went home with a happy heart, because her sales were selling well every day. Her name is Aisyah Zuhaira, 25 years old. She has a beautiful face, sharp nose, round eyes, small lips and white skin.

Every day Aisyah always sells her wares, getting around by bicycle, because her husband is only a motorbike taxi driver. And she was forced to help her husband financially to finance their daily lives.

"Assalamualaikum," said Aisyah as she parked her bicycle.

However, when the woman entered the house, she was suddenly greeted by a slap that landed quite hard on her cheek, leaving a red mark.

PLAQUE!

"That's good, I'm just getting home at this time. You don't see what time it is, huh!" shouted a woman, who was none other than her mother-in-law, while pointing at the clock on the wall.

"Sorry ma'am, sales were a bit quiet earlier, so Aisyah went around to another village," answered the woman wearing the headscarf.

"Halah! There's no need to talk too much. Now you better go inside and make lunch! You know, Andre will be home soon. What kind of wife are you, coming home late in the day, there's no food yet, the laundry is also piled up "Before selling, you should wash the dishes first! Cook first for your in-laws and husband, understand!" shouted the woman named Mrs. Lisa, Aisyah's mother-in-law.

He pushed Aisyah's body, causing the woman to fall to the floor.

"Yes ma'am, Aisyah is cooking now." Aisyah got up from her seat, then sauntered into the kitchen.

The clear beads could not be prevented from falling down the woman's smooth cheeks. Her white skin, which was previously clean and bright like the moon, now looked a little dull.

'Oh God, how long will mother always treat me like this? Before I married Mas Andre, my mother loved me very much. But why did it change after we got married? Why, God?' Aisyah thought, wondering about the change in her mother-in-law's attitude.

In the past, when she was in a relationship with Andre before marriage, Lisa's mother loved her so much, she even acted as gentle as a biological mother. However, it turned out that after marriage his attitude was 180 degrees different.

Every day, Aisyah is always scolded, shouted at, and often even beaten if she doesn't obey his words. Aisyah doesn't know why her mother-in-law is so mean to her? Because he didn't understand at all what mistake he had made, which made Mrs. Lisa hate him so much.

"Ayesha! Make me some tea!" shouted Mrs. Lisa from the TV room.

Aisyah, who heard that, immediately wiped her tears, then she quickly made the tea her mother-in-law ordered, for fear of being scolded again.

"Here, ma'am, is the tea," said Aisyah as she put the tea on the table.

"It's really slow work. If it's fast work, how come being a woman is so slow!" Mrs. Lisa said in a curt tone.

Meanwhile, Aisyah just remained silent, because this kind of speaking tone had become her food every day. Then he returned to the kitchen to continue cooking.

After the food was ready, Aisyah smiled because on the table there were tamarind vegetables, tempeh and fried tofu and shrimp paste chili sauce.

"Thank God, it's finally finished. Now I just have to wash the dishes and then wash the clothes," Aisyah muttered softly, while wiping her sweat that soaked her hijab.

Lisa's mother came into the kitchen, and she saw the food on the table that was already cooked. In fact, a little smoke was still rising from the tamarind vegetables made by Aisyah.

"Here ma'am, Aisyah has cooked it. Please eat it," said Aisyah in a soft tone.

BRAK!

"What is this? Do you want to poison me, hah! Isn't there anything better to eat? Just tempeh and tofu every day. Once in a while you buy me chicken!" Mrs. Lisa snapped while banging the table.

Aisyah jumped in surprise, she rubbed her chest, "Sorry ma'am, but this is the only thing Aisyah can afford. We have to save money, because Aisyah hasn't paid for electricity this month, so---"

"Halah! You don't need to talk too much! You just pay for electricity, which isn't much, you do the math. Anyway, I don't want to know, okay? You buy me a chicken!" Mrs. Lisa interrupted Aisyah's words.

"Okay ma'am, Aisyah will later---"

"Now! I want to eat!" Mrs. Lisa snapped as she threw the plate containing tempeh and tofu that Aisyah had just fried until it splattered on the floor.

After that, he left the dining table, while Aisyah picked up the food.

Tears fell again. To be honest, he was very hurt because Mrs. Lisa never appreciated any of his efforts, even though paying for electricity alone a month could be up to 300,000, not to mention the installments for his mother-in-law's AC.

You could say that 90% of all the needs in the house are covered by Aisyah. While Andre's income is not much from motorbike taxis, sometimes the man does not give his share, and at most it is only IDR 20,000. That's why Aisyah had to sell nasi uduk.

After cleaning up the food, Aisyah went out to buy fried chicken at a food stall not far from her house.

However, just as he left, Andre suddenly came home. The woman kissed Andre's hand, but was immediately pushed aside roughly by the man.

"What is this? Can't you dress up a little, hah! Every time your husband comes home, he smells sour, his clothes are crumpled and unsightly. Occasionally welcome your husband with beautiful make-up and sexy clothes. Who still smells like onions!" Andre grumbled as he sauntered into the house.

Aisyah followed her husband's steps, then she walked into the kitchen and made hot tea. "Here, Mas, drink the tea first," said Aisyah in a soft tone.

"I'm hungry, want to eat." Andre said in a slightly curt tone.

"I've cooked, sir," answered Aisyah.

Then Andre opened the serving hood that was on the dining table, and suddenly his eyes widened sharply, then he gripped Aisyah's arm so tightly that it made the woman wince in pain.

"What is this, huh! Do you deliberately want to make me eat food like this every day? Can't you give me fish or chicken once in a while? Are you capable of being a wife or not!" Andre shouted as he pushed Aisyah's body until it hit the wall.

"Aawh!" the woman cried while holding her arm

Lisa's mother heard her child's voice, then she came out of the room, and saw Aisyah still there, which made her very upset.

"Hey ignorant woman! Why are you still here? I asked you to buy chicken? Do you want to starve me, huh! Hurry and leave now!" Mrs. Lisa snapped while pushing Aisyah's body.

"Buy me one too!" shouted Andre as he sat in a chair, then drank the tea made by Aisyah.

The woman came out of the house crying silently. The pain in her heart was so deep, the wound was getting wider day by day from the treatment of her mother-in-law and husband.

Every day Aisyah was always tortured, insulted and insulted. Everything she does is always wrong in the eyes of these two people, who knows how long Aisyah's suffering will continue.

'How long will you continue to torture and hurt me, bro? Where is my old Andre? "Who has a soft heart and a loving attitude," thought Aisyah as she walked a little unsteadily.

CONTINUED....