Approaching Celine, then Wijaya found that his little sister was holding a fairly large blue duck egg.
There was a happy expression on his face, "Did you get a duck egg Celine?" Wijaya asked.
"Yes, Bro Celine found a duck egg, look here there are 3 eggs" while showing two other duck eggs that were behind the bushes.
"Wow... this is a good harvest" Wijaya praised Celine.
"Then let's look again, Bro, Celine thinks there are other duck eggs that we haven't found," Celine said excitedly.
As if she had found a treasure, Celine gave Wijaya a suggestion.
"Okay then, let's look for it," Wijaya replied, agreeing with Celine's suggestion.
So then the two of them started looking for duck eggs in their father's garden, from the bushes to hidden places that might be where the ducks lay eggs.
The two of them started looking excitedly, and it was true as Celine said.
This time Wijaya himself found two more duck eggs behind the leaves of the cassava tree, feeling happy then he started collecting the eggs.
But then he realized he didn't bring a tool to hold the duck eggs, until then he saw a taro plant in the corner of his father's garden.
Which has wide and thick leaves, without thinking he immediately picked two taro leaves and made them into a wrapper for the duck eggs.
After that he continued his search for duck eggs.
Until a few minutes later when he had finished searching all over his father's garden.
He gathered again with Celine. Then he was surprised when he saw that there were 6 duck eggs found by Celine.
While for himself there were 4 eggs, so the total duck eggs obtained by the two of them were 10 eggs.
And that was quite a lot, "wow ... you got 6 eggs Celine ..." said Wijaya in amazement to Celine.
"Yes, Celine also didn't expect that there would be that many eggs, brother, with this we can make delicious fried duck eggs again !!" Celine said enthusiastically to Wijaya.
"Okay then, later at dinner I will fry duck eggs for you" Wijaya replied in agreement.
"Don't just make for Celine, but fry them for our father, mother, and brother too" Celine immediately corrected Wijaya's words and asked Wijaya to fry them for their entire family.
After that, Wijaya continued to water all the plants that he had not watered before.
And on the other hand he asked Celine to guard the duck eggs and wait for him, because he only needed a short time to finish his task.
Until 10 minutes later he managed to finish his task, and invited Celine back to his house.
That night as usual, during dinner together the atmosphere at the dining table became lively, with stories from Celine who was so happy when she told her experiences.
Finding duck eggs in her father's garden, after finishing eating as usual her family took a short break, especially her father who was going back to trade in the upper village.
But soon their rest time was disturbed by a phone call from her mother's hometown.
Knowing this, Wijaya felt mixed feelings in his heart, he still clearly remembered that this was an ordinary phone call made by his grandfather from his hometown.
The reason was to ask for living expenses for his two grandparents in the village, thinking about this Wijaya didn't know what to say.
On the other hand he had to be amazed by the devotion of his mom to her parents, because until she got married and had a child as big as him she still helped support her grandfather and grandmother.
(As a note, it has become commonplace for children in the Patih kingdom to take care of their parents, because it is a form of attention from the child, even though the child is married as long as he is able and willing to help his parents he will always be praised by the people around him.
In this case, there is also a tradition that has been attached to many people in the Patih kingdom, namely women who have their own income from working, have full rights to the income they earn, and that is no exception for women who are married.
In other words, it has become common place for girls to help their families even though they are married, as long as their husbands do not object and allow it.
Additional note, There is also no name change for women who marry other men in the Patih kingdom in general, and only a handful of tribes implement name changes when women marry men.
In other words, the majority of tribes do not change their surnames when they get married, either whether male or female, they still use the given name from their family of origin.
In the Patih kingdom there are many tribes, and of the many only a few implement the change of surname).
Not long after, the call ended and Wijaya look his mother, looked a little helpless, then the mom said to father.
"Just now grandfather called to ask to send money for living expenses and also medical expenses" the mother said telling her husband about the contents of the conversation, on the other hand this also asked permission from her husband's son whether he was allowed to send money.
Even though it was money that came from his own work, as a wife she still respected her husband as the head of the household.
"Wasn't it just 2 weeks ago, you sent living expenses to your family" the husband said to his wife.
Feeling that this was clearly not something ordinary, so he then asked.
"Yes, two weeks ago it was sent, but grandfather is currently sick and needs money for medical treatment" answered the wife with an embarrassed face, she felt that her family was really a little excessive, and she also felt that her husband was so kind and patient.
Want to understand his family, and don't mind when he sends money.
"Isn't your second brother there, and your two younger brothers there too? Aren't they embarrassed to have to ask you a woman all the time???" His father felt a little annoyed this time and spoke to his wife.
What is the use of a boy in his family, with 3 adult men who are married and live together and are close to his grandparents, why are they still unable to meet the needs of two middle-aged people.
Seeing that if Wijaya did not interfere in this matter, then most likely there would be a small quarrel between his parents.
Although this could be said to be presumptuous because he interfered in his parents' affairs, Wijaya didn't care this time, he knew very well what kind of uncles he would have in the future, who were nothing more than useless men in his eyes.
"" Father ... mother ... can Wijaya speak for a moment!!" Wijaya's soft voice broke the atmosphere between his father and mother.