In the end Jay waited until 11 pm, when his father came home from trading.
Immediately helped his father to clean up his merchandise, after that Wijaya then prepared hot tea for his father.
Seeing the tired face of his father who had just come home, Wijaya felt sad in his heart. As a man who had grown up, he now felt like he wanted to immediately be able to help his family.
But he also knew that this could only be done one step at a time.
"Dad…this is hot tea" handed the hot tea to his father.
Taking it to drink it, then the father said "Are Celine and your mother a sleep yet?" his father asked.
"Yeah, they were asleep, it was around 10 o'clock," Wijaya answered again.
Then he asked again, "Are you running out of your merchandise?" Wijaya asked.
"Thank God, today is good, even though I came home late at night, your father's merchandise was sold out," answered with a smile, feeling happy because his merchandise was sold out and he could support his family.
"Thank God," Wijaya also felt very happy, because this was a good thing.
"Then father, you should rest and not sleep too late and one more thing, if possible don't eat heavily at night father," Wijaya reminded his father a little.
He knew that his father's poor lifestyle, especially his late rest schedule and habit of eating heavily at night, had caused his father to suffer from illness.
So Wijaya tried not to let that happen again, but even so, Wijaya also realized that only real changes could change his father's lifestyle, which meant he had to immediately create a shop for his father's merchandise.
So that the father doesn't have to get tired of traveling around with his cart.
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The next day, as usual Wijaya's routine of helping his family began.
After helping his father prepare his merchandise, and taking his mother and sister to the factory and school.
Wijaya, who had free time, started thinking about what he should do to increase his family's income.
Then, without realizing it, Wijaya remembered that there was one business he could do now, namely making retail light snacks to be distributed to the stalls around where he lived.
Thinking about the initial capital of less than 100 dollars, Wijaya felt happy and immediately started writing down his plan.
He doesn't want to waste any more time, and wants to immediately be able to earn extra money from the side business he is running.
It is still clear that he does not want many people to use this model, where he buys snacks wholesale and then processes them again for retail.
After deciding and making a decent plan on paper, Wijaya then asked his father.
"Dad, do you know where you can buy snacks wholesale?" asked Wijaya.
"Oh, why do you ask that?" His father was surprised and asked back.
"No, Wijaya just wants to find a side business before going to college," answered Wijaya again.
"Side business? Won't that interfere with your study time?" His father asked doubtfully.
"No, Wijaya can manage time, don't worry," replied Wijaya again confidently.
"Okay then, but I hope you remember Wijaya, the reason why your father and mother worked hard to pay for your studies was to make you live a better life.
By getting a decent job, unlike your father and mother who can only trade carts and become factory workers," his father advised Wijaya, while trying to remind him.
Wijaya, who heard his father's advice, also knew what his father meant, so to make his father calm down, Wijaya started talking further.
"Father, Wijaya really knows the struggle of mother and father to be able to provide for our family.
And Wijaya is very grateful for this, because wijaya was given very responsible parents, however, Wijaya also feels like he wants to do more for his family.
Because Wijaya feels that at the age of 18, Wijaya should be able to share more of the burden to lighten the burden on your father and mother.
Wijaya is also aware that Wijaya's main priority right now is studying well, but please allow Wijaya to try more, father." Wijaya explained the reasons why he had to try starting a business. On the other hand, he also told his father that he still understands his main priority.
On the other hand, his father who heard this, felt mixed feelings in his heart, he felt guilty but also grateful because Wijaya understood the meaning of his current obligations.
Although he is also aware that as a father, he seems to be lacking in quality so he has to let his child work to earn a living, even though what he wants and what many parents want is that.
It can make your child worry-free and able to focus their energy to learn and achieve a better future through the education they pursue.
"Okay father keep your promise, remember not to miss lessons." The father allowed Wijaya to do business but also reminded him not to slack off in studying.
"Thank you father, then can you help Wijaya to see where these items should be bought?" Wijaya handed over a piece of paper containing several things needed to make snacks.
"For wholesale snacks, you can buy them at the market, as for plastic shops you can also find them at the market, while the rest you can buy at a shop near your house." Dad replied, telling Wijaya.
After finding the location where he had to buy these necessities, Wijaya then said goodbye to his father, he would rush to the market using a motorbike.
Because the distance between the market and his house is around 5-7 km as far as he remembers, it is more efficient to go by motorbike, unlike if he had to use public transportation, he would need to change vehicles if he had to go there, so he chose to use a motorbike.
In the end, Wijaya immediately went to the market using his motorbike, long story short.
15 minutes later Wijaya arrived at the market where his father had gone to shop for commercial needs.
The market called Detos 1 is a market built by the Detos city government to facilitate its citizens to shop and make transactions.
From Wijaya's memory, there are at least 7 markets like this in his city, which are classified as traditional markets.
In this market, which has an area of tens of thousands of meters, there are many vendors selling various needs of the people of the Detos city.
From Wijaya's memory, there were at least hundreds of vendors trading in the market area, divided into several areas for selling.
This time, Wijaya who came in the afternoon, saw that there were not too many people filling the market because the busiest time, namely the morning, had already passed.
Parking his motorbike in the parking lot, Wijaya then walked towards the east of the market, where the area was filled with food and kitchen necessities.
Walking for a while, soon rows of food vendors could be seen as far as the eye could see.
And of all the existing food vendors, Wijaya chose a food vendor who specializes in selling wholesale snacks.