Basic Fundamentals

BLURB MERTUA PELIT, MENANTU CERDIK Wanita tangguh bernama Lina menikah dengan suami dengan basic keluarga yang amat sangat perhitungan. Kalau bisa, Purnomo--suaminya akan membawa kalkulator kemana-mana saking pelitnya. Lina betah hidup bersama mertuanya selama beberapa tahun karena memang mertuanya baik. Dia tidak suka ikut campur dengan urusan mantunya kecuali yang berhubungan dengan uang. Tak tahan dengan ulah mertua dan suaminya yang keterlaluan hingga mangga saja dihitung jumlahnya membuat Lina berpikir keras. Terlintas ide jahil membalas mereka agar dia serta anaknya bisa sedikit menikmati hidup. Diambilnya diam-diam tabungan suaminya untuk sekedar makan enak agar anaknya bisa seperti anak-anak lain. Tak berselang lama, ulah Lina ketahuan dan keduanya bertengkar hebat. Setelah Lina mengancam cerai, suami dan mertuanya mulai sedikit melunak karena memang tidak ada menantu sebaik Lina yang mau hidup sederhana bersama mereka. Di akhir cerita, terungkaplah kenapa Bu Romlah mertua Lina begitu pelit dan perhitungan. Itu karena selama ini secara diam-diam dia banyak bersedekah ke banyak tempat. Dibalut komedi yang kocak, cerita ini akan mengocok perut pembaca. Yuk, baca selengkapnya!

At first, I thought life was so easy but as the years had passed, I realized that life is obnoxious, specially for those poor who pray every day to win in a lottery. Since I was a kid, I already had carried a big responsibility in my arms, sometimes making me question myself whether I was born to live happily or the other way around. My mom and father had a divorce when I was a kid, and unluckily, she made me choose between her and papa. And now, too bad but I regretted nothing. On that day, I chose my dad, and never in million of years would I become jealous to my sister (who had chosen mom) just because she is rich and can buy anything she wants. I was used at buying my only basic needs, securing the rest of my money for future because I know I will still be the only one who can benefit at the end. I was just living peacefully, without having any regrets and doubts, but there is a man named Spencer whose arrogance could reach the planet Jupiter. And I can't deny he got the looks that made everyone to flicker after him. But never in million years would I become fluttered just because of silly and corny jokes from him. But I became tongue-tied for predicting everything. Because I was wrong for judging him like that.