Betterlife, The Diary Game (Tuesday, January 14, 2025) | Cleaning Cloves and Enjoying Time in My Village

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Lia.... "My grandmother shouted from the side door of the house". Her voice woke me up who was focused on opening my steemit account. It turned out that my grandmother had been calling me. My grandmother's house was only 1 meter away. She called me to pick up the cloves that my mother brought home from the garden last night.

^{me and my grandmother is cleaning cloves}

Yes, my grandmother really likes taking care of things from the garden, she likes cleaning the skin of cloves, sometimes opening jengkol too. I took it and we sorted between the leaves and stems of the cloves that were already dry. Rain often came just like that. These cloves grow well in our garden. Dad planted it 4 years ago and it just started bearing fruit this year. There are still cloves that haven't been picked, because mom picked them herself.

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^{srikaya fruit in grandma's yard}

After cleaning the cloves, I went to the front garden of my grandmother's house, I saw a soursop tree that was bearing a lot of fruit but the fruit was not as big as before. This fruit is very sweet, inside it is like soursop fruit but the taste is very different. Although the tree is small, the fruit is abundant and does not recognize the season. However, it is very unfortunate because this fruit is not ripe.

Soursop fruit or known by its scientific name Annona cherimola has many health benefits for our bodies, including:

• Maintaining digestive health
• Increasing endurance
• Healthy eyes
• Eliminating lice and dandruff

All these benefits are obtained from the fruit which contains vitamin C, vitamin B, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium. In addition, this fruit also contains polyphenol antioxidants that can protect against free radicals. Of course, this fruit is very rarely found in homes.

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In addition, there is also a fruit that is difficult for people to grow, Okra. This plant is like a large chili but has a slightly hairy texture on the fruit. This plant can be processed into vegetables or snacks. We have never cooked it because the texture is like slimy when it is ripe.

This fruit has many nutrients and various vitamins so that its properties are also very good for the body, especially for those who suffer from kidney, cancer and even osteoporosis. My grandmother planted this for the sake of and consumed it as herbal medicine and now it has fallen for no apparent reason.

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Suddenly, it rained at 11 am. Actually, I was getting ready to go to my cousin's wedding ceremony. My kids and I went by motorbike and we arrived at 12 pm because we were waiting for the rain to stop. ***

And not long after, the bride had already returned from the KUA office and the groom's entourage arrived about 15 minutes later. All the food that had been cooked was immediately arranged and invited the groom's entourage to come inside. I also had lunch accompanied by the pouring rain.

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After that I went straight home to my house which was half an hour away. I immediately cleaned myself and so did the kids and we took a short break because we were tired from the trip.In the afternoon, I opened yesterday's salted fish package, it turned out there was a mixture of small and large dried squid. I divided it into several piles. I plan to give it to my mother-in-law and also my neighbors.

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In the evening I took the kids to play the games they wanted at Simpang Rangkaya. On the way they wanted to ride the "Odong-odong". There are several stalls that open this game and we chose the place we usually ride. My three children got on with a happy feeling including Hamzah who looked very relaxed and happy even though this was his first time riding an odong-odong and we also buy fried meatballs and sausages to eat on the odong-odong.

Happy in happiness, the children went home singing and on the way home, we bought boba drinks and also French fries to eat at home. When we got home, we ate while watching a children's drama series and at 9.30 pm, all the children were asleep and so was I. I took a blanket and rested.

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