Episode 2

Before the sun completely set, Supardi's two sons, Gito and Aan, arrived from the rice fields, followed by the youngest, Narto, whose body was covered in mud after playing with his friends on the rice field embankments while waiting for his two older brothers to work.

"Bathe and clean yourselves before you can come in!" Supardi was already blocking them at the door with his hands on his hips, causing the three of them to just grumble in annoyance as they walked to the back towards the well to bathe.

In this era, some houses already had wells and wooden cubicles for bathing. But most boys bathed directly by the well, and the bathrooms were only used by adults.

"Father is really stingy! Do we have to bathe just to come in and see our sister!" Narto grumbled, pouting in annoyance.

"Our sister is still a baby. If you come into the house dirty, it's a pity if she gets germs and gets sick," said Aan, the second child, wisely. Recounting what his teacher had taught him at school.

Yes, Aan and Gito were already in school. Aan was in the 3rd grade, while Gito, the older brother, was in the 6th grade.

They helped their father with his work in the fields after school so they could earn money to ease the burden of the family's needs but without neglecting their duties as students.

Meanwhile, his younger brother, Narto, who was six years old, would only start elementary school next year.

In the 80s era, for poor families, many children could not attend kindergarten due to lack of funds, so they would directly enroll their children in elementary school after they reached the age of seven.

Once the three brothers were clean and changed clothes, they entered their parents' room, which was only covered by a curtain.

"Mother, is my sister awake yet?" Narto asked excitedly.

"Your sister is still sleeping. Do you want to see her?" Srikandi asked the six-year-old boy.

Narto was very excited and immediately stepped forward to see his baby sister. "So beautiful. Her cheeks are also very soft," he said, poking his sister's cheek with his index finger.

"Sister is very beautiful, what's her name, Mother?" Aan asked, just as excited as Narto, who was now stroking the soft and chubby cheeks of his newborn sister.

"Her name is Lestari. You can call her Tari," Sri replied with a warm smile.

The noisy atmosphere disturbed the baby girl and woke her up. "Tsk, so noisy. Very annoying!" she grumbled unhappily.

Deg,

Everyone in the room fell silent upon hearing the voice of a little girl with a lisp who seemed to be scolding them.

Even Supardi, who had just entered after finishing brewing postpartum herbal medicine made by Mak Supat, could only freeze at the door, directing his eyes to scan the entire contents of the room.

"Mas, who was scolding us just now?" Narto whispered to Aan with a frightened expression.

There was no response from Aan, so Narto shook his older brother's arm. "Mas! Mas, you heard that voice, right?" he said again.

Aan, who was asked, could only nod without a word because he himself was still shocked.

The baby girl lying in a bundle of blankets on the bed was fully conscious. "Is this my family?" she said, observing each person in the room one by one.

While sleeping, in her subconscious she entered her dimension room and obtained a lot of important information about the life of people in the 80s era, especially about the family structure and their conditions which were explained in such detail that she could study them carefully.

Currently, she was born as a baby in the 80s era in a poor family in Sukorejo village, one of the villages at the foot of the mountain where the majority of the population lives as farmers.

Because their family was very poor and did not have land, the father, mother and two older brothers who were old enough worked as farm laborers to help the family's economy.

Realizing that it seemed like the baby next to Srikandi was the one who was speaking, everyone focused their attention on Tari.

Tari didn't know that her inner voice could be heard by her family, still busy counting each person in the room.

"This very beautiful one must be my mother," she said, looking at Srikandi gently.

"And the handsome one holding the glass must be my father," she said again, making Supardi, who had just stepped in, freeze again in place upon hearing the voice recognizing him.

Before Supardi and the others could react again, the soft and smooth voice was heard again.

"The ones staring at me sharply must be my three older brothers," she said again.

Seeing the clothes worn by her new family members that were full of patches and shabby, Tari's heart felt very hurt.

She wanted to grow up quickly so she could help her family's economy with the experience and intelligence she possessed, to lift her family out of poverty and complete the task that the system had given her.

The baby girl looked at her three brothers carefully with mixed feelings because of their thin bodies with slightly brown skin due to frequent exposure to sunlight.

After looking at them intensely, she realized that she could apply the ability to read someone's mind by looking at someone carefully.

Seeing that her third older brother looked frightened and kept murmuring that there was a ghost in his heart, while her other two older brothers seemed to be reading prayers that she didn't know the meaning of in their hearts, made the baby furrow her brow very deeply.

"I'm not a ghost! I'm a human! I'm your sister!" the baby girl grumbled again, pouting, making Srikandi, who had been staring at her and seeing the many expressions shown by her baby, feel amused.

"Tari, why? Is something uncomfortable, dear?" Srikandi said, stroking her daughter's forehead gently, until the wrinkles that had been etched eased.

With a look, Srikandi signaled her husband to take their three children out to talk.

Srikandi knew that her daughter was very special, besides having a very good and blessed weton, from Mak Supat she knew that when she was about to give birth there was a bright light that entered her stomach.

That was a good and bad sign. Good because the daughter she had just given birth to seemed very blessed. Bad if anyone found out and tried to harm her, so she had discussed this with her husband earlier, who had also been told by Mak Supat before going home, when their three children had not yet returned.

Outside, in the family room where there were only three rickety chairs, Supardi sat his three children down and tried to talk to them.

"What you heard earlier was the voice of your sister's heart. What you need to know is that your sister was born with a lot of blessings so she is very special. Father hopes that this news will not be spread outside so that it doesn't cause problems for your sister and our family," Supardi said, explaining.

The three of them nodded their heads to show that they understood what their father was saying.

"We promise we won't tell anyone about this," said Gito wisely.

"Yes, we will protect our sister and we won't let anyone hurt her," said Aan, chiming in.

"I also promise to father, not a single word will come out of my mouth regarding this," said Narto, making a movement as if closing his mouth with a zipper, a new habit he did with his friends if they had a secret they didn't want anyone else to know.

Supardi felt relieved, his three children were very smart so they could put themselves in any situation.

Meanwhile, inside the room, Srikandi smiled faintly several times upon hearing her daughter's babbling in her heart.

She never expected to have a daughter who was so chatty like this, even though she, her husband and her three children were quiet people.

"It's okay if Tari is chatty. This way, the house won't be so quiet anymore," Srikandi muttered in her heart.

Meanwhile, Tari, who had been chattering to herself in her heart while trying to move her hands and feet, felt very tired so she fell asleep after being breastfed by her mother.

As soon as Tari's body fell asleep, her soul immediately entered the dimension room that the system had left. Here Tari could move freely, even though her body was still small but she was not like a baby in the real world who couldn't do anything alone.

"Yes, only in here can I move freely and train my strength and intelligence," she grumbled, running back and forth practicing the martial arts she possessed as in her previous life.

Even though her body was still small, at least she wasn't a baby who couldn't do anything and was determined in her heart to be able to make her family experience big changes in their lives, especially in terms of income so that her family could live decently.

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