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Chapter 3: Handsome Stranger

At the farm, Arnie's parents are busy gathering and picking goods, produced of their farm that they are going to take in the market, tomorrow is Wednesday market day.

The two native chicken of her mother that she also going to take in the market to sell is bound up already while Jr and Loida were undressing a native chicken that his father butchered for their lunch.

Arnie: mom... dad.... I'm going to the west part of our farm to get ripe papaya and mangoes for our dessert later.

Betty: Your youngest sister Rossane??? is she sleeping already??? Betty asked her daughter.

Yes, mom. I lay a mat for her inside the hut.

I'm going to gather some woods and dry coconut flower to take home later, Arnie said goodbye to her parents again before she walked away headed to the western part of their farm.

Betty: Don't go too far, come back soon we're going to eat in a bit after our vayand is cooked. Betty reminds her daughter again.

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They happily eat lunch inside the kitchen of the hut. The native chicken cooked in coconut milk is very delicious and creamy. She added taro to thicken it, Betty brought some stewed in vinegar. They have two ripe papaya and a few ripe and unripe mangoes for dessert.

Betty: Later, after lunch, you all can rest inside the hut. At noon, when the sun set helped me picked coffee beans at the east part of our farm. We need to finish picking our coffee beans before those wild fox or civet cat eat it all.

Maybe this week, I'll asked Gorio to bring down the palm fruits at the tilt side of the Western part of our farm. Next week, Delia and I have palm fruit to harvest at Mrs. Upeng in Imus. Betty told her children.

Arnie: Mom..... can I go harvest palm fruit with you? I'm sure Helen and Owel is going too, to finish it past because Obet said that her mom fely also have a palm fruit to be harvested. He wants me and Helen to come. Aunt Fely also asked me to tell you.