It was time for Uncle Ted to be very busy taking care of the stables and all sorts of other things. He also started looking for firewood to save on stove use, because the economy was still not running smoothly.
His services were still not used much, so he decided to go to the forest to find some fruit so that he could make jam at home. Meanwhile, if the bread stock started to thin out, maybe they could make bread from flour made from sago. There were also forest potatoes that they could eat.
There was a more practical way than that, which was to buy things in the city. However, today the roads were still very congested. It could take them days to find food, while there were a lot of natural resources they could extract in the forest.
Living with ex-soldiers was not easy, but once you got used to it you would find many unexpected benefits.
