Daisy managed to hire three new farmhands by the end of the week. A pair of twin sisters in a family of all girls named Elsa and Marie and an orphaned eight-year-old boy named Ira who had been shunted from family to family in town after his parents, travelers passing through the area, had died and no relatives had been located.
His story struck a chord with Daisy and she agreed to take him in so he didn't have to keep getting moved around. She knew better than anyone in this fantasy world what it was like to have no one want you.
She let him move into one of the spare rooms that hadn't been used by Leo (she was saving it for when he came back) and set aside his pay in a large jar that she could give to him when he was old enough to use it. He would probably want to go do his own thing once he was older and would be able to afford it with enough savings.
