Reif did not go home to rest. He was the only member of his family, so there was no need to go back home.
There was a table, some chairs, and a heated brick bed in the duty room next to the construction site. The most important thing was that there was also a hot stove. The old man on duty was very easy-going. As long as you brought your own food, he didn't mind helping you to make some while preparing lunch for himself. With hot soup, Rief could eat a warm meal. He then went for a walk under the sunshine or chatted with a few co-workers; that was how he spent his afternoon.
The food that Reif had brought with him was Golden Vine Powder, almost the same as the other co-workers. The old man on duty had originally helped them make to bake some cakes. Later when the mayor had come to check up on them, she had said that the lunch should at least contain some oil and had ordered people to send them some. With oil, they could make pancakes, and those tasted much better.
