This land is arid, and there aren't many plants that can be cultivated. The locals usually eat and grow potatoes or sweet potatoes, plants that don't heavily rely on water and soil. When she arrived here, she was given lots of potatoes. After eating them for a month, she was really fed up with them, but aside from these, there wasn't much else to eat.
The mud-brick stove required her to constantly watch the fire. The chimney was low, and smoke would occasionally blow back onto her face, stinging Aldana Candi's eyes.
After cooking breakfast, Aldana Candi's face was smudged with soot.
After boiling four potatoes, Aldana Candi picked the smallest one, leaned against the ground, peeled it, and slowly ate it. As the hot potato went down, she gradually felt a bit of energy returning to her body.
