Chapter 43

It was four-thirty in the afternoon when they leave the church and proceed to Carbon Market to buy fish and vegetables. She wanted to make a tinola soup because she missed having it. For a while, she only relied on canned goods and instant food or the food sold in the eateries near their boardinghouse.

Farmers, traders, and porters were all busy in the streets of Magallanes and Manalili. She wanted to take a lot of green leafy vegetables but their boardinghouse was not equipped with a refrigerator so it would go to waste. She just bought a kilo of sweet potatoes, ripe bananas, and spices such as onions and garlic. Jonas helped her carry the product as they went to the fish section where she bought a kilo of fresh seafood and dried fish.

“Is there something you would like to eat or buy?” Catherine sounded like his mother as she asked Jonas if he wanted to buy or eat something.

“No, there’s none,” Jonas answered. “So, are you able to buy everything that you want to g