《Sleep now in the fire》Chapter 19. Market garden
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Chapter 19. Market garden
The next morning Finn walked with Nain Joan into town
to the farmers market. The markets were held every
weekend in an open paddock near the train station.
As she looked around at the caged birds, Finn heard
the stall holders talking amongst themselves.
This was going to be the last market for awhile until they
could find somewhere else to set up - the army wanted to
use the open paddock space.
"This War is going to bring food shortages." Nain Joan said.
Finn had noticed the freshly turned garden beds and newly
built chicken coops in the house yard.
"Who's going to work the farms and get the crops in when
all you men go off to your War - and it won't just be
England either, it'll be all the European countries that are
involved... even the folk in Germany."
That was something Finn hadn't considered.
He was still thinking about it as he walked back up the
hill carrying bags of market produce.
He helped set up a trestle table undercover at the back of
the house and watched as Nain Joan sorted out the
different vegetables to go into the garden beds as
root stock or into the kitchen pantries.
''Hello, is anybody home?"
There was a voice at the front door.
"Coming." Nain Joan called out.
"Go and see who that is Finn will you. If it's the market
people with the hens, tell them to come around the side
of the house."
Finn wiped his hands and went to see. At the front door
he was surprised to see a school friend he hadn't seen since
they'd both left to go to university. ''Hello Bish."
Bish smiled. "I thought I saw you and Nain Joan at the
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markets this morning."
"Still studying Law at Cambridge?" Finn asked.
"I am, or rather I was. I enlisted. My call up is at the end of
next week. Are you still at Oxford?"
"I enlisted too." Finn said." My call up is in a few days."
"We're having bit of a get together up at the house. Most of
the family have moved back here to St.Ives to get away from
all the War business in London. It would be great if you could
come along tonight."
"Thanks for invite Bish, but I was planning a quiet night in."
Bish grinned. "My sisters have invited quite a few of their
unattached female friends."
"Have they now?" Nain Joan said.
Finn laughed, of course she was standing behind him.
"It's nice to see you again Nain Joan."
"And you too Bish."
Nain Joan produced a bottle of whiskey from behind her
back and handed it to him. "Finn will be there by eight."
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