A Woman's Worth
Augustine can only shake his head helplessly at his wife.
A couple of minutes passed and Augustine returned holding a tray of fresh hot food. A plate is full of freshly picked fruits and another for frozen berries. Then the usual sweet beans, eggroll, sliced cucumbers, and tofus at the side. They call (Fukusai) or side dishes. The main dish, or what they call (shusai) are sauteed lotus roots, mushrooms, carrots and string beans, and fried fish with fried crispy spam. On the lower part of the tray are two bowls of rice with what they usually call, a staple food,(shushoku) and miso soup or (shirumono).
He gently placed the tray at the side and laid beside his wife before waking her with a slig