Manas was speaking when he suddenly realized something, stopped mid-sentence, and looked at the two of them. "Don't just focus on eating, you two! Tell me about what's been going on with you," he said.
Casius grabbed a handful of beans, stuffed them into his mouth, and mumbled, "Let me finish eating these first. These beans are really good!"
"I remember my teacher once had my mom make this before. It was just like this and tasted about the same," Naisuya said as she picked up a bean and inspected it closely.
"Exactly. This is the same recipe. Back then, while you all were just busy eating, I paid attention! When helping Aunt Acronis clean the kitchen, I begged her to teach me how to make it.
Later, when I started working, I saved up several months of salary, traded wheat for some lard and broad beans at the market, ground some flour, mixed it with water to make a paste, coated the cleaned beans with it, and fried them in boiling lard..."
