Aurelian had to chuckle at her offer to poison someone with her cooking but waved his hand in dismissal, "Nah, when I took over this place we had a cook here like that and first thing I did is kicked him out. Old lady Harper is actually a fine cook so I already got me one. However, I might have a simple enough job for you, but worth a meal to me."
He let the offer dangle in the air for a brief few seconds then explained, "I have been replacing a few bricks recently but ran out and was fixing on making me some more. If you're willing to play in the mud with your hands and don't mind getting a bit dirty, you can make me adobe bricks. I can show you how then you gotta do it."
"Deal?" he raised one eyebrow.
