In The Pink Corner: I miss days when visitors were no burden

In the good old days when food cost next to nothing and we loved all of our extended family, you would have relatives from the village come over to visit you for a fortnight or more. They came with bags of potatoes, maize, cassava, mangoes or whatever was in season at the time, together with the mandatory white or red cockerel tucked under their arm. They helped with household chores and told the children stories while putting away colossal heaps of food (mostly meat). They were mostly pleasant to have around and they reminded you of the long Christmas holidays in the village...