Yoyo has listened to Mama C cile\'s song about how to make ndol (bitterleaf stew) her entire life--long enough to know how to make it herself, now that she is finally old enough.
As Mama C cile and Yoyo set off to market, Mama reminds Yoyo what will happen if she refuses a fair price for the stew--Brother Coin, the Great.
Yoyo is confident that her variation on the stew will be good enough.
But slicing the bitterleaf, grinding the pumpkin, measuring out the shrimp--it just takes too long.
Yoyo has listened to Mama C cile\'s song about how to make ndol (bitterleaf stew) her entire life--long enough to know how to make it herself, now that she is finally old enough