Did they actually have experience running a farm, haha? I have to wonder what kind of "repairs" they made. It sounds like her family was well off, and she didn't expect to meet any of them on the farm itself, so I guess that even when they did own the farm they probably just paid someone else to actually run it.
Marran had done Agriculture and Horticulture at the Academy! What could possibly go wrong, even if the farm had completely the wrong kind of soil for what he wanted to grow?? XD It had been left empty for years and was in a state, so the repairs probably weren't quite as bad as the owners made out, because after all, they were after useful compensation money. Although, they are both still teenagers here, so, tbf to the farm owners, it could go either way.
Telo's family are well off but not v wealthy - they are successful small town drapers who have been able to send her to follow her vocation and explore her musical talent at the Pollean Academy, and she wasn't supposed to then run off with Marran before she'd finished, especially as she was going to stay & do the full priest's training. The farm was owned by cousins of hers, who had left it empty & been trying to sell it for years, so she thought it would be fine, except they had actually finally sold it a few months before, unfortunately for her and Marran. (There was a bit more about this in the linked piece above & why they ran away, which is fairly standalone as a bit of backstory/world-building, if you wanted it.)
but like every single one of his protagonists fantasizes about settling down on a farm and living a simple, honest life, but they are usually traumatized war veterans who have no actual experience with farm work. I feel like this story could have happened in one of those books.
LOL, I thought the fictional rule for that was that you died the second you bought the farm? XD
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Marran had done Agriculture and Horticulture at the Academy! What could possibly go wrong, even if the farm had completely the wrong kind of soil for what he wanted to grow?? XD It had been left empty for years and was in a state, so the repairs probably weren't quite as bad as the owners made out, because after all, they were after useful compensation money. Although, they are both still teenagers here, so, tbf to the farm owners, it could go either way.
Telo's family are well off but not v wealthy - they are successful small town drapers who have been able to send her to follow her vocation and explore her musical talent at the Pollean Academy, and she wasn't supposed to then run off with Marran before she'd finished, especially as she was going to stay & do the full priest's training. The farm was owned by cousins of hers, who had left it empty & been trying to sell it for years, so she thought it would be fine, except they had actually finally sold it a few months before, unfortunately for her and Marran. (There was a bit more about this in the linked piece above & why they ran away, which is fairly standalone as a bit of backstory/world-building, if you wanted it.)
but like every single one of his protagonists fantasizes about settling down on a farm and living a simple, honest life, but they are usually traumatized war veterans who have no actual experience with farm work. I feel like this story could have happened in one of those books.
LOL, I thought the fictional rule for that was that you died the second you bought the farm? XD