When gratitude points can buy supplies, Mrs. Saul decides to use the 'Mom's the Best System' to treat and raise four children until her husband returns. Neighbors, led by Zoey, accuse her of lavishing a final good meal to butter up Yara before selling the child to pay a gambler. Mrs. Saul insists she's feeding the kids fairly and dishes out pure flour buns and steamed eggs. The villagers jeer; Justin warns he'll take the children and run if she betrays them. They sit to eat, comfort for now, but the threat of sale and escape hangs unresolved.