When Willamina (Rosafina's first cousin twice removed) passed away last year, leaving neither husband nor children behind, she willed her home and property to (presumably) the only relative who'd bothered to send her a Yule letter every year--Rosafina's mum, Annabella.

There was a lot of grumbling on account of how the property ought to have gone to Ann's older brother Willem, who had an awful lot of mouths to feed and would have liked to be able to pass the property on to HIS eldest, Gladfred...but in any case, the old burrow went to Annabella, who wasn't quite sure what to do with it.

Her husband Neville, of course, wanted to sell the burrow as soon as possible, which raised more grumbling from various relations until finally, it was pointed out that young Rosafina was in her tweens now, and certainly a capable lass, and while it's not altogether traditional for a girl to be living on her own like that, it might be the best arrangement for all concerned.

In any event the whole mess was smoothed over considerably when Rosafina said she'd be more than happy to act on behalf of her Uncle Willem (Oldfurlong being much closer to Michel Delving than Brockenborings) by becoming a local distributor for his apples there (and making a living for herself by baking various apple products of high quality). 

Now, in addition to baking (and for the purposes of further smoothing out ruffled family feathers), Rosafina also sorts and packs her cousin Gladfred's regular shipments of rare and exotic leaf (for Freddie was making quite a name for himself in the pipeweed business).

And that extra income is quite a blessing, since old Willamina's hole was in awful shape when Rosa arrived, and even though she's sorted out the leak in the back room, there's still considerable damage to the baseboards and other woodwork around the home.