Vilas was an eleven-year-old boy residing in the same village as Sakal. Vilas’s father Mahesh was a fisherman. His father passed away when he was only two years old. His mother Geeta sold fish to earn money to feed the family. She bought fish from the landowner’s pond and sold it in the nearby mandi. She could earn only Rs 20 to 30 a day by selling fish. Vilas became a patient with arthritis. His mother could not afford to take him to the doctor. He could not go to school either. He was not interested in studies. He helped his mother with cooking and also looked after his younger brother Mohan. After some time his mother fell sick and there was no one to look after her. There was no one in the family to support them. Vilas, too, were forced to sell fish in the same village. He like his mother earned only a meager income.

What did Vilas mother's do to feed the family?