As a child born in the countryside, I grew up in an ordinary, simple but happy environment, so I gained a lot of experience on how to make a living by utilizing natural resources well. Today my father invited me to go to the rice fields because today we are planting rice in the fields, with my presence of course I can help or lighten my father's work as a farmer, I who am used to this activity do not feel burdened at all by my father's invitation.
In cloudy weather, I took over the task of channeling water from the irrigation to the rice fields, and in the rice fields there were already several workers who were pulling out rice seeds to be planted in the fields. My father deliberately hired these people to speed up this work, so that several jobs could be filled perfectly
Normally the rice planting season only occurs once a year, so when that season arrives we really have to make the most of it, because we already have land as a place to plant rice, so we only need to work hard to be able to produce good rice seeds for planting, of course this is not easy because we have to protect the rice seeds from pests such as snails, rats, and other insect pests, but we have to prioritize this work 70%.
After the rice seeds are removed and tied, my job is only to transport the rice seeds to the rice field area where the rice is planted, and one bundle of rice seeds weighs only about 1 kilo or more, so this is a very tiring job, after the rice seeds are transported or moved to the rice field area, now it is the workers' job to plant them directly.
While my father's job at that time was only to clear some of the grass that was still piled up in the rice fields, of course this was a job that complemented or helped each other, so that the work that was finished was finished quickly.
The work that should take about 7 hours if done simultaneously can be cut to 4 hours, depending on the number of workers recruited. My young age makes me do a lot of activities, every activity that I can do I will definitely do, such as pouring water into the rice fields, transporting rice seedlings, and hoeing the footpath area.
And not only my father, my uncle also helped with this work, so that this work became easier and finished quickly, my uncle at that time was tasked with guiding the workers so that when planting rice there were several gaps that functioned as paths when we wanted to water the rice later.
I feel very happy to know that Uncle also helped us, so that makes me more enthusiastic to continue doing many activities to speed up the completion of this work. This is the end of my post and this is a little of my experience about today when I went to the rice field to plant in the morning with my little family.
See you next time🙏🏻