Good evening the beautiful people in steemit entrepreneur. It was a stressful day for me today. In my side Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, almost everyone is preparing for the new planting season ahead. A lot of people have started clearing their farmlands, waiting for the first rain of the season.
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I organized some friends few days ago to come and assist me to clear the land. Some of them came with the hope of getting paid. Of course that's what they do for a living. I debated the price with them and we came to an agreement and I fixed a day for the work which was today.
However, my siblings and I made the preparation very early in the morning. We cook soup that the workers will eat during the clearing process. My brother helped in sliding the vegetable that was used for the soup.
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While the food was still in the process, I gathered all the matchets that we were to use for the clearing and sharpened them one after the other.
Before 6:00 am, the boys were already in our compound and we head out to the bush. We started clearing the farm joyfully and with gists. It was a large plot of land and we were just four in number. We cleared more than half the portion of the land before my siblings brought food and we suspended the clearing and ate the food. Although, the boys did not permit me to snap them while eating, but the food was very delicious.
After eating we went back to the clearing of the remaining portion. My siblings made the work fun-filled. My little boy was not left behind. He wanted to catch all the birds flying over his head. He screamed constantly in a bit to shout Catch it!
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We enjoyed every bit of the work. Although, we were tired, but my siblings and my little boy added for to it that we almost forgot the work was huge.
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Moreover, before 3:30 pm, we were able to clear the entire bush. I was very happy because I thought we would not be able to clear the land in a day. I appreciated the boys for the work well done. We washed our hands and legs, and we returned to our compound.
I paid the two boys that I hired the sum of #3000 each. The other person was just assisting me. I couldn't let him go just like that, and so I gave him #1,500 to buy soap as an appreciation.
Right now my entire body is aching me. I expected that. But it is the season of planting and so, I have to get myself prepared. The clearing part is done. We are looking forward for the first rain to signal in order for us to go and burn the bushes. After that comes the planting proper.