{"id":1048,"date":"2013-10-15T06:27:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T06:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setcourseforchina.wordpress.com\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2013-10-15T06:27:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T06:27:17","slug":"day-seven-i-am-a-potato-farmer-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"Day Seven- I am a Potato Farmer for the Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was a potato farmer for a day! We traveled an hour outside of Xining to visit a local farm family.\u00a0 They were beyond nice to us but maybe that&#8217;s because we were going to do some hard manual labor for them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0777.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1051\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0777.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fields were all terraced land built into the mountains.\u00a0 We had to take precarious &#8220;paths&#8221; up the mountain, passing random sheep, to get to the field we would be picking.\u00a0 We were instructed to first pull up all the weeds, then get to work by digging up the potatoes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0782.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1055\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0782.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My roommate was very excited to find some potatoes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0783.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1057\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1_dscf0783.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We dug up bags full of potatoes.\u00a0 It was difficult work to be outside but uncovering food from the earth was like a treasure hunt.\u00a0 We cleaned them then sorted them based off of size.\u00a0 The larger potatoes would be used for cooking while the smaller ones would be fed to their farm animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0791.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1062\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0791.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all the hard work was done, the farm family fed us all potatoes for lunch.\u00a0 Han Bing told us (and I have agree with him) that Qinghai potatoes are better than Idaho potatoes.\u00a0 We ate them plain and they were better then any dolled up potatoes I&#8217;ve had.\u00a0 Straight from the ground fresh!<\/p>\n<p>Although I really enjoyed this experience and learned a lot about how rural families sustain themselves, I loved spending time with this family. They were kind to us and when the father learned that it was one of my classmate&#8217;s birthday, he insisted that he change to his best clothes in this kid&#8217;s honor.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>When we had to say goodbye, the father followed our bus out of the community with his tractor.\u00a0 He was very proud to show us his working tractor!\u00a0 I realized that he may not have another opportunity to host foreigners in a very long time.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very grateful to have had this opportunity to meet this great family and help them pick their potatoes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2013\/10\/dscf0787.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" id=\"i-1070\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dscf0787.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a potato farmer for a day! 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