English Diary 2026
☆ 0602 I managed to learn at least the basics of how to operate a rice transplanter. My father also taught me how to use a power sprayer. In addition, I helped wash the seedling trays. Most of the work, however, was done by my father and the people who came to help. I had been excused from the main planting day because I was taking the Eiken Grade 1 examination. This time, one field's worth of seedlings had been damaged by unusually high temperatures and had withered, so one paddy field was left unused and had to be planted later. It almost felt as if the weather had changed for my sake. Things like that occasionally happen. In any case, I am simply glad that everything was completed successfully. It was a fortuitous turn of events, and seeing the work through to its culmination was a great relief. On my way home, I inadvertently passed two interchanges and ended up all the way in Yumoto. For some reason, I thought, "Since I'm already here, why not?" and b...