因为无法经常去地里查看，他们很大程度上只能依赖自己的亲戚朋友去照看田地。 今年春天，当我在从小长大的乡村里租了一块地并决定种一些小麦时，我母亲答应帮我定期查看播种、浇水和施肥的情况。
Because they don’t visit their fields often, they rely heavily on relatives and friends.  When I decided to farm wheat for the first time this spring on leased land in my childhood village, my mother agreed to supervise plowing, planting, and harvesting.