Mother toiled all day long at doing these things, so it was natural for me to help her alongside when I was four or five years old. and then at the age of eight or nine. I could not only carry loads on a shoulder pole or on the back, but also farm the land. 1 remember at that time whenever I came home from school, mother was always cooking in the kitchen soaked with sweat, and I would slip my books down to carry water or graze the cattle. In some seasons I would study in the forenoon and do farm work in the afternoon, while in the busy season I would spend days working along with mother in the field. During this period, mother taught me a lot about farming.