Shui Tian Village

Friday morning, Brian called Katie and me and asked if we wanted to take a trip out to Shui Tian village (this is the same village we went to with Rices when we visted here last Thanksgiving). The Rice's friend Xiao Yang is from Shui Tian and her parents and sister still live there. Xiao Yang and her husband Li Ma spend most of their time in Mengzi but return to the village to help Xiao Yang's family during the busy farming times. Brian picked up Xiao Yang and her two girls and we headed out in Brian's borrowed jeep.

Scenery on the road to Shui Tian



With Xiao Yang and her two daughters, Yi Li Ya and Yi Li Sa
Helping the Yangs shuck corn which will be bundled and hung to dry. Eventually it will be feed for their pigs and cows.
Xiao Yang's father brings in another load of corn on his back.

Yi Li Ya and Yi Li Sa got to spend the day with their grandparents.We also helped pull peanuts off the dried bushes after they'd been picked, my first time to see how peanuts are grown.

All through out the village, star anise was laid out to dry. It made the whole village smell like licorice.
Me with one of the older women in the village. They're all so tiny . . . I felt huge standing next to any of them.