Near Tet, Nghe An 'planters' earn half a million per day
(Baonghean.vn) - At the end of the year, many localities in Nghe An are taking advantage of the warm and sunny weather to actively plant spring rice. In order to finish planting before Tet, many families have to hire workers for a salary of 300,000 VND - 400,000 VND/day or 500,000 VND/sao.
Mr. Nguyen The Minh in hamlet 3, Hung Phuc commune (Hung Nguyen) works on 4 sao of rice fields. There are only 2 people in the house, so from tilling the land to planting rice, he has to hire people. Mr. Minh said: "I can't plant on 4 sao, only one woman can plant, so I don't know when it will be finished. Therefore, I have to hire people. The wages are high, but it's acceptable to keep up with the village and the neighborhood." He assigned 4 sao of rice fields to 2 workers with a rental fee of 1.5 million VND.
Currently, the communes of Vinh Thanh, Vien Thanh, Dong Thanh, Van Thanh... (Yen Thanh) are in the planting season. Near Tet, many women in Yen Thanh have formed planting groups to plant rice for hire in communes in the district and neighboring districts such as Dien Chau and Do Luong.
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| Across the fields, farmers in Nghe An are urgently closing the spring rice area in low-lying areas before Tet. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuat in Ma Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) works as a worker in Dong Nai. This year, the company has little work and the Tet holiday is early, so she takes advantage of these days to hire out rice planting for households in need to earn extra money for Tet. "My family is in a difficult situation. This year, the company has little work so we don't have any savings. Therefore, I take advantage of the Tet holidays to hire out rice planting to earn extra income."
Every day, starting from 7am, planting rice through noon to 5pm, she is paid 400,000 VND/day. In total, during the 10 days of Tet holiday, she earns a decent amount of money.
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| As Tet is near, the wages of planters are more expensive than other seasons of the year. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
In all the fields in Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Do Luong, Anh Son... farmers are also racing against time to finish planting before Tet. Ms. Hoang Thi Ba in Tao Son commune (Anh Son) said: "After finishing planting rice, sowing, then we can worry about Tet. There is not much time left according to the agricultural calendar, Tet is already "on the doorstep", so in addition to mobilizing brothers, the family has to hire 3 more workers to hopefully finish 9 sao of rice fields before Tet holiday".
Currently, the demand for rice planting is very high because near the Lunar New Year, farmers are all thinking of closing their areas to comfortably celebrate Tet and enjoy Spring. While people are excitedly preparing for Tet and decorating their houses, rice planting teams are working hard in the fields, taking advantage of "selling their faces to the land and their backs to the sky" to earn extra income. The wages are high, many rice planting workers accept "contracts" to plant rice until the 29th of Tet. For them, Spring blessings are the worthy wages they receive from the green rice fields...
