I felt quite at home then. And in every farming season, we turned to our neighbors for help when shorthanded and a simple meal for them in return was just enough.

农忙时，家里农活忙碌，邀邻居来帮忙，只需吃顿简单的饭，聊聊天。

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The habit, arranging life by the year has enjoyed a long history in the countryside, and the main life rhythm of it is the busy farming season and slack farming season.

农村社会中一直延续着以年度为周期来安排生活的习惯，农忙与农闲构成了乡民们一年中大致的生活节奏。

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The original aim of the scheme was to create productive job opportunities for rural labor during the non-farming season and was also to be operated in districts with a more acute unemployment problem.

该计划的本意是针对失业问题较严重的地区，在农闲季节为农村劳动力创造生产性就业机会。

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Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of four-season farming.

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