Daily Life in China                  

Chinese rice Combine, pedal:

By far the most common harvester is the pedal harvester but slowly giving away to motorized units.  In fields close to electric lines a line is run from the electric pole to the electric motor.   This was a single man and wife working together.  Usually several people do the job with two people pumping the pedal.

Typical scene all over central Hunan, a family unit working their fields together.

Average size plot.