I am a farmer boy

Born to be a child of a farmer, my father and mother experienced childhood trauma where it was difficult to go to school, it was difficult to find money to pay for necessities outside of food, difficult access so that sometimes you had to walk quite a distance, and if the harvest failed, my grandmother in Wonogiri relied on tubers. tubers to withstand hunger or even not eating at all.

There is a story from my father's foster parents that as a child, my father used to carry a stone in his hand as comfort for a child who was starving. It's a cuteness that makes you cry. Meanwhile, Grandma in Klaten relies on gendars or takes eggs or slaughtering the chickens she raises. But since bird flu and large-scale livestock farming were everywhere, the chickens were no longer buying. Eating rice with soy sauce or salt has become so happy that you have to fight over the brothers.

I remember very well as a child having to wake up very early because Grandma and Mother made porridge to sell on the side of the road. "When I wake up in the afternoon, the chicken pecks my fortune," Grandma and Mother always say that when I have to get up early. Even mother has always been like that until now. At that time, Mr. and Mrs. had migrated since they were little, continued their studies in the city and became laborers in Jakarta. But when we returned to our hometowns, the lands changed owners, although there was still an inch left.

When he returned to his village, with the knowledge that he had, he thought of how to make farmers have income because at that time farming only served to eat, while many other needs had to be met. He asked his schoolmates, older siblings, and other siblings to plant timber that can be sold every 5 to 20 years. Five years for planned savings for tuition fees, 20 years for long-term savings if there is a sudden need that requires a lot of money. In addition, ecologically, the roots of the wood are able to hold the soil from sliding. This woody plant only needs to be cared for when it is small, when it is big it does not take much energy and time.