Life as a Farmer: Yuan Dynasty

Daily Life in Yuan Dynasty

By Deanna Solari

            The family I visited lived in Tianjin. They were farmers, this means our life was okay and that we got by with what we had. In the morning the family tended to the crops and ate breakfast for breakfast they had whatever was left over from what they sold the day before. Then they got ready to sell some of the crops from today that they harvested.

            In the middle of the day the family came back to have lunch together the room smelled like rice. It was perfectly cooked rice and tasted very good. They did not have any meat with their meals because they couldn’t afford it. After lunch they went back and tended to the crops. For fun in the afternoon the kids chased each other around outside in all the open land. After a little bit of playing time though the family had to get back to work in order to harvest the crops on time.

             At the end of the day the family came into have dinner together. They had rice again but third time they had a tiny piece of meat on the side to go with it. They were all exhausted and said their prayers. They prayed to confusions and to his four books. They finally went to bed after a long day of working on the farm. Their house was basically one room and they all shared it to sleep in and eat in.