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RoulerBleu on scored.co
1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)
Last generation with a significant % of the town being farmers were my grandparents. I have fond memories of helping around the family farm.
The retirement plan of farmers was ''the kid who keeps running the farm, has to keep the parents in the house untill they die''.
This usually ( but not always ) extended to unmarried siblings. Those were all expected to help on the farm untill too sick, or if they moved out.
This tradition only died when farmers either stopped having kids or their too-few kids all left for the city or some other job. Wasen't a problem if you had 5+ kids. It was pretty-much guaranteed one would take the farm.
The retirement plan of farmers was ''the kid who keeps running the farm, has to keep the parents in the house untill they die''.
This usually ( but not always ) extended to unmarried siblings. Those were all expected to help on the farm untill too sick, or if they moved out.
This tradition only died when farmers either stopped having kids or their too-few kids all left for the city or some other job. Wasen't a problem if you had 5+ kids. It was pretty-much guaranteed one would take the farm.