Mr. Vy gets up at 4:30 and goes down to the kitchen to boil some water for my morning tea. He drinks several cups of tea, has a quick breakfast and then leads the buffalo to the field. It takes him 45 minutes to get ready. He leaves the house at a quarter past five and arrives in the field at exactly 5:30. He ploughs and harrows his plot of land and at a quarter to eight he takes a short rest. During his break he often drinks tea with his fellow peasants and smokes local tobacco. He continues to work from a quarter past eight till 10:30. Then he goes home, takes a short rest and has lunch with his family at 11:30. After lunch he usually takes an hour's rest.

Mr Vy and Mrs Tuyet are farmers. They get up early, at 4:30 a.m. They work hard on their plot of land, usually from 5:30 a.m. till 6 p.m. Mr Vy usually takes an hour's rest after lunch. After dinner, they watch TV and go to bed at about 10 p.m. Sometimes, they visit their neighbors and chat about their work, their children and their plan for the next crop. They love working and they love their children as well.