I come from a long line of farmers. When my parents moved to Wisconsin, farming allowed them to 1 back to Laos, to the culture, and the land. Wisconsin's cornfields 2 the rice fields of Laos. But for me as a child, farming was just a 3 . I would be assigned (分配) a row of green beans. My mom 4 me a big basket and it was my 5 to fill it. That was how I spent my summer vacation 6 my friends were either at camp or doing other fun activities.
I didn't 7 how farming brought hope to my parents until I was an adult. I am a 8 removed from Laos and I have found that farming allows me to 9 my parents' story. It allows me to see a little bit into their story. What I've 10 from my mom is that you can grow just about anything. My mom wants to start growing 11 like she did back in Laos. With a snowy climate, it is something I never thought 12 here. To me, this shows resilience (适应力). Maybe it 13 and maybe it doesn't. But there is 14 in that.
As a kid, I hated doing farm work and I never thought that someday I would say that I kind of 15 putting my feet in the mud and weeding (除草) the corn.
