Residents of modern megalopolises often see the village only on TV, so they can hardly imagine this simple life, full of physical labor. In fact, people in the countryside often live no worse than in the city - only they have to work much more. If you or someone you know has a suitable home, try to get a taste of village life to the fullest, but be prepared for some surprises.
Instructions
Step 1
You are in luck if the house in the village is equipped with the benefits of civilization - sewerage and water supply. Invisible in the city, they become very relevant in the countryside. If the house has no conveniences at all, then you will have to carry water from the nearest water pump or from a well, pour it into the washstand, then take out a bucket of dirty water. The toilet in such houses, as a rule, is on the street, and is a hole in the floor of a small shed (the contents of the septic tank also need to be emptied from time to time).
Step 2
The possibility of connecting a washing machine also depends on the availability of water supply and sewerage. If it is not there, you will have to wash it by hand, as a rule, the villagers wash in the bathhouse, since there is hot water.
Step 3
Get ready for the fact that you will have to wash in the bath - this is both an advantage and a disadvantage. On the one hand, the bath is good for the body, hardens, removes toxins, etc. On the other hand, the bathhouse is usually heated no more than once or twice a week.
Step 4
You will not be able to dodge work, it is always there. In winter, the villagers saw and chop wood and clean the snow. With the beginning of spring, field work begins - digging up the beds, planting seedlings, potatoes, vegetables, watering the garden, repairing and building various fences and sheds. If there is a cow or goat in the house, haymaking and cattle care. If there is no car, tractor or at least a walk-behind tractor in the house, you will have to hire a technician every time, otherwise the work becomes very difficult.
Step 5
Especially a lot of work in those houses where livestock are kept. At least twice a day, you need to cook porridge for animals, adding feed, vegetables and vitamins. Add to this cleaning manure, grazing (in some villages cows and sheep are grazed by shepherds, in others the owners take care of this), treatment, care, morning and evening milking. Many families in villages today refuse to keep livestock, since the cost of feed (compound feed, vitamins, vegetables, hay) significantly exceeds the final income from the sale of meat or milk.
Step 6
With all this, many people in the countryside also work on state or collective farms, in shops, municipal institutions (kindergartens, hospitals, schools), bakeries. Regardless of the place of work, the salary rarely exceeds the national minimum, and sometimes does not even reach it, so many villagers go to work in the nearest town.
Step 7
There is electricity in almost all villages. But mobile communications and the Internet are far from everywhere. Therefore, it is better to ask in advance how the locals are getting out of the situation.
