Working In Rural Thailand

[William Osborne]

I was watching my wife and some of her workers planting rice earlier in the year. Her workers were teasing me about helping. I asked my wife how much she would pay me. She told me the help gets 175 baht per day. I told her that I wouldn't work for that. She immediately replied that was good because I wasn't worth 175 baht a day. Smart mouthed woman.

I don't if I like the rice picking season or not.... I suppose the extra income generated by my mrs picking rice for 14 hours a day is appreciated but I have to wait till she's on her lunch break before she can go down to the local shop my daily supply of Chang and then my supper is late in the evening...