Sons and daughters, grandchildren migrated to Kohalpur, only the elderly remained at home.
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What to talk about Nathe age in front of my son-in-law! Even though I am 60 years old now, I wake up early like a young man to weed the goats, water the vegetables and take care of the bees. What do you do without it? Out of a family of 7, son-daughter-in-law, grandson-grandson migrated to Kohalpur in Banke, we are the only old people who have become housewives.
We are doing goat and beekeeping as well as vegetable farming because we are not able to fill our stomachs sitting in a lonely house in the middle of the forest. Now there are 15/20 hives of bees, 8/10 beehives and some goats as well as 15 local chickens in the house. Vegetable cultivation in a garden next to the house We have done .
10/15 kg of honey is being produced annually. I sell honey for 1000 rupees per kg after reaching the pool of Kalimati Rural Municipality-1, which is one hour away from home. When the buyer comes to his house and buys up to four Khasibos in a year, he earns up to 50,000 . I earn about 20,000 by selling vegetables. If you sell four/six chickens, you will get 5/6 thousand hands.
When buying bee hives, goats and vegetable seeds, the initial investment was 20/25 thousand. Since then, taking care of the bees and providing them with food in the off-season costs 3/4 thousand. It costs 10,000 to buy grain and grass for goats, 5/6,000 to buy grain and vegetable seeds for goats . 7 to 8 thousand of food, salt, oil and marmalade are required for elderly people. Even if it's only once a year, it costs 5 thousand to change new clothes.
If you buy a bag of rice of 25 kg, it costs 2 thousand 500 . One liter of oil costs 250. Salt costs Rs 25 per kg. A sack of rice, two liters of oil and two kilos of salt are needed in a month. I used to earn up to 4/5 lakh rupees a month till I was old. That's why I connected the house to Ghaderi in Kohalpur. After reaching old age, nothing else can be done other than avoiding morning and evening sleep . Now 15 ropani land is barren due to not being able to do farming . On the one hand, there is a problem of irrigation in Pakhobari and on the other hand, monkeys and wild animals destroy the crops.
I went to different cities of India and worked as a laborer to raise household expenses. After staying in India for 8/10 years, I came back saying that I would work in my own soil with my family. The only thing he wants to do is to keep the livestock and do farming . After coming home, even after doing the same job, the family members prepared hand-me-down soup. Due to my age, I have not had to rely on others for household expenses yet.
Because you cannot eat without earning, even in old age, you cannot say hot and cold . There is a problem of drinking water as it is a single house. Since there is no highway, you have to walk far for health services. He didn't like to go with his son and daughter because he didn't like the noise, the rumble of cars.
As age has cut off neto, there is no longer the temptation to add material wealth . As long as you live, you can comfortably eat and drink two cups. For that, the elders are suffering together .
Presentation: Biplav Maharjan
