During the break - Jeff was handed a type of rice and vegetable dish. He watched as the others would grab the food in their hands and ate it.

He followed suit despite the unfamiliartiy. It tasted starchy but he was super hungry by then and scarfed it down. It was slightly spicy but certainly flavorful.

Jess coughed in his direction - at his appetite. He looked around and noticed that he'd eaten more than the share that the other villagers had taken. He set down the plate and despite still behin hungry- stopped himself from eating more.

After another ten or so minutes - they got back into working. It felt good to have the time off- his muscled were already very sore- and he wasn't sure how much he'd be able to push himself- but he would try regardless.

This time Jennifer directed them to plant the seeds above the holes that held the as well as organizing the line for the drip irrigation system they had set up.

It seemed to be a working system- but would still require the initial water- so he wondered how they would fare if there wasn't rain collected in the next few months. Regardles he followed suit. This time. They used a specific type of mulch rather than plain dirt to pack into the holes that spread over the field.

"Simama," Jennifer stopped everyone after they'd finished a portion of the project- he'd already exhausted a lot of the excess water in his body to the point where the sweat was no longer coming out. He'd certainly have to replenish and he wondered how the villagers would fair.

He realized however, that he'd had no need to use the bathroom- because he'd sweat all of the water out instead- so that was kind of interesting.

Jennifer actually came up to him and handed him a dry towel.

After finishing - it seemed like the villagers seemed very happy with what they'd accomplished.

"Good job," Jennifer spoke. But before Jeffery could respond she already walked away and was checking up on some of the villager kids.

-

Around the time that he noticed the sun beginning to set Sarah and Seth finally returned. It just began to set on him how exhausted he felt- he could hardly help lift any of the items they brought to the village. Jennifer gave him a pathetic look as picked an item that he almost dropped.

Sarah chuckled a bit.

Jeffery found that he was extremely tired and decided to sit in the back of the jeep while Sarah and Seth played and chatted with a couple villagers for a bit.

He shut his eyes for a moment.

He wasn't sure how long it had been - but he was jolted awake by the jeep door closing.

The ride back was silent, but satisfying. He looked out onto the landscape. Despite the drought - it was still a very beautiful land.

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Seth dropped the girls at their homestay and jeffery took the front seat.

-

"we're here," Seth spoke and gave Jeff a pat on the back as they walked home.

Jeff ate a nice homecooked meal that had been prepared for the two- took a quick bath where he scrubbed off all the dirt- dumped his old clothes into the sink to rinse off and placed them to dry.

He stayed in the common room with Seth and the family for a bit, but couldn't keep his eyes open for long. Seth shook his shoulder.

"Hey," Seth spoke, "you should get some sleep, man."

Jeffery nodded and left them to chat while he went to the room and crashed immediately in his pillow.