When it's hot, you sit and enjoy the shade while it sprays water to cool your crops.

When it's hot, you sit and enjoy the shade while it sprays water to cool your crops.

At midday during the dog days of summer, the sun is so scorching it can melt you. Corn leaves curl up into tubes, bean vines lie flat on the ground, and even weeds droop. On days like this, people dare not go out, but this is precisely when crops are most vulnerable—the sun is too intense, there's not enough water, and they'll be damaged by the heat.

You sit under the shade of a tree, fanning yourself, sipping cool tea. It's hot, but you're not afraid. Because you have it in your field—the sprinklers are turning, and fine mist rises, landing on the crops. The corn leaves, covered in water droplets, slowly unfurl; the bean vines, wet and glistening, straighten up again. Where the mist passes, the temperature drops several degrees.

You sit and enjoy the shade while it works for you. The sun beats down, it sprays; you rest, it's busy. Waves of heat rush in, and waves of mist meet them, a constant struggle. You know, with it here, the seedlings won't suffer; with it here, they won't be afraid of the heat.

Before, on days like this, you had to run around in the fields. Carrying water, splashing water, providing shade—you were more tired than the crops. Now you can just sit and watch the mist drift, see the seedlings thrive, and watch the air gradually cool down. That comfort is more refreshing than drinking herbal tea.

When it's hot, you sit and enjoy the cool, while it helps you spray water to cool the crops. From today onwards, the sky is hot, the crops are cool, and you are the one resting.