[h3]*Yingmei Okudaira*[/h3]
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"Uhm, hmhm." Yingmei went over Niara's suggestion in her head. It would be a good idea to get a little something going, but at the same time did they have the actual time to? Well, it wasn't like they were expected back anytime extremely soon. Besides, it would be refreshing to actually put her skills to work after such a long time. "Hmm, you know what! Okay!" Yingmei would sit the chicken creature down near her feet as she'd pull her hoe from where it was strapped to her bag.

"It'll have to be small, probably a place without much growth or weeds. It'd be too much work to remove those entirely for now, but it should be fine if we plant them and do the weeding later. Since we don't have a Mill...some of the tea leaves and rice will work." It wouldn't be the ideal scenarios for either plant, really, but it'd be better then nothing. It wouldn't take her long to find a suitable spot. A small patch of area that wasn't quite as overgrown, and nothing that her Hoe couldn't handle or she couldn't pull up right with her hands if she had too.

So, with a surprising amount of fervor Yingmei would get started, using the Hoe to make small furrows and to remove any remaining weeds in the area.

"Hmhmhm~" She was now humming quietly to herself as she worked, though it wouldn't be any tune or song Niara would be familiar with. After making the furrows and spacing them far enough away, Yingmei would start dropping the rice and tea seeds into the grooves, followed by properly piling the soil around them and what would be the future base of the plants. After a little while the farmer would have created a small little plot that would hopefully be suitable. "Eheh, okay, I think that's good. Uhm...though it will take awhile for them to grow? Erm, maybe I could do a prayer or ritual for a good harvest, ahah...erm, maybe we should maybe head back soon and let everyone know what we found." Almost as an afterthought, Yingmei would turn her head to the chicken. Where had it gone? "And Miss Clucky! Don't dig up and eat the seeds."