Literature Reference: 无人无牛不及犁，持刀斫地翻作泥。自言家贫母年老，长兄从军未娶嫂。去年灾疫牛囤空，截绢买刀都市中。头巾掩面畏人识，以刀代牛谁与同。姊妹相携心正苦，不见路人唯见土。疏通畦陇防乱苗，整顿沟塍待时雨。日正南冈下饷归，可怜朝雉扰惊飞。东邻西舍花发尽，共惜余芳泪满衣。—— 《女耕田行》 Without man or ox to plow, they wielded knives to turn the soil. Speaking of their impoverished home with an aged mother, and an elder brother gone to war, unmarried. Last year’s plague left the ox pen empty; they cut silk to buy knives in the city. Veiled with headscarves, fearing recognition, who would join them in using knives as oxen? Sisters labored together in bitter hearts, seeing no passersby, only the earth. They cleared the ridges to prevent wild seedlings, and straightened the ditches, awaiting timely rain. At noon, they returned from the southern ridge, sadly startling the morning pheasants. The flowers in neighboring homes had all fallen, and they wept, cherishing the remaining fragrance. Source from 'The Song of Women Plowing.'