InPics: Farmers busy with work as Xiaoshu comes

A snail stops on a leave at Nanhu botanical garden in Gaomi, east China's Shandong Province, July 2, 2022. (Photo by Li Haitao/Xinhua)

BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Xiaoshu, or Lesser Heat, falls on July 7 this year, which means the beginning of hot summer.

Farmers across China are busy with work in fields.

Aerial photo shows a farmer working in the fields in Fanjingshan Village of Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Li He/Xinhua)

A villager works at a kiwi fruit orchard in Qianliang Village of Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Sun Yang/Xinhua)

A harvester works in a rice field in Huaqiao Village of Shuangfeng County, central China's Hunan Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Li Jianxin/Xinhua)

Farmers work in a rice field in Shanligezhuang Village of Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on July 6, 2022 shows farmers working in the fields in Taiping Village of Zheng'an County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Photo by Zhao Yongzhang/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on July 6, 2022 shows farmers working in a field in Jiandong Village of Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Wang Gang/Xinhua)

Aerial photo shows farmers working in the fields in Jinshan Village of Danzhai County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Huang Xiaohai/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on July 6, 2022 shows farmers working at a drying yard in Jinlong Village of Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

Farmers work in a field in Chenjiaba Village of Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Wang Huifu/Xinhua)■