a farmer in the neighborhood

I have helped a farmer in the neighborhood. The purposes was communication.

I often met people who come from a town. But I seldom had opportunities to meet people who were in the neighborhood. And I was not good at talking to others, and to make matters worse, I rarely had a conversation with them. So I don’t know my village.

I thought this was bad, so I decided to help the farmer to improve this state and know about the village when the he was looking for a helper.