Spring Passes, Autumn Returns: The Red Sour Plums of My Hometown's Hills
In Maoyatun Town, my hometown, if you were to ask which fruit tree is the most resilient, it would be the prickly ash. It grows wild without any care, blooms in the spring, and still bears fruit even without wind or rain. Raindrops hang on the fruits after the rain.
Red sour plum fruits on the hillside. Sour plums are precious – they are calming and treat insomnia. The sour plum kernel is the most precious of all.
Picking them is not easy; thorns grow all over the branches, and you'll get pricked if you're not careful.
Sour plum fruits on the slope of Damo Gang Water Reservoir
Birds also like to eat the fruits
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