Mountain wild treats were so abundant 25 years ago you could eat them freely; now they are a rare commodity at 35 yuan per jin

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In the rural areas of the past, although life was not as good as it is now, people were very happy. Back then, when children had cravings but no money to buy snacks at the village shop, they would go out into the rural countryside or the mountains to pick all kinds of wild fruits to eat. These were not only delicious but also very nutritious, so they were deeply loved by children. Below, the author will share with you a kind of wild treat from the mountain villages of the past, one that was loved by many rural children.

The author still remembers that 25 years ago, all kinds of wild fruits were abundant in the mountains. When rural children were hungry or had cravings, they would go into the mountains to pick wild fruits to eat. From June to August, one kind of wild fruit was especially loved by rural children. This wild fruit is usually purple, and there are also yellow ones. In July or August, it would "split" open with a crack. By this time, rural children were already on summer vacation, just the right time to go into the mountains and pick this wild fruit to eat. This wild fruit is the "niuluantuo", also known as "bayuezha" or "bayuegua" (Holboellia latifolia).

At that time, this kind of wild fruit was everywhere in the mountains. Basically, you could pick it and eat it freely. Many rural children, during summer vacation, whenever they had a craving, would secretly run up the mountain to pick bayuezha to eat. It was not only delicious but also satisfied their cravings. Moreover, many farmer friends, when they went into the mountains and got thirsty, could also pick some of this wild fruit to eat. So in the past, bayuezha was also deeply loved by farmer friends.

However, although the rural standard of living is now much better than before, these wild fruits are also becoming fewer and fewer. They are rarely seen even in the mountains. If you want to eat them, it is not easy, and you even have to spend money to buy them.

When the author went to the mountains to play these past two days, I searched for a long time and could not find any bayuezha. However, I did see cultivated bayuezha in the field of a farmer friend. But the bayuezha now has not yet split open; it has only just set fruit not long ago and is still green. According to the farmer friend, this wild fruit used to be everywhere in the mountains, and you could eat it whenever you wanted. Now it is not easy to find this wild fruit in the mountains, and it has to rely on artificial cultivation. According to this farmer friend, although this wild fruit could be eaten freely in the past, it is now a rare commodity; in the city it sells for 35 yuan per jin.

I never expected that a wild fruit once found everywhere in the mountains now actually sells for such a high price. It is hard to imagine. Dear friends, did you eat the wild fruit "bayuezha" when you were children? How much does it sell for where you are now? You are welcome to leave a message and share.

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