Wild mountain fruit in the rural mountains: kiwifruit is almost ripe

Autumn has just begun, and some wild fruits in the mountains are one after another approaching maturity. In the last episode, I just made "August melon is really about to ripen"

This episode is about wild kiwifruit!

Kiwifruit is known as the "king of fruits," mainly because kiwifruit is rich in vitamin C!

Here in Enshi, Hubei, there are a large number of wild kiwifruits on the mountains!

Wild kiwifruit is generally much smaller than the ones in supermarkets

The taste is also a bit more sour!

But after it is fully ripe, the flesh appears dark green!

Generally, in my hometown, kiwifruit can already be picked by around the end of the seventh lunar month!

Wild kiwifruit is not left until it is fully ripe before being picked

Fully ripe kiwifruit will be carried off by birds in the mountains!

The picked kiwifruit is placed in a wooden vat

Generally, after picked kiwifruit is kept at home for about a week

It will slowly become ripe

Pick out the kiwifruit that has softened inside and eat it

Some people, in order to store kiwifruit longer

Choose to dig a hole and spread a layer of fine sand and leaves!

Layer upon layer stacked up like this

This way it will be preserved longer

I heard this method is based on wild birds carrying off kiwifruit and storing some in hidden places

The next year, when burning "fire fertilizer," sometimes fully preserved kiwifruit is still found

And it is preserved very well, and the taste has not changed!

That is why this storage method was invented!