My hometown is a quaint village in Hunan, surrounded by mountains and rivers. There was so much childhood fun there, and the most unforgettable thing was the delicious wild fruits that accompanied us.

Nowadays, all the delicacies that children want to eat are bought, and once they are tasted, they are no longer addicted. At that time, the "delicious food" was picked by ourselves, which was full of fun and tasted extremely sweet.

As long as you search hard, you won't be afraid that there will be no delicious food waiting for you. The trenches in front and behind the house are covered with "sour poles" and "thorn poles", and there are sweet "silk grass roots" and "pheasant legs" beside the field ridges.

There are "wild rice" in the paddy fields, and "lotus pods" and "chicken head rice" in the ponds.

The most delicious wild fruits are in the mountains. Slices of "raspberry" and "vineberry" are my favorites. They can fill a porcelain jar in one go. Sometimes I carry them in my pocket and compete with ants and beetles for food.

It’s a huge fruit. Once you pick it, you’ll eat it happily. Your mouth will be filled with sweet and sour food. You won’t have to walk on the road to school or after school to look for the “tea bubbles” and “tea slices” all over the mountains and fields. They are a great test of your eyesight.

Yes, finding it is like discovering a new continent.

The next few wild fruits are "wild grapes" and "wild persimmons". One is so sour that your teeth will fall out, and the other is so astringent that you can't move your tongue. Just looking at how cute they are, I can't help but pick them and play with them.

Let me briefly introduce "Bitter Oak" and "Acorn". They are both ancient and tall trees. Every late autumn and early winter, after a night of strong winds, it is the best time to pick them. Invite friends and bring your empty schoolbags to the woods.

Let's go, there are them all over the mountains and plains. Use your hands to lift the fallen leaves, and underneath are the round and swollen fruits. It won't take long to fill a schoolbag full. When you get home, you will set up a pot and light a fire. After a while, the air will be full of fruits.

The aroma filled the air. After a full meal, the excess was brought to share with classmates, or given to the mother who was skillful, and ground it into powder to make delicious "Bitter Tofu".

Now every time I go back to my hometown, it’s the Chinese New Year, and I can’t see those wild fruits anymore. I want to wander around in the mountains, but the paths are overgrown with shrubs and thorns, so I can’t go in. I can only remember them deeply in my memory.

Maoming Xinyi is located in the southwestern part of Guangdong. It is my hometown. In the mountains of my hometown, there is a wild fruit called gunzi. I often ate it when I was a child. Now that I am away from home, I have not tasted this wild fruit for a long time.

I often see people using this guminzi to make wine on the Internet, and it is very effective.

There is an old saying in my hometown: On the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month, Guminzi fell to the ground.

In other words, Guminzi matures at the end of summer, and there will be no fruit after the 14th day of the seventh lunar month.

When ripe, Guminzi is purple-black, about the size of a large female finger, swollen, with purple-red juice and a very sweet taste.

I often ate this wild fruit when I was a kid, but now I only have memories of it.

(Pictures from the Internet) These wild fruits were all over the mountains and fields when we were young. They were our snacks. In order to satisfy our appetite, we were not afraid of hard work or tiredness, let alone insects and ants. Sometimes we would not wash them, but would eat them while picking them.

I put it in my pocket and my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

How many kinds of these can you recognize?

Speaking of wild fruits in the countryside, there are so many.

Yesterday, I saw a lot of people talking about wild vegetables in the countryside. Today, it’s about wild fruits. There are really endless things to say about farmers and mountains. Fang Fei also took stock of the wild fruits that she had eaten in the countryside when she was a child.

There are many wild fruits in the mountains, and these are the common ones that are often eaten.

Growing up in a rural area, Fangfei has to say that she is lucky. She has been with nature since she was a child and has enjoyed its gifts.

Some people may say that there is nothing good about being dirty and poor in rural areas. How can the beauty in it be enjoyed and experienced by everyone?

What delicious wild fruits are there in the countryside?

Is it still available?

During this period of time, I feel like I am almost turning into the Monkey King. I spend all day collecting mountain flowers and foraging for tree fruits, only to have wolves and worms as my companions, as well as tigers and leopards as a herd!

Today, I’m going to pick wild fruits—we are located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain.

mountainous!

Because I grew up in the mountains, I am used to the solid and calm feeling of the mountains!

Looking at those plains with no undulations, you will feel empty, lonely, helpless, and confused!

The mountains are quiet and solemn, but also lively and agile.

People often say that you can eat mountains if you rely on mountains, and you can eat water if you rely on water.

Mountain people rely on the mountains!

Since childhood, relying on the mountains, I often harvest unexpected snacks - wild fruits!

What mulberries, goat's milk fruit, August melon, kiwi fruit, prickly pear, wild grapes, tea bubbles, thorn bubbles, red seed bubbles, water hemp bubbles and so on.

As long as you happen to encounter it when it's ripe, you'll usually have a feast!

1. Water hemp soaking Water hemp is also called ditch water and water fine hemp.

Its stems and branches are clustered, and its leaves are long and slender, resembling thorn leaves but slightly wider and longer than willow leaves.

Usually grows on hillsides, valleys, and watersides.

In summer, you will often find its stems and branches covered with dense orange-yellow fruits, alternating with yellow-green leaves, which is very eye-catching.

At this time, if you just want to have a full meal, just take a handful and start eating.

When I was young, I ate it with my friends. It was sweet and sour and tasted pretty good.

2. Tea bubbles Tea bubbles are a variant of the fruit of the Camellia oleifera tree.

It looks like a not-so-pretty peach, with a hollow center.

The peel, which is the flesh part, is slightly thicker.

I heard that it is a mutation, so maybe everyone is afraid to eat it.

But I ate it.

Sweet and sour with a little astringency.

It’s okay to taste it, but it’s not advisable to eat too much.

3. Goat milk fruit Goat milk fruit is also called goat milk fruit here.

Often grows in mountains, valleys and shrubs.

Summer is its fruit ripening season.