In late autumn, 62-year-old villager Shangguan Ping was peeling persimmons at a farmer's house in Zhaogou Village, Duancun Township, Mianchi County, Henan Province. After the first frost, he dried the persimmon. As a farmer in the traditional production area of Niuxin persimmon, Uncle Shangguan has been dealing with persimmon all his life. At this time of year, he and his family are busy picking, peeling, drying and covering persimmons.

In the northern mountainous area of Mianchi County, there is a kind of persimmon called Niuxin persimmon, which is big, thin and sweet and looks like Niuxin persimmon, hence the name Niuxin persimmon. Persimmons made of cowheart persimmons have high sweetness and little fiber, and taste sweet and delicious. It is said that they were also offered as tributes in ancient times.

"The persimmons we make here can be said to be magical. Pour a bowl of boiling water, put the persimmon in the water, and then stir with chopsticks. It can stir persimmons into a bowl of persimmon pulp, which is sweeter than honey water. " Uncle Shangguan said while peeling persimmons.

According to Uncle Shangguan, his family collected three or four kilograms of persimmons this year. These persimmons can't be preserved for a long time, so they should be made into persimmons. "I started peeling persimmons to make persimmons at the age of 20. At that time, I scraped it by hand, but I was slow and afraid of persimmon softness, so I peeled it during the day and night. It is also common to peel persimmons until the early hours of the morning. " Uncle Shangguan recalled.

Now Uncle Shangguan has this peeler at home. The principle of the peeler is to rotate the persimmon on the machine, and then touch the surface of the persimmon with the blade in your hand. The persimmon skin is peeled off like a cloth belt. Uncle Shangguan said that manual cutting can cut more than 300 pieces in one morning, and this machine can cut 700 to 800 pieces, which more than doubles the efficiency.

In the old houses in the mountainous areas of western Henan, you can always see sticks stuck on the walls. If you see them in other seasons, many people don't know what they are for. If you happen to walk into the mountain village in this season and see a string of persimmons hanging under the eaves, you will understand the role of those wooden sticks.

Persimmons don't need to be exposed to the sun, but are mainly dry and ventilated, so the eaves were once the first choice for everyone. Now there are a lot of dried persimmons, and the place under the eaves is obviously too small, so the villagers try their best to build a sun shed or some wooden frames. In short, it will be used wherever it can be used.

Persimmons with regular shapes are peeled with a peeler, and the rest are peeled by Uncle Shangguan himself. If you carefully observe the persimmons in the basket, you will find that there is a handle at the pedicle. This handle is very important. With it, persimmons can be hung up, so everyone began to pay attention to reservation when picking.

There is a threshing floor on the roof of another house. Uncle Shangguan drives a tricycle to pull baskets of persimmons, and then carries them upstairs with a pole. The air in the mountains is good, and the temperature is not too low this season. It can be said that the sun is warm and pleasant, and Uncle Shangguan is walking in the sun with persimmons. This photo of labor is really beautiful.

Persimmons used to be strung together. Now with this plastic tool, just like a clothes rack, you can put four on one side, so the space utilization rate is also high. Some of these persimmons dried earlier, and their bodies have obviously become "thin".

Drying persimmons does not mean that everything will be fine as soon as it is dried. Uncle Shangguan said that it still takes a lot of effort, including kneading for two or three times. The first time is to promote its softness and astringency, and then to crush the lumps and shape them, and then to take down the folded cream, cover it and dry it, and cover it again, which will take four or five times.

At this time, when I walked into the mountains, there were scenes of villagers drying persimmons everywhere. This is Silongmiao Village next to Zhaogou Village. The villager's house is built with wooden shelves, and he is hanging persimmons one by one. In this green fading season, under the sunshine, these golden orange persimmons look very good and make people feel greedy.

In order to dry persimmons on sunny days, the villagers also gave full play to their imagination. For example, in the bridge opening of this stone arch bridge, there is also a wooden shelf with strings of persimmons hanging inside. Seeing this scene, you will feel that this is really a persimmon world.