Illustration Perhaps, persimmon is a fruit that brings mixed emotions. Just tasting one fruit, I feel like I can see the taste of summer and earth suddenly coming. A little bit of spicy mixed with a bit of mild sourness and left behind is a light, numbing sweetness on the tip of the tongue. The most special is the scent of ripe persimmon. When the burden of persimmons passes on the street, it must be very clear to be able to recognize the sweet, slightly pungent fragrance carried in the wind. Red envelopes are not only a gift for our children, but also used by mothers to treat diseases. Every time it was the season of persimmon, my mother carefully separated the seeds, took the peel to dry it, and used it as a dewormer for my brothers and sisters. Once, my brother caught a cold in the rain, so he coughed a lot, my mother bought some yellow rosemary, washed and steamed it with rock sugar for him to eat. Miraculously, my brother stopped coughing immediately. When the persimmons are ripe, my mother often soaks sugar in syrup to drink. The purchased persimmons are washed with boiled water to cool and then left open. When the water was drained, my mother instructed me to use scissors to cut the stalk. My mother often told me that you shouldn’t use your hands to pick it up because it will break the persimmon fruit. The glass vase was washed and dried. My mother sprinkled persimmons in the jar, and covered it with rock sugar. Then, she tied the mouth of the jar to a cool place. When the rock sugar layer dissolves, it can be used as a yellowish water. At noon in the summer, make a glass of sweet and cool persimmon water, we slowly enjoy. Oh my, the characteristic scent of persimmons rushes to the nose, spicy but not too harsh like lemon peel, orange peel. Next is the sour, sweet and cool taste that permeates the taste buds. Interestingly, when using this beverage, we can leisurely watch and enjoy pieces of brown persimmon in a glass of golden water. Because the persimmon season suddenly comes and goes, clever housewives often make jam to save. I still remember, the years I went to school away from home, me and my friends were so happy, competing for breath, cherishing the jam that my mother sent me. We shared each piece of chewy, chewy sugar-matched jam that we missed our homeland dearly. Another season of persimmons has returned. Persimmon fruit evokes nostalgia for children far from home with fond memories. The taste of red skin awakens someone’s beautiful memories of a carefree childhood gift. And… Hanoi streets are full of evocative and evocative burdens of persimmons.

Rice fields in Thuy Khue village (Sai ​​Son commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi) are ripe for harvest Wing Paddy field Thuy Khue village (Sai ​​Son commune, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi city) has matured. Coming here in the afternoon, people can admire the bright yellow sunshine on the stretching rice fields, fragrant with the aroma of ripe rice. The rice fields stretch as far as the eye can see, the limestone mountains undulating on the horizon create an impressive scene. On two rows of trees along the path through the fields, in the afternoon the golden rays of sunlight crept through the foliage. Here, some rice fields have been harvested earlier, the farmers are bringing back straw The afternoon smoke blends with the surrounding scenery, making many people come here to be surprised by the idyllic beauty The golden rice fields mixed with the afternoon sun create a beautiful picture Take straw after harvesting rice, can feed buffaloes, cows or burn… Some people here don’t take the straw back and burn it in the field When all the straw is burned, the farmers will let the land rest until the next season mùa Despite the hard work, the bright smiles of the farmers in the suburbs of Hanoi during the ripe rice season are peaceful. Many people in the countryside take advantage of cycling to exercise and look at the ripe and golden rice fields in the afternoon sun Currently, the rice fields are gradually shrinking, instead of industrial zones, high-rise buildings or other crops “The buffalo is the head of the business” – a familiar image of a Vietnamese village People return home after a hard day’s work

Recently, on MXH appeared a picture of a car made of extremely unique and beautiful lychee. This car quickly attracted the attention of netizens. Photo: Hoang Minh Hung Using Bac Giang lychee to replace fresh flowers and forming strips on the hood of the car, this unique idea makes the sisters “fall in love”. Photo: Hoang Minh Hung As far as I know, this is not a bride-carrying car as people speculate, but a car that is introduced and promoted by an event organizer to promote Bac Giang agricultural products such as lychee and watermelon. Taken in Hanoi. Photo: Hoang Minh Hung This milky white “flower car” was borrowed by a volunteer group from a friend to decorate. It is known that they used about 30 kg of fresh lychee to decorate the front and back of the car, which looks exactly like a car. flower car Photo: Hoang Minh Hung This is the time when the lychee is in full ripeness, in addition to the usual way of selling, some people have created a unique new product, the lychee flower bouquet. Photo: My Hanh Each lychee flower bouquet is combined from litchi fruit and many different types of auxiliary flowers such as baby moon flowers imported from the Netherlands, .. As soon as they appeared, bouquets of flowers from litchi attracted the attention of many customers, especially young people. Photo: Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh The red and pink litchi are all neat when arranged in bunches, which are also extremely eye-catching, just solving the aesthetic stage and can be eaten immediately. Photo: Maii Hoa There are even girls who claim that, now whoever gives this bouquet will… love it. Photo: Hoang T Hoang With the sweet and succulent nature, lychee fruit is not only eaten fresh, but also processed into many other forms such as lychee jelly, litchi tea, dried lychee… Photo: Vu Dinh There are sisters who are even more skillful when using bunches of fabric to create shapes on flower vases. Photo: Mai Phuong The post of a flower lover sharing on a large social networking group about his unique flower vase has attracted thousands of likes and comments. Photo: Tu Linh Many people enjoy the unique and creative idea of ​​using a bunch of fresh cloth to plug into a decorative flower vase. Photo: Le Thuy Nga After that, netizens also responded to show that their house also has such a multi-purpose lychee vase. Photo: Tu Linh Invite readers to watch the video: Raising the value of litchi – Source: VTV24

Located on a limestone plateau, at an altitude of more than 1,000m above sea level, with a cool year-round climate, Bac Ha is famous for its plum orchards planted on hillsides and flat valleys sandwiched between mountains. toweringly high. From the first successful hybrid seedlings more than 40 years ago, up to now, the whole district of Bac Ha has about 500 ha of Tam Hoa plums, concentrated in seven communes and towns: Bac Ha town and the following communes: Ta Chai, Ban Pho, Lung Phinh, Thai Giang Pho, Na Hoi and Nam Mon. Unlike Tam Hoa plum areas in other localities in the country, Tam Hoa plum in Bac Ha has a dark purple skin, covered with white chalk, moderate sweetness, very suitable for Vietnamese taste. Depending on the size of the plum, people here classify plums with very funny and rustic names, such as: stupid plum, selected plum, big plum, plum plum and plum plum …. Tam Hoa plum season this year is fruity, high quality, is starting to be harvested, the output is estimated at more than 3,500 tons, an increase of 450 tons compared to 2020. To consume Tam Hoa plums in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, the district Bac Ha focuses on promoting and applying e-commerce, strengthening links in product consumption. Recently, Bac Ha District Agricultural Service Center has cooperated with Lao Cai Post Office to sign a contract to bring Tam Hoa plum products of farmers in the district to be sold on Postmart. Tam Hoa plums in Bac Ha plateau (Lao Cai) begin to ripen from mid-late May, fully ripen and finish harvesting in June every year. This year, Tam Hoa plums are in season, very fruitful. A 5-6 year old plum tree like this can produce tons of fruit. Fruits clustered on low drooping branches… … clinging to the top of a tall tree. When ripe, Tam Hoa plums turn a beautiful purple-red color, with thick pulp, small seeds, sweet and sour taste. Farmers bring Tam Hoa plums to Bac Ha town to sell to tourists and traders from all over the world. Selected plums, large fruits are sold for 30-35 thousand VND/kg. Smaller plums are packed in bags and sold in buckets for 8-10 thousand VND/kg to traders. Consumers buy plums and bring them back. The whole district of Bac Ha currently has more than 500 hectares of Tam Hoa plums, with an output of more than 3,500 tons of fruit per year.

Photo: Mai Phuong The post of a flower lover sharing on a large social networking group about his unique flower vase has attracted thousands of likes and comments. Many people enjoy the unique and creative idea of ​​using a bunch of fresh fabrics to plug into a decorative flower vase. After that, many netizens responded to show off that “my house also has” such multi-use vases. Proud girl with ruffled hair. Photo: Tu Linh A flower vase with a unique design is decorated with a special fruit that makes many people admire. Photo: Le Thuy Nga Have you ever seen a vase of flowers and just wanted a “cup” like this? Photo: Tu Linh Still the muse with ruffled hair, very cute, isn’t it? Photo: Tu Linh And not only plug the bunches of fresh lychees into the vase to create a unique flowerpot. Netizens also have great creativity when creating a beautiful and charming bouquet from fresh lychees. Photo: Flower Vily Photo: Flower Vily Photo: Flower Vily According to Knowledge, in addition to selling lychees in the usual way, some flower shops have created unique bouquets of fresh lychees, each priced from 650,000 to 1 million VND, still attracting young people. Each bouquet of fresh lychee fruit is combined with lychee fruit and many other accessories such as imported baby leaves and flowers or beautiful wrapping paper. To create a unique bouquet of this flower often takes a lot of time and care to keep it fresh, so the cost of each bouquet is much higher than that of ordinary flowers. However, these unique flower bouquets are still being shared by the online community and made many people admire because of their beauty and uniqueness.

Lipton mango tea 1. Lipton mango tea Ingredients: Lipton instant tea with mango flavor 1 pack, 2 ripe mangoes, 200 g ice cubes, 200 ml filtered water. Processing – Wash the mango thoroughly, then cut the mango into pieces to taste. – Put 1 pack of Lipton Ice Tea in a cup, then add about 100ml of water and stir well. – Continue to add ice and fill the glass almost full, then add the cut mango pieces and enjoy a refreshing and delicious cup of mango tea. Illustration 2. Mango pearl tea Ingredients: 2 ripe mangoes, 200g tapioca starch, 500ml fresh milk, 00ml juice, 150g rock sugar, 300g young copra, 40g pandan leaves, 200g dew, 1 small bowl of desiccated coconut . Processing – Put 500ml of fresh milk into the pot, then add 200ml of coconut milk, 150gr of rock sugar, ¼ teaspoon of salt, 40gr of pandan leaves into the milk and boil over low heat. Cook while stirring constantly to prevent the milk from burning on the bottom. After 5 minutes, take out the pandan leaves, add 300g of young copra, stir well and cook for another 5 minutes and then turn off the heat. – Put 300g of tapioca flour in a large bowl, then pour 170ml of boiling water into it and mix well until the dough is sticky, then knead the dough thoroughly to make it firm and even. When the dough is thick, flexible and does not stick to your hands, divide the dough into small balls to eat and then roll them up. – Put the pearls in boiling water. When the pearls emerge, take them out and soak them in cold water. – Mangoes are washed with water, then peeled. Cut mango and dew star into bite-sized pieces. – Put some ice in a bowl then put a few slices of ripe mango, a little dew and pearl on top. Add the coconut milk and sprinkle a little more desiccated coconut to enjoy. Mango Yogurt Smoothie 3. Mango Yogurt Smoothie Ingredients: 1 mango, 200 ml yogurt, 20 gr white sugar, 10 ml lemon juice Processing – Mangoes are washed, peeled and cut into small squares. Put the mango in a blender with 20g of sugar, 10ml of lemon juice and some ice. Close the lid and grind the mixture until smooth, no more stones are fine. – Pour yogurt into the glass first, then pour in the mango smoothie mixture. Add some remaining mango on top. The cool mango yogurt smoothie is extremely attractive. Mango coffee 4. Tropical mango coffee Ingredients: 1/2 ripe mango, 40 ml espresso, 50 ml sugar water, 100 ml filtered water, 150 ml full cream milk Processing Wash the mango, peel it, cut it into pieces and put it in a blender. Add about 50ml of sugar water, 100ml of filtered water into the blender. Blend the mixture until smooth. Put about 100 – 150ml of whole milk depending on your preference into the milk frother. Beat up and down evenly to create foam for about 1-2 minutes until the foam is full. Gently stir the mango puree in the blender, pouring in about 1/2 cup. Put a thin layer of crushed ice on top to separate the coffee and mango. Pour about 30 – 50ml of espresso into the glass depending on your taste. Use a small spoon to slowly pour the coffee onto the spoon so that when it flows down the mango cup, the coffee will spread evenly. Gently shake and tap the milk jug again. Then use a spoon to slowly scoop the milk foam into the glass. Mango crepes 5. Mango crepes Ingredients: Wheat flour 50 gr, cornstarch 30 gr, egg 3, uhipping cream 300 ml, fresh milk 240 ml, ripe mango 3, unsalted butter 10 gr, powdered sugar 25 gr, granulated sugar 1/2 tbsp ,Vanilla water 5 ml Processing – Mix flour, cornstarch and powdered sugar in a bowl, then sift the flour mixture into the bowl containing eggs and milk, mix well. Then, spread a thin layer of butter on the non-stick pan, when the pan is hot, scoop a patch of dough into the pan, swirling to make the cake round. Fry the cake on medium heat until the cake is cooked, repeat until all the dough is gone. – Cut the mango into bite-sized pieces. – Whip cream with vanilla and sugar until peaks form. – Turn 1 layer of fresh cream on the cake, then add a little mango, then cover with a little more cream and then wrap. – After the package, put in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to be able to eat. Mango sticky rice 6. Mango sticky rice with pandan leaves Ingredients: 400g glutinous rice, 150ml coconut milk, 14ml pandan leaf juice, 400ml unsweetened fresh milk, 2 tablespoons rice flour, 130g sugar, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 little roasted peanuts Processing – Soak glutinous rice for 5-6 hours, then wash and drain. Steam glutinous rice for 45 minutes. When the sticky rice is cooked, put it in a bowl or plate. – Put in 150ml of coconut milk, 130g of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt and cook the mixture on low heat. Continue stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add 45ml pandan leaf juice and stir until the ingredients are mixed, then turn off the heat. – Put the freshly cooked pandan coconut milk into a bowl of sticky rice. Mix until the juice is evenly absorbed into the sticky rice. Cover the bowl with foil and let it rest for 20 minutes. – Put in the pot 2 tablespoons of rice flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 400ml of unsweetened fresh milk and stir well. Cook the milk sauce over low heat and stir continuously for about 3 minutes until the mixture thickens slightly. – Put the sticky rice on a plate, gently drizzle over the fresh milk sauce, sprinkle some roasted peanuts on top, and then add a piece of sliced ​​mango to enjoy. Kale mango salad 7. Kale mango salad Ingredients: 1 ripe mango, 150g kale, 8 cherry tomatoes (or 1 regular tomato), 50g grapes, 20g almonds, 4 tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil, honey 2 tablespoons Salt/pepper 1 pinch 1 Processing – Kale, tomatoes, grapes soaked in diluted salt water for 10 minutes, then with clean water, drain. Kale cut off the hard stalks under the tail, the leaves cut into bite-sized pieces. – Cut grapes in half horizontally. Cut cherry tomatoes in half lengthwise. Peel the mango and cut it into large squares. Shredded almonds. – Put the kale in a large bowl and add the ingredients: 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon olive oil. Mix gently so that the vegetables absorb the seasoning. – Mix 1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons honey, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper in a small bowl to make the dressing. – Pour the bowl of sauce into the bowl of kale and mix well, then add the mango, grapes, and tomatoes to the mix. – When the ingredients are soaked in the sauce, sprinkle on top of the chopped almonds and mix well one more time and you’re done. – Put a salad that is both delicious and provides a lot of fiber and vitamins on a plate and enjoy.

Mulberry skin – in the local language of Ha Tinh is elm skin. This is a woody fruit tree, appearing a lot in highland areas in mountainous districts such as Huong Son, Huong Khe. With the characteristic that the results are chained on the stem from the root to the top, the mulberry tree in the fruit season is very beautiful, chosen by many families to grow as an ornamental tree. Mulberry is usually ripe around June, lasts until July, August of the solar calendar… mid-May has begun to have ripe fruit. The young skinned berries are dark red or dark green, but when ripe, the skin turns ivory white, apricot yellow and has a sweet and sour taste. The mulberry tree trunks are filled with tens of thousands of fruits, making both growers and guests feel good. Mr. Tran Van Ky’s house (residing in Ha Linh commune, Huong Khe district) can grow 17 roots of mulberry skin, in the crop every day, traders come to ask to buy. These mulberry roots have been planted since 1980, each crop gives an income of tens of millions of dong. Each root averages from 1.5-2 quintals of fruit. The current selling price is from 25 to 30 thousand VND/kg, bought by small traders in the garden. As Mr. Ky shared, when the harvest is complete, he will weed, dig the soil and dig a deep hole near the base of the mulberry tree to fertilize. The characteristic of this plant is that it loves water, so this area is flooded every year, it is alluvial, so the tree grows well. No need for sophisticated care, on this occasion Mr. Ky’s family has harvested from 3 million VND or more each. The fruiting stem starts from the root to the tip. As Mr. Ky shared, there were many guests who came to pay more than tens of millions of dollars for a mulberry tree that is over 40 years old, but he still did not sell it. The mulberry tree stumps are decades old, not only economic in fruit collection, but also sought after by many people to buy. The berries are plump, ripe, waiting to be harvested. The fruit grows from the base to the top of the tree. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa (Ha Linh commune) also has a mulberry tree that is decades old at the time of fruit harvest. Ms. Hoa said that in previous years, this root yielded more than 2 quintals of fruit, but this year the harvest is more likely. “Strawberry has many different kinds of fruit, some trees give red fruit, but there are white fruit trees. On this occasion, people come to buy a lot, they will climb up to pick, then come down at the yard to weigh and charge. Like this original, someone came to pay tens of millions and did not sell. Because I want to keep it for my children and grandchildren, I have a few million silver coins here every year,” said Mrs. Hoa. On this occasion, Ms. Tran Thi Ha (resident of Huong Khe district) often goes to houses with skins to buy and sell. She said, usually traders will choose the sweetest, most delicious root to buy, the price is offered by the grower. “The strawberry skin is harvested in about 20 days, and customers buy a lot. Some people buy a whole weight and take it to Hanoi and Saigon to give it,” said Ms. Ha. The berries are picked and put on the street for sale.

Tips for storing lychee in a zip bag Cut each lychee separately, except for the stalk about 1-2 cm.
Allow to dry the sticky spots (if any) on each fruit.
Put the fabric in zip bags and then store it in the refrigerator for later use. This way, you can store the fabric for a week. Tips to preserve lychee with newspaper Litchi cut each fruit separately, except for the stalk about 1-2cm, let it dry in places with water.
Line a few layers of newspaper on the bottom of the plastic box and then put the lychee in, one layer after another.
Use newspaper to cover the entire fabric, the more newspapers the better.
Close the lid of the box and store it in the refrigerator. With lychee preservation tips This, you can eat gradually for a whole month. From time to time, you should open the inspection to remove some of the fruit showing signs of damage to protect the other fruits. Tips to store a few pistachios in the freezer In this way, you can preserve the whole year, and until Tet, you can still eat litchi as usual. The method is quite simple: Cut each fruit, let it dry, then wrap it with newspaper and box as above, then put it in the freezer compartment, when eating, bring it out to defrost naturally. You can also peel, fold the cloth in a plastic box, sprinkle a little more sugar, then cover, put in the freezer. If you have a vacuum press, you peel the fabric, put it in a bag and vacuum it before putting it in the freezer, it will save a lot of space than using a box.

The opening hours of the shop can be at five o’clock in the morning or sometimes earlier. At five o’clock in the morning, Uncle Ba called to buy a pack of cigarettes. There are times when Mr. Bay comes over to buy tea bags and comes back to drink in the morning. Sometimes the night has completely sunk, the surrounding landscape has been quiet, the aunt of the two houses also often calls the door, buys a few packets of noodles, she complains that she has nothing to eat in the afternoon, so she “feels sorry”. My mother’s “notebook” is very thick. It was a student notebook, my mother used it to record who still owes some money from the shop. Every family in my neighborhood works in the fields, and it takes more than three months to harvest rice when there is a shortage of rice, fish sauce, monosodium glutamate, and sugar, so they have to “buy on credit” and wait until the rice season. Perhaps my mother’s way of doing business is very special, so when she has money or is short of money, everyone visits her shop. If you sell mango, add more mango, if you sell eggplant, add some onions, when you buy garlic, my mother will add chili. And yet, when anyone goes to buy things, carrying a child, when leaving, mom often carries a candy or a cake. The kids in my neighborhood love hanging out in front of my mom’s grocery store. When they were tired, my mother would scoop them up for a refreshing cup of iced tea. They like to enjoy a glass of shaved ice made by my mother. Because if you have money, you can pay it immediately, if you don’t have money, ask for another meal. Supermarkets are now full of big markets, but the whole neighborhood never forgets to support my mother’s grocery store. Because of the kilograms of “gratitude” rice when there was a shortage of rice, I sold it to the season. Or the meager tamarind to cook sour soup, my mother said, just a little bit, don’t take money. Or how can they forget that my mother’s love has taken all the money from the sale and lent it to Aunt Tu to take him to the hospital for an acute appendectomy… No matter how life develops, the village friendship is always cultivated as a beautiful cultural feature of the river delta of my hometown. People can’t live forever with nostalgia, but good memories can’t be forgotten. My four brothers and sisters have grown up with their mother’s hands, from the income of a small roadside shop. Miss my mom’s grocery store!

Strawberry season is ripe from May to the end of August. Now is the time when the strawberry season is in full swing, so gardeners are busy harvesting to sell. Mulberry – also known as mulberry tree, is a woody fruit tree, the fruit grows from the base to the top. In Ha Tinh, mulberry trees are often grown in mountainous districts Mulberry trees usually bear fruit in the spring. Strawberries grow in clusters, chit from the base to the top. By May, the mulberry fruit begins to ripen and to be harvested Strawberry skin when ripe, the skin gradually turns to ivory white, apricot yellow. The fruit has a mild sour taste, very popular with many people. In recent years, many traders have come to the garden to buy strawberries. Mr. Tran Van Ky’s household (residing in Ha Linh commune, Huong Khe district) can grow 17 mulberry roots. Many unripe roots and fruits have been deposited by traders. Most of Mr. Ky’s mulberry roots are grown over 30 years. Each year, harvest from 1.5-2 quintals of fruit. Currently, each kilogram of strawberry skin costs from 25,000 VND to 30,000 VND. In addition to white and red strawberries, there are also blue-skinned strawberries. The fruit has a sweet taste and the price is also higher For many mountainous people, strawberry skin is not only a snack from the countryside but also a significant source of seasonal income. On average, each mulberry tree can be harvested from 2.5 to 3 million VND/year. With the characteristics of fruit, beautiful canopy, for shade … in addition to planting for fruit, the mulberry tree is also chosen as an ornamental. In recent years, the mulberry tree has been hunted by many people. On average, each perennial mulberry tree costs from 5 million to 30 million VND/tree.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Su – a household that grows regimental chili in Kan Ho commune (Muong Te) – said that her family grows 3 sao of regimental chili. This year, the weather was not favorable, so the peppers lost the crop, the output decreased, so at the beginning of the season, the retail price of chili was very high, up to 270,000 VND/kg. She shared, from an early age, this chili has appeared in her family’s meals. Previously, her family only planted a few trees to eat or give to relatives and friends, but did not trade anything. However, in the past few years, many people from other regions have asked to buy and see the price, since then, her family has expanded the area to grow this specialty chili variety. Regiment chili is having a towering price, everyone is competing to order it This is just the beginning of the crop, so she can only harvest about 3 kg/day. In order to have the quantity to be delivered to the wholesalers, she had to collect more chili from the villagers. Calculating, every day, her family also collects about 15kg of chili, but there are customers who order first, it takes 3-4 more days for her to collect again. “Last year, the price of chili fluctuated from 150,000 to 220,000 VND/kg depending on the quantity and time, but this year the chili crop failed so the price is higher. I buy wholesale from 5kg for 220,000 VND / kg, sometimes the retail price of fresh chili is up to 280,000-300,000 VND / kg, customers still compete to buy, “said Ms. Su. In addition to selling fresh chili, she also sells salted chili peppers for 100,000 VND/box (3-4 ounces). Calculating, in a good year, her family earns about 50-60 kg of chili/sticks/year, estimated to earn a few tens of millions of dollars per year. Ms. Hoa, a long-time regiment chili grower in Ka Lang (Muong Te), also said that growing this chili is like a seasonal job, adding a little more field to the field because the season only lasts about 5 months, from May to October, in which the most ripe time is around June to August. This is a specialty chili of Muong Te According to her, the reason for the regimental chili’s name is to refer to their spiciness, which means that the whole regiment only ate one of these chili peppers because it was too spicy. In addition, this type of chili also has a characteristic aroma that makes anyone who eats it remember forever. Therefore, not only selling to neighboring provinces, she also moved to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, every day she collects about 10kg of fresh chili, customers who want to buy a lot must order in advance monthly. Also because of the spicy, delicious taste, and the quantity is not much, the retail price of chili peppers in recent years has remained at 200,000 VND/kg or more, Ms. Hoa said. Similarly, Ms. Chu Thi Nhung – a regiment chili grower in Thu Lum (Muong Te) – also admitted that, at the beginning of the crop, many customers down the river had ordered regiment chili to give as gifts or buy food to hoard food. gradually. Compared with many other chili varieties, the regimental chili has a larger fruit and is much more spicy. During the hot chili season, she collects about 10kg per day with prices ranging from 170,000 to 180,000 VND/kg. But many people still go to the place to buy it, Nhung shared. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Chairman of Thu Lum Phung Long Ka Commune, said that Thu Lum is one of the communes with the largest area of ​​regimental chili growing in Muong Te district, with a total area of ​​about 4-5ha. Despite bringing high economic value, the regiment’s chili output is still quite modest According to him, regimental chili has been grown here for a long time. In the past, each household only planted a few plants as spices to eat in the family. But about 5 years ago, people just started selling everywhere. Seeing the price, they continued to expand the chili growing area. Households that grow a lot are about 2-3 sao, households that grow less are less than 1 sao. However, this chili variety is quite fastidious, requiring strict growing conditions. The tree only produces spicy, delicious fruit when grown on rocky soil, cool climate. If the weather is too sunny, rainy or cold, the tree will easily die. Moreover, the irrigation also requires experienced growers, new plants to grow. Therefore, this chili variety is increasingly rare and expensive. “On average, each year, the regiment’s chili production of the whole commune is about 4-5 tons/crop. With an average selling price of 150,000 VND/kg, the commune’s estimated revenue from this chili plant is about 600-700 million VND/year,” he said. Chili plants have contributed to increase income for people in the commune. However, the specialty chili regiment provides to serve the needs of consumers in the whole province and neighboring provinces mainly, the consumption is still small and fragmented. Therefore, the commune authorities and people are very eager to support and associate with businesses to consume products, from which people can rest assured to develop and invest in expanding area and output, Mr. Ka said.

With hundreds of hectares of plums covering the valley, Na Kaa is likened to the “kingdom” of plum trees that are about 20-30 years old. When the plums on the 20-30-year-old tree trunks turn from green to dark purple in the first weeks of May, Na Ka people begin the plum harvest season. In order for plums not to be affected by hailstorms, many gardeners in Na Ka have used a net house system. When the plums at the top of the branches are fully ripe, it is also the time when gardeners in Na Ka like the family of Mr. Hau A Su (Ban Pa Khen 1) enter the peak harvest days, selling to traders right in the garden. In the fruit-picking season, if it weren’t for the epidemic, every day hundreds of traders would come to collect the best plums at orchards like Mr. Hau A Su. The family of Mr. Hau A Su in Pa Khen 1 village mobilized the whole family to collect ripe plums in the garden. Mr. Wait’s family grows about 100 20-30 year old plum trees and with these perennial plums, the collectors sometimes have to move on the trunk like this to get all the plums. Playing with ripe red plums, the Mong people in Pa Khen 1 village collect… … the fresh, juicy plums, specialties of the plateau, are brought out by the Mong girls out of the Na Ka plum valley and sold to traders. In households, the season of ripe plums is also a busy time to harvest, pack and send to other places for consumption. To ensure a closed organic production chain, many plum growers have used insect traps, instead of pesticides… Although affected by the disease, the price of plums after Na Ka is higher than in previous seasons, so the famous agricultural product of Moc Chau plateau is still the main livelihood for the Mong people in the region. This specialty with crispy, fragrant and juicy fruit is mostly purchased, sorted and sold by traders in Hanoi and the southern provinces. … and experimentally planted many new plum strains such as rice plum varieties, which are used to process flexible dried plum products. The plums have just been picked right in the garden, fresh and whole, canned and stamped to certify that the agricultural product has a protected trademark, and sold at major supermarkets in Hanoi for 150,000 VND/kg.