A scene from the farmer group’s video. (Photo cut from clip) A “fashion show” with “models” who are Chinese farmers wearing clothes made from vegetables and agricultural products is becoming an exciting story for Chinese netizens. In the footage shot in Chenxi County, Hunan Province, four women wearing costumes and accessories made from agricultural products perform a catwalk on a dirt road, with music and rural settings. The video begins with a woman holding a large horn loudspeaker and proclaiming: “Let’s welcome our village flowers on a dazzling stage.” After that, the group of women walked confidently towards the camera, wearing skirts made of vegetables, accessories such as guavas, loofahs and eggplants. They seem to have learned some catwalk tricks, like making cool facial expressions, not looking directly at the camera, and slightly nodding their heads when approaching the camera. The 1-minute show is the way these women came up with a way to attract buyers of agricultural products. Group of women performing homemade costumes. (Photo cut from clip) The video was filmed by a woman surnamed Xu and posted on the account Douyin, an application similar to TikTok. “The first person is my mother-in-law. I go third. We are all one family,” Xu said in the introduction to the video. “We make skirts out of vegetables and hats using what we find in the surrounding garden,” says Xu. The woman said she hopes the video “can make her life better”. “Our organic vegetables are not being sold very well. So I thought to use my Douyin account to promote agricultural products,” Xu said. On Douyin, many people praised this group of women as cute and commented that the world famous fashion events sometimes have to compete with them. Xu is one of thousands of Chinese farmers who already know how to use social media. Over the years, rural life-themed clips have become popular on online platforms. Li Ziqi became one of the most popular stars on Chinese social media thanks to his videos about the rural lifestyle.

“In previous years, my husband and I often bought the whole garden, from when the lychee was still green until harvest, we would sell it to traders. Now the lychee is in the right season for the outbreak, so my husband and I decided to switch to drying and selling dry cloth. Because it was too urgent, I didn’t have time to make a drying oven, so after I harvested fresh lychees, I rented them to dry them and then sell them on my personal page as well as online market groups,” Thuy said. The price of dried fabric is halved compared to every year Ms. Thuy said that the drying time for a batch of fabric ranges from 5 to 6 days, depending on the drying process of each kiln owner. A satisfactory batch of dried lychee is that the lychee fruit must have uniform color, sharp sweetness, flexibility and a very characteristic aroma. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the price of dried lychee this year is much lower than every year. According to Ms. Thuy, in previous years, the average price of dried lychee was from 120,000-150,000 VND/kg, this year the price fluctuates around 60,000 VND/kg. This price is for Thuy and her husband to make it public on their sales page. She and her husband only do wholesale, not retail, with a minimum order of 10kg. Customers taking in large quantities, from 50kg or more, I will reduce the price a little more. “Because I have been selling for nearly 15 years, the number of regular customers is very large. There are customers who order immediately at 2-3 quintals, on average I output about 4 quintals a day. In less than a week, I sold 1.5 tons of dried lychees,” she said. Thuy and her husband only wholesale dried cloth for customers who buy 10kg or more “Actually, this year, I switched to selling dried lychees like this and didn’t make much profit. However, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, I want to join hands so that litchi growers don’t suffer much damage.” The woman shared that if the dried fabric meets the standards, it can be preserved for a whole year. Dried lychee can be used to eat directly, soak in alcohol or use to cook tea, as a spice for traditional Chinese medicine. How to choose a drying cloth In the market, there are many establishments that sell dried fabrics, but to choose quality dried fabrics, it is necessary to pay attention to buy them at reputable addresses. The dried fruit must be large, the outer skin is dry evenly, keep its shape or slightly dented. Dried fabric can be kept for a long time Especially when peeling, the lychee must be flexible, have a characteristic aroma, sweet taste, peel off without sticking to your hands, and have a dark color of cockroach wings. Long litchi with black color means it has been burnt, while long with light brown color means that it has not been dried enough, must be used immediately and cannot be stored for a long time. Methods of preservation In order to preserve the dried fabric for a long time, when we buy the fabric, we dry it under 2 or 3 times in the sun. During the drying process, pay attention to turning the fabric to the sun, and the fabric to dry evenly. Then put it in the shade to dry in the wind for another 3, 4 days, then put it in a tightly tied plastic bag. When storing, about 2-3 months, you should open the cloth bag to check the probability of a few fruits to see if the dried fabric is still of good quality or has been moldy, damaged or opaque. If you store a lot, every few months, you should take the fabric out to dry in the sun and follow the exact same preservation process for the first time, thus ensuring that the dried fabric can be kept delicious and nutritious for years to come.

– Fresh milk without sugar: 200 ml – Whipping cream: 300 ml – Gelatin powder: 20g – White sugar: 50g – Green tea powder: 3g – Rock sugar: 100g – Fresh lychee: 1kg
– Almond slices: 50g Ingredients for making Khuc Bach tea (Photo: Ngan Ha) 2. How to make Khuc Bach tea Step 1: Pour gelatin powder into fresh milk, soak for 20 minutes for gelatin to expand. Divide this mixture into 2 bowls and then steam in a water bath, stirring constantly to melt the gelatin and milk mixture. Step 2: Put 50ml of fresh milk, 125ml of whipping cream, 15g of sugar into a bowl of gelatin and boiled fresh milk and stir until dissolved. Then, pour the mixture through a sieve to filter and put into molds to form milk cream jelly. Next, wait for the jelly to cool completely, then put it in the refrigerator for about 2 hours for the jelly to solidify. Step 3: Put 15ml of boiling water and 3g of green tea powder in a bowl and stir. Then, put 50ml of fresh milk and the remaining 125ml of whipping cream in a bowl and stir well. Take the second bowl of gelatin, pour in the mixed green tea mix with 15g of sugar, stirring constantly to dissolve the mixture. Next, filter the mixture through a sieve into the mold to make the mixture smooth. Let the green tea jelly cool completely and then put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours for the jelly to solidify. Step 4: Fresh lychees are peeled and seeded. Then, boil 1 liter of water and stir in rock sugar to dissolve, let it cool, put the seeds in the lychee. Step 5: Sliced ​​almonds in a frying pan until golden, fragrant, then put in a glass jar to keep the almonds crispy. Step 6 : When the jelly has frozen, use a knife to cut the jelly into small squares to eat. Put milk cream jelly, green tea jelly, fresh lychee soaked in alum sugar water in a bowl, add shaved ice, sprinkle almonds on top and enjoy. Khuc Bach tea is delicious and helps to cool down the body. (Photo: Hung Giang) 3. Some notes when making Khuc Bach tea When cooking Khuc Bach tea, you can replace gelatin with jelly powder. If you don’t have lychee, you can replace it with other fresh fruits such as mango, strawberry, longan, peach… If you want the baijiu to melt as soon as you put it in your mouth, you can add less gelatin, but it will mean that it is difficult to freeze, difficult to cut, difficult to remove, when put in water, it dissolves very quickly, so it is difficult to keep for a long time. Do not boil gelatin on the stove, it will make the gelatin lose its freezing effect or make it difficult to freeze after being added to other mixtures. Therefore, it is advisable to melt gelatin by heating it in a water bath. You can also mix colors and flavors to your liking. If you like the taste of passion fruit, you can add a few tablespoons of passion fruit or strawberry syrup. If you want green tea, add green tea powder, if you want cocoa, add cocoa powder… If you don’t like the color smell, you can leave the original white. Another point to note is that Khuc Bach tea tastes better when refrigerated. Khuc Bach when eating, cut into pieces and eat always to avoid being easily dissolved in water for a long time. If you make a lot of it, you should put it in the refrigerator, cover it and keep it for a few days. Khuc Bach tea is delicious and helps to cool down the body. The way to cook Khuc Bach tea is also quite simple. You can cook this cool, nutritious soup for your family and friends to enjoy in your spare time. Good luck! Phuong Anh (Synthetic)

– 1 young coconut – 500ml fresh coconut water – 400ml coconut milk – 4g of crispy jelly – 3g of flexible jelly powder – 100g sugar – 200g condensed milk – 10g cornstarch 2. How to make pickled coconut tea Step 1: Put fresh coconut water with sugar and crispy tapioca powder, soft pearls into the pot to dissolve. Then, put it on the stove, keep the heat low. During the cooking process, continuously stir until the jelly water boils, skim the jelly to clear before turning off the heat. Then, pour the jelly into the tray, let it cool and then put it in the refrigerator to freeze. After the jelly is frozen, bring the jelly to shreds or diced. Fragrant coconut jelly (Photo: Dan Viet) Step 2: Use a knife to poke a hole in the young coconut and pour all the coconut water inside into a large bowl. Then, use a large knife to cut the coconut in half, use a metal ladle to remove all the coconut meat inside, then wash it under cold water, cut into strips. Step 3: Pour all the coconut milk into the pot and bring to a boil. When the coconut milk is just boiling, add a bowl of cornstarch water and stir well to create a slight consistency. Next, turn off the heat and add condensed milk, stir well, let cool. Step 4: Put in a bowl or cup some young copra, jelly, pearls, crushed ice, then add coconut milk and shredded coconut and enjoy. 3. Some notes when making and preserving coconut tea Coconut pickled tea is a famous dish in the city of red phoenix flowers – Hai Phong. This is an extremely attractive and delicious tea for those who love sweets with the greasy taste of coconut and the coolness of jelly. Coconut pickled tea is a famous dish in Hai Phong (Photo: Viet Q) Depending on the taste of people who like to eat crunchy or flexible jelly, choose the right type of jelly powder. The core of copra is thicker, harder, when eaten with pearls, it will be more crispy. If the copra is still slightly sticky with the brown shell, use a knife to scrape the brown shell out so that when eating the coconut beams, there is no acrid taste of the shell. In addition to pickled coconut, you can eat coconut pearls with cold Siamese coconut water, tea or drink with fruit tea is also very delicious. If you want to make the coconut soup more delicious, you can add a little roasted peanuts. However, roasted peanuts will lose the natural aroma of the coconut, so the original way to make the coconut is to not add roasted peanuts. After cooking, if not used all, the tea can be put in a porcelain bowl or glass bottle and stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Above are all the simplest ways to make delicious and nutritious coconut tea at home. Good luck! Phuong Anh (Synthetic)

The continuous accident between a truck and two passenger cars occurred around 22:30 pm on April 18 on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, near Suoi Giua toll station, Hiep An ward, Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong. The scene of the accident At that time, the truck with the Supervisory Board: 60C – 169.86 was loaded with pigs moving on Highway 13. When the car turned about 100m from Nguyen Chi Thanh, there was a collision with a passenger car carrying the Supervisory Board: 61A – 058.75 and then suddenly turned sideways. The tourist car was crushed The truck then crushed another passenger car bearing the IC: 61A – 696.83 moving in the same direction. The man operating a sea tourist car 61A – 696.83 when he saw the truck tilted, immediately the baby boy in the upper row jumped into the back seat and luckily both father and son escaped death. Pigs on the truck scattering in the middle of the road At the scene, the truck flipped across the middle of the road. The sea tourist car 61A – 696.83 the first part was crushed. Meanwhile, the tourist car carried the IC: 61A 058.75 cardboard stuck to the truck. Hundreds of pigs on the truck ran away in panic, scattered in the middle of the road. The people assisted the driver to take the pig to a point near the accident scene. Many pigs died after the accident The accident was serious in between 3 vehicles, but fortunately there was no death. The father jumped to the back seat with his son so he escaped death