Recently a netizen posted a photo of a living room in the countryside that attracted netizens’ attention. This person wrote: “I found a photo of my family in my hometown taken in 1988 – 1990. Dad said that the family was very wealthy and famous in the area back then. In fact, compared with now, many people will be surprised and do not recognize these items. Because with today’s modern life, the way to decorate and arrange furniture as shown in the picture will not be anything special. However, a few decades ago, the family having a cupboard, television and salon furniture was very luxurious and proved to have money. In addition to wooden furniture, black and white television with antenna was also a rarity. Not all families have enough money to buy a television. Every family that has television is also prestigious and attracts the whole village to watch every night. At that time, Japanese black-and-white and red-shell Hitachi TV sets cost about 7-10 gold pieces, which was the pride of the rich. At that time, television was very rare, only those “super rich” dare to buy to watch. It is also the once-proud pride of conditional homes. In addition to these items, in families with conditions, there are radio VEF 206, Soviet winding clocks, or toad fans, elephant ear fans … Although they are now considered antiques and many The house was only displayed for beauty, but at one time it was expensive, difficult to buy and only with lots of money to own.

However, in recent days, the market has appeared super strange squash with all different shapes and colors. Notably, these squash have a very small weight, ranging from 150-300 grams / fruit. According to the seller, it’s baby squash, sourced from abroad. In recent years, this type of squash was introduced to Vietnam and planted as squash. The pumpkins have eye-catching shapes and colorful colors that attract customers Ms. Ngo Huyen – the hub selling baby pumpkins in Tran Hoa (Dai Kim, Hoang Mai, Hanoi) – said that for the first time she bought this kind of pumpkins because they found them very beautiful and strange. But at that time, she bought it not for cooking, but used as home decorations. After that, she researched and imported goods to sell. Ms. Huyen said that this kind of baby pumpkin has the characteristic of very small fruit. For example, the round yellow pumpkin requires 3-4 to get 1kg; green striped squash, white squash, … then 6-7 can get 1kg. Pumpkin is grown by some gardeners in Da Lat (Lam Dong). When harvested, squash is often bought as decor, while processed into dishes is not much. Also according to Ms. Huyen, except for squash types with white skin, the other types of baby squash have very thick skin, which can be decorated indoors for 3-6 months. When playing, it’s okay to cook, because this pumpkin tastes like a traditional pumpkin. In particular, the pumpkin is so beautiful that people often make a dish stuffed with meat to steam or grill, some families use it as a snack for children. This type of squash is quite expensive but is decorated by many people The more strange shaped pumpkins are, the more women prefer to buy them Pumpkin price is divided into 2 types. Pumpkin mix with large and small fruits costs 95,000 VND / kg, yellow squash costs 85,000 VND / kg. At this price, baby squash is 5-10 times more expensive than pumpkins, but still attracts Hanoi customers. “Most customers only buy 1-2kg for decoration, but there are also people who buy up to 3-5kg once,” Ms. Huyen said. 2-3 times a week, she imported pumpkins from the gardens in Da Lat. Most imported goods are only enough to pay for customers, the surplus is not much. Like the recent pumpkin trip, she imported 50kg and returned nearly 40kg to customers who booked in advance. The rest are kept at stores for sale, but are also “out of stock”. On this occasion, the supply is scarce, so customers often have to book a few days in advance to have it. Anh Dao Van Truong, owner of a clean food store in Ha Dong (Hanoi), also said that although this baby squash is quite expensive, it is still bought a lot by people. Currently, this type of squash is being grown by gardeners in Da Lat to harvest fruits for sale Although most are bought to watch, but traders are able to sell weights each week When I first imported this secret to sell, the quantity of goods sold was not much. However, from the beginning of March up to now, the demand for baby squash has increased dramatically. Instead of selling all 40-50 kg a week as before, now every day he sells 60-80kg. As a huge fan of this kind of pumpkin, Ms. Vu Van Huong from Yen Ninh (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) has spent more than 2 million VND to buy green, white, orange, and yellow squash from Christmas last year. .. about home decoration for fun. At Christmas, she ordered 5kg, the price was 130,000 VND / kg, and put it in a rattan basket on the dining table to allow air. The rest are decorated on pine trees. After Christmas, she sometimes makes a steamed or grilled dish, sometimes she is stewed with bones. So, from Tet until now, she bought two more times, each 5kg, there are fruits that have not been damaged for 3 months, because this pumpkin can be played and eaten at the same time.

Sea mushrooms are quite new, many people do not know. If you first hear the name, many people will immediately think of a fungus growing in the sea. But in fact it is a familiar seafood of fishermen in the sea, delicious, crunchy and lumpy. Recently, sea mushrooms are actively sold on the “internet market”, many women are curious to buy them as a drink because they are quite new. Thanks to that, people trade off a few weights every day. The retail price of sea mushrooms is 220,000 VND / kg, while the wholesale price is 165,000 VND / kg. The people of Ha Thanh bought the fancy squash and brought them to cook The pumpkins have eye-catching shapes and colorful colors. Pumpkin is a nutritious fruit, available all year round at a relatively low price. Small pumpkins usually weigh about 1 kg / fruit, average 2-5 kg ​​/ fruit, some weigh up to 10 kg / fruit. In fact, many varieties of pumpkins are even weighing up to a few pounds. However, recently, the market has appeared super strange squash with different shapes and colors. Notably, these squash have a very small weight, from 150-300 grams / fruit. According to the seller, it is baby squash, originating from abroad, newly imported to Vietnam and cultivated as pumpkin. With its unique shape and unique color, pumpkins attract Ha Thanh people to buy and play, even though they are expensive, 5-10 times more than pumpkins. Someone spent millions of dong to buy this fruit to decorate it, then leave it for a few months when he was bored and brought it to cook. The fancy ‘innovative wax coconut coconut’ of a 25-year-old boy in Tra Vinh According to Lao Dong newspaper, wax coconut is known as one of the famous specialties in Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province, but most of them are only sold in raw form, wrapped in a net. Recently, this specialty has been ‘put on’ a new look called “innovative wax coconut” thanks to the startup idea of ​​Mr. Nguyen Hai Au (25 years old, living in Cau Ke district). The process of creating ‘innovative’ waxy coconuts is not too complicated but requires a lot of work. The stages of peeling, peeling, creating base, polishing are all done by hand. According to Mr. Au, the beautiful form and the convenience of ‘innovative wax coconut’ will create a more delicious taste. In particular, users can reuse the spoon to make convenient widgets. Ancient tomb with floating old vein, fancy lump Mr. Nguyen Van Xuyen (Hau Giang) owns a mausoleum with a size of 4 people who can’t hold it. Different from the usual body of the mausoleum, this tomb has a very different appearance when there are many beautiful and fancy lumpy spots around the base. Ancient tomb of rare and precious (Photo: Dan Tri) “This root I spent more than 300 million to buy it from a friend … To many people this mausoleum is no different from an ordinary tree. But for those who know wood, the value of this tree. not trivial, because in the Mekong Delta, it is very difficult to see the original with such a mausoleum “, Mr. Xuyen said on Dan Tri Newspaper. Not only has an impressive appearance, but the inside of the steering wheel is also equally interesting. The body was completely hollow and could accommodate a single person. The wood fibers have a strange shape like stalactite in a cave. Porcelain garden has “1 no 2” in Sa Dec flower village Dong Thap newspaper said that over the past 20 years, with his passion for porcelain flowers, Ngo Dang Lam (living in Tan Thanh hamlet, Tan Quy Tay commune, Sa Dec city) has collected and owned dozens of terracotta plants, The value of each tree is up to hundreds of millions VND, forming a porcelain garden with “1 no 2” in Sa Dec Flower Village. According to Mr. Lam, in his garden there are about 30 porcelain stumps, all of which are Anh Duong porcelain, each tree is decades old. In which, there are 4 porcelain stumps with relatively symmetrical shape, each tree is more than 50 years old, the canopy diameter is more than 11m (about 6 new people embrace the crumpled tree), each tree’s height is about 3m. In particular, the porcelain plants here are also highly appreciated by the floating roots of the pots with very fancy shapes, especially these porcelain trees are always full of flowers, creating more attraction to the viewer. Unique communal house from the smallest mahogany wood in Vietnam Dinh Huu Bang (in Huu Bang commune, Thach That district, Hanoi) is not only famous for its precious relics but also for its special artistic architectural value. Village communal house from Vietnam’s smallest mahogany The house of artist Phan Lac Hung (67 years old) is right next to the communal house, so his whole life has been attached to this ancient temple. He always holds in his heart a special love for the communal house. That sentiment prompted him to implement the “micro version” wooden house model Huu Bang. He spent 5 years conceptualizing and crafting models of ancient communal houses with high precision, delicate details. Mr. Hung’s wood and aluminum work has reached a level of sophistication that is nearly 80% of the original version from the smallest details. Many people asked to buy the works at high prices, but Mr. Hung said he would not sell. Turn palm leaves into beautiful and strange pictures According to Dan Viet Newspaper, an artist in the Bay Nui region, An Giang province has turned what seemed to be very trivial, jaggery leaves, into vivid, colorful art paintings, enriching the art line. , loved by customers nationwide. That is artist Vo Van Tang (78 years old, living in Nui Sap town, Thoai Son district). The palm tree is a typical tree in the Seven Mountains region. But before that, Mr. Tang as well as many tourists only knew that jaggery is a culinary specialty because palm juice, rice has a very special taste. Since learning about this plant, Mr. Tang is very interesting to know that the palm leaves are not damaged and the leaves are not damaged by termites and rodents. When discovering the miraculous use of jaggery, Mr. Tang explored and used it as materials for composing pictures and pictures. Mr. Tang shared, he drew over 200 types of palm paintings with all different models, including themes of Uncle Ho, Uncle Ton, village landscape paintings, animal paintings, … The famous product is the painting of Uncle Ho’s will, reaching the Guinness Vietnam record. Up to now, he has produced tens of thousands of palm leaf pictures. Mr. Tang’s jaggery line is rated 4-star OCOP product rating. Hanh Nguyen (Synthetic)