The Spring Festival is approaching, in Liujia Village, Shaoshui Town, Quanzhou County, Guilin City, located in northern Guangxi, red sugar oranges hang on the branches, and tricycles full of citrus fruits shuttle on the field paths.
The picture shows the sugar orange base in Liujia Village, Shaoshui Town, Quanzhou County, Guangxi Province (drone**) Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Boan Liujia Village, surrounded by rivers and rivers, has focused on the development of citrus over the years, and the planting area of sugar oranges has reached more than 10,000 acres. Fruit farmer Luo Zhisheng's 7 acres of granulated sugar oranges are growing well this year, and the fruits are full. With the click of scissors in Luo Zhisheng's hand, one by one the citrus fruits fell into the bucket.
In the past few days, there has been a marked increase in the number of traders who have come to buy. "The fruit we have here is big and full. Touching the sugar oranges on the branches, Luo Zhisheng was full of joy. He said that he covered the fruit trees with plastic film early to prevent frost and ensure that the sugar oranges could survive the winter safely.
In Liujia Village, Shaoshui Town, Quanzhou County, Guangxi, fruit farmer Luo Zhisheng is picking sugar oranges. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Boan When the horn sounded, a tricycle slowly stopped next to Luo Zhisheng's orchard, and a young man unloaded empty baskets, picked up scissors and walked straight to the orchard. "This is my son, and he went to sell fruit early in the morning. Luo Zhisheng told reporters that his fruits are well cared for, and he will pick some and let his son Luo Chaowen send them to a nearby distribution center to sell, which will be higher.
At present, it is the harvest and market period of sugar oranges, and Luo Chaowen, who has just got married, stays in the orchard to help pick and sell fruits. Compared with Luo Zhisheng's talkativeness, Luo Chaowen is much shy, but he cuts sugar oranges as quickly as his father. "I don't cut as fast as my dad, who can cut five or six hundred pounds a day. ”
Under the plastic film, the sugar orange resisted the gusts of cold wind, and the Luo family father and son were busy back to back. After a while, the two of them filled the bucket with sugar oranges, came to the side of the road, and poured the "sweetness" into the basket together.
In Liujia Village, Shaoshui Town, Quanzhou County, Guangxi, the Luo family and his son poured the harvested sugar oranges into baskets. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Boan Not far from Luo Zhisheng orchard sits a citrus processing factory. The reporter walked into the factory and saw that the sugar oranges that had just been harvested from the orchard were put on the conveyor belt, and the workers in cotton clothes hurriedly packed the baskets, and the trucks were being loaded and ready to be sent to other places.
This winter, 11 children from Nanning, Guangxi became popular on the Internet during their ice and snow research trip in Northeast China, and were affectionately called "small sugar oranges" by netizens, triggering a "two-way rush" in many places in the north and south.
The craze for 'sugar oranges' has also boosted the income of local fruit growers. Zhao Sheng, the head of the processing plant, said that orders for sugar oranges sent to Heilongjiang have doubled recently. Despite the cold weather, everyone is trying to protect this "sweetness", from covering the fields with protective film to controlling the temperature and humidity during transportation.
At a citrus processing plant in Shaoshui Township, Quanzhou County, Guangxi, workers are sorting sugar oranges. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Huan The afterglow of the sunset slowly shone on the sugar orange base in Liujia Village, and Luo Zhisheng and his son were still busy in the orchard. "This year's harvest is good, and the family plans to go around the field during the holidays. Luo Zhisheng said. (Reporter Zhao Huan, Lin Shuting).