Yangcheng Mulberries

Yangcheng Mulberries

　　The gifts of nature are abundant. May is not only the season when locust flowers perfume the air, but also when mulberries ripen. Hardworking people, while feeding silkworms, never forget to enjoy the deliciousness that mulberries bring.

　　At this time, the A-Cui family of three heads to their fields in the evening, carrying containers they wove themselves from wicker—because there are thousands of babies at home waiting for their own special treat. The family’s living expenses are all sustained by the white substance produced by the babies.

　　“Freshness” is a unique taste experience that only the Chinese truly understand and tirelessly pursue. Nature always reserves its delicacies for the most diligent, even though enjoying such freshness sometimes comes at a cost—natural pigments unknowingly linger on lips and fingertips...