Some varieties of chestnut trees can grow to more than 20 meters tall, but the more than ten chestnut trees in my uncle's house are only about ten meters tall as high as three floors.

Most chestnut trees can usually live for about 30 years. The more than ten chestnut trees in my uncle's family are now almost over ten years old, and they are in their prime.

Chestnut trees like this, which are more than ten years old, have entered a high-yield period. The chestnut trees in my uncle's family are very sparse in their more than ten years, and more than ten chestnut trees have been planted in more than half acre. In recent years, they can harvest 1,000 kilograms of fresh chestnuts every year.

Chestnut tree, also known as chestnut tree, has a long history of cultivation in China. Its main production areas are concentrated in northern China, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui, Shaanxi and other places, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi.

The chestnut trees planted in seedlings only start to bear fruit for 47 years and enter the peak fruiting period after 10-12 years.

The fruiting starts in 2-3 years of grafting and reproduction, and the fruiting period is in full bloom in 4-8. Nowadays, chestnut seedlings bought on the market outside are generally reproduced by grafting.

However, there are many varieties of chestnuts. The most obvious thing that can be seen is that the ones selling sugar-fried chestnuts on the market are very different from those with small ones.

Most chestnuts are nowadays, which are large and small, and there are very few people who grow them.

However, the chestnut trees in Wu Fei's uncle's house are a variety of small particles. From childhood to adulthood, Wu Fei likes to eat these small chestnuts in his uncle's house.

The chestnuts that just fell from the tree were fresh chestnuts full of moisture. Apart from the thorny clothes outside, one fruit is usually wrapped with two chestnuts, and there are three more.

At this time, the chestnuts tasted crispy, sweet and fragrant. However, Wu Fei didn't like to eat fresh chestnuts that I just picked. Wu Fei liked to eat the ones that fell down for a while and dried a little under the tree, and became a little bit nasty.

At this time, the chestnuts no longer feel crispy. They are a little soft when twisted, but they are very sweet. Even if you eat more, you won’t get as greasy as eating sugar.

Some of the chestnuts have cracked, and some have fallen off the tree. Wu Fei and his team’s mission today is to get all the mature chestnuts on the tree.

"Xiao Fei, put this hat on." When I arrived under the chestnut tree, my uncle took out the two safety helmets from the construction site from the bamboo basket he picked, put on one himself, and handed it to Wu Fei one.

When he went up the mountain, Wu Fei changed into a long-sleeved denim suit that his cousin used to wear, put on liberation shoes, and then put on thick canvas gloves. Both of them were fully armed.

Although chestnuts are now mature, most of them are still hanging on the trees and not falling down. It is impossible for the three-story chestnut trees to climb onto the trees and knock down the chestnuts one by one.

If you want the chestnut to fall quickly, you can only shake it hard under the tree and shake it down.

The chestnuts that keep falling from the tree will inevitably hit people. It is unrealistic to want to avoid each one. Wu Fei has never been hit by chestnuts before.

"Uncle, wait and shake it. I'll pick up the chestnuts under the tree first." When I came to the chestnut tree, Wu Fei saw that a lot of chestnuts had fallen under the tree.

These chestnuts fell naturally after they matured, and some time had passed. Wu Fei saw that several chestnuts' thorn clothes had completely cracked. The chestnuts wrapped inside fell out with a sway of the thorn clothes.

These chestnuts are the one Wu Fei likes to eat the most. Wu Fei plans to collect all these chestnuts first. It will take a lot of time to wait for the chestnuts that were made from the tree to become at this level.

There are not many chestnuts under the tree, which is enough for Wu Fei to eat.

The weeds under the tree have long been completely cut, so the chestnuts that fell on the ground can be seen clearly. In some low places, there are piles of fallen chestnuts there.

"As a person of this age, I still want to like eating sweet chestnuts when I was a child." My uncle put down the bamboo basket, took out a small basket, and worked with Wu Fei to clean up the fallen chestnuts.

Wu Fei took a big broom made of bamboo branches and swept all the chestnuts on the ground together, piles of them.

Some chestnuts fell out of the pills directly. When Wu Fei found out, he put them in his trouser pockets. Soon, his two trouser pockets were bulging.

It seems that it has not rained for more than a month, and the chestnuts on the trees are drying fast.

"Uncle, how many chestnuts can you collect here this year?" Wu Fei said to his uncle who was following behind and putting chestnuts into the bamboo basket.

"Last year, these thirteen trees harvested about a total of about a thousand kilograms of fresh chestnuts. However, there was too much rain in the first half of this year and it was done well in the second half of the year. It shouldn't be able to collect that much last year."

The uncle who followed behind put a small pile of chestnuts into a bamboo basket, opened a chestnut thorny robes and said to Wu Fei: "Look, many chestnuts have not become strong this year. Many chestnuts like this have only one full piece, and one without any meat, just the same look."

In fact, Wu Fei just discovered this problem. In previous years, there were usually two full chestnuts in a thorny cloak, and some had three more.

This year, a chestnut has grown completely in many thorny clothes, while others have not grown completely.

This is a clear manifestation of water shortage.

"Didn't it be watered during drought? The orange trees were watered a few times."

"When watering the orange trees, chestnuts don't need to be watered. Later, I went out to work for someone. Your aunt and the others were at home. The weather forecast said that it was raining in those days, so they didn't ask them to water it. Who knew that the weather forecast had been reported several times, and no drop of rain fell, so I delayed the time. Otherwise, I could have collected a little more."

"How much does chestnut cost per pound this year?" Wu Fei asked his uncle.

"I haven't asked for the price this year. The fresh chestnuts I just collected last year are the largest ones that cost four yuan per pound, and the small chestnuts cost five yuan per pound."

It just so happens that the chestnut in my uncle's house is that kind of small particle.

"That's OK. These chestnuts can be sold for about 5,000 yuan." On average, thirteen chestnut trees can charge about 400 yuan per tree.

"Although this kind of small grain is one dollar per kilogram, its yield is not much lower than that of the large grain varieties. Nowadays, few people will grow these small chestnut trees. Next year, you will have to plant chestnut trees on the mountain, but don't plant this kind of small ones. They all plant large ones, and the yield will be much higher."
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