A few fruit trees were planted in the front yard.
On one cherry tree, bright red little fruits still hung. The homeowner said, "My grandson has eaten enough of these and doesn't care for them anymore, so they've just been hanging on the tree unpicked. If you like them, you can pick them all."
Cherries, which would cost nearly a hundred yuan per catty in later generations, were surprisingly unpopular in this era—they weren't considered as tasty as large apples or big pears.
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