CCTV news: Chibi City, Xianning, Hubei Province, is one of the main origins of Chinese kiwifruit. In the autumn of September, the mountains and forests of Chibi City are covered with gold, and the golden kiwi fruits are hung on the branches, forming a unique pastoral harvest map among the cascading mountains.
The lush orchard in front of you is a large-scale kiwifruit planting base of 3,000 acres in Xihu Village, Chibi City. Autumn is high and refreshing, and it is the season for picking. Early in the morning, more than 20 villagers put on gloves and professional fruit picking bags to pluck the plump and fresh fruits from the branches intact.
Ren Liming, a villager in Xihu Village, Shenshan Town, Chibi City, Hubei Province: I came at six o'clock in the morning, and now I have picked more than 20,000 catties.
Reporter: More than 20,000 catties were picked today? That should be a big harvest this year.
Ren Liming, a villager in Xihu Village, Shenshan Town, Chibi City, Hubei Province: This year's harvest has been bumper. This year's fruit is better than in previous years, and now it's time for a bumper harvest, and everyone is happy to be picked every morning.
Master Ren Liming is a master of picking here, picking more than 200 in a minute. Master Ren said that his hand speed was also practiced in the past year or two. The yield is higher, the sales are better, the harvest season is busier than before, and his picking skills are also trained.
The area of kiwifruit cultivation in Chibi City has reached 62,000 mu, and the annual output has exceeded 100,000 tons. On this asphalt road next to the plantation, trucks full of flatbeds are transporting kiwifruits outside the village. This little kiwi fruit not only represents the joy of harvest, but also carries everyone's infinite vision for a better future.
Source: CCTV