The best season to tour the border province would be autumn. This was the season of fragrant melons, all sorts of grapes, and so on. Back when Zhang Fan was living in S Province, he only knew about horse breast grapes, but he now understood that there were countless different types of grapes only after he came to the border province.
The cantaloupes and pears were incredibly sweet. The pomegranates were more troublesome to eat, so most people simply crushed the pomegranates into juice. There would also be an incredible number of figs and peaches. Actually, the pears that the border province sold to inland China weren't the best pears. The best pears would be sold to Europe in exchange for euros.
Shao Hua's parents were both farm workers. The farm they worked at had a gigantic vineyard. Every autumn, Shao Hua's father would purchase some wine grapes from the farm and make his own red wine.