The first watch, seeking pink.
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Now planting soybeans, it's estimated that they'll only be harvested in late autumn. By then, fresh soybeans will naturally be a rare thing. Saltwater boiled soybeans are a very popular dish here in Liaodong Prefecture, also a favorite snack for children.
For example, at this time now, the soybean pods are already full, just the right moment to sell fresh soybeans. With a little calculation, it's clear that selling fresh soybeans yields higher profits than selling dried soybeans later, yet few tenant farmers are willing to pick the young pods for sale, let alone pick them for their own consumption.
This is not because tenant farmers can't do the math, but because a certain ingrained mindset in their brains restricts their actions. Growing crops is for harvesting grain to fill stomachs. In their view, picking them before full maturity amounts to squandering the crops.
