In the following days, Aunt Li didn't come to the threshing ground anymore. She had returned the persimmon tree to Grandpa Liu, surely feeling resentful.
A few days later, Tian Xin heard that Grandpa Liu picked the persimmons and sent a whole basket to Aunt Li's family.
People are truly different from one another!
The persimmons almost picked clean, Tian Xin led everyone to follow each step in the process of making and processing persimmon cakes.
Through peeling — hanging persimmons — drying — kneading and frosting, the persimmon cakes become the finished product.
This process is quite lengthy, taking about a month.
First is peeling; every persimmon must be carefully selected, without injury. The selected persimmons are to be individually peeled, then strung together with rope, and hung in sunny, dry, well-ventilated areas.
Next comes drying, usually lasting more than half a month. During this, there's a particularly troublesome procedure — kneading the persimmons.
