little cherries, red strawberries, wild mulberries, and large loquats—home-grown and even sweeter.

Homegrown strawberries, loquats, and old-variety cherries in the yard.
Wild mulberries that nobody in the village picks.
Once summer arrives, we never have to worry about fruit at home. What we can't finish, we use to make sauces and infuse alcohol.
Actually, Sichuan-style boiled chicken goes quite well with alcohol, it's just a bit spicy.