On the high mountains of the Yunnan Plateau, lush pine forests thrive. In August, the forest floor yields fresh matsutake mushrooms, and by October, the treetops are heavy with plump pinecones, filled with sweet and fragrant pine nuts. Climbing dozens of meters to the treetops without any protective gear is already a challenging feat. Extracting the pine nuts from the cones is an equally time-consuming and labor-intensive process. But the aroma of pine nuts makes it all worthwhile—rich with the scent of pine resin and nuts! For the pinecones you’ve collected yourself, even the shells are too precious to discard. Why not turn them into a beautiful Christmas tree and celebrate the holiday with your family? Wishing everyone endless happiness every day!
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Let's go!
It caught a pine nut for me.
Wow, look at this
This tree butterfly and this tree hair
But now I no longer want to step on this thing.
I just want to chop back my pine nuts.
Look at the windmill over there
Wow, so beautiful
The little green crab is helping me.
Wow, so fragrant!
I'll go up and chop some more.
Wow, the wind is blowing
These two are half a catty of pine nuts of mine.
Ah, this powdered foam is so good.
Hey, wait a moment.
I look at the way this tree spreads out.
Fight for me, little boy!
Hmm, hmm
I'm fighting you—watch out!
I'm watching you, watching me.
Good
Where can I get fired up?
Come on, go!
A-tan, are you serious?
No way, it's getting roasted
You bake it until it no longer shines.
No, A Bu Diao Le
It's baked everywhere.
It's growing long.
A-tan, if you're going to keep on roasting, roasting, roasting...
If you're going to roast, roast.
I'll heat it up for you again in a bit.
Look at this kind of thing just blowing up on its own
You're fanning inside—where are you going, Ah Kou?
Wait and burn.
Oh, this pine nut is almost gone.
So it gradually started opening.
You're back.
Slow down, slow down
You all go up first.
Go, go, go
Go up.
Come on, sister, you come and grill it.
Roast, roast, roast
Grilling grilling
You're not slow at all.
I'm going to barbecue.
No.
You can go along the dotted line.
Just a little pat feels so good
How many do you have?
Several of them, quite a few actually.
How come you're going this way now?
Incredible!
Go take a look at what it looks like.
No reading allowed.
I can't read your book, can I?
What do they all look like?
That kind of coldness from my older sister
Grill me.
Ah, there are still plenty of pine nuts, aren't there?
I haven't tried either of these two.
Go and get me a drink.
Throw away the skin.
Sister, come on
Hey
Come on, come on
Sister Ximen
Look at these pine nuts on this big tree
What is big?
Tightly packed and abundant
Sis, this fire is even harder to ignite than pine nuts.
Oh, little sister, you go take a look
A pine nut, a lump
Giant pine nuts
Don't lose heart
Fire's lit, Dad
Look, the whole family is busy.
Three hours
Singed pine nuts stir-fried
Look, they've come all the way here and placed three or five blocks.
What are you doing?
Is it good to put it down and see how it looks?
Oh
Your Majesty, you're so beautiful!
Come on, I'll show you this thing.
This feels so good.
Mother
Is it attractive?
Beautiful
How beautiful!
It looks great, indeed.
Time to eat!
Better to die full-fed than live hungry.
Hurry up!
Don't cry
Come here, uncle.
I bought some food.
Taste it.
Sister, eat some pine nuts.
Hmm.
Sweated it out for several days just to get some pine nuts
Wow, water's flowing everywhere.
Just go home already.
Going home, locals are eating
Locals have strong spines but weak hands.
This local person eats
This is China.
Wow
Let's eat!
Here we go!
You three
Here you go, take it.
I'm holding
Auntie
Hahaha
You big drumstick
It's so hot!
Not hot
So clean!
Oh
Ladle some for me, will you?
Goodbye
I eat dried scallops.
Are you eating?
Hahaha
I ate.
I've also arranged some chicken legs with a pine nut aroma.
Hmm.
What a big chicken leg!
Are you eating?
How fragrant this big chicken leg is!
Eat more.
It's not flavorful enough even when eating chicken.
Are you eating?
I'll have some chicken thighs.
I'll have some steamed buns.
Buns are delicious.
Eat more.
Try this chicken leg.
So fragrant
Are you eating?
I'll feed you.
This is delicious and never gets old.
Greasy to eat
I can't get tired of this.
Delicious
I can't beat you, so I'll just eat.
Skin dryness
Pine nut legs are delicious.
Not saying it's delicious is just saying it's delicious.
Eat this Sichuan-style pine nut leg
Ten salt packets
How?
So sour
Not sour
Isn't it sour?
I ate ten sour ones.
A dry sour
Generous sourness
Hmm.
I'm not doing that.
Hmm.
And this acid
This acid
Come here
Good
Hahaha
Another bout of sour muscles
Is it spicy?
Spicy
So spicy, yet so fragrant
Hello, Teacher Jiang
Teacher Jiang
Teacher Jiangjiang
Teacher Jiang pulled it out for me.
Teacher Jiangjiang
Look
Can't see clearly
Teacher Jiangjiang
I often taste this Sichuan pine nut leg.
Spicy tendons
Sweet Sugar
So many tendons are gone.
Try this Sichuan pine nut leg.
Quite spicy.
Spicy, spicy
Let me give you a taste.
Try this Sichuan pine nut leg.
This is so delicious it's addictive.
This ginger isn't fragrant.
Come here
Still eating sunflower seeds
Good
Pine nut
And your mom's pine nut legs aren't spicy.
Spicy (not mild)
Pine nut legs, not spicy
Add a bit more sugar