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Unlike most wild fruits with medicinal value, raspberry does not have high demands on soil or cultivation techniques (as can be seen from its distribution range in our country). You can propagate it using cuttings from local wild raspberries, and it can be planted on both mountainous and flat terrains. Crucially, apart from the high harvest cost, raspberry cultivation requires little other input. Even for drying it into medicinal materials, you only need to leave it in the sun for about three days.

Moreover, raspberry yields quickly. It can bear fruit 15 months after planting, and achieve abundant yield by the third year, with each plant producing 80 kg. Therefore, since raspberries became popular in the Market, its cultivation scale expanded rapidly, sowing the seeds of a price crash.

Secondly, medicinal raspberries have "Li Kui" and "Li Gui."

Those who have tasted wild fruits know that raspberry, wild berry, and tree berry have almost no difference in appearance and taste, which usually can’t be distinguished by ordinary people, let alone when dried.

As for the raspberry used as a medicinal material, according to the new pharmacopoeia, it must be "palm-leaved raspberry" because it contains two medicinal components: ellagic acid and kaempferol. Other wild fruits resembling raspberries, such as wild berry and tree berry, do not have these two components. Hence, medicinal raspberry has "Li Kui" (palm-leaved raspberry) and "Li Gui" (other fruits similar to palm-leaved raspberry).

The identity of these wild fruits varies, and so do their prices. For example, the dried palm-leaved raspberry can generally sell for 100 yuan per half kilogram, while dried wild berry and tree berry can only sell for about 8 yuan per half kilogram. Some people, aiming to profit, use wild berry and tree berry to impersonate palm-leaved raspberry, which naturally has an adverse impact on the authentic raspberry, leading to continuous price drops and the current situation.

In the author’s view, whether raspberry, wild berry, or tree berry, growing from wild fruits to large-scale cultivation is not easy. Growers and merchants should cherish this progress and not mess around, or they might not last long.

Before and after raspberries, similar trending fruits keep emerging. Everyone should view these seemingly promising agricultural products rationally instead of blindly following the crowd to plant them. Just like the once-popular maca and yacon, the big winners are those who hyped them, leaving the masses of growers to deal with the aftermath.

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Glacier Thought Contributor | Cyan Willow

Recently, a social media influencer (Weibo fans: 1.77 million, definitely meeting the influencer threshold) went to the Shanghai bank to withdraw Money and later, dissatisfied with the bank’s attitude, angrily withdrew 5 million cash, packed in 4 suitcases, and transported it with a Rolls-Royce, thus "shaming" the bank.

The reason it’s labeled as "shaming" is because the purpose was clear — to trouble the bank and revenge. The influencer stated on Weibo, "A fun fact: counting and retrieving 5 million from the counter takes about 2 hours (two people + one cash counting machine)."

Clearly, carrying suitcases had a public punishment performance aspect. If he just wanted to take the Money from the bank, online transfer would suffice.

▲ Bank staff counting 5 million cash (Image/Internet)

Reviewing this event, it’s actually quite minor.

According to the influencer, "Upon reaching the entrance I found I wasn’t wearing a mask. The security pointed to his mouth, I said I forgot, do you have any, and he turned his head and motioned me out. I asked where I could buy one, he just gestured dismissively. I immediately went to buy one from the nearby shop. During the entire exchange, I spoke only three sentences."

Those few sentences made the influencer deeply feel the security’s arrogance, hence deciding to retaliate.

This is a scene from a reality drama, which many found gratifying.

Ordinary people experience similar grievances often without any means of retaliation — suitcases they may have, but not Money to pack in them.

Conversely, this 5 million is essentially the price of dignity. What to do when faced with indignity? Having this 5 million can make the institution write a detailed explanation and apologize.

Of course, this doesn’t mean 5 million is a standard price for dignity, just that in real life, venting such grievances has extremely high costs.

Recently, a Shenyang Social Security Bureau security guard refused the public’s request to enter and warm up, and told them "If you feel cold, go outside, if you die, what’s it to us." Naturally, after this incident was exposed online, the security guard was fired.

But think about it, to vent this grievance, what a huge cost this entire network-wide attention entails?

▲ Shenyang Social Security Bureau security driving away cold-seeking crowd (Image/Internet)

Some might think it’s not a big deal to be stopped by security. Such things happen countless times every day, everywhere, to everyone — not worth a fuss.