Octogenarian father moves son to tears by getting up in middle of night to pick plums after experts tell him it is best time for ‘crispier’ fruit
A video clip of an 82-year-old man in China waking up at 3am to pick plums before sending them to his son has gone viral on mainland social media.
The video was posted online on July 18 by a man called Cheng.
Surveillance camera footage shows Cheng’s octogenarian father carrying a big bamboo basket on his back and holding a torch.
He is walking towards plum trees planted in front of his courtyard in rural Chongqing in southwestern China, the Chongqing TV reported.
