At their tops, most of them still had some brown, rod-shaped inflorescences, already burst open to reveal the white fluff inside.
The bitter cold wind blew through and occasionally took away a small handful of white, dandelion-like seeds, dancing in the air.
On Lin Yu'an's face appeared an expression of joy akin to discovering a gold mine, impossible to suppress.
"So lucky! Just so lucky!" He could hardly contain his excitement as he spoke to the camera.
"Look there! That's a large patch of broadleaf cattail!"
He quickly walked to the cattail patch, and to allow the audience to clearly identify it, he specifically broke off a dried stalk with white fluff at the top and held it in front of the camera.
"Many people confuse it with reeds because they both like growing by the water, and their inflorescences become fluffy in winter, preparing to spread seeds."
