What does it mean that plums are golden and apricots are fat, and wheat is white and cauliflower is thin?

"Plums are golden, apricots are fat, wheat flowers are white and cauliflower is thin." Early summer is the season when plums are golden and apricots are fat. The ears of wheat are covered with white flowers, and almost all rape flowers are bearing seeds.

"Plums are golden yellow, apricots are fat, wheat flowers are white, and cauliflower is thin." From Fan Chengda's Miscellanies of Four Seasons. The last two sentences of the poem are: no one has crossed the fence, but dragonflies and butterflies are flying. It means: the days in summer are very long, no one passes through the hedge, everyone is busy in the field, and only dragonflies and butterflies are dancing leisurely.

This poem describes the rural scenery of Jiangnan in early summer. In the poem, plum yellow, apricot fat, wheat white and cauliflower are used to describe the characteristics of the rural scenery in the south in summer, with many flowers and fruits and tangible colors.

The third sentence in the poem, "No one passes by", describes the situation of farmers' labor from the side: in early summer, farmers are busy with farming, so they go out early and return late, and rarely see pedestrians during the day. The last sentence uses "only dragonflies and butterflies are flying" to set off the silence in the village, which makes it even quieter.