Old cucumber and pork rib soup

Today I cooked old (matured) cucumber and pork rib soup. The dried red dates and wolfberries in the soup made it sweet. I skinned the cucumber after chunking into small pieces but my mom just left it unskinned to avoid the cucumber from melting into soup. I should have de-seed the cucumber because I do not favour the feeling of biting into the seeds when drinking soup. I threw everything into a pot and let it boiled for 5 minutes, then simmered it for another 1.5 hour and added salt for seasoning. Served hot and it was cooled down my body instantly!