Spring in the capital has always started from the moment the "poplar beard" grows.

What is a "Willow Beard"?

"Poplar beard" is a kind of tidbits that the people of Beijing call for the poplar trees that grow in early spring.

In the south, this thing is also called "poplar flower".

The reason why the common people of the capital will give it the title of "Yangbeard".

It's all because the poplar trees grow flowers, fluffy and green, in bunches, like an old man's beard.

Moreover, it is obvious that through the different names of the two places, it can reflect the distinct perceptions and attitudes of the north and the south towards this object.

Southerners are more romantic about it.

I pay attention to the poetry of this thing, and I like the beauty of poplar flocculents flying like heavy snow.

The people of Beijing are more pragmatic.

Emotionally, I hate the white hair born of this thing, which will fly everywhere and in simple terms.

This is not surprising, because spring in the capital is windy, and it is still very windy.

It can scrape flying sand and stones, making people's hair like grass and unable to open their eyes.

So when the time comes, you can look at the streets and alleys of the capital, in the sky and on the ground, on the drying clothes, on the bedding, in the water and vegetables...... Everywhere will be poplar catkins.

This thing will block people's vision, making people look mottled and dazzled in front of them.

This thing can get into people's nostrils and make people itch and sneeze.

When it is sucked down the throat, it can cause constant coughing, which hurts the lungs and airways.

Once it flies into the collar or sleeve, people's skin and flesh have no place to be safe and comfortable, and can only scratch frequently.

But that's not all, the most important point is that there is a risk of fire in this thing.

If someone is willing to check the record of the Beijing Fire Department every year, it will definitely be a shocking feeling!

In short, the abominable guy "Willowbeard" spreads poplar catkins with the help of the wind, just like a scoundrel.

Neither beating nor scolding, sticky, greasy and crooked.

It has brought too much unhappiness and inconvenience to the life and work of the people in Beijing.

However, what is more interesting is that from March to May 1980, the social situation in this capital that was making "Yangbeard" was the same.

It's really like poplar flocculating all over the sky, there is not only a little bit of romance, but also unclear entanglement, and the trouble of chaos and chaos.

Romance is mostly found on college campuses, or among young people.

College students in this period, as well as young people in society, have two characteristics.

First, both body and mind are in the midst of a drastic change of mindset, and they have begun to have diversified thoughts and desires for life and the future.

Second, many people have been delayed due to historical reasons, and now they are facing the need to start a family.

So for them, in addition to the poetry fever, literature fever, foreign language fever, movie fever, dance fever, Teresa Teng fever.

It is natural that it is hot to fall in love.

As a result, people began to find that institutions of higher learning are no longer serious places for pure study, and there are more and more cases of a man and a woman in the corner of the park.

Among young people, not only was a new word used to describe people born - "very open".

Between young men and women who have a good impression of each other, the originally distant and estranged boundaries are also beginning to be pulled in with the help of a more tactful way of intimacy.

You must know that the people who engaged in the object at that time were very conservative, and they didn't dare to blatantly hold hands and hug in public.

But when they walk side by side, their arms tend to be close together and they are all backed back.

In doing so, the greatest degree of closeness can be achieved, which reflects the extraordinary relationship between the two people.

This should also be regarded as an innovative application of folk wisdom.

It's just completely different from young people who crave change.

At this time, almost all other groups are anxious about the great changes that are happening or about to happen around them.

The upper echelons of the country, for example, are worried about the trend of our population explosion.

In order to prevent the realization of a population of more than 1.4 billion in 2000.

During this period, officials and experts from relevant departments continued to hold population symposiums.

to demonstrate the feasibility of family planning policies and to determine the relevant scales.

In addition, since the "great man" spoke during this time, it was announced that it was possible to buy a house in installments.

As well as "foreign exchange vouchers", as a second currency with transcendent purchasing power, began to be officially circulated in our country.

It has also made some strata who have long had an advantage in the housing welfare policy and material rationing system feel the confusion and confusion that they have never felt before.

There is also an ideological struggle in the literary and artistic circles, which is also intensifying.

At this time, Li Guyi was criticized and questioned by the industry because he sang the theme song "Hometown Love" of "The Legend of the Three Gorges".

Unlike many ordinary viewers who enjoy her songs, many professionals believe that the lyrical singing style she excels at is unhealthy and inferior.

But the reason is just because she has too many good songs, too much fame, and is too loved by the audience, so she shoots the first bird.

Who made her account for four of the fifteen favorite songs selected by Song magazine?

Who does she hit if she doesn't hit?

Even the lowest levels of society are not immune.

At work, large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises appear to be faltering and difficult to heal.

For nothing else, in the past ten years, many workers have developed the habit of stealing and playing tricks.

have become slippery heads who are good at slacking off and eating big pots of rice.

However, due to institutional constraints, enterprise leaders do not have the right to impose substantial financial penalties on these workers.

Therefore, in an environment where work is entirely self-conscious, these backward elements still go their own way.

And there is no respect and fear for the superior leaders.

Every day, they either pretend to be sick and play cards tirelessly, or they laugh at the leaders and those who work hard and are serious and responsible.

As a result, some rat droppings spoiled the whole pot of porridge.

Do more and do less, do a good job.

Not only does it make people who want to restore their old glory and work hard more and more cold.

It has also made the state-owned enterprises superficial and losing their vitality more and more.

In their daily lives, the people of Beijing are increasingly feeling the inconvenience caused by the rapid growth of the city's population and the shock caused by the shaking of the price system.

There is no doubt that the explosion of urban population is the inevitable result of the return of educated youth to the city.

For three years, from 1978 to 1980, the capital accommodated hundreds of thousands of young people returning home from other places at a rate of hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Almost every family in the capital has children who belong to this group, so no one can complain.

Let's take Fan'er Hutong No. 2 as an example.

Following Ning Weimin, Bian Jiangong, the second son of the Bian family, and Mi Xiaoran, the eldest daughter of the Mi family.

They all returned home this spring and moved their hukou back to the capital.

As a result, not only is the gap in jobs getting bigger and bigger, but the educated youth who have returned to the city have the nickname of "unemployed youth".

Beijing's municipal system and service industry are also overloaded.

Whether you take the bus, go shopping on the street, take a bath in the bathhouse, get a haircut in the shampoo, take pictures in the photo studio, or eat in a restaurant.

These basic needs have all become difficult.

Judging from Ning Weimin's doorstep, whether it is Qianmen Street, Dashilar, fresh fish mouth, or grinding factory.

As the downtown area of the capital, it is overcrowded almost from morning to night.

And the work attitude of the eight members has of course become more rough and bad because of this.

The social order, which was supposed to be okay, has become chaotic again because of the increasing number of idle young adults.

In any corner of the capital, there are quarrels and even fights every day.

It was during this period that the price system of the planned economy began to loosen along with the deepening of the reform process.