New Year's Day in 1983 was coming soon.

Compared with the days spent working overtime at the busy Shanping County Fertilizer Factory last year, on the second New Year's Day after rebirth, Zhong Bai rarely had a little free.

Because the director of the factory, Zhou Changqing, went to MD for surgical treatment, and the Ningyuan Rare Earth Metallurgical Plant also took a vacation for more than half a month in advance - the factory is now the deputy director Qin Wenjiang is in charge, and there is no organization of production, but only a duty is arranged, so it does not make much sense to go to the Baiyun Obo mining area.

Besides, among the three personnel seconded by Xu Guangxian, Mi Bin and Yan Yutian were all arranged by him to be on duty in the factory and never returned to the capital, so it was naturally Zhong Bai who stayed with Xu Guangxian.

But Xu Guangxian was also busy during this time, at the end of the year, all units had to summarize, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing University were the same, academician Xu Guangxian, who had an identity in these two units, greeted Zhong Bai after sending Zhou Changqing on the plane, and asked him to wait until after New Year's Day to find him.

Speaking of which, Zhong Bai really almost became a "lonely person" in the capital, but fortunately, he still has his own relatives here, that is, his sister Zhong Ting.

Usually running around and running west, Zhong Bai didn't have much time to meet his sister, but today on New Year's Day, both brothers and sisters had time, Zhong Bai simply went to Huaqing University and called Zhong Ting out, saying that he wanted to take her out for a walk and buy something.

The winter in the capital is much colder than in the south, although it is a sunny day today and there is no snow, but the outdoor temperature has reached about minus ten degrees, Zhong Bai feels sorry for his sister and doesn't want to squeeze the bus, so he simply took a taxi and took Zhong Ting to Wangfujing.

Wangfujing in 83 is not much different from 2020, both are world-famous commercial districts in Beijing, but the current buildings are not as gorgeous as in the previous life.

"Xiaoting, brother will take you to buy two new clothes today." Looking at Zhong Ting, whose face was flushed, Zhong Bai looked up and down a lot, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for nearly two months, it seems that your body is a little stronger?" ”

"Where? It's just that I wear more clothes in winter and look bloated. Zhong Ting, who has adapted to college life for half a year, is now a little less shy than when she first came to the capital, but a little more generous, whether it is the degree of confidence in speaking or the temperament of the whole person, it is much stronger than before.

"Well, I'll just say...... Today's padded jacket looks a little fatter. Zhong Bai looked at the red cotton jacket on his sister's body, and suddenly became interested: "Let's go, I'll take you to buy a down jacket today!" ”

In these years, the vast majority of Chinese people wear cotton jackets in winter, even if there are a few rich people in the cold north, most of them also choose mink coats, and the down jackets that were popular in the previous life are now extremely rare.

Zhong Ting naturally didn't know the concept of a down jacket, so she immediately widened her eyes and asked, "Huh?" What is a down jacket? ”

"It's a very warm coat, filled with duck or goose fluff, very light but very warm, let's go to Wangfujing shopping mall!" Zhong Bai finally seized an opportunity to give his sister science and industrial knowledge, and naturally he would not miss it.

Zhong Ting was pulled by Zhong Bai to the "Glacier" down jacket counter in the mall in a daze.

Speaking of this "glacier" down jacket, it may not be as famous as the brands of several major down jacket brands "Bosideng" and "Yalu" in 2020, but it is the earliest domestic brand in Huaguo!

It is strange to say, it is clear that Huaguo is cold in the north and warm in the south, but almost all the famous domestic down jacket brand manufacturers are located in the south, and the location of several large factories is not in Hujiang, Jiangcheng, or Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, but there is no decent down brand in the huge north.

Wangfujing shopping mall has long been in line with foreign standards, and there is a special counter, and when she came to the "glacier" down jacket counter, Zhong Ting was immediately attracted by the dazzling array of down jackets.

There are orange, dark red, black, dark green...... Compared with the previous life, there are fewer bright colors, and more of this kind of color that is more in line with the current aesthetics, low-key, dirt-resistant but more fashionable, and soon Zhong Ting was dazzled.

"This one is good, oops, that dark red one is also good!" Zhong Ting, who said no, didn't want it in her mouth at the beginning, when the waiter really picked up one or two pieces and compared them in front of her, she immediately began to immerse herself in the dressing mirror, and began to compare them one by one, this change made her brother Zhong Bai next to her can only snicker.

"Okay, you go and try it, oh, there are some waist-cinching styles, you girls look better when you wear them, this one is ......!" Zhong Bai took out another dark green waist and handed it to Zhong Ting for her to try it on.

After a while, Zhong Ting came out and chose two, one was black, and the other was the dark green mid-style down jacket that Zhong Bai had selected.

"Brother, both of them are very good, but I don't know which ......one to pick" Zhong Ting looked at the black one on her left hand, and then at the dark green one on her right hand, as if she couldn't make a decision.

Zhong Bai didn't have so much entanglement, and said to the waiter next to him: "Comrade, I want both!" Please invoice me! ”

"Do you want it? The black one is 100 yuan, and the dark green one is 160 yuan, for a total of 260 yuan. The waiter didn't immediately pick up the ballpoint pen to open the ticket, but looked at Zhong Bai and waited for his answer.

Of course, Zhong Bai understood that this was the waiter doubting himself, after all, the accents of the two were not from the capital as soon as they heard it, and they were so young, and the price of these two down jackets was worth three or four months' wages of ordinary workers, so he was naturally suspicious.

Zhong Bai naturally didn't care about such a small matter, he didn't hesitate to take out a new stack of "Great Unity" from his bag, with a white bank bill on it, tore it off in front of the other party, and counted 26 to the other party: "Oh, please click on it." ”

"Brother, it's so expensive...... It's better to buy only one! Seeing so much money handed to the waiter in person, Zhong Ting immediately shook Zhong Bai's arm and persuaded.

After all, there is no mobile phone payment these days, and this kind of 10 yuan large denomination ticket is taken out more than 20 at a time, and the visual effect is quite exaggerated.

"What are you afraid of, it's all here, let's buy two!" Zhong Bai seemed to be full of care: "You also have a change of two, you don't have to wear one set all day, how monotonous it is." ”

"Brother, you can't save a little...... Didn't you say that at the end of the year, you still have to save some money for your family and give it to our parents? Although Zhong Ting is young, she cares a lot about her family, and she looks like a little adult, and asks rhetorically.

Zhong Bai laughed and said, "Haha, your brother and I just sent a bonus, and the money is enough." ”

On the contrary, the waiter watched the two of them chatting all the time, and did not hand over the money, so he couldn't help but remind: "Comrade, do you still want to buy these two?" In fact, domestic ones are already cheaper than foreign brands, but down jackets are much more expensive than ordinary padded jackets and coats. ”

This sentence suddenly woke up Zhong Bai.

Foreign brand?

He suddenly recalled that the foreign down jackets in these years can be called huge profits!