In the blink of an eye, winter has begun, the temperature has changed abruptly, the cold is coming, and Beiping at this time has become a "city of Chinese cabbage".

In the hearts of Peking people, in winter, they still have to eat cabbage to make people feel that they are going to spend winter.

In the late 80's and early 90's, the varieties of winter vegetables in Beiping were still relatively single, only cabbage, potatoes and large radish, while the high-quality and inexpensive Chinese cabbage, because of its storage resistance, various practices, cold resistance, can be eaten from winter to spring, so it is still the first choice of the public.

This year's cabbage harvest is huge, and there are so many cabbages on the market that the mayor personally goes into battle to promote it.

Turn on TV and radio, all day long is to buy cabbage is to buy "patriotic dishes", every family has cabbage, the next meal of cabbage, radio, newspapers and other media also see the day serialized cabbage recipes, and there is also a song "get up early in the morning to eat cabbage, come back in the evening to eat cabbage".

Nanluoguxiang, Dongchang Hutong...... Every morning, there are several Jiefang brand trucks lined up in front of the grocery store, all loaded with green cabbage, each holding a non-staple food book in his hand, and supplying it with this book.

At this time, the grocery store was short of manpower, and nearby agencies and schools sent cadres and senior students to help......

"Everyone is sharp, cheer up, it's not for nothing, everyone can carry two cabbages when they leave, let's go back and buy some mutton tofu and eat ......."

He Bing, the branch secretary of Class 87, made a simple "pre-war mobilization" and took the boys and girls out of the school.

Several "Great Liberation" trucks full of Chinese cabbage were lined up, and there were two or three large scales next to the trucks, and hundreds of people had lined up in front of the scales, each holding a non-staple food book in his hand.

"Xunzi, you take He Bing and Qingzi to move the cabbage, Jiang Shan, Xiaoyi, you two help to pass the scales...... not only the students came out to help, but the young teachers also went into battle, Wang Zhiwen, Yan Gang, Zhu Tong...... They all dressed plainly and blended in with the crowd, no different from the employees of the grocery store.

"Hurry up...... Teacher Yan Gang urged his students, "I still have something to do when I'm done." ”

"What's the matter, go to my mother-in-law's house to help?" Zhu Tong teased him, "Then I have to ask for leave ...... too."

Wow, this sentence amused everyone present.

At this time, it is the day when the aunts in Beiping City behave well, and at this time, no matter which leader asks for leave to buy cabbage, it is a second batch.

"Then do I have to take a leave of absence...... Jiang Xun put a few cabbages on an aunt's cart, which is the kind of stroller made of bamboo.

"As for it, Xunzi, you have to be lazy again, when you have never been active in voluntary labor," As soon as he heard this, He Bing criticized, "Teacher Zhu and Teacher Yan have mothers-in-law, do you have them?" ”

"I, I'm not looking for this......" Jiang Xun replied, well, I have to show it.

In the afternoon, he took the bus to Haizheng to find Yang Zhe.

On the road, there were many big trucks suddenly, and Beiping City, which usually forbade horse-drawn carriages to enter the city, lifted the ban on horse-drawn carriages in this day of selling winter vegetables, regardless of the streets and alleys.

As long as a big truck window is placed in front of a blue background with a Chinese cabbage painted on it, even Tiananmen Square will give the green light to the people's "main dishes".

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"Your one is here, waiting for you at the door." In the rehearsal hall of the Haizheng Song and Dance Troupe, when Wang Fang came in, his face was mysterious.

Come to yourself at this time? Yang Zhe's heart was raised, his eyes were injured a few days ago, don't you be infected again, hurried to the door, looked at Jiang Xun with a smile on her face, and her heart suddenly became steady.

"I helped out in the grocery store this morning, did you buy your cabbage?" Holding Yang Zhe's hand, Jiang Xun smiled, "No, at this time, won't you get ...... Well, does the woman's family help? ”

Although he didn't say the three words of mother-in-law, Yang Zhe still smiled on her face, she didn't speak, she looked at Jiang Xun with a smile, and suddenly, she kissed him on the face, turned around and ran away.

"Hey, you should give me a word...... Jiang Xun was anxious in the back.

"I'm going to ask for leave and buy Chinese cabbage tomorrow." Yang Zhe's voice came, as long as a pigeon whistle in winter, "Well, go to Dongchang at night......"

Hey, Jiang Xun is happy, yes, this hospitality is not in vain!

The next day, the two got up early in the morning, and Jiang Xun drove Ding Zhicheng's big hair and went straight to Yang Zhe's house.

In the late 80s and early 90s, most of the Chinese cabbage in winter storage was purchased through the vegetable company under the Second Commercial Bureau of Beiping City, and then wholesaled to food companies, vegetable shops and vegetable stations in various districts and counties.

Because the vegetable shops and vegetable stations are loaded at night, they are sold early in the morning, and because there are too many people rushing to buy, under normal circumstances, a cart of cabbage will be sold out in an instant. Usually, you don't have to wait until the next bus, so if you want to grab the food on the day, you get up and line up at dawn.

Although it was crowded with people buying cabbage, no one dared to add it. Whether it is a leading cadre or an ordinary person, they all have to line up at the vegetable station with a non-staple food book

"No one dares to cheat for personal gain, there is a long queue to buy groceries, and everything is under the noses of the people." Along the way, Yang Zhe was very excited, Jiang Xun had never seen her so excited.

Dafa drove into a street next to the community, and the Chinese cabbage and green onions stacked at the door of the vegetable station were more than one person high.

Yang Zhe's mother and Yang Zhe's sister-in-law are standing in the team, and the big guys are all like festivals, chatting about this year's Chinese cabbage market.

"How much is a pound of cabbage?"

"Can it be delivered home?"

"Give me a hundred pounds!"

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Yang Zhe's mother is a little worried, her son has now become the deputy director, ah, Director Yang can't do this job, her lover is Yang Zhe's father, and said that there is a particularly important meeting today, let them buy it first, and then come back and move it themselves.

Yes, I brought my daughter-in-law to buy Chinese cabbage. The two of them didn't have a car, so they could only pull the bamboo cart of Yang Zhe's little nephew, and the child was making fun in the car.

Yang Zhe looked out the window excitedly, and finally saw his eldest nephew on the bamboo cart.

The memories of storing Chinese cabbage in winter are the frozen red face and nose, the graffiti painted on the glass windows full of air in the house, the opportunity for neighbors to compete for prosperity, and the lively reunion in cold weather......

Now, she looks at Jiang Xun, there is one more person in this year's reunion, and the people are more prosperous than last year!

"Mom, sister-in-law—"

Dafa stopped next to Da Jiefang, and Yang Zhe pulled Jiang Xun and trotted all the way over.

"Look, I'm bringing you a lifetime of strength!" Yang Zhe smiled and pushed Jiang Xun in front of his mother.

Yang Zhe's mother was really relieved, she was worried that no one would help, so she and her daughter-in-law pushed hundreds of catties of cabbage home with themselves in a truckload?

Look at those who have daughters at home, all of them are sons-in-law who help carry cabbage, and those who have sons generally go to their mother-in-law's house to offer their hospitality.

The old ladies in the neighborhood get together, and every year they say that "their sons are raised by others", while urging their sons to help their mother-in-law's family buy cabbage.

Of course, the cabbage is bought, and the honeycomb coal is a great opportunity for the next son-in-law's performance.

Yang Zhe's mother was happy, she looked at Jiang Xun with a smile, "...... This kid, eyes, what's wrong with your eyes? ”