"Mom, let's go to the street office to stock up on winter vegetables tomorrow?"
Li Ming brushed his teeth and looked at his mother beside him. His mother had recently raised her salary level. She felt much younger and full of energy every day.
"Well, I'll notify you tonight, and then someone from the subdistrict office will tell every courtyard."
"That's fine, as long as it's not our family's notification, otherwise the things in our yard might cause trouble."
Li Ming rinsed his mouth and spit out a splash of water.
"But your mother will be responsible for the work tomorrow, so I can seize the opportunity."
Mother Li gave full play to the old Li family's tradition of holding grudges. The four members of the family are not people who do not hold grudges, and the family tradition is very upright.
Li Mingyile asked, "Can I help you tomorrow?"
"Go ahead. You and your dad will get up early tomorrow. I'll save our food in advance. You two can just bring it back when you get there."
"When you two are done, if you have nothing to do, go over and help. Although there are comrades from the police station to maintain order, I guess there are not enough manpower. There are too many people to squeeze through every year."
"Okay, leave it to me tomorrow."
After Li Ming had breakfast at home, he followed his father to the steel rolling mill. Tomorrow happened to be a day off, and there must be a lot of people stocking up on winter vegetables, so there would be a lot of trouble.
In previous years, as family members of the clerks at the subdistrict office, one family would go over to help after collecting their own winter vegetables. This was one of the reasons why the aunts and uncles at the subdistrict office liked Li Ming.
In the 1950s, the season for stocking up on winter vegetables in Sijiucheng was usually in autumn and winter, but the first batch was usually in November. Usually in early November, before winter came, residents in Sijiucheng would start to buy winter vegetables. Store big dishes.
This is because November is the time when winter-stored Chinese cabbage is put on the market in Sijiucheng. Buying at this time can enjoy cheaper prices and ensure the supply of winter vegetables.
The local sub-district office will also make unified arrangements at this time to facilitate people's purchase.
The temperature in winter is low, vegetables grow slowly, and the supply is relatively small. The winter in Sijiu City is relatively long, so it is necessary to start stocking up on vegetables in autumn to ensure the supply of vegetables in winter.
During that period, the citizens of Sijiucheng needed to prepare a reserve of Chinese cabbage for the winter. The government will also organize a "Storage Chinese Cabbage for Winter" campaign, calling on citizens to buy and store easy-to-storage vegetables such as Chinese cabbage in autumn to prepare for winter needs. These vegetables are usually eaten out over the winter months.
In addition, next year will be a famine year. Recently, many people have realized that there is not much food in the city, and everyone is eagerly waiting for the first wave of winter vegetables. If nothing else, this is the beginning of winter. This is the last batch before. In previous years, there was one every month. No matter how many, there was always one.
This year will be weird. Li Ming heard a lot of people at the steel rolling mill two days ago who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to do more work at home. The vegetables at this time are cheap and plentiful. When there is no food to eat, this thing My son is also capable of taking care of things.
Steel rolling mill office.
Today, the atmosphere of salted fish inside is much less. Everyone is discussing how much to buy when they cook winter vegetables tomorrow.
"I need to buy more today. I bought less last year." Xu Qiang was lighting a cigarette and talking about the stupid things he did last year.
Zhou Tian glanced at him and said, "Then you should buy more this year. I guess this year will be more difficult than in previous years."
"I plan to line up at four o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Me too, I went there at five o'clock last year, and the team was completely on the road."
"Where am I waiting?" Zheng Ping also complained about hoarding winter vegetables every year.
"By the way, Mingzi, your family of four will have to buy a lot this year, right?" Wu Gang saw Li Ming push the door in and handed him a cigarette.
Li Ming nodded, "We have a large family, and we also need to pickle cabbage, so we can't prepare more."
“All four members of our family love this bite.”
"My girl loves to eat kimchi, haha. Our family makes a lot of kimchi every year." Chief Xu brought over an iron kettle and motioned to Li Ming to pour a cup. It is already extremely cold in November.
No one in the unit talks about procurement. Nowadays, procurement can no longer be obtained. Everyone from the factory director down to the workers knows that the only thing that keeps the steel rolling mill running is the fixed plan of one and two shares per month. Food, even the food in the plan, is still decreasing every month.
Why don't we all drink hot water, smoke cigarettes, and talk about what time we will go tomorrow? Let’s talk about the reality of who is close to home and who is a companion.
In Sijiu City in the 1950s, pickled Chinese cabbage was a very popular vegetable among families in winter. Due to the lack of fresh vegetables in winter, Chinese cabbage has become a "popular dish" on the winter table because of its easy preservation, affordable price, and rich nutrition.
People buy a lot of Chinese cabbage in autumn and pickle it or make it into kimchi. The method of pickling Chinese cabbage is very simple. Generally, after washing the Chinese cabbage, put it into a vat, add an appropriate amount of salt and water, then seal the mouth of the vat and wait for pickling. When eating pickled Chinese cabbage in winter, you can cut it into small pieces and stir-fry or stew it for a sour and delicious taste.
In addition to pickling, people also make kimchi from Chinese cabbage. The method of making kimchi is similar to pickling, but some auxiliary ingredients such as pepper, ginger, garlic, etc. need to be added to increase the taste and flavor. The prepared kimchi can be used as a side dish or snack. It tastes sour, spicy and nutritious.
"Hey, by the way, Akiko, I heard people say that when stocking up on winter vegetables every year, people in the street usually divide them first. Is this the case?"
Wang Jun remembered something he had heard before and opened his mouth to ask. For a moment, everyone felt slightly cold. After all, everyone knew the conditions of Li Ming's family. Now that Wang Jun, a fool, was asking this, he was afraid that Li Ming would think Wang Jun They were saying that their family was special. Who knew that Li Ming didn't care at all.
