Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 275, Su Ho arrives

Yang Xiaole and his family were eating at home.

Wang Qiuju made arrangements for several people in the family: "Xiao Gang, the cabbage will arrive in the city in batches tomorrow morning, and our grocery store has also been allocated a share of selling vegetables. You take your brothers and sisters to get the cabbage back, and I will pick it up." Ordered.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaogang quickly agreed: "I understand."

Yang Xiaole was there listening to her mother's arrangements.

Speaking of winter-stored Chinese cabbage, it is also a special scene in Kyoto.

There are very few vegetables in greenhouses at this time, so people rely on Chinese cabbage to survive the entire winter.

Storing cabbage for the winter is a political mission, so every year the city organizes a large-scale cabbage competition and establishes a temporary Kyoto Autumn Vegetable Supply Headquarters.

The time is ten days.

Leaders at all levels mobilized, top and bottom participated, and all walks of life came to support.

It can be described as vigorous.

On sale on November 11st.

Major markets, non-staple food stores, small vegetable markets, basically all the doorways that sell things will help sell them.

There are also mobile trucks selling Chinese cabbage.

It is said that as many as 8 people participate in the Baicai Battle every year.

A large number of people in the nearby suburbs began to carry cabbages to the city, carrying them in cars and trucks.

How much attention is paid to it.

If you work in a factory and say you want to buy cabbage for winter storage, your boss will immediately approve it.

Of course, you will be charged for taking leave.

The reason why I buy them during these ten days is because Chinese cabbage for winter storage is subsidized by the state.

The price is one third cheaper than usual.

After the season, not only the price is high, but it will be more difficult to store after frost.

Several people were eating at home, and Wang Qiuju explained there: "By the way, the temperature will drop tomorrow, so you all should wear thicker clothes. Don't freeze."

Then he muttered there: "It's strange, why did the temperature cool down so late this year? It's half a month later than in previous years."

In previous years, there would be a big temperature drop in mid-October.

There is a big temperature difference between morning and evening, so you have to wear a cotton-padded jacket in the morning, but it will be too hot if you wear it at noon.

Yang Guangzhi was also there muttering: "Who knows! It's a bit weird!"

After finishing speaking, he frowned: "You said, this cabbage only weighs 50 kilograms per person. How can it be enough if we eat it for four months? Some of it will rot in the middle."

Last year when we were making steel, all the vegetables were confiscated, so there was not much food. Why is there so little this year?

Wang Qiuju also shook her head: "I don't know. I heard that the cabbage in the fields this year has "dried cabbage heart" and "rotten lumps", which seems to be quite serious. "

Yang Guangzhi nodded lightly when he heard this.

Having farmed before, he naturally knows the diseases that these two kinds of Chinese cabbage are prone to.

Dried cabbage starts to rot from the cabbage, just like withered and yellow leaves, and is still rotten.

Rot is when the outside of the leaves begins to fester and rot.

These two vegetable diseases, no matter which one is encountered, will cut off half of the yield.

After my mother finished speaking, she smiled and said, "Okay, at least it's more than last year, right? How much was it last year?"

Yang Guangzhi thought about it and ate his meal quietly.

After hearing the conversation between the two people, Yang Xiaole didn't think so.

There are more Chinese cabbages than last year. Calculating about four taels per day, half of this food will be lost when stored. In other words, four months is about two taels per person per day.

The problem is that there were still a lot of non-staple foods last year.

Be careful and buy some expensive dry goods, canned food, etc. to fill up the food, and these are still nutritious.

How many nutrients can Chinese cabbage have?

Various non-staple foods have almost disappeared this year.

Anyway, this winter has been tough enough.

It will only be worse than last year, not better than last year.

"It's a big meeting, it's a big meeting."

While thinking, Zhao Danian's shouting came from outside.

"What's this for?"

Yang Guangzhi took a puff of cigarette and looked at it strangely.

Wang Qiuju stood up with the rice bowl in hand and said, "It's probably about the winter storage of cabbage. Aunt Wang talked about it today."

Several people looked at each other, those who had not finished eating were holding their rice bowls, and those who had finished their meals got up and left immediately.

After arriving outside, all the adults in the courtyard came over.

Aunt Zhao cleared her throat and said: "I'm asking everyone to come together today, just to talk about the Cabbage Tournament in previous years."

Everyone smiled when they saw this.

"Aunt Zhao, is it still the same as in previous years?"

Li Quan, who has a wife, asked with a smile.

Aunt Zhao shook her head: "What about this year! It's a little more troublesome than last year. I guess you all know that each of us weighs fifty pounds this year, right?"

Li Quanyou's wife put away her smile when she heard this: "I know, why is it still like this this year? In previous years, I would buy as much cabbage as I wanted. Each person would have to buy more than 100 kilograms. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are all vegetables. , this year is better. Each person only has fifty pounds, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes are all used as vegetables."

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

In previous years, Chinese cabbage was not rationed. In winter, you can also buy some potatoes, sweet potatoes and other vegetables. As long as you have money, you can buy it.

There is no one family that doesn’t produce more than 100 kilograms of Chinese cabbage every year.

The population is large, the total number is thousands of catties.

This year is not bad, the average weight per capita is only fifty kilograms.

Aunt Zhao also sighed, and then said: "There is nothing we can do about the policies above. Let's talk about how to buy cabbage first."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Wang Qiuju and said, "Qiuju is at the grocery store. She can help us choose some first-class dishes. The price is more expensive! After all, this year is not like previous years."

Wang Qiuju looked at everyone's eyes and smiled: "It's okay, I'll pick something good for everyone when the time comes. If a cart of good food comes, I'll have someone call you over."

This Chinese cabbage is also divided into three levels.

The first-grade cabbage is tightly wrapped, heavier, and more expensive, but it is delicious and lasts longer.

Whether you can put it in or not is the key to whether you can eat food after the new year.

The second- and third-level vegetables are those with less heart, or those that bloom directly.

Everyone wants to buy vegetables with a tight core.

Aunt Zhao nodded: "Hey, okay, I'll trouble you, Qiu Ju."

Wang Qiuju was polite there: "What trouble is this? I just went there not long ago last year, and I wasn't familiar with it, so I couldn't help everyone."

"You usually take good care of our compound."

"that is……"

……

People in the compound echoed there.

Seeing this, Aunt Zhao continued: "We are still the same as before. If anyone sees good food outside, come over and say hello, everyone will go over."

The support tasks around Kyoto are issued in advance every year.

But not all vegetables grown are the same. Some are good and some are bad. If you want to buy good vegetables, you have to rely on luck.

In previous years, when someone came across some good food, they would come back and give a shout, and everyone would go over to pick out the food and buy it.

"Hey, okay, give me a shout when the time comes!"

"It's... Lao Li and Lao Liu. If you are at home, please help with transportation."

There are two carts in the entire compound.

Everyone was talking about it there.

"Okay! No problem!"

Ban'erye Li Quanyou and Liu Hongsheng agreed with a smile.

Wang Qiuju looked at the courtyard and said there: "Let's do it like this. The food will come tomorrow morning. Everyone go to our grocery store to make breakfast. We can pick as much as we can. Anyway, we have ten days! If there is not enough, we will Buy elsewhere.”

"Ah? Will it arrive tomorrow?"

"Someone has to be there!"

"that is……"

There was a lot of discussion there.

Wang Qiuju smiled sheepishly there.

This was the rule in previous years, which allowed family members of grocery store employees to pass. Of course, it is impossible for all family members to go there.

Usually, people from the compound will be brought there.

There is no way to avoid this, after all, this is a human society.

Seeing this, Aunt Zhao looked at Aunt Wang next to her and said with a smile: "Sister Wang, look, do you have anything to add?"

Aunt Wang smiled and waved her hand: "Okay, let's do it like this."

"Hey, okay, that's it! Okay, let's break up the meeting."

After hearing the greeting, everyone returned to their homes.

When I got home, I continued to eat if I hadn’t finished my meal.

"Mai Ma, you said you've been studying for so long, and you're not still talking, right? Here's a lesson."

Go back to the house and sit there watching Xiaomai eat.Yang Xiaole asked with a smile.

This girl has been learning Huangmei Opera for several months, and she has been hoisting her voice. She occasionally hums a few lines, but has never heard the entire section sung.

"Hey, that's right! Sing a few lines and listen."

The eldest brother was also smiling and asking.

Xiaomai looked at everyone's eyes and felt a little embarrassed.

"I don't even know a few words!"

Yang Xiaole smiled nonchalantly: "It's okay, just hum a few words. By the way, do you know how to sing The Match or The Prince Consort?"

He had only heard of these two Huangmei operas.

I've heard a few others, but I can't remember any of them, and I don't have much of an impression.

Xiaomai bit her lip and shook her head; "The female consort just taught me how to do it, but I don't know how to do it! How about I sing the right song?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded gently: "Okay, you can sing."

"Then...then I really sang!"

Xiaomai looked at a few people, coughed slightly, stood up straight, and his orchid fingers began to curl up.

"cough~"

"The man is against the flower, the sister is against the flower"

Pairs come to the field ridge

Dropped one

The seed sprouted a bud
What pole or leaves?

What flowers bloom and what seeds are produced?
What kind of flour are you grinding, what kind of cake are you making?
This flower is called
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

............"

The little girl straightened her body, raised her orchid fingers, and tilted her little head. She still looked presentable.

Several people were there listening quietly.

After all, Huangmei Opera comes from Huizhou, and many of the characters in it are in vernacular, and this one is also familiar.

They all listened with great interest.

Yang Xiaole knew it was a play when he heard the beginning, but he didn't know the name.

"..., called lotus flower"

As the last sentence came to light, Xiaomai returned to his normal and coy expression.

Just looking at everyone.

"Clap clap clap!!"

The eldest sister took the lead in applauding.

"Wheat, you can do this! You sing so well!"

"That's right, pretty good."

Others were there to chime in.

Xiaomai smiled a little bit and said: "Master said that I should listen to my voice and practice my voice first, but he didn't teach me much..."

Yang Xiaole knocked on the table with one hand, knowing that this girl still felt a little inferior and introverted.

He smiled and comforted: "Okay, how long have you been studying for? Take your time, and, can you please stop being so coy? Your little expression when singing is quite good, isn't it?"

While talking, he also imitated her movements.

Everyone else laughed when they saw this.

"Brother~~~"

Mai saw a burst of resentment, "Can you please stop laughing at me?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole put away his expression and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm not teasing you. It's really good, but you only have a short time to practice now. You will gradually improve in the future."

Hearing this, Xiaomai nodded vigorously as if he was encouraged.

"Hey, Xiaoli, haven't you been studying for a few months? Jump to a paragraph and show us."

The eldest brother looked at the little guy next to him who only knew how to eat, and asked with a smile.

When Xiaoli saw the looks of several people, she shrank her head and shook her head like a rattle: "No!!"

This expression made everyone laugh.

Wang Qiuju also rolled her eyes angrily: "You're such a big idiot, it's a shame that Aunt Su is teaching you alone!!"

Hearing this, Xiaoli pouted and continued to eat her meal.

But others are not surprised. After all, he is so young and dancing is not like singing. He can still come out by staring at a song.

Dancing is a long time.

……

The next morning.

Before dawn, there was movement in the compound.

"Hiss~~It's so cold!!"

I woke up early in the morning. I promised to cool down yesterday, but it really cooled down this morning.

To be precise, the temperature has started to cool down a few days ago.

It's just that it didn't come down this time.

Yang Xiaole took out the thick clothes that he had prepared long ago, including woolen pants, a sweater, and a military coat with lambswool.

It was the one given by Qu Ying.

After thinking about it for a while, he put on the scarf Qu Ying gave him.

In fact, the temperature is not as low as expected, only about ten degrees, but the sudden drop in temperature makes people feel uncomfortable.

Put on all the thickest clothes.

Damn, these sweatpants are so painful to wear.

I put on my old cotton shoes and went out to wash up.

Most of the people in the compound moved.

Everyone in the family, young and old, who could go into battle basically went out, because Chinese cabbage is really heavy!After everything was done, I stopped eating and went straight to the grocery store.

When we arrived at the place, there was already a donkey cart parked at the entrance of the grocery store, with the cabbage delivered neatly stacked on it. It was almost unloaded.

There was a lot of cabbage piled on the wooden board at the door.

Many people are picking and choosing there.

"Qiu Ju, here we come!"

"Hey, Sister Li, Sister Zhao..."

Wang Qiuju brought people over and saw people greeting people in the store.

One of the older aunts smiled and said: "Okay, take them there, choose by yourself, don't ruin the dishes!"

"Hey, okay, Sister Li."

Wang Qiuju agreed, then turned back to the others and said: "You pick yourselves, don't ruin the cabbage, weigh it later and remember to stamp it with your non-staple food certificate!"

"Hey, okay, Qiu Ju, you are busy with your business!"

Aunt Wang and others responded with a smile, and went directly to find Baicai.

The scene was chaotic for a while.

Each family puts aside the cabbage picked by their family, picks one and puts one in it.

Usually the adults pick the cabbage, and the children are responsible for transporting it to the side.

That's not the point.

The other sales points also have the same crowd of people, basically all internal staff, who come to pick the dishes first.

Yang Xiaole mingled in the crowd and didn't have to choose. He picked one up and pretended to weigh it before handing it to Xizi.

Dad and Mom are there to choose carefully.

Their family weighs [-] pounds in total!
Looking at the vegetable leaves peeled off the ground, Yang Xiaole felt a little pity.

This is something that cannot be avoided. Let alone them, even during the day, these not so beautiful, wilted, and rotten leaves have to be thrown away.

In the evening, there will be a special cleaning team and a truck will take away these rotten leaves.

"Hey, we'll put the dishes together later, and then we'll take them back on a cart."

Yang Xiaole looked at Qu Ying who was picking cabbage, came over and whispered.

Then she took out two of the cabbages she picked and said, "These two won't work. Let's change them."

Seeing this, Qu Ying secretly looked around.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, she breathed a sigh of relief and quietly picked up the cabbage.

While picking cabbage, her eyes occasionally glanced at Yang Xiaole's military coat and the scarf around her neck.

From time to time, the corners of his mouth would raise.

The cabbage picker also has another job, which is to put the not-so-good second- and third-class vegetables in neat piles.

Don't delay grocery stores from selling vegetables.

Insiders have insider benefits.

During the weighing, each family would have a lot more, but the people responsible for weighing and stamping did not pay much attention to these.

As long as you pay according to the weight, you have to pay normally.

Then Zhang knocked it for you.

However, some are removed. Probably more than one tenth is fine, but too much is not.

It should be included in the loss.

Pay the money and stamp.

This bucket of busy work has already begun at dawn.

"Hey, this cabbage has started to be sold! Why didn't you say anything about it! I'll go back and get the notebook."

"There are people who buy cabbage through the back door! I picked out all the good ones."

"Okay, stop talking, I know him, what should you do?"

An aunt saw this scene and complained.

Not just here, but all cabbage stalls across the city have this scene, but everyone is used to it.

After the things were done, the group began to transport them back.

Went back in a grand manner.

The trolley has already been used once.

This is the second trip.The extra ones are held by the children.

Various stalls along the road also started selling vegetables.

Returning to the compound, the next step is the important work.

Sun-dried cabbage.

You have to put the cabbage in the courtyard or somewhere you can put it, dry the skin in the sun and air, and then put it in a tic-tac-toe pattern under the eaves.

Cover it with a layer of linoleum to prevent the cabbage from freezing.

In the future, I will have to take out the cabbage from time to time to let it air out, which is a very heavy workload and very cumbersome.

Everyone in the compound was busy there.

"Qiu Ju! I'm so lucky to have you! I thought I wouldn't be able to buy everything today! Now it's all complete."

Aunt Wang was smiling and talking there.

Place the cabbages one by one on the ground and arrange them.

Wang Qiuju placed a cabbage on the ground and smiled casually: "It's okay. They are all from the same yard. It's a coincidence. I didn't expect so many cabbages to arrive today."

Starting from today, if there are few people, one cabbage will be given to you every few days.

In places with many people, like Yang Xiaole's family, one cabbage a day is considered a day's supply.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there are no other vegetables besides cabbage.

It's not winter yet, but there are some other vegetables, but the quantities are very small, and they are rationed. If you want them, get up early and go to the vegetable market to grab them.

It's gone when it's late.

While the crowd was drying the cabbage, they took off the not-so-good cabbage leaves. This is today’s dish.

There were cabbages everywhere in the entire compound except for walking areas.

"Hey, Xiaole, I have to go to work later, can you help me turn over it later?"

While thinking, Qu Ying came over and asked in a low voice.

Yang Xiaole put the cabbages on the ground one by one without raising his head, and said with a smile: "It's okay, just go about your business, and I'll turn yours as well when I turn them over."

"Thank you!"

Qu Ying thanked him and continued to work on his cabbage.

Actually there aren't many, just a dozen.

But after she finished her own work, she also helped other families with their work.

"Xiao Le, I'm at work. Stop running around today and get the food together with your eldest sister."

When it was time to go to work, Wang Qiuju explained to him.

If you don't explain, the person will disappear again.

Yang Xiaole shrugged: "Okay, I understand."

Today is Saturday, and Xiaomai and Xiaoli have to go to school. He and his eldest sister are the only two people at home.

No, there is also a delicious and lazy Xizi.

When the eldest brother and the others went to work, Yang Xiaole said to Xizi: "If you dare to run away today, try it. It will be your job to turn the dishes for a while."

"Ah? Why is it all mine?"

Xizi burst into tears when he heard this.

Yang Xiaole rolled her eyes at him without curiosity: "Sister, if you have something to do, why should you let me come alone?"

Jiang Yan's mother gave birth to a son a few days ago, and today happened to be the weekend.

My eldest sister has been studying there for several months. They don’t charge me a penny, so I still want to go and see them no matter what.

Xizi was satisfied after hearing that they were doing it together.

Seeing this, the eldest sister looked at the time and said, "It's almost time to go. What should I take with me? Didn't you say you would do it?"

Yang Xiaole nodded: "Come with me."

After saying that, the two people entered the room.

"Here are a pound of peach cake, a bottle of canned fruit, and two pheasants. You can go to the store to buy two pounds of apples later, and you have the money. That's enough."

This gift is no longer too light.

"Well, okay!"

The eldest sister nodded when she heard this, picked up her things and left.

Mai and Xiaoli also left together.

After everyone left, I looked at the cabbage all over the floor and thought I didn't need to worry about it now, so I went back to the house.

Locked the door.

Because the food in space has matured and needs to be harvested again.

After coming in, he collected the food. After finishing it, he was ready to go out, and then looked at the small room.

Buddha jumps over the wall?
Seeing several jars in the corner, Yang Xiaole frowned.

The last time I went to Hong Kong Island to do some shopping, there were too many things in there.

I thought about it a few times, and each time I said I would take it out to eat at night, but later I forgot about it.

After a long time, I forgot about this stuff.

He took out a jar, opened it and smelled it.

It won't expire, right?
I don't think so.

Still smells good.

Thinking about it, I must have a can tonight.

I'll just do it again when I get the chance.

After thinking about it, I decided to get a jar for Mr. Suo.

"Xizi, I'm going out for a moment. Please take a look at the food at home!"

Yang Xiaole explained it, then saw that Xizi was about to speak, and said directly: "I'll get you something delicious when I come back tonight."

Xizi was very happy when he heard this: "Hey, that's good. You can walk without worries!"

Seeing his expression, Yang Xiaole shook his head speechlessly.

went straight out.

"Who are Zhao Jianguo's family members?"

As soon as I arrived at the compound, I saw two security guards asking questions in the compound.

Everyone in the compound stopped moving when they saw this and looked at it curiously.

Seeing no one answered, Gongan frowned and asked again, "Who are Zhao Jiaguo's family members?"

Seeing this, Aunt Zhao quickly replied and came over: "Hey, hey, here! I am, I am his grandma."

Then he asked in fear: "Comrade Gong'an, what happened to my Jianguo family? My Jianguo family has been sensible since they were young, so they won't do anything bad, right?"

The leader nodded expressionlessly and said, "Is Zhao Jianguo at home? We are here to understand some situations and ask him to come with us."

"Hey, no, Comrade Work Safety, what's going on?"

Aunt Zhao was extremely anxious.

"Several recent thefts are related to him, especially the theft of cables. Is he at home?"

The other party said as he walked towards home.

Aunt Zhao sat down on the ground, completely stunned.

When the two people came over, he said to her: "Is he at home?"

Aunt Zhao came to her senses and quickly shook her head: "No, he's not at home. He didn't come back yesterday."

When the other party heard this, he looked into the room and went in directly.

Aunt Zhao stood up quickly when she saw this.

Several people looked around the room and finally came out.

The leader of the work security team said to Aunt Zhao: "If Zhao Jianguo comes back, please notify us in time and ask him to go to the police station to cooperate with our investigation."

Then he said with a serious face: "The problems in this matter are very serious. I hope he can find his way back."

"Hey, good!"

Aunt Zhao nodded frequently.

When the other party saw this, he took the people and left.

Yang Xiaole looked at it for a while, didn't care, and left directly.

Walking on the road, there were teams of people buying and selling cabbage and transporting cabbage everywhere, and it was very lively.

When he came to Master Suo, he opened the door and went in directly.

"Master, Master!"

He shouted inside for a while, but no one responded to him, and the door to the main room was closed tightly.

He opened the door and placed the jar on the table.

I searched around inside but couldn't find anyone there.

"This old man, where did he go to play?"

After muttering something, he returned to the main room. After some thought, he left a note and told him that he could eat it after steaming it.

After finishing it, he closed the door again and left the yard.

Come here.

He went directly to Su Ling's house, not knowing whether Su Ling was there today.

When we arrived at the place, the door was ajar.

After pushing it open, I went in directly.

The main door is also ajar.

"Little sister, why don't you go to Hong Kong Island if I ask you to? Wenxuan has not been heard from for so long, are you still planning to remain a widow for the rest of your life?"

When I came to the door, I heard the sound inside.

Soho?

Hearing the sound, Yang Xiaole frowned.

Not on Hong Kong Island?

How did you run back?

At this time, he felt it was not appropriate to go in.

Then she heard Su Ling say impatiently; "Wenxuan will not die. There has been a letter from over there saying that there is news about him, but we can't be contacted for the time being. I said, I want to wait for him here." return."

Su Hao's voice came from inside. : "OK! Even if he is fine, what will happen when he comes back? Will he still live like this?"

"Look at what kind of life you live every day. You have to go to work every day. When you have a break, you have to take care of other people's children for free. You get a salary of 45 yuan and [-] cents a month. Why bother!"

Then Su Ling's voice came again: "Brother, don't blame me for everything, okay? As an elder brother, something happened to your brother-in-law. Are you thinking about whether you can help find it, instead of knowing it? If Wenxuan still has hope of coming back, he will add insult to injury here."

"Isn't it good for you? Okay, I have something to do later. I will find someone in country M to see if I can help."

……

Yang Xiaole listened at the door for a while, and finally quietly returned to the door.Cough slightly.

Shouted inside.

(End of this chapter)