The communal courtyard recently welcomed two new couples, who only moved in a week prior.
After all, they couldn't settle into their freshly painted home until much later, due to the slower drying times that the colder temperature triggered. By the time they moved into their new home, it was already next week, during an exceptionally cold period in mid-November. People had stopped bothering to venture into the mountains, where almost everything was barren.
While it might be cold, housewives like Zhao Guihua could never idle about. She started making pickles, which received high praises from everyone. During the winter, when vegetable varieties reduce drastically, the only option left was to get creative with the limited available vegetables.
The vegetables Zhao Guihua used for her pickles were radishes and cabbages - veggies virtually every household had, which made them easy to learn.
