Only a few had been to the Capital City this year.
"The Capital City is vast, but is it particularly cold?"
"How cold is it?"
"Below zero, it starts snowing in October."
What?
It starts snowing in October?
While they are still planting wheat here, it's already snowing there?
"Is the snow very thick?" Zhao Tianxiang wondered, considering that if it begins to snow in October, the snow must pile up very thickly during the months that follow.
"It is very thick. Next winter when there's nothing much to do, Dad and Mom can come to the Capital City for a while. In winter, everyone bathes in public bathhouses, and at night everyone sleeps on heated brick beds."
Public bathhouses?
Sleeping on heated brick beds?
"Is there still vegetables in winter?"
With such cold, do vegetables even grow?
"There are vegetables. You start storing them from October—radishes, cabbage, winter melon, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and carrots."
