If you went to a new place, where would your favorite place be?

Whenever I go to a new place, my favorite place to go is the local wet market.

However, when you arrive in Sichuan, it would be a wonderful thing if you happen to meet someone going to a local market.

Sichuan, Luzhou, Lantian.

To this day, every morning on the first, fourth and seventh day of the lunar calendar, people still have the habit of rushing to the market.

It is winter in Luzhou now, and the sunrise is slightly later. As a result, Lam Tin will gradually become lively after 8 o'clock and last until noon.

Most of the markets in Lantianba are concentrated on a few streets in the Niushikan area. On market days, although most of the people who come to the market are elderly, these streets immediately change and become lively. stand up.

Vegetables and fruits are always the main theme in the market. Zhang Ailing once wrote: "If you can't see eggplants in the fields, you might as well go to the market to see them - so complex, oily purple; fresh green peas, ripe peppers, golden gluten, like the sun in the sun. "Soap bubbles." Now with convenient transportation, food ingredients are no longer restricted to their original origins, and are now distributed all over the world.

At the market in Lantian, not only local seasonal fruits and vegetables are sold, but jackfruit from Hainan, cabbage from Yunnan, potatoes from Inner Mongolia, radish from Northeast China, and persimmons from Shaanxi have also begun to appear here.

Local farmers sell mostly fresh vegetables and free-range eggs from their own fields. The price will also be cheaper than in the supermarket.

It was just in time for the green fruit season to be on the market. I bought a pound for 5 yuan, threw one in my mouth and chewed it slowly. The bitter taste in the mouth and the long aftertaste is really charming. , first bitter and then sweet, is it like our expectation of life?

This plant with small purple flowers is locally called wood ginger. When you pick it up and smell it, it has a spicy mint-like smell. Local people often use it for seasoning and dipping, especially when eating tofu pudding, you must add some.

The middle-aged boss of the bamboo products store is not good at talking and is not enthusiastic about soliciting business. The goods are placed along the street. If you want to buy something, you need to hold it up to the boss to inquire about the price. Most of the time, he They all keep their heads down and have been weaving bamboo products such as bamboo baskets, bamboo stools, bamboo baskets, and bamboo baskets that are common in daily life in Sichuan for decades.

Luzhou is a wine city, and various private wineries naturally occupy a large part of the market. The price of these wines ranges from a few yuan to dozens of yuan per catty. The lees are piled in front of the house, and the aroma of the wine is spread all over the street. "It is baked and sold now, and it can be processed with supplied materials" is a selling point. Attracted many people to come and visit. I taste the liquor first before buying it. Sometimes I am really afraid that if I drink it from one liquor shop to another, I will get drunk in this early morning market.

The leaf tobacco sold in bundles attracted my attention. The consumers of these tobaccos, which are made by drying tobacco leaves, are basically elderly people. They have been preferring tobacco with strong leaf tobacco for decades. Taste.

The old man put the tobacco leaves into his cigarette pot, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "This kind of tobacco leaves have a flavor only when you smoke them."

Sichuan people like it Sitting in a teahouse, Luzhou is no exception. This spectacular scene of drinking baba tea can only be seen in the Sichuan and Chongqing regions! Here, you only need to pay 5 yuan for a cup of tea, make a bowl of tea, and just like these old people, chat and play cards all over the world, and the day will pass so comfortably.

Strangely enough, most of the teahouses were filled with elderly men, and old ladies were rarely seen. So I asked the boss curiously, and the boss smiled and said, "Because aunt We all went to play mahjong!”

There were many vendors selling herbal medicines in the market. These plants, which I cannot name, are either dried or fresh, arranged in categories, and are endowed with magical healing powers. Elderly people seem to have a special liking for these plants, and they can often be seen carefully selecting them in front of the stalls.

"This is Money Grass, it is great for curing stones." The old man who bought the herbal medicine said to me.

Here, you can always see all kinds of "miraculous doctors" with special skills living among the people.

Rapeseed oil pressed by local methods has a special smell, which is called "green smell" among the people. Some people are not able to accept this smell, but in Sichuan, this oil is used by many families. eaten. In a small oil-making workshop using local methods, rapeseed oil gushes out brightly from the machine. The oil residue is pressed into thin, earthy-yellow pieces and piled aside. It can be sold separately and is said to be a good fertilizer for growing flowers.

The store owner lights an oil lamp at the entrance of the oil shop to show that his oil products are outstanding.

Most of the mutton in southwestern Sichuan is local black goat with skin, and the meat is firm. According to local customs, mutton is best eaten only in winter. A steaming pot of lamb in red soup, stuffed with a handful of finely chopped coriander, is definitely the warmest thing in winter.

This is the season for making bacon in Sichuan, so there are especially many vendors selling meat. Compared with the meat from Beijing, Sichuan pork feels fatter, and the sausages and bacon made from this meat naturally have more flavor.

Large pieces of pork are thoroughly decomposed, smeared with salt and spices, and hung high to dry in the shade. It can be regarded as a unique scenery in Sichuan this season.

If you find it too troublesome to make your own sausages and bacon, there are already ready-made products to choose from. Cured pork ribs, cured pig's trotters, cured chicken, salted duck, sausages and bacon are all displayed in the store.

Freshly slaughtered chickens and ducks are sold at the market. If you think a whole one is too big, you can just have half one. Freshly cut chicken breasts, chicken legs, and wings are available for you to choose from.

The vendor put some salt water in a stainless steel bowl and poured the blood of chickens and ducks into it, and soon it solidified into blood. Xuewang is sold by the bowl, 2 yuan/bowl. This kind of blood tofu tastes much smoother and tenderer than the blood tofu you usually buy in supermarkets.

Luzhou is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Tuojiang River, and is naturally extremely rich in fish resources. In addition to the common grass carp, carp, and silver carp, some fish that are rarely seen on weekdays can also be seen at the market.

When you buy fish here, the fishmonger can not only kill and clean the fish for you, but also slice or chop it according to your needs.

The fishmonger was very skilled in his craftsmanship. He raised his knife and dropped it. In a short time, a big fish was decomposed and turned into a pack of fish fillets in a plastic bag.

When you go to the market, you will always get some happiness that makes people laugh. For example, this kiwi sign took me a long time to figure out. Its creator is an aunt. When she saw me looking at her signature smile, she laughed with me, revealing a child-like simplicity and innocence.

When I was tired from shopping, I simply sat down and spent a few dollars to eat a bowl of bean curd rice.

The tofu puddings are tender and soft, and they are not tired of the "complexity" when dipping them in water: glutinous rice cake chili, soy sauce, pepper powder, rapeseed oil, chopped green onion and other condiments are placed on the table in sequence, with wood ginger oil as the finishing touch Brush, grand appearance, guests can mix according to their own taste.

The plain tofu puddings are dipped in red oil and water, and the appearance is various. Sometimes just by dipping it in water, you can eat a big bowl of rice.

White cake made from fermented rice is one of Luzhou’s famous snacks. You can buy 3 yuan for 1 yuan in the market. Sweet and sour, soft and glutinous, with a light wine aroma brought about by fermentation. Definitely worth a try.

Huangba is also a unique local snack, made of glutinous rice and brown sugar. Golden color and rich aroma. What makes it unique is that the wrapping material is galangal leaves, and the aroma of the yellow cake comes from the aromatic oil contained in the galangal leaves. The aroma of freshly steamed rice cake is fragrant. After cooling, it can be sliced ??and fried, or boiled in water in a trough for consumption. It has a unique flavor.

There are also some magical things in the market, such as the festival, the water bowl, the elder sister who cooks eggs, and the Feng Shui home that has been passed down for eight generations.

Looking at the future is probably a local saying in Sichuan, which is equivalent to what we usually call "looking at the good times and auspicious days". As for the operations of cooking eggs and looking at the water bowl, I really can't figure it out. Got it.

A young man with dreadlocks was selling his handmade jewelry at the market, and the aunties also bought into it and happily chose it.

The recently popular food market outfits are being performed here in full swing. In front of various clothing stalls with banners and slogans such as "manufacturer clearance" and "jump sale", there are even more beauty-loving aunts, expressing their love for life with their aesthetics.

In these ancient streets of Lam Tin, the interesting things are far more than the above. The taste of the world is on the left, and the weird and unconventional things are on the right. Universal elements and niche styles coexist in the market. Harmony, you need to go there in person to appreciate its beauty.

There is the most authentic human atmosphere here, fresh and agile, just like the nerve endings of this city.

Gu Long once said: If a person is desperate and wants to commit suicide, let him go to the vegetable market. If this person is lucky enough to catch a show here, not only will he have the steaming human touch in front of him, but also the down-to-earth smell of food, it will be hard to be depressed anymore!

I am An Suran, a senior lover of a better life. I would like to share the tiny happiness in this world with you.