There is a dam on the Shui Jun, and the power generation function has long been abandoned, leaving only the bridge function. When chatting with an old man who was also walking, he said that before the dam was built, it used to be a pier. And solemnly showed me a stone step on the red stone of Danxia, which was dark and round, and it was estimated to be really old.
From one shore to the other, the remains of the wharf are actually a continuation of tradition. I was thinking that at that time, whether in the wind or in the rain, as long as there was a boat to help you cross the distance, you could continue your journey.
Fundamentally speaking, this is the hope we can have when facing the vast sea, and it can also be the beginning of a life story.
With the advancement of modernization, many docks have long since disappeared, replaced by bridges and cars.
The disappearance of every pier is also the disappearance of a slow lifestyle.
Many foods have also disappeared. I specially stayed in Junchuan for one night and tasted a kind of food called "oil stew". But whether the oil terminal is one of the slow lifestyles is another matter.
This May Day holiday in 2022, because of the epidemic prevention and control, I couldn't go to other places, dared not leave Suizhou, and even dared not get on the expressway, so I drove Nanda Mountain for five days.
Wandering around is to meet the needs of vision, while food is to meet the needs of taste. In the past, when I drove around, local food was an indispensable choice for me.
These days, it's too early to eat the slippery fish in Luoyang, the abducted rice in Maping, the vegetarian dishes in Xianguang Temple and the oil pier in Junchuan today, all for the sake of taste. As for picking wild fruits such as mulberries and malt on the road, it is a chance encounter.
Youdun, a kind of food, was eaten as a child. I remember that there used to be an oil frying pier on Xiaoshizi Street in Suizhou, and I had to queue up to buy it. Somehow, it's less and less common now. My wife painted on Tik Tok, which almost became the oil terminal of Junchuan and became an online celebrity. She said several times that she wanted to try, but she never succeeded. In fact, Junchuan is only 14 km away from Suizhou.
I searched the location of Junchuan Oil Terminal last night, but there was no result. I asked the local people to find it this morning. In fact, it's at the corner of Junchuan Old Street, opposite the Agricultural Bank. This is the busiest market in Junchuan.
An experienced gourmet will definitely go to the alley to find the delicious food hidden in the street and forget to return. And the most satisfying food will only be in the folk, in a place that can't be found anywhere, on the most ordinary street.
The boss's surname is Yang. He said that steamed buns should be steamed first in the morning, and then fried dough sticks. When I looked for them, around 6: 30, the fried dough sticks were almost fried, and then the oil pier was fried. A large basin of oil pier noodles is estimated to be fried at seven or eight o'clock. If you want to eat fresh food, you can't eat it until around 7 o'clock. Oil piers are 50 cents each, which is cheap.
All the stew on the coal stove is soup. Lean broth, vermicelli soup, seaweed soup and so on, as well as all kinds of porridge and soybean milk. 7 yuan, a bowl of lean broth and other vegetarian soups 1 yuan.
I ordered a big bowl of clear soup. There is so much meat in the soup. Add four oil piers to satisfy thieves. After eating, my wife brought six. It's not easy.
On the way back, my wife said that if anyone knew that we had eaten a few oil piers in Junchuan overnight, they would laugh at us for being crazy. I said, only food and love can't live up to it, and a life with preference is life, not afraid of jokes.
I have always been addicted to the love of food, even if it is "three highs". A person who is predestined friends with food seems to want to eat a few bites of oil pier, but in fact he is reminiscing about his childhood memories of food, which is a kind of deep thought.