When you're in a bad mood, go take a stroll through the vegetable market

The writer Gu Long once said, if a person has nowhere left to turn, just send him to the vegetable market!

Living in the city, we've grown used to the dazzle of neon lights, and grown tired of the endless traffic,

It seems that apart from self-interest, we can no longer find the slightest bit of any place with human warmth.

So, you might as well go take a walk through the vegetable market!

Here, you can see vegetables glistening with dew, all kinds of lively seafood,

all sorts of colorful fruits, bustling crowds and the rising and falling calls of vendors...

The vegetable market is a place full of the joys of everyday life.

In the day-after-day monotony of life, it holds a vitality beyond words.

In the early morning, stepping into the vegetable market amid the bustling noise, at a glance all you see are people searching for ingredients.

As you step in with the surging crowd, your mood will slowly calm down.

Find a breakfast stall wreathed in steam by the roadside, sit down at a small table,

drink a bowl of fragrant doufunao, or order a bowl of piping-hot Chongqing xiaomian,

accompanied by the rising and falling sounds of bargaining, fill your belly.

Once your belly is full, it's time to go pick out the melons, fruits and vegetables you fancy!

All kinds of vegetables dotted with dew, quietly laid out on the little stalls,

purple eggplants, tender green beans, round onions,

and even potatoes and taro still covered in fresh soil...

Colorful fruits, basket after basket, hamper after hamper...

Golden-yellow lemons, tender peaches and plums,

and bunches of crystal-clear grapes, picked early in the morning and delivered right to your eyes.

(Image credit: Feng Yiyang de Shenzi)

(Image credit: Feng Yiyang de Shenzi)

Friends who love seafood shouldn't miss out either, and be sure to go early.

Because the earlier you come, the fresher the seafood.

Big crabs waving their claws, little river shrimp jumping about alive,

and all kinds of big and small fish blowing bubbles,

in the seafood section, you can even feel the sea breeze rushing at your face,

seemingly carrying a damp, misty scent.

At the vegetable market, perhaps you'll run into a neighbor you haven't seen in ages,

chat about everyday matters and share shopping tips with each other, no longer cold strangers with closed doors,

and the distance between you instantly draws closer;

At the vegetable market, perhaps you'll meet a warm and kind-hearted vendor,

who greets you familiarly and recommends all kinds of fresh ingredients for you.

If you forgot to bring money, it doesn't matter either, you can pay next time, and they definitely won't grab you and refuse to let you go;

(Image credit: Feng Yiyang de Shenzi)

At the vegetable market, you might also meet an elderly auntie,

learn a few cooking tips from them and save yourself quite a few detours,

and you might even learn the auntie's special secret technique!

When you're in a bad mood, go take a walk through the vegetable market!

It doesn't have to be famous mountains and great rivers far away, nor a beautiful lake praised by everyone,

perhaps just a tiny little vegetable market right before your eyes,

can calm your mood down.

At the vegetable market, you can feel the rich warmth of everyday life,

you can feel humanity's passionate love for life,

and of course, perhaps you can also change the way you look at life here, and relax your mindset.

Life is not just the drudgery before your eyes, but also the poetry and distant places of the vegetable market.

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