Indeed, you must believe what I say: there is nothing you can’t think of in Daliu Shu Market, and there is nothing you can’t buy.
Don't even think about mentioning places like SKP and Guomao Mall to me. Once you step into such a place, the word "expensive" seems to be dancing in the air. The big willow tree is different. When you come here, the smell is a complex mixture - the fishy smell of fresh food, the overflowing aroma of fried fish, the mildew smell of old bookcases, and the smell of fireworks from the moxibustion wafting from the stall next door.
This taste is called life.
Take Metro Line 7 and get off at Nanlou Zizhuang Station. In the early years, this line seemed empty enough for horses to gallop, but now? Hey, Universal Studios is open, and the carriages are crowded with young people wearing cartoon headbands. It’s quite fun to huddle with us adults and adults who go shopping for secondhand goods.
Just walk a few steps out of the station and you're there.
Let’s talk about the “ghost market” that we have only heard of in legends. It opened at three o'clock in the morning and left after dawn, as if it were a thief. I've never been, not once, really. My energy couldn't stand it, and I didn't have the guts to go. It is said that you have to hold a flashlight and select things in the blurry light. You have no idea whether the snuff bottle handed over to you is a snuff bottle from the late Qing Dynasty or a counterfeit from last week. Those of you who are timid should not go, it is very easy to scare yourself.
But the big willow tree in the daytime belongs to us ordinary people.
Eating is the top priority
There is a huge fresh food market at the door. It has become the main place for Beijing adults and aunts to rush to buy. The vegetables inside are fresh and the prices are one yuan or less than in supermarkets. Just for the difference of one or two yuan, I can talk to you for a long time. The bathroom is clean, which is a very important point. Hot water is also provided, which is extremely considerate.
But today I’m not going to talk about grocery shopping, I’m going to talk about something hardcore.
Go left and go deeper, and there is a hidden shop called "Jingcheng Master Hu Braised Pork". Its facade is so small that it is only half the size of the facade. If you don't pay attention, you will walk right by and miss it. Among them, the fried fish dish cooked by his family is so delicious that it is a must-have!
The fish meat is very fresh, the pieces are large, and there are basically no tiny thorns that can be very annoying. It is fried until it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The aroma is not caused by the condiments, but the umami flavor of the fish itself stimulated by the hot oil. Almost every table of people who come here will order this dish.
What's the price? A large plate costs forty, but two people can eat this large plate until they are full. If you have a small plate of fish fillets, it will be served with stir-fried beans and rice, which adds up to a total of fifteen!
There is such a dish called Stir-fried Beans, which has a crisp texture and contains a special pot flavor. Even if I were to make it at home, even if I break my arm due to shaking the spoon, I would not be able to make it. As for the dining environment, don't be too picky about it. During this period of the epidemic, everyone is squatting on the roadside with lunch boxes in hand to eat, but it still feels quite delicious.
There are many surprises like this. You need to spend your own time and "explore" one house after another to find out.
You're here, why don't you buy something?
After eating and drinking, we started shopping.
This is "Qianyihui", a secret base for foreigners and Beijing aunts. Most of the clothes are from the south, the styles are quite fashionable, and the prices are real. Before the epidemic, I could always see a blond and blue-eyed family pushing a cart and buying large and small bags. They were better at negotiating prices than us.
Good stuff, everyone understands it.
Blocks A, B, C, and D surround the market, and they are full of treasures.
Nowadays, it costs at least ten yuan to cut trousers outside, but here the price is low, and the elder sister's skills are very good, so this kind of "service" is really my favorite. There are those who repair mobile phones, those who specialize in threading jewelry, and those who deal with design drawings, and there are even services that specialize in moxibustion. When you are exhausted from shopping and feel sore and uncomfortable in your waist and back, you can just lie down there and take some moxibustion. It only costs a few dozen yuan and you will be able to continue shopping after you feel refreshed.
The antique items area placed outdoors is really full of all kinds of items. There were old-looking radios, watches that looked tarnished with age, porcelain with missing corners that gave it a unique sense of incompleteness, and medals from an unknown year and month. You don't necessarily buy it, but when you reach out and pick it up and look at it carefully, secretly guessing who its past owner was, this behavior itself is quite interesting.
Many people say that Daliu has changed, its management has become standardized, and it is not as "wild" as before.
Yes, it is standardized. But that vitality is still there.
This market is so big. If you really plan to visit it carefully, how about one day? Can't stop.
My calves are cramping, my hands are filled with a whole bag of items, and I am thinking that I will definitely explore a restaurant I have never tried before next time.
This is the big willow tree, a place where you can spend your money happily, feel full after walking around, and want to come back again.
It’s been seven years and I still haven’t gotten tired of shopping.
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