A Stroll Through the Market

You can get almost anything at the market. You can get fresh sugar cane juice pressed by the sweetest YeYe (Grandfather) in the city. 1 Kuai or about .15 cents buys a dixie cup of sweet goodness. We had sugar cane in our garden as a child. It tasted like a memory. YeYe and his wife have been squeezing cane juice for over 15 years. He had a lot to say about everything and we listened for about 15 minutes.
If you still have time, you can sit and enjoy your juice while having those nasty ingrown toenails clipped and cleaned.
Have a problem with wax build-up? No problem. The local E.N.T. (Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor) has a shop set up right next to the pedicurists. He is very handy with a penknife or chopstick or whatever else sharp long and pointed he has in his hand. The victim (patient) was nice enough to inform us that
the process was hen shufu (very comfortable). No Thank You!
If you can still hear after that, you can walk down a few paces and take dance lessons. If you aren't deaf already, you will be after enduring the instructor's booming voice blasting the next steps in your now wax-free ears. In other stalls you can sit and have your hair blackened or have a facial, but only under one eye or on one side of the face; you have to purchase the product to get the full experience.After pampering yourself, you can sample the plethora of eatables for sale: dried shrimp, handmade sausage that would make an Italian cringe, pickled pears, face of pig, a plethora. Actually there are a few familiar items: kabobs, boiled peanuts (not salty), pork rinds (spicy and plain), peanut brittle and sesame candy. Visiting the market is a culturally stimulating experience, come and enjoy!

Mandy

"If fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold"
-Anonymous