What's the difference between buying food in the vegetable market in the south and in the north?

First of all, it needs to be clear that the difference between the north and the south in buying food is so great because of the different climate and environment between the north and the south.

When you buy food in the south, you can buy quail eggs, a cucumber, three peppers, garlic seeds broken in half at a time, one apple at a time, and even chickens and fish for two yuan. You can ask the boss to wash them and cut them, and then you can only buy some.

When I told my roommates in the north, they didn't understand at all. I was lucky enough to go to the vegetable market in the north to buy food with them. Their vegetables are sold in bundles. Garlic seeds and yam, which are easy to preserve, are always a sack of vegetables, and they have to drive home. The scene is quite shocking.

What makes such a big difference? As I said at the beginning, I think the most important thing is the climate difference between the north and the south.

Compared with the north, the south is warm and humid. Everyone buys food in the amount of one meal. In the worst case, they go out to buy food for one day in the morning and then go out to buy it the next day. Because it is rainy and warm in the south, it is easy to breed bacteria, and it is difficult to preserve many foods for a long time in this environment. In the past, people didn't have refrigerators, so it was difficult to keep food. Over time, they formed the habit of buying a meal and eating it, and then passed it down slowly.

Compared with the south, the north has four distinct seasons. It's cold in winter and hot in summer, but no matter what the temperature is, one thing remains the same, that is, dryness. Even clothes can be dried in a day or two in winter. In such a dry environment, few bacteria survive, and the food in the north is better preserved.

It is worth mentioning that the deeper reason is that the climate in the south is suitable for vegetable cultivation. There are many seasonal vegetables and fruits, so there is no trouble of eating the same kind of vegetables every day. But most of the vegetables in the north are exported, and there are few local vegetables. Therefore, it is better to buy more than ten kilograms at a time and put them at home. Anyway, they are not so fresh. Why not buy more at once, so as not to go out to buy food every day?