Anise beans from Kong Yiji.

Mr. Wang went to Shaoxing on business and brought back the local specialty fennel beans, which reminded me of Kong Yiji.

At the Xianheng Hotel in Luzhen, it will always be "Your Excellency Kong Yiji".

"Heat two bowls of wine and have a plate of fennel beans."

Fennel beans first, then wine.

Fennel bean is a snack made of dried broad beans and fennel, which is famous for Mr. Lu Xun's novels.

Broad beans are also called southern beans, Hu beans, vertical beans, Buddha beans, arhat beans and orchid beans, but in my hometown, they are called soybeans. Later, I learned that soybeans are actually soybeans.

When I was a child, broad beans were also popular at home, often not as the main crop, but only planted along the field. In April and May, broad beans bloom, and white hedges with purple stripes surround the fields, adding a touch of beauty to the green countryside. At that time, it was mainly to boil broad beans, wash pods and pour them into a large pot. An hour later, the fragrance overflowed the whole yard. Peel off the pods, remove the white skin from the green beans and put them in your mouth. They are soft, smooth and fragrant. I can still remember picking broad beans, eagerly waiting for the pot, and then sitting around the TV with my family and eating and drinking.

The wrinkled fennel beans taste a little dry, hard and chewy, and probably lose their original flavor.

My father is a good drinker. He eats peanuts, a dish of side dishes or pig's head every year, regardless of whether it is hot or cold. Add a bottle of beer soaked in a cold well in summer. The beer in my hometown is said to be very healthy. For him, drinking is as natural as drinking water. Do you feel spicy? He feels very sweet.

Drinking with Kong Yiji means drowning your sorrows.

"Only Kong Yiji is standing drinking and wearing a gown."

Kong Yiji, who is in rags, has to drink standing up and sometimes pinch two handfuls of fennel beans because of her low economic status. His life is like a joke ("the air inside and outside the store is full of happiness"). Mr. Lu Xun described the indifference of society to the suffering people in a seemingly understated way.

"Stealing books is not stealing ... stealing books! ..... how can you steal the matter of a scholar? "

In today's extremely rich material, probably no one will "steal books" again. If you have the spirit of "stealing books", you are lucky.

Kong Yiji is one of Lu Xun's favorite short stories, which is euphemistic and implicit and needs to be contacted slowly.