Hometown bean flat broad bean prose

As the name implies, broad bean is named after its pod looks like an old silkworm. For my hometown, it also has a very poetic and romantic name-orchid bean. I think the name is because its flowers are blue and purple, or they look like orchids after frying. As we all know, fennel beans are called in the south, which is probably broad beans cooked with fennel!

When I was young, broad beans were not common. Occasionally, in someone else's yard, there is a piece of land where green broad beans are growing vigorously, with blue-purple flowers and white ones. Broad beans can only be eaten after being cooked, unlike other melons and fruits that attract children's attention. In whose field or yard, there is delicious food from the time when it was just planted. Friends aim at it and always pay attention to the mature situation. They have been salivating for a long time. Adults confessed that broad beans were poisonous. A child in a neighboring village ate raw broad beans secretly, and his face was purple with sauce, foaming at the mouth and finally died. Adults rarely stopped the broad beans from being stolen seriously, which was later proved to be right.

After the contract responsibility system, there is a private plot in the west of the village, next to Shahe, but this land is precious. Close to home, it is convenient to fertilize and water, and it is also convenient to grow vegetables and pick them. However, because this land is adjacent to the village, chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep and other poultry and livestock from nearby farmers will attack these crops and vegetables very seriously. If you don't pay attention to them, you will get nothing and work hard for a long time.

Coupled with the barren sand, it often takes a lot of effort and effort, but the harvest is very small.

Crops and vegetables planted in previous years have been seriously degraded. Everyone is a neighbor, and there is no good solution if we look up and see each other. If pesticide poisoning is used, it will cause an uproar and even cause quarrels and fights. Most of these domestic animals are kept in captivity, such as pigs and sheep, but occasionally some owners do not take good care of them and run to the nearby fields. This is like no man's land, especially the fields near the village, and it is "taking advantage of the advantages and getting the moon first", which is the most wasteful. It is common for free-range chickens and ducks to sneak into the field to eat blue leaves. The fields near the village will be abandoned for a long time. Experienced farmers know that crops can't be harvested in the end. If they are not planted in the ground, the contents will be gone.

One spring, my mother planted broad beans on a small piece of land near the village. According to neighbors, this kind of bean seedling is bitter, livestock and poultry don't eat it, and the yield is not low. After broadcasting for seven or eight days, I went to the private plot in the west of the village and saw neat broad bean seedlings lined up to welcome me. Although it is a tender bud, the color is somewhat mature and steady, and it is blue and black, which is very cute. Land does not lose people, so a small piece of barren land can also support life!

Probably on the eve of Tomb-Sweeping Day, the bluish-black broad bean seedlings grew to more than a foot high, and sporadic beancurd bloomed for the second time. At the junction of the blue-green square branches and leaves, clusters of tofu pudding began to bloom. "Wild powder has no love and is not fragrant." Silkworm tofu is simple and low-key. It blooms under the leaves, unlike the morning glory, which is afraid of attracting people's attention and attention. Mei Lan and Zhu Ju, known as the representatives of plants with the most culture and characteristics in China, have entered the poetry picture of literati for countless times, and the empty valley and secluded orchid are synonymous with elegance. I really don't know how the poor ancestors called this simple and dark broad bean the nickname orchid bean. Let the lonely life have a poetic fragrance.

Broad bean is a solid crop and needs little land. As long as it is a piece of land in the yard in the ditch, it can grow with sunshine. It has great vitality and has been in operation for two or three months. The pea pods below can be cooked, and the flowers above are still in bloom. Unlike those delicate flowers such as epiphyllum, there is only one night of beauty, or only a few days of flowering.

Mother first picked some cocoons, peeled them, cooked the blue broad beans in a pot, and added oil and salt, which was very delicious. Sometimes just put it in the pot and fry it. Put the oil first, and lard is the best. After the oil is hot, add onion, garlic and pepper to stir fry, add blue broad beans, add seasoning such as salt, anise and star anise, add appropriate amount of water, and stir fry for a period of time to fully immerse all flavors. Fried green broad beans are green in color, spicy and delicious, which is a unique delicacy. Later, I read Lu Xun's novel Kong Yiji, the only scholar standing in a gown. Every time he goes to a pub, he likes to eat fennel beans similar to what I ate at that time. Of course, I don't know the four ways to write the word fennel, but every time I think of these funny words, I can't help laughing.

On the eve of wheat harvest, the broad beans were fully mature, and my mother uprooted them and prepared them for planting in the next season. Pull the harvested broad beans home, pick the pods, dry them in the sun, remove the pods and store them. Take it out and dry it twice in the middle of summer and autumn to prevent mildew and moth. During the Spring Festival, cut some beans, soak them in water, and carefully cut them with a knife in the depression of each broad bean. When oiling, fry the dried broad beans in the oil pan, only to hear the crackling sound, and the orchid beans all grinned, and the pods outside were like orchids in bloom. Mix well with fine salt, and plate at any time when you get off next year. It can be used as an appetizer.

Broad bean, also known as kidney bean, is a variety brought back by Zhang Qian when he went to the Western Regions. Zhang Qian was named Hou. In Wang Bo County, there is an ancient bridge in the Han Dynasty called Zhangqian Bridge, which is dedicated to the golden statuette of Baima Temple he brought back, which was 180 years earlier than Luoyang. As a close neighbor of Bo Wanghou, he was more or less touched by the light.

As we get older, we know more about broad beans. Broad beans may indeed cause the legendary allergic poisoning. The risk of children is higher than that of adults, and the risk of symptoms caused by eating fresh broad beans is the highest. Now I am glad that when teenagers are ignorant, they can still remember that adults once told me that they have never eaten raw broad beans. However, "broad bean poisoning" will only happen to a very small number of people with physical fitness, and adults are also alarmist and partial.

Among the beans in my hometown, soybeans and mung beans are the main ones, peas and broad beans are the auxiliary ones, and cowpeas are basically no longer planted. These lovely beans supplement the needs outside the staple food and make the poor rural life more colorful. More importantly, in the hunger era of "food is the most important thing for the people", beans help people survive the famine with rich nutrition, save lives, let human beings continue, and let the smoke in the village curl up. ...