A man I love, hate and pity-Kong Yiji.

Xianheng Hotel is located at the mouth of Luzhen Town. The pattern here is different from other places. It is a big square counter with hot water, which can warm wine at any time.

This is the haunt of Kong Yiji, who I love, hate and pity. Because of him, I met fennel for the first time and remembered this beautiful name.

In the TV series Little Women under Zhengyangmen, Xu owns a pub, and in The Old Pub, Chen Huaihai also runs an old pub. I think they should show almost the same street life and colorful life as Xianheng Hotel.

I quietly walked by, leaned over and quietly probed, trying to see if there was any shadow of Kong Yiji inside. People of every class, whether drinking, eating snacks or drinking, have different postures. But one thing in common is to drink slowly and enjoy the good time of slowing down.

In fact, when I first met Kong Yiji, I already liked him. I can't say why.

Kong Yiji is tall and pale, with wrinkles often mixed with some scars and a messy gray beard.

Although he is wearing a robe, he is dirty and torn. It seems that he hasn't repaired or washed it for more than ten years.

It stands to reason that people who wear formal dresses will choose private rooms and sit and drink, but Kong Yiji is different.

He is the only one who comes to the store to drink in a dress.

He is always full of nonsense, which makes people confused.

For example, his surname is Kong, but he wrote "Kong Yiji" on a piece of paper. People didn't understand what it meant after reading it, so they nicknamed him "Kong Yiji".

Because of his strange nickname, all the drinkers looked at him and smiled as soon as he arrived at the store.

Although I really liked him, at first I looked down on him like everyone else.

Someone shouted, "Kong Yiji, you have a new scar on your face!" "

Kong Yiji didn't answer them, but said to the cupboard, "Heat two bowls of wine and a plate of fennel." After that, I paid out nine pence.

When people saw that Kong Yiji didn't answer, they raised their voices and deliberately shouted, "You must have stolen from others again!"

Kong Yiji opened his eyes wide and said, "How can you be so innocent out of thin air ..."

"What innocence? I saw with my own eyes what book you stole and hung it up the day before yesterday. " Someone revealed a short story.

Kong Yiji had blushed, and the veins stood out on his forehead. He said, "Stealing books is not stealing, stealing books! Can the scholar be stolen? "

Then he mumbled "a gentleman is poor", which made everyone laugh.

The atmosphere outside the store is very relaxed. Perhaps, Kong Yiji is a good "snack we should have".

But Kong Yiji would give the children fennel beans, and I found myself falling in love with him at once.

Kong Yiji shared fennel beans with her neighbor's children, one for each. After eating the beans, the child still looked at the plate with his eyes.

When Kong Yiji saw this, he immediately covered the plate with his five fingers and bent down and said, "Not much, I don't have much."

So the children smiled and walked away.

Kindness is a choice. Kong Yiji is like this. He always brings happiness to people, but without him, others can live as usual, and I can't help feeling lonely.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is getting colder every day, and it is almost early winter. "I" surrounded the fire all day and put on a cotton-padded jacket.

One evening, there were no customers, and I sat with my eyes closed.

Suddenly I heard a voice, "Warm a bowl of wine." Although the voice is extremely low, it is very familiar. No one was there when I watched it. Standing up and looking out, Kong Yiji sat on the threshold under the counter.

His face is black and thin, and his figure is out of shape; Wear a worn jacket, cross your legs, put a cattail bag under it and hang it on your shoulders with a straw rope.

After seeing me, he said, "Warm a bowl of wine." The shopkeeper also poked his head out and said, "Kong Yiji? You still owe nineteen pence! "

Kong Yiji leaned back in despair and replied, "This ... this ... will be paid off next time. This time it is cash, and wine is better. "

The shopkeeper smiled and said to him as usual, "Kong Yiji, you stole again!" " Strangely, he didn't want to defend himself this time, but said, "Stop joking! " "

The boss said, "Are you kidding? How can you break it if you don't steal it? "

Kong Yiji whispered, "Break, fall, fall ..." His eyes seemed to beg the shopkeeper not to mention it again.

At this time, several people had gathered, and the shopkeeper smiled: "I" warmed the wine and put it on the threshold. He took out four pence from his rags and put it in my hand. When I saw his hands covered with mud, I understood that he climbed here with this hand.

Soon, after drinking, he crawled slowly with this hand in the laughter of others.

I sympathize with his broken leg, but he crawled around drinking and climbed back with his hands. I was so angry that he didn't forget to drink when his leg was broken. At the same time, I feel sorry for him.

I haven't seen Kong Yiji for a long time since then. By the end of the year, the shopkeeper was still nagging: "Kong Yiji still owes nineteen pence!" By the Dragon Boat Festival the following year, the shopkeeper said, "Kong Yiji still owes nineteen pence!"

I didn't say anything until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I didn't see Kong Yiji at the end of the year. He may be dead!

I am deeply sorry that he has left. I pity him, hate him, lament his misfortune and annoy him, but this can't stop me from always liking him.

Text/Shu Yue

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