那年秋末冬初,我一进淮河边上的淮滨城,就在叫卖的小摊上,发现了一种在别处没有见过的新东西堆在竹筐里。过往的行人,老的少的,男的女的,跟买瓜子一样,都买上一包,边走边吃。看样子,挺香甜,挺惬意。小摊贩告诉我,人们吃的就是芡实。 At the end of autumn and winter that year, when I entered the Huaibin City on the edge of the Huai River, I found a new kind of thing that I had not seen elsewhere piled in a bamboo basket on a stall for sale. Past pedestrians, old and young, male and female, like buying seeds, have bought a bag and eat while walking. It looks like it is sweet and very pleasant. The street vendor told me that what people eat is solid.