It's broad beans. Yes, you're right. Podocarpus accounts for a large proportion of winter crops in Shaoxing rural areas. Apart from wheat and rape, Podocarpus is the most common, and the whole acre of species is also interplanted with other crops. Because of the universality of species, harvesting and eating Podocarpus has become an important content in Shaoxing peasant life. Before and after the long summer of the Lunar New Year, the winter Pod is ripe and strong. At this time, take off the dew, peel off the pod, take out the emerald-like beans, and pour them into the pot with water. After cooking, sprinkle some salt flowers, and the food is delicious. This is called eating fresh Pod. Because fresh Podocarpus is unusually sweet, farmers often give it to relatives living in the city.

Podocarpus is called old Podocarpus if it is planted on a branch and then picked. Old Podocarpus can be stored in jars and taken at any time after pods are removed and dried. I ate it until the next year when fresh Podocarpus came on the market. Old arhat beans are often fried into "fried arhat beans" in the countryside. In the city, especially in small hotels such as Xianheng Hotel, it is often made into "kidney beans", "fennel beans" and "orchid beans" as "wine blanks" (drinks) prepared all the year round.