Introduction to Hengji Pawnshop: Hengji Pawnshop is not far from the Zhou family. Walk past the cross-street pavilion and Tazi Bridge in front of Tugu Temple, and walk a few hundred steps eastward along the north bank of the Dongxianhuan River. There is a wall There is a tall whitewashed wall with a huge word "Dang" written on it. This was the former site of Hengjidang. Hengji Pawnshop was opened by the Xia family along the Dongxianhuan River. When Lu Xun's grandfather Zhou Fuqing was an official, the Xia family had frequent contacts with the Zhou family. However, when Lu Xun was 13 years old (1893), the family experienced changes one after another. Lu Xun was trapped in poverty and was forced to frequent Hengjidang, but he was ridiculed and deceived by the Xia family and "Mr. Chaofeng" (a pawnshop employee), which made Lu Xun suffer from the hardships of the world. No wonder Lu Xun lamented angrily: "Is there anyone who has fallen into poverty from a relatively well-off family? I thought that along the way, I could probably see the true face of the world."

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