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It was cloudy in the morning and now the sun eventually emerges from clouds. The approaching of Dragon Boat Festival reminds me of the time for gardenia flowering. Every year at this moment, it just comes to spring up in silence. Which is quite different from other kinds of flowers. Tulips and peach flowers are always with colorful petals, arrest people's eyes far away in clusters and grass. The white and light yellow gardenia appears on the side of roads, or in a corner of walls. It keeps low profile yet not can be missed, because the fragrance reveals. Miles away, it just to be detected by that unique smell.
On the backyard, there is a bamboo forest. This the ideal weather for all plants to rest in peace and enjoy the warm breeze. There is a particular bamboo leaves which are used to wrap Zongzi. Zongzi is the special food, usually made from glutinous rice with kinds of condiments and stuffing like dates, red beans, pork meat or some others. That kind of leaves usually are wide and long enough to warp Zongzi. Those leaves actually are the main materials which are supposed to cool and refreshing mind. After warping Zongzi, the next procedure is to put Zongzi into water to boil up in around an hour. When I was young, I was very exciting to wait for that moment to have Zongzi. In the evening I smell that good scent from the cooking pot. By adding some firewood and make sure it burns up, boiling water simmers down that Zongzi. That special scent evaporates around the room. Um, bamboo leaves scent is quite refreshing. Then Mom told me that I could have in the next morning after a night's cooling off. Though I said yes to wait, I was just salivary already and hoped it just skipped the night to the next morning immediately. In the next morning, I had some with tremendous satisfactory happiness. The childhood was simple but happy. Now even I have many food to enjoy, while I can not trace down that feeling anymore.
The nostalgic childhood always comes into mind and put me into peace. Just as the blue sky this afternoon, a long time no see great scenery, enhances my content of spirit and soul. The switch of work and life could be easily separated and naturally to memorize.
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- Reply sunnyv
- This morning the day turned into night. The sky was so dark and the rain came pouring down. I intended to buy my food and supplies today but I won't venture out into that rain, otherwise I would be wet head to toe and then go into the cold air-conditioned supermarket. Better stay at home high and dry, enjoy some nice homemade food and relax.
You don't know how much I love those Zongzi. We call them rice dumpling here. Every year around this time and the dragon boat festival, we would be able to enjoy them. We can buy them from the shops nearby, but I prefer the homemade ones. I have a old lady neighbor nearby who can make wonderful delicacies during major festivals. She calls me ''godson''. How nice. The rice dumplings she makes are so tasty you can't find it anywhere. I walked by her home and to my surprise, she already prepared quite a few dumplings. She handed me two large dumplings which is still hot wrapped in those special river leaves. I took it back home, unwrapped it and placed it on the plate and doused it with some special soy sauce. It had some salty lean meat inside. Hmm... Yummy... so tasty. Still have one left and I am going to have it for breakfast tomorrow. That is me, never can keep anything, must eat all.
The lady aged about 70 lives alone as her husband passed away some years ago. I visit her regularly to see what help I can give her. I helped her repair her electrical appliances, fixed her phones and used my call-camera and computer to enlarge and print out her old photos because her eyesight is weak. She was so happy to see those photos and for the first time saw the full details in the photos including the old clog slippers her family used to wear. I have young neighbors who go exercising and occasional jogging with me and have this lady for traditional food. So nice.
- Reply teadrinking
- The unexpected rain often hits without any omen. I have to bring my umbrella as the backup.
sunnyv: This morning the day turned into night. The sky was so dark and the rain came pouring down. I intended to buy my food and supplies today but I won't v ...
Did not know you love Zongzi so much. I love eating that when I was young, now I just eat a little bit. Since I do not find it yummy. But I will have some made from mom. She does quite a good job of Zongzi. Nice to have them.
You are warm to help people. What a nice person you are. She must be thankful for what you have done to help her. Meanwhile, you got some delicious dumplings as the best affirmation because of your sincere favor by helping others.
