As the Chinese New Year approached, my mind drifted back to those days when I was preparing New Year's goods with my mother. Nowadays, although I have entered another stage of my life, whenever the Spring Festival is approaching, I always think of the New Year's goods made by my mother in those years, which belong to the taste of home and the taste of my mother.
When southerners celebrate the Spring Festival, every household will prepare all kinds of New Year's goods. Rice cakes, oil piles, these are round, symbolizing reunion and happiness. Whenever my mother started making these foods, the house would always be filled with the aroma of glutinous rice and sugar, which was the purest and warmest taste. I still remember that my mother always patiently kneaded every rice cake and every oil heap, as if she was injecting full blessings and expectations into the new year.
In addition to these, my mother will also make su wraps. It is a food made from flour in different shapes, some like dumplings, others like small and delicate buns. Mom would always press a mold out of a beautiful shape and then top it with fried sugar, sesame seeds and crushed peanuts. Whenever I see these colorful and fragrant wraps, I can't wait to take a sip. And my mother would always smile and say, "Don't worry, there's a lot more, take your time." ”
Of course, one of the most important events of the Spring Festival is New Year's greetings. Every year at the beginning of the year, my mother would take us to relatives and friends' houses to pay New Year's greetings, and I would also bring my own handmade New Year's goods as gifts. Whenever I see their surprised expressions, I feel extremely satisfied and happy.
However, now that my mother is gone, I can no longer prepare New Year's goods and greet her with her. But luckily, my mom taught me a lot, including how to make these delicious New Year's goods. So, even though Mom has left us, her taste, her love, has remained in our hearts forever.
Whenever the Spring Festival comes, I will make these New Year's goods by myself, as if I can feel my mother's presence. I would knead every rice cake and oil pile with my heart, as if I could connect with my mother's heart. And when I give these New Year's goods to friends and relatives, they will always be amazed by my craftsmanship, I remember the year before last in our community Dragon Boat Festival glutinous rice dumpling competition, I also won the first prize, there are gifts, they all said that it is the credit of your mother, "Is this really your mother taught you?" It's amazing! ”
Yes, this is what my mother taught me. And the taste of these New Year's goods, these New Year's customs, and these good memories are the most precious treasures left to me by my mother. Therefore, no matter how the years change, no matter how I go, I will remember the taste of my mother and my mother's love, and make them the best memories of my life.