#This is the taste of the New Year# A Spring Festival with a strong new year flavor in my memory was spent in Jiangsu.
It was the first time after marriage that I went to my mother-in-law's house for a different year than before.
Due to the work relationship delayed the trip, when I arrived home, it was already noon on the first day of the first year, when there were many people in the courtyard busy.
The lover said that these were his sister, brother-in-law, their families, neighbors, etc., who heard that we had come back for the New Year and had come to help prepare things to greet us.
The old man and the child also joined the busy, chatting while working, speaking dialects that I could not understand, setting up tables, setting tableware, making tea, preparing dishes, although I don't know what they were talking about, but it sounded very cheerful, the smile was also very bright, giving people a very lively and festive feeling, the festive atmosphere was very strong.
This is very different from the Spring Festival I have had before.
This is probably the characteristic of the Spring Festival in the countryside of Jiangnan, right?
The wooden shelf in front of the house was covered with chicken, fish, and a large piece of long meat, which looked almost dry, and I grew up in the ice and snow, I didn't know what this meat tasted like, and I thought it should have a different flavor.
Many things in the house are wrapped in red paper or red cloth.
The kitchen was independent of the house, and in one corner was a large urn tied with red cloth filled with white rice cakes, which were soaked in water, which the mother-in-law said would keep it sticky.
On the kitchen cabinet was a bamboo container with freshly fried meatballs and a characteristic aroma.
On the large round table next to the living room were fruits, pastries and sweets, colorful and hearty.
I asked my lover, how can I eat so many things? He said that it is better to be left behind, and it means to be rich for many years.
Large plates of fish, assorted vegetables, glutinous rice meat balls, braised taro and many other dishes that I can't name, are full of a large square table, everyone is gathered together, very crowded, but it feels very lively and close, want this atmosphere, right?
That year's Spring Festival was very special, very lively, and very happy.
Later, during the Spring Festival, I always felt too quiet.
The responsibility is heavy, the mood has changed, and the feeling is different, right?
