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Foodie Cai Lan once said: "Drinking during the day is the joy of life." ”
When a person lives, he has to eat and drink. A meal when you are hungry, a glass of wine when you are happy, a cup of tea when you are idle, and a glass of water when you are thirsty.
Young people don't know the taste of sorrow, they only know how to eat and drink, but they don't know the joy of eating and drinking, and they don't have the heart to feel anything. People are old, they are tired of unloading their bodies, they have no worries about work, and all that is left is the fun of a meal and a dish.
The older you get, the more you understand that the real blessing is not a big event, but the fireworks in the rice bowl.
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Family around the table, the blessing of harmony.
For elderly people, there must be such an impression: when they were young, their families were very poor and there were many brothers and sisters. When it was time for dinner, everyone sat around and competed for dinner.
At that time, the food on the table was very limited. It is often a bowl of pumpkin porridge and a pot of winter melon soup. It is also possible to replace meals with sweet potatoes.
Whenever the green and yellow are not picked up, you have to look for food everywhere. There are very few things in the rice bowl, but we still look forward to picking up the bowl and eating well.
When we grow up, have children, and the dinner table becomes richer. Now, don't worry about eating, don't worry about wearing, only worry about what to eat, how to eat.
People are old, and their children go out to work. In the family, the most expensive meal is the "reunion dinner". Only when the New Year's Festival is celebrated can we get what we want.
Roasted white in Chongqing, braised lion's head in Jiangsu, minced pepper fish head in Hunan... As long as it is a family dinner, the table will be particularly rich, and the elderly will be busy and try their best to satisfy their children.
Family members gather around the table, the lights are lovely, and there are fireworks outside the window. Such a scene is not only a meal, but also a family.
As the saying goes, "Home and everything is good." "The feeling of eating is more valuable than meals. While eating and talking, the family has hope, and the elderly have expectations.
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Husband and wife sit together, the blessing of love.
When you are old, you will understand that it is an imaginary blessing to have children and grandchildren, and most days, it is the companionship of husband and wife. The juniors don't accompany them every day.
I like a city, not because the city is big, but because the city has its own home; I like a home, not because the family is rich, but because there are people in the family who are concerned.
My parents, authentic farmers, lived in the countryside all their lives.
Fathers liked to drink, often drunk alone. His mother hid his wine glass, and his father lost his temper and did not eat.
A day or two later, my mother took out her glass again and said, "I'm afraid of you, all right." ”
Even if it is noisy, the mother still makes wine. She just used to chant the phrase "drink less."
The life of parents is like two lyrics: "A pair of taciturn people, but they have been idle to sell wine, and occasionally drink a few cups." ”
A bowl of dumplings, two bowls of porridge, a few sour peppers, life is extremely simple, but because of love, it becomes warm.
In this life, only lovers are the people who accompany them the longest. Only lovers are the ones who accompany you the most.
Husband and wife sit together, the taste of the meal has long been accustomed, if one day, less such a taste, it is really difficult to get used to.
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Returning to the hometown to eat, the blessing of the roots.
Speaking of nostalgia, we will think of white-walled green tiles and small bridges flowing water in the south, cave kilns and hot kilns in the north, Yangchun white snow, and poplars and deserts in the northwest.
In fact, after seeing the scenery in the township, you have to eat authentic hometown dishes.
For example, in Guangdong, everyone likes to eat a dish - "raw money". The name of the dish is very tall, but the dish is very simple, that is, a few lettuce leaves, put it in water and blanch it, or stir-fry.
"Sheng Cai" and "Lettuce" are harmonic sounds, so they have a beautiful meaning.
In the same way, eating spicy hot pot can be said to be "red and red"; eating a meal of dumplings is the pride of heaven; sitting in the stilt house and eating sauerkraut soup, which is more authentic than the taste of the big hotels in the city.
Someone said, "What is nostalgia?" It was the call of the mother standing in the doorway. ”
The same dish, from the hands of parents, tastes different from the hands of chefs; eating in a big city and eating it in a small town has a different feeling.
When people are old, the leaves fall back to their roots, and this is a dream. If you can't stay in your hometown for a long time, then you will be satisfied to go back to your hometown once in a while to have a meal and find a way to come.
The fireworks in the old house really smelled of mother.
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A small gathering of friends, the blessing of a confidant.
There is a happy saying: "Pippi shrimp let's walk together, and we will not wash our hands for the rest of our lives." ”
Friends having a meal together is nothing to young people. Because of work, business and other reasons, I have to participate in socializing, and even have to rush to the scene.
Elderly people, socially do a lot of subtraction, can communicate with friends, not many. The most worrying thing is that some friends will never be seen.
There is such a smooth sentence: "60 years after graduation, classmates gather, can come to a table, can not come, put the photo that is also a table." ”
Man, to live is a blessing. What are the past grievances and grievances for "life and death"? When you are alive, you can still find three or five friends to party, and this true feeling is rare and precious.
Pick up the bowl, drink alcohol if you can drink, and substitute tea for wine if you can't drink wine. Get together once less, get together once, and cherish it desperately. Drink and eat, fate.
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The painter Lin Dihuan once said: "What is the taste of the world, it is nothing more than half a bowl of feelings, a few drops of gentleness, a spoonful of the past, and a little nostalgia." ”
If you think about it, the blessings hidden in a person's bowl cannot be said. In addition to human feelings, there are also changes in life, from poor to rich, from the countryside to the city; there are also the habits of life, washing the dishes clean, eating at ease, leaving no rice grains in the bowl, cherishing the grain; and the atmosphere of the times, different bowls, embodying different craftsmanship, just like works of art.
Eat well, be healthy; eat with kindness, peace of mind; eat with heart, and feel the bittersweet and bittersweet life.
There is a saying that lifting the bowl is a meal, and putting down the bowl is a lifetime.
May you and I live a life of diligence and frugality, with a broad heart and a good heart.
Author: Cloth coarse food.
Follow my words and go into your heart.
The illustrations in this article come from the Internet.