When I was a student, I watched "Dream of Red Mansions" and saw the section "Grandma Liu Enters the Grand View Garden", saying that Grandma Liu brought some melons, fruits and vegetables from the countryside as an entry gift for the sake of Panjia Mansion, which was liked by Jia Mu and gained a lot. Watching the Spring Festival Gala more than ten years ago, Zhao Benshan's sketch was an appetizer, among which in "Not Bad Money", "Zhao Tiezhu his father" brought agricultural and sideline products into the restaurant has become a classic detail. It seems that in the traditional rural consciousness, fresh melons and vegetables freshly picked and harvested in the land have their own special value.
Before the summer vacation, my son called and said that this summer, my one-year-old grandson was not brought with me, and I hoped that my lover and I could go to Chongqing to take the child.
Due to job adjustments, my place of work is only a few minutes' walk from my hometown. After work, I cooked and rested in my hometown, and also found free time to grow some fruits and vegetables. Green cucumbers, purple eggplants, red peppers, cowpeas, loofahs, and pumpkins with flower skin have all entered the harvest season. The tender corn red tasseled seeds have just wilted, and eating corn strips is not old or tender, and there is a fragrance in the sweetness. Go to Chongqing, what to do with these vegetables?
Let's pick some first, bring a little of each, let the son, daughter-in-law and grandson taste it, this kind of vegetable that has not used pesticides and fertilizers, I am afraid that it is not easy to buy in supermarkets in big cities, and it can be regarded as an environmentally friendly and fresh picture. Even more than the second-season cowpeas, squeals, watermelons and other fruits and vegetables on the soil, plus the ones that are in full bloom, they are entrusted to the care of the sister-in-law, and when there is a harvest, it is also arranged by her. My sister likes to plant, and the technology is passable, and she is definitely better than mine.
In a hurry, a full trunk was loaded. The car arrived at the gate of the community, the same one got off the car, put a lot of big piles, passers-by looked sideways, this is the family and friends in the hometown? Bringing so many vegetables is quite an ancient meaning of going back in time.
Although my son's home is also my home, it is far away from my hometown, and there is always a taste of guest house. The pumpkin soup cooked by my lover, tender corn, stir-fried loofah, cowpeas, and eggplant are all grandchildren's favorites, and the little one eats so much that he can't wait, so he grabs it with his hands with five paws. Seeing such a scene, I feel that the connection between the countryside and the city, the hometown and the new home is within reach, and it is very intimate.
I think that eating the vegetables you grow, especially in a foreign land, is a kind of concern. And this melon, fruit and vegetable from hometown has become the best carrier of homesickness. Many vivid people and events, and many good times, are contained in it.