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新年!

好快!打了个喷嚏,放了个臭屁又是新年了!哈哈!
好高兴,因为可以借着个机会买新衣和裤。

但我想最重要的是可以和家人朋友聚一聚。
但是今年有些不一样,因为大姑并没有在初一时烹煮她最拿手的擂茶。
我好失望,因为我每年在这个时候都特别期待到她家里享用美味无比的食物。

对我来说,大姑的擂茶不仅仅是一道用了各种各样的菜,花生和芝麻磨制而成的客家菜。
它象征了我整个家族,代表了亲情。每回吃着大姑的擂茶时,就好比把大口大口的亲情吃进肚子里,好温暖,特别舒服。每口茶汤,混合着米粒,杂菜丝,萝卜干和花生,汤水上还泛着油光,漂浮着茶渣。当把碧绿的茶汤送入口中时,好像很多不快乐的事情都暂时阁在一旁,只想慢慢的,细细的咀嚼口中五彩缤纷的料。咕噜咕噜地喝完茶汤后,总觉得好像身体被一层微微的绿光包围,感到无法形容的快乐和满足感。

而大姑呢?就站在一旁,眯着双眼,嘴角上扬看着大伙儿们大块朵颐。或许当她在擂的时候,脑海里不断重播着家人的脸孔,家人吃着擂茶,维系感情,回忆着美好时光的样子。或许就是这样的举动,爱心从心里孱孱孱孱的流出, 不知不觉地流到手指尖,悄悄地,美妙地和茶叶,杂菜擂在一起。

擂啊, 擂啊,愈擂,料愈细,愈擂,味道愈浓,愈擂,感情愈深。

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