When I was a child, I was very particular about the Dragon Boat Festival in Bitou Village, my hometown. Need to wrap jiaozi, fresh reed leaves, green leaves, or mistletoe leaves, emitting a faint fragrance. On the afternoon before the Dragon Boat Festival, all the raw materials were ready. White glutinous rice was soaked in clear water, full dates, peanuts and raisins were soaked early, and with the production of my family, an exquisite zongzi was born. Don't worry about cooking zongzi. Cook slowly over low heat. My grandmother likes to use the stove. She put zongzi on the stove the night before, so that she could stew it all night. The next day, as soon as my brother and I got up and lifted the lid, a pot of hot zongzi was displayed in front of us, and the fragrance of zongzi suddenly filled the room and yard.
My grandfather is close to home and received a good education. He told us that Chang 'e in the Moon Palace kept tinkering with medicine every year. These medicines should be sprinkled on various plants and rivers on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival. Before the sun came out on the Dragon Boat Festival, these medicines remained on the grass. If we pull them back at this time, boil them into liquid medicine and bathe with this water, all diseases can be cured. Of course, the children believe that at dawn, my brother and I will find the famous "old smelly" to play in the fields, and we will complete a sacred mission for our family-pulling herbs. The morning light in May of the lunar calendar is beautiful, the air is cool and everything around it is quiet. If you accidentally look at it, you may meet a child who comes to dig herbs next door.
It's the Dragon Boat Festival again. Who will dig grass and take a bath in the wild? There is a special shower gel, and Zongzi is too lazy to pack, so I ate a few. Why bother? Just a few. However, happiness in the past cannot be bought.