槐花香满城
2023-06-17张凤英
张凤英
我已经在杭州生活了五年,每当五月的时候,我都会想起烟台满街的槐树花。
槐花是一种很普通的花,没有艳丽的颜色,但是它却有一种别样的魅力,能够让人心旷神怡,感受到生命的美好。
槐花在烟台是很常见的,它们长在路边、河边、山坡上,以及房前屋后。每当五月初,槐花就开始绽放,一簇簇的白色小花星星点点,点缀在绿色的树叶中。槐花开得很茂盛,有时候会把整棵树都覆盖住,形成一片白色的海洋。走在槐花下面,能感觉到一种清凉和舒适,仿佛置身于一个清幽的世界。
其实槐花在北方的许多地方都很常見,山东、河北、河南等省都有槐树种植。我记得小时候,最喜欢和小伙伴们去采摘槐花。我们拿着篮子或布口袋,把手伸进树枝里,轻轻地摘下一朵朵的槐花。我们会把槐花放在鼻子下面闻一闻,然后放进嘴里咬一咬。槐花有一种淡淡的甜味,像蜂蜜一样。我们还会用槐花条编成项链或者发饰,戴在身上头上,觉得自己像是公主或王子一样。我们还会把槐花拿回家给父母或老师,他们都会很高兴地收下,并夸奖我们孝顺和聪明。
在烟台吃槐花,印象最深的是婆婆在我家生活的那几年,春夏之交槐花盛开,我和爱人经常上山去采集槐花,拿回家以后,婆婆就用它包槐花包子。婆婆的手很大,就像一把蒲扇似的,她包的槐花包子非常大,而且包子皮很结实,一个也不开馅,吃起来包子皮劲道、馅松软,非常可口。我一顿饭能吃一个,爱人能吃两个。我们一边吃槐花包子,一边夸婆婆的手艺好,婆婆高兴得脸上带着幸福的微笑。
我对婆婆说:“老娘,我很喜欢闻槐花的清香味道。”婆婆说:“这有何难,你把槐花采摘一袋子,在阳台上晾晒干,然后和茶叶一起装在枕头里,这样每天晚上睡觉就可以闻到槐花的清香味儿了。”我按照婆婆说的方法,做了一个槐花茶叶枕头,一直用了很多年。
最难忘的是我们50多岁的时候,身体健康,每天早上都去爬山。踏着清晨的露水,迎着早上初升的太阳,头上戴着用槐树枝子编成的帽子,一路小跑冲上山顶,心里别提有多么畅快啦!
那时候,我们住在迎祥路,从家门口到南山坡顶,道路两旁都是槐树,简直就是沐浴在槐花的香气中。有时候我想,如果让我选一样花儿作为烟台市的市花,那么我一定要选槐树花。
后来搬家到奇山小区,早晨去早市上买菜,去快餐店吃早点,路过的街道两边都是槐树。是谁知道我喜欢槐树花,在我生活中到处都盛开着这么美丽的槐树花啊!
如今在杭州,每年的五月份我就会寻找槐树花的踪迹。但是,小区周围都没有槐树花的影子,我于是更加怀念在烟台的那些槐树花飘香的日子。
Although I have been living in Hangzhou for five years, I will always think of the flowers of locust trees along the streets of Yantai in May every year.
The flowers of locust trees are a very ordinary kind of flowers without bright colors or rich fragrance, but they have such a unique charm that they enable people to feel the beauty of life by making them relaxed and happy.
Locust flowers are very common in Yantai. They grow on roadsides, by rivers, on mountain slopes, and around houses. In early May every year, locust flowers begin to bloom, with clusters of small white flowers scattered among the green leaves. When in full bloom, they will become a white ocean covering the entire trees. Although they have no strong fragrance, the light fragrance of locust flowers spreads far in the air with the wind. Walking under the locust blossoms, people can sense a feeling of cool and comfort as if they were being in a quiet and beautiful world.