I don't know why I keep remembering the old Tet days. Every time Tet comes, my heart is filled with an indescribable feeling.
Tet is coming, my heart is filled with nostalgia, I always remember the old Tets, when I was a child, following my mother to the Tet market. Those years were poor but the Tet atmosphere was so bustling.
Remembering Tet in the past, my heart is filled with beautiful memories, filled with laughter and joy. It was the scene of the whole family bustling in the front yard, each person doing their own thing to prepare for Tet.
Some wiped the leaves, some set up the stove, some wrapped banh chung... We children competed to help the adults wash the leaves and split the bamboo strips. The sound of laughter and chatter filled the air in the fragrant smell of sticky rice and mung beans.
By the warm fire, children's cheeks were red with excitement. The scene was bustling throughout the village, making people forget the cold of the end of the year.
On the afternoon of the 29th of Tet, the sound of pigs squealing echoed throughout the village. The bustling sounds of people draining ponds and catching fish made the last afternoon of the year, though cold, bustling and joyful.
On the afternoon of the 30th of Tet, the families in the village prepare the New Year's Eve offerings together. The scent of incense spreads, sacred, making people feel relaxed, leaving behind all worries, reproaches, anger and resentment to look forward to a new year with good things. It is a moment of reunion, brothers and children sitting together around the dinner table to enjoy the feeling of happiness and joy in their familiar homeland.
On the first morning of Tet, throughout the village streets and alleys, groups of people in colorful new clothes go together to wish each other a happy new year.
People met each other smiling, shaking hands, exchanging good words.
In every house, everyone raises a cup of fragrant tea, imbued with the scent of spring, the scent of the earth, the scent of the sky. The words that are already sweet and soft become even more passionate and affectionate... Everything is imbued with the scent of spring, bringing the passion into the Tet atmosphere.
To me, Tet in the past was still lacking but full of joy and emotions.
Maybe I am a nostalgic person. But try to remember, maybe you are like me, seeing that Tet in the past had very special things that made us feel nostalgic and nostalgic.
MINH HAI