在一个寒风凛冽的冬日,我和爸爸乘车来到一个叫依岭村的小山村,寻找水芹菜。两天前,妈妈得了感冒。她不愿吃药,说到乡下挖一些水芹菜,连同叶子熬一熬,喝两三次就会好的。确实如此,以前妈妈经常采用这种办法治感冒。这是我们家乡的一种土法子,灵得很。水芹菜是生长在沟渠或者河岸边的一种草,能食用。我小时候住在乡下爷爷家,春天缺菜的时候,拔了它们,洗干净,放在热水里焯一下,凉拌了,当菜吃。 On a windy winter day, my father and I drove to a small village called Yiling Village to look for water celery. Two days ago, my mother caught a cold. She did not want to take medicine. When she spoke of digging some water celery in the countryside, she would have to sip along with the leaves and drink it two or three times. Indeed, moms used this method to treat colds. This is a kind of earthwork in our hometown. It is very spiritual. Water celery is a kind of grass that grows on the ditch or river bank and is edible. When I was a child, I lived in the grandfather’s house in the country. When I was not eating in the spring, I pulled them out, washed them, put them in the hot water, and chilled them.