我对水饺的情有独钟来自于在山东省烟台市度过的童年时代。那时每当农历新年来临时,母亲总会告诫我和我的六个兄弟姐妹说:“你们一定要乖乖地听话,否则的话你们将吃不到新年特制的水饺。”那时,我家很穷,有七个孩子要养,我们都清楚地知道吃不到新年水饺意味着什么。于是我们都规规矩矩地盼望着那个神奇的日子的到来。 My love for dumplings comes from childhood in Yantai, Shandong Province. At that time, whenever the Lunar New Year comes, the mother will tell me and my six brothers and sisters: “You must obediently obey, otherwise you will not eat the special dumplings for the new year.” We are poor and there are seven children to raise. We all know clearly what it means to eat less than a new year’s dumplings. So we are all wisely looking forward to the arrival of that magical day.