[DDoa?n va(n, news] Hu+o+ng khu'c ne^'p (fwd)

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

>From VKS:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 29 May 97 11:35:59 +0200
From: Pham TB Hop 

	Hu+o+ng khu'c ne^'p

	(Nguye^~n Mai Trang - ba'o Hoa ho.c tro`)

Na(m na`o cu~ng va^.y, va`o nhu+~ng nga`y dda^`u tie^n cu?a mu`a rau khu'c
lo`ng to^i la.i xo^'n xang ky` la.. Mu+a tha'ng hai bay nga`o nga.t ddem
ca'i la.nh tro^.n la^~n hu+o+ng khu'c ne^'p ta.o ra ca'i ho^`n rie^ng cu?a
mu`a xua^n.

Tu+` to^'i ho^m tru+o+'c me. to^i dda~ da(.n: "Mai con Trang, tha(`ng Hu`ng
ddi ha'i rau khu'c ve^` me. ddo^` ba'nh". Lu'c ddo', chi. em to^i ddi ngu?
ma` hu+o+ng rau khu'c dda~ quye^.n la^~n trong gia^'c mo+\. Sa'ng so+'m,
to^i va` cu Hu`ng theo bo.n tre? trong la`ng ddi ha'i rau khu'c. Chu'ng
to^i ha'i rau tu+` dda^`u mu`a dde^'n cuo^'i mu`a dde^? la`m ba'nh.
Ngu+o+`i la`ng to^i la`m ba'nh khu'c nhu+ mo^.t phong tu.c, ba'nh khu'c
ddu+o+.c ddo^` vo+'i ga.o ne^'p va` ddem bie^'u nhau nhu+ mo^.t thu+'
dda(.c sa?n. Rau khu'c kho^ng pha?i tro^`ng ma` la` lo^.c tro+`i ban cho
ngu+o+`i la`ng to^i\. Vi` the^' ai muo^'n ha'i bao nhie^u tu`y thi'ch.
Tre^n ca'nh ddo^`ng la`ng thu+o+`ng xen la^~n hai loa.i rau khu'c: khu'c
ne^'p va` khu'c te?. Nhu+~ng ca^y khu'c te? to nhu+ ngo.n cu'c ta^`n, tha^n
mo.ng vi` chu+'a nhie^`u nu+o+'c. Khu'c te? nha.t va` kho^ng tho+m. Chu'ng
to^i chi? ha'i nhu+~ng ngo.n khu'c ne^'p. Nhu+~ng ca^y khu'c ne^'p mo.c
tu+`ng dda'm da`y nhu+ re^u\. Ngo.n khu'c ne^'p nho? li ti phu? mo^.t lo+'p
lo^ng tra('ng ba`ng ba.c nhu+ mo^'c. To^i thu+o+`ng co' tho'i quen a'p
ma(.t va`o la' rau khu'c va` hi't tha^.t sa^u va`o ngu+.c ca'i hu+o+ng
khu'c ne^'p. Hu+o+ng khu'c ne^'p nhu+ lan to?a va`o ma'u thi.t to^i\. Mu`i
hu+o+ng khu'c ne^'p mang ca'i dda^.m dda` cu?a dda^'t, ca'i thanh tao cu?a
khi' xua^n que^ hu+o+ng, cu`ng ca'i ga^`n gu~i cu?a ky' u+'c nhu+~ng mu`a
rau va` nhu+~ng chie^`u ddo^` ba'nh. Nhu+~ng chie^'c ba'nh nha^n dda^.u
xanh da^.y mu`i la' khu'c, ddu+o+.c ddo^` la^~n vo+'i ga.o ne^'p, vu+~a
bu`i be'o la.i dda^.m dda` hu+o+ng vi. que^ nha`.

Tuo^?i tho+ to^i lo+'n le^n cu`ng mu`a rau khu'c. Va` ba^y gio+` la.i mo^.t
mu`a rau khu'c sinh so^i\. To^i nghe rau khu'c ddang dde? nha'nh ra^m ran
suo^'t trie^`n ba~i va` tie^'ng tre? con ddi ha'i rau khu'c lao xao, lao
xao\...

NMT
(Xua^n No^.n, DDo^ng Anh, Ha` No^.i)

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