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Every year, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, and every household has to make zongzi. This year's Dragon Boat Festival, my mother took me back to my hometown. Taking this opportunity, I learned to make zongzi with my grandmother.
I saw grandma first pick up a zongzi leaf and skillfully roll it into a funnel shape. I read it carefully, but the paper was not good and I was a little impatient. Grandma seemed to see through my mind and said to me, "Don't worry, little granddaughter. Hold the leaves in your left hand, the index finger and the middle finger, and then roll the right hand into a funnel. " Grandma demonstrated while explaining.
Under her repeated guidance, I finally folded the leaves into a funnel. Then, start putting glutinous rice. Grandma put a chopstick in the middle of the funnel-shaped zongye, then filled it with glutinous rice and turned it evenly with chopsticks. I also learned from my grandmother, but when I was spinning, the leaves of Zongzi were either punctured or deformed by me.
Grandma said to me, "When you turn chopsticks, you should be gentle and slow, and don't be impatient, so that you can wrap the rice tightly." Finally, grandma taught me to put the tail of the zongzi leaf through the zongzi with a zongzi needle and tie a knot. In this way, a decent zongzi finally appeared in my hand, and I was very excited.
Grandma also said happily, "My granddaughter learned to make zongzi." Grandma told me that zongzi has many shapes and tastes. With grandma's encouragement, I made several jiaozi in succession.