借著名作家刘震云的小说《故乡面和花朵》这个篇名,来写赵秀琴和她的面花,我以为再恰当不过了。上个世纪90年代末,我赶到离黄河壶口瀑布不远的陕西合阳县,专门采访了赵秀琴。她可亲可敬,擅做面花,是一位心灵手巧的农村老太太。合阳县盛产小麦,当地人崇尚文化,由此产生了“面食 By the famous writer Liu Zhenyun’s novel “hometown and flowers,” the title, to write Zhao Xiuqin and her face flower, I thought it appropriate. In the late 1990s, I arrived in Heyang, Shaanxi, not far from the Hukou Waterfall in the Yellow River and interviewed Zhao Xiuqin specifically. Her respectable, good face flower, is a dexterous rural lady. Heyang rich in wheat, local people advocate culture, resulting in a "pasta