母亲说,舅舅好几年没来我们家里了,舅舅家离这儿远,来一次不容易,换一套新筷子,是种喜庆。记得以往只是在过年时,母亲要买一套新筷子换上,今天才晓得,原来在母亲心里,有远道而来的客人上门,也是喜事,应该换一套新筷子。母亲将新筷子拿出来准备洗一洗,忽然发现筷子上面掉出一丝粉末。母亲遗憾地说道:“有根筷子被虫掏空了芯,不能用了。” My mother said that my uncle did not come to our house for several years, and my uncle was far away from here. It was not easy for us to get a new set of chopsticks and it was a celebration. I remember only in the New Year, the mother bought a new set of chopsticks put on, today I know, originally in the mother’s heart, guests from afar come, but also happy event, should be replaced by a new set of chopsticks. Mother took the new chopsticks ready to wash, suddenly found a trace of chopsticks fell out of powder. My mother said regretfully: “The rooted chopsticks were emptied of worms and could not be used.”