\u00cen diminea\u021ba urm\u0103toare, m-am trezit devreme. Soarele abia se strecura printre crengile nucului b\u0103tr\u00e2n din col\u021bul cur\u021bii. Am scos rufele proasp\u0103t sp\u0103late \u2014 lenjeriile mele din bumbac alb, c\u00e2teva tricouri \u0219i prosoape \u2014 \u0219i le-am \u00eentins ca de obicei, pe sfoara dintre cei doi st\u00e2lpi b\u0103tr\u00e2ni.<\/p>\n
M\u0103 a\u0219teptam deja la fumul ei. \u0218i, fire\u0219te, n-a \u00eent\u00e2rziat. La nici 10 minute dup\u0103 ce-am ag\u0103\u021bat ultimul ciorap, am auzit cum trosne\u0219te gr\u0103tarul \u0219i cum capacul de metal se izbe\u0219te u\u0219or. Mi-am z\u00e2mbit \u00een barb\u0103. Fix asta a\u0219teptam.<\/p>\n
Dar nu m-am uitat spre gard. Am intrat \u00een cas\u0103, mi-am pus \u0219or\u021bul \u0219i am \u00eenceput s\u0103 prepar ceea ce pl\u0103nuisem de o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103: zacusc\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cenc\u0103 din tinere\u021be, toat\u0103 lumea zicea c\u0103 zacusca mea e \u201escump\u0103 la nas\u201d \u2013 mirosea puternic, p\u0103trunz\u0103tor, cu ardei cop\u021bi \u0219i ceap\u0103 pr\u0103jit\u0103 \u00een ulei, ceva de vis… sau un co\u0219mar pentru un nas preten\u021bios. \u0218i azi, inten\u021bionam s\u0103 fac o por\u021bie tripl\u0103.<\/p>\n
Am aprins plita pe lemne din curte, mo\u0219tenit\u0103 de la mama. Am pus cele dou\u0103 ceaune mari \u0219i am \u00eenceput s\u0103 coc vinetele direct pe jar, ceapa \u00een ulei \u0219i ardeii pe o tabl\u0103 ruginit\u0103, cum f\u0103cea bunica. Fumul a \u00eenceput s\u0103 se \u00eenal\u021be gros, aromat, picant.<\/p>\n
La \u00eenceput n-a zis nimic. Dar dup\u0103 vreo or\u0103, a ie\u0219it \u00een curte tu\u0219ind teatral.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ce face\u021bi acolo? miroase \u00eengrozitor!<\/p>\n
\u2014 Zacusc\u0103, drag\u0103. Nu-i toamna f\u0103r\u0103 ea! Nu asta fac vecinii, se bucur\u0103 de curte?<\/p>\n
Am ridicat din spr\u00e2ncene \u0219i m-am \u00eentors la treab\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cen urm\u0103toarele trei zile, am f\u0103cut \u0219i dulce de prune, \u0219i ardei umplu\u021bi pentru congelator. Toate afar\u0103, toate cu miros. Tanti Ileana, vecina de peste drum, a venit \u0219i ea s\u0103 punem varz\u0103 la murat \u00een butoi. Melissa a \u00eenceput s\u0103-\u0219i \u021bin\u0103 ferestrele \u00eenchise \u0219i s\u0103-\u0219i care gr\u0103tarul spre fa\u021ba casei. Dar era prea t\u00e2rziu. Mirosul intrase deja \u00een pernele de pe teras\u0103 \u0219i \u00een umbrela de soare din gr\u0103din\u0103.<\/p>\n
Dup\u0103 o s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103, am observat ceva curios. Rufele mele se leg\u0103nau lini\u0219tite pe sfoar\u0103, iar de dincolo de gard, totul era t\u0103cut. F\u0103r\u0103 gr\u0103tar. F\u0103r\u0103 fum.<\/p>\n
Ba mai mult, \u00eentr-o zi, c\u00e2nd am trecut pe l\u00e2ng\u0103 casa ei venind de la pia\u021b\u0103, am v\u0103zut ceva \u0219i mai interesant: un suport de rufe nou-nou\u021b, fixat pe terasa din spate. Melissa \u00eentindea ni\u0219te prosoape albe, cu gesturi elegante, dar… at\u00e2t de familiare.<\/p>\n
Am z\u00e2mbit \u00een sinea mea \u0219i-am dat din cap:
Poate nu era estetica pe care \u0219i-a dorit-o, dar era, cu siguran\u021b\u0103, lec\u021bia de care avea nevoie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00cen diminea\u021ba urm\u0103toare, m-am trezit devreme. Soarele abia se strecura printre crengile nucului b\u0103tr\u00e2n din col\u021bul cur\u021bii. Am scos rufele proasp\u0103t sp\u0103late \u2014 lenjeriile mele din bumbac alb, c\u00e2teva tricouri \u0219i prosoape \u2014 \u0219i le-am \u00eentins ca de obicei, pe sfoara dintre cei doi st\u00e2lpi b\u0103tr\u00e2ni. M\u0103 a\u0219teptam deja la fumul ei. \u0218i, fire\u0219te, n-a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-povesti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions\/2379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}