Chapter 106: Popcorn
During this time, Lin Caiwei sent a lot of novels to different magazines one after another, and received nearly 1,500 manuscript fees, but Guan Lanfen didn't know, because since she took Lin Caiwei to withdraw money once, and later Lin Caiwei went by herself, and the bank staff remembered her, so even if she was not accompanied by her parents, they all gave her money happily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin Caiwei took out the manuscript fee again, and happily went to send a few newly written novels by the way, and bought some envelopes, letters, and stamps.
After the last Lin Jianguo incident, Lin Aiguo and Guan Lanfen were even busier when they set up stalls, and they didn't raise pigs at home, because they didn't have time, they just raised some chickens, ducks and geese, which were also convenient to feed, just feed them once a day, and no one needed to worry about them.
Next door Li Huifang and Lin Yuanhua sister and brother stared at Lin Caiwei and her parents when they met, but they didn't dare to come over to sprinkle, they were afraid that the kind fourth uncle in the past would be mad, that time left a deep impression in their hearts, but they secretly swore in their hearts that they would avenge their father when they grew up.
It's just that when I saw Lin Caiwei alone, I couldn't help but scold, I didn't dare to beat her, but I still dared to scold her, but I was often blinded by Lin Caiwei's anger.
After coming home from school that day, when Lin Caiwei was reading a book, the door knocked and she put down the book to open the door, it was Guan Yuhua.
"Weiwei, Weiwei, hurry up, someone has come to our town to fry popcorn, there are a lot of people, you can also bring some rice, my brother and my parents have already gone, I came to call you", Guan Yuhua pulled Lin Caiwei and said very excitedly and eagerly, like pouring beans.
"Yes, then you wait, I'll go load the rice and corn and leave", Lin Caiwei was also very moved when she heard it, she loved it when she was a child.
She packed a few catties of rice and corn in a cloth bag, and followed Guan Yuhua out of the door with money.
Before this arrived, I heard a loud "bang" from afar, which made Guan Yuhua urge again and again, and my heart was itchy.
Along the way, you can see many parents or grandparents carrying a bag of rice or corn kernels, followed by their children, jumping and jumping, very excited.
After walking for a while, I saw a tractor at the intersection in front of me, and next to it was a popcorn machine, which was different from the black, cannon-like popcorn fried on the street, which was roasted over a fire and flipped by people.
This is a machine mounted on an engine, so it needs a tractor to transport it, and the popcorn vendors go from street to town and village, attracting a bunch of children everywhere they go.
The tractor is full of adults and children, especially children, adults are standing on the side, talking and laughing, chatting about the parents' shortcomings, and the children are jumping up and down, or staring closely at the machine that produces fried rice, and there are suspected water stains on the side of their mouths...
Not far away, there are big girls and little daughters-in-law who live nearby to join in the fun, middle-aged women who gossip, old men squatting and smoking hookahs, and old ladies sitting at the gate with rice and watching the lively old ladies while eating.
This picture full of life makes Lin Caiwei miss it so much, she thinks that in a few years, such a picture will be rare, and the vendors who fry popcorn rarely walk the streets and alleys, they all fry the rice themselves and sell it after loading it during the New Year's festival or the market.
The fact that everyone brought rice to fry popcorn has almost become a beautiful symbol of Lin Caiwei's childhood, and it is easy to eat popcorn after a few years, but she is not as happy as she is now.
Maybe it's because the atmosphere is gone, Lin Caiwei thought.
In front of the machine is a middle-aged couple in their 40s, the wife is responsible for collecting money, and the husband is sweating profusely and frying popcorn.
The man was surrounded by a circle of children, and in his hand he was holding a clean woven bag, the kind with a layer of clear plastic inside.
There was a funnel-like opening on the top of the machine, which made a loud noise, and the man added rice or corn to it, and then added some saccharin.
There is a small round hole in the front, spit out a round strip of rice from it, the man sees the right time, comes out and breaks it and puts it into a clean woven bag, a few catties of rice can be fried out of a big bag, sealed and can be eaten for many days.
In addition to bringing their own rice or corn, they also have to pay a few yuan for processing and saccharin woven bags, which are very cheap anyway, so no one is reluctant, and adults are willing to get some food for children.
Guan Yuhua stretched out her head to look for her parents and younger brother everywhere, looked at it for a while, and found it, and pulled Lin Caiwei over, they had already fried a bag, and the rice flower was held by Guan Baobao.
Zhao Chunfang saw Lin Caiwei and asked with a smile, "Ouch, Weiwei is here, your parents haven't come back yet, give it, eat one first."
The rice flower was a small piece that was only taken a long time from Guan Baobao, and Lin Caiwei politely thanked him and didn't ask for it.
Seeing that she didn't ask for it, Zhao Chunfang glared at her daughter Guan Yuhua, she didn't have the strength to seek, and she wouldn't persuade her, she didn't think about her son's fault at all.
She heard that Guan Lanfen and her husband were doing a small business, and they heard that it was very popular and made a lot of money, so she had to have a good relationship with the Lin family, maybe she could use it.
Lin Caiwei listened to Zhao Chunfang's various side knocks and tricks, and wanted to know how much money she had earned, but her abacus was wrong, Lin Caiwei was not a real child, so she just asked three questions, and Zhao Chunfang, who was angry, almost broke her work.
"Oh, Auntie, I won't tell you, it's almost my turn", Lin Caiwei found an excuse to escape, blinked at Guan Yuhua, and the two slipped to the front at once.
Guan Baobao was impatient, "Mom, I'm going back to play with the dogs, I don't want to be here, let's go!"
As soon as Zhao Chunfang heard her baby son speak, how could she not agree, she glared at Guan Yuhua fiercely before going home, blaming that stupid daughter, and she would not stammer Lin Caiwei.
Guan Yuhua caught a glimpse of her mother and younger brother leaving, patted her chest, and laughed happily.
At this time, it was Lin Caiwei's turn, and she watched the white round striped rice flowers come out on the side, and saliva secreted in her mouth......
After getting it, she took out five yuan to the boss, and couldn't wait to take out one from her pocket and eat it, the freshly baked rice was hot, crunchy, a little sweet, and very fragrant, but unfortunately it didn't seem to be able to eat such delicious rice later.
She stretched out her pockets and let Guan Yuhua take it herself, the two of you and I were very happy to eat one by one.
As for the popcorn fried from corn, it is different from those popcorn in later generations, it does not explode flowers, but closes, Weiwei swells, but it is very crispy and fragrant to chew, especially strong, Lin Aiguo likes it the most.
Guan Yuhua stayed at Lin Caiwei's house for a while before reluctantly going home, and brought a few of the latest youth magazines from her before going home.
Busy and busy, when Lin Aiguo and Guan Lanfen went home at eight o'clock in the evening, they still remembered a "bang" from time to time outside.
After eating, Lin Caiwei also loaded some for her parents, so that when they were free, when they were free, they would eat snacks, and also put a small bag on Yan Xi.
The sweet popcorn has lingered in Lin Caiwei's memories for a long time. (To be continued.) )