The matter of buying a shop at home has been basically decided, my mother has recently begun to be busy with the purchase of goods, especially busy, usually very late to come back, so, I have been staying at Grandma Zhang's house, today I and Wang He got out of school, just put down the schoolbag, I heard a shout, "popcorn, popcorn" I was a little stunned, this has not been heard for many years.

In my previous life, our group of children in the village, there were almost no snacks to eat, popcorn should be, my best wish back then, at that time I was especially looking forward to the arrival of the harsh winter, as soon as winter came, the popcorn uncle came, there was popcorn to eat, you can satisfy your cravings.

Whenever an old man pushes a cart and comes to the village to fry popcorn, we children, just like a festival, set up a stall in the village's threshing field, the stove burns, the bellows opens, and the business is opened.

At that time, although my home was not far from the school, but because the winter was very cold, I couldn't go home to eat at noon, it was particularly inconvenient, and there was no money at home, and there was no food so good now.

In fact, I haven't eaten popcorn for many years, and old-fashioned popcorn machines are becoming more and more rare. Although it is convenient to make zuò, it is completely impossible to find the taste of the past. At that time, the fragrant popcorn lingered for three days, and the sweet taste of corn was much better than the popcorn with cream in the previous life.

Wang He saw that I had been in a daze, and thought, "I should want to eat." So when I was no longer in a daze, I looked, and he had half a dustpan of corn in his hand. appeared in front of me, "Big girl, we have almost finished our homework, and I have finished talking to grandma." Let's go popcorn too. Wang He said, came over and took my hand, and prepared to go.

I looked at the things in Wang He's hand, I was more excited, thinking about delicious popcorn, I am here again, this winter, the snow is too big. It's too slippery on the road, the popcorn man. I didn't come over, I forgot about it, now the weather is warm, the snow on the road has melted, and the uncle also carries the burden and starts to go around the villages.

Whenever they heard the long, loud voice of the old master, the children in the village would be eager to run to stop the uncle, and then lead him to the village, he put down the burden, supported the house, and happily prepared to start the work, the children, then ran home, scooped a scoop of corn, and begged their parents to give 5 cents, brought a woven bag, a big basket on his back, and a small bundle of dry firewood in the basket, and then ran all the way to the uncle.

The barn is only a few steps away from Wang He's house, although Wang He and I have moved very fast, but there are always earlier than us, rice buckets and dustpans have already lined up next to the popcorn master, men, women and children, standing or squatting, a group of people have formed a circle in a regular circle.

The protagonist in the circle is an uncle, dressed in a black coarse cloth coat, his unkempt hair and clothes are covered with firewood ashes, he concentrates on the work in his hands, he is extremely skillful, packing grain seeds or pouring rice, putting sugar, fastening the mouth of the can, a set of actions are smooth, the left hand skillfully pulls the bellows, the right hand turns the iron can, and intermittently adds some dry firewood to the burning fire bed.

The flames burned whirring, the uncle had a ride on the ground, and the adults around him pulled the homely routine, the onlookers were so patient to wait, the waiting process was sweet and happy, thinking that soon there would be soft popcorn, everyone was very happy to squat in front, hold up their chins, and watch the flames lick the tin can.

After about seven or eight minutes, the uncle looked at the pressure gauge on his hand and felt that the time was almost up, and the uncle shouted to the children who were close: "Go away, go away, it's going to explode!" The timid child ran away, and the bold child covered his ears with his hands.

I have been very afraid of this voice since a long time ago, so when I heard the old man's prompt, I quickly hid behind Wang He, in fact, Wang He also came to pop popcorn for the first time, as long as he appeared in many places with children, he was easy to be bullied, so this matter was done by Grandma Zhang.

Because he is in school now, and has been with the big girl, the children in the village, have not bullied him for a long time, someone bullied him before, and they were all scared away by the big girl, he has always been unable to understand, obviously such a small little girl, how to have the courage, stand in front of him, help him drive away, those who bullied him, now he sees the big girl hiding behind him, although he doesn't know how to describe this feeling, but he still deliberately straightened his back and stood strong in place.

At this time, the uncle unloaded the pressure cooker, turned around and took out an iron rod, and shook the switch with the iron rod round and round, after the stove was shaken, the uncle stood up, carried the pot, and walked to the bag containing popcorn, the bag with popcorn is very special in shape, it is a very long cloth bag, the mouth of the bag is a round rubber tube, and there is an iron cage in the middle.

He pulled the cloth bag, picked up the pot and stuffed it into the rubber tube, only to see him pry hard, only to hear a loud "bang", a wave of heat rushed out of the pressure cooker, popcorn rushed straight into the long cloth bag, and then the fragrance spread, the children looked at the old man with a look of adoration, in fact, I was like this when I was a child, I just think this wrinkled uncle is so magical, he can turn a thin rice grain or a grain of rice into a white fat and soft rice flower like a magician, it is amazing.

The sound is too loud, louder than firecrackers, if it is usual, hearing such a loud sound, the child would have run far away, but now in order to prevent other children, rush to line up in front, everyone has to cover their ears and continue to line up, Wang He is even more indifferent, standing in front of me, I secretly admire him in my heart, the voice is so loud, I cover my ears, I feel scary, Wang He didn't do anything, just standing, my heart is very strong.

Wang He didn't know what I thought, he hadn't heard the sound of popcorn before, and now he was a little frightened, although he was mentally prepared, but he was still a little intimidated, and he wanted to have more expressions, but when he saw the big girl behind him who looked at him with a look of adoration, he still decided to bear it silently. (To be continued.) )