When I returned to the village, I saw a group of children gathered around a bicycle. It was an old man who made marshmallows, and he was skillfully making marshmallows for everyone. On the side, there were several little guys holding snow-white cotton balls licking and eating.

Marshmallows are rare in Chujiazhai, even in the town. Therefore, as soon as the old man arrived, he made a demonstration of one, and immediately provoked the children's purchase.

Chu Jiaqiang has never eaten this kind of snack, so he doesn't know if it's delicious or not. In the past, it was not uncommon to see small vendors on the streets, especially near schools, pushing bicycles or tricycles of marshmallow making machines to make cotton candy on the street: a spoonful of white sugar was put into a simple machine that rotated rapidly, and then around the walls of the machine, layers of white "silk threads" were wrapped around the sticks, and in a short time it became a snow-white and fluffy mass of marshmallows. When I see others eating this, I think this kind of candy is too exaggerated, how to eat such a big piece of football?

"Is this a stranger?" Ye Jisheng said.

"Nonsense! I haven't seen it, I think it's from another town. Chu Jiaqiang guessed that he hadn't seen marshmallows made a few times since he had been to the streets of the town so many times, so these people could basically remember it.

Zhou Furong walked over and asked a child how much a marshmallow cost. Outside, he remembers, it was five dollars a piece. But he didn't know that what he saw that time was in the scenic area, and it must be much more expensive.

"One dollar for white sè, two dollars for color sè." A girl replied. They felt that it was worth it, that big candy, only one or two pieces, much better than a lollipop with five cents and a thumb size. But I forgot that this marshmallow is more foamy than foam.

"That's not expensive!" Zhou Furong also asked the old man to make a meal.

The monkey also waited on the side with a dollar, watching others eat candy, and his envious eyes were unmistakable.

Chu Jiaqiang and the others didn't know that the monkey went back to ask Ye Caiping for money just now, and was glared at by the hostess, so he ran to the research institute in a gloomy manner. After Dean Ding and the others asked about the situation, they couldn't cry or laugh, and finally had to take out a dollar to give it, so as to save it from lying there all day annoying.

As soon as the old man saw a monkey who was actually holding a dollar and wanted to buy candy, he was very slighted, Rao had made marshmallows for most of his life, and it was the first time he sold them to monkeys.

After listening to Zhou Furong's words, the old man smiled: "That's right, I'm a small business, and I hope to make small profits but quick turnover." ”

The main group of people for this kind of snack is children, who have poor spending power and cannot sell very expensive snacks. Children in the countryside are different from those in the city, and the ones in the city are baby bumps, and they almost respond to requests, so it is very profitable to do children's business in the city. However, this set cannot be used in the countryside, although the child is also a baby, but it will definitely not be spoiled like that, and if you get angry, you may be beaten.

Chu Jiaqiang and the others smiled, and they didn't say that they were expensive. One dollar, this needs to be done a hundred, only to have a red banknote, and the cost has to be removed.

The old man sprinkled the sugar into the machine that was making circles, and then put a wooden skewer into it and kept turning it, and it didn't take long to wrap it into a large ball of soft and powdery marshmallows.

"Is such a big one licked and eaten?" Chu Jiaqiang has been entangled in how to eat marshmallows.

The old man smiled kindly: "This is not particular, you can eat as much as you like." Some people like to bite and eat in large gulps, some people like to gently grab the next handful of candy to eat, and some people grab the sugar and knead it into a small sugar ball to eat. No matter how you eat it, how it looks good or bad, the good feeling of eating marshmallows is the same. ”

At this time, Chu Jiawan plugged an earbud into her left ear. Chu Jiaqiang didn't know why, and asked, "What came from?" ”

Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "Guess." ”

"There was no sound." Chu Jiaqiang shook his head.

"Wait! I'll show you, a song, you guess the name of the song. Chu Jiawan didn't reveal it right away.

At this time, a burst of music came into his ears, and Chu Jiaqiang felt okay, as if he was a little familiar, but he forgot the specific name of the song. In fact, he doesn't know the titles of many songs, but it sounds familiar, and some of the high cháo parts will hum a few words.

"I don't know." Chu Jiaqiang was very straightforward.

"Listen to it again!" Seeing that his brother was a little impatient, Chu Jiawan said coquettishly.

Chu Jiaqiang couldn't, and then the word marshmallow appeared in the lyrics, and he immediately understood. He smiled wryly, "It can't be a marshmallow, right?" ”

Yan Ruyu and Chu Jiawan nodded, I saw someone making marshmallows just now, so I turned this song out and listened to it, which was quite interesting. Yan Ruyu opened her mouth and said, "Big brother, I haven't heard you sing for a long time, why don't you sing this song for everyone?" ”

Everyone else in the room burst into laughter, and everyone knew that he sang well.

Chu Jiaqiang shook his head and said, "Forget this one!" No matter how you look at that word, it was sung by a little white face, and it was not suitable for me. "It's not that he's disappointed, it's true that he doesn't like to sing this song. In fact, it's not about the lyrics, it's just an excuse for Chu Jiaqiang, but the tone of the singing makes him feel weird when he sings.

"Then let's have a song! You can't spoil everyone's fun, right? Zhou Furong did not let Chu Jiaqiang go.

Seeing these people looking over one by one, Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to say: "It's not impossible for me to sing, it's not interesting to sing alone, you can also sing a song!" "If you die, you have to pull a few people on your back, this is Chu Jiaqiang's idea.

Who knew that Chen Wu grinned: "It's simple." Okay, I'll start, let's sing it together. Get up ......"

This guy immediately pulled up the tone of the national anthem, which made Chu Jiaqiang stunned, and a group of children sang along. The national anthem is very simple, and everyone recites it backwards.

After singing, he looked at Chu Jiaqiang one by one, and the meaning of that look was: We've all tasted it, this is back to you, right?

"You are ruthless!" Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to admit it and sing it, but he was not so casual as these people, he only sang what suited his accent, so he couldn't stand it.

Seeing more and more people, the old man's wrinkled face also stretched out, and it could be seen that the people who came around behind him were tourists, and he still had the ability to buy a marshmallow.

Sure enough, many people feel that it is fun to play in Chujia Village with a marshmallow, and it is also fun to eat it, regardless of whether it is delicious or not, it is also spectacular to hold one in everyone's hand.

"Old man, come and go around more in the future, business should be good." In the end, Li Quan said to the old man.

The old man nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, although it is a little farther." "He's coming from home and it's about two hours to pedal his bike. However, there are many sales here, and I will definitely come back in the future.

When he returned home, Gu Laocai told everyone that marshmallows actually originated in foreign countries and were not created by themselves. Of course, the development of what it is now is indispensable to the credit of the Chinese.

It is said that it was originally a throat lozenge in ancient Egypt, and the ancient Egyptians extracted the sap from the root of the marshmallow used to treat throat discomfort and digestive diseases, and mixed the juice with honey. (To be continued.) )