Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 538 Exploded Popcorn

With the duck and frog, tonight's dishes are settled.

For dinner, wait for Cheng Xinxin to come back from school, make the dishes richer, and cook a few side dishes at noon, as long as they have something tasty.

After lunch, Cheng He began to prepare. He killed a duck, plucked its feathers, and peeled a frog.Bai Qian couldn't see the blood, so she went to play with Cheng Shi's wife.

Seeing that Zhou Xiaonan seems to be sleepy these days, from the perspective of Bai Qian, who has been here, I'm afraid she is happy.

No, Cheng Shi's family went up and down, and she didn't even need to wash a bowl.

When two women are together and they are both from other places, there are many topics to talk about. They talk about cosmetics, TV and movie stars, men, children, and things in the mountains. There are many topics.

In the afternoon, Zhou Xiaonan had nothing to do, and went to pick up Cheng Xinxin from school with Bai Qian. Cheng He was still handling those duck feathers and frogs by himself, and didn't have time to connect with the children.

Bai Qian brought Cheng Xinxin back, and before she entered the yard, she heard the little girl's cheerful voice: "Father, Father, I want to eat that, I want to eat that..."

Cheng He had just blanched the duck in the pot to remove the foam, and was about to stew it when he heard Cheng Xinxin's voice.

As he took out the pieces of meat, he asked, "What about this and that? Tell me well..."

Cheng Xinxin ran over, hugged his leg, and gestured, "It's that...that..."

Cheng He dragged the meat bowl he was holding to the other side, so as not to be overturned by her and burn her, and then asked, "What are you talking about? This and that."

"Corn..." Cheng Xinxin blurted out.

"Want to eat corn? Let's eat it next year. This year's ones are getting old, haven't you had enough?" Cheng He laughed.

This guy really likes to eat corn. When the corn is just ripe in summer, it is fresh and tender, and it has a sweet smell when it is cooked. She can eat two in one meal.

This is the corn he planted himself. It is not cooked with sweeteners, it is naturally sweet.

In fact, in terms of staple food, of course, the more miscellaneous the better, wheat, corn, sweet potato, mung bean, etc., he will make some to eat, and it is good for health to eat whole grains.

However, corn is out of season now, so if you want to eat it, you have to wait until next year.

Cheng Xin said anxiously, "It's not corn, it's that..."

Seeing her unclear and anxious look, Cheng He knew that it would be impossible to ask her.He turned his head and asked Bai Qian: "What is she talking about?"

Bai Qian smiled and said, "I just picked her up and saw others eating that, popcorn."

Cheng He tapped Cheng Xinxin's little head lightly, and said, "You can't talk about popcorn anymore? Then you still want to eat it?"

Cheng Xin shook her head impatiently, "That's not popcorn, that's that..."

"What this and that?"

Cheng Xinxin didn't know what to say, she rolled her eyes and thought about it, and said, "That...'bang' sound, popcorn popped out..."

After saying this, Cheng He understood that someone from the village came to fry the rice.No wonder he seemed to have heard it before, but he didn't hear it so clearly when he was listening to music with headphones and burning a fire in the kitchen.

Speaking of the name of this fried rice cracker, Cheng He didn’t know how to say it in Mandarin. It should be found in other places. It is a black boiler-like thing that is roasted by the fire below when it is flat. Sun-dried rice, or sun-dried corn.

There is a handle at one end of the boiler. When people hold the handle and shake it, the pot will rotate to ensure that the inside is heated evenly.

When the burning time is almost up, take down the pot, put a long cloth bag on the mouth, and open a certain opening valve here, only to hear a loud "bang", and the rice or corn in the pot will explode. Take it out and put it in a cloth bag.

At this time, the rice has been fried into rice bubbles, white and big, and tastes delicious; and the corn is naturally fried into popcorn.

Of course, this popcorn was baked with charcoal, and it was more fragrant than the popcorn in the mall, and the pots used were different, so Cheng Xinxin refused to admit that it was popcorn.

When Cheng He asked her, she said "this...that..." and couldn't think of a new name, but she never said that this is popcorn.

As a foodie, she is still very rigorous, different is different.

A long time ago, this kind of snack was very popular in various villages. In the era of shortage of supplies, this kind of snack was probably considered a relatively good snack.

Another one, the snack boiler looks a bit special, especially when it is put down, it makes a loud noise, which is also very interesting to watch. When Cheng He was young, he also liked to watch this thing with others.

It is not the villagers who make this snack, but the old people who came from the nearby villages and towns, and they just earn a little money to spend during the slack.

In fact, there are fewer people who make popcorn now, and it’s not very profitable, and there are so many things to eat outside, people don’t care about this anymore, and these old things are gradually eliminated.

However, now it seems that it has come to an era of returning to the basics, and these objects seem to be remembered by people again.

For example, in big cities, people often see some young people dressed as the Red Army in the old days selling popsicles with a white insulated box on their backs. People will go to buy some because they see the freshness.

Peach Blossom Village is a tourist village, and there are many tourists coming and going. In addition, it is also slack season, so there are often some people who sell goods in a mess.

This fried corn is no exception, and we are here today.

No, when Bai Qian picked up Cheng Xinxin from school, she saw a bunch of people watching. Some of them had already fried them, so they grabbed a handful and gave her a taste, and she wanted to eat it.

Cheng He covered the duck he picked up, wiped his hands, and said, "Okay, let's eat if you want to eat, and scoop up some corn, baby, do you know where our corn is harvested?"

"I know." Cheng Xinxin said with a smile.

"Okay, if you know, just take a bag and put it in as much as you can lift it." Cheng He said.

Cheng Xinxin took the order and went happily.

Cheng He was not in a hurry and just waited here.If the child wants to eat popcorn, let her eat it. This small requirement can still be met.

To be honest, he is also very concerned about this kind of popcorn. It is different from the ones sold in general now, and it tastes more delicious. Unlike the kind sold in movie theaters, you can feel it when you taste it. Some kind of flavor or additives are added. Like.

The popcorn fried by this machine has a more pure fragrance.

Maybe this is his preconceived feeling?Anyway, the food I ate when I was a child feels particularly fragrant, and it is difficult to accept new tastes.

Even Cheng Xinxin could feel the difference in taste, it was indeed different.

Not long after, Cheng Xin came over carrying a big bag of corn, her little face blushing.

Cheng He laughed loudly, and said, "You mentioned so much? Is this enough to eat? If you can't finish it, please return it."

"No refund, I want to eat more." Cheng Xinxin hid the corn behind her back, for fear that her father would refund it to her.

Cheng He said with a smile: "Okay, okay, so many bombs, no more."

Only then did Cheng Xinxin bring the bag to the front again.

There were quite a few people watching the popcorn explosion. The people who were waiting to explode the popcorn were chatting, and the tourists who watched the excitement stood not far away, and the old objects they had seen decades ago made their hearts glow. recalled.

Cheng He also carried the bag and joined the queue for popcorn blasting.

There are a lot of people today, and it will be very late if all of them are finished!
Cheng He said: "You stay here and I'll go back to cook, okay? You can't wait here, I won't be able to eat dinner."

Bai Qian said, "Okay then, we'll wait here."

Cheng He walked a few steps, then turned back and said, "When you see that the bomb is about to explode, you should also stand far away. The sound is very loud, so be careful not to be frightened..."

Even if she is too brave to scare her, she still has one in her stomach.

Bai Qian sighed, this man is really careful.

Seeing that Zhou Yunan from Cheng Shi's family had also come out, she said, "I'll be with her, is this going to work?"

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