1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Dad, eat quickly."

After finishing her meal, Doudou urged Chen Tiezhu, who was still eating noodles with the bowl in his hand.

"Wait a minute, it will be ready soon."

After swallowing the noodles in his mouth, Chen Tiezhu said something and continued to eat.

The two girls looked at each other and said, "Don't stretch it, eat it with big mouthfuls."

It's no wonder that Doudou is so anxious, because popping popcorn has a sacred and inviolable status in the hearts of rural children nowadays.

Or it's because there are too few snacks for rural children these days. Popcorn, that is, popcorn, is not only cheap but also very delicious.

Even those who live a tight life will rub out some corn and pop one or two pots for the children.

That is, they would rather not eat, but also make a meal of popcorn first.

"Okay, okay, you all go play with me, I'll wash the dishes." Han Xiuying said.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yingzi. I'll go to the second master's house to get the corn. We left it out last time, so we need to make more pots. Doudou, take sister Dandan to the store to buy a bag of saccharin." Chen Tiezhu began to give orders.

"Yes, sister Dandan, run."

Doudou said, pulled Lu Dan's hand and ran out, not even caring about his friends.

"What should I do then?" Qi Cuiwen asked hurriedly.

"Find two flour bags, shake them out, and put them in flour bags first, so that they won't get damp and eat the noodles." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Yes."

Qi Cuiwen responded and hurried to act.

"Very good, our team is very combat-effective." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

"What are you talking about? Hurry up and get the corn." Han Xiuying said helplessly.

He made it seem like a war just to make a bubble.

"Resolutely complete the task, please rest assured, leader."

Chen Tiezhu stood at attention in a fake manner, and then ran out.

Han Xiuying was very worried. This guy was originally a troublemaker. Now there are two more girls who are "accomplices to the tiger", which will be a headache in the future.

When Chen Tiezhu took the blind corn from the second master's house, Doudou also ran back with two bags of saccharin.

Chen Tiezhu nodded with satisfaction, "Comrades, you performed very well, let's go."

After saying that, he waved his hand and walked out with corn on his shoulder.

Doudou, who followed behind, was also heroic and proud, holding saccharin and carrying his own little animals. Lu Dan and Qi Cuiwen were not willing to lag behind, each carrying a bag of noodles.

This is not going to burst bubbles, it's really like fighting a war.

When they came outside, there were actually many people in the village who were faster than them.

"It's really like an arrow piercing the clouds, thousands of troops are coming to meet it." Chen Tiezhu sighed.

The two girls also nodded in agreement.

Not to mention that almost everyone in each household came out, the charm of popping bubbles is really great.

"Cover your ears... Bang..."

Another sound came over, and the early ones had already finished popping a pot.

"Tiezhu, come to the front, you pop first."

"Yes, you are so busy. Girls, eat some of what I just popped first."

"Tiezhu, go forward..."

...

As soon as I came here, the people in the front line spoke.

"Hahaha, it's okay. There is also fun in queuing, and they don't have anything to do anyway. Silly roe deer, come back, what are you looking at this thing."

Originally, Chen Tiezhu wanted to chat with everyone, but his silly adult tilted his head and drew in front of the charcoal fire to look at the strange things.

What other ideas do you have?

He hurried over and picked up the silly roe deer.

"Hahaha, Tiezhu, why do you raise this thing? You worry so much."

"I think Doudou sometimes dislikes it, but it's really stupid."

"Little foxes are still popular, but other families don't dare to raise them."

...

Seeing this situation, everyone started to laugh again.

Especially the children in the village, now they don't care about queuing for Beng Paopao, they just come to Doudou, thinking about touching the little animals.

"Brother, you always came early in previous years. What happened this year? It's almost the New Year, but you just came here in the afternoon." Chen Tiezhu asked.

"Oh..., it's so unlucky. I broke my leg and it's almost healed now." Beng Paopao's eldest brother said with a wry smile.

"I'm still not well now, and it's still a bit hard to ride a rickshaw. But I have to go out and earn some money. I have to rush home at four o'clock."

"How can I finish it?"

"It takes several minutes to cook one pot at a time. My family has to cook three pots at a time."

"That's right, the time for the blast is too short, and it can't be finished. "

...

Listening to what Brother Beng Paopao said, the villagers were a little unhappy.

We have been waiting for so long, how can the battle end so early?

"I really have no choice. Today is a north wind, and it's against the wind to go home. I don't know when I can get home. I can't just sit there and not make money. I will try to come earlier tomorrow." Brother Beng Paopao said.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Brother, let's discuss it. You don't have to leave today, stay here at our brigade headquarters. You don't have to worry about food and drink, we will arrange it for you."

"Whatever time you can blast today, you can continue to blast tomorrow, and you can go home earlier after it's over. Every family must blast some, the children are watching eagerly."

"This..., how bad..." Brother Beng Paopao was a little moved.

"Brother, let's do it. Our Tiezhu arranged it, so it doesn't matter."

"That's right, it's good to do it this way, you can make more money."

"Agree, our Tiezhu doesn't ask for help easily."

...

The villagers around also persuaded him.

"Okay, this brother gave me face, I have to accept whatever I say." Big brother Bengpaopao nodded.

This is the first time he has encountered such a thing. He never thought that someone would take care of food, drink and accommodation for Bengpaopao.

"Okay, in order to save time, I will pay for Bengpaopao." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Tiezhu, this is not allowed. How can I let you pay for it?"

"I was going to say that you can do your own thing and I will pay for Bengpaopao."

"Tiezhu, just lead everyone to grow mushrooms. ”

……

As soon as they saw that he was going to pay, everyone was not happy.

There was a time to take advantage, how could Tiezhu always have to pay?

One pot really didn’t cost much, but with so many pots together, that would be a lot of money.

“Everyone, be quiet, just make as many pots as you need. Don’t make less just because I’m paying.” Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

“I’m happy today, so let me continue to be happy. After all, I’m the boss, how can I not decide such a small matter? Wenwen, go home and get a notebook, and be responsible for recording the number of pots on the side, so as to save the trouble of finding money. ”

“And that thing, don’t put too much saccharin. That stuff is not real sugar, it’s all chemical products, eating too much is not good for the body. I still have to collect corn cavities, you guys can have fun, I’m a man and can’t get involved. ”

This is also a reminder for everyone, this thing is really not good.

After saying this, he came to the side of the bubble bag, grabbed a handful of bubbles, and walked home.

"This big brother is amazing, what does he do?"

Big brother Beng Bubble was also very curious when he saw that everyone agreed after Chen Tiezhu said a few words.

Who is this person in the village?

Why is his words so effective?

And so heroic?

But a scene that made him even more puzzled appeared. These people who were just chatting happily suddenly became quiet.