Chapter 67: Plum Blossom Wine
Su Kang's amount of alcohol is not good, and he is also self-aware, although he has to drink every day, but he only drinks a glass at lunch and dinner, and tastes it slowly, he is really greedy, so he adds an extra glass at dinner, anyway, he goes to sleep when he is drunk.
Zhiruo said with a smile after hearing this: "Mr. Su is originally a great wise man, do you really think that he is full of only eating and drinking?"
"Soldiers" is the work of Shi Shuo, the most famous general in the Six Kingdoms era more than 300 years ago, and it is also the only book on the art of war in this time and space so far.
Ruchun sneered: "Who let him be kicked out of the academy because of greed?" If it weren't for the fact that he was full of eating and drinking, how could such a thing happen? But the old man Su Kang was still very conscientious in teaching the two young masters in their Meizhuang, isn't it that the things here are delicious, and he was afraid of being driven away, so he reined in? Also, the cooking skills of the cook Aunt Bai are good, and the eldest girl also gives Aunt Bai a new dish every few days, although it is not a precious dish, but it is novel and delicious, such as the one "called Flower Chicken" that I made two days ago , so that Su Kang almost didn't swallow all the chicken bones, and asked the girl about the origin of "called Flower Chicken", which was more serious than the second young master listening to the story of the art of war.
Zhiruo shook his head: "Seeing is believing, hearing is false, rumors are often not credible." Even if you "see", sometimes it's still a pitfall.
Now that the distillation and purification equipment has been successful, Zhiruo asked Xu Lin to distill all the liquor that Qiangbo bought from outside before storing it back in the cellar. Xu Lin was the youngest of the stewards they bought back in the human market last time, and was sold as an official slave because of the master's crime. Xu Lin originally had a fiancée, who was the personal maid of the original master's mother, and committed suicide by humiliation when the old master's house was raided, so Xu Lin, who was an orphan, is still alone.
Coincidentally, when Xu Lin was the second housekeeper in the old master's house, he had taken care of the dowry wine shop for the master mother for many years, and was very familiar with the various matters and processes of the wine shop, and even had a lot of experience in wine tasting, so Qi Bo and Qiang Bo asked him to take two small servants to take charge of the affairs of the wine cellar after some investigation of him.
Xu Lin is also a delicate person, and after knowing that Zhiruo was going to use these wines as base liquor to make other liquors, he numbered each jar of liquor, and recorded in detail details such as variety, wine shop, purchase time, distillation time, etc., for future comparison. At the same time, I also took the two little guys and began to try sake brewing. Xu had seen too much before, cultivated a very sensitive sense of smell and taste for wine, and after several experiments, he really succeeded in pouring it, and the wine he brewed was even better than several kinds of wine bought from outside.
Zhiruo asked Xu Lin to pick fifteen jars of distilled wine with the best taste and send it over, and personally took Ruchun and Rudong to brew three kinds of wine in the basement of Guanmei Courtyard: hawthorn wine, cider, and plum blossom wine. Among them, plum blossom wine is the most complicated, the preparation method and recipe are Zhiruo in modern times with that roommate from ancient books, legend has it that it is the secret recipe of the imperial plum blossom wine in the Song Dynasty. In France, Zhiruo had brewed plum blossom wine many times according to the recipe, and the color of the wine was clear and transparent, and the fragrance was ten miles, in addition to the mellow aroma of the wine, there was a quiet plum blossom dark fragrance, and the entrance was soft and sweet, which made people have an endless aftertaste.
In fact, there are two ways to make this kind of royal plum blossom wine, one is brewed with snow water, the degree is low, the stamina is small, cold and sweet, refreshing and spleen, especially suitable for women or men with poor drinking, and it is excellent for beauty and health.
A few days ago, when the first heavy snow of the year, Rudong took a few little maids to collect a lot of snow on the plum blossoms, and Zhiruo had already brewed five small jars of snow bubble plum blossom wine and buried it under the two plum trees in the backyard of the Guanmei Courtyard.
And now the plum blossom wine brewed in rice wine has a high degree and a more mellow taste, which is for people like wine fairies and drunkards like the old man in the middle of the mountain.
Ruchun and the others saw such a complicated procedure, but their girl didn't need to look at the secret recipe operation, but was skillful and free, and her heart was amazed and distressed at the same time. In the past, the county lord always said that no matter what others thought, she liked to see her baby daughter carefree and relaxed. Those of them who work as maids also think that the girl has a strong mother-in-law, a mother-in-law and a father-in-law who loves her, so why do they need to bother to work? But now, the girl not only has to be in charge of the house, but also has to worry about a lot of things, even such things as making wine.
Zhiruo devoted himself to winemaking, and while doing it, he recalled the excitement and the aroma of the wine in the house when he opened the first jar of plum wine with his roommates, where would he notice the pity and distress in the eyes of Ruchun and the others? carefree capital, but I don't know that no matter how strong my mother's family is, no matter how rich the dowry is, I can't withstand the toss of ignorance and cowardice.
The three of them came out of the basement and went upstairs to the study, but they saw Ruqiu asking the magpie at the door: "Where did the girl go?
Zhiruo laughed coldly: "What's the matter? Ruqiu, do you have something to do with me? What about those little maids? Is Zhixuan's white rabbit cloak ready?"
Ruqiu turned her head suddenly, a trace of panic flashed on her face, but she quickly calmed down: "Aunt ...... Girl, the cape of the third girl will be available soon. Xilian and the girls were clever and quick learners, and the slave maid thought that in less than three months, the four of them would be able to take charge of the needlework independently, and the slave and maid would be able to return to the girl to wait. "This batch of new maids, except for Shi Xiaoyu, who was renamed Xiyu, are all named after flowers, such as Xilian, Xiju, Xipeach, and Xikui in the sewing room. Among the four, the thirteen-year-old Xilian is the oldest, and the female celebrity is also the best.
Zhiruo nodded: "It's good if they have to use it, don't hide your secrets, you have to teach them all the unique skills." If you're fine, you'd better watch them more and teach them more. "As for what came back to her, well, she never promised.
"Girl," seeing that Zhiruo turned around and was about to enter the house, Ruqiu hurriedly said, "The silk thread is used quickly, and the slave maid had better go to the city tomorrow, and some colors are almost insufficient." Also, the slave maid also wants to buy some embroidery drafts for the four of them, especially Xi Tao and Xi Kui to practice more, just embroider more silk handkerchiefs and purses for backup. "The sewing room of the rich and noble will have some small things such as purses, such as the master rewarding the slaves inside and outside the house during the New Year, most of which are packed in purses. R1152