Chapter 75: Eating and Drinking
Considering that the third sister-in-law's family has too many people, Bian Rui prepared two, except for the one he ate, and the remaining one was sent to his parents' house to add some food to the four old people.
Back in the courtyard, Bian Rui directly set up a table in the small dining room next to the kitchen and invited everyone to the table.
Waiting for everyone to sit down, Bian Rui reached out and patted the porcelain jar on his left hand, and asked everyone at the table, "Anyway, it's okay to wait for the meeting, let's get some wine?"
Old Man Wu looked at the black wine jar in Bian Rui's hand, and saw that there was still some sealing mud on the mouth of the altar, so he asked, "What kind of wine is this?"
"The village brews its own, and it doesn't have a name, but the wine is a good wine, although the degree is not high, that is, less than 30 degrees and less than 40 degrees, but the entrance is mellow, and the wine taste is long, forget it, let me say that I don't understand it, I drink less, you should be an old drinker, how about trying our own wine in this mountain village?"
Bian Rui said as he stretched out his hand to pat the sealing mud on the jar, pried open the sealing wax that sealed the mouth of the altar, and removed the porcelain lid on the jar.
As soon as the lid was removed, a strong aroma of wine was emitted into the air, this wine was not strong, not only not strong but also had a sweet and fruity taste.
Old Man Wu used to be a fierce general in the wine field, so let's put it this way, he has drunk almost all the famous wine in the country, and he drinks authentic goods, not fakes at all.
"Oh, this wine tastes good, a bit like fruit wine" Old Man Wu sniffed the aroma of wine, and then persuaded the old lady and Yan Lan beside him.
"You guys should also try it, this wine looks very good, anyway, everyone will try it, otherwise Bian Rui will open a jar for nothing."
Yan Lan smelled the wine and felt that this wine was a little interesting, so she nodded and said: "Then I'll come a little, just a little bit, the small wine glass is good all at once, and there is a faint aroma of osmanthus when you smell it."
Old Lady Wu waved her hand: "I'd better forget it, blood pressure is a little high, these days are not too stable, I won't drink wine, old man, you should drink a little less."
At this time, Bian Rui had already poured the wine from the jar into a copper wine jug with a long neck, so it was much more convenient to pour the wine than to use the jar.
Slightly crooked at the mouth of the altar, the wine slowly flowed from the mouth of the altar to the copper wine pot, and only then did the servants on the table find that the wine was not clear white, nor like water, but with a slight thickness, it slowly fell from the mouth of the altar to the copper kettle, and the whole process was accompanied by a thicker and thicker aroma of wine.
"How long has this wine cellar been? It looks like it's been more than ten years" When the old man Wu saw the wine, he was immediately interested, and after finishing speaking, he subconsciously licked his lips.
Bian Rui pondered for a moment and said: "This wine cellar is estimated to be more than thirty years old."
Originally, a whole jar of wine is now only a little more than half left, and the water in the original wine has volatilized due to time, and the substances in the original wine have been fermented through time, which slowly makes the wine more mellow and the wine flavor more intense.
Bian Rui actually didn't expect that using space to age wine was actually better than the cave on the hillside, and at this time, he finally understood why the ancestor could make a jar of good wine from time to time, it turned out to be the case.
After pouring most of the copper kettle, Bian Rui grabbed the handle of the kettle with one hand, lightly supported the belly of the kettle with the other hand, moved the spout of the kettle away from the person, and then poured a small bowl of wine for Master Wu.
After pouring it for the old father and son, he poured half a small bowl for Yan Lan, and finally poured a full bowl for himself.
After pouring the wine, Bian Rui picked up the bowl and gestured to a few people on the table: "It's a bit late, I welcome everyone to come to my house as guests, there is nothing delicious and fun in the countryside, everyone will take a look." Everyone is free to drink, and the food is also free, everyone is hands-on!"
After speaking, Bian Rui gently took a small sip of wine, the wine was not rushed, the wine did not taste much, and the first feeling was full of faint osmanthus and fruit fragrance after a sip, and waited for the fruity fragrance to pass, the wine gradually became stronger, at this time the wine had gone down the throat to the stomach, and the warm wine made the whole person hot.
"It's really good wine, good wine!" Wu Guanglong took a sip of wine, wiped his mouth and praised loudly.
Yan Lan took a sip of the appearance of learning from Bian Rui, and after drinking, she also praised Bian Rui: "It's delicious, the wine is not heavy, and it doesn't seem to be high."
Bian Rui said with a smile: "Don't look at this wine tastes not heavy, but it is intoxicating and drunk, a wine taster in the city used to be a wine taster, claiming to have never been drunk, such a small jar went down, half a hour was poured directly, the older the wine, the more it seems to have no wine taste, but it is also more intoxicating, if you have half a catty, two small bowls will do." Of course, if you have nothing to do, you can also drink, drink until you get drunk, forget all your troubles, and then go to bed and fall asleep, and the next day you will be in good spirits, which is more effective than any medicine, and the so-called drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, which is the truth......".
"Oh, really, fake?" Yan Lan expressed a little doubt.
Bian Rui said: "Whether it's true or not, can you just try it?"
Saying that, Bian Rui put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up the wine bowl and the old father and son again, and after Yan Lan touched it, he took a sip, put down the bowl and continued to eat the grilled fish.
After two sips of wine, everyone felt that their bodies were hot, the wine entered their throats, the fragrant grilled fish was chewed in their mouths, the white and tender fish meat was not fishy at all, and the mouth was full of the umami of river freshness, which made Wu Guanglong and Yan Lan who tasted it for the first time full of praise.
The old lady was also a little greedy when she saw that this person was drinking, and opened her mouth to ask Bian Rui: "Is this wine high? If it's not high, I'll have some too."
Bian Rui said with a smile: "The degree of wine is not high, but because you have high blood pressure, I will only pour you half a bowl, you drink slowly, this thing is actually good for high blood pressure, but you can't drink too much at once, it is best to drink a small bowl every day, which can relax the muscles and invigorate the blood and soften ......the blood vessels."
As he spoke, while manipulating the wine jug, Bian Rui poured a small half wine bowl for the old lady.
"Hiss!" Old Man Wu drank a bowl of wine, and when he saw Bian Rui pouring another bowl for himself, he asked Bian Rui after taking a sip.
"Xiaobian, why don't you sell this wine? It's a pity that such a good wine is stored in this small village."
Bian Rui swallowed a piece of parsley in his mouth when he heard this, picked up the tissue on the table and wiped his mouth: "It's not that I don't want to sell it, but I can't sell it, the food used to make these wines must be the grain produced here, and the water must also be the source of mountain spring water, the mountain spring water is easy to get, as long as you are willing to spend your strength to let the livestock carry it, but this grain is not good, in addition to rice, millet, you also have to add soybeans, etc., small four or five crops, if you make wine from the grain, what do the villagers eat in a year, you can't hang your mouth."
"Can't you buy food outside, how can you say that this wine can be sold for hundreds of yuan a catty?" Yan Lan asked curiously.
Bian Rui said: "Even if it is hundreds of yuan, what can it be? The villagers are used to eating their own things, and they are not happy if you let them buy rice and millet, you know that in the past, the villages near this place used to pay public grain, and they used their own grain to sell it for grain from outside, and exchanged one catty for two catties or one catty and a half for ......."
Bian Rui talked about the matter of paying public grain in the past, Bian Rui naturally had never experienced it at this age, but he had ears to hear the ancestor say these things, so he talked about it as fun now.
"Your village can really take advantage of loopholes," Yan Lan laughed when she heard this.
The old man Wu Guanglong did not smile, but looked at Yan Lan and said earnestly: "You don't know how hard the peasants lived in the past, anyone who puts it in this situation has to do so much, such a good grain can be exchanged for two catties outside, why is it worth one pound and one pound is handed over to the purchasing station? Don't you know, the twists and turns in the former grain collection station can sometimes make you listen to doubts about the ...... of life."
When the old lady heard this, she immediately interrupted the old man of her house: "Okay, what do you do when you are so happy to talk about those sad pasts, eat vegetables and eat vegetables!"
Bian Rui took a look, shouted that this taste was not right, and immediately said with a smile: "Yes, eat vegetables! Anyway, our wine is a year is more than ten tons of stock, of which there are more than 100 jars, and the rest will be cellared for one to two years and then sold, as long as it is time to open the cellar every year, the wine is almost swept away by the old customers, and you can't buy it if you want to buy it on the market!"
"I'm going to get two jars to take back, and it doesn't seem to be going to work!" said the old man in disappointment.
Bian Ruile said: "There is no one else, and you can not have yours, when you leave, I will give you two jars, but only two jars, because I don't have many here, or my master left behind." But if you think about it, you'll have to wait until the end of April, when the kiln is cut in May, when you can buy new wine."
"Give me a jar!" Yan Lan looked at Bian Rui with a blank look.
Bian Rui nodded: "Okay, I'll give you an altar!"
A table of four people drank a small wine while eating side dishes, and at the same time chatted about Xiaotian, waiting for the time to drink a hemp and two hemp, everyone let go, Old Man Wu told Bian Rui and Yan Lan about the two young people about the past, what went to the countryside, what stole the chickens of the villagers, etc., anyway, even in that era, the youth in the memory of Old Man Wu was so interesting.
Yan Lan's story is more ordinary, she seems to have been practicing dance all along, as if she has almost done such a thing since she was a child.
"Aren't you bored?" Bian Rui was curious.
Yan Lan took the bowl and came to Bian Rui's face, motioned to Bian Rui to pour wine for herself, and said while seeing Bian Rui pouring wine: "I don't think so, even now, I think it's easiest to practice dance, and now I don't have anything to dance, but I feel that I have lost my goal all of a sudden, and I can't lift my spirits when I do anything, so I want to do something else, and then I found that I can't do anything but dance all these years, even if I go to the restaurant to wash the dishes."
Bian Rui laughed when he heard this: "If you look like this, you will wash the dishes? If I open a restaurant, I won't let you wash the dishes, let you learn from those Internet celebrities, stand at the door and pull noodles or something, don't care how good your ramen skills are, anyway, as long as you look beautiful now, it is traffic, and guests will be indispensable."
"Xiao Bian, you kid" The old lady was amused by Bian Rui.
"Am I pretty?"
"It's really beautiful!" Bian Rui nodded.
Old Man Wu also said: "Xiao Yan is so beautiful, she is enough to be called a beauty, and she is definitely not comparable to those Internet celebrities who have added filters on the Internet."
Even the old lady nodded: "It's so beautiful, I wasn't as beautiful as you when I was young."
"Alas, I'd rather be ordinary and not have so much trouble," Yan Lan said.
"Okay, don't pretend, say you're fat and panting, come, let's drink" Bian Rui smiled and raised the bowl.
"Drink!"
Old Man Wu and the others also raised the bowl.