The Story of Baozi Wine Workshop (Gao Shopkeeper Chooses Son-in-law)

People who often drink baozi wine like to say: "Whatever is good for baozi wine is good there". The meaning of this sentence is that when a person who drinks baozi wine stops at the right time when he feels that he has reached the limit of his drinking, he can enjoy the benefits of drinking baozi wine to himself without being burdened by excessive drinking. So where did this sentence come about, and there is a story in it. According to legend, there was a Gao family winery in the winery that brewed Baozi wine in Anning Village, and the winery was run by the Gao shopkeeper and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Gao are sincere and diligent, and the business of the wine shop has always been booming. The only fly in the ointment is that Mr. and Mrs. Gao have only one daughter, and Ruoda does not know who to pass it on to in the future. Seeing that their daughter is growing up day by day, and the shopkeeper and his wife are getting older day by day, the shopkeeper Gao and his wife want to recruit a son-in-law to inherit the family business.

As soon as the news came out, the young men who came to the door were about to break through the door of the Gao family. Among these young men, there are all kinds of people, such as tall and short, fat and thin, ugly and handsome, but the tall shopkeeper and his wife pick and choose, but none of them match. People say that the high shopkeeper couple is picky, but in fact, it is not, but the daughter of the high shopkeeper and his wife, Xiaohong, is too outstanding. The shopkeeper and his wife were bent on choosing a son-in-law for their daughter, and things were more difficult. In this way, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the Gao family did not pick a favorite son-in-law.

On this day, three more young people from other towns came to Gaojia Distillery. As soon as the three young men entered the door, they said in unison that they had come to choose a son-in-law. When the shopkeeper and his wife heard this, they hurriedly looked at the three young men carefully, and saw that these three people were all dignified and healthy, and they were all top people in a hundred. The more the shopkeeper and his wife look at it, the more they like it, it's good to look at this, and it's good to look at that. In the end, the old couple discovered a problem, the three young people are so good, so who should be the son-in-law? The old couple ran out of ideas for a while. So the old couple left three young people to drink tea in the front hall, and ran to the backyard to discuss with their daughter Xiaohong.

Xiaohong, the daughter of the high shopkeeper, is not only a Peugeot, but also a clever mind. After listening to her parents' account of the situation, she blinked with big eyes and said, "I'll go to the front and take a look." The wife of the shopkeeper hurriedly grabbed her and said, "You are a big girl, how can you be so reckless to lose the strangers from outside!" Xiaohong smiled and said: "Mother, it's okay, I'll take a sneak peek from the back window, they won't see me." After saying that, Xiaohong went out of the house, walked lightly to the back window of the front hall, and looked in through the crack in the window. I saw three young people sitting in the front hall, wearing the clothes of ordinary villagers, their faces were black and red, and at a glance they knew that they had worked for a living for many years. What is rare is that the long-term work has not made their temperament rude, and the three of them are still born with a correct five views and a peaceful demeanor, and they know at a glance that they are ingenious laborers. The little red girl looked at it and didn't realize that Fang's heart was beating wildly, and her cheeks were crimson. She hurriedly and quietly retreated from the window, turned and ran back into the house.

As soon as Xiaohong entered the house, the wife of the shopkeeper Gao asked: "Girl, what's the matter? Which one do you think is better?" Xiaohong lowered her head and said shyly: "Mother, they sit there without saying or moving, how does the daughter know which of them is good?" It's not too early at this time, so let's leave the three of them to eat at our house at noon. We don't have much firewood for steaming wine, so after dinner, I asked the three of them to help our family chop some firewood, let's see how the three of them work, and then make a decision. The wife of the shopkeeper Gao heard this and said, "That's fine! In the final analysis, we must choose someone who can do the work." With that, she prepared to cook. Xiaohong grabbed her again and said, "Mother, people are guests from afar, and in the afternoon, we have to let people chop wood for our family, and take out the aged baozi wine that our family has saved to entertain them, right? When the wife of the shopkeeper heard this, she said, "How can this work? You are a girl's family, how can you show up to entertain the living?" Xiaohong said: "Mother, what are you afraid of with my father and mother here? What is wrong with me helping my father and mother greet guests?" As he spoke, he urged his wife to cook.

The shopkeeper Gao came directly to the front hall and said to the three young people: "The three of them are all good offspring, and my wife and I don't know who to choose for a while." Now it's noon, so let's invite the three of you to have a light meal in the house. In the afternoon, I would like to ask the three of you to help me chop some firewood, and we will talk about the troublesome things. When the three young people heard this, this was to test whether we could work. The three of them have been working since childhood, and they don't care, and they all agreed at the moment.

After a while, the shopkeeper's wife brought up the food. Although the Gao family is a small family, due to the good business of the winery, the family is well-off, and the food is not bad. The meal for the three young men today was sumptuous. The three young men were just about to move the chopsticks, but they saw the shopkeeper Gao bring in a jar of wine from the backyard, and said to the three young people: "The three are guests from afar, and they have to help the old man chop wood in the afternoon, and the old man really doesn't know how to thank the three of them." This is the old baozi wine that my family has saved, and I will take it out for the three of us to taste it to express my gratitude!" The three young men hurriedly said, "Uncle, it's so polite!" As he spoke, the shopkeeper Gao had already opened the wine jar. The three young people suddenly felt a fresh fragrance reach their nostrils, and their spirits were lifted. The shopkeeper poured wine into the wine jug, turned around and shouted, "Xiaohong, come and pour wine for your three brothers." Hearing this, Xiaohong lifted the curtain and walked into the front hall.

Before the three young people came to the Gao family to seek marriage, they had heard that Xiao Hongsheng, the girl of the Gao family, had a pretty face and was a well-known beauty in ten miles and eight villages. I came to the door today to see the little red girl. As soon as the little red girl entered the door, the three of them stared at the little red girl intently, for fear of missing the slightest opportunity to appreciate. Xiaohong didn't look at the three of them, walked to the table with her head down, poured wine for the three of them, and then said, "Three brothers, please drink!" The three young people, one surnamed Ma, one surnamed Zhang, and one surnamed Huang, listened to Xiaohong beckoning them to drink. The three of them hurriedly agreed: "Good, good, good!", and drank the wine glass.

The shopkeeper Gao saw that the three young men had dried up the wine, and said to Xiaohong: "Xiaohong, fill it up for your three brothers again!" Xiaohong agreed, and then lifted the wine jug to pour wine for the three people. Unexpectedly, the young man surnamed Ma hurriedly covered the wine glass with his hand and said, "I can't drink it, I can't drink it anymore, I've overdosed." Xiaohong smiled and said to him, "Brother, it's okay to have another drink." The young man surnamed Ma shook his head resolutely and said, "No, no, no, I really can't drink it!" Seeing this, the shopkeeper Gao said to Xiaohong: "Xiaohong, since your brother Ma has already drunk it, don't force it." Xiaohong agreed, and went to pour wine for the young men surnamed Zhang and Huang, and the two of them filled the wine without saying anything. When the shopkeeper Gao saw that the young man surnamed Ma was no longer drinking, he asked Xiaohong to serve him dinner. The shopkeeper Gao accompanied the three of them to eat and drink.

After a while, the young men surnamed Zhang and Huang ran out of wine again. The shopkeeper beckoned Xiaohong to pour wine for the two of them again, but the two still didn't say anything, and let the wine be full again. In this way, Xiaohong poured a few cups for each of them. When Xiaohong poured wine for the two of them again, the young man surnamed Zhang also covered the wine glass and said, "I'm fine, I can't drink anymore!" Xiaohong also smiled and said to him: "Brother, it's okay to have another drink." The young man surnamed Zhang said sincerely: "I'm really good, I can't drink anymore!" Xiaohong was no longer reluctant to hear this, and walked up to the young man surnamed Huang again, and said, "Brother, will you have another drink?" The young man surnamed Huang saw that Xiaohong came to pour wine for himself again, and hurriedly held the cup in both hands and sent it to Xiaohong to receive the wine, and Xiaohong poured a glass for the young man surnamed Huang. After drinking this glass of wine, the young man surnamed Huang was a little slurred. Xiaohong came to him with a wine jug again, and said with a smile: "Brother have another drink?" Seeing that Xiaohong came to persuade him to drink again, the young man surnamed Huang couldn't help but hold the wine glass again, and Xiaohong poured a glass for him again. When the young man surnamed Huang finished drinking the wine in the cup again, the chopsticks in his hand were unstable. Xiaohong still came to him with a wine jug, and said with a smile: "Brother, will you have another drink?" The young man surnamed Huang saw that Xiaohong came to pour wine again, and hurriedly picked up the wine glass with both hands, but this time he was trembling with both hands and couldn't even hold the wine glass, and a full glass of wine spilled a small half glass. Seeing this, the shopkeeper Gao hurriedly persuaded: "Just drink well, young man, don't be reluctant!" The young man surnamed Huang replied vaguely: "It's okay, it's okay." But before he had finished drinking the last glass of wine, he crawled on the table and fell asleep.

Seeing that the young man surnamed Huang was asleep, the shopkeeper Gao couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and turned back to the two surnamed Ma and Zhang: "It seems that I have to trouble the two of you to help the old man chop some firewood in the afternoon." The two young men surnamed Ma and Zhang said in unison: "I am willing to serve the old man!" The shopkeeper Gao said: "Then the old man is not welcome." As he spoke, he placed two axes in front of them. The two surnamed Ma and Zhang each picked up an axe and walked towards the courtyard.

As soon as the two of them went out, a cold wind blew in front of them, and the young man surnamed Ma couldn't help but shiver. As mentioned earlier, it was the end of the year, and it was the time when those who counted nine cold and freezing could not even stretch out their hands. The young man surnamed Ma was worried that he would fall behind in the afternoon firewood splitting competition, so he hid his eyes when he drank at noon. Obviously he could still drink, but he lied that he had overdosed, and he only drank one cup and stopped drinking. But they didn't know that the father and daughter of the shopkeeper invited them to drink, just to keep them warm when chopping wood in the afternoon. The young man surnamed Ma didn't drink enough wine, and naturally felt cold as soon as he went out. The axe was cold and piercing in his hand, and his body shrunk into a ball in the cold wind.

The young man surnamed Zhang is different, although he knows that he will have a firewood competition in the afternoon, but the father and daughter of the shopkeeper are kind to persuade him to drink, and he feels that he should not deliberately shirk it, so he still accepts Xiaohong's persuasion, but he feels that he has reached the amount of alcohol he can bear, so he will not drink. Since he had drunk enough and did not feel cold when he went out, he strode to the pyre, picked up his axe, and chopped it.

The young man surnamed Zhang split for an afternoon, and the split wood pile was like a hill. And the young man surnamed Ma shivered in the cold wind all afternoon, and only a small pile of firewood was chopped. There is no need to judge who wins and who loses in the wood-splitting competition, and it can be distinguished by the naked eye. The young man surnamed Ma didn't wait for the shopkeeper Gao to speak, put down his axe and bowed deeply to the shopkeeper, then turned around and left. At this time, the young man surnamed Huang also woke up, and when he came to the yard, he saw that the firewood split by the surname Zhang was like a hill, and he was so ashamed that he didn't even dare to raise his head, and trotted all the way away.

Seeing that the young man surnamed Ma and Huang were gone, the shopkeeper Gao walked over with a smile and took the hand of the young man surnamed Zhang, and said with satisfaction: "Well, this is my good son-in-law!" Turning around, he shouted into the house: "Xiaohong, is the tea ready?"

The shopkeeper Gao was about to go to the house in a hurry, but the wife of the shopkeeper grabbed him and asked, "Old man, tell me, how do you know that you can choose your son-in-law by splitting firewood in the afternoon?" When the shopkeeper heard this, he asked puzzledly: "What does it mean on the Baozi wine?" The shopkeeper Gao said: "The area around our Anning Village is not a natural wine-making place, but the Baozi wine is famous far and wide, relying on real materials and fine workmanship. Every process of our Baozi wine does not tolerate sloppiness and deception, and the Baozi wine made in this way is also very real. As long as a drinker feels that he can withstand the amount of alcohol, he can drink with confidence. After a while, you feel that you have reached the limit of what you can drink, and you stop immediately, so that there will be no effect on your body and no delay in work. This is called the good wine of the castle, and it is good to drink it there. Our daughter grew up in a winery and knows this characteristic of Baozi wine. She asked me to invite three young people to drink, just to test their conduct through drinking. The young man surnamed Ma, in order to win in the chopping wood, only drank one cup and said that he had overdosed, which was too untrue. But he forgot that it was freezing on this day, how could he resist the cold in the hospital without drinking good wine. Therefore, it is difficult for him to use all his strength when chopping wood. And the young man surnamed Huang couldn't help but persuade our girl to drink again and again, and continued to drink after drinking too much, but he was drunk there and even delayed chopping wood. Only this young man surnamed Zhang, who does not shirk when he can bear the amount of alcohol, and stops when he feels that he has drunk enough, is the real real person! Look at it, our girl will not be able to live with him in the future. ”

Sure enough, after the young man surnamed Zhang and Xiaohong got married, not only did they live a harmonious and beautiful life, but the baozi wine also made better. The neighbors all boasted that the shopkeeper had a vision and chose a good son-in-law. As a result, the saying that "where the Baozi wine is drunk, it is good there" spread among the consumers of the Baozi wine.