Chapter 5 The Birth of Baijiu
In the following days, while waiting for the arrival of the uncle, the old people took Xiaogang to inspect the mountains around the village. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info on a hill with good soil quality, Xiao Gang confessed to digging a kiln to prepare to burn charcoal and burn bricks and tiles. Lacking a water source, two wells were drilled first, and the water came out of the place that Xiao Gang pointed out if it was not dug very deep. In the previous life, the rural transportation was not convenient, and in those days, the bricks and tiles used to build houses were burned in their own kilns. Open a kiln to burn a lot of bricks and tiles, can produce tens of thousands of green bricks, a few people to use up. Doing this thing is very small, and he is familiar with the road. The most extravagant thing is that they all burn bricks with cypress trees...... With a complete ration supply, the efficiency of the men is called a high! If there are few axes, they will take turns, and one axe will be rotated by several people. For a period of time, chickens and dogs jumped on various hills, shouting everywhere to fall down the mountain. The bricks have not been burned yet, and the rice is ripe, but fortunately, the brick embryo should be dried first. Xiao Gang and the old people worked together to make a simple threshing machine, and the strong men carried it to the edge of the field to save a lot of effort. It's a pity that the all-wood ones are often broken, and Xiaogang and the old people keep them repairing often. There is no pulley to do it is a hand-cranked type, and the two strong men keep shaking. The efficiency is much faster than smashing the straw in a wheel. The food is all bamboo tube soybean rice and bee chrysalis, and the strong men are getting more and more energetic. The children also helped to hold the straw, and it was not their turn to cut the rice, and the knife was only used in the main rotation. In three days, the rice of the whole village was harvested, and this time all the woolly millet was moved into the big yard. There are no comments from each family, waiting for unified distribution.
At harvest time, my uncle finally arrived, and he took Xiaogang's cousin and aunt with him. Drinking honey water, bamboo chicken stewed dried mushrooms on rice, Uncle Le's uncle can't do it.
Now we are waiting for the brick burning to be successful. After opening the kiln, Xiaogang and Qingsong stayed there, and the strong men set up a big shed. Eating and living are all here, and Xiao Gang is going to stare at the fire himself. Batch after batch of brick embryos were moved in, and new brick embryos were immediately made to cool. The first batch of bricks was burned in two days, and the fire was removed until the bricks were cold before they could be moved. Xiao Gang, while pointing out the new brick kiln, developed a windmill unicycle with Qingsong.
The remaining gold in the family made the wild bull take his brothers out on their backs to buy iron ingots. Although the uncle also brought a few hundred catties, Xiao Gang said that it was not enough. Iron ingots are very expensive, and the purity is not good in Xiao Gang's opinion. With the ink fountain made by Xiaogang, Qingsong saved a lot of effort. A lot of the laborious work was left to the pillars and they did. It took five days for the windmill to make a batch, and the uncle looked at the speed of the windmill blowing the millet, and his face was smiling, and he must give him a pair of green pines, and the green pines should send him to his house. Xiao Gang dispelled his thoughts with a word, "There is land here, uncle, you just come over with the whole family, these things can't be learned too early for outsiders." Qing Song smiled: "We don't have to pay the rent of the government. The uncle was depressed: "I am a blacksmith in my village, and the people around me are looking for me to make things." Don't I have to strike iron when my family moves here? Qing Song pointed to the ink fountain: "See?" This thing is called an ink fountain! He pointed to the windmill again, but not to the half-finished wheelbarrow. The uncle said, "I understand! There's going to be more work here, and I'll do it to death. Xiao Gang also smiled: "Uncle is an understanding person!" Rest assured! In the future, you will become a 'blacksmith', and even the king will summon you. Maybe they will give you an official knighthood, or even earn a noble surname for your family! Qing Song stroked his beard: "Can I still lose you by following Xiao Gang?" Your ancestral grave is full of smoke! The uncle stared at Qingsong with his eyes: "You know everything?" Qingsong was very proud: "I'm closer to him, you stupid bird, the gods came down to my house, I don't know if I just find cotton and die!" Xiao Gang, who listened, rolled his eyes: "It's said that I'm not a god, why do you mention this?" So Qingsong slowly explained the cause and effect to his uncle. Only then did my uncle know that it was really stained, since my brother-in-law's family had such a big background. My uncle was as excited as he was beaten with chicken blood, and he didn't sleep that night.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the new brick kiln was opened, but Xiao Gang didn't say anything about transporting the brick embryo into it for firing. He was waiting for the first kiln bricks to strengthen the brick kilns, which would burn bricks and tiles for a long time in the future. When the brick kiln was opened and cooled for three days, the temperature inside was still very high but the bricks could already be produced. Xiao Gang is distressed about the adults, in fact, the bricks can be produced in two days. After the bricks were produced on the spot, a large number of new bricks were transported back to reinforce the brick kiln. New brick kilns were reinforced. Qingshan, bluestone is also here to learn to control the fire. The extra new bricks began to build an earthen blast furnace not far from the brick kiln. Xiao Gang thought to himself, thank you for the big steel refining back then! While building an earthen blast furnace, a blacksmith's stove was set up. Qingsong made a bellows under Xiao Gang's guidance. The bamboo slips and silk classics at home were also brought by the old people in batches to Xiao Gang, and Xiao Gang also taught the old people to play Tai Chi when he was free. There are no outsiders who are their own people, who want to learn to learn the pillars, and many stores, because they have to carry small people, just come and go, and they don't let the pillars work, and they are idle and learn to play! This is so slow, it's not used to beat people, but Xiao Gang said that he could live a few more years to learn this, and later there were more people who learned and became serious, and Xiao Gang explained that he couldn't teach outsiders, at least wait for our family to learn to practice for ten years before he could teach outsiders.
As soon as the earthen blast furnace was built, it was put into use, and the iron ingots with relatively high purity were refined, which were close to steel ingots, and a large amount of charcoal was used. Two hundred catties of fine iron made a small iron ingot that had just been requested, and six or seven big men took turns to take stones to polish. It's not completely smooth yet, so Xiao Gang said okay. Looking at so many iron ingots that were beaten out to make piers, my uncle fully understood that this was something for himself. The cost is too high, but the appearance is very good. At Xiaogang's request, work began, and seven days later, new bricks were fired out of the kiln. But the wheelbarrow is still far away, because the iron beads cannot be made. Xiao Gang asked the adults to bring a batch of special new bricks, and asked his uncle to melt the best iron ingots trained in the clay blast furnace and pour them directly. The grinding wheel is made from the soil with iron sand, and the newly poured iron beads are connected, and the best is taken out for molding. The rest is heated and cut off by a blacksmith, then polished with a grinding wheel sandwiched with iron tongs, and then re-quenched after completion. After the pulley was done, the unicycle was finally a success. Wheels made of hard wood, and shafts of fine iron are poured with oil and can be pushed away with a creak. Although I am not very satisfied, it is much stronger than the back basket, and it is no problem to carry 200 pounds. After making this batch of wheelbarrows, Xiao Gang instructed his uncle to make a saw. Looking at this logging artifact, the brute bull who came back from buying iron ingots was in tears! In the past, I used to cut down trees, but every time I was tired and half dead, and now the big trees are going to suffer, except for the conifers, all of them have to be killed. Fortunately, there are many mountains around, and this work will take several years to complete. The saw was also made, and Xiao Gang confessed that the earthen blast furnace and the blacksmith's stove were also dismantled. The bricks were transported back to the village by wheelbarrow, and the iron beads were not very round, and they often had to be lubricated with oil, so every 2 miles a row of bamboo tubes was placed with oil. Xiao Gang said that this is called a gas station. It's nice to have a wheelbarrow, so many new bricks are being transported back to the village. The village was full of bricks for a while. Back in the big courtyard, Xiao Gang took out the primary koji that had already been used for a long time, and used the bud rice of the year to make Baogu liquor. A new blacksmith's stove was erected in the backyard, and everyone worked together to build a distillation utensil. It was very easy for my uncle to make a big iron pot, and he made a big iron pot and built a shed in the middle of the backyard. The lees can be drunk, and even the uncle was invited out of the backyard. Green pine, green mountains, wild cows, and pillars personally went into battle to steam out the first pot of liquor, and the aroma of wine wafted out from afar, and the whole village smelled it. The men in the village can't stand it anymore! I didn't go out to work in the front yard all day, and the old people bombarded them for not leaving. Qingshi is even worse, and the old man who is dozens of years old has taken the lead in sprinkling. The yelling kept and he almost rolled on the ground.
The sun went down and it was dark, and Xiao Gang and they just walked out of the backyard. It turned out that it was because I was drunk after tasting the wine, and I looked at the uncles and grandfathers who were all over the yard. Xiao Gang blamed them for feeling sorry for them, and he only licked it twice and got drunk when he was more than three years old, which is really weird. It seems that it is not possible to give them a taste, and Qing Song can't help it if he can't leave with his eyes scolded. The two old men, Uncle Uncle and Qingshi, were sitting on the ground, and it seemed that they were about to have a seizure and roll around. I don't feel very big when I drink the wine that has just come out of the pot, but the delay is very violent. Even the good physique of a wild cow drank two sips, and he talked and laughed, and he fell to the ground. Looking at the men who filled the yard...... I'm so scared! What if you drink a few to death! Qingsong can't help it, he can't leave! Bow your head and ask Xiaogang what to do? Xiao Gang replied: "Bring water, come two buckets!" Qing Song shouted: "Yes! Splash them with a few scoops of cold water! Do I think they can go? Xiao Gang hurriedly said, "I can't help it!" Carry water for everyone to drink, lest it cost you to drink it! "The bull and the pillar picked up half of the cold water by themselves. Xiao Gang and Qing Song, Qingshan have been standing at the door of the backyard. Qingshan moved a bench, and Qingsong stood up and shouted: "Shut up, living ancestors!" I'll give it to you right away, and I'll make a fuss one by one? After drinking, keep your mouth tight, and don't go outside to talk nonsense. Line up to go to the front of the old station! ”
The pillar and the bull came out with two jars in their arms, opened the sealed jars again, and poured them into the bucket with a bang. The bluestone monster shouted: "It smells so good!" Brother, why do you give so much water? It's bad! It's bad! Qing Songqi blew his beard, walked over and gave him a kick in front of everyone: "Living ancestor!" Do you believe that you can drink to death if you don't mix water? I just took a bite and slept until I got up from the ground. "Qingshi doesn't make trouble now, Uncle Hehe's smirking, fortunately I didn't make trouble! Hei Niu's mother brought a stack of small bowls, and Qing Song stirred the wine with a large wooden spoon and began to serve it. Viciously looked at the people in the courtyard. Under his coercion, everyone did not mess up the order. Since the wine was served first, it was for the old people who maintained the order, and then it was the turn of Qingshi and Uncle who took the lead in making trouble. Qing Song stared at the two of them and said viciously, "Take a sip of it, don't drink it to death." Xiao Gang tiptoed and told his aunt to hurry up and boil the honeycomb he got back half a month ago into honey water, and then pour a bowl for each of them. The thickness of the two old men's faces at this moment has reached a certain level, and their smiling faces are like chrysanthemums. Seeing that Qingsong only gave half a bowl, he was not happy. Qingsong stretched out his hand to grab the bowl, but the two old men had no choice but to give up. Holding the bowl and protecting it with his hand, he was afraid that he would snatch it from the offspring who couldn't help it, so he stood behind the green pine for a while. With a serious face, he drew a line with the juniors below, as if they had been helping to maintain order. The next moment, they flashed, sitting on the doorway and raising bowls to each other in salute. The uncle couldn't help it when he smelled the fragrance and swallowed his saliva, and the two big mouthfuls were gone. With his tongue stretched out, he wiped the bottom of the bowl, and then he felt a flame rise in his stomach and flow all over his body along the unknown meridians, and he fell to the ground at once. Qingshi really wants to know a lot of wine, so he sniffed and sniffed the wine bowl and tasted it lightly. Before he could taste the taste, he saw the blacksmith fall to the ground, and patted his chest to feel the strength of the wine, which was also very frightening. I was still squatting to touch the nose of the old blacksmith, and I heard the old blacksmith's snoring. Only then did I believe what the eldest brother said, this wine is better mixed with water, otherwise it would really kill people if you drink it like this. Even if he had a conscience, he immediately stood up and shouted, "Take a sip of it, the old blacksmith has already fallen!" Hurry up and help the two offspring to help them go. Then I saw that five or six had fallen in the courtyard. Walking over with a drink, a person kicked him in the ass: "Look at your little breath, is the wine drunk like this?" Bad things, kick to death! "I completely ignored my monkey appearance just now! The descendants who haven't drunk alcohol now are alert, and they must endure not being able to learn these crooked melons and cracked dates on the ground! One by one, they stood up straight and seemed to be upright, but there was no one to support. This time the green pine hair, threw the wooden spoon into the bucket, and designated one by one to help the fallen. The descendants were dragged under the eaves and put straw on the spot to sleep, and the old men were sent into the room. After arranging for the fall to the ground, the distribution of alcohol continued. Now everyone is in peace, learning to taste the bluestone in a good way. Xiao Gang looked at it and knew in his heart that the food was too good, and the wine was so pure and domineering. Although everyone has learned from the past, they are very careful and slowly taste it in small sips, but after drinking, the yard is crooked. There was still half a barrel of wine left, and Qingsong took the jar and filled it to explain the wild cow to seal it. Suddenly, he found that the black cow was still hiding behind a pillar and wanted to pick up the wine bowl that his uncle had not finished drinking on the ground, so he ran over in three or two steps and pulled it out, and slapped his buttocks twice. said angrily: "With your small body, why don't you drink it to death?" You can't help but learn these unproductive ones! Xiao Gang ran over, picked up a bowl and handed it over with a large wooden spoon after dropping a few drops, saying, "Grandpa Qingsong, give Brother Hei Niu a taste!" Otherwise, he would have tried to drink it secretly, and no one would be staring at it! "Qingsong also had no choice but to take this living ancestor, so he had to give it to him. The black cow didn't cry after taking a few solid hits, and said with the bowl: "It's still Xiaogang's younger brother who understands his brother, and his brother didn't hurt you in vain!" Qing Song also wondered why this grandson's intelligence was so high! It seems that God is really favored! There is a god in the family, and there is a demon! After drinking these few drops, the black bull also poured. The green pine is gathered, will this divine wine continue to be brewed or will it not be made again? Xiao Gang gave the answer, the amount of alcohol will rise, but to control everyone, you can't pour it like this every time. The gold for the building of the city depends on this thing. Qingsong recalls the bite he tasted when he first came out of the pot, and the cotton silk is mellow, and he still wants to drink it again. Alas! Let's keep brewing! The aunts twisted the bucket and boiled the honey water, picked up the unbroken bowls on the ground, washed them, and came back to fill them with honey water. Under Xiao Gang's guidance, give a bowl to each person who is still awake. Those who are confused and fall down will not be drunk for fear of choking! It's the middle of the night, and some of the people who wake up and can sit up have a bowl. If you can't sit up, take a small spoon and feed it twice. After the whole thing, Xiaogang was tired, after all, it was still a pillar that children couldn't stay up all night to carry and send to the backyard room.
The next day, the men of the whole village didn't do anything and had a collective holiday, and the few who fell to the ground in front of them regretted it one by one! I didn't even taste the taste, why did I pour it? Fortunately, the burp can taste some fragrance! Uncle used to drink a few sips often, and the recovery was so fast that Xiao Gang quietly got a little, and this time he drank it slowly and finally drank the taste. In the name of tasting the bluestone, I tasted the Baogu wine mixed with water many times. Xiao Gang said that this is called Baogu wine, but it should not be mixed with water to be more mellow and long. But everyone can't drink enough, and if you don't mix the water, you really have to drink a few to death. Next time I get some sorghum stuffing, it's much better to mix it with water. Qingshi is not happy these days! Qingsong was greedy, but Qingsong didn't dare to drink it and instructed the children to burn lime. He also made new sake from the grain left over from the last time, until there was no more wine jar. Xiao Gang asked the brick kiln to stop again, and fired a few batches of wine jars first. The wine jar needs different soil, and it also needs to be glazed. While firing the old-fashioned sake jar, I made a turntable with Aomatsu to make a new sake jar. The new wine jar is much prettier! So the circle, and the picture is also drawn on it, and these new wine jars will be sold in the future.
New jars came out, and the lime burned. A few pools were opened on the edge of the bamboo forest, Xiao Gang was about to make straw paper, lime was soaked in bamboo, the water was dried by the car, the lime was taken out, and the cart was used in a wooden barrel to carry it back to the village, and new lime was poured into the bamboo. The quality of these bamboos is very good, and they are more resistant to foaming than those in the previous life, which gave Xiao Gang the idea of coming up with white paper. If you can really make a blank slate, you will definitely make a lot of money! The straw paper came out, and it was made very thick, and Xiao Gang gave a way to dye it bright red and paste it on the new wine jar. In this way, the wine jar is more beautiful, with black jar red paper and black calligraphy. It is more beautiful and mellow than the knife and pen words, and Xiao Gang said that it will be more flavorful to invite someone to write in the future!
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