Xu Jia didn't understand what Hao Su meant, so he couldn't help but turn his head sideways and ask him, "What do you mean by stepping on grapes?"

"It's a tradition of ours here. Hao Sule said: "The first pot of grapes harvested every year must be manually stepped into grape juice, which is a great honor, only the most beautiful girls are qualified to step on grapes!"

Listening to Hao Sue's words, Xu Jia was also a little moved. Although she had always been a shrewd and capable female agent, she was also a young woman after all. What girl doesn't want to be pretty?

The meaning of Hao Sue's words is obviously to praise Xu Jia for her beauty, which naturally makes her in a good mood at the same time, she also wants to be the girl who steps on grapes this year.

Xiao Ping only looked at Xu Jia's expression, and guessed that her heart was moved, and immediately said with a smile next to him: "If you want to step on it, just step on it, as long as you don't have athlete's foot." ”

"Get out, you have athlete's foot!" Xu Jia glanced at Xiao Ping fiercely, and then said to Hao Su with a smile: "Thank you for the invitation, I am honored to have this opportunity." ”

Even Xiao Ping had to admit that Xu Jia was a little more charming than usual when she laughed. However, he soon remembered Xu Jia's attitude towards him just now, and couldn't help but whisper: "I know that Lu Dao is so fierce to me, it's really too much!"

In fact, Xu Jia heard Xiao Ping's complaint clearly, but she ignored it, and just asked Hao Sue with a smile: "Mr. Hao Sue, what should you pay attention to when stepping on grapes?"

Hao Chau smiled and replied, "Actually, there is nothing to pay attention to, as long as you step on the grapes into grape juice, then pour them into the fermentation vat, and ferment them with the other grape juices." ”

"Do you want to ferment with other grape juices?" Xu Jia asked unexpectedly, "In other words...... I stepped out of the grape juice. It will also become a red wine in the end?!"

Hao Su nodded: "Of course, this is a local tradition. Every year it's like this!"

The winery manager's affirmative answer made Xu Jia's expression tense, and he didn't care about saying anything more to Hao Suo. got up and hurriedly ran to the small building behind.

Xu Jia's reaction made Hao Su stunned, and asked Xiao Ping inexplicably: "Boss, what's wrong with Miss Xu?"

Speaking in his heart, Xiao Ping didn't know why Xu Jia was like this, he also stood up and said to Hao Suo: "You go and prepare for stepping on grapes first, I'll go and see what's wrong with her." ”

Hao Sue nodded speechlessly, and went to prepare for the grape stepping ceremony for a while. And Xiao Ping quickened his pace to catch up, wanting to see what Xu Jia was doing in a panic.

Xiao Ping followed Xu Jia all the way to her room, and heard the sound of "whooshing" water coming from the bathroom. He walked in curiously and couldn't help but smile.

It turned out that Xu Jia came in a panic. I was just listening to Hao Chau say that the grape juice I stepped on was also used to make wine, so I rushed back to wash my feet.

Originally, Xu Jia thought that stepping on grapes was just a ritual, but he didn't expect that the grape juice that stepped on was really going to be made into red wine for people to drink. Xu Jia has been busy in the vineyard for most of the day, and her feet are stained with a lot of soil, grass stalks, etc., but she doesn't want to use these feet to step on grapes, so she hurried back to wash her feet.

Hearing Xiao Ping laughing at himself, Xu Jia glared at him fiercely and said, "What are you laughing at, I'm thinking about your brand!"

Knowing that Xu Jia was going to turn his face like this again, Xiao Ping hurriedly couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, yes." You're doing it right, wine is also food, and it's a must to keep it clean!"

Xiao Ping's attitude somewhat appeased Xu Jia, she just glanced at Xiao Ping. Then continue to wash your feet in earnest.

Speaking of which, Xu Jia really attaches great importance to food safety issues, and has not stopped even washing it three times, and it seems that it will have to be washed several times before he can rest assured.

Xiao Ping next to him was a little impatient. couldn't help but whisper: "You don't need to wash it anymore, even if you have athlete's foot." It must have no taste at all now!"

"Let's talk about it again, I don't have athlete's foot!" Xu Jia glared at Xiao Ping viciously and said, "I can't tell if there is a taste." I don't feel at ease if I don't wash it a few more times!"

Seeing Xu Jia washing her white little feet, Xiao Pingkou's Huahua problem flared up again, and said with a smile: "I can't see it, but don't you know the Tao when you hear it?"

Xu Jia frowned and said, "Phew, I don't smell it, I want to smell you!"

"I smell it, I smell it!" At this time, Xiao Ping didn't know what was wrong with Lu Dao, so he agreed, grabbed Xu Jia's calf, and couldn't help but put her white little feet to her nose and sniffed it.

In fact, Xu Jia's words were just angry, and he didn't expect Xiao Ping to really do this. If someone else dared to do this, Xu Jia would definitely kick it over without even thinking about it, and kick this guy's nose crooked first.

However, at the moment, it was Xiao Ping who was hearing Xu Jia's feet, which made her have no intention of resisting at all. Xu Jia watched Xiao Ping's powerful big hands grasp her calves, her sensitive toes even felt the heat he exhaled, two red clouds appeared on her pretty face, and even her eyes became gentle.

Xiao Ping also grabbed Xu Jia's little feet and sniffed them on the spur of the moment, he quickly reacted, knowing that his behavior was very inappropriate, and quickly let go of Xu Jia's calves and sneered: "Hehe, you washed it so clean, it doesn't smell at all, and it's very fragrant, hahaha!"

With Xiao Ping's understanding of Xu Jia, he thought she would definitely be furious. Unexpectedly, Xu Jia just found a pair of clean slippers to put on, and then lightly dropped the sentence "I said that I have no athlete's foot", and ran downstairs to step on grapes.

The ritual of stepping on grapes is not complicated, Xu Jia first trampled a small pot of grapes with stems removed. Then pour the first pot of the season's musts into the fermentation vats and you're done. And after this ceremony, it means that this year's winemaking work at the Holy Pot Winery has officially begun.

In the following days, the crowd, including Xiao Ping, picked the grapes in the morning, and in the afternoon the harvested grapes were juiced and began to ferment.

Since it is not yet the peak of the grape harvest, there are many zero-hour workers at Château Saint Kettle, and the progress of the grape harvest has not been delayed in the slightest. All the harvesting is done before the best winemaking period has passed.

During this time, Xu Jia was like the workers at the winery every day, picking grapes in the morning and pressing grapes in the afternoon. Maybe the busy life does help people forget their sadness, and the smile on Xu Jiaqiao's face has gradually increased in the past few days, and the whole person's spirit has improved a lot, not as decadent and lonely as when her brother just died.

Xiao Ping saw Xu Jia's changes in his eyes, and while he was happy for her, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Xiao Ping had promised Xu Jie to take care of his sister, and now that Xu Jia is reinvigorated, it is also a good thing for him.

However, while Xiao Ping was happy, he was also a little worried - now that the grape picking work has ended, Xu Jia will definitely not stay in the winery for a long time, if she returns to China, will she be touched by the scene and become sad again? (To be continued......

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