Chapter 32: The wine is ready
The next day, the people in Lijia Village spread the word, the eldest girl of Li Yulin's family is a prodigy, she has never gone to school, but she is sliding away from settling accounts, and it is estimated that there is no one more powerful than her within a hundred miles!
When Li Haitang settled the bill for those people, Gu Yongjia was also watching from the side, he was afraid that this girl would make a mistake and overpay the money in vain, but as a result, the smooth and slippery people didn't say that they were wrong, and they didn't even hit the shell to send the completion money, and the accuracy was one percent white! This can make Gu Yongjia, who thinks he is familiar with arithmetic, depressed, why is this girl always so unexpected?
"Dad, our family has to buy some cotton fabric or something, you see the quilt has to be made. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and the sheets and quilts have to be done, by the way, the clothes of Dongsheng Dongmei also have to be made, it is about to be winter, and their cotton clothes are indispensable! Also, Dad, you should also buy two clothes, you see, these are patches and patches, and I don't know where to start if you make up for it! Li Haitang chattered in fragments.
"Alas, girl, we have to buy this thing, but we don't have any money! Dad is thinking, Ming'er will go to the town, Dad will continue to work, and when he comes back during the New Year, how can he turn a few taels of silver, and it will be enough to buy the things you said when the time comes! Li Yulin said sarcastically, saying such things to his daughter, he only felt that his father was too unqualified!
"Hmm." Li Haitang lowered his head and responded, he didn't want Li Yulin to leave, she was an orphan in her previous life, and she didn't enjoy the warmth of any family, although the master was good to her, but the feelings were always not as good as the care from her parents. But there's nothing you can do about the situation in front of you, you're in debt, so you can't help but pay it back, right?
Li Yulin saw her thoughts and touched Li Haitang's head: "Begonia, it's not good for my father, my father must work hard to make money, wait for us to pay off the debt, buy a few acres of land with the remaining money, and let us live a good life!" ”
Li Haitang nodded, a little despised himself, why was he so childish in an instant?
"Dad, I know, I'll take care of Dongsheng Dongmei!" Li Haitang's eyes shone with a sparkling light, and he patted his small chest to reassure.
Because the house was just built, the humidity was still very heavy, and in addition to burning the kang to remove the moisture during the day, Begonia stayed in the small courtyard of the Gu family at other times.
"Begonia, begonia." Gu Sushi called her.
"What's wrong, Aunt Gu?" Li Haitang responded.
"Didn't you say the wine would be made in a month? Is this the opening of the altar? Gu Su's eyes were full of curiosity.
She didn't say that she had forgotten that the grapes had been brewed some time ago, and if she counted the time, wasn't it just a matter of the past few days?
Li Haitang washed his hands several times with clean water, and then got up and went to the cellar after making sure that his hands were clean.
The family conditions are limited, and she uses the simplest method to make this wine, which is the kind of method used by every family in later generations, which is simple and has no technical content.
Gu Sushi followed Li Haitang's side, and his face was even more excited. She always felt incredible, and she didn't see how to get the begonias, but she washed the grapes and dried them, and then carefully stacked a layer of grapes and a layer of sugar, and then changed the jar and sealed it tightly with yellow mud, so that she could make wine that Westerners drank?
Li Haitang carefully unsealed it, neatly opened the lid of the jar, and a slightly astringent aroma came from the surface. It was even more successful than I expected, but the cellar was too dark, and the opaque jar was used, so I couldn't see the color. The smell was beyond Li Haitang's expectations, she had also used this local method to make wine in her previous life, but the aroma was obviously not as good as this. I guess it's because the grapes are natural, right?
Gu Sushi sniffed, "It smells so good, it's stronger than the wine I've smelled before!" ”
Li Haitang smiled, "Aunt Gu, let's go out and filter out the slag!" ”
Gu Yongjia was at the mouth of the cellar, saw the two of them come out, and helped take the jar.
"Begonia, don't you take out the five jars below?" Gu Sushi asked.
"Don't take the following first, filter out this jar and take it to the town, see what it looks like." Li Haitang said with a smile.
Looking at Li Haitang's movements, Gu Su's was a little better, Gu Yongjia was very puzzled, how could this action give him the feeling that it would not be possible without more than ten years of immersion? This little girl is only nine years old, could it be a genius?
took a wine glass and poured a small glass for each of them, and called Li Yulin to come in.
"You guys, that's it." Li Haitang gently shook the cup clockwise and motioned for them to see.
Everyone was puzzled about her movements, but they did it.
"In this way, the wine is fully integrated with the air and the taste is more mellow. When drinking, take small sips and leave it in your mouth for a while longer. Li Haitang explained.
This wine tasting was not so particular in ancient times, and the reason why Li Haitang said this is nothing more than that this is just opened, what if the concentration is too high and causes poisoning? If you shake it like this, you can fully release the alcohol inside.
According to her, the people tasted the wine.
Gu Sushi had drunk it before, so she knew the most about wine.
"Mellow, full-bodied, really good. The colors are also beautiful. ”
Li Yulin also nodded, this wine is completely different from the burnt knife he drank before, it is a little astringent in the mouth, but it feels good in the aftertaste, and the wine is mild.
As for Gu Yongjia, Li Haitang looked at his movements and demeanor, feeling that he was like a person who was really tasting wine.
"Long aftertaste, good." Gu Yongjia said lightly.
Looking at Gu Yongjia's faint appearance, Li Haitang wanted to pull a few handfuls on his face to see if he always had such an expression, but he could only think about it in his head!
"Dad, I'll go when Ming'er goes to town." Li Haitang looked up and said, "Take the wine with you, if only you could sell it for silver." ”
Li Yulin nodded: "Okay!" ”
"Uncle Li, it just so happens that I am running out of pen, ink, paper and inkstone here, and when Ming'er goes to town, will I follow?" Gu Yongjia asked.
How could Li Yulin disagree, nodded, "Okay, Ming'er will get up early in the morning, and let's go to the town together." ”
The two little ones pouted, and it didn't matter if they didn't drink that wine, they didn't even take it to town, so sad!
Looking at the resentful appearance of the little radish head, Li Haitang coaxed: "If Ming'er goes to the town to sell wine, the eldest sister will buy candy for you." ”
After listening to Li Haitang's words, Li Dongsheng and Li Dongmei's faces were a little better, and they were already longing for sweet sugar cubes in their heads.
This book was first published in Reading Book Worm