"Old Chu, we know that this daughter is red, but why does it have an unknown flower carving name." Fang You asked suspiciously, since there is a world-famous name, why do you still use this inconspicuous flower carving as a name.

Wang Hao was also at a loss, "Yes, Old Chu, I think this daughter is red, and the two names of Huadiao are not related at all." ”

Chu Lao smiled and continued: "This requires you to listen to a story, after listening to the story, you will know why your daughter Hong is so famous, but Huadiao is unknown." ”

Picking up the wine glass and taking a sip again, Chu Lao began to tell the origin of Huadiao wine, Fang You hurriedly sat on the bench, supported his head with his hand, and listened attentively, while Wang Hao, who had always been rough and lively, also quieted down at this time.

Listening to Chu Lao tell some legendary stories, is his favorite thing, every time it seems to sink into those magical stories, when he was a child, he often sat on Ye You's lap, listening to his grandfather tell some folklore, but when he grew up, after his grandfather died, he never had this opportunity again, and now in Chu Lao, he regained that feeling.

As early as the Song Dynasty, Shaoxing families would make wine. Whenever a family gives birth to a girl, on the day of the full moon, they choose a number of altars of wine, ask someone to engrave and paint auspicious (usually carved with various floral patterns, people, birds and beasts, landscapes, pavilions, etc.), and then seal the cellar with mud.

When the daughter grows up and leaves the pavilion, she takes out the cellar aged wine and asks the painter to paint some Chinese folklore with oil paint on the altar, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Dragon Wind Chengxiang", "Chang'e Running to the Moon" and so on.

And with auspicious wishes, spend the full moon "color head", and at the same time treat the guests with wine, at this time the wine is called the daughter red; If the daughter dies before reaching adulthood, the wine is called "Huazhu" wine - that is, Huadiao wine. The untimely death of a girl is a sad thing, and no one wants to drink Huadiao wine, so there is a saying that "the daughter who comes to the altar is red, and she will never drink Huadiao." ”

"I see, Huadiao wine was an inauspicious sign in ancient times, and naturally no one likes to drink the wine called Huadiao." Fang You nodded suddenly, and finally understood why the name Huadiao was not as famous as his daughter Hong.

Fang You suddenly thought of some questions again, "Old Chu, since the flower carving is so unlucky, why are you still talking about it." ”

"Huh." Chu Lao smiled, "Folklore can only be heard, not all believed, otherwise they would not be called folklore, as for the origin of the name Huadiao, there is another theory." ”

"Huadiao wine is also known as champion red and daughter red, according to legend, people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions in ancient times will brew their own rice wine, because they want to give away but suffer from the general utensils are not fine enough, so they ask people to burn some clay pots or earthen pots carved with dragons and phoenixes, flowers and plants, fish and birds, so the rice wine in such engraved picture vessels is respectfully called Huadiao."

Chu Lao pointed to the wine glass, shook his head and said: "As for how the name Huadiao came about, no one can say in detail, so we don't have to worry about its name, as long as we drink it to the fullest, even if the name of this wine is what it is, what are we afraid of." ”

Fang You nodded as if he had realized something, these folklore may have been created to add a little popularity to this wine at that time, and whether it is true or not is all up to his personal opinion.

"I really didn't see that there are so many stories in one wine......" Wang Hao sighed and shook his head as he learned from Old Chu.

Chu Lao laughed, "In the five thousand years of Chinese culture, everything has its own unique connotation and significance, but now there are very few people who know about it. ”

"Old Chu, Wang Hao and I have never had the opportunity to sit and eat with you, so why don't we have a good drink today." Seeing that Chu Lao's mood was a little low, Fang You frowned slightly, and suddenly said with a smile.

Looking at the full pot of wine in the blue and white pot, Chu Lao hesitated for a moment, and then smiled, "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, that guy Wu said that he has never drunk good wine here with me, and today let him have a long experience." As he spoke, he took the mobile phone from the nanny and dialed Wu Lao.

"Lao Wu, I have good wine here, you can arrive within five minutes, don't wait for it, how good it is, hehe, you'll know when you come." Put down the phone, the smug look on Chu Lao's face has not disappeared, the good thing they play antiques is a face, there are good things, and naturally the face is very bright, I can't wait for everyone to know and vent all the anger they have suffered before.

Fang You couldn't help but be a little amused, he didn't expect that Chu Lao also had such a childlike side.

"Old Chu, I still don't understand what you just said about the tyrannical heavenly things, whether this Huadiao wine is good, or the Moutai wine bottle is a little advanced." Chu Lao's inexplicable tyrannical cruelty just now made Wang Hao unable to figure it out now.

Chu Lao picked up the Moutai wine bottle that had nothing in it, chuckled, and threw it under the table, "Rice wine is soft, and white wine is strong, you poured the soft rice wine into the violent white wine bottle, think about it, you only almost ruined this rare superb flower carving in a hundred years, fortunately, this flower carving was not poured for a long time, otherwise once it is completely mixed with the Moutai residue in the wine bottle, this flower carving will be considered a waste." ”

"Just now I put it on the stove, one is to warm the wine, the other is to evaporate the residual liquid of Moutai inside, the rice wine is soft, a little warmer on the stove, it can volatilize the substances that are not beneficial to the human body, and at the same time, it will also reduce the alcohol concentration, so as to reduce the harm of the wine to the human body, and this Huadiao wine has been stored for countless years, there is a little precipitate in it, and the warm wine can dissolve it, and at the same time make the Huadiao wine more mellow."

Wang Hao and Fang You looked at each other, and touched their noses very embarrassedly, Fang You lowered his head, if he let Chu Lao know that this Huadiao wine had also been poured into the more alcoholic Erguotou wine bottle, would he use the empty Moutai wine bottle to smash them to death.

Immediately afterwards, not long after Chu Lao answered a phone call, Wu Lao rushed into Chu Lao's house in a hurry, and saw a few small bowls on the table, as well as the clear yellow and bright wine in the blue and white pot, he unceremoniously picked up the blue and white pot, sniffed it with his nose, and his face, which was still a little disdainful just now, suddenly became extremely shocked.

Smelling the rich aroma in the wine jug, Wu Lao couldn't bear it anymore, took an empty small bowl from the table, and poured himself a full bowl, "Old Wu, pay attention, don't spill it, drink a little less of this wine." Looking at Wu Lao's somewhat urgent movements, Chu Lao hurriedly reminded.

After only taking a sip, Wu Lao stayed in place, his eyes widened, staring at the little yellow wine left in the small bowl.

"Old Wu, don't be so unproductive, this wine is good." Looking at Wu Lao's senile appearance, Chu Lao said triumphantly, as if he had completely taken revenge on him all these years.

Wu Lao's eyes were about to burst out, and his fingers trembled and pointed to the wine bowl, "This ...... This is the best aged flower carving. ”

Chu Lao's face was indifferent, and he nodded very indifferently, and Wu Lao picked up the wine bowl with trembling hands and prepared to take another sip.

"Lao Wu, have you forgotten something, are we just drinking the best Huadiao monotonously." Chu Lao put down the wine bowl and glanced at Wu Lao lightly.

Wu Lao patted his head with his hand, hurriedly put down the wine bowl, and then put down a sentence, you wait for me for a while, and then rushed out of the courtyard in a hurry.

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