Chapter 116: Making Wine
Zheng was excited and nervous, and rubbed his hands: "The eldest girl of the main family, you can't boast, you can't praise it, you have to thank you for the food you sent, otherwise, our mother will really starve."
Gu Xinyu hurriedly waved his hand: "A little thing, don't take it to heart, come, drink saliva to quench your thirst first, Uncle Wang will call you immediately." ”
Du Tiehua easily lifted the big basket and put it on the big scale, and soon the six baskets of mountain grapes were weighed, and Uncle Wang picked up the abacus and added it, and there were three hundred and thirty-eight catties, which scared everyone, this family is really capable!
Gu Xinyu smiled at Zheng and said: "Auntie, the wild grapes picked by your family are very good, we will buy them in the future, and according to this standard, we will not accept the bad ones, the price of grapes is ten wen per catty, a total of three thousand three hundred and eighty wen, auntie, give, this is three taels of silver, this is four hundred wen, the first one, give you a whole piece, hey, what's wrong?" And then! ”
Zheng's ears roared, and he looked at the shiny silver ingot in Uncle Wang's hand in disbelief, as well as the large string of copper coins, Du Tiehua also rubbed his eyes in disbelief, he and his daughter-in-law were on the road together, these grapes were worth a penny, but now they were more than three taels of silver, others were honest, and their mouths were stupid, and they couldn't speak at this time.
It was Zheng who reacted first, she said cautiously: "Master, this grape is worthless, and it is worth ten cents if you say more, now, give us so much, we can't ask for it, isn't this a pit for you?" Although my family is poor, we can't do such a thing that lacks morality, so I want ten yuan. The others are taken back, although the mountain village has a big business, but there are many places to use silver! ”
Zheng said earnestly.
In Gu Xinyu's heart, he secretly admired that a poor family, in front of these silvers, can still keep his heart, it is worth pulling!
Wang Boha smiled, put the silver and copper plate into Du Tiehua's hand, and held it down: "This is what you deserve." And. Don't worry, the big girl won't make a loss-making business, don't be afraid that you know, this is used to make wine."
The two men looked at each other. Although I was still apprehensive in my heart. But Zheng is a cheerful person. Motioning to her husband to take the silver, Zheng said some words of thanks, and finally asked. Will you receive it tomorrow?
Gu Xinyu told her that she had been receiving grapes to the ground, and she wanted as many as she wanted.
The Zheng family, their hearts were put down again, and they returned to Dujia Village happily.
When he got home, Zheng carefully hid three taels of silver, just now on the road, how can the grapes in the mountains be picked for more than ten days, then, there will be dozens of taels of silver into the pocket, think about it, I can't believe it's true.
Zheng has silver, but also bold, this tomorrow will go into the mountain, this day also has an income, he and her husband can also, the three daughters can no longer eat hard noodles and steamed buns, let Sanya go to the village grocery store to hit three catties of oil, a large pot of oil cakes, send ten to the third aunt, meet acquaintances on the way, and do not forget to publicize, their own harvest today, because Gu Xinyu said that the demand is very large, but it is still possible to come to Dujia Village first, so there is no need to hide it when you go back, and every family will have income in the future.
All of a sudden, Dujia Village was boiling, except for those who were busy with the autumn harvest, everyone else joined the ranks of picking wild grapes, and even Sanya's second aunt couldn't sit still, and followed a few children into the mountain.
And the villa here has also prepared hundreds of vats early, and transported the mountain grapes to the row of houses behind the compound, where no one lives for the time being, and the indoor temperature is relatively cool, which is suitable for placing the wine, and the open space in front of the house here is also very large, surrounded by high courtyard walls, Gu Xinyu took Uncle Wang, as well as the daughter-in-law and daughter of the grandmother-in-law, as well as Chunmei Chunxue, etc., all of them came to the villa's subordinates, mainly considering that the current need to monopolize this industry, so the winemaking technology cannot be leaked, because this brewing method is actually very simple, I don't even need koji or anything.
Gu Xinyu thought about it, Uncle Wang and Xiao Tao have to take the lead in doing this, their energy is limited, and they don't have so much time, so Uncle Wang and Xiao Tao are just the right people, especially Xiao Tao, who has a good character, he can't let him be a subordinate in the villa for a lifetime, and one day he will have to go out of Rongcheng and the Zhou Dynasty, and he should be allowed to learn some management knowledge from now on, so that he can become his right-hand man one day!
Making wine is actually very simple, but the requirements are very strict, and the slightest negligence will give up all the previous efforts, so the preliminary work must be done in place.
Several people patiently and meticulously cleaned the grapes, picked out the damaged small grains, and put them on the drying rack that had already been dried in the shade.
People in this era drank wine made from grain, but the imperial court still had restrictions, because of the continuous wars, the treasury grain was simply not enough, so not everyone could brew it, with the permission of the imperial court, and the poor couldn't even fill their stomachs, who would be stupid enough to take rations and make wine?
And being so valued by Gu Xinyu, these people are very happy, and they are very excited about what kind of wine can be made from this mountain grape?
Although I have always been a little blind worship of Miss Gu, I have never heard of this thing.
The next day, the grapes had been dried, the sugar was also prepared, and Gu Jinyu brought her eldest son to help, after all, thousands of catties of grapes every day, it is also a lot of work to really brew.
Under the command of Gu Xinyu, these people have learned, after pinching the grapes, a layer of grapes and a layer of sugar, and then everyone is very worried about the look, is it so simple? Will it work?
Gu Jinyu was very interested, and learned about the brewing principle from her daughter in detail, in fact, she also remembered in a trance that there was a lonely book in a wooden box at home, and there was indeed a book recording winemaking there, but no one took it seriously.
Gu Xinyu was secretly speechless, fortunately there was one in the original family, otherwise, this would be an unsolvable mystery!
According to the time, Xiao Tao put a piece of paper on the edge of each sealed vat, on which was the brewing time, and he took the initiative to start making a record without Gu Xin's instructions.
Gu Xinyu is very satisfied, there are still too few such people, if there are more, how easy it should be for him!
In fact, wild gossell is the best for making wine, the color is deep red, and the taste is mellow, but unfortunately it is used in large vats, and if there is a transparent vessel, you can clearly see the fermentation process.
Just in case, Gu Xinyu still dropped a small drop of spiritual dew in each vask, this is a good thing, it is estimated that the wine made by adding it, the taste and quality must be unparalleled in the world!
These days are so busy that her feet don't touch the ground, Yuan Niang is very distressed, and Mama Wang is busy every day, making all kinds of delicious food for her daughter, fortunately, with the end of the autumn harvest, the grapes will soon fall off the shelves, and you can't pick them if you want to! (To be continued.) )