Chapter 23 Wine Tasting
"You ...... fellow," I angrily pulled my hand out of his palm, "let's open the skylight and say something, how the hell are you willing to let me go?" You say, as long as I can do it, I will help you do it. Again, I believe that everyone has a purpose in doing things, everyone has their own price, as long as there is a suitable price, anyone can be convinced.
"My condition is very simple, that is, we get married." As soon as he finished speaking, my body softened, please, I really lost to him, he is so patient with this lie, marry me? What's the benefit of marrying me? I used to be a tavern, then I was a maid, and I only recently became the eldest lady, but I am also an unpopular one, and there is no way to compare with the eldest lady of those high-ranking officials and nobles, what's the use of marrying me?
Besides, I've always known that I'm round, and I'm not pretty at all. He is the richest man, why did he marry me? What is there in me for him to use?
"Ouyang Deyuan, I really can't guess your thoughts, please tell me, why do you want to marry me, okay?" I leaned limply on the table, looking at the teacup.
"I just want to marry you, there's no reason." He knew that he was thinking so in his heart, why did this meat bun always like to think of everyone so purposefully.
"I don't accept that there is no reason." I stubbornly looked at the teacup, not wanting to look up at him.
"Well, if you have to listen to a reason, all I can say is that I like you!" As soon as Ouyang Deyuan spoke, even he was stunned.
"You like me? Haha...... "I laughed a few times, this excuse is the worst, I don't believe it at all.
Ouyang Deyuan saw that his sincerity was treated as a joke by the meat buns, and he was about to get angry when he heard the housekeeper hurriedly walk in with a greeting post.
"Childe, the greeting post of the scholar of Liu Mansion and the scholar of Liu's mansion." As soon as he said this, he saw that the hostess seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and just now she was lying on her stomach on the table, and suddenly stood up and walked out in high spirits.
"Let him in." Ouyang Deyuan secretly exclaimed: What a Liu Yun, he came three days earlier than he expected to find fault.
The tea sent by the housekeeper was cold, and I didn't see the eldest young master take a sip. He sat there motionless with a blushing face, so frightened that the butler didn't dare to gasp for breath.
"Scholar Liu is here, my small place is really full of splendor." Ouyang Deyuan didn't seem to see his unkind look, and sat on the main seat by himself.
"I'm not in the mood to talk to you, what about meat buns in a word?" The eldest young master stared coldly at the man in front of him who had repeatedly angered him.
"Oh, it turns out that you are here to find my lady, come on, go and ask your master to come out." As soon as he finished speaking, he sent the maids to the inner room to look for meat buns.
"Lady? What a lady! Ouyang Deyuan, don't just run away and grab meat buns to replace your fiancée! "The eldest young master faced De Yuan, who pretended to be innocent, and really regretted that he didn't learn martial arts when he studied literature, otherwise he would definitely beat him personally than Peach Blossom.
I wanted to come out a long time ago, but Ouyang Deyuan left two maids to guard the door and didn't let me come out. Now I heard the rumors that the maid had his approval. I immediately rushed out.
"Big Young Master...... How did you come here...... I'm going back to Bao Fu. "I looked at him pitifully, and the eldest young master's expression was very self-reproachful." I'll take you right away. ”
"Hehe, the scholar insisted on taking my wife, then I had to report to the official, I don't know how your father Liu De would react when he heard this rumor inside and outside the court?" With just such a sentence, he tightly choked the death hole of the eldest young master.
"Why do you say she's your wife? Do you have three media and six hires? Has she ever received your bride price? Has she signed your offer of employment? Before the eldest young master finished speaking, he saw me on the side bowing his head deeply.
Could it be that this stupid girl...... Received his dowry? He chuckled inwardly.
"He has a letter of appointment...... I...... He said I signed. "I was so weak because I was so drunk that night that I couldn't remember anything.
Ouyang Deyuan took out the letter of appointment and trembled in front of the eldest young master, the eldest young master even ate his heart.
Seeing me and the eldest young master standing in place like two stone statues, he couldn't help but smile. "Well, for my lady's sake, I'll give you a chance. Next month, the emperor will have a big birthday and a big banquet for the ministers, and the best wine will naturally be used at that time. The emperor has been out of the emperor's list, holding a wine tasting conference, whoever can make the best wine, will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold, and the official will be promoted. ”
Wine tasting? Winemaking? I'm still very interested in this. Of course, I would never admit that the 10,000 taels of gold made me more interested. Yes...... 10,000 taels...... Stacked together, the light can brighten my double eyelids and big eyes.
"Okay, I see, if I win, don't bother me anymore." It's better to have a chance than not to have a chance.
"Hehe, of course, lady, if you lose, just wait for my sedan chair to come to the door in Baofu." Ouyang Deyuan smiled and turned away.
The eldest young master and I left the Ouyang Mansion without looking back.
When I returned to Baofu, they saw that I was displeased, and when they saw that the eldest young master was also black-headed and black-faced, they had to endure the questions one by one.
"I want to make a new wine quietly, just with the apricot blossom wine, there is absolutely no chance to win him, that night's wine, I still remember it vividly, it is indeed a good wine that is difficult to surpass." After I finished talking to the eldest young master, I went back to the room.
He told the whole Bao Mansion to be careful, it has been an eventful time recently.
The eldest young master returned to Liu's mansion, thinking carefully about what Ouyang Deyuan said to him during the day, yes, he was right, even if he liked meat buns and wanted to be with her, could his father Liu De agree?
His father taught him to marry a wife and a virtuous lady from an early age. He must marry a scholarly family with the right door, and now he can tell his father that he likes the little maid in the original house?
Alas...... What to do? Liu Yun's heart was full of distress.
The only major event in the capital now is the wine tasting conference held by the imperial court. As soon as this news came out, the major wineries in the capital were gearing up, and this opportunity was like Xiucai finally waiting for the opportunity to take the top prize, who would miss it.
Winemaking is a delicate job, and it is more difficult than embroidering girls. It's like when I tried to make good apricot blossom wine, it was a countless failure. The most important thing in sake brewing is koji. The only thing I have is the koji of apricot blossom sake. My dad inherited this koji from my grandfather.
Each brewer's koji is his or her own secret and is never passed on. So after the death of many famous winemakers, his koji disappeared.
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