Chapter 58: Winemaking

Fee Chapter (16 points)

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With the help of Zhang Qingnian and others, the manpower for winemaking is much more abundant. Lian Shouxin, Zhang Qingnian, Wang, Wulang, Lian Zhi'er and Caiyun all took a car into the mountains to pick grapes, and Zhang Qingnian and Wulang had to rush to deliver grapes. There is no technical content in picking grapes, and even the vines just told them that the picked grapes only need to be rinsed in the stream, and the layer of hoarfrost on the grapes must not be removed.

Lian Shouxin, Zhang Qingnian and others set off by car, and Lian Man'er took his little follower Xiaoqi, both of whom wore straw hats on their heads, and went to Zhaojia Village next door.

Zhaojia Village is not far from Thirty Miles of Camp, and the land of the two villages is next to each other. Now that most of the crops in the 58th chapter of the wine have been harvested, from the head of the village of Thirty Liyingzi, you can see the village of Zhaojia Village at a glance. Lian Man'er wanted to get closer, so he walked directly from the path in the field, and arrived at Zhaojia Village in about a quarter of an hour.

Zhao Liansheng's family lives at the head of the village, and a large open space is enclosed by a low wall outside the courtyard where many large and small jars, jars and jars are placed. His family is the only one who knows this craft within a radius of 100 miles. The water tanks, pickled jars, and wine jars used by people in the neighborhood are almost all from his family.

When Lian Man'er was planning to make wine with grapes, he paid attention to inquiring about where there were jars for sale. Later, when she came out to dig wild vegetables, she came here to see it. At that time, she took a fancy to the twenty-liter wide-mouthed jar that Zhao Liansheng burned at home, that is, a twenty-pound jar, which also has a lid, which can be sealed with mud, and pickled vegetables and wine are very applicable. Coincidentally, this was originally set by a shochu workshop, but later it was not wanted. The Zhao family was worried that it was difficult to sell so many jars, and Lian Man'er said that he could sell it to her for ten cents.

"I want fifty jars first, and I want it today, this is a fixed price." Lian Man'er took out the money bag and took out two strings of 200 wen from it as a fixed coin.

At that time, Zhao Chapter 58 Lian Sheng saw that Lian Man'er was a child, and he didn't care very much, but today he saw that Lian Man'er asked for fifty jars as soon as he opened his mouth, and he gave the money so happily, so he was naturally overjoyed.

"Okay, I'll set up the car and send it to you now."

Zhao Liansheng was willing to deliver the goods here, and Lian Man'er was naturally happy, so he watched Zhao Liansheng take two, first loaded twenty-five jars on the car, and tied them firmly, and Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi also followed the car.

Because the western half of the courtyard now belongs to her house, and the place where the wine jar is put has been chosen, even Man'er has been chosen, just under the south window of her house's west wing. It was originally planted with a few beans, and it was just pulled up. When Lian Man'er followed the car, Zhang Qingshan had already leveled the ground, and Zhao Liansheng took the jar off and pulled the second car.

These jars are all new, but Lian Man'er feels that she still needs to wash them before she can rest assured.

Lian Man'er and Xiao Qi fetched a bucket of water and cleaned the jar inside and out, and it happened that Zhao Liansheng gave a small jar of sorghum because she bought a lot. Lian Man'er cut a piece of white muslin that he bought from the town last time, and wiped the inside and lid of the jar with sorghum soju.

The most important thing for sake brewing is clean utensils, and it is best to disinfect it with alcohol content.

Fifty jars, Zhao Liansheng's family sent them in two trips, and Lian Man'er settled the remaining three hundred with him. At this time, even Shouxin and Zhang Qingnian also pulled the first cart of wild grapes.

The wild grapes are transported in baskets, and after they are transported, they are first placed on a shelf with sorghum stalks. Even the vines were checked, and the grapes were all picked well, and the hoarfrost on them was still there, so I was very satisfied. After the water on the grapes has dried, the grapes are plucked one by one, crushed and placed in a dry, sterilized jar. Each jar should not be filled to the fullest, leaving plenty of room for the grapes to ferment.

Lian Man'er reassigned the manpower and asked Wulang and Lian Zhi'er to help, and only Lian Shouxin, Zhang Qingnian, Wang's family, and Caiyun were responsible for picking grapes and transporting grapes home.

Because this process must also be kept absolutely clean, even the man'er washed and washed his hands, and simply disinfected it with sorghum shochu before letting people touch the grapes.

Zhang Qingshan and Li also came out to help. There are many people who are good at work, and these people are accustomed to farm work, and they will not be lazy, and they have been busy until it is almost dark, and they have made thirty jars of grapes. Even Man'er's hands were numb, and there were still some transported grapes, so they simply hung them there and waited for them to be processed.

"How many grapes are left on the mountain?"

", you can pick it, but I'm afraid this jar is not enough."

"How many jars do you think you'll need?" Lian Man'er asked.

Lian Shouxin estimated, "There are about twenty jars." ”

The more grapes, the better, and even the vines are willing to add more jars.

"Then I'll go to Zhaojia Village again right away, and let them send another twenty jars in the morning." Lian Man'er said.

"I'll go, I'll run fast." Gorou said. He really ran and ran, saying that as soon as he went to the Zhao family, the Zhao family agreed to send another twenty jars in the morning.

The dinner was prepared by the old man for the Zhou family, for Zhang Qingshan, and even the trustworthy family to eat. Zhang Qingshan gave in, and even the old man insisted on it, so he had to agree. Dinner was not as hearty as lunch, with a chicken stew with potatoes and eggplant as the main course, and chicken stewed with crispy skin and rotten meat. This time, He's, Zhao's and a few children also set up another table to eat together, and even Man'er saw He's black face, and this chicken must have been killed by her at noon, but before she could eat it in her mouth, it was confiscated by Zhou.

During the meal, Lian Shouyi asked Lian Shouxin what he was busy with.

Just separated the family, Lian Man'er transported so many jars, where did the money come from. Lian Shouyi didn't want to ask clearly, so he had to ask in a roundabout way.

"The children want to make a few jars of wine, I don't see it. Every year, I have to brew a few jars at home. Zhang Qingshan smiled.

Zhang Qingshan picked up the conversation, and everyone didn't give Lian Shouxin any money when they split up, and Lian Shouyi suspected that the money was from Zhang Qingshan, so it was not good to ask again. Zhang Qingshan talked about other topics and turned this matter apart.

After all, the family was separated, and the next day, Lian Shouxin's family opened fire. Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er got up early, cut the chicken in half, boiled a thick soup, and used this soup to boil thick rice porridge, on top of which steamed a large basket of white noodles and two steamed buns mixed with millet and rice noodles, and the side dishes were a large plate of minced chicken and fried capers, and two plates of pickles.

Everyone was well fed, and as soon as the day dawned, they still worked according to yesterday's division of labor. Zhao Liansheng's family soon sent twenty more wine jars, selling seventy jars at a time, and the money was all cashed, Lian Man'er can be regarded as a big customer. Zhao Liansheng also gave Lian Man'er two small jars, one five catties and one ten-catty, and said to Lian Man'er that if he used it in the future, he would buy it from him, and the price would be discussed. Lian Man'er praised the Zhao family in her heart for doing business, and the Zhang family looked at the two small jars, and said that pickled eggs and pickles would be used just in the future.

Even Shouxin estimated that with one effort, he could transport all the wild grapes on the mountain. Zhang Qingnian said that he would help them finish all the work, but even Shouxin felt that it was the time to be busy in autumn, and the Zhang family had a lot of affairs, so he didn't agree.

Lian Man'er, if there is no carriage of the Zhang family, and there are people to help, only relying on these few people in their family, using their own carts, to brew these jars of wine, I am afraid that it will take four or five days of hard work may not be able to finish. She was very happy and grateful, so she discussed with the Zhang family early in the morning, took out the private money, went to the butcher shop in the town to weigh a few catties of meat, and planned to make pork stuffed pies to eat at noon.

When the pork is bought and washed, even the vines peel off the meat skin first, clean the stubble on it with fire, cut it into small pieces, burn the fire early in the morning, boil a small half pot of meat skin soup out, and dry it in a small basin to let it condense into meat skin jelly. And they used white flour and good flour, and put it in a basin.

When it was almost noon, Lian Man'er went to the garden in the backyard to cut a large basket of leeks. When the family was separated yesterday, even the old man said that this season, even the trustworthy family can eat the vegetables in the garden before and after. Wash the leeks, cut them, and then cut the fat and lean meat into the fat and lean meat you bought, pour it into a large iron pot and boil it, and chop the meat skin jelly, and mix it with the cheeks and leeks to form a meat filling.

There is an advantage to using leeks for filling, because the flavor of the leeks themselves is strong and there is no need to put additional spices. When Lian Man'er was boiling the meat skin jelly, he deliberately put more green onion segments and ingredients to boil, so he only needed to put salt, and he didn't need other seasonings. Li and Lian Man'er were in the house, Zhang also sat up to help make pies together, Lian Zhi'er started to burn the fire outside, the pancakes were made of newly bought soybean oil, and Lian Man'er mixed some chicken fat into it, but as soon as the oil was hot, the attractive fragrance wafted out, and when the pie was fried in the pan, the fragrance was even more attractive

After Li helped make the cake, he took out a cloth bag from his bosom, which contained a bunch of money and two pieces of silver, and handed it to Zhang.

"You have divided it out, and you don't have a penny in your hand? You can put away this money and use it for your life. Li said to Zhang, "This time I came to see you, if you don't split up, if you want, you will bring more money." ”

Zhang refused to accept it.

"Mother, I am a girl who is married, how can I always let my father and mother post money."

"If you get married, won't you be my daughter?" Li Shi forced the money into Zhang's arms, "You take it well, buy what you want, don't be reluctant to use it." If you lack money to live, you can send me a letter. ”

"Mother, I can't ask for this money." Zhang's Road.

"Take it, it's the money we gave you to burn the bottom of the pot. Your eldest brother and sister-in-law, don't worry, they all mentioned it to me in the morning. Li said.

The two of them gave in, and Zhang had no choice but to take it.

Li went out to relieve himself, and even Man'er saw that Zhang was looking at the money in his hand in a daze, so he wrapped up the money.

"Mother, let's take this money first, and when we have money, we will honor my grandfather and my grandmother more, and they will be happy." Lian Man'er said.

Zhang smiled, "You can say." ”

"I'm not just talking." Lian Man'er said, "Mother, you see that it's not convenient for you, just let me take care of this money first." ”

Zhang suddenly realized that these days, it can be said that Lian Man'er has always been in charge. Zhang's stunned effort, Lian Man'er had already put the money into the cabinet, and the outside was locked.

"Okay, I'll take care of it all for you. Are you still afraid that your mother will spend this money nonsense? Zhang said helplessly.

Zhang Qingnian and Lian Shouxin pulled the last cart of wild grapes into the door, and Zhang Qingnian smiled, saying that it was another blessing.

The pie here was almost baked, and Lian Man'er borrowed the pot stove from Lian Shouli's side, and fried a shredded potato, a piece of meat and beans, and made a cucumber slice egg soup.

During the meal, Zhang Qingshan and Lian Shouxin went to the room and invited the old man Lian to eat together.

Because there were still dozens of miles to go, after eating, Zhang Qingnian put the car on and prepared to leave. Zhang Qingshan had already instructed Lian Shouxin to take the old man's hand and the elder brother was short, and walked out.

The Li family was reluctant to hold Zhang's hand, and naturally had a lot of words to tell when he took Zhang's hand.

"Mother, what else are you worried about. The sister is a good person and a good life, seeing that these children are all older, one is more useful than the other, and the good days of the sister are behind. Wang laughed.

Lian Man'er called Caiyun aside and handed her a basket.

"Huh?" Caiyun asked.

The basket was lined with a layer of sorghum leaves, a packet of pine nut candy on top, and a dozen pies wrapped in oiled paper. When Fang had just eaten, several members of the Zhang family praised the pie for being delicious, and even Man'er had thought that her family had not been able to take it out and give it away, so she deliberately baked more when she made the cake, just to give it to Caiyun to eat. In addition, the bag of pine nut candy was bought together when she went to buy meat in the morning, and she was also planning to take it home for Caiyun and eat it for the few cousins who didn't come.

"Oh, what's the matter, I won't take it." Caiyun looked at the contents of the basket and excused himself.

"You're polite, take it." Lian Man'er laughed.

Caiyun is also hearty and temperamental, and Lian Man'er is sincere, so he will no longer refuse.

sent Zhang Qingshan's family away, and even Man'er didn't rest, and immediately started working. The family had finished processing the remaining wild grapes, and it was getting dark. Seventy jars were used, and there were still some wild grapes left, and even the vines were used even the two small jars.

Looking at the neatly arranged jars, and then touching the sore arms and hands, everyone had a smile on their faces.

I ate the leftover pies for dinner, and after eating, the family lay down on the kang early.

"Man'er, this wine can be brewed like this?" Lian Shouxin asked.

"It's still early." Lian Man'er said. Wild wine has to go through several fermentations, filtration, and at least two months.

"Man'er, this method of making wine is not difficult, and the second aunt has also learned it." Lian Zhi'er said suddenly.

When they were working in the next day, even the old man, Zhou's family, Lian Shouren, Lian step-ancestor, as well as the husband and wife in the second room and a few children, they had all seen it. Lian Shouyi and He also asked questions, and even thought about trying it themselves, but Lian Man'er resolutely refused.

She understood Lian Zhi'er's concern.

"It's not that easy." Lian Man'er said. There's another crucial process in making wine, and she doesn't tell anyone. Zhang Qingshan: If they also want to brew, they will tell her. At that time, it was not too late for her to tell them about this crucial procedure. But if anyone wants to steal the master and then brew it secretly, she will not be responsible for the result.

The whole family was tired, and after a few words, they all fell asleep.

slept until midnight, and Lian Man'er suddenly woke up.

"There's movement outside."

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