Chapter 205

Li Zhengyuan stayed in Lijiatun for two days, and only returned to the town after making sure that Liang Zhong and his party had left Yuezhen. After this walk, it was more than ten days later to return to Lijiatun again. On the third day after Li Zhengyuan returned to the town, he asked the young man who worked in the Li Ji grocery store to send the young Aunt Zheng, who had been transformed, back to Li's house, and also brought back a set of so-called distillation equipment that Li Junran wanted.

The so-called distillation device for this pure clay pot firing is much more exquisite than imagined, and Li Junran originally thought that he would steal the beams and change the pillars and quietly replace them with those produced by the manor. After trying it out a little, I found that the effect was good and it could save an expense, which made Li Junran very happy. Li Junran didn't know that the device she used had actually been manipulated by a demonic man. Otherwise, according to the craftsmanship of those craftsmen in Yuezhen, it would be impossible for the finished products fired to meet Li Junran's minimum requirements. Not to mention, just the sealing treatment is not enough.

Li Junran didn't even know that if she hadn't easily knocked down a certain demon man in the alley near Li Ji's grocery store, a certain demon man would not have remembered that he had seen her as a stupid girl in Bailu Academy not long ago. It's just that the stupid girl I saw before still has a dull expression on her face, and no one can imagine that such a stupid little girl will burst out with amazing combat effectiveness. In fact, what surprised a certain demon man the most was the gourd wine in Li Junran's hand. Although the wine that Li Junran asked Li Zhengyuan to give to that Master Qin was not as good as the gourd he first found in the alley, it was enough to arouse the interest of a boring demon man.

Now, Li Junran asked Li Zhengyuan to find the kiln masters around Yue Town to help burn a strange set of wine-making equipment. After a certain demon man found out, he not only made a handful, but also asked people to fire an extra set by the way, and threw it to the master who is good at brewing wine in the house to try it. Not to mention, the final puree wine is indeed more mellow than before.

Because of this incident, a certain demon man found Li Junran more and more interesting, but he was also very busy on weekdays, and it was impossible to keep an eye on it all the time, so he ordered Master Qin, who was still in Yuezhen and had not left, to secretly open the door of convenience as appropriate. Master Qin, as a demon who arranged it under the right-hand man of Yue Town, how could there be any reason that he did not dare to follow the master's orders. What's more, Master Qin has been by his master's side for so many years, and he has never seen his master interested in the opposite sex. Although Li Junran is still just a yellow-haired little girl at this time. But in a few years, I will grow up. Because of this beautiful misunderstanding, Li Junran grew up rapidly in Yuezhen. When a certain demon man came back to his senses, the change was so great that a certain demon man was also taken aback.

Of course, at this time, Li Junran is still working how to earn the first pot of gold with relatives and friends.

To say that Li Junran successfully got out of slavery and left Cheng Mansion. It can really be described as purple from the east. When luck comes, you can't stop it. Don't talk about it. The little Pan family, who has been renamed Aunt Xiao Zheng, can be regarded as having picked up a treasure. Although Aunt Xiao Zheng said that because she didn't walk around much in front of people before, her knowledge of things was a little shorter. In addition, she has no scheming brains and is easy to trust people, but it cannot be denied that Aunt Zheng is a diligent person who is very good at housework, and in addition, farming, serving the vegetable garden, and feeding poultry are not a problem. What surprised Li Junran the most was that Aunt Xiao Zheng could still make wine, and the wine she brewed was not the low-alcohol rice wine that the Zhuang family brewed and drank at home.

Listening to the meaning of Aunt Xiao Zheng, this wine is still the ancestral brewing technique of the old Pan family. The ancestor of the old man Pan who had already braided his hair was still a good winemaker, and he was afraid that it had a history of hundreds of years in the hands of the old man Pan. Although Pan Dong is not the biological son of Old Man Pan, as the only son of Old Man Pan, Old Man Pan has also considered passing on this winemaking craft to Pan Dong, so that it can be passed on from generation to generation. Who would have thought that Pan Dong, who was not very bright-minded, would rely on his identity, and he would not look down on Old Man Pan's winemaking skills at all.

After Aunt Xiao Zheng married into the Pan family, she was the one who helped when Old Man Pan brewed the sorghum rice wine in his spare time every year. In fact, this kind of ancestral skill is passed on to children but not to daughters most of the time, and it is passed on inside but not outside, so it stands to reason that Aunt Xiao Zheng is not qualified to learn. But after Aunt Xiao Zheng helped on the side many times, especially when Old Man Pan passed on this ancestral wine-making skill to Pan Dong, whenever Pan Dong was tired and lazy, it was Aunt Xiao Zheng who made a contribution. Especially in recent years, Old Man Pan's body is getting worse day by day, and the number of times Pan Dong needs to do it is increasing. After coming and going, it is not surprising that Aunt Zheng succeeded in stealing from Old Man Pan.

To put it mildly, what is expected is just a matter of time or time.

Besides, the specific steps of making wine in the Apocalypse Dynasty are actually not that complicated, and they are only a few steps. The first step is to steam the sorghum rice or glutinous rice through water; Step 2: Stir the prepared koji into it while it is hot. The third step is to cool it and put it in a wine jar, seal it and keep it in a cool place like a cellar; Step 4: Wait patiently for a period of time for the koji to fully ferment, then take it out, mix it with a certain percentage of water, and then burn it over high heat to distill. The quality of the first puree is the best, and the worse the quality is.

If you want the sake to be of good quality, look at the fermentation and the heat of firing and distillation. The key to the former is koji, and the latter is experience.

Li Junran has the high-quality rice needed for winemaking, and the high-quality koji processed by the manor, and even the hot spring water is a good water, and the most important thing is the automatic wine-making equipment, if you want to brew the top good wine, it is a matter of minutes. The only regret may be that I can't take it out in the open.

Now that she knows that Aunt Xiao Zheng can make wine, Li Junran is really a little excited, and even thinks about whether to take this opportunity to brew a few jars of wine in a bright way, the quality does not need to be too good, just the mid-range wine, and then use it to coax the elders of the seventh uncle to be happy.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was feasible, Li Junran really took advantage of his heat to brew several jars of wine. Because he was afraid that the taste would not be good, Li Junran, who was laughed at by the elders of the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, not only replaced the koji with the high-quality koji processed by his own manor, but even secretly replaced half of the manor's hot spring water. In the end, although the amount of the finished product was less than half of what Aunt Xiao Zheng estimated, and the degree was not as high as Li Junran expected, it was only twelve or thirteen degrees at most. But the quality is not much inferior to that produced by the estate, and it also deserves the word "good wine".

In fact, the most stumbling thing is the repurification of those low-grade and inferior wines. Li Junran used the so-called wine-making equipment that she had drawn by herself, which was really strange compared to the common ones in the Apocalypse Dynasty, and purified (tossed) the two jars of inferior wine and the small jar of mid-range wine that she had brought from Li Zhengyuan.

In the end, the two jars added up to forty catties of low-grade inferior wine, so Li Junran tossed out three catties of mid-range wine, and as for the five-pound mid-range wine in the small jar, there were less than four taels left. Although there is only a small amount left, it is said that it has become a spirit. The third grandfather, who had a sharper nose than that, took advantage of the gap between the seventh uncle and the ancestor who had not yet come back to their senses, and got off the black hand early and moved back to his own house.

For this reason, the seven uncles and ancestors knew about it. Blowing his beard and glaring, he grabbed the third grandfather for a long time. In the end, seeing that there was little hope, he turned his attention back to Li Junran, the little girl. Li Junran spread her hands and shook her head in embarrassment, saying that she couldn't do anything at the moment. It's not a big problem to let her purify some spirits with a relatively high alcohol content, anyway, in addition to Aunt Xiao Zheng, there is also her own Baozi father, a coolie. At most, she secretly added a little bit of the manor's koji mix to the small jar of mid-range wine. The problem is that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. Without raw materials, is it difficult to let her smuggle the good wine produced in the manor?

To say that the Seventh Uncle Ancestor is the most single. Relying on his eldest and highest seniority. often rely on the old and sell the old. This time, after knowing that Li Junran's previous wine was all from his little grandson, he immediately sent three "home orders" to Li Zhengyuan in the town, and Li Zhengyuan, who was so frightened that he was so busy that he thought something had happened to his ancestor. hurriedly ran back to Lijiatun from Yuezhen, for fear that he would be too late to come back and would not be able to see the last of his seventh uncle.

When Li Zhengyuan rushed home panting and figured out the cause and effect of the incident, Rao was Li Zhengyuan, who understood that the responsibility for this matter was not on Li Junran, couldn't help pinching Li Junran's chubby little cheeks. Of course, Li Zhengyuan didn't dare to really work hard, even if Li Junran wouldn't really cry. Just leaving a little red mark on the delicate little face of his little niece is enough to make his old child-like old man yell at him.

On this day, Li Junran, who had slightly subsided in the popularity of winemaking, suddenly felt that there was nothing to do.

It's no wonder that Li Junran feels bored. Farmers need to be busy all year round that are specific time periods, such as spring planting and autumn harvest. That's really busy, because it's all counting on God to eat. For example, when the harvest in the field is harvested in autumn, it can be said that the whole family is mobilized, busy in the field day and night, for fear that God will not be happy to come to a heavy rain and flood the rice that has finally matured in the field. When the time comes, don't say that you can't pay taxes, I'm afraid that you will have to tighten your belt and be hungry all year long.

Aside from the busy time of farming, the rest of the days are daily field care. And such field care is also omitted in the winter, when everything is depressed. Although Yuezhen is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also very cold in winter, and it is still cold to the bones. It was a cold day, and the children who were originally running around the mountains and wilderness also let the elders of the family who were afraid that their babies would be blown frostbite by the cold wind outside.

Li Junran can be regarded as understanding why Cuihua was so interested after knowing that she was planning to make wine a few days ago, and her feelings were that she had been detained at home by Aunt Mihua for too long, and she was bored. Li Junran counted the days with his fingers, and felt that this day was too difficult. Li Zhengyuan, an uncle who is a few years older than himself, has slipped back to Yuezhen for seven or eight days, and he can't help but be happy. As for the younger brother Li Junyang being locked up in the academy, at least he has to drink Laba porridge before he can come back. (Li Zhengyuan, who was busy at the Li Ji grocery store in Yue Town, said he was innocent.) )

"Hey, it's boring. I don't know that the wine, Master Qin was full of dissatisfaction after receiving the wine......" Li Junran sighed and put down the purse in his hand that was only embroidered with a few stitches. Embroidery or something really doesn't work for her.

"Liu'er, weren't you quite energetic two days ago, what's wrong with today? It's like a chick from the third uncle's family, so coy? As soon as Cuihua entered the door, she saw Li Junran yawning.

Cuihua's compatriot eldest sister Mi Hua reached the age of the marriage, so she was detained in the house by Aunt Mi Hua half a year ago, and while helping with housework, she slowly began to prepare embroidered wedding dresses. This detention doesn't matter, but it has caused Cuihua, a little girl who is not quiet for a moment, to be unlucky. Cuihua, who has a deep sisterhood, couldn't bear to see her sister Mihua being detained in the room alone, so she had to aggrieved herself to stay with an embroidered purse and tie rope or something.

Whether it is embroidering a purse or tying a rope, for Cuihua, it is no less than letting her eat the most hated sweet garlic. Just when Cuihua felt too stuffy and boring, Li Junran (Xiao Qiliu), the little cousin who had become a second-room family, finally returned. This news is undoubtedly great news for Cuihua. In addition to being happy that his little cousin can successfully get rid of slavery and regain her freedom, she is also happy that she has a good playmate of the same age.

When Xiao Qiliu's steamed bun father had not passed to the second room and was still oppressed in the fourth room, Cuihua's father Li Zhengji had a good relationship with the steamed bun father. It's just that because of the other people in the fourth room, they don't dare to move around blatantly. After that, Xiao Qiliu's family was divided into four rooms of the Li family, and the two families came and went with each other more frequently. Although most of Li Jiatun are relatives of the Li family, there are only a few descendants of the Li family who are the same age as Cuihua, and most of them are boys. Cuihua would rather run around the mountains with those cousins than suffer the idleness of the five pears of the second uncle's family in the fourth room.

So since Li Junran returned to Lijiatun and came to the door with a thank you gift, Cuihua came to the second room of the Li family early, and said that she would look at the new embroidery pattern for her sister Mihua. But anyone who understands Cuihua's character knows how much Cuihua hates embroidery, that is, the tasseled rope can barely make this little girl quiet for a while.

Li Junran was not really an eight-year-old girl, and she didn't hate Cuihua, the little cousin of the fifth grandfather's family. So after receiving the barely usable set of brewing equipment sent by Li Zhengyuan, he didn't mind taking Cuihua to do the test together.

But after a few days of busy work, not only did he finish testing the three jars of wine that came from Li Ji's grocery store, but also brewed an additional jar of so-called Panjia wine, except for letting Cuihua come to the second room more often, there was no other follow-up.

"Sister Cuihua, let's make something delicious." Li Junran thought of the idea that had come up with a flash of inspiration at the Seventh Uncle Ancestor on the first day of returning to Lijiatun.

"What's delicious?" (To be continued......)