Chapter 405: The Heavenly Cauldron is in hand

Seeing this, the five people couldn't help but be shocked by this big deal, it is not easy to fire such a large set of things, let alone four sets? It's amazing.

Since they believed that these four sets of things were the utensils for brewing chrysanthemum wine, they were also afraid of long nights and dreams, so these people mustered up all their strength and began to lift these things out in a group of two. Fortunately, these things are all pottery, not heavy, if they are hewn from a solid stone, they will not be able to lift them again.

After a few laps, all four sets of equipment were carried to the grass in front of the waterfall. Then the group turned around and went back to the cave, trying to find it again to see if they could find chrysanthemum wine.

The last few people found the two cellars, but it is unknown whether the cellar was too long or damaged, and there was no liquor in the cellars, only a black layer of decay attached to the bottom. Only then did the five of them die and got out of the cave together.

Just now, a few people could carry out four sets of utensils in one go, but it would be embarrassing to carry these big guys over Sun Island to the beach, so Zhou Yu and his brothers stripped off and ran all the way to the south of Sun Island and rowed the raft.

Because the raft is equipped with long wooden planks, a complete set of equipment can be transported at one time, and two people can squat on it to paddle water, so Liu Qingshan watched here, and the remaining four people still rowed the raft around Sun Island in a group of two to the Phoenix Mountain.

It took more than two hours for the four of them to complete two laps, and they were already tired and had a dry mouth. So Zhou Yu returned to the peach grove in front of the wooden house, picked some big peaches, and carried them to the shore with a net.

After eating two peaches, the four felt that their strength had recovered a lot, and they rowed a raft to the beach of Sun Island.

Liu Qingshan was already waiting here at this time, and Zhou Yu threw him a big peach. Chef Liu was also thirsty and hungry, so he ate the peaches in three times and divided five by two. After that, they also got on the raft, and the last five people rowed the raft to the bottom of the cliff where Lao Cao fell into the water last time.

"Uncle, father, third uncle. The water here is so deep that you tug at the ends of the nets, and Huzi and I dragged the nets down, and when we put the jar in the net, we came up, and then we dragged the jar back on a raft. Zhou Yu said.

The three elders nodded, this is not the time to be reckless, in the end it is a person about fifty years old, and this physical function really can't be compared with the two children. So he told them again, telling them not to swim up quickly if they couldn't breathe.

The little brother nodded yes. After taking a hard breath, a fierce man plunged into the lake.

After less than three minutes, the three people on the raft saw the water surge, and then Zhou Hu arched out, and then opened his big mouth and gasped.

Zhou Dingguo hurriedly asked: "What's the situation under the three donkeys, what about your second brother?" ”

"I'll go~, second uncle, my second dog brother is simply not human. Good fellow, as soon as I got into the water, I didn't seem to need to pant to pick up two jars and put them in the fishing nets, and I only loaded three people into seven or eight. I didn't feel enough gas and swam up, and the guy was still busy underwater. ”

"Three donkeys, take a breath and go down again, don't do anything wrong with your second dog brother." Zhou Dingbang was also anxious. Urging his son.

"Alas, I haven't breathed well yet, my second dog brother, you can rest assured. Last time, the two jars of wine came out of the bottom of the lake with their arms, and in short, this guy's in the water is similar to a fish. I think you're still worried about me, why do I feel that my lungs are flattened by water? ”

"Fuck off. The lungs are originally flat, you have the kung fu to talk nonsense, so you might as well hurry down and help your second dog brother get a few more jars of chrysanthemum wine. ”

Hearing his father talk about chrysanthemum wine, Zhou Hu's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Dad, my father, do you know how many jars there are under the road?" It's so dense and endless. ”

As soon as this guy finished speaking, he was pressed down on his head by Zhou Dingbang, who couldn't bear it anymore, urging him to hurry down.

After another three or two minutes, Zhou Yu finally swam up, didn't say a word, took a breath, and then sank down and continued to fish the jar.

After more than ten minutes, Zhou Yu and his brothers finally finished a wave and got on the raft, so the five of them desperately paddled towards Phoenix Mountain.

Finally, it was almost to the shore, and the jar in the underwater fishing net was estimated to have hit the ground, and the raft was particularly difficult to row, so everyone went into the water and began to hug the jar to the shore.

One, two......

Ten minutes later, more than 50 large jars stained with mud and limescale were placed on the shore. Liu Qingshan and Zhou Dingbang were not too embarrassed, and directly wiped two of them with wet clothes, revealing the blue and blue flowers on a white background, which were exactly the same as the two wine jars containing chrysanthemum wine last time.

"Ergouzi, is there anything underwater over there?" Liu Qingshan rubbed his hands and asked excitedly.

"Of course there is, anyway, why don't we go out in person? Right, Huzi? Zhou Yu quipped.

"Of course, Brother Ergou and I are invincible in the world, even if there is no Sea Dragon King, we have to turn a hundred and eighty jars out now." Zhou Hu simply climbed up the pole and blew it directly.

"Oh, how many more can there be?" Zhou Dingbang's eyes were red, and he asked next.

"It's not a lot, it's estimated that it's only one hundred and eighty jars." Zhou Yu replied.

The three elders were shocked in their hearts, and there are still one hundred and eighty altars? Wouldn't there be a hundred or dozens of jars of more than 2,000 catties of chrysanthemum wine?

Thinking of this, the three of them were overjoyed, so they became Nan Batian, and they hurriedly went back to Sun Island to fish for the jar.

This work lasted for more than two hours, during which Zhou Hu was so tired that he simply lay on the raft and couldn't get down, and he kept muttering that the three elders were too dark, this is to drink and not to have children, how can he be such an old man?

Zhou Yu was even more miserable, how could Zhou Hu say that he could still pretend to be dead and rest on the raft for a while, but now the three elders all knew that this kid had a good water nature and a long pulse, and he almost never let him rest in line with the principle of working harder than he could. There was no way, Zhou Yu had to play with his life.

When Zhou Yu swam up after putting the last jar in the fishing net, Liu Qingshan asked with concern: "Xiaoyu, is this time the fishing finished?" ”

"Hmm. There should be no more below, oops, I'm so tired. ”

"How can a stupid boy talk like that? This chrysanthemum wine is a treasure. How can you say that there should be no more? That means you haven't looked for it yet. Well, take a breath and come down later. At this time, it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of an altar. ”

Zhou Yu rolled his eyes and really wanted to bite this unobtrusive uncle, so he smiled bitterly: "Uncle, I'm so tired that I'm about to vomit blood, you can just let me go." ”

"Get out, I'll let you go, who will give me chrysanthemum wine to drink? Hurry up, you go down and take a look, I'll let you sleep for three days after you go back, I'll take care of all the work on the mountain, do you think it's okay? ”

Zhou Yu weighed the gains and losses. felt that this deal was still very beneficial to him, so he turned over and plunged into the water.

Not to mention, ginger is old and spicy, and a few minutes later, Zhou Yu really found another jar of chrysanthemum wine, and made the three elders laugh happily.

It wasn't until more than two o'clock in the afternoon that these big jars were brought to the side of Phoenix Mountain, and at this time the shore was already full of big jars, and Zhou Dingbang counted them, a total of one hundred and eighty-eight altars. There are dozens of more altars than expected, but the five people are happy.

Now everyone was tired and thirsty, and they really did not have the strength to carry these things back, so they agreed to carry them away tomorrow. No one came here anyway. There are no large beasts, and then I will get the Huahua family to come over for a vigil at night, so as to be sure.

With a decision, the group walked towards the pond with their limp legs. Unexpectedly, I met Taigong, Wang Yunhai, Wang Guilan and the third aunt on the way.

It turned out that the two families couldn't help but be a little anxious when they saw that they had not come back after noon, so the two old men came in a hurry with their concubines.

When I got to the mountain, I saw that there was no one in the wooden house in front of the pond. So the four of them walked towards Moon Lake, and finally met five people who were wet on the way.

"Dingguo, Qingshan. Why did it take so long to come back? By the way, did you find that drinking utensils or something? The old lady also relaxed when she saw that the five of them were fine, so she hurriedly asked the question she was worried about.

"Master, a bumper harvest, guess what we've got?" Zhou Dingguo was in a good mood, and his words were full of joy.

"Oh, so you're catching the big guys? We can't guess, if this thing is wrong, wouldn't it kill people? Tell us about it. Taigong said with a smile.

"Come on, what are you talking about, Taigong, the thing is on the shore, let's take you over to see it all?" Zhou Hu interjected.

"You've already got it? Oh, what are you still doing standing, let's go, let's take a look. ”

After Taigong finished speaking, he walked forward impatiently, and Zhou Dingguo and the five people also turned around and walked back.

When everyone came to the shore and saw the countless large jars and some tall pottery utensils on the ground, Taigong and Wang Yunhai really laughed for a while, but they didn't think that this time they would really catch the big one.

Wang Yunhai didn't look at the jars, but walked a few steps to the sets of pottery utensils and touched and looked at them, looking very excited.

Zhou Yu came to his grandfather's side at this time and described the situation in the cauldron above to him in detail, Wang Yunhai nodded happily while listening.

"Grandpa, are these things the guy in the secret recipe said to make wine?" After the introduction, Zhou Yu asked again.

"Xiaoyu, I made wine with your grandfather when I was a child, plus I am a good wine, and I have studied a lot of information on the winemaking of the older generation, I dare to conclude that these four sets of things are the utensils for brewing chrysanthemum wine. And these four big guys are not simple, if you use them well, they are much more valuable than the chrysanthemum wine you find. Wang Yunhai said excitedly.

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and the old lady asked in a trembling voice: "Yunhai, can you see it, these things are really right?" ”

Brushing his beard with one hand, Wang Yunhai nodded affirmatively, "Uncle, the designation is correct." Similar utensils were often used in the more advanced wineries of the Qing Dynasty, and this kind of pottery was the best one, and some were made of iron and copper, but the quality of the wine made from these two was too low. I remember when I was a kid, I had a sake brewery at home, and the sake brewers were similar to this, but they didn't have any high-end ones.

You see, in the Qing Dynasty, the cylinder under this set of things was called the pedestal, and the large vat on top of it was called the heavenly cauldron. The pedestal is easy to get, but it is even more difficult to get such a set of pottery cauldrons.

The heavenly pot is divided into two layers, the lower part is the wine mother, that is, the raw material for fermentation, and the top is the cooling pipe used to hold cold water, and the firewood is burned vigorously in the pedestal, and the wine mother is cooked, and the gas containing alcohol is cooled by the cold water above, condensed into a liquid and flows out of the pipe, and is stored in the wine cellar after the last one.

The person who invented and created this set of chrysanthemum wine was not simple! I just looked at it, and these four sets of pedestals and cauldrons are well preserved, and they can be used after a little rest.

Dingguo, Dingbang, these sets of things have to be kept, this is a huge wealth left to us by our ancestors, and it is too difficult to find two sets now. ”

Zhou Dingguo's brothers nodded solemnly, these sets of things are the foundation of the prosperity of the old Zhou family, and they have to take care of everything, and there is no room for sloppiness. (To be continued......)