Chapter Eighty-Three: High Purity Wine
Because he was idle all of a sudden, he had nothing to do, and his uncle, who was not good at words, was even more taciturn, except for occasionally chatting with Uncle Su, he basically guaranteed that he would not speak for a day at other times, Liu Fan knew that this was not a good sign, and he had to find something for his uncle to get busy, otherwise his body would be idle and there would be problems in his mind.
"Jin'er, Chenchen, don't be busy with your work, go with me to discuss something with my father, Lingling will call your sister over to you."
"Big brother, the snowman will be fine soon."
"Okay, what is good, this one you pile looks like a mound, I can't tell from there that this is a person you guys pile up, wait a minute, I'll pile it for you, and promise to give you the best snowman in Liangzhou right away."
The three of them were also worried about how to make a personal appearance, and after listening to Liu Fan's words, they immediately responded, "Okay." ”
"Dad, what are you doing here, sitting alone in this south wing, black and rumbling?"
"Ah, ah, nothing, there's nothing to do, just sit down."
"Dad, discuss something with you, I'll have to do something else after a while, but you know, I definitely can't take care of it, you have to help me."
"Fanzi, you know, in this place in Liangzhou, Dad can't ...... anything"
"Dad, it's not difficult at all, you will see it when the time comes, besides, it's not you who do it alone, and Jin'er will do it with you."
"Big brother, do it too? Can I do it? Jin'er asked incredulously.
"That's right, you're not too young, you have to learn to help your father do things together, and what's not to know if you have a big brother."
"Oh, that's great."
"Big brother, I'm going to do it too!"
"Your task now is to study hard, and you must learn fifty words every day, at least more than three thousand words, and then you will learn arithmetic with Lingling, and when you learn all this, the eldest brother will give you things to do."
"Big brother, what's the matter, can you tell me in advance?"
"It's not fun to say it in advance, it's a very interesting thing anyway, and Chenchen will definitely like it when the time comes."
"Okay." Although Chenchen looked regretful, he finally forcibly held back.
"Dad, tomorrow is the winter solstice, I made an appointment today with Vice President Qi, Brother Ma, Dawei and others to come to the house for a meal, I still have something to do at this time, Uncle Su and Dong Zi are going to the big school outside the city in the morning, it is estimated that they will be back at noon, and when the snow stops, you go out to buy some things, let Hui'er and Jin'er accompany you, and I will send two guards to go with you."
"Okay, what kind of guards to send, what's the matter with two guards."
"Dad, you know, under my planning, I just wiped out the bandits in Hongchiling, once there is a bandit who has slipped through the net, I can't think of ......."
"Oh......, that'll be fine."
"Big brother, aren't you going to the study hall today?"
"It's rare to snow today, the three of you should also take a rest, I'll go out and say to Ling Han and Ru'er in a while."
"In addition, remember to buy these dishes, and handed over a written list to Jin'er, don't buy the wine, the wine I brewed myself is estimated to be good."
After the family finished breakfast, the snow was already smaller, Liu Fan asked Dong Zi to help, first used snow to pad a base, and then Dong Zi and Dong Zi rolled out two snowballs, one large and one small, stacked on the base, filled a little in the joint, put on the stones, carrots, and a small branch found by the three little girls to make eyes, nose and mouth respectively, and then found two branches to insert on the left and right sides of the body to make hands, and then pressed a few small stones on the body to make buttons, and a vivid snowman immediately appeared in the yard, Several girls around the side immediately shouted in surprise, and even Dong Zi, who had been nagging about what it meant to do this, was stunned.
After Liu Fan went out, he first asked Ma Qiang to inform Ling Han that he had given the three little girls a day off today, she and Ru'er didn't have to be anxious, just come over when the snow stopped, and go to light the fire by themselves, yesterday the two had already said that they would strive to steam the wine out today.
The small courtyard after the snow is covered in silver, the walnut trees are like full of silver flowers, and like white pompoms, and the heavy snow dresses up the branches as beautiful as the corals on the bottom of the sea. The ground is covered with a thick snow blanket, and the whole courtyard seems to have become a fairy tale world full of poetry and picturesqueness, only the brick kiln that was just built two days ago stands abruptly in the courtyard.
Liu Fan immediately started to do it, and soon there were two snowmen in the yard, a man and a woman, but the woman's nose was replaced by a pine cone that was not easy to find, and a slightly upturned twig was used for her mouth, which looked like she was smiling, and a cute little girl made of snow appeared in the courtyard.
These few days, for Liu Fan and Ling Han, it is the best time in their lives. The two know each other, no words, no need to tell, a gentle look, an expression, can express the deep meaning in their hearts.
When she was alone together, the eyes of the little girl who fell in love for the first time were full of tenderness and sweetness, and Liu Fan, who was surrounded by the little girl's infatuation, was also extremely sweet in her heart, and just wanted to hold her in her hands and hold her in her mouth......
But women in ancient times were definitely not as enthusiastic and generous as later generations, and even elementary school students openly hugged and kissed on the street without taboo. Liu Fan inadvertently touched Ling Han's hand yesterday, and the little girl couldn't raise her head in shame, but this hazy feeling was even more unforgettable.
The sun like egg yolk penetrated the clouds and mist, and finally painted a touch of golden sunlight on the snow, and decorated this fairytale-like world with all colors, and with the newborn sun, the door of the small courtyard was gently pushed open from the outside, and Ling Han and Ru'er, who were wearing thick silk robes, saw the extra things in the small courtyard, and sure enough, like the three girls in the family, they immediately called out in surprise.
"Brother Liu, this is too beautiful, how did you make it?"
"Brother Liu, what are they called, do they have names?"
As the saying goes, men are rational and women are emotional, but this is a little girl's question, but it sounds so natural to Liu Fan and Ling Han that there is no trace of strangeness.
Ling Han carefully looked at the two snowmen, a man and a woman, took off his hat and silk scarf, and gently put them on for the woman.
blurted out, "They'll be called Prince Charming and Snow White." Although I know that I am also full of nonsense.
Ru'er immediately said, "Oh, Brother Liu, that's right, they should be princes and princesses." ”
At this time, Ling Han said softly, "Brother Liu, is there any way for them to preserve it for a long time?" ”
Liu Fan shook his head and said, "There is no way, the snow will melt as soon as the weather is hot, that is, if the weather is cold and can't melt in time, the dust will blow up after a few days, and it won't look good." ”
Then he said slowly, "The beautiful things in this world are often difficult to preserve, there is a magical flower called 'beauty under the moon', called Qionghua, also called epiphany, it is said to be the most beautiful flower in the world, whenever it blooms in the starry sky and in the dead of night, the posture is beautiful, pure and fragrant, but it only opens for an hour and immediately closes and withers, and the world does not say that it is not to be able to get it even if you look at it." ”
"Brother Liu, have you ever seen this kind of flower?"
"Yes, I also occasionally read about this flower in a book."
Liu Fan temporarily ordered the pottery clamp jar for distillation a few days ago, the pottery workshop has been sent over, because he has been busy recently, he didn't care about explaining the principle of distillation to Ling Han, at this time, while placing the clamp jar on the pot, let Ma Qiang make a fire to steam and cook the fermented barley liquor, while slowly explaining the principle of distillation to Ling Han against the utensils.
Due to the unskilled operation, several people have been busy from the morning to noon to complete the distillation of all the fermented fermented grains, not to mention the south wing, but the entire small courtyard is filled with a smell of wine.
When the wine was just out, Liu Fan took half a bowl and wanted to taste the taste concentration of the wine, because he knew that the degree of the first wine was very high, Liu Fan only took a sip, and a long-lost spicy taste mixed with fragrance slowly came down from his throat, just put down the bowl, but forgot that there was a foodie next to him, and Ma Ma, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and pour it down, Liu Fan wanted to stop it but it was too late, so he had to shake his head helplessly.