Chapter 24 Winemaking

Well, who is that, did Huahua offer it today? Don't have a collection? Smash the tickets, it's the end of the month, why do you keep it? Be sharp, hurry up.

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Since that day and Li Ke discussed, more than ten days have passed in a flash, Wang Ke except for one day in the middle of the way because he heard that Li Ke had a sudden illness after drinking, he visited Li Ke and sat at Li Ke's place for a day, and the rest of the time he took Dongyue to go out early and return late every day, and stayed in his own village outside the city every day for a day, and when Mrs. Wang asked him what he was doing every day, he also put on a mysterious look, and strictly ordered Dongyue not to tell anyone what he was doing.

In the early morning of this day, Mrs. Wang arranged the affairs of the house, remembering that Wang Ke had taken Dongyue to Zhuangshang in the morning, she couldn't help but be driven by curiosity, asked someone to get in the car, and also went to Zhuangzi.

When I entered the village, I saw that the people in the village were busy, running back and forth between the firewood house in the front yard and the backyard. The people who came out of the backyard read that they went straight to the firewood house empty-handed, and those who wanted to go to the backyard must have a bundle of firewood in their hands.

Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, she came directly to the backyard, and as soon as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she smelled a strange smell coming to her face, and was about to quit, but she saw Dongyue rushing out of a side room, panting heavily, and it could be seen that she was also suffocated in the house.

Mrs. Wang beckoned to Dongyue and asked, "Where is the young master?" Where is the young master? Why does a backyard smell so bad? ”

Dongyue was really startled when she saw Mrs. Wang coming, and pointed to the side room and said timidly: "The young master is inside, directing the winemaking." ”

"Winemaking? This Ke'er is messing around like this all day. Mrs. Wang shook her head lovingly, and endured the unpleasant smell and walked into the side room.

Dongyue stuck out her tongue and obediently followed behind, not daring to make a sound.

I saw that a few people in the room were in full swing, and Wang Ke was scurrying around in front of two sets of equipment that had been built at some point, one would greet this, the other would greet that, and he was very busy.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but step forward and asked, "Ke'er, what are you doing?" Do we have more than just a brewery? How do you come up with another one here? ”

Wang Ke turned around and saw that his mother was coming, so he hurriedly saluted and said, "Mother, why are you here?" The way the child makes wine is different from my family's previous wine, and the child makes distilled liquor, which is much stronger than the previous family wine. After many days of experiments, the child has been able to produce wine, but he feels that the alcohol is not high, and wants to increase it more. ”

"Degrees? What is it, Ke'er told her mother. Mrs. Wang asked puzzled.

Wang Ke said patiently: "Wine is made by mixing alcohol and water, and the ratio of alcohol to water, that is, the proportion of alcohol in the whole wine, we call it the degree of wine, and the higher the degree of wine, the stronger the wine." In the past, the degree of wine brewed was too low, according to the degree of about 10 degrees, the lowest wine I made this method can reach more than 30 degrees, a few days ago we brewed about 50 degrees, the child wants to improve a little more, now is trying, a while will be out of wine, come out to know. ”

Wang Ke said a lot, thinking that he had spoken it in a simple and understandable way, but who knew that after Mrs. Wang heard it, except for the last sentence, all the previous ones were all understood or not.

Mrs. Wang frowned and asked, "What is alcohol?" ”

Wang Ke realized that he had spoken for a long time and said a new term, so he had to explain again: "Jing refers to the essence, here it refers to pure wine, that is, it refers to alcohol without a little water." ”

In this way, Mrs. Wang understood a little, nodded and did not ask again.

Maybe it's because I've been in for a long time and I'm used to the smell in the house, Mrs. Wang no longer feels that the smell is as bad as just now, but she just feels that the moisture in the room makes it a little difficult for her to breathe, but there is no problem when she sees so many people inside, and she is also very curious to see the process of making wine, not only did she not think about going out, but she and Wang Ke stayed at the place where the wine came out and waited for the wine to flow out.

After waiting for a while, he saw that there were droplets of water that began to drip downward, Wang Ke hurriedly picked up a small jar and caught it, and slowly, the water droplets converged into a somewhat turbid trickle. Wang Ke did not remove the small jar until it was as clear as water, and let the liquor flow into a large vat that had been placed on the ground beforehand to hold the wine.

Dongyue followed Wang Ke here every day, and already knew what was going on, seeing that Mrs. Wang was about to open her mouth to ask, she knew what she wanted to ask, and hurriedly said: "Madam, the young master took away just now is called the wine head, and the young master said that the wine head is stronger than ordinary wine, and it is useful for him to save it alone." ”

Mrs. Wang also wanted to ask this, but now seeing that Dongyue was so clever, she didn't speak, just smiled and nodded to her.

Wang Ke put down the small jar, picked up a small cup from behind him, scooped up half a glass of wine from the large jar, tasted it shallowly, and tasted it for a while before shouting at the new housekeeper after Uncle Zhang left: "Uncle Wang, come and taste it, I think it's sixty degrees." ”

Uncle Wang happily ran over, took the wine glass handed over by Wang Ke, drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, grinned and scooped up half a glass of wine from a vat full of wine next to him and drank it again, then nodded and said: "There should be, today's wine is obviously much stronger than what I made a few days ago, and I can compare and drink it." ”

Wang Ke saw that Uncle Wang was so sure, clapped his hands and said, "It's done, that's it." Uncle Wang, you have memorized the process and equipment practices, and transformed the winery in our village into what we are now, and our family's wine will be this kind of liquor in the future. ”

Seeing that Wang Ke had no intention of continuing, Uncle Wang hesitated for a moment and then opened his mouth to ask, "Young Master, can't you improve it a little more?" ”

Wang Ke smiled and said: "There's no need, if the degree is higher, it will hurt people's bodies if they drink it." Sixty degrees of wine is high enough for people, if you really want to increase the degree, the current wine can be distilled once or twice can also be increased a little, but it can't be improved much, at most it is about ten degrees, there is no need, after all, the conditions of the equipment we make are not up to the requirements, so be it. ”

Uncle Wang had nothing to say when he saw Wang Ke say this, and commanded his subordinates to start the aftermath work.

Wang Ke helped Mrs. Wang out of the room, and Mrs. Wang asked curiously, "Ke'er, are you sure that the degree is the method of tasting wine?" ”

Wang Ke replied with a wry smile: "Yes, I didn't expect to make wine when I came back, so I didn't bring a meter to measure the alcohol content, and now I can only use the method of tasting wine to determine it." Fortunately, when the child was in the Far West, he often drank various degrees of alcohol, and he still had a sense of alcohol content, so he could determine how many degrees he had reached. ”

Mrs. Wang asked, "Why did Ke'er think of making wine at this time?" ”

"Didn't the boy come back with a few bottles of wine when he first came back? Dad drank it all, and seeing that his father's birthday was approaching, the child wanted to make some wine and wait for his father's birthday to drink, and it happened that this year's grain was also harvested, and the child moved the idea of making wine, and he really got it out. When I go back tonight, bring some back and let my dad try it. Wang Ke replied.

When Mrs. Wang saw Wang Ke say this, she patted Wang Ke's hand with her hand, and said with a look of relief: "Ke'er has really grown up, and she knows filial piety." ”