Xia Ji thought about how to distill the liquor for a while, and she asked the captain of the guard, Guan Ping, to find someone to make a thicker curved copper pipe in the copper shop in Zhuye, and then asked him to carry a few jars of turbid liquor to the kitchen.

After the copper pipe was ready, Xia Ji poured several jars of turbid wine into the cauldron, drilled a hole with a knife at the top of the hat-shaped lid, inserted the copper pipe into the hole, and sealed all around the lid, so that steam could only enter the copper pipe, and the other end of the copper pipe was connected to the jar, and the jar was also sealed.

After making these preparations, Natsuhime began to boil the wine, boiling until the water began to withdraw the fire, considering that the copper pipe is prone to rust, the first thing Natsuhime did after boiling the wine was to wipe the water inside the copper pipe with a thin stick tied to the front with a dry cloth, and keep it dry when not in use.

When the temperature in the jar was lowered, the seal was opened, and I saw that there was half a jar of liquid inside, and a burst of wine fragrance wafted out.

Xia Ji poured a small cup of liquid in the jar, only to see that the liquid did not have any dregs, crystal clear, fragrant wine, tasted a sip, Xia Ji said excitedly: "It's successful."

She called Jiang Wei, who was standing outside the kitchen, in and gave him a drink, Jiang Wei carefully tasted a small sip first, and said excitedly: "Mrs. Xia, you are too powerful, this wine should be drunk by the gods, right?"

"Okay, the name of this wine is fairy wine." Xia Ji was also very excited, and directly brought this half jar of wine to Uncle Xia Yu.

"My lord, I will give you a taste of the fairy wine I made." After Xia Ji saw Uncle Xia Yu, she poured him a small half cup.

Uncle Xia Yu took it and smelled it, the wine was fragrant, and there was no impurities, he drank it in one gulp, and was overjoyed: "Madam, is this really the wine you made?" It's really fairy wine, it's so delicious, how do you make it? ”

"Adults can like it, but as for how to do it, it's a secret." Xia Ji pursed her lips and said with a smile.

"Okay, well, I have to drink this wine every day, since Madame wants to keep it a secret, don't pass on this secret." Uncle Xia Yu said.

"I'm kidding you, how can I keep it a secret from you, it's distilled from the liquor you brought. But it's really a secret, I distilled this wine in the kitchen, and I didn't even see Jiang Wei. Since adults have to drink this sake every day, I will set up a special sake brewery in the courtyard and make it after the year. Natsuhime said.

"Yes, Madame has thought it through."

"Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, I will make wine again later, presumably it will be enough for tomorrow."

At dinner, the family banquet in Xia Mansion was officially held the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, because on Chinese New Year's Eve, Uncle Xia Yushu was going to attend the royal family banquet held by Chen Gonggong with Xia Ji.

The family banquet in Xia Mansion was held in two places, one table in the inner room, which was the in-laws of Lord Xia, Xia Ji and Lord Xia, including Lord Xia's younger brother Xia Yuzhi, sister-in-law An Yu and several of their children; There were four tables in the lobby, all the maids, guards, cooks, etc. who stayed in the Xia Mansion and did not go home, and Xia Ji also gave them half a tael of gold every day as a reward and condolence money.

Xia Yuzhi is also a military general, and he usually likes to drink like his brother, Xia Ji poured a glass of "fairy wine" for his brothers, Xia Yuzhi smelled a little novelty of this wine, and took a sip of it, and was greatly surprised.

"Big brother, what kind of wine is this? There is no impurity, but it is so fragrant and rich. ”

"This is fairy wine." Uncle Xia Yu said with a smile.

"Fairy wine? This wine is really a fairy wine, worthy of its name. Where did the eldest brother get this wine? Could it be a gift from the gods? ”

"Haha, it's really a gift from the gods. But the gods are not the wine that is given, but the one who makes it. ”

"I don't understand even more when you say this, could it be that the people of Xia Mansion made this wine?"

An Yu heard her husband praise the wine so much, and she also took a sip of the wine glass curiously, but was choked by the strong smell of wine.

"This wine should only be drunk lightly, not booze." Uncle Xia Yu said.

"Yes, it feels like this wine is many times stronger than the others, and it is so clear and transparent. Brother, could you please let me meet this master brewer? Xia Yuzhi said.

"You've seen it." Uncle Xia Yu said with a smile.

"You mean sister-in-law?" Xia Yuzhi said suspiciously.

"Yes, yes." Uncle Xia Yu nodded.

"My sister-in-law is really a god. The mother rice porridge hot pot that came to make us last time was so delicious that it was not good, and this time we drank this fairy-like wine. An Yu sighed.

"yes, I want to know how you did it, sister-in-law?" Xia Yuzhi was eager to know.

"Uncle likes this wine, I'll make some more for you in the next year. As for making this wine, it's a bit complicated, and I can't say it clearly for a while, and I hope my uncle won't mind. Natsuhime said that she didn't want to easily pass on the secret of processing, even if it was her inner relative, she didn't want to teach it. Because only you can keep this secret, once it is known by the second person, it won't be long before everyone will know it.

"Oh, okay. I'm so happy today, I guess Junshang Chen Gonggong has never drunk such a fine wine. Xia Yuzhi said.

"Of course, this is the Xia family wine, and you are also a member of the Xia family, don't worry, your brother will not be missing if he drinks it." It's just that this wine is complicated, so it can't be made in large quantities, and the quantity is limited, so outsiders can't drink it temporarily. Uncle Xia Yu said to his brother.

"Thank you, brother and sister-in-law." Xia Yuzhi said.

The adults only cared about chatting about wine, and Xia Yuzhi's children didn't stop eating Jiang Wei's stir-fry for a moment, and Uncle Xia Yuzhi hurriedly beckoned everyone to eat.

"Besides this wine, how can this dish be so delicious? Wouldn't this dish also be made by my sister-in-law? Xia Yuzhi took a bite of the meat and said.

"Haha, of course this dish is not made by your sister-in-law, how can she have time to cook?" Uncle Xia Yu said.

"But I've never eaten anything so good." Xia Yuzhi said.

"Uncle, you all love to eat, just come to my house often." Natsuhime said.

When the three children heard this, they cheered, and it seemed that they really loved to eat these dishes.

"I feel that in the past 20 days since my sister-in-law got married, my brother's family has changed a lot, the food has become delicious, and the wine has become a real wine. Every time we come there are unexpected surprises, and we look forward to what will happen next time. An Yu said.

"My brother and sister have been lifted, it's the New Year, and there are naturally more delicious things to eat and drink." Natsuhime said with a smile.

Several adults were talking, but they didn't think that the youngest son, Xia Yutai, who was only more than three years old, ate too quickly and choked on food, only to see him holding the sides of his neck with both hands, his eyes were wide open, his face was flushed, he got up from his seat and fell backwards.

The four adults stood up at the same time in shock, Xia Yuzhi quickly rushed over, hugged the child and patted him on the back, wanting the child to spit out the food in his throat, while the child's mother, An Yu, was so anxious that she cried.

But Xia Yuzhi's method obviously had no effect, and the child was still writhing in pain, and a whining sound came out of his throat.

Xia Ji walked over, stretched out her hands and said calmly to Xia Yuzhi: "Uncle, give me the child, let me come."

Xia Yuzhi half-convinced handed Xia Yutai to Xia Ji.

Xia Ji took Xia Yutai and immediately rescued the child according to the Heimlich maneuver learned in medical school.

At this time, Xia Ji's body was straight and undistracted, and the moment she took over the child, she seemed to have transformed into a professional medical staff, and her gentle and skillful techniques stunned Uncle Xia and his family.

I saw that she lay the child on the ground facing up, and she knelt on the side of her feet, and placed the middle fingers of both hands on the abdomen under the xiphoid process and above the umbilicus, gently and quickly pressing upward, and after repeating it a few times, the food squirted out of Xia Yutai's mouth.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.