Half a month later, when the first drop of wine was condensed from the chute inside the rice retort, ticked and dripped into the wine vat, the crowd of people who were nervously waiting here immediately broke out into a burst of earth-shattering cheers.

"Thanks to the old immortals, thanks to the ancestors of the true family, we are finally saved." It's really trouble-free, holding the wine jar and crying with joy.

Xiaoshuang, who was controlling the fire on the side, was not so excited, in the past half a month, he had to worry a lot, and he had to make wine-making utensils and ferment sorghum. It's not that there is no other food, but it is indeed reluctant. He also had to demonstrate and guide a group of people led by his brother to make adobe bricks, made bricks for a few days, was so tired that he went home every night and fell asleep, and went downstairs this morning to find that the sorghum had been fermented, and then began to make wine.

When the wine vat had already dripped a small half of the vat, Xiaoshuang followed his uncle's method, using a bamboo tube hanger to mix the wine in proportion. After stirring well, I took a sip of the sake that was hung up with the hanger.

"Wow! Refreshing! That's the smell. "It is estimated that the sutra is around 42 degrees. Although there is no thermometer to measure here, you can't go wrong with the tried and tested taste of Xiaoshuang.

This was the last liquor he drank before coming here, so he still remembers it vividly.

"Come on, come on, taste a little bit by yourself, and see how this immortal brew tastes."

Xiaoshuang carried a wine hanger and filled a full cup to everyone who had been waiting in the room with a cup for a long time.

"Well, that's what it tastes like." His father sighed after tasting it.

"Spicy, spicy, spicy, my throat is a little unbearable."

Zhenyoucai drank a little anxiously, choking his nose and tears all of a sudden, and he looked extremely uncomfortable.

"It's a little spicy, and it's a little hard to get down." Said several other tasters.

"But this wine is strong! After this cup, I felt that my whole body was warm, and the amount of drinking a jar was worthy of immortal wine, I like it. A red-nosed man in the house expressed his different opinion.

Now the wine drinkers in the house are divided into two factions, obviously the people who support low-alcohol wine have the advantage, and the only people who support high-alcohol wine are Xiaoshuang and the red-nosed old man.

It's like Westerners like to drink red wine and don't like to drink white wine. Oriental people like to drink white wine, just like red wine. Taste determines the market, the market determines the sales, Xiaoshuang is equal to doing a market research on the spot, and immediately began to blend again.

First, the degree of sorghum wine was lowered, and then the remaining jar of half-fruit wine in the village was mixed into 20 bowls of wine one by one according to a certain proportion, so that the people in the house could taste and express their opinions one by one. In the end, according to the approval of most people, the bowl of wine with the best taste was set in proportion and ready to be produced in batches.

Xiaoshuang was a little curious about what the bowl of wine tasted like, so he took a sip of the bowl and found that it was a bit like the taste of a fruity alcoholic drink he had drunk in his previous life. How can this be called wine, he can't drink it himself. I thought about following the original method and leaving a little more for myself.

The next evening, Xiaoshuang was digging in the vegetable field in the back mountain, preparing to sow some vegetable seeds, and Xiaosan was working hard next to him.

"Xiaoshuang, I've been feeling weak lately, I'm in a trance, and there's something in my ears that seems to be calling, do you think I'm sick?"

Zhen Xiaoshuai, who was digging in the vegetable field next to him, asked angrily.

Xiaoshuang looked at the goods, and the three hoes failed to dig a hole. That heart is angry.: You know how hard to fuck when digging in the middle of the night to resist seeding. Now how to dig pits and sow seeds without force. You don't force it right now. I'm not afraid of confiscation at the end of the year. The whole family is starving to death, you!

"Twin brothers. Twin brothers. Don't be jealous of me. I'm just weak in my waist and knees. Aren't you a doctor? You give me a trick." Zhen Xiaoshuai still pleaded shamelessly.

"Those crooked melons and cracked dates you picked up, I really don't like it, brother. In the future, don't be so diligent in sowing seeds at night, the body is the capital of the revolution, come to me tomorrow to get the medicine that replenishes the loss of kidney qi, and go back to recuperate. ”

"Huh! Then thank you, brother! Zhen Xiaoshuai hummed a small tune happily.

Recently, there were too many people looking for him to see a doctor, and Xiaoshuang found that he had to see a doctor again, and he had to collect medicine and medicine, and he seemed to be a little too busy to do all kinds of work, so he decided to find a smart man in the village to be an apprentice, so that his burden could be lightened.

He set his goal on Zhenyoucai, although this person is younger and older, but the private school in the village, the brain is flexible, and he taught himself when he was a child, so he should still be useful.

"Take it out, take it out."

Xiao San took advantage of Xiaoshuang's absent-mindedness, threw the hoe, ran across the field, and touched Zhen Xiaoshuai for a while.

"What are you going to do? What? ”

Zhen Xiaoshuai said fearfully in the face of the little three who were as strong as an ox.

"As for the crooked melons and cracked dates you picked up, you can't eat them alone, so you have to give me some."

Xiao San said innocently.

Zhen Xiaoshuai was speechless for a while, but Xiaoshuang was happy when he heard this.

"Do you want to give your crooked melon and cracked jujube to Xiao San." Xiaoshuang grinned.

"What's more, it's already eaten up." Zhen Xiaoshuai turned his pockets over to show his innocence.

Only then did Xiao San return to his place disappointed and pick up the hoe again.

"Hey...... Xiaoshuang, come back and help with the food. ”

It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. When you hear it, it's a really talented voice. In the morning, the little father and he pulled the wine out of the door, and in the afternoon they exchanged the food back, and it can be seen that the wine is really hard currency.

Xiaoshuang hurriedly put on the hoe on his back and took Xiaosan back.

Looking at the four ox carts full of grain parked in front of the house, Xiaoshuang felt that it was a little worth it, could it be that his father would do business and make so much money.

Before Xiaoshuang could speak, his father spoke.

"We exchanged one cart of wine for two truckloads of grain, and the other two truckloads of grain were deposits paid by Wujiazhai, so let's sell them next time, not to others."

So it was, Xiaoshuang felt sorry for his father and didn't know that he was being tricked, and he was still complacent, thinking that he had earned it. He dared to say that the people of Wujiazhai definitely wanted to monopolize the operation, earn high profits from it, and let Daxingzhai help them work.

Fortunately, the profit of this low-alcohol wine is already large, which is equivalent to exchanging water for food with them, and there is nothing wrong with having a fixed one, so that there is no need for people to run sales, and it is enough to do things in the village with peace of mind, and Xiaoshuang acquiesced in this matter.

"So you agreed." Xiaoshuang said.

"Of course, such a profitable deal, I don't do it for nothing, and I'm not stupid." Really trouble-free, said in high spirits.

Xiaoshuang didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he said: "Shouldn't we hire a few people to specialize in making wine, so that there can be a steady stream of food to eat." ”

"Of course, I've already thought about it on the road, anyway, I won't farm, I'll take people to make wine in the future, you can give me guidance."

After his father finished speaking, he looked proud.

This broke Xiaoshuang's dream again, he thought he was the best candidate for this winery, but he didn't expect his father to occupy the magpie's nest, and he was forced to squeeze him into the ranks of cultivating the earth.

After eating, everything went on in an orderly manner. A row of new rammed earth brick houses rise up in the back hill, and the roof is paved with bamboo mats and tiles, so that there is no need to worry about wind and rain, and it is warm in winter and cool in summer.

In terms of agriculture, Xiaoshuang has made agricultural tools such as the earth's new pear rake, which has greatly improved productivity. He also taught the villagers to select, breed, ferment fertilizer, and farm scientifically. Several times he went to the primeval forest to hunt, and also found some edible vegetables and fruit trees that were not used by the outside world, and Xiaoshuang transplanted these back and used them.

It's the end of the year again, and with the exception of the food that was exchanged for wine, this year is surprisingly self-sufficient, and the lives of every family have improved dramatically.

At the torch festival in the Houshan Rolling Grain Field, the people of the whole village sat around the bonfire, drank their own wine, sang songs, danced, and celebrated the annual harvest.

Xiaoshuang drank his own wine and ate the wolf fruit he had transplanted from the forest, and a feeling of fatigue came over him again. The saying that the capable work more is not in vain, although this kind of New Year's party in the village has only been held for a short time, but he has a feeling of powerlessness, and is ready to turn around and go home to see Zhou Gong.

"Brother Shuang, Brother Shuang, I've been feeling a little powerless lately, can you prescribe me another side medicine." Zhen Xiaoshuai sneaked up to Xiaoshuang's side and whispered.

Xiaoshuang is so depressed in his heart! I thought, Lao Tzu's inability is tired of work, and your inability is tired of sowing too much, who told you to collect so many wives. If only the iron rods were sharpened into embroidery needles. He thought this in his heart, but he could not say it in his mouth, so he comforted him and said, "Come to me tomorrow and get it!" You also have to rest for a few days, don't exhaust yourself, everyone in the whole family is counting on you?

"That's, that's, I'll get it from you tomorrow." After saying that, he went happily.

"Xiaoshuang, Xiaoshuang, look at it, your sister-in-law scratched me like this again." After Zhen Xiaoshuai left, his eldest brother stood in front of Xiaoshuang, pointed to the scratches on his face and said.

"Oh, it's okay, this little injury will be fine in two days. I'm tired, so I'll go back to sleep first, and I'll go over there to find my father and mother if I have something, and the junior is also over there. ”

Xiaoshuang downplayed the matter, kicked the ball to his father's side, turned and left.

In fact, his brother's family conflict is not once or twice, Xing'an Gongzhu is not a strong and assertive woman, and he will not marry his brother, when he married his daughter-in-law, he was happy when he had to marry, and now he is unhappy when he is wronged.