Chapter 50 Winemaking
I went up to the second floor and came to a private room.
"I didn't expect your little wine shop to use our Cheng family's tables and chairs." Cheng Chubi walked in and found that the tables and chairs inside were all produced by the Lu Guogong Mansion, and he couldn't help but be happy.
"Who doesn't use the Cheng family table and Cheng family chair in Chang'an now?" Lan Ruo smiled faintly and said, "San Lang, sit down, I'll go get you wine." ”
"Then so-and-so is here waiting for good news." Cheng Chubi sat down and waited with a smile, Miss Lan Ruo went out for a while, and quickly walked in from the outside, followed by the maid behind her, holding some food in her hands.
There is very little fresh meat in the Tang Dynasty, and the princes and nobles can afford to eat it, but there is quite little in the wine shop, and most of the meat eaten in the wine shop is cured meat and the like, so when he saw the meat in the other party's small bowl, Cheng Chubi suddenly didn't have much interest.
But fortunately, there is also a small plate of anise beans, which is a good thing to drink.
The maid took the wine glass, poured a glass for Cheng Chubi, and then poured another glass for Miss Lan Ruo. When he saw the wine in the other party's cup, Cheng Chubi couldn't help frowning slightly.
The wine in the small wine glass is a faint light green, cloudy, and there are some white things floating on it that look like small ants, and there is a faint rancid smell when you smell it.
This wine doesn't look good!
"Is this wine?" Cheng Chubi couldn't help asking, these days I drink more high-grade liquor, this is the first time I have seen such wine.
"This is home-brewed turbid wine, and I hope Saburo won't dislike it." Lan Ruo said with a slight smile.
"I'll give it a try, and to be honest, I've never drunk anything like this, by the way, is this liquor shop owned by you?" Cheng Chubi picked up the wine glass and drank it all, this taste is very delicious, but Cheng Chubi quickly remembered that this kind of wine is quite famous in Datang.
"I did drive it." Lan Ruo said with a slight smile.
"Amazing, you can open a wine shop here at a young age, and you are also a capable person." Cheng Chubi couldn't help but give the blonde woman a thumbs up again, and said, "Your wine is very good." ”
As he spoke, he took a few more sips. To be honest, the taste of this wine is really nothing, even if it is unpleasant, there is not much alcohol, it feels like rancid sugar water, and it is estimated that the alcohol concentration is not as good as the beer of later generations.
In ancient times, the wine-making technology was not developed, and those high-concentration and clear wines were simply more expensive than gold, and only Cui Yu's sons and daughters-in-law and princes and nobles could afford to drink, and the most popular was this turbid wine, why? Because it's cheap! Everyone can afford it, and they can afford it.
Although it is not delicious, it is also wine, and every literati who pretends to be 13 likes to drink a glass of this wine, and then chant a poem while scratching the bag. In ancient times, many literati were relatively poor, and when they invited a group of people, you were embarrassed to invite guests without a hundred and eighty taels of silver, and many people invited others to drink at their own homes, and drank this turbid wine made by themselves.
Suddenly, Cheng Chubi stood up, with a proud face, and said loudly: "Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove, late in the sky and snow, can you drink a glass?" ”
After chanting, he sat down again, looking like Lao Tzu was a master. How can you not show your hand in front of such a beautiful woman? Besides, drinking alcohol and not writing poetry is a very faceless thing in this era.
"Good poetry!"
"Good!"
“……”
The shouts of several people sounded outside, and it was obvious that Cheng Chubi was not the only one here. However, after those people answered, they didn't come to disturb, which made Cheng Chubi quite satisfied.
"He is worthy of being the first monk in Chang'an." Miss Lan Ruo smiled slightly and said, "I toast you!" ”
"Good!"
The two raised their glasses, smiled slightly, and drank them all. Then they chatted aimlessly, as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.
"Is Miss Lan Ruo from the far west?"
"If you think so, then you are."
"It's not easy, I came to Datang far away from my parents, for life, hey." Cheng Chubi couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Although life is not easy, there are still wine and poetry, as well as distant hometown ......"
After drinking for more than two hours, Cheng Chubi felt slightly drunk, and his brain was a little dizzy, I have to say that although the alcohol content of turbid wine is not high, it will be a little intoxicating when drinking. After all, this thing is also wine, and if it accumulates too much in the body, it will be sinful.
"Miss Lanruo, your small wine shop doesn't seem to be doing well, the place where the wine shop is too remote, if you really want to get hot, I have a way." The half-drunk Cheng Chubi said with a smile.
"Oh? What can Saburo do? Lan Ruoru looked at Cheng Chubi with interest.
"I have a new sake brewing method here, called Distillation." Cheng Chubi smiled slightly and said: "The wine brewed by a certain method is definitely the most powerful wine in the world, but the new wine is a little poisonous, and it will take a day to drink." ”
"Fetch the paper." Cheng Chubi shouted and said. The maid next to her glanced at Lan Ruo, Lan Ruo nodded, and the maid walked out and quickly came back with some papers.
After taking the pen, Cheng Chubi wrote with half-squinted eyes, and the words became crooked, but he finished writing quickly. At this time, the sun was about to set, and with the help of Cheng Di, he staggered outside.
Datang is forbidden at night, and you can't run around at night.
Miss Lan Ruo stood by the window on the second floor, looked outside, and watched Cheng Chubi being supported by Cheng Di in the direction of the princess's mansion, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a hint of playfulness.
"Why didn't the girl reveal her identity to Cheng Yuma?" The maid beside Miss Lan Ruo asked a little puzzled.
"Don't you think that's funny?" Miss Lan Ruo said with a slight smile.
"The handmaid doesn't know."
……
When Cheng Chubi returned home, he saw Chai Lingyu waiting for him at home, and when he saw that he was full of alcohol, he didn't say anything, but ordered his subordinates to make him sobering tea.
The maidservant quickly boiled the tea and handed it to Chai Lingyu, who took it and handed it to Cheng Chubi.
"Tea can be sobered, you drank too much today, take a sip of tea." The other party said with a slight smile.
"Your kind of tea is really unpalatable, if you want to drink it, you can drink the tea you brewed. Cheng Di, boil water, Uncle Ben will show you a hand today. Cheng Chubi waved his hand and said.
When he was drunk, he became bolder, and when he thought that Chai Lingyu didn't let him drink, he was quite unhappy in his heart. Cheng Di couldn't help but look at Chai Lingyu.
Outside, he listened to Cheng Chubi, but now he has to listen to Chai Lingyu.
"Yes." Chai Lingyu said lightly.
"Yes." Cheng Di hurriedly boiled the water.