114 high wine
The wine distiller was moved into the Qin Mansion, Li Xiaoer followed Hou Jifu to the backyard, arranged for people to install the wine vessel, and then told Hou Jifu how to operate it, and then went to Qin Huaiyu to ask for food. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Winemaking is indispensable for food, and Xiao Er also knows that this period is a time of food shortage, but there is no way, Qin Qiong's illness has to be stabilized by high wine.
Qin Huaiyu had just finished wiping Qin Qiong's body and tried Qin Qiong's temperature, but it was really not so hot. I really admire the methods of the little second brother.
The second brother said that he would ask him for some food, and Mrs. Qin instructed the housekeeper to move out all the food stored at home. The second brother was shocked when he saw that someone like Qin Qiong had only a few bags of grain in storage. How can it be! Is this the surplus food of a general's family? Could it be that this year is really a combination of natural and man-made disasters?
Seeing the expression of the little second brother, Qin Huaiyu didn't know what was going on, and asked tentatively: "Little second brother, is there not enough food, or is this food wrong?" ”
Xiao Er shook his head and said, "No, I think I'm a little sorry for you, I really didn't know that you only had so much food at home, I'm sorry." ”
Qin Huaiyu looked at Li Xiaoer in surprise, he hadn't heard the little second brother apologize, but at this time, he really didn't know how to answer when he said such a thing.
But Mrs. Qin smiled and said, "Xiao Er is really kind-hearted!" That's right, don't look at the appearance of the Qin Mansion, who knows that this family's grain storage may not even be able to survive the early spring of this year! ”
Xiao Er said helplessly: "What my uncle said is yes!" I was still thinking that although this year's grain could not be fully harvested, it would not affect at least Uncle Qin's family. But now that I see this, I'm really worried about how the people will live this year. ”
"It's all the trouble caused by the perennial war!" In Mrs. Qin's words, she directly said what Li Xiaoer thought in her heart.
He also nodded and said: "Yes, Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering!" ”
Mrs. Qin also nodded and said, "Yes, what Xiao Er said is right!" Only those who understand the sufferings of the people can know how hard it is to achieve stability. ”
Xiao Er didn't speak, looked at the bags of grain, turned his head and asked the housekeeper to take away the excess, leaving only one bag, and then asked Hou Jifu to start sifting the grain in a sieve according to the method he taught.
Qin Huaiyu stood aside and carefully watched how Xiao Er taught Hou Jifu to operate. After the selected grain was ready, Xiao Er asked someone to start putting the distilled wine vessel on the stove, then lit a fire and put all the grain on top of the special steamer.
After closing the lid, Xiao Er told the housekeeper to watch here, when the bamboo pipe connected to it was dripping out, and when to call him again. Then beckoned this Qin Huaiyu and Mrs. Qin into the house again.
In the clothes room, Mrs. Qin whispered in surprise, then hurriedly covered her mouth and walked into the room quickly. Xiao Er and Qin Huaiyu also saw that there was a shadow shaking inside.
When I entered the house, it turned out that Qin Qiong had woken up at some point, and she even stood up by herself, but she was staggering and looked very weak.
Mrs. Qin went over to help Qin Qiong, the tears on her face had already slipped down secretly, and she choked up: "I thought you would leave our mother and son like this!" Fortunately, Xiao Er is here, otherwise ......" said and said, I really couldn't go on, and I sobbed.
Qin Qiong's eyelids rose tiredly, looked at his wife, looked at his son, and finally looked at Li Xiaoer. It's just that he didn't even have the strength to speak, just nodded slightly.
Xiao Er knew Qin Qiong's current situation, and also nodded: "Uncle Qin, sit down quickly, and I'll check it on you again." After walking over and helping Mrs. Qin to help Qin Qiong sit down, he carefully observed Qin Qiong's condition, turned to Mrs. Qin and said, "Don't ask Uncle Qin to drink in the future, it's not good at all." ”
Mrs. Qin nodded heavily, turned her head and said, "Did you hear that, if you drink again, you are ready to not want our mother and son!" ”
Qin Qiong couldn't speak, but her eyes could barely express her meaning and nodded.
Qin Huaiyu asked, "Little second brother, how is my father now?" ”
"Since you wake up, there's nothing big about it, it's just that your body is relatively weak, it's best to make some nutritious porridge, raise it slowly, and wait for the high degree of wine to come out, and give it to my uncle to take a good look at it."
"Okay, I'll go get ready." After listening to Xiao Er's words, Qin Huaiyu turned to Qin Qiong and said, "Father, you also heard what the little second brother said, today is really dangerous, don't do this again in the future, I'll go get some food for my father, and my father will wait a while." ”
Mrs. Qin whispered to Qin Qiong on the side how he came back, what the imperial doctor said, and how Xiao Er treated the disease, and after finishing speaking, she put Qin Qiong flat on the bed, turned around and walked out of the house, to see the situation of distilled liquor outside.
The little second brother was carefully observing the pipeline of distilling liquor with his hands behind his back, once this pipeline was unblocked, then he would have a harvest for Qin Qiong.
The heat in the super steamer kept coming out, but before it was time to open it, the little second brother walked around the steamer again, and really didn't find anything wrong, and couldn't help but sigh that the craftsmen of this era really don't cut corners, and they are real people.
The heat in the steamer kept coming out, and after a while, it turned into a mist. The little second brother looked at the concentration of the mist and felt that it was almost there, so he returned to the wine outlet again, waiting for the first bowl of high wine that flowed down from the bamboo pipe.
In fact, this first bowl of wine is not a high wine in the real sense, but a kind of wine head, which is equivalent to the first wine head at the beginning of each winemaking.
Sure enough, the time was almost up, and after waiting for a while, the wine outlet began to drink drop by drop. By the time the volume of alcohol grows larger, the whole yard can already smell fresh strong sake.
The masters who made the wine saw that the wine had such a strong taste, so they came over to take a look, but they didn't expect that as soon as their noses came over, there was a kind of wine smell that almost smoked a few people.
Fortunately, Li Xiaoer reminded in a timely manner: "This is the essence of the raw materials that came out at the beginning, and this wine must be kept for great use in the future." ”
Mrs. Qin stood in front of the house, watching Xiao Er really use grain to make wine, and she didn't know if she was a little distressed about food, or if she was really grateful to Xiao Er, anyway, she burst into tears again.
Xiao Er really couldn't stand the woman's appearance, so he hurriedly said: "Uncle, the wine is out, and it needs to be diluted, just some water, or you really can't drink it." ”
"You don't have to tell me, you can come as much as you think it's convenient!" Mrs. Qin directly let Xiao Er deal with these things by herself, without even the slightest hesitation.
Qin Huaiyu happened to come over with the millet porridge that had just been made from the kitchen, and heard what Xiao Er said: "Second brother, does my father need to drink some wine every day?" ”
Xiao Er shook his head and said, "These wines are not for Uncle Qin to drink, but for making medicinal wine." Xiao Er pointed to the second barrel of wine and said: "You can go find some poisons like seven-step snakes and cobras, stun these things, and put them directly into these wines, and after keeping them for half a year, you can give them to your uncle to drink." ”
As the two talked, the third barrel of wine in the distillation vessel also began to come out, and the little second brother asked someone to send the second barrel of wine directly to the back room, and when he entered, he saw Qin Qiong's eyes were very bright, how could he look like he was dying just now.
Mrs. Qin asked him what was wrong, but Qin Qiong said directly: "I smelled a special smell of wine just now, it is definitely good wine." ”
Xiao Er smiled bitterly: "That's the good wine I just asked someone to distill." I'll send a bucket in later, and Uncle Qin will taste less.
Qin Qiong nodded and smiled: "You really can't even eat when I can't eat?" ”
The little second brother smiled: "That's not it, I'm mainly afraid that General Qin won't be able to walk when he sees the wine!" ”
After making a joke, Xiao Er said seriously: "Uncle still drink the porridge first, and then lie down." I'm going to dilute the wine and disinfect my uncle's wounds later, to be honest, it's very likely that my uncle's wounds are infected a few times, which has led to the current illness. ”
"What does it mean to be infected?" Qin Qiong frowned and asked in a low voice.
Xiao Er smiled: "Actually, it is the same as the plague." My uncle's wounds were left on the battlefield, and there was no time to deal with them properly, and it was easy to stick to something unclean. Once there is something unclean, it is very difficult for the wound to heal. ”
"Even if you are cured, there will be a lot of danger." Xiao Er popularized the basic knowledge by the way, who knew that the three people who listened to him basically didn't understand what he meant, but fortunately, these three people had completely believed Li Xiaoer, and they didn't ask him anything else, and said directly: "Then what should I do now?" ”
Xiao Er thought for a while and said to Qin Huaiyu: "You have also seen the process of distilling liquor, it is not difficult, what you have to do is to memorize this step, and then leave those people who have just made wine in the mansion and tell them not to spread this matter." ”
He looked at Qin Qiong meaningfully and said: "Uncle Qin doesn't need to report everything to Your Majesty, I will tell Your Majesty about this matter, this is a way to make a fortune for the Qin family, and it does not affect other things." Besides, this matter was originally for the purpose of treating my uncle's illness, and there were not so many other things to consider. ”
After the little second brother finished speaking, seeing that Qin Qiong was still hesitating, he said to Mrs. Qin: "Uncle Qin is like this, uncle and aunt should take this matter to heart, if there is no such income, it is not an exaggeration of Xiao Er, the Qin family is really not very good." Please don't shirk your aunt. ”
Mrs. Qin glanced at Qin Qiong, turned her head and looked at Xiao Er with a smile: "It's still thoughtful that this kid is, then it's decided, aren't you going to get those wines?" Let's all wait, let Huaiyu follow and take a look, and in the future, this wine matter will be handled by Huaiyu. (To be continued.) )