Chapter 495: Follow the Path
"Is it really so godly? I thought that liquor was the representative of our China? It turns out that rice wine is, and it has such a long history! ”
"Of course? Have you heard the story of a hundred poems about wine fighting? That is to say that the great poet Li Bai can still make poems after drinking a bucket of wine, if he really drinks Lao Baigan, it is estimated that he will lie down early, hehe, what kind of poems do you write? Dong Xiaoguang himself smiled,
"I think so, in the Water Margin, I say at every turn, use a big bowl to sift wine, especially when Wu Song's three bowls are not on duty, he drank eighteen bowls of wine in a row, if it is really liquor, what kind of tiger is he fighting? fell asleep early,"
"Isn't that right? Not to mention eighteen bowls, even three bowls of wine, it really can't pass the post, hahaha," everyone laughed.
"So, at that time, it was not white wine at all, but water wine or rice wine,"
"We know rice wine, what is that water wine? Could it be that it is inferior wine, mixed with water? ”
"Isn't it good to mix with water? The key is that I am really afraid of encountering inferior wine or fake wine, and then I will have to die! Actually, the water wine is the mash that the southerners drink, and the alcohol in it is one degree or two, so it can be drunk as water, and I can drink a basin myself, but it may also be rice wine or rice wine,"
"I know that I drink a lot of rice wine in Guangzhou, but rice wine seems to be only drunk in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!"
"Not necessarily, in the past, the capital also paid attention to drinking rice wine, but it seems to be a little unprosperous over the years, in fact, rice wine is a good thing, it is also a grain wine, and the feet are warm to drink in winter, and there are many benefits of blood circulation and stasis,"
"I've heard that old Beijingers used to like to drink a kind of wine on dog days in summer, do you know what it's called? Now seems to be extinct? ”
"It's called Yinchen wine, because it's green, and some people call it green wine, and in the past, Beijingers' love for Yinchen wine was actually far better than that of Erguotou. Every year after summer, because of the function of Yinchen wine to remove moisture, it is always necessary to drink this wine several times in Futian, which is also a temporary scenery in Beijing's time-honored brands. More importantly, at the reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, green aged wine is indispensable, and many large families pay attention to drinking this wine! Dong Xiaoguang explained, "Because this thing is used in medicine, I know more!" ”
"Yes, that's really what you said, I still have a vague impression that I drank it when I was a child, and then I never saw it again!" The male mother confirmed. "Is there anything special about this?"
"Because Yin Chen is a plant that cultivates roots, as long as it survives the winter, in the spring, it will sprout new sprouts from its old roots, and the winter in the north is the most difficult, so this is also an auspicious image. "Materia Medica" says that "Yin Chen does not die in winter, and new shoots are born because of the old roots, so it is called 'Yin Chen', which has the effect of clearing and driving away dampness, dispelling scabies and yellowing." Because of its metaphor of removing the old and the new, dispelling evil and supporting the right, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, when it comes to the beautiful time of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, there is no more suitable than drinking green aged wine. ”
"Well, I heard that there is a writer who admires this wine?"
The writer Yishu once described in one of his works that he had some connection with this wine, and when he went to France, he found that there was a vermouth there that was similar to the Yin-aged wine of old Beijing. Although the extraction methods of the two are different, the raw materials used are both Artemisia Asteraceae. That's why he called Yin Chenjiu China's XO. ”
"Hehe, and this story?"
"He specially introduced it in it, but in fact it is not the same, because the two wines are green, so he mistakenly thinks that they belong to the same genus, in fact, the aged absinthe is distilled many times with brass distillation equipment, and it is slightly toxic, and our Yin Chen wine is completely different, our wine is born in response to the situation, from the perspective of health, it is a rare good wine, but unfortunately it is now extinct,"
"It's okay, then let's drink rice wine, anyway, it also has the effect of removing stasis and dehumidification, and the ancestors' technology is so mature, let's just find a good brand to drink!"
"Mr. Lu Xun also described rice wine and fennel beans in Kong Yiji's article, I remember that famous sentence, there are not many!" Zheng Xin said funny, "There are in the original text, and there is also an article called Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study, which are all masterpieces, to be honest, I like Mr. Lu Xun's works the most, especially his sentence 'Hengmei cold to a thousand people, bow your head and be willing to be a son of a cow' spirit for the people, I particularly appreciate,"
"Okay, you really haven't seen it less, and I have a hobby," Liu Yizhen expressed his appreciation, "I won't tell you, I also like his articles, Wen Feng's sharp laughter and scolding are all articles, I have read through the complete works of Lu Xun several times, and I really admire the fearless spirit of using words as javelins!" ”
"Since you know Mr. Lu Xun so well, what is the masterpiece of rice wine?" Dong Xiaoguang raised a new question,
"I don't know yet? Shaoxing's daughter Hong, Guyue Longshan in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, these are all local famous brands? Liu Yizhen was very proud, "Especially the daughter Hong, it is said that when she gave birth to her daughter, when her father brewed the wine, then buried it in the ground, and waited until her daughter got married at the age of 18, she took it out and drank it at the wedding banquet, right?" ”
"Daughter red? There is a jar under my bed, do you want to drink it? "Mama Xiong said that she was going to bring wine to everyone,
"Don't, since you didn't drink it when Lingling got married, then don't drink it yet,"
"When she got married, she didn't have this wine? It was given to Lingling's father by Uncle Wu in the hospital," Xiong's mother explained.
"Then you just let it go first, since you are marrying your daughter, I think you will leave it to my apprentice, and when Yang Zi comes back and he and Liu Li get married, wouldn't it be more beautiful for us to drink together?"
"Hahaha, okay, I agree with this suggestion!" The male mother agreed,
"Hey, I agree, but, Zheng Xin, is your copper incense burner a Xuande furnace?" Liu Yizhen suddenly came out with this sentence,
"Hahaha, what are you still worried about?" His words made everyone laugh.
"Of course, if you are not in your position, you will not be in charge, I am the director of the museum, of course I have to care about the whereabouts of this treasure?" He's quite reasonable.
"I'll tell you the truth, in the early days, we didn't know whether it was true or not, because we didn't dare to show it to others, let alone say it,"
"Is that true? If it's not true, your great-grandfather went a little wrong? ”
"Hey, even if it's true, I don't think it's worth it, you said that for such an object, a good person is gone, is it worth it? So for many years, I didn't have any interest in this thing,"
"Yes, you have a point, but you have to know if it's true?" Liu Yijiao was anxious......