"Master Xu, why did you come so early today?"

Xu Hening and Chen Jingting jumped out of the carriage, while Chen Jingting stood beside Xue Yan.

Xu Hening's gaze slid over Du Lan without a trace, took a look at Xue Yan and Gu Youan, and finally landed on Shopkeeper Qiu. joked: "Xu guessed that Shopkeeper Qiu had a hot business today, so he was worried that there was not enough wine in your store, so he sent it early." ”

Shopkeeper Qiu was stunned when he heard this, and then boasted: "Master Xu really knows how to do business, and even this has been thought of for me, hehehe." ”

Chen Jingting then quipped: "Hening is an authentic profiteer, You'an, you will deal with him in the future, but be careful, don't lose your wife and lose your soldiers." ”

Gu Youan smiled awkwardly, although it was a joke, but he was more wary of Xu Hening in his heart.

Du Lan glanced at Chen Jingting with a smile and quipped: "With our benevolent and righteous Brother Xue and Brother Chen, neither of us will suffer." ”

Xu Hening and Xue Yan glanced at each other, and then burst out laughing.

A few people went in to greet for a while, and after Shopkeeper Qiu cleared a basket of sweet and sour fish, Duran took out the agreement that Gu Youan had written last night and showed it to Xu Hening.

"An agreement was drawn up so quickly?" Xu Hening's eyes widened in astonishment, but a flash of joy flashed in his eyes.

Duran keenly grasped the slightest strangeness in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help but lift, his expression looked not only unexpected, but also as if there was a satisfaction of seeking kindness.

Could it be that he has been looking forward to cooperating with him as soon as possible since yesterday?

was said by Chen Jingting, he is really a mature and stable profiteer, and he can't wait to quickly solicit a business for the Xu family winery and increase his income, no wonder people can run the Xu family into a wealthy family.

Du Lan gathered his thoughts and looked at Xu Hening intently, "Brother Xu, do you want to see if there is anything else that needs to be added to the agreement?" ”

Xu Hening took the agreement and looked at it, and Xue Yan and Chen Jingting on the side also poked their heads to look.

The more the three of them looked at it, the more surprised they became, and Xu Hening couldn't hold back his excitement and looked at Du Lan: "The agreement and regulations written by Du Lan are very detailed, and everything I can think of is written in it." ”

Chen Jingting admired in his heart and couldn't help but be surprised: "Duran, how do you understand this." ”

The corners of Duran's lips hooked, and he looked left and right, "It's all You'an's credit, I can't write." ”

Gu Youan nodded cooperatively beside him, Du Lan deliberately wanted to hide his edge.

Duran stared at Xu Hening: "Are you sure you don't need to add?" All of you here are Witnesses, and you must not regret it in the future. ”

"No, it won't." Xu Hening shook his head with a smile, picked up the brush on the table, dipped it in a little ink, and signed the agreement.

When I saw the sentence again, "Party B voluntarily complies with the terms and conditions of the agreement, and if the formula is leaked, Party B must bear the following responsibilities." The brush couldn't help but pause, this Duran, really careful as dust, signing this agreement is equivalent to giving up the cooking wine market, and the cooking wine market will be bright in the future, and he can't make and sell.

He signed his name at the cashier's office, and a flash of wisdom flashed in his raised eyes.

"Duran is really a rare strange woman, I have traveled all over the world, and I have never seen such a smart person." Xue Yan couldn't help but admire, what kind of woman did the son marry, he looked very eclectic, but he did things without ambiguity.

"Brother Xue is too uplifting to me, you are well-informed, what kind of woman has you ever met." Duran didn't dare to be high, where she was smart, she just had a lifetime of experience.

Xue Yan laughed heartily, "I don't believe you ask everyone here, who doesn't think you are wise, even our famous Xu Dagongzi is impeccable to you." ”

Xu Hening nodded in agreement, "Duran is too modest. ”

Duran smiled weakly, "I said that it was written by You'an." ”

"Okay, it's You'an's writing." Xue Yan looked at the two of them with a smile and asked, "The fish is all sold, so we won't ask Master Xu to invite guests to dinner again, right?" ”

Du Lan laughed, "As soon as Brother Xue entered this Wuwei Zhai, he couldn't help but be greedy, could it be that the food in Wuwei Zhai was so memorable?" ”

Xu Hening smiled, "It's okay, we might as well have lunch early, and then I'll take You'an and Duran to our family's winery for a walk, what do you think?" ”

As he spoke, Xu Hening turned his head to look at Duran and Gu Youan.

Gu Youan glanced at Du Lan and said with a smile: "Then Brother Hening is going to break the bill again." ”

"How can there be a break between friends, You'an is outside. Little two, serve! ”

After lunch, Duran asked the shopkeeper Qiu for peppercorns, green onions, ginger, sugar, etc., and everyone took to Xujia Winery.

The winery is full of aroma, and the large wine tanks in the yard are neatly arranged, and the workers are busy doing their own work.

Some carry glutinous rice and sorghum, some stir the wine jar, and some carry the wine jar outward.

Duran and Gu You'an looked around and couldn't help but be attracted by the rich mellow aroma of the winery.

Xu Hening led everyone into the wine cellar dedicated to the display of rice wine, where rows of wine jars were neatly placed on the shelves, and rows of sealed large wooden barrels were placed on the ground.

The smell of the wine in the house is very different from the smell in the yard, and the quality of the wine in the house must be higher than that outside.

Walking through the lobby, Xu Hening led them to a room dedicated to making rice wine, where wine jars were also placed on wooden shelves.

It's just that there are exquisite paintings on the outside of the wine jar, which looks particularly pleasing to the eye.

Duran has no interest in wine, she only cares about whether her cooking wine can be made smoothly.

"Brother Xu, I require good quality and low price to make seasoning wine, so you can help me choose a jar with the right price." Duran looked at Xu Hening sincerely.

Merchants pay attention to profits, Xu Hening knows it, he smiled lightly and pointed to the wine jar on the shelf and introduced: "The ones in these barrels are just brewed, the shelves over there have been brewed for three months, the shelves over there have been aged for six months, and there are still those in the cellar that have been aged for three or five years." I don't know much about seasonings, which do you think is the right choice? ”

Du Lan smiled, the longer the time, the higher the price, she pondered for a while, the same is true of rice wine, the longer it is aged, the stronger the fragrance, and the cooking wine made will definitely have a better fishy effect, but the corresponding price will definitely be higher.

Cooking wine is a condiment, and the price must definitely be accepted by the general public, and the effect is bound to be greatly reduced if it is freshly brewed.

In the end, she chose to brew for six months.

"Brother Xu, I'll use it for six months, and does your winery have a kitchen? Lend me a favor. ”

Xu Hening nodded: "Yes, but they are all used for the winery guys to cook, if it's not too simple, then use it." ”

Duran's mind came to the Xu family's bright kitchen, compared to that, where is the kitchen not simple?

She smiled lightly and said to everyone Wait a minute, and then led Gu Youan to the kitchen for an experiment.

Along the way, Gu Youan secretly observed Du Lan's expression, he felt that his body was not as good as a normal man, and his family situation was very different from Xu Hening, getting along with these people always made him worry that Du Lan would run away with others.

Later, he found that her eyes were clear and upright when she looked at Xu Hening, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She just took Xu Hening as a business partner, and had no other distractions.

When she arrived at the kitchen, Duran asked Gu Youan to make a fire to boil water, she took the pepper ingredients and washed them, put them in a pot, added ginger slices, boiled, added a certain proportion of rice wine, white wine, and sugar, and boiled for about a quarter of an hour.

Once the soup has cooled, remove the seasoning and pour it into a bowl.

Gu Youan smelled the strange smell wafting from the kitchen, and couldn't help frowning: "Duran, is this cooking wine in this bowl?" ”

"Yes, Youan, what do you taste? Then tell me about it. ”

She took a sip of her own bowl first, and couldn't wait to know how much difference the taste of ancient homemade cooking wine was from modern cooking wine.

Gu Youan twisted his brows and took a sip, and after tasting it in his mouth, he said as a matter of course: "In addition to the sweetness and sourness of the original rice wine, there is also the flavor of the seasoning." ”

Hearing him say something nonsense, Duran rolled his eyes weakly and pointed out: "Have you found that the sour taste is stronger, even overshadowing other flavors?" ”

Sensing her displeasure, Gu Youan frowned puzzledly: "Isn't your so-called cooking wine this flavor?" ”

Duran shook his head slightly, "No, it would be nice if I could dilute the sourness." ”

If she couldn't, she couldn't imagine what it would taste like to make every dish that implied a sour taste.

She wondered in her heart, could it be because the ancient rice wine was fermented with puree and had a purer taste, rather than being prepared with raw koji?

Gu Youan pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Yes, let's make some red dates when we make cooking wine in the future." ”

"Pickled red dates? Why? Duran was puzzled.

"I remember when I was a child, my grandfather always asked me to drink rice wine and said that it could strengthen my muscles and bones, sometimes I was reluctant to drink it, so I would store it for a long time, and then I took it out and drank it and found that the taste would become very sour, and then grandpa would make me a few dates, guess what?"

"How?" Duran urged.

"Rice wine remains unsour for a long time, and the wine tastes more mellow and fragrant."

Hearing this, Du Lan looked at Gu Youan happily, and his bright eyes flashed with expectation: "What you said is true?" ”

"yes." Gu Youan looked serious, the most he drank when he was a child was rice wine.

Confirmed by Gu Youan, Du Lan couldn't hold back her excitement in her heart, she had drunk jujube wine and eaten jujubes, she didn't have to try it, she could almost imagine what kind of aroma it would be after adding the specific sweetness of jujubes to the cooking wine.

In her previous life, she cooked, and used almost all brands of high-end cooking wine, but she did not find the most ideal cooking wine in her heart, which effectively removes the fishiness and retains the rich and fragrant aroma.

Her face was filled with excitement, and she kissed Gu Youan's cheek excitedly.

Gu Youan froze on the spot in shock, she had to draw a line with herself last night, but now she took the initiative to kiss him.

Unwilling to miss this great opportunity, Gu Youan kissed her on the lips without a trace, and tentatively began to conquer the city.

Feeling a touch of softness and warmth, Duran hurriedly took a step back and excused himself: "I...... It's to thank you for helping me figure it out. ”

Gu Youan smiled proudly, no matter what the reason, she had already begun to accept herself, although she was so excited that she forgot her form.

This smile added a dazzling brilliance to Gu Youan's face, and Duran couldn't help but look stunned again.

Gu Youan picked up the bowl with one hand and gently pulled it with the other, "Let's go, let's go and taste them." ”

"Hmm." Duran was annoyed that he was too excited, but he didn't break away from him.

The two of them walked out of the kitchen and headed towards the lobby, no one noticing, a pair of turbulent eyes behind them.