"Shochu?! This wine is enough to burn people, and the name is truly worthy of its name. ”

Lu Erniang and Chaoxia nodded, and wanted to say something more, but their mouths were too spicy, so they all ran out to drink water. Lu Xiang'er, who stayed behind, was looking at the jujube and the little peach steamed wine, but at the same time, she was thinking about why the degree of this wine was not as high as she imagined.

In fact, in ancient times, if you want to know the degree and quality of distilled spirits, you rely on the hops. Lu Xianger was very strange in modern times, and she deliberately learned a lot of knowledge in this area. The hops here refer to the foam that forms on the surface of the distilled shochu after it has been gently shaken, and the degree of the sake can be inferred from these bubbles.

Through Lu Xiang'er's observation, the degree of wine she made for the first time was lower than her normal. Maybe there might be some problems with the proportions, Lu Xiang'er pinched her chin and slowly walked out of the stove. went back to his room and sat on the bed thinking about the wine recipes that Lu Tai had said in front of Lu Xiang'er in his memory.

The jujube and Xiao Tao in the stove hall have never seen wine like water, and at the same time they admire Lu Xiang'er in their hearts, they also keep her instructions in mind and complete them seriously. After a busy day, I finally steamed all the wine that Lu Xianger had fermented for the first time. Although the first time of the two girls is not very familiar, there is a total of a vat of soju, a vat of wine, and a small half vat of tails. Lu Xiang'er is still satisfied with such a result, after all, this is the first time.

At dinner, the drunken jujube and Xiao Tao who had been smoked could no longer cook, so Lu Erniang cooked in person, which could be regarded as a celebration of the success of soju brewing. In order to comfort Zao'er and Xiao Tao, Lu Xiang'er sent dinner to the room of the two little girls, and rewarded them with half a month's monthly money, and the two girls were so happy that they didn't know what to do.

Lu Xiang'er returned to the main room in the front yard, and just sat down to have dinner with Lu Erniang and Chaoxia, but there was a knock on the courtyard door. The three of them looked at each other, all very strange. By this time, it was already dark, and it was not early. Lu Hong still has two days to come back, not him.

"I'll take a look, you sit down first." Lu Erniang put down her chopsticks, got up and walked out. Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia thought about it and went out with them, but they stood at the door and watched Lu Erniang open the courtyard door.

When Lu Erniang started, she didn't open the courtyard door, but asked someone to come. When she heard that someone was asking Song Yuan, Lu Erniang opened a small gap in the courtyard door and looked out. Through the faint moonlight, Lu Erniang saw two teenagers in ordinary clothes standing outside. The two stood one after the other, like a pair of master and servant. The young man standing in front had a grim expression, but he was not indifferent. When he saw Lu Erniang, he seemed to ease his expression, but it didn't seem to be successful.

"This lady, may I ask if you are Lu Erniang?" The young man's voice was a little hard, but his attitude was very calm.

Seeing his attitude, Lu Erniang's vigilance also dropped a lot, and she nodded: "The slave family knows Mr. Song Yuan, but I don't know that the son is ......."

"In this way, I am his nephew, and I specially came to him from Jingshi." As soon as the young man heard Lu Erniang admit that he knew Song Yuan, his tone became a little happy, and he said quickly: "I came from Ye Fengye County. However, my uncle is not at home, so I want to see if my uncle is ......."

"It turned out to be Mr. Song's nephew, so come in quickly." When Lu Erniang heard 'Ye Feng', she understood that the person in front of her was not lying, and hurriedly opened the courtyard door to let the two of them in.

The young man entered the courtyard but saw that there were only two little ladies at the door, so he immediately stopped and did not go inside, but said to Lu Erniang: "Lady of the Lu family, I won't go in." Please tell me where my uncle is. ”

"Oh well. Your uncle, Mr. Song, accompanied my son to Gangneung Mansion to take the exam at Luming Temple, and he will not be back until tomorrow. Lu Erniang also seemed to notice that something was wrong, so she was no longer polite, and directly told Song Yuan's whereabouts.

The young man nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll take my leave first." I'll go back to my uncle's house and wait for him, thank you Mrs. Lu. ”

Lu Erniang sent away the young master and servant, and Lu Xiang'er also returned to the room with Chaoxia and sat down. Chaoxia saw that Lu Xiang'er was frowning from the beginning of her entry, and she was very strange: "Xiang'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Nothing, I just recognize who that person is?" Lu Xiang'er shook her head, wondering in her heart how Song Yuan could be related to that young man, and what Song Yuan's identity was. Chaoxia continued to ask: "That person is Mr. Song's nephew, of course you will know him." Hey, that's not right. Why doesn't Aunt Lu recognize that young man, will you know him? ”

"Who do you know?" Lu Erniang returned to the house, sat between Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia, picked up chopsticks and prepared to eat. I just asked casually, and I didn't take it to heart.

Lu Xiang'er said: "I recognize that the person who came just now is called Huo Qingsong, a general in the counterinsurgency army. When the counterinsurgency army passed through Qingshi County on its way back to Beijing, I saw General Huo wearing Mingguang armor on the roadside. ”

"It turned out to be a young general, no wonder he was so cold. But looking at his age, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is actually a general, which is really remarkable. Lu Erniang thought back to the appearance of the young man, and it was difficult to see where he and Song Yuan had imagined.

Chaoxia was thoughtful, and muttered to herself: "It turns out that he is Huo Qingsong, it is better to meet him if he is really famous, I didn't expect him to be so young......"

"Sister Chaoxia, do you know General Huo too?" Lu Xiang'er heard Chaoxia's intermittent muttering to herself, and couldn't help but ask. Chaoxia was slightly stunned, and then said softly: "I have also heard of this General Huo, he has benefited a lot of military exploits in Jiangnan. At the beginning, he was still the 'vanguard officer' of the counterinsurgency army, and he was only thirteen years old at that time, and he was not young and promising. ”

"Pioneer officer? It's the kind of advance army that the army is going to march. Lu Xiang'er also heard Lu Hong talk about the army, and she also knew a little. Thinking of Lu Hong, Lu Xiang'er thought that if he was here, he would definitely be very happy to meet people from the army.

Lu Hong likes the military camp so much, but he doesn't dare to talk about it to Lu Erniang, and Lu Xiang'er is a little sad. Lu Xiang'er didn't know why Lu Erniang didn't like Lu Hong to join the army, as soon as she heard him mention this, she immediately lost her temper and didn't want to listen to it anymore.

When she was in Qinghe Village, Lu Erniang was a little unhappy when she heard that Lu Hong was befriending the young general. Finally, when she heard that the young general was gone, Lu Erniang's face looked good. Speaking of the young general, Lu Xiang'er suddenly felt that that person was very similar to today's Huo Qingsong. Oh no, it should be said that it is a person. The previous Huo Qingsong, like all ordinary young people, was full of vitality, always with a straight face, but he couldn't hide the happiness in his heart. After that, Huo Qingsong did not have the spirit that a young man should have, his expression became cold, and his demeanor was indifferent, as if he had encountered some major sad incident.

If Lu Xiang'er hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that Huo Qingsong would have a different appearance before and after. What is it that makes a person have such a big change, Lu Xiang'er was still thinking about this question until she was lying in bed. Lu Xiang'er, who has never been in love, didn't know that this was a somewhat dangerous beginning.

After sleeping until dawn, the Lu family got busy again, not to make distilled spirits, but to prepare a big meal. Today, Lu Hong, who took the exam at Luming Academy in Gangneung Province, is coming back. Although she couldn't immediately know if she could be admitted to Luming Academy, Lu Erniang still decided to treat Lu Hong well and thank Song Yuan for his help.

After a simple breakfast, Zao'er and Xiaotao followed Lu Erniang out to buy vegetables, and Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia cleaned the room at home. After Lu Erniang and the three of them came back, the five of them began to pick and wash vegetables and make some preparations. Even Chaoxia's life in the Lu family for so long has helped a lot. You know, she's never been in a kitchen like that.

At noon, after the joint efforts of the four people, a table of dishes was finally organized. Zao'er and Xiao Tao took advantage of Lu Hong's failure to come back, so they went to the kitchen to clean up, and Lu Erniang took Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia to sit in the courtyard and look at the gate, waiting for Lu Hong to go home. Just as Zao'er and Xiao Tao came out of the kitchen, there was finally a knock on the door.

Zao'er hurriedly ran to open the door, and Lu Erniang and the others also walked over quickly, very happily ready to greet Lu Hong. However, seeing people standing outside the courtyard, Lu Erniang was very surprised, it turned out to be Huo Qingsong's master and servant who came last night. Lu Xiang'er and Chaoxia glanced at each other, and they were both surprised why Huo Qingsong came here.

Huo Qingsong may have seen Lu Erniang's doubts, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and he explained unnaturally: "Lady of the Lu family, I think my uncle may come to your house first when he comes back from Jiangling Mansion." So, I want to wait here for him to know if it's okay. ”

"Oh, then please General Huo come in." Lu Erniang asked Zao'er to open the courtyard door and prepare to invite Huo Qingsong's master and servant into the courtyard.

Unexpectedly, just when the courtyard gate was about to be closed, Zao'er saw a carriage driving in the distance. Seeing the person driving clearly, Zao'er immediately turned around and shouted: "Lady, it's Xiao Wu, they're back." ”

"Really." Lu Xiang'er, who was about to go back to the house, heard Zao'er's voice, and immediately ignored the etiquette taught by Lu Erniang and ran towards the gate of the courtyard.

Huo Qingsong, who was standing in the courtyard, saw Lu Xiang'er's appearance clearly at this time, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Slowly, his eyes gradually cleared, and the corners of his mouth raised. Looking at the chicken coop in the corner of the yard, he seemed to recall the little girl who was carrying a basket and crawling on his brother's back.

Outside the courtyard, Lu Hong had already jumped out of the carriage and handed the gadgets he bought from Jiangling Mansion to Lu Xiang'er. Lu Erniang stood at the door and looked at the brother and sister with great satisfaction, but Song Yuan was standing next to the carriage, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

After saying a few words, Lu Hong dragged Song Yuan into the courtyard and didn't let Lu Erniang say what he wanted to say. Therefore, Lu Erniang, Lu Xiang'er, and Chaoxia didn't expect that Song Yuan saw his nephew Huo Qingsong, but his face changed greatly.