Chapter 141: The Vineyard of the Four Princes
After a night's rest, Pingqiu Yuandao and Yeshengge had a good night's sleep.
The next day, the two of them were in good spirits, and after having breakfast under the service of Xiamen, a housekeeper took them into the vineyard.
The location of the vineyard was a quarter of an hour's walk from the houses of an estate, and the outer part of the vineyard was walled, but the wall was not high, only as high as an adult, and the gate was guarded by four strong men.
As soon as you enter from the gate, there are rows of vines inside, and you can't see the edge, all green vines, purple grapes hanging on the vines, the grapes are ripe, and outside the purple grapes, there is a layer of gray things that hides the purple color of the grapes, making it look less bright.
The vineyard is so large that it seems to be visible only as far as the eye can see, and the wall is the size of a fingernail.
Looking at the ripe and delicious grapes on the shelf, Yeshengge reached out and picked one on the shelf, wiped it clean and sent it to his mouth.
The grapes are sweet with a little sourness, and they are very delicious to eat.
Rows of ditches in the vineyards, which are used for drainage, so that the vineyards are not flooded by heavy rains during the rainy season.
The grape shelves are all neatly arranged in a row, which looks very beautiful and comfortable, and the vineyard is clean without other weeds, and it looks like it has been often taken care of.
Ye Sheng Ge walked around, while looking around, to see which bunch of grapes knotted the largest, the densest, the most purple, so he picked it, near and far to walk behind, carrying a small bamboo basket, Ye Sheng Ge picked a bunch of grapes, put the grapes in the bamboo basket.
In that vineyard, many people have begun to enter the vineyard, and at this time, they each have a bamboo basket in their hands and a small pair of scissors in the other, and gently cut off the ripe grapes and put them in their own baskets.
Today is the day of grape picking, this vineyard picks grapes every five days, picks all the ripe grapes, will pick it all today and pack it, and so early tomorrow morning, there are special people to send them to Yunjiu Villa, although Yunjiu Villa is now expanding, but it does not affect the production of Yunjiu.
Although most of them are already resting at home, when the grapes are delivered, they will work overtime to make all the grapes into wine, and then put the good amount of wine in the cellar to let it ferment.
Although Yunjiu Villa is expanding, the expansion is carried out on the basis of the original, and the original winemaking yard is not planned to be demolished and rebuilt.
Taking advantage of the two-year expansion, they can brew more cloud wine and store it, and when they open their business, they will have cloud wine to sell.
When the sun had risen and the weather began to get hot, Yeshengge and Pingqiu went back to the manor to rest, and took the grapes to the maids and maids, washed them, and served them to them.
Before lunch, the two of them ate some fresh grapes to enjoy the deliciousness of the grapes, and after eating the grapes, the maids served the prepared dishes one after another.
In the afternoon, due to the hot weather, the two of them sat under the promenade in front of the courtyard, resting and fanning the wind, and the cicadas on the trees were chirping non-stop, and it seemed that they couldn't stand the hot weather.
Whenever it's hot. Yesheng Ge wanted to chew the ice cubes directly, so as soon as she thought about it, she immediately asked.
"Husband, is there a basement in this manor, is there ice in this basement, it's too hot this weather, I really want to eat ice things." Ye Shengge asked, if there was an ice cellar, she could try to make grape juice, but she didn't seem to have the tools to squeeze grape juice.
"Yes, if you want to eat I know the next person, knock a few pieces for you, if you ask for another month or two, the ice will be gone, because we need ice cubes on the way to transport grapes, and the ice cubes consume a lot of ice, and we plan to carry some ice cubes from other places during the Chinese New Year this year." Pingqiu said from afar, he hasn't been here for a while, and he doesn't know how much ice is left in the basement, whether it is enough or not, after all, the ice transported during the Chinese New Year this year is even less than in previous years, so he doesn't know if the stock is enough.
Arrange for a servant to ask how much ice there is in the basement, and in the middle of the night, the maid came with a large bowl of ice.
"How much ice is left in the basement, will it be enough this year?" Pingqiu took the bowl of ice cubes from afar and asked the maid.
"If you save money, you can still have enough ice cubes, enough until the grapes are ripe." The maid replied that she was the eldest maid here, and every time the four princes came to live here, she was responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation, so she knew everything up and down the manor, and she clearly understood that in this vineyard, the most powerful was Chen Lu's housekeeper, and then she had the greatest right.
"I know, you go down first, what's the matter, I'm calling you." After hearing this, Pingqiu Yuandao had a number in his heart, so he asked the maid to retreat.
In the girl's eyes, there was a flash of unwillingness, and she was not happy in her heart, but she still retreated.
Every time the master came here, she was close to her, and she would do whatever the master needed, but now the master let her go down.
She felt that the master had changed, and it was because of the four princesses that the master didn't need her now, which made her very depressed, and she never thought that one day, the master would not need her.
You must know that she is the big girl here, the person who has the most opportunity to contact the prince, many little maids envy her very much, if she loses the opportunity to have more contact with the four princes now, those little maids will laugh at her in private, when she thinks of such a situation, she can't bear it in her heart.
The maid hated the four princesses in her heart, if she didn't appear, the four princes would need her to follow and serve, and now, the princess is here, and the four princes no longer need her to follow and serve.
If there was no arrival of the four princesses, she would not have been separated by the four princes, and she would not have lost face and face in front of the little maid.
Every time the four princes came, she would serve beside the four princes, and when she went back, she showed off to those little maids, and when those little maids saw that she could have such close contact with the four princes, they were envious and felt that this big maid's status was not ordinary.
Therefore, those little maids were very jealous of her on weekdays, and they were also very obedient to what she said, if she was far away this time, she would have nothing to show off to those little maids, and those little maids would think that he had lost favor with his rights, and that he was no longer as big as before, and his status was no longer as noble as before.
Thinking of this, the fists in her sleeves clenched, she would never allow such a thing to happen, no matter what means she used, she must let her status in the manor get higher and higher.
Thinking like this, the resentment and hatred in her heart turned into a terrible thought.
She felt that in the past few years, the four princes have always let her be the big girl in the vineyard, and they must have attached importance to her, and she is beautiful and lovely, tall, smart and sensible, upright cardamom years, and a capable person, maybe the eldest prince just likes her appearance and likes her intelligence, so she will always be this big girl.
Thinking like this, she felt confident in her heart.
And Yeshengge is now thinking about what method can be used to fry the grapes into grape juice, and then add ice cubes to eat, I didn't expect that in this vineyard, there would be a maid, thinking about her husband, if she knew that there was a maid, she had bad thoughts about her husband, she must be angry and laughed and finally only sighed, that maid is too narcissistic and too hateful.
Yesheng Ge thought of a way to squeeze the grape juice, that is, find a piece of gauze, fold the gauze into several layers, wrap the washed grapes in gauze, and then find something to crush all the grapes, let the crushed grape juice flow into the bowl below, and then add ice cubes.
After the night sheng song was ready, there was still a little sense of accomplishment, but when she tasted it, she realized that the taste was really not delicious, it was really a waste of a large bunch of grapes and a bowl of ice cubes.
Pingqiu also tasted it from afar, in terms of taste, it is really not very delicious, it is better to eat grapes directly, and just looking at the appearance, it is very unappetizing.
Looking at the wasted bowl of ice cubes and a bunch of grapes, Ye Shengge completely gave up the idea of making grape juice, but this idea can tell Liu San that Liu San Brother is better at this aspect, he can go to someone to try how to squeeze out the grape juice, and then sell it in his Youqu Pavilion, there must be a lot of people who buy it, and the weather is hot during this period of time, and it will definitely be sold at a good price.
"Why don't you tell me what you want to make, you tell me the method, I'll make it for you to eat, although I don't know if it tastes like you want, but I can try it." Pingqiu looked at Yesheng Ge from afar, a little discouraged, a little sad, and he spoke.
"Husband, don't bother you about this, after all, I don't really want to eat, I just thought of such an interesting idea, when the time comes, I will go back and tell the third brother of the Liu family, let him try how to do it, maybe there are many people who want to eat, and you can also sell it for a good price." Ye Shengge shook his head and said with a smile, since he can't eat what he makes, why bother others, although this other person is her husband, but she can't let him do it, after all, it's troublesome.
She doesn't like troublesome things, and she doesn't like to trouble people.
"If there is anything that the lady wants to eat, I will let the next person go out and buy it." Pingqiu asked from afar, although Yeshengge didn't let him do it, he could feel that she was still a little lost in her heart.
"Husband, forget about this matter, I don't particularly want to eat it anyway, it's just a temporary interest." Yesheng Song said.