Chapter 105: Head Wine
After changing his clothes and warming his hands and feet on the kang, Jiang Xi came out.
Li had already fed the medicine to the old lady, and not long after taking the medicine, the old lady fell asleep.
The family gathered around the old lady's bed, and they couldn't help but sigh.
A good Chinese New Year's Eve meal was all ruined by Jiang Xiucai, especially Yuan Xiu, who should have studied pharmacology with Dr. Yuan at this time, but also let Jiang Xiucai completely destroy it.
"Yuan Xiu, it's because we're sorry for you." Li Shi said, and he was about to kneel down for Yuan Xiu.
Yuan Xiu immediately pulled Li up.
"Auntie, how can I accept such a big gift from you, he is him, and you are you. These days I live in your house, eat and drink yours, you never talk about me, and you still treat me as a family, if you really kneel for me, it will be a torment for me. ”
"Mother, don't be like this, I believe that Brother Yuan Xiu won't blame us. And the most important thing now is what the master said, whether he will be unfavorable to us in the dark, we must find him as soon as possible to be true. ”
Li really wanted to correct Jiang Xi, that person was none other than Jiang Xi's biological father, how could she be so alienated from her father by biting him.
But when she thought of what her husband said, even the old man was confused, the old lady was sick in bed, what could she refute for Jiang Xiucai.
"Xi'er, you say, how can I find your father."
Li grabbed Jiang Xi's hand, "Xi'er, you are the most thoughtful in this family, and you have the most ghost ideas, you tell your mother, how can you find him!" ”
"Mother, don't get excited, it's not so easy to find him, we don't even know who he is now. The only clue is in the county town, those who have seen him, either dealt with him, or are former classmates with him, can only start from this point. ”
"Classmates? Yes, yes, yes, I want to find a classmate. Li Shi suddenly reacted, "By the way, Xi'er, let's go find his classmates now, I don't believe that he did these things, he must have some trouble." ”
"Mother! Can you sober up a bit! Jiang Xi held Li's hand, "It's winter, how can we go to the county seat, even if we go, we won't see those people, the most important thing for us now is to pass this winter, and we will make some money in the coming year, so that we can inquire." ”
Li was confused, and Jiang Xi's statement was finally much more normal.
"Na Xi'er, when our family has a little money, don't forget to investigate this matter."
"Don't worry, mother, if you don't say it, I'll definitely have to check it too."
The time passed fairly quickly after the year, the sun gradually rose, and people began to move on the road.
Jiangxi's family seems to be the same as before, and only the people in their family know how hard that incident hit them.
The old lady nested on the kang all day, and her spirit still did not recover, but fortunately it did not get worse and worse.
Because of the noise on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the price of medicine in the Li family pharmacy in the town has dropped somewhat, but it still has not recovered to the price of the previous Yuan Dafu pharmacy, slightly raising by 20%.
But compared with before, it is still a lot cheaper, so the townsfolk can also accept it.
After the New Year, other people's homes are prosperous, either setting off firecrackers to invite guests to dinner, or they are visiting relatives, on the other hand, Jiangxi and their family, there are no relatives to go at all.
The only relatives are the Wang family, and since the last incident, there has been less contact between the two families.
Jiang Xi and the Li family worked together to make the rest of the mustard, and the blacksmith also brought the twenty copper stoves, and after paying the remaining one or two pieces of silver, Jiang Xi planned to open a hot pot restaurant.
However, what was more anxious than that incident was the sorghum that Jiangxi put in the cellar.
After several months of fermentation, the sorghum rice has reached the shape of sake brewing, and then it only needs to be distilled to make liquor.
The distillation was done by Yuan Xiu with her, and the two spent half a day of hard work to finally brew the first batch of sorghum wine.
I have to say that winemaking is very food-intensive, ten catties of sorghum, and the wine that comes out is not even one and a half catties.
Moreover, the pound that came out at the front was called the head wine, which was inedible at all, and contained a high content of methanol, which could only be used to disinfect the container, and only the remaining two taels of wine could be eaten.
The smell of wine wafted out of the kitchen, and the old man, who was feeding the little cattle in the yard, moved his nose and followed the fragrance and came in.
"Xi'er, what kind of sorghum wine are you talking about, has it already been brewed?"
The old man pursed his lips and looked at the wine that came out of the still without blinking.
It was rare to see how the old man was, Jiang Xi and Yuan Xiu glanced at each other.
"It's already brewed, do you want to taste it?"
"Good, good!" The old man couldn't wait to speak, and reached over to serve the largest bowl of wine in Jiangxi.
"Master, wait a minute, you can't drink that! Drink this, I'll wash you a cup. ”
The old man looked at the two taels of wine at the bottom of the bowl, just like that, he still needs to wash the cup? I drank it all in one gulp.
But since his granddaughter has said so, then he will use a cup.
Jiang Xi took the cup and poured a little wine into it, less than half of it, and the old man's eyelids twitched. It's not enough to drink like that.
"Xi'er, you just give your master such a small amount of wine."
"Master, you drink it first, this wine has a lot of stamina."
With a half-believing heart, the old man drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.
In the mouth, there is a lot of spicy taste.
"This wine is indeed strong!"
Jiang Xi hooked his lips and smiled, thinking that this wine is about fifty degrees, in this era when there are generally only a few degrees or more than a dozen degrees, isn't it strong enough.
"Master, this wine is not good, if there is more sorghum and only the wine in the middle, then the taste will be even better."
In her previous life, in her family's winery, she just pinched the head and removed the tail, leaving only the wine in the middle, and the degree was higher than 50 degrees. You must know that if you can really make that kind of sake at home, you will definitely be able to sell it well in this era.
It's just that it takes too long to make wine, and now there are too few labors and materials, and a few catties of wine can be brewed in two or three months, and there is no way for their family to make money from this thing.
Another point is that there is too much food spent on brewing, and now there are people everywhere who do not have enough to eat, and it is too difficult to make a fortune from this.
Hearing Yuan Xiu and the old man talking about big sales on the side, Jiang Xi just pursed his lips and didn't say anything.
That pound of wine, Jiang Xi didn't waste it, this is a rare alcohol, I found a few small bottles, Jiang Xi packed them separately, these things will be useful in the future.
Walking out of the kitchen, Yuan Xiu suddenly sighed, Jiang Xi looked at his eyes looking into the distance, knowing that he remembered Doctor Yuan.
If Dr. Yuan hadn't been exiled because of that incident, maybe he would have tasted the freshly brewed sorghum wine by now, and then praised the sorghum wine as well as the old man.
Jiang Xi patted him on the shoulder, "People have to look forward, I believe that Doctor Yuan will always come back one day." Before he comes back, you must work hard to become a doctor, so that Dr. Yuan will be very pleased to see it. ”
Yuan Xiu glanced back at Jiang Xi, nodded heavily, returned to the room, took out the medical technique, and continued to read.
There is still a lot of sorghum rice at home, and Jiangxi has steamed some sorghum, and plans to brew some more for his own family to drink.
Now that the temperature has risen a bit, Jiangxi thinks that it may not take two months for the sorghum to ferment.
The chickens and ducks in the yard have grown up, and now they eat more, and they eat almost all the cornmeal at home.
The small scalper has now grown into a big scalper, and when it opens for the new year, it will almost be able to play its purpose.
Jiangxi came out to feed the chickens and ducks, and fed the ducks first, and they would always quack when they were hungry, and the ducks grew faster than the chickens and ate a little more.
After feeding the ducks, Jiang Xi walked to the chicken pen, sprinkled cornmeal in the chicken trough, and watched with satisfaction as she came over to eat one by one, just as she was about to turn away, the corner of her eyes suddenly swept to something round.
Jiang Xi's heart was shocked, and he turned his head sharply to look carefully again.
What is that white and round thing, not an egg?
"Mother! Our chickens have laid eggs! ”
The sound passed through the room and directly reached the ears of Li, who was making insoles on the kang.
Li hurriedly put down the needle and thread in his hand, put on his shoes, and ran out in a hurry.
"Xi'er, did our chickens really lay eggs?"
The hens were bought to lay eggs, and they had been feeding them for months, and the family was expecting the chickens to lay eggs.
Before Jiangxi, he observed every day, until Li said that it usually takes about half a year for chickens to lay eggs, and Jiangxi gave up observation. But now, their chickens are less than four months old, and they have already laid round and lovely eggs, which is really unexpected.
Jiang Xi pointed to the eggs in the chicken pen and said to Li: "Mother, look at it yourself, isn't that an egg?" ”
Li Shi looked between hers, and sure enough, it was an egg.
"This ...... Our chickens are really capable, my mother has seen the earliest eggs to wait for five months, I can't imagine that our family can lay eggs in more than three months. ”
"It must be because our family is well fed." Jiang Xi raised her little chin, she fed these chickens and ducks more than half of the time.
"Yes, yes, yes, it must be because our family is well fed, Xi'er, you remember to come and see it every morning and evening in the future, as long as the chicken has an egg, pick it up, don't let the egg be outside."
Li's advice, Jiang Xi was still a little puzzled at first, until this day, Jiang Xi was busy with other things and forgot to pick up the eggs, and when he went to look at it again after a while, the eggs were gone.
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