Chapter 36: The Winemaker
"The best bamboo leaf green, home-brewed, absolutely high-qualityββ!" An old man's voice came from the side of the street, accompanied by bursts of fragrance.
Xinglian's ears moved first, and then his nose shrugged as well, and his eyes immediately became smiling, almost without thinking about it, his footsteps were already heading towards the source of the sound.
"Uncle, how old is your wine?" Squatting down, she stretched out a finger, dipped a little of the wine in the small cup on the side, put it in her mouth without hesitation, took a sip gently, and before the old man could answer, she had already spoken first, "Three years, not old, but the taste is excellent, and the brewed product is also of the upper class, which is considered a good wine." β
Seeing that she could tell the difference with just a small taste, the old man was happy, and immediately poured a cup and handed it to her, "The girl has good skills, yes, the bamboo leaves I add are all good things, if it is aged, the taste will not be authentic." β
Xinglian smiled, reached out to take the wine and poured it into his mouth, and turned around to signal Ruoyan to give money.
Some time ago, she followed Sifeng Beiling to eat and drink for nothing, and she also gave him a lot of money, and she came out today to squander it.
There were two jars of wine in front of the old man, considering that it was inconvenient for a girl to hold it at a girl's house in Xinglian, he asked her if she needed help to send it back, who knew that the woman with the wine glass shook her head, simply sat next to him, took two cups, and drank it on the spot.
The place where the old man set up his stall was an alley, and it just didn't stand in the way of passers-by, Xing Lian poured two glasses of wine and handed him a glass by the way, "Old man, of course you have to drink with someone who knows how to drink, it's not interesting to be alone." β
The old man was surprised for a moment, and the next moment he laughed, stretched out his hand to take it, and bowed his hand from afar, which was regarded as thanks.
"How old is the old man?" Seeing that his hair and beard are gray, but the whole person is in good spirits, it is really difficult to guess.
The old man touched his beard, "The old man is ninety and eight this year, the girl is probably the right age, right?" β
"The old man has good eyesight, and he just filled it today." Xinglian didn't hide it, and poured him a glass of wine again.
Probably today, everyone in the Holy Capital knows about the fifth lady of the Qiao family and Lu, she said it so bluntly, the old man was stunned, but Xinglian didn't plan to say anything, he glanced at the flow of people, and the topic changed, "The old man is from the capital?" β
"yes." The old man touched his beard again and continued to drink with her. "I've been in the Holy Capital for a lifetime."
"That old man must know the Holy Capital very well." Xinglian raised his hand to pour wine, and the raised sleeves hid the glint between his eyebrows.
The old man is also a smart person, and when he heard her say this, he said happily, "What does the girl want to inquire about?" β
This girl is gorgeously dressed, obviously not an ordinary ordinary person, and listening to her conversation, she is not as restrained as the young lady in the deep boudoir, her thick eyelashes cover her smiling and crooked eyes, and the heroic appearance of drinking can hardly hide her own heavenly beauty.
"Hmm, I don't know if the old man knows Kyoto's right minister, Lord Qiao?" Xinglian pretended to be thoughtful, and fiddled with the wine jar that was about to bottom, "I heard that Qiao's Mansion can be lively today." β
The cup in which the two of them drank was not big, but Xinglian was rare to meet his favorite variety, one cup after another, and poured a lot of it to the old man intermittently, and the wine jar was not big, and after a while, the heavy jar was empty.