Chapter 14: A Delicious Corn Wine
"Ahh Haha, it turns out that this is the thing, this is the special ability of our cultivators! The bearded man smiled heartily when he heard this: "It is not so simple to increase the yield of crops and shorten the ripening time, it requires more effort and sweat than others." ”
Loulan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and after thinking about it, she was immediately relieved: Yes, the earth is the most generous, and at the same time the most stingy, how much you pay for it, it will repay you, how can there be something that is not earned?
"That's a good point, Mr. Bearded." Lou Lan smiled and said: "It seems that the so-called special ability is actually just more serious and focused than others, and pays more." ”
"Exactly, Mr. Farmer, you are a wise man." The bearded man smiled when he heard this: "We cultivators have a saying, which is called treating crops as children, and that's the truth. ”
"Treat the crops as children? No wonder you are so good, if you can do that, you will not grow bad crops. Loulan said when she heard this.
"Hehe, that's what it means." The bearded man said, "Okay, let's not talk about it, I'm going to get back to work, and if you're bored alone, when the sun goes down, go find us for a drink." ”
"Well, I don't have anything to do at night anyway... Belch... Drink? What kind of alcohol to drink? Loulan asked.
"Good corn wine, Jack that guy likes to drink my wine the most, he gave me some corn earlier today, I made some wine, and made an appointment to drink together in the evening, you can come along." The bearded man said.
"It turned out to be that guy Jack, who gave me a favor with my corn." Loulan said secretly when she heard this, but after thinking about it, although she didn't have to worry about eating and drinking on the farm now, the food was still simpler, and it would be a good thing if she had some wine to drink.
"Okay, then let's talk about it, I'll come to you with dinner, let's drink and chat while passing the time." Loulan agreed.
Seeing that the bearded man was already busy working, Loulan also began to work hard to open up the wasteland, just now the bearded man's words enlightened him, and he worked extra hard to open up the wasteland today, even eating some lunch in the field, and he has been busy working.
The reclamation of this wasteland was relatively smooth, and Loulan was lucky to get three fantasy treasures again, but no new stumps were found, which is a pity, you know, the stump is now equivalent to the existence of a cash cow in Loulan's heart.
When the sun set, Loulan successfully completed the reclamation work, although he wanted to hurry up and grow a crop of corn, but since signing the contract with the little potato, Loulan could not interfere in all the cultivation work, so he had to give up.
After washing off the sweat of the day by the river, Loulan went home with her dinner to find the bearded, and when she arrived at the pumpkin house, Loulan found that there was already a new pumpkin house under construction, apparently the little potato had already known that the new cultivated land had been reclaimed and was arranging manpower.
Seeing Loulan coming, the bearded, the little potato, and another farmer named Little Cucumber also took out the dinner in his room, and placed a place on the grass outside the pumpkin house.
The bearded man also took out several wooden barrels, which were not very large, but each barrel was about two liters, so it was not a small amount.
After a few people sat on the ground, the bearded man put a wooden barrel of wine in front of everyone, and each of the cultivators had a wooden wine cup, but Loulan didn't have it, so he simply held the barrel and drank it.
Open the wooden stopper of the wine barrel, a refreshing aroma came to the nose, although she had never drunk wine, Loulan knew that the raw materials of this wine were corn in her own field and water in the river, there could be absolutely no additives or anything like that, it was absolutely first-class good wine.
"What a fragrant corn wine!"
A lewd figure suddenly appeared, followed by three followers, needless to say, it was Jack.
Seeing that Loulan was also there, Jack smiled at Loulan with a bit of a thief's heart, this guy secretly took the corn that Loulan used to feed the chickens to drink, of course, he was afraid that Loulan would know.
Loulan didn't blame Jack, this is of course because Loulan is kind-hearted, on the other hand, Loulan believes that everything has two sides, and it can't simply define whether a thing is good or bad, take the wine-making thing as an example, although he lost some corn, but if it weren't for this, wouldn't he himself be able to drink this corn wine?
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the bearded man raised his cup with a smile and said to Loulan:
"Dear Mr. Farmer, thank you for giving us a rich contract, we will work hard to help you plant crops every day, come, let us wish your farm rapid development and a great future."
When the bearded man heard this, the little potato and the little cucumber also raised their glasses, and even the guy Jack raised his glass.
With so many people toasting together, Loulan has no reason not to drink, but because his family is poor, this is the first time he has drunk in his life, and he doesn't know how powerful this wine is, so he picked up the wine barrel with both hands and poured a big sip:
The spicy and sweet wine brought Loulan an unprecedented sensation of stimulation as soon as it entered the mouth, and when the wine slid into the throat, it was a unique fragrance of corn gushing out of the throat, echoing throughout the mouth, and straight into the nose.
"Delicious!" Loulan couldn't help but say, "Is this what wine tastes like?" It's so delicious! ”
"What a good wine!" Jack on the side couldn't help but admire: "I said bearded brother, it's been three hundred years, and your corn wine has made me think about it for three hundred years!" ”
"Drink more if it's good, I'm happy today, let's just drink it!" Hearing that the wine he brewed was praised, the bearded man couldn't stop laughing.
Although the wine is very good, but there are no dishes to accompany the wine, there is only corn in the field of Loulan now, and a few people have to use corn tortillas to drink, which is a little regrettable.
But at this time, the gherkin and the little potato suddenly returned to the pumpkin house, and after a while, the two of them came out again with a large pot of steaming food.
The color of this pot of food is pale yellow, it looks like a pot of thick soup, although it is still far away, Loulan has already smelled a strong fragrance.
"This... Could it be the legendary, shrimp dried wild vegetables, corn, potatoes and mushroom porridge! Jack, who smelled the aroma, said in a lost voice.
"Yes, these ingredients are brought by us from outside, and now we are short of food, so it is enough to boil such a pot, and we just brought them to drink today." Little Potato said.
"I said Brother Jack, you're exaggerating, and it's legendary, is this thing delicious?" Loulan said with a smile.
"You will know when you eat it, you know, in the past, in the cafeteria, the price of this thing was a small bowl of five copper coins." Jack said.
"The cafeteria? Coppers? What are you talking about? Why don't I understand? Lou Lan asked suspiciously.
"Wait a minute, farmer, let me take a sip of this delicious porridge with dried shrimp, wild vegetables, corn, potatoes and mushrooms!" Jack said as he eagerly got in front of the porridge.
The gherkin gave Jack a bowl, this guy took it and drank it with a big gulp, the food was very sweet, Loulan saw that he ate very delicious, and hurriedly asked for a bowl, and drank it, it was really delicious, salty and delicious, and the mushrooms, potatoes, corn and other accessories in the porridge were also very chewy, full of toughness and excellent taste, used to drink, it was even more unique.
Jack finished drinking a bowl of porridge and took a big sip of wine, and then said slowly: "The canteen is one of the farm functional buildings that can be purchased after exchanging the storage warehouse, the function is that it can provide all kinds of food seasonings without the restrictions of crops in the field, and with the canteen, we don't have to eat tasteless corn every day." ”
"So that's it, it's a storage warehouse again." Hearing this, Loulan said secretly: "It seems that this storage warehouse is really important. ”
"What about copper coins? What is it again? Loulan continued to ask.
"Copper coins, of course it's money, although the canteen is good, but many things in it have to be paid extra, unlike at home, everything is free." Jack said.
"Still collecting money? Didn't you just say, I can buy a canteen? Why do I have to charge for eating in my own cafeteria? Loulan was a little puzzled.
"It's for you!" Jack said as a matter of course: "The people on the farm eat for free, and outsiders only charge money for eating, and 50% of the money received belongs to you." ”
"Oh! That's pretty good! Loulan said: "However, it doesn't seem to be much money, right?" Copper coins, it doesn't sound like they're worth as much as a fantasy treasure! ”
"Well, a fantasy treasure can be exchanged for ten silver coins or a hundred copper coins." Jack said: "However, don't underestimate this canteen, as far as I know, this canteen is still very profitable!" ”
"And the benefits of the canteen don't stop there." Jack continued, "With the canteen and a variety of food, you can also attract a lot of people with special abilities, so you can say that the canteen is an important building for the development of your farm. ”
"People with special abilities, what special abilities? What are they for? Loulan was puzzled.
"Of course it's useful, like hunting, fishing, etc., these are special abilities, and if you can recruit these people to work for you, you can earn it." Jack said.
"Hunting and fishing? No kidding, the only wild animals on my farm are the big rooster and your three reed chickens, and as for the fish, there is not even a single aquatic plant in the small river, where does the fish come from? Lou Lan said depressedly.
"Hey, hey! Just because you can't see doesn't mean you don't, there are some things that only some people can see. The bearded man on the side suddenly said.