Updated: 2011-05-26

Chapter XXVII

Wu Ling'er's confused expression made Ye Tian feel a little embarrassed, and he reached out and patted Wu Ling'er's head: "Mr. Charlie wants you to taste and evaluate wine!" It's not about drinking with you! What are you doing? I even asked Mr. Charlie then, but you are a big head!! ”

Hearing Ye Tian say this, Wu Ling'er's little face suddenly collapsed: "Wine tasting? I tasted wine for the first time just a few days ago, how do you want me to rate it? ”

"Anyway, tell me how you feel about this bottle! If you don't say it, you can't get through it! When Mr. Charlie saw Wu Ling'er say this, he didn't have much hope for her, but he still had to ask as usual about it.

Wu Ling'er had a bitter face: "I've never commented on wine, I don't know how to evaluate it, can you give me a template?" ”

Who knew that Charlie shook his head: "No! The owner of the village was willing to see that this young lady had already made an exception, so he confessed that only she herself could pass the test, and no one else could be replaced. ”

Wu Ling'er lay on the table depressedly: "How can this be?" I'd rather have three big men compete with me than face this wine, I really don't know! I just think this wine is astringent, sour, and not good at all! The aroma is not enough, the color is not pure, as if the grapes do not have the taste of ripeness, I don't like this wine! ”

After hearing Wu Ling'er say this, Charlie smiled: "That's all your comments?!" ”

Wu Ling'er almost buried her face in her arms: "Mr. Charlie, I can't taste wine, don't laugh at me anymore!" ”

Charlie turned around with a smile and took a breathable bottle: "I didn't laugh at you, I just think that maybe you will have some talent for wine!" ”

As soon as she saw the breathable bottle, Wu Ling'er's eyes lit up, and she immediately sat up: "I know this, it's called a breathable bottle, and it's for changing bottles!" This can speed up the oxidation process of the wine and allow the sleeping wine to wake up faster. It's like...... It's like letting a sleeping flower bloom! ”

"Yes, you know about the breather. Looks like you've done your homework anyway! Mr. Charlie smiled and rolled up his sleeves. Wu Ling'er shook her head: "No, it's just that when I was drinking in the hotel last time, Ye Tian mentioned it to me." The sake I was sent before didn't have a bit of a fragrance, but after changing the bottle, I smelled a very pleasant fragrance! That feeling...... Just like I said, I used magic to wake up the sleeping flowers! ”

Charlie smiled: "I don't embarrass you, you can try this wine again later, use your method to describe the wine you feel, if it matches my thoughts, you will pass the second level!" ”

"Huh? How many small levels are there in the first level? ”

"Well, there are three small levels in each level, and you can enter the manor if you pass the level, but remember, if you don't pass one of the three levels, then you have to start again!" After saying that, Charlie has already started the action of changing the bottle. Wu Ling'er watched Charlie's movements carefully, and slowly the aroma of wine spread in the room, Wu Ling'er closed her eyes and felt it for a while, and then said to Ye Tian: "Ye Tian, you go to Xiaohua and bring my sketchbook and pencil over!" ”

Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, didn't ask more, and went back to the room directly to find Xiaohua, after Xiaohua knew what had happened, she immediately ran to the living room with Wu Ling'er's sketchbook and pencil: "Ling'er, give!" ”

Wu Ling'er took the pencil and after drawing a few strokes on the paper, she suddenly stopped. At this time, Charlie was just finished changing the bottle, and he poured some more wine into Wu Ling'er's bottle: "Try this again!" ”

Wu Ling'er shook the cup, and the fragrance hit, after she took a sip, she thought for a while, and suddenly reached out and tore up the drawings that had been drawn on the sketchbook: "It's not like this!" After speaking, she flipped through her pencil case and found that it was full of pencils, and she was suddenly a little depressed: "Why didn't I buy a charcoal bar?" Stupid!! ”

Everyone looked at Wu Ling'er strangely, not knowing what she was going to do at all. However, the sound of the charcoal burning in the fireplace made Wu Ling'er's eyes light up, she jumped out of the chair, ran to the fireplace and used the fire sickle to pick out a branch that burned into black charcoal, and after trying it on the notebook, Wu Ling'er suddenly smiled: "This is good!" With that, she picked up the branch and quickly drew it in her sketchbook.

Seeing Wu Ling'er so excited, everyone came over curiously, only to see Wu Ling'er using a charcoal-burned branch to quickly paint on the sketchbook, and after a while, a rough painting style appeared in front of everyone's eyes, Ye Tian looked at it and said, "How do I feel about this painting...... It's kind of like "Evening Bell"

Wu Ling'er nodded and said: "Well, the rich taste, a bit like the thick brushstrokes in the oil painting, I don't know how to say, it feels like using the rich brushstrokes to praise the fertile and thick of the earth, painting layer by layer with a brush on the canvas, the open field under the sunset came the bell of the distant teaching vespers, and the peasant couple who were collecting in the field stopped what they were doing when they heard the bell, and sincerely thanked the Lord for blessing the earth and blessing them." This bottle of wine gives me a feeling of gratitude. ”

Charlie glanced at the slightly scribbled painting in Wu Ling'er's hand and nodded with satisfaction: "Although I don't know much about painting, and I haven't seen the painting of "Evening Bell" that Mr. Ye Tian said, but what you said just now reminds me of the mood when I mixed this wine!" Five years ago, I was also sent here because I lost to everyone in the wine competition, and I was very depressed at the time, and I wondered a few times if I could make good wine. The situation didn't improve until I received a phone call from the owner who told me about my shortcomings in making sake and why I had chosen this place. ”

"Huh? Over here...... Isn't that where the losers are distributed? ”。 Wu Ling'er has always been outspoken, and before Ye Tian could stop her, she had already said what she was thinking, which caused Ye Tian and Xiaohua to smile bitterly.

Charlie laughed: "I used to think as you would, but the owner told me that my stay here is not a distribution, but an opportunity for me to meet more wine lovers, to know and understand them." Anyone who comes here in search of wine must have a certain knowledge of wine, and these people's opinions are not understood by those of us who deal with grapes and wine all day. That's all I want to learn! ”

Hearing Charlie say this, Wu Ling'er seemed to understand a little: "I suddenly feel that your owner, he really loves wine, so he will use every opportunity to let himself and you continue to improve his sense of wine." ”

"That's right, that's it!" Charlie smiled and poured some more wine for Wu Ling'er: "Since the bottle has been changed, then this bottle of wine, let's drink it tonight, we can't waste it!" ”

Wu Ling'er took a sip of wine and looked at Charlie: "So this bottle of wine is the wine that Mr. Charlie blended with affection for the owner and this manor after answering the owner's call?" ”

Charlie nodded, but did not answer, just quietly looked up at the ceiling, as if the whole person was caught in the memory of that day again.

Ye Tian raised his wine glass and looked at the light for a while, and then said to Charlie: "Mr. Charlie, are all the levels related to wine?" ”。

"Yes!" Charlie raised his eyes and looked at Wu Ling'er: "Since the first two levels have been passed, the third level, you can choose to pass at any time." Anyway, it has snowed heavily recently, and your health is not very good, so you can stay here with peace of mind and make up for your wine knowledge. You know, those two guys in there have a much worse personality than me! ”

Wu Ling'er hid behind the wine glass and grimaced at Ye Tian: "Strange uncle, help me make up for my wine knowledge!" ”

Ye Tian gave a rare wry smile: "I will only have some fur!" I can tell you how this wine feels to me, but if I tell you about the origin of the wine, the vintage, and so on, I'm completely blind! ”

"That ......" Xiaohua, who has been quiet tonight, suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed at Nalan Wanderer: "Since Miss Nalan is a student of the French Wine School, she should know more about wine, right?" Could you please give us some pointers? ”。

Nalan Wandering didn't expect that she would be hit by Xiaohua, she looked at Xiaohua with a surprised face: "Me? No, no, no! I've just graduated, and I'm ......."

"Even if you've just graduated, you're a hundred times better than this guy who has only drunk wine twice, right?" Ye Tian looked at Nalan Wanderer with a smile: "Although it is a bit presumptuous to ask for this, it is also a good exercise for Miss Nalan!" In practice and teaching, you are guaranteed to learn a lot of new things, and it will also play a role in consolidating some of the old knowledge you have learned! ”