"On the summer solstice, I will take care of the koji in the brewery, and I will stay here tonight. It's said to be a stay, but in fact, it's almost like staying in the koji cultivation room. Lao Zhangtou said that the temperature requirements for mushroom koji seeds during the growth period are very harsh, and the temperature must be maintained around body temperature in the first two days. If the temperature is too low, the koji seeds will enter a dormant state and stop growing, missing the best opportunity to grow, which will affect the fermentation effect in the future. If the temperature is too high, the song will die, and only the tragic end of the previous efforts will be abandoned.

What you need to do on the summer solstice is to strictly control the temperature of the culture room during the golden time of growth, and adjust it by increasing and decreasing the charcoal burning. After demonstrating the method of temperature control a few times, Lao Zhangtou gave full authority to Xia Zhi.

The sake brewed by Chen Huan has been in the final maturation stage, and there is no need to guard it at any time.

The two of them stayed in the utility room, and every once in a while they went to survey the temperature of the culture room and record the reproduction of the koji species. Therefore, it was already late at night, and the snow was falling in the garden, and the white snow slowly accumulated in the garden, and the yellow light looked different in the background.

Chen Huan specially picked the most satisfying wine in the recent period, warmed it in hot water, and poured a glass when he wanted to drink it, which not only relieved his sleepiness but also warmed his body, killing two birds with one stone. It's also a good thing to say that the first snow is a side dish.

After Xia Zhi confirmed that the room temperature of the culture room was in the most suitable range, he came over to sit side by side with Chen Huan. took the warm wine handed over by Chen Huan and drank it all in one gulp, and the heat warmed up from his throat to his stomach as the wine warmed up, and he couldn't help but tremble.

The summer solstice gives its own sensory evaluation.

Chen Huan happily accepted Xia Zhi's opinion.

Xia Zhi asked, after all, there was not much time left before the wine tasting. Chen Huan has been immersed in the development of new wines, aiming at this wine tasting.

Chen Huan shook his head,

The summer solstice came faintly.

Chen Huan didn't know why.

Xia Zhi is talking nonsense, he is worried enough, there is no need to pull others into the water.

The two of them talked without a match. Before the summer solstice, he had been in a state of mental tension, but now he has shifted his attention and relaxed a lot. And because of the alcohol, the eyelids became heavier and heavier, and I fell asleep unconsciously.

The sky was already white, and after a night of snowfall, a sunny day was ushered in, and a thin layer of snowflakes was spread in the yard, and there were too few snowmen to have snowball fights. When I woke up on the summer solstice, I found that I had fallen asleep on a low couch, covered with a soft blanket. Thinking about the qu species in the cultivation room, Xia Zhi hurriedly rushed over, and fell asleep in annoyance, in case the temperature change too much caused a problem with the koji seed, it would really be a waste of work.

Summer Solstice opened the door of the culture room and saw a familiar figure spreading out the burning charcoal to lower the temperature in the room. When I looked back at Xia Solstice, I smiled and said,

Xia Zhi rubbed his eyes, it seems that Chen Huan is helping to take care of the qu seeds. After a night of care, the mushroom koji seeds have successfully entered the breeding and growth period. A white layer of mycelium appeared on the surface of the rice, and it appeared to be reproducing smoothly.

Chen Huan knocked his neck with his hand, the vigil was really not an easy errand.

When Chen Huan staggered by, Xia Zhi whispered thank you, and Chen Huan nodded and staggered over.

The mushroom koji seeds were safe and sound, and Xia Zhi suddenly remembered that the untreated mushrooms were still in the next room. The weather suddenly became a lot colder, and I wonder if the mushrooms will be able to survive it. When I entered the house, I found that the mushrooms had eased up after a night of adjustment, and the color was still fresh and beautiful. The soil in the basin was wet, and Chen Huan should have helped to water it enough. Sure enough, as Lao Zhangtou said, before the nutrients are exhausted, the mushrooms will always be strong and alive, and if the conditions allow, they will continue to reproduce well.

Hey? Xia Zhi suddenly thought of something, maybe everything is the same, so there is such a thing as a bypass. An incredible thought flashed through his mind, and Xia Zhi hurriedly caught it, what if.

When night fell, Chen Huan really came as promised, urging Xia Zhi to go back to Chen's house as soon as possible to tidy up. After a few days of hard work, I had to recuperate well to make up for it. Xia Zhi was not embarrassed at all, and hurriedly got into the carriage and drove away after saying a word of please. Chen Huan was still at the door of the workshop, and he didn't have time to wave his hand twice. This man......

Xia Zhi, who returned to the Lane Bamboo Garden, couldn't wait to take out the Materia Medica, open one of the pages, and study it carefully, while picking up the pen to write and draw, muttering to himself. In Lu Lan's opinion, this move almost doubted whether Xia Zhi was getting into trouble with unclean things to have such a strange behavior, and she almost had to ask the goddess Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits.

During the two-day growth and reproduction period, the mushroom koji seeds grew gratifyingly. It turned out that the loose rice had formed into a white fat cocoon. Summer Solstice followed Lao Zhangtou's instructions, stirred the insect cocoons and freshly steamed and dried rice together, and then carefully sealed them and waited for the koji to ferment.

Lao Zhangtou said with his hands behind his back.

The summer solstice is full of expectations.

Old Zhang head ambiguous evaluation.

The more Xia Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that this could happen.

Chen Huan kindly stopped the boundless fantasy of the summer solstice,

Xia Zhi gave up, which was already beyond the norm for her. Anyway, now as long as the wine can be produced smoothly, it will be completed, and she and Yongyan have made an appointment to drink mushrooms together. Speaking of which, I don't know what Yongyan's condition is, but with Master Xue Ying here, it shouldn't be much of a problem to control the condition. It's just that the cure has not been found for a long time, after all, it is like a mountain that is always pressed in her heart, and she is willing to be a fool if she can. “