In the utility room, Old Man Zhang bent down and rummaged in a wooden box, and threw over two sets of work clothes worn by workers.

Chen Huan picked up his overalls and complied, Xia Zhi was stunned and pointed to himself and asked,

Old man Zhang frowned,

Chen Huan hurriedly took Xia Zhi's hand and said, and took her out of the door to the next door to change into work clothes.

The two of them changed their clothes separately through the screen, Xia Zhi was still in a state of confusion, and she still hadn't figured out Old Man Zhang's intention of asking her to come over. It was Chen Huan who wanted to learn from the teacher, she said that she was just here to have a good time, why was she pulled as a worker. It's fine if she's interested, but she's not interested in brewing at all. Slowly changed into overalls, indigo from head to toe, without a little curve, any cardamom girl would not like such clothes.

Chen Huan also changed into overalls, his hair bun was tied high, the same simple style of indigo overalls was worn on his body with a different handsomeness and spirit from other workers, the image of the usual noble son is different, now Chen Huan is capable and refreshing style, unchanged is the handsome face, and the expectation of the next winemaking operation.

Xia Zhi tugged at his sleeves and muttered.

Chen Huan asked her to turn around and helped her tie up the hair that was draped behind her.

Xia Solstice agreed to come down.

Old man Zhang was the first to walk into the boiler room, and Chen Huan and Xia Zhi followed behind. A large amount of firewood is piled up here for later use, and there are all kinds of stoves, iron pots, drawers, cages, pots and bowls for steaming rice distillation.

Old man Zhang said the first step of brewing wine in a rough and simple way.

Xia Zhi was shocked, was the master so good? The process is so streamlined that it can't be done, how can Chen Huan, a novice who has not yet started, operate?

Unexpectedly, Chen Huan agreed without the slightest hesitation, rolled up his sleeves and planned to work.

After Old Man Zhang finished speaking, he went to the utility room without looking back.

Xia Zhimu asked in a low voice after seeing him go away,

Chen Huan's tone was not very sure,

Xia Zhi Even a layman knows how much impact these will have on Chengjiu, not to mention the old man Zhang, he deliberately didn't explain whether he wanted his apprentice to explore or ask?

Chen Huan is optimistic about it, and it is true, the development of new wine is not an overnight thing, I don't know how many times it will take to make a satisfactory wine, just like Chen Huan said, in short, let's do it first.

Although Chen Huan is a novice, he has learned about the general process of making rice wine before, but he has not practiced it himself. This time, it is better to practice first, and it is better to practice on paper than to practice once, and it will be easier to find out the problems that will occur in each link.

Chen Huan took the wooden basin and began to fetch water to clean the rice, the raw material for brewing. Xia Zhi was embarrassed to hold her hands and not work, so she took on the responsibility of the fire head army, anyway, this is her strength, and it is easy to burn the stove.

Chen Huan washed the rice several times, washed the white pulp, and then soaked it in water. After about half an hour, Chen Huan took out a few grains and twisted them by hand, roughly estimated the softness and judged that he could proceed to the next step, so he took the drawer cage and spread the rice on it, put it on the water in the cauldron and began to steam. On the way, Chen Huan opened the drawer cage many times to check the degree of steaming of the rice.

Xia Zhi thought that he was uncertain and nervous, and kindly reminded him that the rice would have a fragrance when it was cooked. Chen Huan said,

When he could smell the fragrance of rice, Chen Huan lifted the lid of the pot again, and white smoke immediately emerged, turning the entire boiler room white. Chen Huan carefully avoided being burned, and inspected how ripe the rice was. The rice is released in advance when it is not fully ripe to ensure the integrity of the rice grains.

Xia Zhi only played on the side, while sighing that although Chen Huan, the eldest young master, was clumsy at the beginning, his thinking was quite clear, and he knew what he needed to do every step. And it is very easy to get started, and the posture of holding a wooden spoon has also become decent, and smart people really learn everything faster. During this period, Chen Huan also used a pen to record the materials, dosage, time and other information of each step on the portable account, looking like a good student.

Chen Huan went to the utility room to ask Old Man Zhang what to do next. Old man Zhang paced over with his hands behind his back and looked at Chen Huan's achievements so far, although he didn't say anything, he looked quite satisfied, and said,

Chen Huan and Xia Zhi followed Old Man Zhang's instructions to spread out the steamed rice slightly to dissipate heat, because it was just a trial production, and it was no more than the amount of two dustpans. Old man Chen said that it is better to let the rice cool to the human body temperature, so it is necessary to choose the koji as soon as possible. There is a special area for preserving koji seeds in the utility room, and Old Man Zhang pointed to seven or eight sealed jars of various sizes here,

Xia Zhi slandered this master's intentions in his heart, and he taught him really casually, and she could do it.

Chen Huan stepped forward to distinguish the labels on the lower altar, and finally chose one of the songs with the Daqu label written on the altar.

Chen Huan did so one by one, grinding the lumpy koji into powder, stirring it evenly into the dried rice, and then taking it to a clean and dried ceramic wine jar, putting the rice mixed with koji into it in batches and compacting it, smashing a pit deep to the bottom of the container in the middle to make it easy to observe the exudation of the liquor, and then closing the lid and sealing it. Old man Zhang was watching the whole process, but he didn't say a word, just waited for Chen Huan to do this, and asked him to put the porcelain altar in a warmer music room. “