Jiuchen's dark eyes, at this moment, quietly looked at the girl in front of him who was smiling very happily, that pretty smile reminded him of his own sister at home, their ages are so similar, and the smiles seem to travel through time and space at this moment, overlapping together. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Jiu, is there something wrong?" Xiao Yu put away her smile, she didn't know if what Jiuchen said was true, but at least at that moment just now, she had gained unprecedented happiness and dignity.

This was all given by the man in front of her, so she had already begun to accept Jiuchen in her heart.

"That's right, I'm almost in good health, I want to refine immortal wine, I need some materials. Jiuchen picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and said softly.

"Materials? Are you saying that you need fairy grass? I can't get it, the fairy grass of the dream family is kept by Master Qingyun, even the young lady has to go through the permission of the patriarch before it can be extracted from Master Qingyun, Xiaoyu is not good for a maid, the young lady should be able to." Xiao Yuxiao blushed and said in a low voice.

can't blame her, after all, fairy grass is one of the important resources of every family, even if it is a descendant of the clan, it may not be easy to extract, not to mention Xiaoyu and a maid, so Jiuchen didn't mean to blame her, and he didn't want any fairy grass.

"Don't worry, the material I'm talking about is not some fairy grass, nor is it a scarce thing, you will definitely find those things. Jiuchen smiled.

"Brother Jiu, what kind of material is that, as long as Xiaoyu can find it, he will definitely get it for you. Xiao Yu looked curious, what was it that Jiuchen was so sure that she would be able to find? After all, as long as it involved the items needed by the bartender, they were all precious and scarce things, which could be easily found by her subordinates, so she was also full of doubts.

Jiuchen didn't say what it was, turned around and came to the desk, took a blank piece of paper, moved it manually, wrote a few things, and then brought it to Xiaoyu.

"Glutinous rice, big vat and small mouth, water, stove. Xiao Yu smacked his tongue at the few things written on the paper, and immediately couldn't help but feel dizzy, these things refining wine? Are you sure it's not cooking?

"Brother Jiu, are you sure it's these things?" Xiao Yu looked disbelieving and confirmed again.

Jiuchen naturally knew what she was thinking, but he didn't know how to explain it now, because even if she did, she might not be able to understand it, or she might not be able to accept it, so he didn't say anything, just nodded.

Seeing this, Xiaoyu is not a stupid person, Jiuchen is so sure, then naturally there is a reason for him, she just needs to do it, and then she handed the paper back to Jiuchen, and said with a smile: "You don't need to look for these things, you can use them in the kitchen in the yard." ”

"Is it convenient?" Hearing this, Jiuchen said in surprise.

"This courtyard is usually used by the young lady for meditation, and few people come, and I will wait for you outside the courtyard later, and I will not let people come in and disturb you. Xiao Yu knew that the wine master didn't like to be disturbed, so she knew how to do it.

"That's great, but you can't be outside. Before Jiuchen finished speaking, he saw Xiao Yu's mouth slightly pursed because of his words, knowing what this little girl was thinking, and immediately smiled and quipped: "What? blame the big brother for driving you away." ”

"How dare Xiaoyu, if the outer courtyard can't work, Xiaoyu will go. The little face was full of grievances, but the little mouth was unyielding.

Jiuchen was also amused by this little girl, and immediately smiled helplessly: "Big brother doesn't mean to drive you away, but to ask you to come in and help." How can you stay outside, right? ”

"Come in and help?" Xiao Yu couldn't believe if her ears had heard it wrong, so she went in and helped, what could she help?

"yes, come in and help. Jiuchen looked at her surprise and couldn't help laughing.

Xiaoyu was pleasantly surprised, she didn't expect that one day she would be able to observe the winemaker refining wine up close, if it was spread in the future, many people would be envious, and then she was a little happy in her heart, and hurriedly nodded.

After learning that the yard had everything he needed, Jiuchen no longer hesitated, after all, he was more eager than anyone else to know if the wine he knew had a similar effect in this world, if not, it was just an empty joy, but no matter what the result was, he had to try it first to know, and then moved to the kitchen with Xiaoyu.

After Xiaoyu came to the kitchen, she looked around, as if she had come to the kitchen for the first time, full of curiosity about the contents inside, but there was only one question in her heart, can you really refine wine here?

"Don't be stupid, you're more familiar with this place than anyone else. Jiuchen looked at the well-equipped kitchen, and couldn't help but make a few jokes about Xiaoyu with satisfaction.

"Oh. The voice was very long, Xiao Yu rolled his eyes at Jiuchen dissatisfied, and pouted: "Who doesn't know that I'm familiar, but I usually cook when I come in, so it's hard that you still let me cook now." ”

Originally, she just wanted to express her dissatisfaction, but who knew that Jiuchen's answer caught her off guard.

"Yes, it's for you to cook rice, sticky rice. Jiuchen said seriously: "The cleaned glutinous rice should be soaked in water for three to four hours, and then steamed, remember to use a clean pot, not the kind of oil." ”

"When it's done, cover the steamed sticky rice with a layer of clean gauze and bring it to the room for me. ”

"Huh?" After listening to what Jiuchen said, Xiao Yu's face was full of astonishment, and his slightly open little mouth could be stuffed with a fist, and then he pouted: "You let me do it myself, then what are you doing." ”

"I'll go back and catch up on sleep. Jiuchen yawned and said shamelessly: "And you are better at cooking than me, and the eldest brother is training you to be a winemaker, so believe in yourself, you can." ”

Jiuchen is like a lewd uncle who lures a little girl with candy, extremely shameless, and after finishing speaking, he slipped away, leaving only the little fish who kept rolling his eyes.

But cooking rice is indeed her specialty, if it is really as Jiuchen said, she can become a winemaker, then even if she is asked to cook rice every day, because for her, it is more important than anything else to be able to exchange her dignity.

Four hours, in the blink of an eye.

It was the first time for Xiaoyu to cook a pot of rice so seriously, even she couldn't believe that when cleaning glutinous rice, she could not let go of the rice, wash it cleanly, and it would not be spotty.

Cover the cooked rice with gauze, and the little fish hurriedly carried it to Jiuchen.

"Brother Jiu, the meal is ready. Pushing the door in, Xiao Yu saw that Jiuchen was making a device she had never seen, curious she put down the meal, and took a closer look, this is a very common boiling kettle for her, but after Jiuchen's transformation, he used a small bamboo tube to plug the mouth of the pot through gauze, and then the bamboo tube passed through a wooden barrel, which contained some water, and then under the other exit of the bamboo tube, there was a wine jug.

Looking so strange, Xiao Yu asked curiously, "What is this?"

Jiuchen glanced at his craftsmanship and said with satisfaction: "The still, although it is a little simpler, it should be no problem to use it." ”

"Distiller?" Xiao Yu still didn't understand.

"You don't understand what to say now, but you will understand later. Jiuchen smiled mysteriously, and then turned around and came to the bucket of glutinous rice, measured the temperature with the back of his hand, and after feeling that it was not hot, he took out a box from his arms, and Xiaoyu immediately came over curiously, opened it and saw that there were ten white objects like stones, Jiuchen took out one of them and ground it into powder, scattered it on the glutinous rice, and then added some water to stir constantly, and after stirring evenly, Jiuchen clapped his palms and smiled: "It's done, Xiaoyu poured the rice in the wooden bucket into the big tank, sealed the lid." ”

Xiaoyu did as Jiuchen said, poured the rice into the large tank, covered it tightly with brocade cloth, and checked that it was correct before coming back.

"Brother Jiu, what is that white powder you just added to your meal?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Qu. In our hometown, it's called koji. Jiuchen explained: "You don't understand if you talk too much, you just need to remember that the koji is the bone of the wine, if the bone is not right, the wine body cannot taste right." ”

"As for the preparation of koji, I will teach you in the future, but for the time being, you still have to cook. Jiuchen said with a smile.

Xiao Yu nodded, although she really wanted to become a bartender, she also understood that rice needs to be eaten in one bite, and the road needs to be taken step by step, and there is no shortcut at all.