Chapter 169: Natural Scent
In the past few days, Yugang has sent people over several times to ask for wine and food, but the eldest son has closed the door to him because no one is there.
In fact, the wine that night was a fake wine made by a person with a lot of ghost ideas, the bottle was a real bottle, and the method of pouring wine into it was really an ancient method.
First of all, when a special spice is added to the sake that has been aged for decades, the aroma can quickly spread through the air with the aroma of the sake as soon as it is opened, and those who don't know the inside story think that it is the natural aroma of many years of aging.
Secondly, the wine is frozen in the extreme cold, which also solidifies the aroma.
Then, according to the wine that has been frozen into ice cubes, a layer of edible film is placed on the bread, and finally, the ice wine in the shape of a sake pot is wrapped in a fresh clay sculpture so that the wine pot has no opening, and then it is burned in the fire to make pottery.
As long as you master the heat during the firing process, you are not afraid of the pottery exploding, because it has been sealed, and a film has been wrapped on the outside, so the aroma of the wine and the wine itself will not be emitted.
The most important point of this process is that after roasting at high temperatures, the wine itself has been aged for decades, and under the wrapping of high temperatures, it will be fermented many times to make the wine taste more mellow, and the wine of several decades is as evocative, loving, and fragrant as the wine of hundreds of years.
If you understand this method, it is not difficult to do, but it is particularly laborious and patient to do, not to mention that ordinary people are reluctant to take out the wine that has been aged for decades to do this.
Therefore, although this wine is a fake wine, not a real wine that has been fermented naturally for hundreds of years, the actual effect and taste are similar. Even if it is decades of aging, it is reluctant.
Actually, this method was when I was in the mountains of Chunmuwan, and one night when I was standing guard, I couldn't help falling asleep. In the dream, the old lady told him. After waking up, he told the uncle about the description of the old lady's smile in his dream, and the uncle was very surprised, this old lady passed away when the uncle was a child, and the old lady also taught him the method of making ancient wine when he was young, if it wasn't for the eldest son telling him tonight. He almost forgot about it.
In addition, the days in the mountains are bitter, and there is no condition for sake brewing, so this method is not used.
When I was in my hometown of Ziyanping, although I had time to make wine, there were no conditions for freezing wine into ice wine, because the temperature of wine freezing was much lower than that of water, and I couldn't find such a suitable place, but in the mountains of Chunmuwan. There are many such places, and it is especially cold in winter. It's the most suitable thing to do, but there is no koji, no extra food, and no mood to make wine and eat wine, not to mention that my father has said many times that he can't make wine.
Since then, the eldest son has been remembering this method. But I never had the opportunity to follow this method, until I came to Wujiang, and in the past few years in Wujiang, my life has become comfortable and conditional. I tried to make wine, but at first I was unsuccessful, but with the help of Jintai, I tried many times, and finally succeeded in my sweet potato cellar.
This experiment was terrible, and from then on, the wine that had just come out of the pot was no longer to be eaten, but this method was only known to a few of them, and it was stipulated that this wine could only be used to entertain distinguished guests, and could not be used frequently, otherwise it would be troublesome to arouse people's appetites.
On this day, after the eldest son had eaten lunch, he was lying on the lazy bed with his eyes closed and recuperating, and was in a daze, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the street outside the wall, which was crisp and impatient.
His heart also tightened inexplicably, but after a long time, nothing happened, and he gradually forgot about this irritability. Taking a break after lunch and dinner is a new habit he has developed in recent years, mainly to nourish his mind. Over the years, as I get older, I sometimes feel less and less energetic.
In addition to the family business, in addition to contacting officialdom and business friends in the rivers and lakes, he basically does not make friends with outsiders, and many years of business life in the rivers and lakes have not allowed him to develop the habit of arrogance and luxury.
His life was simple, getting up early every day to do a few sets of punches, or running around the pool in the yard for half an hour, and then having breakfast.
Breakfast is a habit that has been cultivated for many years - a bowl of Wujiang rice noodles, simple and affordable, and easy to digest.
After breakfast, I began to see people and run errands until noon. After lunch, take a nap, sometimes even a bag of cigarettes.
When I wake up, I continue to visit customers, or go to any market or street to learn about the people and market conditions, and there is no special purpose.
If there are no very important guests to greet at night, he usually eats simply at home, a small bowl of chicken noodle soup, or a small bowl of millet porridge, and he does not need to be accompanied or greeted.
He is not like other businessmen who go out of the mountain township, he can't find the north when he just enters the city, he can't recognize who he is, and he has always maintained a life as poor as water, unless he greets important guests, the general life is very simple, and he has not developed the bad habit of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and raising concubines, so he has also won the respect of friends inside and outside the family, and officialdom in the rivers and lakes.
Of course, some people say that he is pretending to be high and dignified, who knows what kind of fame is going on behind him; others say that he doesn't know how to enjoy himself with so much money, and he doesn't know if he is a normal person.
However, after hearing it in his ears, he just smiled faintly, he knew the mission of the family, knew his mission, and knew that the charming valley thousands of years later was still waiting for the people of the Xiyan family, and that was the ultimate belonging of the Xiyan family, not this world full of dust, foul language, deceit, and intrigue.
No, just now, he was still lazy in bed, thinking about these recent events, and a young man ran over, stood a foot away from him, bowed down and said, "Master, Ziyanping has a letter." ”
"Oh, what letter? ”
The eldest son thought it was just an ordinary family letter, so he didn't care too much. "Sir, the letter says to let you see it for yourself. ”
The young man was articulate and timid, just like when he first entered the city.
The eldest son took it, and saw the words "Husband and cousin" written on the cover, and he knew that it was the one from the family, and it felt like the same as before, talking to each other about their hearts and telling each other about their lovesickness.
The year before last, my cousin also took care of his life here, and also accompanied him to talk after business, especially when things were not going well, to relieve him of tension and boredom. (To be continued.) )