There is food without wine, and life is tasteless! ”

Sandwiched by the golden fried small trash fish, Fan Chunren suddenly sighed with a lonely expression. But his eyes were full of crow's feet, and he stared at Li Kui with a wink.

Li Kui couldn't stand it, if Fan Chunren was more than twenty years younger, this thing should be beaten.

But now Fan Chunren is already a gray-haired old man, respecting the old is a virtue, and Li Kui is not in a situation where there is no distinction between right and wrong. He opened his mouth and said to Li Yun, "Is there still wine?" ”

"That's brewed by the old man, and let outsiders eat it, doesn't it make the ancestor feel cold?"

"No, your ancestor must be a hospitable person, how can you be stingy with a little water and wine?"

Li Yun was not reluctant, but he was afraid that Su Shi would find out, and the two of them would be unlucky.

Li Kui looked at Fan Chunren, the old man held his head high, as if he wanted to pretend to be a little bit of a celebrity, but unfortunately he was older, and he had more twilight and less uninhibited freedom. He asked coldly: "Uncle knows my ancestor, right?" ”

"Hmm!"

Fan Chunren's outstretched chopsticks paused in the air, and then said with a smile: "Zizhan said that he found a location comparable to Hangzhou's West Lake in Yingzhou, and also prepared to build a beautiful building with a 'ten miles of smoke and waves, with a panoramic view', isn't it this thatched house behind you?" ”

is older than Su Shi, and he also communicates with Su Shi through letters, especially Su Shi is still bragging in the letter, praising how good his thatched house is, this is definitely Su Shi's friend. The host is not there, and it is the duty of the younger generation to entertain the guests, so how can you still be stingy with some fine wine? Besides, Su Shi doesn't have any fine wine at home, but he just brews some sour wine himself. People rushed to come. It's already very unreasonable to let people eat fried fish, and you dare not give it wine?

"Get the wine!" Li Kui was busy frying fish, so naturally he didn't have time to free his hands, so he could only instruct Li Yun.

Li Yun was helpless, turned around and went to the backyard. After a while, Li Yun held a wine jar of dozens of catties, and put it on the side. This wine was made by Su Shi himself - inferior wine.

Su Shi's three hobbies: drinking, singing, and eating meat.

The latter two have always been Su Shi's strengths, and he has never failed anyone. But drinking is not done, in the wine world, he has been defeated repeatedly, defeated again and again, and has never won anyone, but he has never lost anyone. It's a pity that the record is very embarrassing, so his old man was angry and studied the art of winemaking. Su Shi's winemaking skills are comparable to his old man's cooking skills, and Su Shi's winemaking skills have been swinging at the level of apprentices.

Good wine not only requires mature and stable experience, the most important thing is koji, but the koji of a good wine workshop is the lifeblood of the wine workshop, if it is lost, who will buy their wine?

Su Shi's koji is also in accordance with the practice in the market, and he pondered it himself. The effect is not much different from that on the market. In addition, the craftsmanship is relatively trendy, and there are few reporters in the Su family's old wine.

Don't think that with Dongpo meat, Su Shi is the chef. Li Kui didn't know it at first, but when he came to Yingzhou, he realized that Dongpo meat was not made by Su Shi at all, but at the level of Aunt Wang. Shizu is only responsible for eating, and then after eating beautifully, he wrote a poem "Ode to Pork" to boast about his mouth.

Fortunately, he didn't drink much, basically just a glass of pouring, and it didn't matter if the wine was almost there. Anyway, what kind of wine, as long as one glass, Su Shi basically couldn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, and the whole person was fluttering.

After spending countless hearts and experiences, the wine he brewed was finally able to drink.

A little sour, not too bad.

It's a little cloudy, but it's not like rice soup.

But he is a satisfied man, entertaining himself, and it is enough to make himself happy. After the success of winemaking, Su Shi immediately wrote down on his home life account: Winemaking is small, and there is countless money for throttling wine.

Then on the pages of the book before this sentence are written in the ledger like this: "A few yeasts, three money." ”

"There are more than ten kinds of wine vessels, fifteen times."

"Seven or eight large and small cylinders, twenty times."

"Some ...... of Grain"

…… There are also countless 'failures' in between, followed by the same share of raw materials.

But Su Shi's family knows that with Su Shi's amount of alcohol, it can't cost three or five times to buy good wine at home in a year. He did this completely blindly.

The wine in the backyard was brewed at the end of last year, and it has not been opened yet, and there are several tanks. Li Yun chose the smallest tank and moved it to the ground.

Hah-

The old man gulped down the turbid wine in the bowl, frowned slightly, and then said with a smile: "Turbid wine with fried fish, this is the taste of the countryside." “

"Uncle, try this lotus root, the lotus root in autumn and winter is glutinous, and the lotus root in summer is crisp, it has a different taste."

"Yes, good boy."

The sentence 'good boy' made Li Yun almost cry bitterly, he grew up so big, people hated dogs and hated people, and no one ever praised him for being a good boy in front of him. Now that he is in Yingzhou, he is assigned to the river embankment, and when he was unlucky with Li Kui, he turned out to be a generous elder with his eyes and told his essence, which suddenly moved Li Yun beyond measure.

"Uncle, your vision is so good."

"The old man goes south and north, this is called discernment." After the old man drank two glasses of water and wine, he suddenly became interested, pointed at Li Kui and said, "This is also a good boy." ”

The smile that Li Yun was still hanging on his face just now suddenly froze.

He is cute and cute, and he should be regarded as a good boy. But Li Kui, saying that he is a good boy, what kind of blind do you have to say it?

But looking at the 'old man' again, there is no pressure at all.

It's a pity that when I met an unappreciative Li Kui, I didn't give much face. But the old man was not annoyed.

Turbid wine can also be intoxicating, and the home-cooked food in the countryside echoes the old man's mind, but after a while, the old man was confused and drunk. Sleeping in the backyard is definitely not good, this is Su Shi's bedroom. I could only give the originally tall room to this pair of master servants passing by.

Following.

Gao Yu took the meat, carefully rode on a horse, came out of Yingzhou City, and went straight to the river embankment. After tying up the horse in front of the house, he went into the yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, his body seemed to be frozen, and his back was cold, as if he felt a faint murderous aura in the air. Then, he shook his head with self-deprecation and said, "These two guys are stealing wine again." ”

Li Kui's drinking is a terrifying disaster, of course, this is when he was drunk and crazy, Gao Yu was very unfortunate to be tricked. But when Li Kui fell asleep, there was no danger at all.

Gao Yu walked towards his bedroom, pushed the door, alas, resisted.

This house is a symbol of his status in the saddle of Su Shi for more than ten years, and someone dares to occupy the magpie's nest? Gao Yu is so angry in his heart, who is so blind, he actually slept on his bed, and didn't tell himself about the master?

Squeak.

The door opened, revealing a childish little face, Gao Yu was stunned, looked very familiar, slapped the door of his head, and remembered that there was such a person. In the first two years, the bachelor often met when he was in Bianliang, but he didn't see him for two years, and he seemed to have grown taller. ”

"I'm not Changshun, my name is Shuangqing." The other party angrily opened his teeth and claws and threatened Gao Yu: "Gao Yu, if you talk nonsense again, the master and you are not playing." ”

"Okay, you're standing here, haven't you had a look?"

Gao Yu deliberately celebrated his anger, and he was idle anyway. Seeing Shuangqing's heart, it seemed that he hadn't woken up. I didn't have the heart to tease, and asked, "Why did you come to Yingzhou?" ”

"My lord is here, can I not come." Shuangqing dudu went to the thatched house, turned around and glared at Gao Yu, and threatened: "Gao Yu, you bully me again, believe it or not, I asked my master to wear small shoes for you?" ”

"I believe, I believe."

Gao Yu, like Shuangqing, is a little guy next to the big man. The difference is that Gao Yu is in the realm of high-ranking officials and small servants in the capital, and he belongs to the existence of overage. Other masters like to call teenage boys. And Su Shi has raised Gao Yu for the elderly. It's not that Gao Yu is very old, but his age as a little guy is definitely overage.

How can there be a reason to be in your twenties and still be a sidekick?

Pingbai lacks a youthful and active atmosphere. Even the vulgar Romans knew that it was decent to be accompanied by a teenager Egyptian boy, and to be followed by an Anglo-Saxon stupid big man was the ignorance and stupidity of the nouveau riche. The people of the Great Song Dynasty regard everyone except the Great Song Dynasty as the people of the Celestial Dynasty who are barbarians, and the barbarians are even people, is it possible that the Great Song Dynasty will not be as good as the barbarians, I don't know if the little guy wants to be obedient?

On weekdays, there is a banquet, and Gao Yu and Shuangqing are not eligible to enter the hall. can only wait outside, coming and going, their followers and servants are all familiar with each other.

Gao Yu is happy, Fan Xiang's temper is a criminal, he wants to save it, how can he wear small shoes for no reason? Besides...... No, Gao Yu suddenly remembered, the bachelor took the officials of Yingzhou to the dock early in the morning to greet the imperial court Qincha, wouldn't this Qincha be Fan Chunren Fan Old Man?

Ahem, ahem

Gao Yu heard a cough behind him, looked back, no need to guess, it was Fan Chunren, Old Man Fan, unparalleled morality, nicknamed by people, the best person in the Song Dynasty.

"Gao Yu, I look handsome."

The person who came was Fan Chunren, who got up early in the morning, he must have been drowning, Gao Yu hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen Xiangye." ”

"Not yet, not yet."

Fan Chunren did not show an impatient reaction in front of the toilet at all, but instead talked to Gao Yu: "Virtuous nephew, talented, if it weren't for Zizhan's reluctance, the old man would have to recommend you." ”

"The master is very loving, and the kid is ashamed." Gao Yu was unmoved, Fan Xiang said that it was recommended, maybe it was true. But this old man is a little bad, the recommended person will be publicized, people will attack, and after the perfect resolution, the recommended person will be allowed to get an official position.

The competent referee faces everyone's envy and criticism. is already a person with outstanding intelligence, and he doesn't need the help of his old man at all, and it is not difficult for them to be a high-ranking official. And how can people who need to be recommended to get an official position be perfect? Basically, two or three anonymous letters can bring people back to life. didn't wait for the publicity time to end, and was stabbed down in ashes.

And those who have obtained official positions, not only will they not be grateful to Fan Chunren, but they will dislike him a little bit for his troubled old man. Originally, it was easy for them, but it turned into a huge favor owed to the old man. As for the recommended people who were stabbed down, they are grateful to the old man. It's a pity that it's not an official, and it's nothing in the Great Song Dynasty.

is like Gao Yu, even if he is favored by Old Man Fan and recommended by Fan Xiang, Gao Yu basically has no chance to get an official position. Because once his resume and ability are provoked by a group of civil officials, Gao Yu will not have a chance at all.

Fan Chunren chattered, talking about Bianliang for a while, and talking about the style for a while, but the smell on the edge of the toilet was too bad for the scenery, Gao Yu covered his nose and replied carefully.

I couldn't help it, Gao Yu asked the old man Fan Chunren who was in the thatched house: "Fan Xiang, the officials in Yingzhou have all gone to the dock to greet the Prime Minister, do you want to move to take a look?" Or do you want the kid to let me know so that my master can come and greet me? ”

"What's so embarrassing about that? You wait for me, I'll go with you. ”

Gao Yu wanted to cry and stood on the edge of the thatched house without tears, Li Kui and Li Yun looked at Gao Yu with a little disgust in the distance, and a question popped up in their minds, what happened to this guy?