Wild grapes are not like cypress knocks, can be seen everywhere, three days, the common grape trellises and vines on the periphery of the mountain have been picked up, the villagers are simple, the intact grapes are sent to Hezao's house, and the remaining some rotten ones are eaten by themselves, so almost every household in Lujia Village is eating wild grapes these days.

When the wild boys go out to play, they all show their black and red purple teeth, which makes people laugh.

He Zao's family collected a total of about 2,000 catties of grapes, Lei Lei placed a whole yard, Uncle He's house is really not such a big place, He Laosan had already asked He Laosan to go to the town to cut most of the yard's size of oilcloth, to cover the yard with a piece of shady land, did not invite another person, directly let the pickled Songhua eggs in the afternoon of the group of people to the grapes to the stem, pick out the rotten grape beads, deflated beads, soak in the well water, and then rinse and dry until there are no water droplets on the surface. When washing, you can't rub it with your hands, and you must keep the layer of hoarfrost on the grape skins, which is the key to making wine.

This is also the reason why He Zao asked the delivery people not to be allowed to clean, that is, they were afraid of washing off the layer of hoarfrost.

Fifty catties of small jars, He Zao prepared a total of forty.

The women in the workshop were accustomed to rough work, crushing five or six black grapes directly in their hands and putting them in the jar.

He Zao saw that Qiao Xingniang had been sneaking over here, these methods of making wine were very simple, no different from ordinary fruit-making, and He Zao didn't expect to be able to hide it completely, so he kept quiet.

By the time the forty jars were filled to seven minutes, he had already had people paste the mouth of the jar with oiled paper, but only half of it was pasted with mud, and the remaining part was left to allow the grapes inside to fully contact with the oxygen of the red air, and if the paste was too tight, an explosion might occur.

After that, twice a day to open the opening, with a wooden stick to press the grape skin into the liquid, two days later, in each jar, He Zao has prepared two and a half catties of fine white sugar, stir evenly, wait until four days later, put in two and a half catties of white sugar again, stir evenly, eight days later, the fermentation has been completed, basically no bubbles are produced, and there is no sweetness when tasting the wine, which means that half of the brewing has been successful.

Then use a clean fine gauze to filter out the colorless grape skins and grape seeds, completely paste them with mud, and leave them in a cool place for three weeks, that is, it takes a month before and after the wine is made.

The brewing process is not complicated, but it is very trivial, He Zao has to devote more than half of his attention to this wine, and Chen and He Chun'er will also help, but they actually don't know the complete process of brewing, let alone outsiders.

At this time, there was an accident at He Zao's house.

On this day, there was a meeting in the town, and He Zao's family decided to go to the market, and the Chen family also followed, so the family asked Liu Yingniang to take care of it.

They had eaten at noon, and had left until late in the evening when they returned in the wagon, and when they returned to their homes, they realized that something was wrong.

As soon as she entered the yard, Liu Yingniang rushed out, with red eyes: "Yun Niang, I was careless, half of the soup for your pickled Songhua eggs was poured away." ”

The He family was taken aback.

Yun Niang is Chen's maiden name.

"What's going on? Someone turned upside down? He Zao asked calmly first.

Although she is not very old, she has a calm bearing on her body, and she is also clear about her ability, Liu Yingniang seems to have seen the backbone of the main heart, and wiped the corners of her eyes: "It's not a mile, early, the soup for pickling jade eggs was just prepared by you this morning, and I didn't care about it, but when we just stacked duck eggs, we found that half of the soup was missing in a jar......"

He Zao squinted his eyes, those mixed materials can't be eaten or drunk, how can there be less for no reason, someone must have stolen the materials from the Songhua eggs of the He family to make money.

In addition, if you ask someone to taste the taste, you may be able to make a similar liquid.

Originally, these pickling recipes were not difficult.

He Laosan and they were obviously shocked, although the He family is now making a fortune in a small business, but they still retain the simple and kind thoughts of small farmers in their thoughts, and they never imagined that someone would steal things for their own selfish interests.

They showed more anger than pity: "Why is there a thief, this is not right, there is a thief in the family, and the reputation is not good." ”

This is the voice of He Laosan's wide-eyed eyes.

Chen thought a little more: "We have so many duck eggs and wine, and there are still silver miles in the house...... and he quickened his pace to see if the hidden silver was still there.

He Zao glanced at Qibao, who jumped up and rushed into the house.

He said to the He family when he hid silver earlier, the adult's room is not allowed to put silver, because it is the easiest place to attract thieves to steal, so the children's room is the best place to hide silver, or an unimportant side room, this is a small trick to hide money.

This kind of thing happened to the owner, it was equivalent to a "thief" label on them, and the dozen or so women who worked together were very uncomfortable, and some powerful village women scolded: "It's really shameless, doing things for the owner and doing these three indiscriminate things, if I let me know which one, I will definitely get her claws!" ”

Others chimed in.

Without evidence, of course the He family can't wronged these people at will.

He Laosan waved his hand first to show that he did not doubt them, and then asked them where they were at noon.

Because according to He Zao's speculation, the He family has people all day long, only at noon is empty, He Zao they drove the ox cart to the town, Liu Yingniang and they are all resting at home, He Zao's house is no one at this time, and the thief is likely to touch the He family at this time.

So the thief could be someone else in the village, not necessarily a woman who helped with the work.

After asking roughly, there was basically no suspicion.

He Laosan went to Lu Lizheng's house, and the family was robbed, so he had to tell Li Zheng that it was best to catch the thief, and if he couldn't catch it, he had to be guarded against.

The working women also dispersed, and He Zao asked them to pay more attention to the movements in these villages, to see if the thieves would show any horses.

As the saying goes, three women in one play, not to mention more than a dozen women, all pack tickets one after another, and they must help the He family find out the thief.

Chen thanked them for sending them out.

When I came back, I saw He Zao standing thoughtfully in the room of the relaxing flower egg jar, and was a little strange: "Zao'er, what are you doing?" What's the problem? ”

Before He Zao could answer, a clear and beautiful voice sounded on the side, and he was not slow: "The liquid of the jade eggs is not easy to pour, but the house is clean, and there is no trace of new cleaning, which shows that this thief is very familiar with your home, and he is also familiar with where to put the relaxing flower eggs!" ”

"Ah, Gu ...... Brother Gu, when are you here? Chen was taken aback.

Ah Che smiled at her and was polite: "Hello third aunt, I heard the movement of your house in the back, and I heard someone talking about it, so I came over to take a look." ”

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