Chapter 34: The Village of Ruoye (1)
"Wine Immortal?" Meng Haoyun's eyes flashed with a trace of doubt. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
For a hairy boy like him who has never set foot in the rivers and lakes, where would he know the name of the wine fairy.
However, although he did not know it, some people had heard of it.
Shopkeeper Xu just walked out of the back of the inn lobby, and after hearing the name of the wine fairy, he couldn't help but be surprised: "The owner, but the wine fairy who can make immortal brew in the legend?"
Ning Xiaotang nodded and said, "Immortal brewing is a bit exaggerated, but this old drunkard's ability to brew wine is indeed unique, and few people can match it. ”
"Oh my God, it's really the legendary wine fairy!" said Shopkeeper Xu in surprise.
Then, he saw the altar of hundred-year-old daughter red placed on the table, and exclaimed again: "Owner, is this the immortal wine made by the immortals in the wine?"
Ning Xiaotang shook his head and said, "This jar of wine is not the wine made by an old drunkard. ”
Hearing this, the shopkeeper Xu was a little regretful and said, "It turns out that it is not the wine made by the fairy in the wine." ”
However, Ning Xiaotang's next sentence immediately made Shopkeeper Xu's eyes light up.
But the old drunkard regarded this wine as if it were the flesh of his heart, as if it were ten or a hundred times more precious than the wine he himself made. Taking a jar of such wine is enough to make his flesh ache for a month. Because of this jar of wine, it is a hundred years of daughter red. This kind of wine is not common. ”
"Owner, where is this uncommon, this is simply rare, and it is hard to find!" said the shopkeeper Xu loudly, and ran to the table excitedly, stroking the wine jar with trembling hands, as if he was stroking his beloved.
He muttered: "A hundred-year-old daughter is red!
Seeing that Shopkeeper Xu was emotional, Meng Haoyun was a little incomprehensible and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, isn't it just a jar of wine." ”
Shopkeeper Xu shook his head and sighed: "Alas, you don't understand, you don't know how precious such a century-old daughter is red." ”
Meng Haoyun was puzzled: "How precious is that?"
Shopkeeper Xu said: "I once saw a fifty-year-old treasure of daughter red in Yuezhou City, and it was sold for a high price of 5,000 taels of silver. In the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, it is said that it can be sold for at least more than 10,000 taels. You know, this is only fifty years of daughter red. And the daughter red in front of me is a century-old treasure. Tell me, how much is it worth?"
After Meng Haoyun listened, he smacked his tongue.
He didn't expect such a small altar of daughter red to be so expensive.
Where is this wine, this is simply gold!
Ning Xiaotang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, this altar daughter is red, let you keep it." ”
"What...... The owner, you said let me keep it?" The shopkeeper Xu was surprised, this is a hundred-year-old daughter Hong, such a precious thing, really let yourself keep it?
"That's right. Ning Xiaotang nodded, unimpressed.
Although this is a rare hundred-year-old daughter red, he does not value it as much as Shopkeeper Xu, because he does not drink. As Meng Haoyun said, this is just a jar of wine.
"These days, I will leave the inn for a while. Ning Xiaotang said again, "If there is something that can't be solved, you can go to Ruoye Village in the south to find me." ”
"Okay, owner. Shopkeeper Xu nodded.
Meng Haoyun also said, "Got it, Master." ”
The two of them knew that Ning Xiaotang was going to solve the trouble for that wine fairy.
In the evening of the same day, Ning Xiaotang left the inn and arrived at Ruoye Village.
Ruoye Village, located in the south of Jinghu Town, is a small village established at the foot of Huiji Mountain.
The village is very old, older than the Great Jin Dynasty, and is said to be 800 years old.
The villagers of Ruoye village make a living from winemaking.
The wine produced here is pale yellow in color, mellow and gloomy, and has an endless aftertaste, which is the best wine in the whole Yuezhou, especially the daughter red here.
If it is said that the best daughter of the Great Jin Dynasty is in Yuezhou, then the best daughter in the Yuezhou area is in Ruoye Village.
In front of the dense houses and the slightly chaotic ancient village, Ning Xiaotang stood quietly in a moon-white robe.
He looked up and saw a crystal clear stream, gurgling out of the Huiji Mountain, like a transparent ribbon, meandering along the ancient village towards the distance.
This stream is the famous Ruoye River in the Yuezhou area.
The reason why Ruoye Village can make good wine is that the water of Ruoye Creek also accounts for half of the credit.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was an immortal living on the edge of the Ruoye River. As a result, even the water with Ruoye Creek is also contaminated with a trace of fairy energy.
Therefore, the wine made from the water of Ruoye River has naturally become the best in the world, the king of wine.
Whether the water of Ruoye Creek has immortal qi or not, Ning Xiaotang is not clear.
But the water of Ruoye Creek is indeed extremely clear, and it tastes refreshing with a hint of sweetness.
With such good water, it's no surprise that it can make good wine.
The afterglow of the setting sun slowly disappeared into the sky.
The twilight was getting darker, and the village of Ruoya was lit up with bright yellow lights.
Ning Xiaotang raised his footsteps and walked towards the village.
With one step, his body shook slightly. In the next moment, the swaying figure suddenly disappeared like a ghost, as if it had never appeared here.
In the north of the village of Ruoya, there is a sake brewery called "Shilixiang".
Distilleries are not uncommon in the village of Ruoye, as a village that makes a living from winemaking, there are twenty or thirty wineries of various sizes in the village.
However, this "ten-mile fragrant" wine shop is a little special.
Because the owner of this winery is not from this village.
However, this did not prevent the villagers from admiring the owner of the winery, because he was able to make good wine.
The fine wine he brewed was the old man who had brewed rice wine in the village for decades, and he was full of praise and sighed to himself.
"Shilixiang" winery is a two-storey wooden attic, not far from the attic gate, there is a wooden pole, on the pole a cyan wine flag, waving in the wind.
Above the sake flag, there are several red lanterns that glow dimly.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air, pulling out a long shadow in the light.
The person who came was Ning Xiaotang.
Looking at the "Shilixiang" wine shop in front of him, Ning Xiaotang smiled slightly.
Then, with a casual step, he disappeared again.
The next moment, Ning Xiaotang's figure appeared in the wine shop.
Inside the house, an old man dressed in an old cloth robe was drinking wine by himself.
The old man is naturally the wine fairy, and he is also the owner of this winery.
Seeing Ning Xiaotang's figure suddenly appear, the old man looked at Ning Xiaotang angrily and said, "Can you not be like a ghost, it is easy to scare people like this." Old man, I don't have a good heart, but I can't stand your scare. ”
Ning Xiaotang smiled and said, "I came to you, not all the time. When did you become so bold, old drunkard?"
"Old man, I've always been small, okay. The old man blew his beard and glared and said, "Besides, in this world, only the timid can live longer." This is a man, it's better to be less courageous. ”
Ning Xiaotang nodded slightly and said, "There is some truth in what I said. ”
"It's not that there is some truth, it makes a lot of sense. The old man was obviously energetic, and said, "After all these years, I finally understand a truth. No matter how high your martial arts are, or how rich you are, it is only true if you are alive. Because once you die, whether it is martial arts or wealth, it is all a bamboo basket for nothing. Only by surviving is the true meaning. ”
"And if you want to live longer, you need to be bolder. Shrinking turtle you know, the guts are small thieves, but you can't deny that the life span of a turtle is long. ”
Ning Xiaotang looked at the old man a little speechlessly, he didn't expect this old drunkard to be able to come up with such a crooked reasoning.
"Grandpa, you're talking nonsense again. ”
At this time, a cute little girl about ten years old, blinking her dark eyes, walked out of the back room, and she greeted Ning Xiaotang with a smile: "Senior Ning, you are here." ”
"Well, here we are. Ning Xiaotang nodded slightly to the little girl.
"Xiaorou, why am I talking nonsense?" The old man was very dissatisfied with his granddaughter's demolition of his own platform.
The little girl rolled her eyes at her grandfather and said, "Of course it's nonsense, what does it have to do with being timid and living a long life." In my opinion, if you want to live a long time in the rivers and lakes, you must have strong martial arts. ”
In the end, the little girl's eyes flashed, and it was obvious that at the mention of martial arts, the little girl suddenly became full of interest.
The old man reprimanded: "Martial arts and martial arts, I said that you little girl, you think about fighting and killing all day long, what's so good about this?"
"What's wrong with learning martial arts? Without martial arts, if a bad guy comes, how can we protect ourselves?" the little girl retorted, "Just like this time, if our martial arts are not strong enough, we can't protect ourselves, and we can't rely on Senior Ning to protect us." ”
Hearing this, the old man was speechless for a while, and he couldn't stop talking.
was speechless by his granddaughter's rebuttal, and the old man couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, so he had to tear away the topic and said: "You child, the older you are, the more uneasy you are, I can't talk about you anyway, I still drink my wine." ”
"Hmph, it's obviously wrong. The little girl pursed her lips and muttered.
Immediately, she looked at Ning Xiaotang with a smile and said, "Senior Ning, you haven't eaten dinner yet, I'll make you something to eat." ”
As she spoke, she jumped up and ran to the back room to make food for Ning Xiaotang.
Ning Xiaotang looked at the figure of the little girl leaving, and said to the old man: "Xiaorou's talent for martial arts is good, you should really teach her well." Or, you can ask her to study with me for a while, as I happen to be at the inn and teaching martial arts. ”
"Okay, I am very happy to let Xiaorou learn from you, you are not allowed to regret it. The old man slapped his thigh and said, and then he felt a little strange and asked, "Didn't you never accept apprentices before, and now why do you start teaching people martial arts?"
Ning Xiaotang shook his head and said, "I still don't accept apprentices now, I'm just teaching them some self-defense skills." ”
"I see. The old man nodded, he also knew something about Ning Xiaotang's temperament, this was a lazy master, how could he take the initiative to accept apprentices?
In the next few days, Ning Xiaotang waited for the six evils of Jiangnan to come to the door, but unfortunately there was no trace of each other.
Ning Xiaotang was not in a hurry, he had nothing to do on weekdays, so he taught Gu Liang Xiaorou martial arts.
Occasionally, he would wander alone in the village of Ruoye, admiring the cultural scenery of the ancient village.
On this day, Ning Xiaotang stood on the edge of Ruoye Creek, staring at the water in a daze, and didn't know what he was thinking.
At this time, five young men and girls wearing swords were walking along the road towards the village of Ruoye.
As they passed by Ning Xiaotang, one of the young men in his twenties suddenly asked Ning Xiaotang, "Hey, kid, is this village in front of you Ruoye Village?"
Ning Xiaotang came back to his senses, glanced at the other party, and said lightly, "Yes." ”
With that, he turned his head away and paid no more attention to the young man.
The young man's face suddenly looked a little unpleasant, because with his identity, walking around on weekdays, the people around him were not flattering and flattering, and he had never been so despised.
Especially in front of the two beautiful girls, he felt even more blushing.
His face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Boy, what kind of attitude do you have?"
"Senior Brother Chen, forget it, since the front is Ruoye Village, let's go to the advanced village. Among the five, the girl in white said lightly with her red lips.
"Okay, I'll listen to Senior Sister Xu. The young man's face immediately changed, and he said in a flattering tone.
"Senior sister, do you say that Master and Uncle have already arrived in the village?" At this time, another green-clothed girl among the five interjected and asked.
The girl in white shook her head and said, "Where can it be so fast, Master and Uncle are going to track down the six evils in Jiangnan, and they will definitely not be able to come back for a while." ”
The girl in green said again: "If only Master and Uncle could catch the six evils of Jiangnan, it would be good." ”
The girl in white said: "I hope so, but with the martial arts of the six evils in Jiangnan, it is not so easy to grasp." As she spoke, there was a hint of worry in her eyes.
If the six evils of Jiangnan are not gathered, there are only one or two, then it is easy to say. But if the six evils come, I'm afraid that even my master and uncle will suffer a big loss.
As if seeing the worry of the girl in white, the young man surnamed Chen spoke: "Senior Sister Xu, don't worry, isn't our Senior Uncle Li also going together, they will work together, and they will definitely return safe and sound." ”
"Hmm. The girl in white nodded slightly, "Senior Brother Chen, let's go to the village first." ”
"Okay, let's go into the village. ”
Five young boys and girls walked past Ning Xiaotang one by one and walked towards Ruoye Village.
Ning Xiaotang still stood quietly, staring at the water.
After a long time, he turned around, looked at the five young boys and girls who had already disappeared into the village, and said softly: "The six evils of Jiangnan, are they finally coming......