Chapter 35: Red Rhubarb II
I got up early in the morning, the morning glow was visible, and the breeze was cool and fresh. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The courtyard was quiet, except for a few birds talking a few words in the air, only the guards on duty in the dark.
After washing, Hua Jiu'er picked out a simple white men's dress, tied the cuffs and trousers tightly, and packed the package. walked leisurely to the front of the single-story house in the backyard, and as soon as the door was opened, a cold air hit, and Hua Jiu'er's eyelashes seemed to tremble. Walking down the stairs and opening the third door on the right, there are rows of shelves in front of you filled with short-spouted jugs of the same style, with the date of their entry into the ice cellar marked with paper.
Rain Ice Tea, which is actually a rice brewed wine, has a low alcohol concentration, and is more like tea than three cups of drunk and worry-free spirits, and it is a sake tea. The water used to make sake is ice water. Place a huge block of ice from the Arctic Cold into the ice cellar, start high at one end, and zig around the ice to carve a finger-wide waterway and end low at the other. The water taken from the jade spring in the depths of the Dongshan Mountains in Liuzhou is sent through a container to a high section, and flows down very slowly, until the other end flows into the ice jar where the wine is made, and the temperature is just one degree before freezing. The ice water and the finest rice in Liuzhou make the final taste fresh and refreshing, with a light rice flavor and a delicate wine aroma.
Yu Ice Tea created the first method of brewing rice wine with ice water, and then imitated effectively, but the process was not as fine as Hua Ruyu, so Yu Ice Tea was respected as "the first frozen wine in the rivers and lakes".
Hua Jiu'er took out three empty porcelain pots with wooden stoppers from the shelves on the side and weighed them, they were too heavy. Calculate the distance again, unless the outside of the pot is covered with ice, by the time you arrive in Lizhou in a few days, the wine will no longer be icy. It is expected that on the day of her death, Hua Ruyu will definitely use her refined frozen wine, so as long as her heart arrives.
Sake is afraid of the sun, Hua Jiu'er searched on the shelf, found the cowhide wine bag that she stole in, and checked it carefully: fortunately, it was not damaged by ice. Picking out a rain ice tea brewed last year, Hua Jiu'er pulled out the wooden cork on the short spout of the teapot, filled the wine bag, plugged the seals on both sides, and smiled with satisfaction.
The temperature in the room was extremely low, Hua Jiu'er shivered, and hurriedly put away the wine bag and withdrew.
Hua Jiu'er didn't rush out, walked to the first door on the left, opened it and entered. Although this room is cold, it is much warmer than the previous ice cellar. Looking ahead, on the shelves are small bags of sealed jasmine tea. Green tea is easy to age and deteriorate, and jasmine tea is a reprocessed tea of green tea, which has a high water content and is more perishable. Therefore, Hua Ruyu specially built a cold and dry room to store the newly made jasmine tea that year.
Hua Jiu'er took two bags and put them away.
Coming out of the cold room, the morning glow has not retreated, and the courtyard is still quiet.
Continuing to walk deeper into the yard, two birds flew to the tree in front of Hua Jiu'er, calling "Ruyi, Ruyi".
"Uh-huh, good-" Hua Jiu'er responded in a decent manner.
The birds seemed to be chirping more cheerfully.
At the end, there is a high wall, five meters above the ground, and vines linger on the wall. Behind the wall, a large tree with a canopy spreading, much higher than the wall, with pinnate compound leaves, is a centenarian acacia tree in the Spring and Autumn Courtyard.
It is rumored that Shaolin has the light skill of flying eaves and walking on the wall, which can be arranged horizontally for eight steps. Hua Jiu'er looked up at the wall several times higher than her, geared up, fastened the package on her back, stuffed the wine bag on her waist, took a few steps back to run, jumped, one step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five ...... Before the five steps were taken, the body had already begun to decline, Hua Jiu'er frowned and exhaled, turned around in the air, and jumped down.
"Hehe-" laughed from the acacia tree.
"Sister Jiu'er, the interest is very high. ”
Hua Jiu'er pressed her brow with her left hand, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she kicked a stone with her right foot, kicked it out twice, and flew towards the crown of the acacia tree.
There was no sound of collision, and a young man with a ribbon tied on his forehead poked his head out, and his face was smiling: "Sister Jiu'er, get up so early today and go out of the house?"
"What kind of supplements does Aunt Wang give you every day to raise you so smart?" Hua Jiu'er looked up at him and said.
"Every morning I brew a cup of walnut powder, and in the evening the supper is black sesame paste, which is hand-ground and mellow. Sister Jiu'er, I heard that when you were young, you also made up for it like this. Hu Shuxiao smiled and replied.
Hua Jiu'er was choked by Hu Shuxiao's words, rubbed her temples and said: "I'm still a teenager, okay?" I have to go and tell Aunt Wang, it's the season to eat shrimp crawl again, shrimp crawl is nutritious, juicy and tender, ...... meat."
"Stop, I'll admit defeat! Sister Jiu'er, don't remind Aunt Wang, shrimp crawling is my number one enemy, it's too scary, look at that big mouth, that bunch of tentacles, I'm timid, you don't know. Hu Shuxiao looked aggrieved and looked at Hua Jiu'er pitifully.
Hua Jiu'er looked at him very proudly, pointed at him with her little hand, and said, "Yo yo, you see that you are so big and tall, how majestic and chic you are in a guard suit, you are as timid as a mouse, you say, ouch." ”
Hu Shuxiao lowered his head when he was talked, suddenly raised his head again, looked at the sky and said: "Sister Jiu'er, if you don't set off again, the bean curd rice noodles and sliced local chicken of Pinxiangju in Zizhou will be sold out." ”
"Count you to the point!" Hua Jiu'er calculates the time, if you are in a hurry now, it is just before sunset to arrive at the Shicheng at the junction of Liuzhou under the jurisdiction of Zizhou, and the bean curd rice noodle is the specialty of the Xiangju in Shicheng, which is famous far and wide, the only regret is that it is limited to supply every day, and the spring flowers are in full bloom, and generally after the sunset, this dish will be sold out.
Without a run, Hua Jiu'er jumped behind the high wall and slowly floated down.
Hu Shuxiao whistled and followed the arc of Hua Jiu'er's figure, one high and one low.
Hua Jiu'er hooked the corners of her mouth, didn't look back, waved her hand, walked to the stable not far away, picked a red chestnut and a yellow chestnut horse, and jumped up to the yellow chestnut one. He pulled out the prepared red headband from the cuff, covered his forehead, and tied it at the back of his head. With a shake of the reins with both hands, and with an order, Ma Fei rushed out of the small door, followed closely by the red chestnut horse.
All the way through the wind, except when I bought breakfast at the market.
When she arrived at the bamboo house, Hua Jiu'er jumped off the horse, only to find that there was a black horse standing next to the house: the physique was not large, the body was stout, the head was large and the forehead was broad, the chest was long, and the coat was thick.
Hua Jiu'er suddenly realized: The sea of clouds came from Hongzhou, of course, it would not be on foot or by carriage. After thinking about it again, he suddenly became vigilant: this horse should have followed the sea of clouds from a distance, avoiding the crowd, so he didn't see it, but he was careless and didn't notice its existence. It's really vain to claim that he is still the wind in the bamboo forest, and it seems that today he can't live up to this name.
"This is Hei'er, my old friend. ”
Hua Jiu'er followed the sound and saw Yunhai walking out of the door, wearing the white shirt he had changed into last night.
"Mongolian horses, hard-working, tenacious, not alarmed in distress, are very good war horses. In this way, your choice is very real. Hua Jiu'er said.
Yunhai nodded and replied: "Hei'er is loyal and can endure hardships, and understands me, I will always take it with me when I go out." ”
"Your horse is also good, steady, docile, with strong endurance and quick recovery from fatigue. The meander horse is also large and excellent. Yunhai looked at the two horses brought by Hua Jiu'er and said.
Hua Jiu'er shook her head with a smile and said, "I should also drink some walnut powder this morning to replenish my brain, and I picked the two closest brothers in the family in a daze, they are inseparable, and it is difficult to separate them." If you don't mind, I'll have to take both of them. ”
"Brotherhood is also rare, and with two more playmates, Hei'er is also happy. ”
"They are Huang Er and Hongda, although Hongda is a brother, he always lets Huang Er. Hua Jiu'er said as she unwrapped the package on Hongda's body, and suddenly a burst of bun fragrance wafted out.
"I bought some breakfast, let's eat and then we will go. ”
"Hmm. Yunhai replied with a smile.