Chapter 63: On Wine

The interior is full of wine jars, wine bottles, wine gourds, and wine glasses. Yun Xiao thought of a sentence, being rich is capricious. With so much wine, Dan Qingsheng is worthy of being a crazy wine enthusiast.

Yun Xiao continued, "There are three kinds of famous wines here. The best Shaoxing daughter red, hey, this wine is from Turpan in the Western Regions four steamed and four wine, and it is second to none in the world. ”

Seeing that Yun Xiao could still smell others, Dan Qingsheng was surprised and delighted, and asked, "My Turpan four-steamed four-brewed wine is sealed in a wooden barrel, how can my brother smell it?"

Yun Xiao smiled, "This kind of good wine, even if it is hidden in a cellar a few feet underground, it can't hide its aroma. "Ling Hu Chong may have this ability, but Yun Xiao can't. He sees it with spatial perception. The sealed wooden barrel can block the eyes, but it can't stop Yun Xiao's perception.

Dan Qingsheng shouted, "Come on, let's drink these four steamed and four wines." Walking into the wine cellar, Dan Qingsheng moved a large wooden barrel out of the corner. The barrel was old and blackened, with many Western Regions characters written on it, and the wooden cork was sealed with fire paint, and the fire paint was stamped with a seal, which looked extremely solemn.

Dan Qingsheng held the cork, gently pulled it open, and the room was full of wine. Shi Lingwei has always been drunk without touching his lips, and when he smells this strong smell of wine, he can't help but feel drunk. Dan Qingsheng waved his hand and smiled, "You go out, you go out, don't get drunk with you." He placed the three glasses side by side, picked up the barrel and poured it into the glasses. The wine was as red as blood, and it was above the rim of the glass, but it did not spill a little.

Yun Xiao saw Dan Qingsheng's hand, and secretly praised in his heart, "Dan Qingsheng held this hundred-pound wooden barrel and poured wine into the small wine glass, and actually stopped in unison, with this alone, he was able to lift his weight lightly!"

Dan Qingsheng held the wooden barrel under his flank, raised his glass with his left hand, and said, "Please, please!" His eyes stared at Yun Xiao's face, looking at his expression after tasting the wine. Yun Xiao raised his glass and looked at it, but he didn't drink it all the time, and sighed after half a ring.

Dan Qingsheng heard Yun Xiao sigh, and when he saw that Yun Xiao didn't drink it, he was a little worried, could it be that there was something wrong with this barrel of wine in Yun Xiao's opinion, and he immediately asked, "Why doesn't Brother Feng drink it?"

Yun Xiao said, "I just saw my predecessors drinking pear blossom wine with jade cups, I thought I was a big connoisseur of drinking, but I didn't expect that I couldn't do this!"

"You actually say that I don't know how to drink?" Dan Qingsheng said with some anger.

Yun Xiao said with a smile, "Although there are many good wines in the predecessors, there is no corresponding wine glass, you are so sloppy about the wine utensils, obviously you don't know the three flavors." This is one of them!"

Dan Qingsheng said curiously, "Please tell me more!"

Yun Xiao said, "Actually, I also heard a senior in the wine country casually talk about so many kinds. The rhino horn cup is used for liquor outside the customs to increase the fragrance of the wine. Fenjiu should be paired with a jade cup to increase the color of wine. Glow-in-the-dark glass of wine. Sorghum wine with bronze cups. Champion red with ancient porcelain cup. Gyokuro wine accompanies the glass cup. Pear blossom wine accompanied by a jade cup. Herb wine accompanied by ancient rattan cups. ”

Dan Qingsheng looked worried, it turned out that he had been spoiling good wine, for fear that this friend from the wine country would look down on him.

Yun Xiao didn't let Dan Qingsheng go, and continued, "After choosing a wine glass, you still need to decant the wine before tasting it. This is the second one. ”

Dan Qingsheng didn't care about his face, and hurriedly asked, "What is sobering?"

Yun Xiao said, "Wine is different from other wines, it is alive. When you uncork the barrel, the wine comes into contact with the air, which makes an incredible difference. Dan Qingsheng asked, "What change?"

Yun Xiao pointed to the wine in the cup and said, "You drink this cup first." ”

Dan Qingsheng didn't know what Yun Xiao meant, but he still did it. "Can you say it now?"

"Wait!" Yun Xiao spat out a word. Dan Qingsheng was a little impatient, but Yun Xiao just didn't say anything, and kept observing the wine in the cup. After about a quarter of an hour, Yun Xiao finally spoke, "Senior, how about you taste this glass of wine now?"

Yun Xiao handed the glass of wine in front of him to Dan Qingsheng, and Dan Qingsheng excused himself, "This is for you to drink!"

"This cup is different from the one you just had!" Yun Xiao said mysteriously.

Dan Qingsheng was surprised, drank Yun Xiao's cup of wine, tasted it carefully, and suddenly realized after half a sound, "Haha, I see, wine can also breathe, and I really woke up at this moment! No wonder you call it sobering!"

Only then did Yun Xiao begin to explain, "I'm afraid that your wine has been brewed for one hundred and twenty years, and it must have been brewed again after that, and it was more than ten years ago." ”

Dan Qingsheng gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Feng is powerful, this can also be argued!"

Yun Xiao continued, "Such an aged wine, sealed and stored for a long time, when you open it for the first time today, it will immediately overflow with aroma. This is exactly where the wine is in contact with the air, as if we are breathing. The longer the wine changes, the deeper the change, and you pour a few more glasses, and taste them for another quarter of an hour, half an hour, and an hour later, and you will have a different feeling. ”

Dan Qingsheng hurriedly went to fetch a few more wine glasses, and felt that it was a pity that it was not a luminous cup. According to what Yun Xiao said, he poured three cups for himself and Yun Xiao respectively. As for Xiang Wentian, people who don't know how to drink have been ignored by Dan Qingsheng, and Xiang Wentian stood aside with a smile and didn't bother.

Yun Xiao saw Dan Qingsheng looking at him with a convincing face, Yun Xiao smiled, finally picked up the first glass of wine, looked at it, shook it, smelled it, and then took a sip, tasted it carefully, and then closed his eyes and began to taste it. Dan Qingsheng didn't dare to disturb in the slightest. For fear of making a mistake again.

After a while, Yun Xiao opened his eyes, and Dan Qingsheng asked, "Brother, how is it?"

"Ordinary wines have a sour taste, even if they are good wines, they will be slightly sour, but the wine of the predecessors is extremely mellow and has no trace of sourness, which is due to the four steamed wines. Yun Xiao said, "But there is another way to drink this wine, and it is a little difficult to do it now!"

Dan Qingsheng hurriedly asked, "What is the way to drink?" No matter how difficult it is, it is not a problem. ”

Yun Xiao said, "I once heard a saying, wear cotton in the morning, wear yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove." The temperature difference in Turpan must be very large. ”

Dan Qingsheng said, "Yes, that place is very different from our Central Plains. When I went, it was as hot as summer during the day and as cold as winter at night. ”

Yun Xiao said, "Have you ever heard of iced wine, which can make us taste the taste of winter in summer." Dan Qingsheng said, "When I was in the Western Regions, the wine seller also said the beauty of chilled wine. Brother, that's easy, you will live with me for most of the year, and in winter, let's taste it together. He paused, frowned, and said, "No, if you wait until winter, you won't have the taste of summer." Xiang Wentian said, "It's a pity that there are no pure yin kung fu characters in the Jiangnan area, such as 'Cold Ice Palm' and 'Yin Wind Claw', otherwise ......" Before he finished his sentence, Dan Qingsheng shouted happily, "There is, there is!" As he spoke, he put down the barrel and walked out happily. Yun Xiao and Xiang Wentian glanced at each other, smiled tacitly, and the chess pieces were about to appear.