Rebirth of Jiuyouyan

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, there was movement in the Bai family.

Xia Yue was used to getting up early, so he woke up at this time. He heard the sound of Yi Ao Yile getting up lightly, knowing that they didn't want to wake him up, a smile appeared on his face.

Last night, the two brothers squeezed one bed to sleep, and gave up the other to Xia Yue.Yile drank a lot of soup the night before, got dressed and rushed to the toilet, Yi Ao folded the quilt and made the whole bed before going out to wash.He tiptoed past Xia Yue's sleeping bed, only to see Xia Yue smiling with his eyes open.

Yi Ao was taken aback: "Brother, are you awake? Are we arguing with you?"

Xia Yue got up, smiled and shook his head: "No, I've slept too much, and I usually wake up earlier than this time."

"Usually need to get up so early?"

Seeing Xia Yue get up and get dressed quickly, Yi Ao was amazed.The young master of a rich family is not like their peasant family, who needs to work in the fields, even if he doesn't sleep until the sun is high, he only wakes up when he sees the sun.I got up earlier than this time, isn't it still bright that day?

"Shuzo has to wash and steam rice in the morning, so Yinshi has to get up."

Xia Yue spoke lightly, Yi Ao could not calm down, Yinshi was an hour earlier than now.In the heart of this young man, Xia Yue no longer has the image of a rich young master.Yinshi, a peasant boy, would definitely not be able to wake up. This young master was already working in the wine cellar when they woke up?

Yi Ao's admiration for Xia Yue yesterday soared to another level.

In fact, he still had a lot of questions in his heart to ask, but seeing Xia Yue folded the quilt and turned around to look at him, he didn't know what to say, so he swallowed his words and took Xia Yue out to wash up.

After washing, Yi Ao turned up the fire in the stove, put a pot of water on the seat, and then dragged Xia Yue to sit in the room, wanting to hear what he said about the wine store.Yi Le also came over to listen, Xia Yue described the appearance of the wine storage to them, and then explained some steps of wine making, the brothers listened with great interest.

Halfway through the talk, Bai's father and Bai's father had already got up, and then Shiyan also came out of the room, leaving the three youngest children still asleep.

Shi Yan went to help Papa Bai make breakfast, and Papa Bai opened the gate to clear the snow, clearing a space for the Yun family's carriage to stop when it came.Yi Ao Yile was fascinated by what she heard, and she never thought of helping her father.Father Bai was happy to see that they had a good relationship with their brother-in-law, so he didn't interrupt them, letting them hear that breakfast was ready.

For breakfast, the Bai family steamed steamed buns and baked pumpkin pancakes. The buns are stuffed with red bean paste. They are soft, glutinous and sweet, with moderate sweetness. They are also big and filling. The pumpkin pancakes have no filling, so they are flat , golden, full of fragrance after biting down.

After breakfast, Xia Yue took out his wallet.

The two dolls of Shuang Ma came up together: "Brother, this is beautiful."

"Does it look good?" Xia Yue smiled and rolled his eyes, "Your elder brother Shiyan made this for me."

"Brother Shiyan is ingenious, he will make us a cloth shoe." Qie Yu raised his face with pride.

Xia Yue couldn't help touching his little head.

"Brother, do you have any money here?" Qi Yu asked looking at Xia Yue's purse.The others also looked over, wondering in their hearts, it is impossible for Master Yun to have to pay for the breakfast.

"Usually it's money, but now it's not."

Xia Yue smiled and opened the purse, revealing several small yellow packets.

He took out the small bag and handed the big one to Father Bai first: "This is the peace amulet that Shi Yan and I went to the temple to pray for on the second day of junior high school. This is father-in-law's."

Father Bai looked surprised, and quickly took it.Xia Yue gave the other big one to Daddy Bai, and the remaining five were all small ones, and distributed them to the brother-in-law one by one.

The child smiled happily holding the amulet, and Father Bai and Daddy Bai also felt warm in their hearts.Especially Bai Daddy, he heard Shi Yan said that Master Yun personally bought this talisman, Erpin was so diligent and kind to his young lady, he was very satisfied as his father-in-law.

There is no farm work, and the school is still on vacation. The Bai family is really free, and the whole family is nestled in the main house to warm up and chat.When the sun was high, Yi Le offered to go outside to see when the carriage would arrive, and the younger ones followed him and ran out the door.Shi Yan wanted to try on the new clothes brought by her father for the homecoming ceremony, so she took her father into the back room and left Yi Ao and Xia Yue in the hall.

Xia Yueqian saw that this brother-in-law had something to say to him, and seeing that there was no one around, he didn't put on airs, so he asked him, "Is there anything Yi Ao wants to say?"

Yi Ao didn't expect his brother-in-law to see it. He was startled and a little embarrassed, but Xia Yue asked, he licked his lower lip, and said in a low voice, "Brother-in-law, I want to work in the wine store." Tibetan, can you?"

Xia Yue didn't expect such a thing, but was taken aback, seeing Yi Ao's serious expression, he thought for a while, but didn't answer, but asked him: "Yi Ao likes wine?"

The teenager nodded.Luo Yue's Langguan can touch alcohol at the age of twelve or thirteen, whether it is appropriate or too much depends on the discipline of the family.Someone in the school brought a small jug of wine to share with the classmates. Yi Ao tasted it, and felt that it was completely incomparable with the Yun's wine that he drank at home, and the wine made from his own rice was even more delicious.After this happened a few times, although he didn't drink a lot of wine, Yi Ao felt that the Yun family's wine was unmatched by other wines.

How did such an excellent wine come out?As soon as this question appeared, it took root in Yi Ao's heart. He really cared about it, and wanted to know how rice and water turned into wine.

Yesterday, when I heard my father say that my brother-in-law had decided to inherit the wine store, he suddenly had the idea of ​​becoming a Tibetan.This thought could not be suppressed after a whole night, Yi Ao couldn't hold it back, and finally pestered Xia Yue to ask him about the wine store. Mind.

Hearing Yi Ao say what was in his heart, Xia Yue thought about it and asked him: "I told you too, the work in the wine cellar is very hard, not only do you have to get up early, you don't get enough sleep, and you also have to touch cold water in cold weather. Can you stand it?"

"I can, I can get up early, and I'm not afraid of suffering."

The young man's eyes were full of longing, which made Xia Yue's heart soften for a while.

"You are still young, the minimum Tibetans only accept 16-year-olds, you still have a school to attend, don't you?"

"The school only needs to stay for another half a year." Yi Ao was a little reconciled, but if it was an age issue, then he really couldn't help it.

Xia Yue smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to be disappointed, although there are still two years, but in these two years, you can also help the wine store."

Seeing that Yi Ao didn't know why, Xia Yue pointed outside the door and said, "What kind of land is planted on such a large field outside? But it's all wine rice for our Yun family. Without these wine rice, wine can't be made. Wine making , started from planting rice.”

"Brother means..." Yi Ao seemed to understand, and hope was ignited in his eyes again.

"You just help my father and plant two years of rice for our Yun family. The quality of the rice is good, and the quality of the wine will be better. This is very important." Xia Yue's expression and tone are no longer the way he treats children , the majesty hidden between his eyebrows made Yi Ao straighten his waist subconsciously, "As for wine making, I will send you some wine books later. If you don't understand anything, you can write to me. If you study hard, When I start brewing this year, I’m thinking of taking you on a tour of the sake brewery.”

"Really?" Yi Ao's eyes lit up.

"Why does Yi Ao think that brother-in-law will bluff you?"

Yi Ao shook his head, showing his white teeth happily.

When Xia Yue and Shi Yan got into the carriage, Yi Ao's smile never faded.

After bidding farewell to the Bai family, Shi Yan retracted her head and arms sticking out of the car window, looked at Xia Yue, and wondered: "It's weird, why is Yi Ao smiling all the time, don't you think it's fun to send you away?"

Xia Yue laughed, pinched Shi Yan's face: "Can you really think, does he hate me so much?"

"I just think he likes you a lot. Why is he still smiling so happily when you're leaving?"

Xia Yue smiled and didn't tell him that Yi Ao reserved a seat for Tibetans.He hugged Fulang into his arms, looking forward to the future little Tibetan in his heart.

Back in the city, Xia Yue asked Shiyan to go home first, then went to Xijiuzui himself, and asked about his absence for the past two days.His previous uneasy premonition did not come true, and shopkeeper Cheng told him that everything was fine, and many customers who were curious to try new things before became repeat customers, and the city began to faintly talk about Xijiuzui's hot wine.

Xia Yue felt relieved, and hid in the hut with Steward Fang to talk for another hour.After getting drunk from Xijiu, he went around to the market, and after an incense stick of time, he came out empty-handed, got into the carriage and went back to Yun's house.

In the next few days, Xia Yue started running between the wine store and Xijiuzui again.There are constantly new wines being added to the tank in Tibet, and the last few barrels of wine will also be added to the tank one after another around the Lantern Festival.The new wine master Du and Master Yun were very satisfied. Xia Yue brought it back to Shi Yan to drink, and Shi Yan liked it very much. For reference, put it in Xijiuzui and sell it.

The day before the Lantern Festival, there was another new wine in the wine cellar, and Xia Yue brought Shiyan over there.

The wine cellar does not prohibit Qing Guan from entering, but many rooms in the cellar are extremely hot, and Luo Yue's clothes are not heat-resistant, no matter how thin they are. After getting wet, it would be a kind of torment to other Tibetans, so Luo Yue had absolutely no chance to become a Tibetan.

After all, Shiyan is a married couple and accompanied by her husband, so naturally no one stops him.Although the Tibetans couldn't hide their curiosity when they saw the young lady for the first time, they still had a sense of propriety. They didn't dare to stare at her. Also, his eyes seemed to be quite soft, looking from behind, he really matched the young master really well.

After Master Du came, the Tibetans didn't dare to continue discussing. Those who should work went to work, and those who had no work at hand went to the trough to watch the wine go to the trough.

Xia Yue brought Yan to want him to participate in the tasting of the new wine, but thought, since they are all here, let him see the situation in the trough.

The first time Shi Yan entered the wine cellar, he really felt that everything was very novel. There was a sweet scent of wine in the air, and those barrels, he had never seen such a big wooden barrel.He is curious about many things, but he is too embarrassed to ask more questions. He is surrounded by officials, and there are many shirtless people. He is too embarrassed to stay for a long time, so he obediently follows her husband. Where will Xia Yue take him? just go there.

Of course Xia Yue knew that Shi Yan was ashamed, his ears were so red, and he himself was not willing to let Shi Yan look at other men here, so he didn't introduce anything to Shi Yan, just took him directly to the second floor to the slot , still very reasonable in his mouth: "I will bring you here next time and tell you about these things. Now everyone is waiting to get into the slot, so let's go there quickly."

How could Shiyan not listen to him, so he stopped looking left and right, and just followed him to speed up the pace.

Although the last trough was in the trough, Xia Yue took Shiyan to the mash yard first.There, Tibetans are taking the fermented mash out of a vat, pouring it into wooden barrels, and transporting it to the tank farm.

Xia Yue took Shi Yan to watch at the door, and didn't go in to disturb them. When the Tibetans passed by them with a wooden barrel filled with mash, Shi Yan smelled the aroma.

"Sir, it's the fragrance of wine," Shi Yan looked at Xia Yue, "Are those already wine?"

"Those are mash. The barrel of mash has been fermented for 35 days, and the fermentation is very good," Xia Yue led him to the tank yard. Only by separating the wine lees from the wine can one obtain the wine."

Shi Yan listened very carefully, thought for a while, and then asked: "The wine must be squeezed to have wine, so why is it called the upper slot?"

"Because, that's a slot."

Xia Yue pointed forward as he spoke, and Shi Yan realized that they had already entered another room, which was very spacious, and there was a huge narrow and long object in the room, which seemed to be made of stone bricks.He took a closer look and found that the middle was empty, and it did look like a large channel.

The Tibetans next to them are bagging the mash, folding up the mouth of the bag, and stacking it neatly in the tank.One end of the trough opened below, and a small trough protruded out. The floor underneath was hollowed out, and a huge clean wooden barrel was placed inside.

"It's a jack hanging from the trough, and it's made of heavy boulder."

Shi Yan looked up and saw that the black jack was suspended above, and it was fixed by several thick and round wood.

"I've heard of Chong Maoshi, isn't it very heavy?" Shi Yan asked Xia Yue.

Xia Yue nodded to him.

Chong Maoshi is the heaviest ore in Luoyue. I don't know whether it is because of its high density or other reasons. A piece as big as a palm weighs five or six catties. It is really good to be used as a jack to press wine mash.

Before they came, the Tibetans had made several trips back and forth to transport the mash in the fermenter, and the last trip followed Xia Yue and the others.When Xia Yue introduced the jack to Shi Yan, the mash was almost finished bagging.

Master Du followed in, and after greeting Xia Yue and his wife, he reached into the trough and touched the bag containing the mash.

"Master, this batch of mash feels very good to the touch." Master Du turned back and said.

Xia Yue smiled: "I think it's another batch of good wine."

The two looked at each other and smiled, with restrained confidence and anticipation in their expressions.

Master Du gave the order to put down the jack, only then did Shiyan realize that those thick and round pieces of wood were actually levers, and there was probably something heavy like a weight hanging on the other end.

The jack slowly pressed on the mash bag in the tank.

After a while, clear liquid began to flow out of the small channel in front of it.

The sound of wine flowing into the wooden barrel sounded very pleasant, and everyone watched quietly, waiting for the vat to be gradually filled.

Shiyan stared intently at the moment when the wine was born, and felt a wave of excitement in her heart, unconsciously grabbing the sleeve of her husband beside her.

When the cask is half full, the rate of outflow of wine begins to decrease, and in the end, only the occasional few drops slowly flow out.At this time, Shi Yan realized that her husband's right sleeve was wrinkled by herself.