Otherworldly Days

The people who came to the yard left one by one, and the yard suddenly fell silent.The children of several families have all gone home, and only the three children of their family are left playing in the yard. There are fewer children and they are not so noisy.

Just in time, Cao Xiangnan started to make wine. The first step was to wash the grapes.

Seeing Dad washing fruit, An An thought it was something delicious, ran over, stood by the side with a slanderous face and asked, "Daddy, Dad, what is this?" want to eat.

"Ah, open your mouth." Seeing that his son really opened his mouth, Cao Xiangnan picked one and put it in his son's mouth without saying a word.As soon as the fruit was put into his son's mouth, he saw his face wrinkled into a ball, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hurry up and spit it out." Qi Wanfeng smiled helplessly when he saw Fulang's appearance, and seeing the child's wrinkled face, he knew it was too sour, so he quickly reached out to let the child spit out what was in his mouth.

"Daddy is a badass." An An spat out what was in her mouth. Seeing that Daddy was smiling, she knew that Daddy did it on purpose, and her pursed mouth could hang pork.

Xiangzi stood aside and didn't make a sound. He had eaten this kind of fruit before, and it was very sour, so he would not want to eat it.Xing Xing didn't understand anything, his eyes were curious, and he wanted to eat, but seeing An An's appearance, he immediately moved behind his brother, and his eyes changed to guard.

"Hahahaha..." Cao Xiangnan, like all fathers who succeeded in teasing their sons, was overjoyed.

"Father is teasing you, this food is not tasty, you go over there to play." Seeing Fulang bullying the child, Qi Wanfeng thought it was funny again, and coaxed the child to play.

Seeing that this food was not tasty, An An wrinkled her nose, followed E'Mu's advice and went to play.Xiangzi had curiosity in his eyes, and he took a look, "Go and play together, too." Hearing Momo calling him to go play together, he took his younger brother and left together.

The water just drawn from the well is clean and cold, soaking in the fruits, and all the broken ones must be picked.The grains of these wild grapes are relatively small. The grapes of this season are ripe, and although they are small, all of them are full of grains.

"...It's very simple to make this fruit wine. First, we need to wash the fruit and pick out all the broken ones." Cao Xiangnan explained to the people standing by the side as he made it, telling him what to pay attention to at each step , "Don't wash off the white stuff on the surface, keep it."

The surface layer is yeast, which is what wine fermentation depends on.

"Cut off the picked grapes one by one, and wash them again. Wash all these places." Cao Xiangnan explained each step to the people sitting next to him.

After washing, wait for the water on the surface to dry.

After taking the basin that had been washed and dried beforehand, and after washing his hands, Cao Xiangnan went straight to crush the grapes in the basin, and then sprinkled sugar on them. As for the amount, he Said, "If you want it sweeter, add a little more sugar, and if you don't want it too sweet, put a little less. Our fruits are a bit sour, so we put a little more sugar."

He thought about whether these grapes could be cultivated by himself. The wild fruit would be sour without water, and the artificial cultivation would probably be better than the wild one. "Wanfeng, are these fruits sweet?" He asked.

"Yes, there are, relatively few." Qi Wanfeng remembered that he seemed to have eaten sweet fruit, but this fruit was relatively rare, and he only ate it a few times in his memory, and it was brought back by his adoptive father when he went hunting in the mountains.

"It's good if there is. When the time comes, we will look for it to see if we can find sweet ones. Then we will set up a shelf in the yard and plant them." It is easier to find sweet seeds than sour ones. Grapes are easy to grow. Cut off a branch and put it in the ground to take root and sprout, and then you can find another piece of land to plant it.

Sprinkle with sugar and mix well, and then put it into jars for fermentation.

"Don't fill the jar at this time, at least leave this much space." Cao Xiangnan compared the height of the jar to the outside. If it is too full, the inside may swell and overflow, so some space should be left.

These were all told to him by the proprietress of the fruit stand, and he didn’t know if it could be done, but he basically did it this way.

"Hmm." Qi Wanfeng looked at it, thinking it was very simple, and asked curiously, "Can this really turn into wine?"

"Of course, you will be able to see them turning into wine day by day." Cao Xiangnan nodded with a confident smile on his face.

"Okay." Seeing the smile on Fu Lang's face, Qi Wanfeng believed for no reason that what Fu Lang said would come true, these sour fruits could make delicious wine.

The child in his belly kicked him, and he stretched out his hand to comfort him.

After sealing the mouth of the jar, Cao Xiangnan moved the jar to a cool place and put it away, waiting for the fermentation to be complete before making wine.The production process is really very simple. The main reason is that people in this world do not know that the fruit can ferment alcohol.

"Okay, in the future, I will use chopsticks to press the grape marc on it every day, and it should be ready after six or seven days." After putting the jar away, it is basically the same, and he will use chopsticks to press it in the next few days. Press the grapes floating on top to let the air in and make the fermentation more even. However, he said that Qi Wanfeng probably didn't understand it too much. Explain the words to him so that he can understand them better.

Not many grapes were picked, only two small jars were produced.

Thinking of that field of so many wild grapes, how much more wine could be produced, Cao Xiangnan really felt that he could wake up with a smile from his dreams.

Qi Wanfeng looked at the two jars with anticipation in his eyes.

This small village is changing quietly. The hardworking men go out to work before dawn, and the virtuous brothers can also do some work to help the family. After the family earns more money, there is gradually meat on the table. With a full stomach and a happy smile on his face, the life of the family gradually improved.

The old man sitting in front of the door bowed his head and took a puff of tobacco, looking up at the sky...

Sunrise and sunset, another day, the days are spent in a busy, ordinary way.

The last light in the sky disappeared, and it was dark. Every household in the small village closed their doors, and the oil lamps in the houses were still on, and the figures inside were shaking.

In the forest at the foot of the mountain, a group of children were picking fruits. The older children climbed up the tree, and the fruits on the tree were big and red. The younger children picked them up in a basket, and the basket could be filled quickly. up.

The old man who usually comes here to pick fruit to sell in the village does not pick the fruit to sell in the village now. He picks the fruit from here and carries it to Cao Silang’s house. , It's better than he sells it on his back on weekdays, and he can't sell much money in a day.At this time, the fruits in the forest are ripe, and no one will be willing to spend money to buy these things. If you want to eat, you can pick them in the forest.

When they come to pick them every day, a group of children will also be here, and when they leave, a group of children will follow them.

There are very few ferocious beasts at the foot of this mountain, but it would be dangerous for a group of children to stay here. Cao Silang also asked them to help look at these children. They are all children from the village, and there are also their own children here. They will also help to take care of the point, "Everyone on the tree will come down, we have to go back." The old man who had already filled his back basket waited for the children's basket to be half full, and then shouted.

After hearing this, the children on the tree quickly picked two more red fruits before jumping down nimbly from the tree. They bent down and put the small basket on their backs, and followed the old man.A group of children were laughing and laughing, you look at my basket, I look at your basket, whoever picked the bigger and red fruit, the smaller ones would not accept it.

In the morning, they would wait on the road for the grandpa who came here to pick fruit to pass by, and then come here behind them, and when they picked half of the baskets, they would go back together, otherwise they would not accept them if they went back too late.

This is also the idea Cao Xiangnan came up with. He said hello to the old man who would go to the forest to pick fruits and sell them every day, saying that he collects fruits here, and asked them to take the children in the village with them every day. Come out with the kids.As for the children, he also has his own way, let the children go with the adults, mainly for fear of any danger.

The road to Fenshui Town in the village is advancing bit by bit. The crops in the field have been planted. The grandparents at home will plant in the field. The young men and brothers are all going to work. The children There is no need for adults to take care of the big ones with the small ones.A group of children who were usually rough and rough are no longer noisy now, and they don't know where they went.

"Oh, where did you get the money?" When the family saw that the children took the money home, and didn't know where the children got the money, their eyes widened.

"This is what we got from selling fruit." The child told him arrogantly.

After listening to the children rushing to tell him that they went to the forest to pick fruit and sell it at Cao Silang's house, he learned that Cao Silang's house collected fruit, and the children in the village have been picking it in recent days.

"We went with Grandpa Xiaoshitou. Uncle said we would go with Grandpa and come back with Grandpa, so he wanted our fruit. We all followed Grandpa obediently and came back with Grandpa."

Hearing this, the brother with a more flexible mind understood something. It seems that Cao Silang was afraid that the children would be in danger if they went alone, so he asked the adults to take them with him, "You are really amazing, remember, Be sure to follow Grandpa and the others closely."

The two children of his family got back about ten big money for him, which was enough to buy a few meals of meat, and it was more money than he used to pay for shoe soles.

"We will." The children's minds are simple, what they think is how much money they can sell.

When the children took the money home, the adults in the family knew that the children went to pick the fruit and sold it for money.Now that they have work to do, they don't want to grab the money from their children, they just tell them to go with everyone and come back with everyone.

After knowing that there is no danger for the children to go, the adults are also relieved.