When he arrived at Jiang's house, his whole family was not there, not even Zhou Yi's granddaughter.
"It must be in the wine shop. I'll go look for it." Zhou Yi said and went to the wine shop.
Huo Xi's head was dizzy and she leaned on Huo Erhuai. Huo Erhuai held her in his arms and saw that her face was red and he was very worried.
When Mrs. Zhou Zhao saw it, she pushed the door of Jiang's house, and the door creaked open.
"The door is unlocked. Come in quickly. There is a well in his yard, which is connected to an underground cold spring. I will get some water for your baby to splash on his face and he will be fine."
When Huo Xi saw Zhouzhou looking at her intently, she also looked at him and smiled. Then Zhouzhou asked him: "Hey, brother is drunk."
He hummed and ran into the courtyard to fetch water from the well.
Zhouzhou ran to Huo Xi and said, "Brother, why are you drunk? I'm fine."
His milk had been filled with water, and he laughed and scolded: "You are the only one who has grown up in Shuangquan Village, and you are still drunk." As he said this, he poured some water and slapped it on Huo Xi's face.
Huo Xi felt a chill on her face, which made her feel uncomfortable.
When Huo Erhuai saw that it was effective, he hurriedly scooped up some water and brought it over. Huo Xi put her face close to his and soaked it in his palm.
This was done several times until half of the water in the bucket was gone. Huo Xi finally lost her drunkenness and became much clearer.
It happened that Zhou Yi brought back the two heads of the Jiang family and his daughter and son-in-law. After seeing this scene and asking about the situation, they all laughed.
"It's hard for this kid not to get drunk when he comes here for the first time. Many adults can't stand it when they enter the village for the first time."
Yes, the air is filled with the aroma of wine, and the breath in your nose is filled with the smell of wine. It seems that there should be quite a few wineries in Shuangquan Village.
Huo Erhuai hurriedly greeted the Jiang family and his son. The two biological mothers also sat together and talked. Zhou Yi's daughter brought some food out to entertain her nephew and Huo Xi, and asked her daughter to talk to her elder brother and younger brother.
"Nanny, you talk to your brother and brother, you are the little master today."
Her daughter was very lively and nodded. She pushed the plate with beans and pastries to Zhou Zhou and Huo Xi in a masterful manner: "Brother, brother, you eat."
Huo Xi was stunned from the sound of Jiang Zhou's voice just now.
"Nanny, Nanny...", her mother often called her that way in the past. How long has it been since she heard it?
Huo Xi was in a daze for a while.
"Brother, eat it, these cakes are delicious." Nannan took a piece and handed it to Huo Xi.
Huo Xi came to her senses, took it over, smiled at her and thanked her. The three little kids spoke childish words to each other. Huo Xi also vaguely understood some things from Nannan.
I was shocked to learn that there were more than a dozen breweries in their village.
No wonder the little baby here is jumping around like no one else, unlike her, who gets drunk when she smells the smell of alcohol. My lover has been immersed in the smell of alcohol since he was born.
"Nanny, can you take me out to play? I haven't seen the wine shop yet."
When Nannan heard this, she felt that this brother was really pitiful. He had never seen a wine shop at such an old age. Even his younger brother Zhouzhou had seen it since he was a child.
He told the adults in the room, grabbed Huo Xi and Zhouzhou from the left and right and ran out.
"Look, this is my wine shop. It's big, right?" Nannan was very proud, puffing out her chest.
The closer she got, the more Huo Xi felt like fainting again. She hurriedly covered her mouth and nose, nodding and looking at it greedily.
Outside the winery, two large chimneys were smoking, and Nannan said they were steaming rice. After another sniff, it turned out that the air was filled with the fragrance of rice.
As Nannan entered the winery, she saw that the large courtyard was full of japonica rice, glutinous rice, and millet. Many workers were busy spreading them with rakes to cool them down, and some workers were holding rakes and spreading them out to cool down.
Spread on top.
Looking further inside, she saw row after row of large wine vats that were much taller than her. The mouths were sealed with yellow mud, and red paper was pasted on the wine vats to record the date.
It should have not been fermented and filtered yet.
When I asked Nannan, she didn't understand either. She only knew that it contained wine.
Huo Xi wanted to go inside again, but the manager wouldn't let her. They only let the three children watch in the courtyard. They weren't even allowed to go to the boiler room.
"Don't go there. It's too hot there. You'll sweat all over if you get close."
Zhouzhou pulled Huo Xi back. He didn't want to sweat. His body would be so smelly by then that it wouldn't smell good at all.
Huo Xi didn't want to see how people made wine. She just wanted to be a middleman. She didn't have the conditions and ability to be a producer, so she dragged Nannan and Zhouzhou out.
We walked around the village again.
Sure enough, after a cursory look, there were about a dozen wine shops, large and small, including several vinegar shops.
This is generally the case in towns and villages. As long as one company opens a workshop, everyone will follow suit, and it will gradually develop into a large scale.
Just like in modern times, if this village grows peppers, everyone will follow suit. If this village grows pineapples, everyone will follow suit. If this village grows mustard greens to make sauerkraut, the whole village and town will follow suit. So it gradually develops into a large scale.
For example, the same is true in Qianjin Village. One family has a loom, and almost every household has a loom. Even the surrounding families are mostly weavers.
By the time Huo Xi returned to the Jiang family, Huo Erhuai had already negotiated the price with the Jiang family.
It is the same grade as the yellow rice wine and rice wine that Huo Erhuai bought before. He used to charge one cent and five cents. Now Huo Erhuai promised to buy at least one hundred jars of ten kilograms of wine a month for a period of one year. The Jiang family will provide the wine.
The price is one cent per jar. The same goes for rice wine.
Both parties are very happy.
The Jiang family also helped them buy some fruit wine and vinegar from the village at low prices.
Huo Xi thought for a while and then said to Jiang Xing, the head of the Jiang family: "Grandpa Jiang, I saw that you have jars and wine baskets. Is it okay for my family to have those wine baskets?"
The wine jar is made of clay. As long as it is sealed well, it can be stored in a cellar for more than a hundred years. But it is heavy.
If you buy dozens of jars and put them on the boat, it will increase the load of the boat.
But the wine basket is different.
The wine basket is made of wicker or mulberry sticks. It is first braided into the shape of a basket, and then the inside is covered with hemp paper, then coated with pig blood and lime paste, layer by layer to a certain thickness, and left to dry in the sun.
, formed and hardened, and then the wicker bracket is removed, or not removed, to obtain this kind of vessel for holding water, wine and vinegar.
Ceramics are fragile, but this kind of wine basket, water basket, and vinegar basket made of wicker is light and cannot be broken. Many people will use it to fill water during travel. Even chamber pots, lacquer buckets, and water items that are not afraid of oil stains can also be used.
Use this kind of container.
Although you have to keep away from fire sources when using a wine basket to store wine, it is very light.
Moreover, some wine baskets also have handles on both sides, so you can carry them around without having to hold the jar, which is inconvenient to walk with.
Moreover, with dozens of pottery jars of wine on the boat, Huo Xi could imagine how much the boat would sink and how heavy the load would be.
Jiang Xing, his son Jiang Zuo and others heard Huo Xi say that he wanted to use a wine basket to hold wine, and they all looked at the neglected child.
Very surprised.
"The pottery altar is more durable," Jiang Xing said.
Huo Xi smiled: "We sell to fishermen and ordinary people. We don't need to save it as daughter's wine. We can drink it quickly after buying it. It doesn't need to be kept for so long. It's just light."
Huo Erhuai didn't realize this before. Hearing Huo Xi say that there are lighter drinking utensils, he nodded repeatedly: "It's best to use wine baskets on our ship."
Jiang Xing asked the waiters to bring all the wine baskets from the wine shop.