After arranging things in Song County, Lin Zhu and Chang's mother went on a shopping spree in Song County. There were many people at home, and they had to prepare a lot of things for the New Year. Although Feng Yuanbo was in charge, women are born shopaholics, so
Lin Zhu and Chang's mother took Dr. Zhang's escort to visit all the shops in Song County.
Not only snacks, but also fabrics, brocades, fireworks, firecrackers, and bamboos were bought in large quantities. She also went to Qiaodiefang to order peanut and chili silver pins. She gave Qiaodiefang a new look of peanut pins last year.
, now that the chili pepper style is available, Qiaodiefang naturally gave Lin Zhu a preferential price.
So after finishing their work, Lin Zhu and the other three returned home with a full load.
When Lin Zhu returned home, he found that there was a strange old man at home. After being introduced by Dr. Zhang, he found out that he was his friend Du Heng, a skilled craftsman from Beijing.
"I've met Mr. Du." After being introduced by Dr. Zhang, Lin Zhu saluted Du Heng.
"You don't need to be polite, baby," Du Heng waved his hand carelessly, "I asked Old Man Zhang to trick me this time. You said you have a great wine here. Take it out and try it quickly. If it doesn't taste good, don't drink it.
It's strange that I turned my back on him and left." Du Heng looked in his fifties, dressed in coarse cloth, with gray hair but a rosy complexion. He only had a big nose of rosacea, which made him look particularly funny.
"You're such a bad old man. Why don't you show off in front of my goddaughter? I won't let you drink some good wine." Old doctor Zhang laughed and scolded him.
"Old sir, please be patient. I'll get some good wine right away. You and my god-grandpa haven't seen each other for a long time, so you should have a good drink." Lin Zhu smiled. He didn't care about his rudeness.
Dr. Zhang said that he was capable, so she didn't mind his arrogant attitude, as long as he showed his real ability later.
"Go ahead, huh, these people were so submissive just now that they couldn't bring it out." Du Heng was just a little bit dissatisfied, so he attacked Lin Zhu from the very beginning.
Lin Zhu's good wine is stored in her space. Of course, others can't take it out, but Lin Zhu has also given instructions in advance. No one can go to the cellar to get the wine without her order, which is why today's situation is happening.
Lin Zhu asked Mama Chang to ask Aunt Wang to prepare a table for the drinks and food, and then she went to get the wine.
The wine was of course wolfberry wine. Since she didn’t know how to make wine, she could only buy the best wine she could buy from outside to make wolfberry wine.
Nowadays, the wolfberry wine has turned amber in color after being moistened by the bamboo forest. It is poured into a white porcelain cup. The color is particularly charming and the aroma of the wine is overflowing.
Du Heng first picked up the wine glass and looked at the wine inside, then smelled it with his nose, nodded slightly, and took a sip with a solemn expression.
"Good wine." After tasting it, he drank it all in one gulp, placed the wine glass heavily on the table, and praised loudly.
"Haha, even you drunkard has a time to cheer up." Old Doctor Zhang also drank a full glass and laughed.
"Old man Zhang, you know that there is such a good wine, but you only called me now. It's really unjust." Du Heng poured another glass, "This wolfberry wine should be clear and transparent, but it is orange-red. I didn't expect this baby's wine.
It turned out to be the best amber color, it seems that the first taste was unusual." He looked at the wine and drank it down in one gulp.
"It's just," he shook his head slightly, "the wine was not chosen well, and the flavor of the wolfberry was not fully soaked into it. It's a pity."
After hearing what he said, Dr. Zhang and Lin Zhu both looked at Du Heng with admiration. "Old man Du, you have to make good wine yourself." Dr. Zhang said with a hint.
"I know you don't have good intentions, old man. You want me to make wine. It's not impossible. You have to have good raw materials. If not, there's no need to talk about it." Deputy Du Heng said "you know" with a squinting look at Old Doctor Zhang.
"So as long as you have good raw materials, you will make wine yourself?" Lin Zhu looked at him eagerly.
"Of course," Du Heng looked a little uncomfortable, "but if I don't like what you bring out, I won't be able to make wine." He had no choice but to make a request.
"Of course. The raw materials will be inspected by you yourself." Lin Zhu said with a smile.
"It seems that I have been fooled by you." Du Heng shook his head, looking at the old doctor Zhang and Lin Zhu, the old and the young, with a winning smile, and said suddenly.
"Hey, how can I be fooled? If good wine is really brewed, you won't have a share." Dr. Zhang poured a glass of wine for Du Heng and said consolingly.
"Humph, if you don't even have this bit of sincerity, then we will break off our friendship." Du Heng said angrily.
"Okay, okay, let's break up our relationship." Old Doctor Zhang smiled and nodded, then turned to Lin Zhu and said, "Your godfather, I have broken off our relationship with this old couple a hundred and eighty times." Regarding Old Doctor Zhang's complaints,
, Du Heng said he didn't care. Not only did he drink wine quickly, but he also kept picking at the food on the table with his chopsticks.
"You old man, save some wine for me." Seeing that he had almost finished the wine while he was talking, Dr. Zhang quickly shouted to stop him and joined him at the same time.
Looking at the looks of the two of them, Lin Zhu knew that it was an expression of friendship from old friends whom he had not seen for a long time, so he wisely left the room, allowing them to drink and eat more comfortably.
"It seems that you are quite blessed." Du Heng, who had eaten and drank enough, said to old doctor Zhang, "Where did you find such a well-behaved and sensible god-granddaughter who can serve you with delicious food and drinks?
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"Hahahaha, you must be jealous." Old doctor Zhang laughed heartily, "You are allowed to have a capable son and grandson, but you are not allowed to find a capable granddaughter?" Du Heng's son is also an official in the court, but he is better than Zhang.
The old doctor's two sons are better.
"This is nothing. When you make wine, you will know what my goddaughter is capable of." Old Doctor Zhang pretended. "By the way, I asked you to come here this time because I want you to help me."
Don't refuse to design a Zhuangzi."
"Huh, if the wine doesn't satisfy me, there's no need to talk about anything else." Du Heng looked at Old Doctor Zhang's complacent look which was very annoying and deliberately made things difficult for him.
"Whether the wine is good or not depends on whether your skills have deteriorated." Dr. Zhang did not invite the general, but instead provoked him.
"Hey, you old man, don't provoke me, I won't be fooled by you. If she has the special white rice that is paid tribute to the palace, she will definitely make good wine for her." Du Heng was not stupid, and said
Make your own demands.
"Haha." Old Doctor Zhang smiled, glanced at him, stopped talking, and started drinking alone, looking very mysterious.
Doctor Zhang's behavior made Du Heng curious, "Does it mean she also has special white rice here?" After saying that, he shook his head again, "No way, there are no people in the capital like this except in the palace.
How could there be such a legendary thing in the countryside?
"You will know when the time comes. By the way, you have to go to Zhuyatou's village first to check out the terrain and make preparations early." Old Doctor Zhang looked like he was sure of victory.
"Let's talk about it then. I won't be fooled by you until I see something." Unexpectedly, Du Heng still failed to let Dr. Zhang succeed in provoking him in the end.
Lin Zhu asked Du Heng to be placed in a room very close to old doctor Zhang. He came here in simple clothes, only brought one servant, and lived next to Butler Zhang.
Although the wolfberry wine tastes good, because the wine used by Lin Zhu is a bit strong, it has a strong stamina. Dr. Zhang and Du Heng drank about a kilogram, which was a bit too much. Lin Zhu asked Butler Zhang to drink it.
Together with Butler Du, they sent the two old men to the house to rest. Fortunately, the two of them drank quite a lot. Although they drank too much, they just fell asleep and did not make a fuss.
Lin Zhu asked Chang's mother and the others to make new clothes for everyone in the family. Although Lin Zhu's family was given out new clothes every season, after all, many people from the Zhang family came, so there was always some joy during the Chinese New Year.
Some of the maids in the Zhang family also know how to sew and thread. Except for Aunt Wang, Mama Cai and Xiao Qiu who help with cooking, everyone else helps with making clothes.
Zhang Manyun felt that Lin Zhu was a good person, so he took Zhang Manqing to join the team of making clothes. However, the sisters were making clothes for Dr. Zhang and Du Heng, and others did not dare to let them do it. It would be bad if gossip spread.
Although Zhang Manqing wanted to dress Chang Tianlei, she didn't dare to do it in front of everyone, and she couldn't get his size, so she had to do it unwillingly.
With the support of Lin Zhu, the Sun family's inn competed with the Wang family's Wufu Inn. The business of the Wang family's inn continued to decline. The Wang family's son was a little worried about this, so he did not bother to trouble Lin Zhu An Yuan again a year ago.
So Chang Shi and Chang Tianlei also returned to Linjia Village. But they didn't rest either.
After Du Heng saw the white rice and glutinous rice prepared by Lin Zhu, his eyes were stunned. He pointed at the rice tremblingly, and was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He stepped forward and grabbed the rice with his hands, "These are special products."
?" He stared at Dr. Zhang, wanting to hear his admission, and asked in disbelief.
"Yes." Old Doctor Zhang nodded.
"You, you." Du Heng was speechless.
"Okay, Old Man Du, I'll leave all this to you, okay." Old Doctor Zhang knew his old friend's temperament very well. If he didn't say so, I'm afraid he would have been stalking him endlessly.
I want these rice.
"Haha, you still understand me." Du Heng, who had recovered, clapped his hands and laughed. Then, he asked Lin Zhu to find someone to buy things needed for wine making. These tasks fell to Chang Shi and Chang Shi who had returned from An Yuan.
Tianlei is on it.
Originally, Lin Zhu thought that it was better not to make wine as the New Year was approaching, as he was afraid that the time would be too short to produce wine during the New Year.
But Du Heng said it didn't matter. He should brew some rice wine first so that he could drink it during the Chinese New Year. Moreover, the rice wine tasted so good that even girls could drink it.
Now no one could stop Du Heng's enthusiasm for making wine, so Lin Zhu had no choice but to tell Chang Shi and the others to be careful not to tire out Mr. Du.
Now Du Heng has not said that he will not help Lin Zhu design the courtyard. He can only wait for the wine to be served and invite him to the Zhuyuan to have a look before making plans. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come.
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