Wang Xiyuan stood up to say goodbye, but Da Kui couldn't get away. One of them had to stay behind. If they both left, Master Lu's face would not look good. When Wang Xiyuan went out, Master Lu asked. Dakui answered one by one about the customs and customs of Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. During this period, he drank three more drinks. Dakui felt that his eyes were dizzy because the drink was too strong.
When Master Lu saw Da Kui's expression, he couldn't help but ask: "Sir Zhang, all the rice wine used in our village is home-brewed. It's bland and tasteless. Please don't blame me."
Dakui was shocked, rice wine, is this rice wine?
"Master Lu, you're welcome. I've been working hard all the way, but my body is tired, so I can't bear the strength of the wine." As he spoke, Dakui raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. The wine was too strong. After a few drinks, he was already dizzy and brain-swelling. I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself if I drink any more, but everything has its consequences. You don't just have to drink if you don't want to.
At this time, several people came in from the door. The first one was Lu Binglan, and there were several people behind, but I don't know who they were.
Lu Binglan arrived in the hall, bowed deeply to Da Kui, and then said: "The distinguished guest is a high official of the imperial court. I, the little girl, will propose three glasses of wine to the guest on behalf of my father, Apo." As she spoke, Lu Binglan took it from the hand of the attendant. The wine flask came to Da Kui's side with a sweet smile. When he saw that the wine glass on the table in front of Da Kui was still full of wine, he couldn't help but asked softly: "My distinguished guest, please drink the wine in the glass first, and then the little lady can add more."
Dakui couldn't help but frown when he heard this. This wine is stronger than the Baigan wine cited by the Han people. It is quite similar to the wolfberry sauce wine from Shunyuan (Guiyang). It's just that if you don't smell it carefully, you can't smell the wine. But I don't know why.
"Come, Mr. Zhang, I'll do it first as a courtesy," Master Lu Zhai noticed that Da Kui was cautious, so he immediately took the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.
The host had already drank, so as a guest, he couldn't be rude. Da Kui had no choice but to hold the cup and drink with him. As soon as the cup was dry, Lu Binglan came forward and filled it with wine. She said bluntly: "Guests must drink three cups in a row."
"Hehehe, this is the little girl Binglan, who has been spoiled by me. Master Zhang, please have three drinks," said the leader of the village, Lu.
Since it was hard to refuse the warm hospitality, Dakui gritted his teeth and drank three glasses in a row.
Seeing Da Kui drink three drinks in a row, Lu Binglian was obviously very happy and saluted Da Kui again before exiting the room.
Several people who came with Lu Binglan waited for Lu Binglan to come out of the hall and saluted Dakui one by one. The leader of the village, Lu, smiled and said: "These people are the leaders of various departments in this village. They are here to invite Mr. Zhang as a guest." Dakui stood up and talked to everyone After greeting each other one by one, the leaders finished their greetings and stood at the side of the banquet, bowing and waiting.
Dakui heard what Meng Ge said about the rules of the Zhuang family, so he understood the whole story. When a guest comes to the Zhuang family's Dazhai, he is the guest of all the Zhuang people. Naturally, several leaders will be publicly elected to invite them as guests.
In this case, Da Kui thought it would be better to be more open-minded and drink a few drinks at each house, because the wine from Master Lu's house was really strong, and Da Kui wanted to leave early.
"I'm going to invite all the leaders. Zhang, please be respectful and obey your order." As he said this, Dakui walked out of the hall first, and the leaders followed him out of the hall.
Lu Binglan saw Da Kui walking steadily out of her wooden house from a distance, and was invited by the leaders of the village. When everyone left, Lu Binglan quickly found the maids serving wine and asked: "Have you ever tasted the wine I asked you to brew?" In the wine,”
The maids nodded quickly, and one of them said: "According to Da Binglan's instructions, we added a spoonful of koji to each pot of wine."
Lu Binglan pondered for a moment and couldn't help but murmured to herself: "A pot of wine only requires half a spoon, and an ordinary person can get drunk after three cups. How can this high-ranking official named Zhang Dakui act as if nothing has happened?"
"Da Binglan, don't be anxious. I'll follow him to a few more houses and let him drink a few more drinks to see if he's drunk or not." A maid came up with an idea. Lu Binglan nodded and said, "Well, that's it, you go. Well, I will arrange other things,"
The maids each held their wine bottles and hurried in the direction where Dakui and others were going.
Da Kui was already dizzy at this moment, but fortunately he was still stable. He went to several houses as guests, but a strange thing happened. Every time he visited a house, the son or daughter of the family would come out to toast, and the wine they drank was That strong drink.
As people walked down one family at a time, Dakui couldn't stand it any longer. Meng Ge and Pan Bu behind him were acting as guards, but they couldn't come over to help them, so Dakui had to hold on tight.
The Zhuang family's wooden house has wooden stairs leading up to the stairs. When Dakui walked to the fourth house, his feet were already like cotton wool, and everything he saw in his eyes was a double image. He took a few steps and whispered: "Father, that's wrong, that's a pigsty."
In this situation, Da Kui couldn't make a fool of himself, so he laughed and said: "I just want to see the difference between the Zhuang family's livestock and the Central Plains. You don't have to follow me. I can walk around as I please." Walking in the direction of the circle, Meng Ge followed closely behind him. After hearing Dakui's instructions, the leaders of the Zhuang family stood still and waited.
It turns out that the Dazhai of the Zhuang people like to live close to mountains and rivers. Among the green mountains and green waters, there are wooden buildings dotted. This is the traditional residence of the Zhuang people. People live in the wooden buildings above and livestock are enclosed below. No matter what kind of house it is, The shrine should be placed on the central axis of the entire house. The front hall is used for celebrations and social activities. People live in the wing rooms on both sides. The back hall is the living area. Every piece of furniture that Dakui comes to is used for banquets in the front hall to show that A sign of respect for court officials.
At this moment, Dakui said that he wanted to see the livestock of the strong people, which was of course an excuse. When he entered the livestock pen under the wooden building, Dakui walked towards the deserted place as if he didn't care. When he reached a quiet place, Dakui immediately leaned over and vomited. This confession can be described as shocking.
Dakui hadn't eaten anything to begin with, and he continued to drink strong alcohol. Dakui felt an overwhelming feeling of discomfort in his stomach, especially nausea and vomiting. At this moment, he was about to vomit, but all he vomited out was water.
It’s no wonder that distiller’s yeast is used in this way.
Liquor koji is made from white rice that has been intensely boiled and then moved into the aspergillus mold, and then left at room temperature. Mycelium will grow lushly on the rice grains, which is koji. When the koji is mixed into the liquor, fermentation will occur, and the fermented thing is called The origin of alcohol and distiller's yeast is unknown. The earliest record of distiller's yeast may be "If you want to make liquor, you can only use the tillers" in the Zhou Dynasty's "Shu Jing Shuo Ming Pian". The production technology of distiller's yeast was in "Qi" in the Northern Wei Dynasty It was comprehensively summarized for the first time in "Min Yaoshu" and reached a very high level in the Song Dynasty. It is mainly reflected in: complete varieties of distiller's yeast, perfect process technology, and high saccharification and fermentation power of distiller's yeast, especially the southern Xiaoqu.
The Zhuangjia's distiller's yeast is even more outstanding. Zhuangjia's wine can be famous all over the world, and its distiller's yeast is definitely the first contributor.
Lu Binglan soaked koji in wine and let Da Kui drink it. In modern times, this would be the same as drinking alcohol.
Several attendant women accompanying the leaders of each village couldn't help laughing when they saw Da Kui going to the pig pen. They sent one of them to report the news. When Lu Binglan heard that Da Kui was too drunk to go upstairs to the pig pen. Circle, and suddenly burst into laughter.
After a long time, Lu Binglan said: "No, we must force this hateful guy to sleep." After a while, Lu Binglan ordered: "It is estimated that we have to go to three houses, you continue to follow, still use the old method to persuade him to drink, see if he can still drink How many,"
Just as Lu Binglan was whispering to the maid, the leader of the village went out from upstairs and happened to hear clearly. When he learned that Lu Binglan was tricking the high-ranking officials from the imperial court, he became furious.
"You are so presumptuous," Village Leader Lu shouted sharply, and he quickly came downstairs.
"Apo," Lu Binglan stood downstairs with her eyebrows bent, and the maid next to her didn't even dare to say a word.
Master Lu came downstairs and pointed at Lu Binglan and said, "You are so ridiculous. Mr. Zhang is the pacifier sent by the imperial court to Yunnan and Guizhou. He is a distinguished guest of my Zhuang family's village. How can you act so nonsense?"
Lu Binglan said stubbornly: "He was the one who disturbed my marriage recruitment meeting and kidnapped me."
"There is such a thing," Village Leader Lu still didn't believe it, but when he saw that his daughter's words did not sound like she was lying, he couldn't help but feel a little beat in his heart, but then he said: "Come up with me," and then turned around and went up to the wooden building. Lu Binglan lowered her head, like a child who had done something wrong, and followed her father upstairs.
Leader Lu brought Lu Binglan to the hall and ordered people to find Lu Binglan's mother.
The result of the family discussion was that Zhang Dakui loved Lu Binglan, so he disrupted the marriage recruitment meeting.
Master Lu thought about it again and again, and then he came up with a perfect plan. First, to prove whether Da Kui really loves Lu Binglan, and second, to prove whether Da Kui is a brave man. If the above two can be guaranteed, then Lu Binglan has found the man he likes. Jun.
The plan was finalized, and the leader of Luzhai made some arrangements at the moment, but the top priority was that Mr. Zhang had used wine soaked in distiller's yeast, and he had probably drank more than ten glasses at this time, so he had to take Mr. Zhang home as soon as possible. Let’s talk about what happens next.
After Da Kui left three houses in succession, he sat in someone else's house and refused to leave. When you asked why, Da Kui was completely drunk. He was too drunk to leave. If he left, he would probably make a fool of himself. The owner of this house is also very considerate. , prepared some sobering soup.
After Da Kui drank the sobering soup, he felt slightly better, but he still suffered from tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, and dizziness. The host didn't know that Da Kui had drank the wine soaked in distiller's yeast. In the hall, I really thought that Da Kui was just too light a drinker.
Although Dakui was drunk, he didn't look like he was about to pass out. After sitting in the hall for about a stick of incense, Dakui got up and left. There was nothing inappropriate in his words. Dakui knew in his heart that the longer he sat at this moment, the more he drank. The attack became more and more fierce, so Dakui immediately left the Zhuang family. Meng Ge and Panbu followed him, and the Zhuang leader led his entire family out of the house.
"I'm going back now, farewell." Dakui turned around and thought about the Zhuang family and bowed his hands, then he walked with Meng Ge and Panpa outside Dazhai. When they reached a bamboo forest, there happened to be no one around, but Dakui came again. Unable to hold on, he slumped to the ground and fell unconscious. When Meng Ge and Pan Bu saw him, they couldn't help but turn pale with fright, and hurriedly helped Dakui up from left to right.
It happened that there was a meadow on the side of the road. The soft green grass was just right for Dakui to take a rest.