The news that Li Qingyun returned to the village to recuperate quickly spread out. With the hat of being the number one college student in Qinglong Town, he received a lot of attention. However, some people only regretted that he had a car accident and lost his job. It was used as a topic of conversation after dinner and tea. It was fresh
It passed within three to five days, and there wasn't much ill will.
It is a unique habit for people in the village to talk about the richness of the east and the shortness of the west. There are not many interesting things in the countryside. Whoever catches a big fish or hunts a wild boar can quickly become news.
The weather was good today, with a bright breeze and a clear breeze. Li Qingyun took a fishing rod and a small bucket and prepared to go fishing in the Xiandai River outside the village. Originally, the fishing gear could be put into a small space, but he was afraid of being sliced and studied, so he only used it in the small space.
There are small tools such as net bags installed in the space, but I don't dare to put the wicker chair at home in it.
Behind them were two golden little dots. The two puppies were only a little over a month old, but after drinking space spring water for a few days, their little bodies were growing rapidly, they were full of energy, and they could already bark clearly.
"Woof woof! Woof woof..." The gold coins and copper coins were fleshy, like two little whirlwinds, following Li Qingyun's feet, biting his trouser legs from time to time, complaining that he was walking too fast.
"If you make trouble again, I'll put you in a cage! No food or drink!" Li Qingyun threatened them severely because he thought they were in the way.
Not to mention, as soon as the two brats heard his scolding, they immediately became obedient, whined twice, and followed obediently.
After passing through the village, I met the aunt and aunt, who greeted me again. The more anxious I was to fish, the harder I could leave. These people were so enthusiastic when they saw Li Qingyun that they inquired about him one by one, asking him how his life was in the city and why.
Hurt, what happened to the girlfriend I used to talk to, and when will I get married?
It's hard not to answer someone's question, but there are some questions he doesn't want to answer. If you say your girlfriend broke up, they might match you the next day. You can't shirk this kindness.
I was sweating anxiously when I suddenly heard an old man shouting from the entrance of the alley: "Fuwazi, when did you come back? Why don't you come to see the Fifth Master?"
"Oh, Fifth Grandpa, I was just about to visit you. I happened to meet the second aunt, so we chatted for a while." Li Qingyun replied with a smile, and ran away from the second aunt who still had more to say.
Gold Coin and Copper Coin were also impatient and barked. In excitement, they ran faster than Li Qingyun and ran in front of him.
As soon as you enter the alley, you can smell the pure aroma of grain and wine. Grandpa Wu is the cousin of Li Qingyun's grandfather. He is a very close ancestor and is good at making wine and makes a living from it. There are eleven villages in Qinglong Town.
There are also winemakers in other villages, but their craftsmanship is far inferior to that of Fifth Grandpa. A sip of the brewed wine can tell the difference.
Grandpa Wu is a bit hunchbacked and has a very burly body. He is shirtless in the spring and is still hot and sweating profusely. He has just taken the steamed sorghum out of the pot, cools it down, sprinkles it with Daqu powder, ferments it for a certain period of time, and puts it in the pot for distillation.
, you can produce wine. Although the steps are simple, each step is the crystallization of years of experience. If there is a slight mistake in any step, the taste of the puree brewed will be different.
"Fifth Grandpa, you are in good health recently, but don't be tired. With your old skills, you should recruit a few more apprentices, so that you don't have to work too hard." When they arrived, Li Qingyun put down his things and prepared to look around.
"Business has been bad in the past two years, and no one is willing to take on apprentices. No, your cousin and his family are here to help, so I can only pass on my skills to him." The old man lit up the dry tobacco pole and puffed away.
After a few mouthfuls, his expression became a bit sad.
"Why is the business so bad? Grandpa Fifth's craftsmanship is undoubtedly the first in Qinglong Town. My grandfather has such a picky taste that he only likes to drink the small grains and pure sorghum wine brewed by Grandpa Five. Especially after it has been buried underground for several years.
After that, my grandfather said that he would not even replace the old wine if it was given to Maotai."
Someone praised the wine, and the old man suddenly became happy: "Haha, second brother, just like it. Well, later you can bring a few jars of ten-year-old wine to your grandfather. The house is so big, and it is getting harder and harder to hide this wine."
The wine shops in the town learned blending methods from outside, adding some inferior wine with flavors and fragrances, and selling them at low prices, squeezing the real old wine I brewed out of the market. If it weren’t for the taste of my old friends, I wouldn’t have planned to hide it.
For wine, we sell new wine directly, saving worry and trouble, and there is no cost backlog.”
Hearing what Grandpa Wu said, Li Qingyun's heart suddenly moved. Is there no place to store the wine? Store it for too long and accumulate costs? Don't you have space? Plant things on top and hollow out the bottom to serve as a wine cellar. It is specially used to store wine. Leave it in the space for a year.
, take out the fine wine of ten years, and even if you don’t sell it for money, it will be a pleasure to drink it yourself.
"Hmm... a good idea... Grandpa must like the delicious taste of old wine!" Thinking of this, Li Qingyun's face suddenly burst into a smile.
"Fuwazi, you were in a car accident and didn't hit your head, right? Why are you giggling?" the old man asked worriedly.
Li Qingyun hurriedly replied: "Ah, it's okay, I definitely didn't hit my head. Suddenly an idea came to my mind. I have a friend who runs a liquor business in a big city and has very high requirements for the quality of the liquor. If this liquor can get his approval,
I won’t have to worry about selling wine in the future.”
"What? Can bosses from big cities outside take a fancy to our local wine? This new wine that costs three yuan, five yuan a pound, can't be put on the table, right? Even this old wine that has been stored in the cellar for several years only sells for more than twenty yuan in the town.
." Grandpa Wu was very surprised. Apart from the surprise, he also felt a little unconfident.
"Fifth Grandpa, don't worry. Businessmen are looking for profits. If they don't make a profit, they won't do anything." The people in the mountains are too conservative. They think that making a pound of wine is a lot of money. Who knows that the black-hearted wine merchants outside use liquor
It has been speculated as a luxury product, and a bottle of well-packaged liquor can easily cost several hundred yuan. A bottle like Moutai Wuliangye, which costs tens of thousands per bottle, is very common.
"Okay, okay, if this business is done, Grandpa Wu will never worry about running out of wine for the rest of your life. Huzi, stop working around in the wine cellar. Hurry up and pour a bottle of each wine out for samples, Fuwa.
I'm going to introduce a big business to our family!" Grandpa Wu has a rather impatient personality. Hearing the good news, he couldn't wait for a moment and would drink wine on the spot.
Li Qingyun secretly wiped his hands with cold sweat, thinking that fortunately the price of wine listed by Grandpa Wu was very cheap. If it were more expensive, his savings would not be enough. It seemed that he had to make money quickly, otherwise he would not be able to live in the mountain village.
The two puppies, the gold coin and the copper coin, were attacking the big dog at the entrance of the wine cellar. Because the big dog was chained and had difficulty moving, it couldn't keep up with the two puppies. It only roared loudly in anger, feeling that its dignity had been provoked.
"Fuwa is back? Hehe..." Huzi poked his head out from the door of the wine cellar and greeted Li Qingyun.
Huzi's name is Li Qinghu. He is a tall man inherited from his family. His skin is dark and shiny, and he smiles with big, neat white teeth.
"Brother Huzi, please go ahead and do your work first. This is not urgent. After putting the wine into a small bottle, put a label on it so that I can distinguish the wine of which price." Li Qingyun responded with a smile and brought the two pups back.
Don't let them be naughty.
"What a difference. There are three types of small sorghum wine, low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade. Wuliang wine has the same three grades. As for corn wine, people in the city are definitely not used to drinking it. It is too strong and will burn your throat. There is not much wine in that year.
, won’t we bottle it?” Huzi has been living in a mountain village since graduating from middle school and has never been to a city outside. He has a relatively straightforward personality.
Grandpa Wu reprimanded him dissatisfied: "There is so much nonsense. If you are told to pretend, just pretend! There are two types of vintage wine, five-year and ten-year. They are all the best high-end wines. Other years are not representative.
"If it's less than five years old, it won't be fragrant. If it's less than ten years old, it won't have any charm. If it's more than ten years old, there's no place to store it at home. The storage cost is too high. I only have a little bit, which I keep for my own people to drink."
Li Qingyun was still in a hurry to fish. After listening to the brief introduction, he said: "Okay, let's do this first. After it's installed, take it to my house. I still have a plaster bandage on my left hand, so I can't wear it."
"Don't worry, you have to worry about us, so why bother you. Go ahead, catch a big fish, and Grandpa Wu will make you some spicy bean curd fish to go with the wine. Let's drink the best wine, and we've put more than ten of it in it."
Year."
"Fifth Grandpa, you said this, and we won't go back on it, haha..." Li Qingyun's mouth almost watered when he heard about the good wine.
It was already half noon, and everyone in the village had gone to the fields to do farm work. Finally, no one stopped Li Qingyun from talking.
I found a place with a gentle river slope, moved my body and sat there, skillfully tested the water depth, put on the bait, and threw the hook line into the water.
The Xiandai River that passes through the village is more than thirty meters wide. It is wide and narrow at different bends, and is divided into countless small tributaries. Li Qingyun does not know the real source, but they say it is deep in the mountains. Deep in the mountains.
There is a natural lake in Lianhua Peak, which is said to be somewhat related to this river.
Woof woof! Woof woof... The two puppies were chasing the butterflies in the wild flowers on the shore, and they were having a great time. After a while, their bodies and mouths were covered with grass and dirt. They stuck out their tongues and ran back to Li Qingyun to get intimate.
rubbing against his legs.
"If you're not thirsty or hungry, just play by yourself. If you want to drink spring water, come and act like a baby. Grandma, I'm not raising a dog, but a white-eyed wolf, right?" After the scolding, Li Qingyun turned over his hand and took out two dog bowls from the space.
, which is filled with space spring water.
Without Li Qingyun's words, the two puppies had already pounced on him, gurgling, drinking everything in one breath, and then licking the bowl clean with their little tongues, completely ignoring that their bellies were already bulging.
Suddenly, the buoy in the river sank and suddenly disappeared. Li Qingyun raised the fishing rod in fear and pulled it back. He didn't know what was under the water, but it was so strong that it burrowed straight into the water plants.
How could Li Qingyun make it do what he wanted? He controlled the fishing rod and slowly paddled it in a small circle. After a few strokes, he lured it to the middle area where there were no aquatic plants. A blue-black old turtle reluctantly showed its stupidity.
figure.
No wonder the turtle shell was as big as a small washbasin with so much effort. After pulling it to the shore, I scooped it up with a net bag. After weighing it, it weighed about ten kilograms, which is considered huge among wild turtles.
There is a local legend that the old turtle has become a master of human nature for decades. Li Qingyun has always thought this is nonsense. But when he saw this old turtle shrinking his neck and showing a begging expression, he felt soft-hearted for no reason. He turned it over and took a closer look.
, the turtle has a round tail and a short one, and it is obviously attached to the female turtle. Could it be that it is time to lay eggs, and it is not the egg-laying season yet?
"Forget it, I've been working too hard these days and I'm getting angry. I'll leave you a way to survive and help me guard the small pond in space." With that, Li Qingyun waved his hand and enveloped it in the small space to absorb souls.
He grabbed it with human strength and threw it into the middle of the small pond. The two little goldfish were so frightened that they ran away.
The water pool next to the small pond is still slowly rising. A few days have passed before spring water with a height of more than two feet gushes out. The rise is very slow, which reminds Li Qingyun to save what he can in the future and not to use spring water indiscriminately.
Otherwise, it will be over if the spring water dries up.
After putting the hook into the river again, I heard footsteps not far away. There were actually six or seven people, both men and women, walking this way talking and laughing. It was not like the people in the village, because they were talking about
Mandarin, although not very standard.
"Huh?" Li Qingyun turned around and saw that the person walking in the front was a young woman. She had fair skin, beautiful appearance, plump body, and excellent temperament. She didn't look short when walking among men, but her expression was a bit serious. She was dressed
Women's formal attire, like white-collar work attire, but more formal and conservative. As for the older people behind her, it was easy to identify them, they were obviously town officials.
One of the middle-aged men had a red nose, wearing military green pants and a white shirt. From time to time he was explaining something to the beautiful woman in the lead. Li Qingyun recognized this man. He had asked him to sign a signature when he was admitted to university and transferred his household registration. Qinglong Town Police Station