Work started, and Fourth Uncle Tang taught everyone step by step. It was really useless and he resigned, but he was smart and took over as the foreman... The winery was finally running normally, and Fourth Uncle Tang was free to try the wine she brewed, which was also convenient.
Purchase fruits and medicinal materials.
This time the seal lasted a long time, a full month, and there were a lot of people trying the wine. Not only Xu Wenqu was invited here, but also students from Gusu.
Gu Susheng has been pestering Qi Jing for a while now, kneeling and licking him in various ways. It can be said that it is very shameless for a sip of wine. She can't stand it. Qi Xiaolang can pretend that he doesn't exist.
This time I invited him over, and when I told him why he was here, he looked like he was going to kneel down and call me daddy.
But when outsiders are around, it's still a bit more troublesome. The wine must be filtered out in advance to avoid exposing the recipe.
This time she brewed three kinds of wine: peach, apricot, and loquat. If Fourth Uncle Tang is considered a connoisseur, then Gu Susheng is an expert. He can taste even the slightest difference.
After trying it one by one, the peach wine is very fragrant and mellow, while the loquat wine is sweeter and softer. The variety of apricots here is not very good, so the apricot wine is relatively sour and the taste is not very good, so in the end
Decided to brew only the first two.
Peach wine mainly nourishes blood, nourishes the stomach, and beautifies the skin. It is suitable for women to drink, so it is called longevity and beauty wine.
Loquat wine mainly clears the lungs, soothes qi, relieves coughs and relieves fever. Everyone can drink it, and it is called Fushou Qingfei Wine.
After tasting it, Tang Shiyue smiled and said to Gu Susheng: "When the wine is brewed, it will be finished here. I will give you two jars of the same wine. You can drink it on the road without charging you any money... But
There is one thing: wherever you go, you have to talk to the locals, okay?"
"Yes, yes!" Gu Susheng couldn't stop laughing and agreed without any hesitation: "Master Tang, don't worry, we run around every day, wherever I go, I will definitely talk about it!"
He licked his face and picked up the remaining wine in the jar: "Then I'll leave first."
Tang Shiyue agreed with a smile, and Gu Susheng turned around and left with a jar in his hand. It was hard for him, a man in his forties, to run so fast.
After he left, Xu Wenqu also said goodbye politely. Tang Shirong and Tang Junchen had been clinging to him like conjoined twins for the past two days and followed him away.
They then began to discuss how much to brew.
After finally discussing it, we estimated that this time we would brew two thousand catties of peach wine and five thousand catties of loquat wine.
Calculating this way, we need to buy about 500 to 600 jins of peaches and 1,500 to 600 jins of loquats.
The places where peaches and loquats are grown were inspected in advance by Fourth Uncle Tang and Qi Jing. Tang Shiyue and Lady Zhou also tasted a lot of them and picked the ones with the best flavor, so now they only need to call someone
Just go buy it.
Although they have a closer relationship with the patriarch's family, the three sons of the patriarch are relatively honest and loyal and are not suitable for running away.
So in the end, it was Third Uncle Tang who led the first group, and Fourth Uncle Tang led the second son of the Li Zheng family, Chen Changsheng, who was the second group. The wine jar also notified them along the way and asked them to send them directly, which saved labor.
The wine shop is in full swing, and Qi Xiaolang's house here is gradually taking shape.
Since the winery opened, Tang Shiyue has transferred the purchasing task to Tang Yi. Anyway, most of the things have been ordered and sent here, and there are not many things that need to be purchased.
Since Gusu students got wine from her, they immediately transferred all their enthusiasm for Qi Jing to her. They would come to her from time to time to show their courtesy, and they were particularly attentive to the point.
"Master Tang, we are going to pull out trees tomorrow. What kind of trees do you want? Let's pull some together. They are all over three years old. You can eat the fruit that year. I will plant two for you."
"Master Tang, do you want to plant some flowers, vines or something on this wall? I will bring some seeds to plant for you when the time comes."
"Master Tang, the pond has been cleaned and we are going to buy koi. I see you also have a fish pond. Do you want me to give you a few...do you want me to help you plant some bowls of lotus!"
"Master Tang..."
Fortunately, Qi Xiaolang's money is her money, otherwise Qi Xiaolang would have to fight with her because of his gift-giving method!
Anyway, within a few days, there were a peach tree, an apple tree, a pear tree, a jujube tree, and a millet tree behind her house. She had no interest in the noble plum blossoms at all.
They all picked fruits that they like to eat.
Fortunately, the space is large, and the area on the mountain doesn't cost money. You can enclose wherever you want, otherwise there would be no room to plant so many trees.
Moreover, Cheng Jiaban is really good at it. At least she has never heard that a tree can be moved with the fruits. It was already the season for eating peaches, and the peach tree she moved here was actually still full of peach trees.
The fruit is still green, but it can be eaten in a few days!
This is amazing enough.
Moreover, he also circled the small vegetable plot that she had always wanted to build but had not cared about, tied up fences, loosened the soil, and scattered vegetable seeds...
Then she remembered that she needed to get a bathroom where she could take a shower.
Just build a small house, put a big wooden basin on top, and extend a simple shower head. When it's hot, you can bask in the sun, add cold water, and when it's cold, you can heat the water, and then make a staircase next to it to lift the water... Then you can follow
Qi Xiaolang said this is a kind of exercise.
If Qi Xiaolang is not there or won't carry it, get a waterwheel like one nearby and push the bucket up.
In fact, she wanted to make a water pipe, but at this time, she couldn't figure out how to make a hose, so she had to settle for the next best thing.
She even told the student from Gusu who was making gestures and drawings. The student from Gusu brought a few people with her, and in one day, just one day, the house and the water tanker were all finished!
This practical ability is really amazing! If they didn't have their own business, she would have wanted to keep them with high salary!
When Tang Shiyue was happy, she made him a cocktail-like wine with juice on the spot. The student from Gusu had never thought of drinking in this way. She was instantly shocked and asked her if she would accept a disciple. She said
After she refused to accept him... Gusu asked her again: "Will I accept my son?"
Everyone: "..."
Tang Shiyue always thought that "the grandfather in the rocker and the grandson on a cane" mentioned by Jia Yun in Dream of Red Mansions was an example, but she didn't expect that someone would actually want to do this!
Qi Jing couldn't bear it anymore and kicked him out.
Calculating that time was almost up, Tang Shiyue took out the preserved eggs, mixed them with ginger vinegar, and gave them to everyone to try.
Preserved eggs are just like durian. You feel like throwing up after taking the first bite, and you can't stop after taking another bite. After trying it for one meal, half of it tastes good, and half of it doesn't. I agree,
This preserved egg looks quite nice.
But in Tang Shiyue's opinion, it was quite successful.
Tang Shiyue made a total of more than sixty, and took out half of them, along with some dried vegetables and mushrooms from the mountains, and prepared to go to Lin County Magistrate's house to visit relatives.
Before leaving, she planned to ask little Ayang to write about how to make preserved eggs, but the little guy actually took Xiao Yao'er to see the new house, and Tang Shiyue went next door.
Now the three of them no longer go to the construction site to help, they only often go over to have dinner with them, so they are all at home now.
Xu Wenqu's place was a standard place for scholars to live. There were bamboos planted in the back, and it was very quiet. There was a large study room with many books in it. Tang Shirong and Tang Junchen were writing something, and they didn't even look up when she came in.
Xu Wenqu, on the other hand, sat aside, put down his book with a smile, and said half-jokingly, "Master Tang, what do you want to do?"
"Are you just free?" Tang Shiyue was not polite at all: "Then can you write something for me?" (To be continued)