Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 49 Lightweight Wine Basket

When he arrived at Jiang's house, his family was not there, not even Zhou Yi's granddaughter.

"It must be in the winery. I'll look for it." Zhou Yi said, and went to the winery.

Huo Xi was dizzy and leaned against Huo Erhuai.Huo Erhuai embraced her, seeing that her face was flushed, he was very worried.

Seeing it, Mrs. Zhao 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'll fetch some water for your baby to splash on his face and he'll be fine."

Seeing that Zhou Zhou was looking at her steadily, Huo Xi also looked at him and smiled.That Zhouzhou asked his grandma: "Grandma, brother is drunk."

He grunted, and ran into the courtyard well to fetch water.

Zhou Zhou ran to Huo Xi: "Why is brother drunk? I'm fine."

His grandma had fetched some water and scolded with a smile: "You're almost in Shuangquan Village, you're still drunk." While talking, he scooped up water and slapped Huo Xi's face.

Huo Xi only felt a burst of coolness on his face, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing that it was effective, Huo Erhuai hurriedly scooped up water to hold it over, and Huo Xi leaned over to dip his face in his palm.

After doing this several times, until half of the water in the bucket went away, Huo Xi finally lost her drunkenness, and her head cleared up a lot.

It happened that Zhou Yi brought back the two heads of the Jiang family and his daughter and son-in-law.After watching this scene, Qiqi smiled when asked about the situation.

"It's the first time this baby comes here, and it's hard not to get drunk. Many adults can't bear it when they first enter the village."

Yes, the air is full of the smell of wine, and the breath out of the nose is full of wine.It seems that there should be quite a lot of wineries in Shuangquan Village.

Huo Erhuai hurriedly greeted Jiang's father and son.The two mothers-in-law also sat together to talk.Zhou Yi's daughter brought out some food, entertained her nephew and Huo Xi, and asked her daughter to talk with her brothers.

"Ninny, you talk to your elder brother and younger brother, today you are the little master."

Her daughter was very lively and nodded.With a sense of mastery, he pushed the plate containing bean cakes to Zhou Zhou and Huo Xi: "Brother, younger brother, eat."

Huo Xi was stunned from the sound of Jiang Zhou's daughter just now.

"Ninny, nannie...", her mother used to call her that.How long has she not heard?
Huo Xi was in a trance for a while.

"Brother, you eat, these cakes are delicious." Nannan took a piece and handed it over to Huo Xi.

Huo Xi recovered, took it, and thanked her with a smile.The three little babies, let me say something childlike and childlike.Huo Xi also secretly learned something from her daughter.

I was shocked to learn that there were more than a dozen breweries in their village.

No wonder the little baby here is bouncing around like a normal person, unlike her, who smells alcohol and gets drunk.Daredevil's family has been soaked in the smell of alcohol since birth.

"Ninny, can you take me out to play? I haven't seen the winery yet."

When Nannan heard this, she felt that this elder brother was really pitiful. He had never seen a wine shop at such an age, and even brother Zhou Zhou had seen it since he was a child.

Then he talked to the adults in the room, dragged Huo Xi and Zhou Zhou from left to right and ran out.

"Look, this is my family's wine shop. Isn't it big?" Nannan was very proud, with her chest puffed out.

The closer he got, Huo Xi was going to faint again.He hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, nodding his head while looking greedily.

Outside the distillery, two big chimneys were emitting smoke, and my daughter said it was steaming rice.Sniff again, sure enough, the air is mixed with the fragrance of rice.

As my daughter entered the winery, I saw a large courtyard full of japonica rice, glutinous rice, and millet drying in the sun. Many workers were busy spreading them with rakes to cool down, and some workers were holding koji in the air. Sprinkle on top.

Looking inside, I saw row after row of large wine vats that were much taller than her.The mouth was sealed with yellow mud, and red paper was pasted on the wine tank, recording the date.

It should have not been fermented and filtered.

When I asked her, she didn't understand either, she only knew that it was filled with wine.

Huo Xi wanted to go inside to look again, but the manager refused to let him.Only three children were allowed to watch in the yard.Not even the boiler room.

"Don't go there. It's too hot there, and you'll sweat all over if you get close."

Zhou Zhou pulled Huo Xi back, he didn't want to sweat.At that time, the body smells bad, and it doesn't smell good at all.

Huo Xi didn't want to see how other people made wine either.She just wanted to be a middleman, she didn't have the qualifications and ability to be a producer, so she dragged her daughter and Zhouzhou out from left to right.

I walked around the village again.

Sure enough, after a cursory look, there are more than a dozen large and small wine shops, including several vinegar shops.

This is generally the case in towns and villages. As long as one family starts up a workshop, everyone will follow suit, so it will gradually form a scale.

Just like in modern times, if chili peppers are grown in this village, everyone will follow suit.This village planted pineapples, and they all followed suit.Plant mustard greens to make sauerkraut, and the whole village and town follow suit.So it gradually took shape.

For example, the same is true in Qianjin Village. Every family has a loom, and almost every family has a loom.Even the surroundings are mostly weaving people.

When Huo Xi returned to the Jiang family, Huo Erhuai had already negotiated a price with the Jiang family.

It is the same grade as the yellow wine and rice wine Huo Erhuai bought before. Before that, it was charged at [-] cent and [-] cents. Now Huo Erhuai promises to make at least [-] altars a month, in ten catties, for a period of one year, and the Jiang family will give the wine The price is one yuan and three cents per altar.The same goes for rice wine.

Both parties were happy.

The Jiang family helped them buy some fruit wine and vinegar at a low price in the village.

Huo Xi thought for a while, and then said to Jiang Xing, the head of Jiang, "Grandpa Jiang, I saw that you put them in jars and wine crates. Is it okay for my family to want those wine crates?"

The wine jar is made of clay, as long as it is sealed well, it can be stored in the cellar for more than a hundred years.But it is heavy.

If you buy dozens of altars and put them on the boat, it will increase the load on the boat.

But the wine basket is different.

The wine basket is made of wicker or mulberry sticks. First weave it into a basket shape, and then paste hemp paper on the inside, apply pig's blood oar and lime paste, layer by layer to a certain thickness, and wait to dry in the sun. , shape, become hard, and then remove the wicker support, or not, to get this kind of vessel for holding water, wine and vinegar.

Ceramics are fragile, but this kind of wicker wine basket, water basket and vinegar basket are light and resistant to falling.Many people use it to hold water while traveling.Even the chamber pots, lacquer buckets, and water objects that are not afraid of oil stains will also be filled with this kind of utensils.

Although it is necessary to keep the wine away from the fire source in the wine crate, it is light.

Moreover, some wine baskets have handles on both sides, so you can just carry them around. You don't need to hold the jars, which is inconvenient to walk.

Moreover, there were dozens of pottery jars of wine on the boat, Huo Xi could imagine how much his own boat would sink, and how heavy the load would be.

Jiang Xing, his son Jiang Zhuo and others heard Huo Xi say that they would use wine crates to store 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 it to fishermen and ordinary people. We don't need to keep it as a daughter's wine. We can drink it soon after buying it. It doesn't need to be kept for so long. It's just light."

Huo Erhuai didn't realize this before, and when Huo Xi said that there are lighter wine utensils, he nodded again and again: "It's best to use wine crates on our boat."

Jiang Xing asked his assistant to bring all the wine baskets from the wine shop.

　The mung bean sprouts I sent out can be eaten, happy

　　
　
(End of this chapter)