Ke Xue Bartender

Chapter 16 Conan Wants to Learn About Wine

Polo Bar.

Five fifteen.

Lin Ye arrived at the door of the bar and was about to open it when he saw Xiaolan and Conan walking towards him from the other side of the street.

Xiaolan was holding Conan's hand and saying something with a smile. The scene looked very warm.

"Ah, it's Mr. Lin Ye. Good afternoon, Mr. Lin Ye. Are you ready to open the door?" Seeing Lin Ye at the door of the bar, Xiaolan took the initiative to greet him.

"Xiaolan, you're back so early today." Lin Ye responded with a smile and glanced at Conan's head.

The bandage on Conan's head has been removed and he looks intact.

His head healed so quickly?
"I need to come back and keep an eye on Daddy, so he doesn't run off again...uh."

Xiaolan originally planned to say something to prevent her father from going to your store to drink again, but when she thought that Lin Ye was the bartender, it seemed inappropriate for her to say so, so she stopped.

Lin Ye smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, Xiaolan, even if you are not here, I will remind uncle and will not let him drink too much."

"Really? That's great, thank you, Mr. Lin Ye." Xiaolan said gratefully.

Conan on the side curled his lips.

[What's wrong with this man? He seems to be so gentle that he almost overflows. Is he a bartender? And, Xiaolan, if you thank him, doesn't that mean you agree to let the uncle drink in their store? You are such an idiot.]

Lin Ye looked at Conan. The boy's eyes reminded him of the salted fish he saw in the seafood market.

"Conan, is your head okay?" he asked with a smile.

"Well, I'm okay now. Thank you for your concern, uncle." Conan immediately put on an innocent smile.

[Hehe, after my body shrank, the wound on my head also healed. It was nothing serious in the first place.]

Lin Ye's eyes fell on the schoolbag behind Conan.

"Conan, are you going to school?"

"Well, Professor Agasa has completed the transfer procedures for him, and now he is a first-grade student at Teitan Elementary School." Xiaolan smiled and touched Conan's big head.

"Conan, get along well with your classmates at school."

"Got it, Sister Xiaolan."

[I’m about to start elementary school again. Haha, the school is full of little brats. The teacher knows less than I do. I’ll be bored to death.]

Lin Ye bent down and patted Conan on the head, encouraging him: "Conan, work hard in school and try to get along well with your classmates."

"Well, thank you uncle."

【…】

Walking into the store, Lin Ye turned on the lights, and the warm light immediately illuminated the space in the store.

Turn on the phonograph and a relaxing melody will come out from the copper bell.

After completing the business preparations, Lin Ye walked into the bar, picked up the wine menu and started reading it. After a while, the bell in the corner of the door suddenly rang softly.

"You came earlier than usual today, Xia Fan--Conan?" Lin Ye was a little surprised to see Conan squeezing in through the crack in the door. He thought it was Xia Fan who came.

"Hey, hello uncle." Conan smiled shyly.

"Conan, why are you here? A bar is not a place for children."

"But I'm very curious, Uncle Lin Ye, please don't chase me away."

Others...

Looking at Conan's cute appearance, Lin Ye recalled the confident high school boy he saw yesterday, and his expression became strange.

"Little Conan, what are you curious about?"

"Wine, bars, and bartenders, I want to know everything." Conan made an exaggerated gesture with his hands and spoke in a long tone.

"Children can't drink alcohol." Lin Ye said.

"I know that children will become stupid if they drink. I don't want to become a fool like Uncle Maori." Conan said seriously.

"Haha," Lin Ye couldn't help laughing. Uncle Mori disliked Kudo, and Kudo also thought that Uncle Mori was a fool. It would definitely be interesting if these two people lived under the same roof in the future.

"Why doesn't little Conan want to become stupid?" Lin Ye asked in a coaxing tone.

"Because I want to be a detective, a famous detective, just like that big brother named Kudo Shinichi." Conan said with admiration, as if he was talking about his idol.

Lin Ye resisted the urge to laugh, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. "Conan, have you heard of that famous high school detective? That guy is indeed very famous. It is said that he helped the police solve many difficult cases and was called the savior of the police."

"Yeah," Conan nodded vigorously, feeling secretly happy, "Even my classmates know him. I came here to become a good detective like that big brother."

"Oh?" Lin Ye was a little curious, "What does being a detective have to do with a bar?"

"Of course it is related. First of all, a detective needs to have a wide range of knowledge and understand everything. But I know very little about wine, so I wanted to ask Uncle Lin Ye for advice."

"Well," Lin Ye nodded, "Anything else?"

"Then, a detective needs to have keen observation skills, just like Sherlock Holmes, who can judge a stranger's occupation by observation. The bar has a variety of customers, which is very suitable for exercising this ability, so I want to practice here."

"Conan, how old are you this year?" Lin Ye suddenly asked.

"6 years old." Conan replied without hesitation.

"Conan, you are only 6 years old, and you know so much." Lin Ye stared at Conan's face and smiled.

"Ah, haha, that's all Uncle Maori taught me. Uncle Maori is also a detective."

[Oops, I said too much. I must be more restrained in the future. It would be terrible if Xiaolan found out my true identity. Last night she insisted on helping me take a bath... If the truth comes out, I will be dead!]

puff!
Lin Ye almost choked on his own saliva.

Taking a bath? This kid...

He looks like a kid on the outside, but he's actually an elementary school boy in high school on the inside, taking a bath with his childhood sweetheart from high school... This is just too evil!
Lin Ye's eyes turned subtle when he looked at Conan.

"So please, Uncle Lin Ye, let me play here, uh, no, practice." Conan just right showed the playful side of a primary school student. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Lin Ye cutely.

Seeing Conan's expression, Lin Ye wanted to laugh, but he held it back and said seriously:

"Since you've worked so hard, okay, but please don't cause trouble to the customers in the store."

"Yes, I know. Thank you, Uncle Lin Ye."

Conan jumped onto the high stool in front of the bar and sat down on it, with his short legs dangling under the chair.

"Uncle, what kind of wine is that?" Conan pointed to the wine cabinet behind Lin Ye.

Lin Ye turned around and looked in the direction he pointed.

It was a bottle of ruby ​​red wine, a bit dark in color, and looked a lot like blood.

"Gin." Lin Ye said.

"This bottle is Plymouth Sloe from England. Sloe is not really gin in the strict sense, but a branch of gin."

"Wow, uncle is really awesome," Conan flattered him, "Then how do you judge the quality of gin?"

"purity."

Talking about wine, Lin Ye became interested and enthusiastically introduced it to Conan:
“To brew gin, you must use fully purified alcohol, with an alcohol content of no less than 96% and no impurities. The water must also be pure, transparent, and odorless, and then add high-quality spices to brew a bottle of excellent gin.

"A bottle of neat gin tastes cool, which the British describe as 'cold as metal'. If it tastes too sweet, it's a sign of poor quality, because inferior distilleries use sweetness to mask the shortcomings of alcohol.

"Gin is one of the six essential base liquors in a bar. It can be used in cocktails or drunk neat. A bar without gin is as incredible as a wedding night without a bride."

"Wow, uncle is so awesome, he knows so much." Conan clapped his hands.

[Just like what my father said, it seems that this guy really knows a lot about wine. ]

Lin Ye's mouth twitched. He had talked so much that his mouth was dry. It turned out that this kid knew everything. Was he testing me?

This little brat...

"Hey, uncle, where is that bottle?" Conan pointed to another bottle of wine on the wine cabinet.

Lin Ye glanced at it and said:

"Vodka."

Conan sat obediently on the high chair, waiting for Lin Ye to continue introducing vodka, just like a student in the classroom.

But after Lin Ye said the name, he stopped talking and picked up a wine glass and started wiping it.

[Eh, that's it? He's not going to continue introducing me? ]

Tsk, kid, go play.

(End of this chapter)