Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 108 News
Yang Weibo didn't know what the goji berry wine his daughter was talking about was, but he knew that he had picked a lot of goji berry before Chunqiu, and Yang Weibo asked specifically.

"Qiu'er, is this goji berry wine for drinking?" Yang Weibo took a shovel and carefully dug up the pot half buried in the soil.

"Yes, it can strengthen your body." Chunqiu squatted aside and watched her father dig, thought for a while and added, "It can also work on the arm that you injured before."

Yang Weibo was a little surprised after hearing this, and lowered his head and replied, "My arm?" Although his arm is already healed, he still doesn't dare to use his strength in normal work. What kind of wine does the girl make?Can it still have this effect?
Chunqiu nodded confidently, although Yang Weibo didn't see it because it was dark.

"Of course, this wolfberry is a good thing." In fact, Chunqiu doesn't know if wolfberry wine has any good therapeutic effect on arm dislocation, but wolfberry is a traditional Chinese medicine, and it works for waist soreness and leg pain. It should also work, well, anyway, Chunqiu thinks so.

Yang Weibo smiled naively after hearing this, "That's a good relationship, and I can drink it when the time comes. I'm saving some for our family, not to mention anything else, your grandpa just likes this." After Yang Weibo finished speaking, he dug harder.

"Father, I brewed a jar." Chunqiu smiled and said that she really had the foresight to brew enough for the family to drink.

The father and daughter talked and laughed, and when Yang Weibai finally dug to the bottom, Chunqiu told her father to stop. Yang Weibai put the shovel in his hand aside, hugged the iron can with both hands, and then slowly moved the iron can directly out.

"Father, put it in the house, you can't drink it directly." Chunqiu stood up, stopped her father's idea of ​​putting down the jar directly, and pointed to the room.

"Can't you drink it? It's quite troublesome." Yang Weibo muttered in a low voice, but he still obeyed Chunqiu's words and went back to the house with the tin can in his arms.

Chunqiu followed behind her father, put the shovel aside and set it up, and then went back to the small kitchen on the east side. The mesh cloth used to filter before had not been taken yet, and there were also some small jars. When the filter is finished, it will be divided directly, and it will save the trouble of pouring it out.

Chunqiu has small hands, holding a net cloth in his hand, and there is no room for holding two jars in his arms, looking at the few jars left, Chunqiu decides to let her father come and get them.

"Father, go to the small kitchen and get the jar on the stove, I'll filter the goji berry wine first"

Chunqiu ran back with the jar in his arms, and continued talking to Yang Weibo who was resting on a stool beside him.

"Hey, okay" Yang Weibo responded, and then walked out with two big strides.

Seeing that there was no one in the house, Chunqiu opened the cabinet that had been closed before, and took out the wine ladle made from a bamboo tube inside, preparing to scoop wine later.

Chunqiu first opened the clean jar, folded the net cloth in his hand into about five or six layers, and spread it on top of the jar, Chunqiu fixed the jar with one hand, and waited for her father to come back to help her. The goji berry wine was sealed When the lid is opened, the spring and autumn strength is weak, and the jar that has been sealed with wax oil cannot be opened.

Yang Weibo didn't keep Chunqiu waiting too long, and took back all the jars Chunqiu left in the small kitchen.

"Father, help me open the lid." Chunqiu directly asked her father to put the jar aside, and then pointed to the jar beside her.

After Yang Weibo heard this, he first arranged the jar, then rolled up his sleeves, and directly unscrewed the sealed jar.

The goji berries in the jar have been fully fermented, and the aroma of the wine inside slowly dissipates. Coupled with the fragrance of goji berries, after a while, the room is filled with the smell of goji berry wine.

Her father's work was almost finished, Chunqiu planned to let her father rest directly, drove the ox cart for more than an hour, and dug pots for a long time, Chunqiu was worried that her father's arms would not be able to bear it.

But what kind of person is Yang Weibo, can he let his daughter work alone and sit on a stool to rest?If Yuan Shi saw this, how could he blame him, so Yang Weibo didn't rest after finishing his work, he directly stretched out his hand to help Chunqiu put the jar on the net and let Chunqiu free one hand to hold the wine spoon.

The wine spoon is a very shallow small round cup made of bamboo tube, with a handle on it for easy fixing. Chunqiu put the wine spoon into the goji berry wine, first carefully stirred it, and then scooped out a spoonful slowly. It was poured on top of the mesh, and there were gaps in the mesh. Except for the sundries that had not been decomposed before, the mellow and strong wine had been left in the jar. I don’t know what, Chunqiu felt uncomfortable after taking a look at it, and he didn’t continue to look at it, and then scooped out a spoonful from the jar and poured it out. When the small jar was full, Chunqiu took the one directly The mesh cloth for external use is put aside, and the next jar will be replaced.

Yang Weibo was on the side helping his daughter, and the two of them poured out ten small jars of wine before it was over.

One of the jars of goji berry wine in these jars was given to Grandpa Zhou. For the rest, the five members of the family, including Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, Her Father, and Uncle, are five jars. I'm going to go to my grandpa's place to study in Kaimeng. I will leave one altar for my grandpa's house, and there are still three jars left. It should be useful for visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year. Thinking about it, Chunqiu decided to give away all the jars at home tomorrow. After going out, except for Grandpa Zhou and Grandpa who have to keep it for themselves, the rest is for grandma to keep, even if it is not given to her grandma to keep fit!

"Father, let's go and send all these out tomorrow. Let's take what is left for Grandpa Zhou and Grandpa, and leave the rest to Grandma and the others." After Chunqiu thought about it, he said it directly to Yang Weibo.

Yang Weibo nodded in agreement after listening to his daughter's words. The goji berry wine was undrinkable just after being filtered, and it still seemed to be settling for three or four days. After the sediment was completely settled, it was filtered again. The final product should be a clear, transparent orange-red liquid, slightly viscous , and the alcohol content of Grandpa's liquor used before is not high, so it can be drunk directly.

It was already late at night after finishing the goji berry wine, the two of them were already exhausted, they didn't even pack their things, so they just put on their clothes and fell asleep hastily.

In the end, it was Yang Weibo who got up early the next day and put away all the things on the ground.

Yang Weibo planned to stay at home for one more day, and then go to the mountain to chop some firewood and take it away, so when Chunqiu woke up, her father had already gone up the mountain with a scythe, there was no one in the house, and the ground had already been cleaned up. The aroma of the wine is also weak and cannot be smelled.

Chunqiu rubbed his astringent eyes, calmed down, then put on his shoes and went to the ground, there were three small jars beside the kang, it seemed that her father had already given away all the wine, that was also good, Chunqiu beat She yawned, so she saved it and went to deliver it by herself.

Chunqiu got up late in the morning, feeling a little hungry, but her mother was not at home, and Chunqiu was too embarrassed to bother grandma. There was no other way, Chunqiu found a white pear from the backyard, and wanted to wash the pears. The pears grew from the pear tree at home. Today, the rain was heavy, and the pears were a little watery. They were not as sweet as before, but Chunqiu felt that they were quite delicious. With a white pear in his mouth, Chunqiu walked out of the yard, thinking Looking at the task her mother gave her, she thought about how to complete it. She couldn't just go to her uncle's mother and tell her, because it would be too obvious. If something happened, her uncle would still complain. They, don't look at Chunqiu and don't know the reason for her mother to do this, but Chunqiu will guess. Before her mother proposed to send clothes to her elder brother, the ugly face of her second brother showed that her elder brother must have happened in school. What happened, but it was definitely not what her mother said. If it was because of being too tired from studying and her body was weak, her mother would have said it directly. How could she be allowed to do it secretly? What is more serious, even something that endangers his own study, otherwise her mother would not let her talk about it, well, Chunqiu is very satisfied with his reasoning.But she still didn't know how to do it.

Chunqiu sat under the pear tree in their house that had lost all its leaves, looking in the direction of Westinghouse from time to time, while thinking about what to do.

At this time, her sister Chunhua ran out from the west room directly. As soon as Chunqiu saw her sister Chunhua, she suddenly had an idea in her heart. Oh, she can talk to her sister Chunhua, and then let her sister Chunhua tell her uncle, it is simply Perfect.

Thinking of this, Chunqiu reached out and greeted Chunhua who was about to go out, "Second Sister, what are you doing?"

"Ah?" Chunhua turned her head and didn't come over. She stood far away at the door and replied, "I want to go out to play."

"What are you playing, Second Sister, come here, I have something good for you" Chunqiu directly used his trump card.

When Chunhua heard that Chunqiu had good things for her, she couldn't sit still. Her mother warned her not to let her play with Chunqiu Huzi from the second room. Although Chunhua didn't know what it meant, she still nodded and agreed. Otherwise, her mother wouldn't give her food, which is why Chunhua didn't come over when Chunqiu called her at first.

But Chunhua is a foodie, especially the snacks made by Chunqiu are delicious, so when Chunhua heard that Chunqiu had something good to give her, she immediately remembered the food she had eaten before, and she didn't care how her mother mentioned it before. The face-to-face, ran over directly, and asked with great interest, "What good thing is it? Is it for food?" After Chunhua finished speaking, she looked at Chunqiu with straight eyes, as if she could stare at Chunqiu. Like a flower, God knows how long it has been since she had eaten something good. Ever since her mother came back from her grandma's house, she has been a little distracted. Chunhua is a little scared when she sees her mother now.

Unpredictably, Chunqiu pulled Chunhua aside, then lowered his head, looked at Chunhua, and whispered, "It's not for food, but it's better than food."

(End of this chapter)