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"I've been brewing wine for decades, and no one has ever called it horse piss! Manager Ye, could this be your newly hired brewing master?"

"Speaking so recklessly at such a young age, this person is probably just trying to scam you!"

"If you ask me, you should just go and marry that young master from Laixiang Pavilion!"

Ye Zhiwan trembled with anger at Li Fu, glaring at him fiercely.

Just as she was about to lash out, Qi Feng spoke first:

"I said it's horse piss, so it's horse piss. Do you believe that once Ye Family Restaurant's new wine is released, everyone in Fuxing County will come? At that time, who cares if you're called Lai Xiang Lou or Lai Chou Lou? With my wine, who would still go to your place to drink horse piss?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fu's face flushed red, and he angrily pointed his finger directly at Qi Feng.

"You! You!"

Qi Feng stepped forward. "What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'what do you mean'? You don't believe me? Do you dare to make a bet with me? It's set for three days from now. You come to Xianglou and we'll have a drinking contest against my Ye Family Restaurant. Let's see whose wine tastes better!"

"Fine, let's compete! Do you think I'm afraid of you? But what if you lose?"

Qi Feng snorted coldly.

"If I fail, I'll just give you the Ye Family Restaurant!"

Li Fu's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

"Alright! You said it yourself! Manager Ye doesn't have any objections, right?"

Ye Zhiwan was taken aback by what she heard and looked at Qi Feng, but Qi Feng only gave her an affirmative look.

Immediately, all of Ye Zhiwan's worries disappeared.

"I accept what Brother Qi said. If we really lose, then I'll just give you the Ye Family Restaurant!"

Li Fu was overjoyed when he heard this. Competing with him in drinking was no different from lighting a lamp in a latrine.

"Okay! It's a deal!"

However, at that moment Qi Feng took another step forward. Seeing this, Li Fu thought Qi Feng was going to back out, and immediately spoke up:

"Are you going to back out?"

Qi Feng shook his head, and Li Fu gradually relaxed.

"You only said what happens if we lose, but what if you lose?"

Li Fu was stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about losing, nor had he thought about the consequences of losing.

"If I lose...if I lose..."

"If you lose, you'll have to give us Laixianglou, how about that?"

Upon hearing Qi Feng's words, Li Fu instinctively refused!

"No! This can't be allowed!"

Qi Feng sneered, "Why not? You want Laixianglou because I lost, but why can't you give it to us when you lost?"

"This..." Li Fu hesitated, "I can't make that decision..."

"Then call over whoever can make the decisions! Are you afraid of my Ye Family Restaurant by coming to Xianglou?"

Upon hearing this, Li Fu gritted his teeth and glared at Qi Feng. "Fine! You just wait! I've never seen anyone willing to hand over their things to someone else!"

Watching Li Fu rush out the door, Qi Feng withdrew his gaze and silently returned to the kitchen to continue decocting the medicinal herbs.

"Husband...is this really a bad idea? After all, the Ye Family Restaurant is..."

Yu Yourong didn't finish her sentence, but Qi Feng understood what she meant.

Ye Zhiwan shook her head and went straight to Yu Yourong's side.

"Sister You Rong, my sister and I were saved by Brother Qi. What is a mere Ye Family Restaurant? If Brother Qi wants the Ye Family Restaurant, I will give it to him. I just feel that a Ye Family Restaurant is not enough to repay Brother Qi's life-saving grace."

"Besides, it was Brother Qi who helped us resolve the grudge against Ye Family Village. When Ma Shuo was arrested, Brother Qi also solved the only thing my sister and I were thinking about. Even now, it is Brother Qi who is saving my sister. My sister and I can never repay Brother Qi's great kindness to us in this lifetime..."

Just then, Qi Feng extinguished the fire and poured the prepared medicinal soup into a bowl.

"You Rong, don't worry about this. Don't you know my abilities? Since I had the courage to gamble with Li Fu, I'm confident I can brew even better wine. Once the new wine is released, Ye Ling Shuang's injuries will heal faster, and Ye Family Restaurant will regain its customers from Lai Xiang Lou!"

"But now I'm afraid Lai Xiang Lou won't dare to gamble with me! But even if he doesn't agree, this can still help us build momentum. Lai Xiang Lou has taken all the staff from Ye Family Restaurant, and now he doesn't dare to gamble with Ye Family Restaurant on the quality of their drinks. He'll become the laughingstock of the entire Fuxing County! But if he agrees to gamble with me, I'm naturally confident of victory!"

"In short, he can't gamble now, and he can't not gamble either! I've completely driven him into a corner!"

"Alright, once these medicines have cooled down, hurry and take them to Ye Ling Shuang. Make sure they are warm before feeding them to her; under no circumstances should she drink boiling hot medicine."

"I'm going to brew all this wine myself again. You all go and take care of Ye Ling Shuang first."

Yu Yourong and Ye Zhiwan exchanged a glance and could only follow Qi Feng's instructions to bring the medicine soup upstairs.

After the two left, Qi Feng began searching the kitchen for any equipment he could use.

The wine brewed by Li Fu was only two or three degrees alcohol by volume, not even as good as the rice wine from his previous life. It was completely turbid, not only difficult to drink, but also with an indescribable taste.

Qi Feng intended to use the simplest distillation method to redistill and purify the liquor to obtain a higher alcohol content.

These high-proof liquors not only taste better, but also have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, making them a lifesaver for Ye Ling Shuang right now!

Qi Feng has no anti-inflammatory or antibacterial drugs, and the doctors here don't know anything about them either. They just wrap the wound tightly and tell the patient to rest.

Little did they know that a stuffy, humid environment would breed a large number of bacteria. After the bacteria became inflamed and infected, pustules would form, and in the end, the patient would only become weaker and weaker and eventually die.

Therefore, distilling baijiu has become Qi Feng's top priority.

"The distillation method requires that the boiling point of liquor is lower than that of water. After being heated over a low flame, the liquor vapor rises first, then turns back into liquid when it cools down, and finally flows out through a bamboo tube. This part that flows out is the first distillation of high-proof liquor."

"This wine would be enough to win a bet against Lai Xiang Lou, but if we want to use it to kill bacteria and reduce inflammation on Ye Ling Shuang, it will probably need to be distilled and purified a second time."

Having made up his mind, Qi Feng began preparing the necessary utensils in the kitchen.

The kitchen already had an iron pot and a stove; all he needed to do was find a ceramic basin similar to a pot lid, prepare a bamboo tube for pouring the wine, and also some yellow clay.

Fortunately, Ye Family Restaurant had plenty of utensils, and Qi Feng didn't have much trouble preparing all the items he needed.

After setting up the simple distillation apparatus, Qi Feng squatted down in front of the stove and lit the firewood. As the temperature of the pot gradually rose, a strong aroma of alcohol soon filled the entire kitchen.