The next day, I got up early on a good day.
Seeing that Lao Wangtou was already exercising in the courtyard, he was doing the "Hundred-step Khan Opera", the most common body-building boxing technique here.
Although Lao Wangtou was over fifty years old, his boxing skills were sometimes as light and nimble as an ape, sometimes as powerful as a tiger, and sometimes like a bird spreading its wings to fly, which made him secretly applaud.
Liangchen stood aside and waited quietly. It took about three cups of tea before Lao Wangtou finished a set of boxing techniques.
"Chen'er, why don't you also learn this boxing technique from me. It will be of great benefit to your body!" Old Wangtou took out the gourd he carried and took a sip of wine.
"Old uncle, it's not about learning more, it's about being refined. Let's do the same thing!"
Although this boxing technique seemed wonderful, Liangchen had a disdain for this boxing technique from the bottom of his heart.
After all, this boxing technique looks powerful, but it is only an entry-level boxing technique for low-level body-refining monks.
As long as his realm recovers, he probably won't be able to block even one of his own swords, but he still used polite excuses.
"Haha, that's what I said, do the same thing! Follow me." Lao Wangtou turned around and walked towards the wine cellar.
Liangchen followed slowly and walked in.
"The method of brewing wine, to put it simply, is to collect the essence of all things and brew it into an intoxicating spring through some means."
“This method is divided into six steps: First, make the distiller’s yeast.
Every summer, when the power of the Sun God is at its strongest, a fruit called kiwiberry in the forest here is collected.
This fruit is green with skin, and there are velvet thorns on the skin. When collecting, you must rub a little spirit on your hands, otherwise you may get pricked by the thorns.
After collection, it is steamed, dried and ground into powder for later use. "
Lao Wangtou took a clay pot in the wine cellar and opened it, revealing a jar of light green powdery substance.
"That's it, take a look." Lao Wangtou handed the wine koji in his hand to Liangchen.
Liangchen took it in his hand, pinched a little and put it in his mouth to taste it. It was slightly sweet with a hint of sourness.
"The second step is to cook the ingredients. The main raw materials for making wine are Huayang highland barley and Yinzhi sorghum, which are abundant in our area. Mix several raw materials in a certain proportion and cook them in a pot until they are half-cooked and set aside.
The third step is to spread the boiled raw materials in a bamboo sieve basket. After it cools down slightly, add the koji and mix well. Place it in a pottery jar for fermentation while it is still hot. Cover it and wrap it with an animal skin cotton blanket to keep it warm. Let it ferment for three or four days. Can.
The fourth step is to make the wine. When the smell of wine overflows, remove the cotton blanket and let it sit for half a month to a month. This time depends on the situation. It is enough when the aroma of wine or liquid appears. The wine at this time is called "miscellaneous wine".
The fifth step is to steam the wine. Set up a large iron pot, add spring water, saber-toothed tiger bones and other materials, and put a wooden steamer inside.
After adding the lid, boil the spring water to allow steam to escape from the cage, add the fully fermented wine, and install the wine collection vessel and the wine bamboo tube.
And keep the water temperature at all times to cook the wine.
The last thing is wine quality control. The concentration of the steamed wine is very high, and you need to drink it regularly during the steaming process. When the wine taste reaches the required level, add Ganoderma lucidum, can it, and seal it for more than half a year. "
Lao Wangtou took Liangchen around in a circle, and while talking, he explained roughly the secret method of wine making.
Liangchen listened and watched at the same time, memorizing it secretly in his heart. After all, it is a major matter related to the recovery of one's own realm, and one cannot afford to be careless!
Next, Lao Wangtou said some other things that should be paid attention to, and the whole morning passed.
"Now I can only give you an overview of the process. The specific operations cannot be explained clearly in a few words.
In a few days, I will brew another batch of Bacteria King Wine. When the time comes, you can follow me to observe and figure it out!
Haha, all the wine I saved was drunk by those gluttons when you got married! "Lao Wangtou looked at Liangchen and said with a smile.
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After several days of teaching, Liangchen also had a general understanding of wine making. He got up early that day and watched Lao Wangtou finish his punch.
"I'm going to start brewing a batch of Bacteria King Wine in the next few days. I took inventory yesterday and found that some of the ingredients are no longer enough, and some are still missing. You go out with me to buy some." Old Wangtou said, leading He walked toward the street.
He has visited the shops on the street several times these days.
The streets of this liquor town have four main streets connected end to end to form an opening.
There are mostly wineries and grain shops on the streets, and occasionally there are a few pharmacies and weapon shops.
"Mr. Wang is here! Sit over here."
As soon as the two of them entered the door of the grain store, a powerful middle-aged man came up to greet them familiarly.
"Is this your new uncle? I went late that day and never saw you. When I came back, I heard that my wife was full of praise for you! When I saw you today, you turned out to be very handsome!" The middle-aged man saw a strange man walking with him. Behind Lao Wang's head, he started to praise.
"Haha, he is my son-in-law. Boss Wu, how is business lately?" Lao Wangtou felt happy after being praised by him and said with a smile.
"Thanks to the old man, it's better than in previous years! The old man is here today. Do you want to buy some materials or come over for tea?" asked the middle-aged Renren after he made the two of them sit down and made a cup of tea.
"Buy some materials and prepare to brew another batch of wine. Some materials are missing." Lao Wangtou took a sip of tea and said.
"Hey, didn't the old man just brew a batch a few days ago? Has the county government started to ask for donations this year?" Boss Wu asked with a smile.
"The preparations for the tribute haven't started yet. Most of the wine I brewed not many years ago was drunk on my child's wedding day. Old man, I'm almost out of wine!" Old Wangtou said happily.
"Haha! The old man didn't come here to ask for money for drinks, right? Haha..." Boss Wu also laughed.
"Haha. No way! Prepare the ingredients for forty jars of wine for me." Old Wangtou said.
"Old man, are you the same as before?" Boss Wu asked with a smile.
"Well, it's the same as usual." Old Wangtou said.
"Okay! The old man will go back first, and I will send it to you in a moment!" Boss Wu said.
"Then I won't bother you anymore. Chen'er, let's go." Old Wangtou stood up and left with a smile.
The two of them left the food store, went to other stores to buy a few medicinal materials, and then returned home.
When I saw several large bags of food already placed at the entrance of the courtyard, it turned out that Boss Wu had already delivered the materials.
The easternmost room is a steam room, with several large vats as tall as people standing at the door.
Lao Wangtou moved the grain to the door of the steam room, opened the bag and checked it, and then began to put Huayang highland barley, silver branch sorghum and other materials into a large vat for washing, while picking out impurities and moldy materials.
Liangchen wanted to help, but Lao Wangtou stopped him with a smile.
"You young people are just like that, you want to do something without knowing anything. What you have to do now is to look, look carefully!" Lao Wangtou said while picking out the impurities,
"When all the steps are familiar to you, it's natural for you to take action!"
