Rural Shennong

No wonder Chen Ping was surprised when he saw Lei Jialan.

Her eyes were bloodshot and her face was very haggard.

"I had insomnia last night, nothing happened." Lei Jialan's voice was hoarse: "Sit down, I'll tell you about the winery."

Chen Ping took a cup of hot water from the water dispenser and put it in Lei Jialan's hand: "Speak, I'll listen."

Lei Jialan picked up the cup and took a sip of water: "Chen Ping, have you planted sorghum?"

Chen Ping nodded: "It's mature, if you don't look for me, I want to look for you, and I'm going to try to produce a batch of wine."

Lei Jialan was silent for a moment: "At the winery, I cleaned up a group of employees yesterday, and it's a little messy now."

"How about you get some wine in the village first, let's taste it first and see how the quality is?"

After a big quarrel with her family yesterday, Lei Jialan went to the winery to clean up all the whistleblowers.

But she didn't tell Chen Ping about her family's disagreement.

Chen Ping has no objection: "Okay, hurry up sooner rather than later, if you have nothing to do here, let's go now."

Lei Jialan was stunned for a moment: "What am I going to do with you? This wine can't be brewed in a day or two."

Chen Ping explained: "In fact, the sorghum grew a few days ago."

"I don't know how the quality of the brewed wine will be, so I made some koji and fermented it in a large tank."

"It should be almost fermented today, just take you to try it!"

Lei Jialan stood up quickly: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up."

The two went downstairs, and as soon as they got in the car and drove out the gate of the management committee, Chen Ping received a call from Xu Xinyi.

"Chen Ping, how is your wine? When will it be ready?"

"Our store's customer flow continues to decline, and there is no wine supply, so I can only close two branches first."

Chen Ping glanced at Lei Jialan: "Coincidentally, I just want to go to the village to taste wine with Lei Jialan, you wait for us in the store, we will pick you up now."

Xu Xinyi was also taken aback when she saw Lei Jialan's haggard look.

Lei Jialan still used last night's insomnia as an explanation.

The three of them drove into Tangpu Village. When Chen Ping arrived at his residence, he didn't see Widow Miao.

Because of Chen Ping's support, now Widow Miao has become a little rich woman.

In the past, there were quite a few relatives of her natal family who gossiped about her because she was a widow.

Now he tries his best to curry favor with her, and he habitually asks her to make decisions when encountering any problems.

Chen Ping made a phone call and found out that a relative of Widow Miao's family was getting married, so she asked her to go back and make arrangements.

Chen Ping's pre-fermented distiller's grains are placed in a small compartment that is protected from light and ventilated.

As soon as he brought Xu Xinyi and Lei Jialan into the cubicle, he smelled a strange fragrance.

Lei Jialan twitched her nose twice and swallowed her saliva: "Chen Ping, you have already brewed the wine, right?"

Chen Ping lifted the wooden lid on the vat: "This is just fermented sorghum with distiller's yeast added."

Lei Jialan's eyes lit up. If it's just fermented sorghum that smells so good, how would the finished wine be?

She quickly asked, "What's the recipe for the koji you use to make wine? It smells so good!"

Chen Ping raised his eyebrows: "Where did you get the formula? I bought the distiller's yeast from the Internet. It costs 20 yuan and it includes free shipping!"

Lei Jialan rolled her eyes: "Nonsense, if you don't want to talk about it, let it go, what are you buying online?"

"If such good distiller's yeast could be bought online, those old cellars would be closed."

Chen Ping spread his hands together: "Believe it or not, my wine is particularly fragrant because the sorghum I grow is good."

Lei Jialan didn't believe it at all: "Stop bragging, when your finished wine comes out, you won't be able to swallow it at all, I'll see how you explain it then!"

Well-fermented grain does not necessarily mean that the brewed wine is good.

Of course Lei Jialan, who runs the winery, understands this truth.

Chen Ping picked up the vat and walked out: "Don't you believe me? There is a kind of wine that I brewed, so don't drink it."

Chen Ping has planted so much sorghum, the villagers in the village knew that he was going to make wine.

Seeing that Chen Ping moved the vat to the yard and set it on fire, many villagers came to watch, wanting to see the taste of the wine brewed by Chen Ping.

Chen Ping personally put the koji in the vat into two large cages prepared in advance.

A small bamboo tube was inserted under the drawer again, and then firewood was added to make wine.

Just wait for the fermented koji inside to turn into steam and meet the iron lid on the steamer to cool down, then the wine will be steamed.

The production of wine produced by this kind of rustic method is definitely not enough, but fortunately, it is convenient and quick, and the quality of the wine can be quickly known.

The small fire burned slowly, and after more than half an hour, Chen Ping felt that the wine basket was almost done, so he unplugged it.

In the beginning, there were only some clear liquor in the shape of water droplets, dripping down from the small bamboo tube.

Just these wine drops exude a strong aroma of wine.

As more and more wine flowed out, the aroma of the wine was so strong that it almost couldn't melt away.

Everyone's eyes widened, staring at the place where the wine was served, swallowing their saliva non-stop.

"I want to taste how this wine tastes!" A villager said with anticipation.

Immediately someone next to him questioned: "Didn't you not drink before?"

The villager wiped the saliva from his mouth: "This wine is so fragrant, I think if I don't taste it, my life will be in vain."

Seeing that half of the barrel of wine had been filled, Lei Jialan couldn't wait to take a cup and walked to Chen Ping's side.

"Quick, get me some first, I'll try it."

Chen Ping patted Lei Jialan's hand away from the wine barrel: "This is a wine that has just been picked up. It has to be [-] or [-] degrees. It must be mixed with water to drink."

The wine worm in Lei Jialan's stomach was about to rebel: "Then hurry up and drink it!"

In fact, Chen Ping was also shocked, although he had confidence in the sorghum grown from the spiritual liquid and the wine brewed in advance.

But when Chengjiu came out, he would be so hungry.

After receiving a full bucket of wine, Chen Ping asked others to watch first, and took the wine in the bucket to mix it with water.

To try the taste of wine, the degree must not be too low.

Chen Ping tested it with an alcohol meter, and first brewed a jar of 52% wine, and then divided it into three glasses.

He had a cup for himself, and Lei Jialan and Xu Xinyi each had a cup.

After the wine was poured, Lei Jialan couldn't wait to take a sip.

After taking this sip of wine, Lei Jialan felt that she drank a ball of warm fire, from the mouth to the inside of the abdomen, there was a warm heat.

Xu Xinyi doesn't like drinking very much. Seeing Lei Jialan's mouth was closed and her face flushed, she asked, "How does it taste?"

Lei Jialan opened her mouth and let out a long breath: "You will know once you taste it, this wine is simply fine wine!"

Xu Xinyi smelled the strong aroma of the wine, and after hearing what Lei Jialan said, she raised her glass and took a sip.

With just one sip, Xu Xinyi felt that she couldn't live without this wine.

She said with a face full of shock: "It turns out that besides being spicy, baijiu can also be so delicious!"

Chen Ping took sips one after another: "Lei Jialan, how is my wine? Didn't it disappoint you?"

Lei Jialan just wanted to praise him a few words, but seeing Chen Ping's complacent look, she changed her words again.

"Well, it's not bad, you finally lived up to my expectations, young man, work hard in the future."

Chen Ping snatched her wine glass: "See what you can do, can't you drink it in the future?"

Lei Jialan was furious: "Give me the wine!"

The two were noisy, and Xu Xinyi was used to it, so she didn't bother to argue anymore.

She sipped the wine leisurely, her squinted eyes were full of happiness and enjoyment.