All his life

Just do what you say, Duan Ce enthusiastically pulled up Gu Jingyan and walked out. The cup of tea just poured out on the table was still emitting white smoke, and there was no owner. On the morning of early autumn, not long after just lose the heat.

"My lord, young master, what are your orders?"

As soon as he stepped out of the door of the room, he saw Dongxia standing on the aisle. It turned out that it was Dongxia who saw Gu Jingyan carrying porridge in. Thinking that the prince should have woken up, he followed Gu Jingyan at the corner of the room. Wait at the stairs.But within a few quarters of an hour, there was the sound of walking footsteps inside.

"Dongxia, it's fine if you're here, ask someone to prepare some salt water and bring it under the vines in the yard, and ask Duan Lei to prepare some shochu and rock sugar by the way."

Seeing Dong Xiahou outside, Duan Ce felt that things were much easier to handle and saved him the trouble of finding someone again.Immediately, he gave orders to Dongxia, and said while walking, holding Gu Jingyan's hand without any intention of loosening.

"Yes."

Dongxia nodded yes, and then stood there watching her two masters leave. Naturally, she could see the holding hands, her eyes changed, Dongxia turned and left, and carried out the task assigned by Duan Ce.

"Have you ever picked these grapes?"

Standing under a bunch of grapes, Duan Ce looked up at the grapes, then looked down at the people around him.There is still a little distance between the heights of the two of them. Standing together, Gu Jingyan is a head shorter than Duan Ce, but just reached Duan Ce's chin.

At this time, Gu Jingyan was raising his head, his eyes were cast on the bunches of ripe grapes, his chin was raised, the lines of his white neck were tense, and he was caught by the rays of sunlight that shone through the branches and vines. Among them, the surface of the neck is dyed with a layer of light mist, which is very eye-catching.

With the twisting of the head, the sun seems to jump and move occasionally on Gu Jingyan's face or neck, Gu Jingyan who is watching intently does not even know that Duan Ce is looking at him.After looking at those grapes, he turned around and saw Duan Ce looking at him without blinking.

"Cough cough."

Gu Jingyan felt so embarrassed by Duan Ce's gaze, so he clenched his fist against his mouth and coughed twice, trying to break the situation.In the end, Duan Ce didn't know, the two coughs woke up Duan Ce's sight, he thought it was because Gu Jingyan was uncomfortable, and immediately lowered his head to see if Gu Jingyan's expression was still normal.

"What are you doing?"

Brushing away the hand pinching his chin, Gu Jingyan glanced at Duan Ce, stretched out his hand to pinch his chin, turned around and wanted to take a few steps away from Duan Ce.

How could Duan Ce agree, he hugged Gu Jingyan, held Gu Jingyan's thin shoulders tightly with his big hand, and walked a few steps with him.

"Do you know how to pick the grapes?"

The two stood under a bunch of purple grapes, Duan Ce pointed to the coveted bunch of grapes that Gu Jingyan had been looking at for a long time, and asked the person next to him who looked unhappy.

"Isn't it just to break off its branches?"

Curling his lips, Gu Jingyan glanced at Duan Ce, picking a grape is not so difficult, isn't it different from picking other fruits?Then watching Duan Ce shake his head, he couldn't help but start thinking, is it because his knowledge is too shallow?

"You can't pick it like this, otherwise you won't have so many for you next year."

Listening to Gu Jingyan's answer, Duan Ce shook his head amusedly, it happened that Dong Xia had already delivered the tools he needed.With his left hand, he held Gu Jingyan, who was still bowing his head and thinking, into his arms, and then took the opportunity to lean in and take a sip. Looking at Gu Jingyan, who was looking over in an instant, Duan Ce's empty right hand pinched the slightly puffed cheeks, full of affection. Said drowned.

"Look carefully, picking grapes is also something to pay attention to."

Letting go of Gu Jingyan, Duan Ce put the plate of salt water on the table under the grapes, with a plate of clear water next to it, and then picked up the pair of scissors that were placed beside the plate.

"You should also pay attention to picking grapes. Hold the ear with your left hand, and use scissors with your right hand to cut off the base of the ear. Remember not to hurt the petioles and vines."

"The picking time should also be paid attention to. It is most suitable when the fruit is ripe, that is, when the fruit is translucent. If you pick it too early, the ripeness is poor, the taste is astringent, and the sugar content is low, so you will not be so greedy."

While Duan Ce went up to pick the grapes himself, his eyes fell on the grapes in his hand while explaining to Gu Jingyan who followed him, and at the end he started joking with Gu Jingyan.

Gu Jingyan behind heard the words, and snorted without any agreement, the voice was not loud, but Duan Ce, who had a very good hearing, naturally heard it clearly.

Duan Ce cut a string, put it into the salt water dish to soak, then suddenly turned around, frightened Gu Jingyan, leaned closer to Gu Jingyan with a displeased face, Duan Ce opened his mouth, bit Gu Jingyan's mouth and sipped it lips, kissing, holding the scissors with their blades facing outwards.

"The picking time is too late. Although the sugar content has increased and the taste is good, it is not resistant to storage, and the rotten fruit will be squeezed during storage. However, from the current point of view, it is very suitable. Pick it when you are hungry."

After picking a few bunches, Duan Ce put a bunch of green grapes in his hand and put them into the salt water, still not letting go of his jokes on Gu Jingyan.

Gu Jingyan, who had been kissed a few times, was powerless to refute, so he had to obediently follow behind Duan Ce. Seeing that Duan Ce was about to start cleaning the grapes, he approached with great interest.

With a cute little follower behind him, Duan Ce enjoyed the time very much. He lowered his head to wash the grapes, and could see Gu Jingyan with a greedy face from the clear water.

With a cute little follower behind him, Duan Ce enjoyed the time very much, he was washing the grapes with his head down, and he could see Gu Jingyan with a greedy face from the clear water.

Put the washed grapes into another plate of clear water, picked a plump grape and handed it to Gu Jingyan's mouth, watched the other party eat it before washing the next bunch.

How could he not eat the fruit brought to his mouth, so Gu Jingyan opened his mouth and bit it in without hesitation. When biting down, the sweet juice shot out, and Gu Jingyan naturally stuck out his tongue, the warm and moist tip of the tongue Sweeping over Duan Ce's fingertips, Duan Ce's eyes became darker.

While feeding and working, Duan Ce finally washed all the grapes and passed them through the clear water. Holding the bamboo basket containing the grapes, Duan Ce walked to the stone table under the shade of the tree with his little followers behind him.

On the table are an empty wine jar, a jar of shochu and a bowl of rock sugar.The rock sugar is a bit yellow, and the surface is bumpy and uneven.

"There are two kinds of wines. One is to wash the grapes, go through several steps, then crush the grapes, add some condiments and soak them with the wine, and wait for a while."

"There is another kind, which is what I just told you, wash the grapes first, don't crush the grapes, put them whole, and soak them for a certain period of time."

While talking, he picked off the grapes one by one and put them into the empty jar. Only a bare branch remained, which was casually thrown aside.

"Are the two different?"

Gu Jingyan reached out and picked one, stuffed it into his mouth, and put his head next to Duan Ce's face, to see if there was something different in the jar.

"Naturally, it tastes different. As for the difference, you will know the difference after drinking it yourself."

Looking at the head that suddenly appeared in his eyes, the black hair covered the mouth of the jar, Duan Ce was not annoyed, and continued to put the grapes into the jar, but now he didn't need to look at the mouth of the jar.

The top of the black head was dangling in front of the eyes, Gu Jingyan had two small but conspicuous hairpins on top of his head, with a naturally stubborn temper, Duan Ce lowered his head and kissed Gu Jingyan's second hairpin.

There was a hot breath and a soft touch from the top of the head, the beautiful phoenix eyes blinked, Gu Jingyan got up and moved a little away from Duan Ce, and didn't even look closely at the interested jar.

Seeing how far Gu Jingyan got up, Duan Ce didn't feel disappointed, but followed Gu Jingyan back away, bowed his head and began to focus on the things in hand.

Finally, Duan Ce stuffed grapes, shochu, and rock sugar into the jar, soaked the wine until it was half a finger deep from the mouth of the jar, and then sealed it tightly with red brocade cloth.

"As for this wine, both the ancestors and the current wine-making habits like to put it in a cool and dark place or bury it underground, so we can also bury this wine in the ground, and when the time comes, just dig it out. Where do you want to be buried?"

Clapping the jar under his hand, Duan Ce looked at Gu Jingyan who was paying attention to the progress here. When it came to storage, Duan Ce asked Gu Jingyan to decide how to store the wine.

"Bury it, just under the purple grape!"

Gu Jingyan, who was asked, really thought about it seriously, propped his right hand with one hand, and put his right index finger on the tip of his nose, which is Gu Jingyan's usual action when thinking.

"Okay, let's do it ourselves."

He raised his hand to take away Gu Jingyan's finger on the tip of his nose, the distance was a bit far away, so when Duan Ce grabbed Gu Jingyan's wrist, Gu Jingyan had already tapped a little on the tip of his nose.

"Oh."

Unable to pull away from the hand being held, Gu Jingyan could only let out a discouraged oh, and followed Duan Ce's lead, and walked to the trunk of the grapevine.

The part of the wrist that was held by the hand felt a little numb when the skin rubbed against each other, and the eyes fell on the wrist that was held.Duan Ce's hands are big and thick, with a layer of calluses on the palms and fingertips, and the grip is very solid, which is the feeling of Gu Jingyan.

I personally dug a hole more than half a meter deep, put the jar in it, and filled it with the soil piled aside. Except that there is a lot of soil in this area, other places are the same.

"This wine is ready, just wait to drink it. But today I really saw how greedy you are for grapes. You can eat as much as you want, but remember one thing, you can't just eat it and not eat it." Do you know the dinner?"

Duan Ce patted the mud in his hand. After working for a while, a lot of dust rose up when he patted it. He looked at Gu Jingyan who was still staring at the wine jar, and raised his hand to pinch Gu Jingyan's fair face. .As soon as the hand left Gu Jingyan's face, the muddy handprint suddenly appeared.

Duan Ce looked at the two finger prints, and suddenly laughed, his eyes were slightly bent because of the smile, and the corner of his mouth was adorned with a dazzling smile. Gu Jingyan didn't know that he had two prints on his face, so it was strange He looked at Duan Ce who was still smiling.

After murmuring a few words in a low voice, the work was done, Gu Jingyan turned around and was about to turn around and leave, wanting to go back and sit down for a while.