Farmhouse Senda

Chapter 9 Catch a Big Old Turtle
The news of Li Qingyun returning to the village to recover from his injuries quickly spread. He was wearing the hat of the first college student in Qinglong Town, and received a lot of attention.However, there are only people who regret that he lost his job in a car accident. As a talk after dinner, the freshness passed in three or five days, and there was not much malice.

It is a unique habit in the village to talk about the east and the west, and there are not many interesting things in the countryside. Whoever catches a big fish or hunts a wild boar can quickly become news.

The weather is good today, the sun is bright and the weather is clear, Li Qingyun is holding a fishing rod and a small bucket, ready to go fishing in the Xiandai River outside the village.Originally, all the fishing tackle could be put in the small space, but he was afraid of being sliced ​​and studied, so he only installed small tools such as net pockets in the small space, and did not dare to put the rattan chair at home.

Followed by two golden little ones, the two puppies have only been around for more than a month, but after drinking the spatial spring water for a few days, the small body is swish, and the spirit is full of energy, and can already bark clearly.

"Wang Wang! Wang Wang..." The gold and copper coins were chubby, like two small whirlwinds, following Li Qingyun's feet, biting his trouser legs from time to time, complaining that he was walking too fast.

"If you make trouble again, you will be locked in a cage! No food, no drink!" Li Qingyun sternly threatened because they were in the way.

Not to mention, as soon as these two puppies heard his reprimand, they immediately became honest, hummed twice, and followed behind obediently.

Passing through the village, when I met my auntie, I greeted him again.These people were so enthusiastic when they saw Li Qingyun, they asked him the bottom line, and asked him how his life in the city was, what happened to his injury, what happened to the girlfriend he talked to before, and when did he get married?
If someone asks, it's hard for you not to answer, but he doesn't want to answer some questions. If you say that your girlfriend has broken up, they may match you the next day.You can't shirk this kindness.

I was sweating anxiously, and suddenly heard an old man shout from the alley: "Fuwazi, when did you come back, why don't you come to see the fifth master?"

"Oh, fifth grandpa, I was just going to see you, I just met the second aunt, so I chatted for a while." Li Qingyun replied with a smile, and left the second aunt who was still unfinished.

The gold coins and copper coins were also impatient, barking and screaming, and under the excitement, they were faster than Li Qingyun and ran in front of him.

As soon as you enter the alley, you can smell a pure aroma of grain and wine.The fifth grandfather is the cousin of Li Qingyun's own grandfather, an ancestor, very close, good at making wine, and making a living from it.There are eleven villages in Qinglong Town, and other villages also have brewers, but the craftsmanship is far from that of the fifth grandfather. One sip of the brewed wine can make a difference.

Fifth grandpa is a little hunchbacked, and his body is very burly. In the spring, he is shirtless and sweating profusely.Just put the steamed sorghum out of the pot, and after it cools down, sprinkle the Daqu powder on it, ferment it for a certain period of time, put it in the pot and distill it, and then the wine can be produced.Although the steps are simple, each step is the crystallization of years of experience. If a step is wrong, the taste of the brewed puree will be different.

"Grandpa Fifth, your health has been good recently, but don't get tired. With your old craftsmanship, you should accept a few more apprentices, so that you don't have to work too hard." Li Qingyun put down his things and prepared to look around.

"The business has not been good for the past two years, and no one is willing to accept apprentices. No, just your cousin's family will help, and I can only pass on this skill to him." A few mouthfuls, his expression a bit sad.

"How can the business be bad? Grandpa Wu's craftsmanship is well-deserved first in Qinglong Town. My grandpa has such a picky taste, and he only likes to drink the small five grains and pure sorghum wine brewed by Grandpa Wu. Especially after being buried underground for several years The old wine after that, my grandfather said, will not change it for Maotai."

Someone complimented the wine, and the old man suddenly became happy: "Haha, the second brother likes it. Well, you can bring a few jars of old wine for your grandfather to hide for ten years. The place is so big, and this wine is getting harder and harder to hide. The wine shop in the town learned the blending method from outside, using some inferior wine with flavors and fragrances, selling it at a low price, and squeezing the real old wine I brewed into no market. If I hadn’t taken care of the tastes of my old friends, I wouldn’t plan to hide it. Wine, sell new wine directly, save worry and trouble, and there is no cost backlog."

Hearing what Grandpa Fifth said, Li Qingyun's heart suddenly moved.No place to store wine?Hiding the backlog cost for too long?Don't you have space, plant things on the top, and hollow out the bottom as a wine cellar, which is specially used to store wine.If you put it in the space for a year, it will be ten years of fine wine. Even if you don't sell it, it will be a pleasure to drink it yourself.

"Well...good idea...Grandpa definitely likes the delicious taste of old wine!" Thinking of this, Li Qingyun's face suddenly burst into a smile.

"Fuwazi, didn't you break your head in a car accident? Why are you giggling?" The old man asked worriedly.

Li Qingyun hurriedly replied: "Ah, I'm fine, I definitely didn't hit my head. I suddenly thought of a way. I have a friend who is in the loose wine business in a big city and has high requirements for the quality of the wine. If this wine can get his approval, There will be no worries about the sales of wine in the future.”

"What? The bosses in the big cities outside can see our local wine? The new wine, which is three yuan, five yuan a pound, can't be put on the table, right? Even this old wine that has been stored for several years is only sold in the town for twenty yuan. "The fifth grandfather was very surprised, and in addition to the accident, he was also a little unconfident.

"Grandpa Fifth, don't worry, businessmen seek profit, they won't do it if they don't make money." People in the mountains are too conservative, thinking that making a pound of wine is a lot of money. It has become a luxury product. A bottle of white wine can easily cost several hundred yuan. Like Maotai Wuliangye and others, thousands of bottles are common.

"Okay, okay, if this business is done, the fifth grandpa will take care of your life without worrying about not drinking wine. Huzi, don't be busy in the wine cellar, hurry up and pour out a bottle of each wine as a sample, Fuwa I'm going to introduce a big business to our family!" The fifth grandfather was impatient, and when he heard the good news, he couldn't wait for a moment, and he had to pack wine on the spot.

Li Qingyun wiped away a cold sweat, thinking that fortunately, the price of the wine offered by Grandpa Fifth was very cheap. If it was a little more expensive, his savings would not be enough. It seemed that he had to make money quickly, otherwise he would not be able to live in the mountain village.

The two puppies, gold coins and copper coins, were at the entrance of the wine cellar. Because the big puppies were tethered, they were inconvenient to move, and they couldn't keep up with the speed of the two puppies.

"Fuwa is back? Hehe..." Huzi stuck his head out of the wine cellar door and greeted Li Qingyun.

Hu Zi's name is Li Qinghu, a big man inherited from the family, with dark and oily skin, and when he smiles, he reveals a set of neat white teeth.

"Brother Huzi, you can do it first. It's not in a hurry. After putting the wine in a small bottle, put a label on it, so that I can distinguish what kind of wine it is." Li Qingyun responded with a smile, and brought back the two puppies. Don't let them be naughty.

"It's a good difference. There are three kinds of small sorghum wine, low-grade, middle-grade, and high-grade, and the same three grades of Wuliang wine. As for corn wine, people outside the city must be unaccustomed to drinking it. , will you stop bottling?" After Huzi graduated from middle school, he has been in a mountain village and has never been to a city outside, and his personality is relatively straightforward.

The fifth grandfather reprimanded in dissatisfaction: "So much nonsense, if you are told to pretend, you can pretend! There are two types of vintage wines, five-year and ten-year, and the best high-end wines are used, and other years are not representative. . Less than five years without Chen Xiang, less than ten years without charm. More than ten years, there is no place to store it at home, the storage cost is too high, only a little bit, save it for my own people to drink."

Li Qingyun was still in a hurry to fish. After listening to the brief introduction, he said, "That's fine, let's do this first, and then take it to my house after it's installed. I still have a plaster bandage on my left hand, so I can't wear it."

"Don't worry, you're worrying about us, you won't be burdened. Go, go, catch a big fish, and the fifth grandpa will make you a bean drum and spicy fish for drinking. We drink the best wine, and we have put more than ten year."

"Grandpa Fifth, this is what you said, we have no regrets, haha..." Li Qingyun's saliva almost came out when he heard that there was a good wine.

It was already half noon, and everyone in the village went to the fields to do farm work. Finally, no one held Li Qingyun to speak.

Find a place with a gentle river slope, move your head and sit there, test the depth of the water proficiently, put on the bait, and launch the hook line.

The Xiandai River in Raoguo Village is more than 30 meters wide. It is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow at different bends, and is divided into countless small tributaries. Li Qingyun does not know the real source, but they all say it is in the deep mountains.There is a natural lake on the Lotus Peak deep in the mountain, which is said to have something to do with this river.

Wang Wang!Wang Wang... The two puppies were chasing the butterflies among the wildflowers on the shore, and they had a great time. After a while, their bodies and mouths were covered with grass and soil, and they ran back to Li Qingyun with their tongues out. He rubbed his legs.

"If you're not thirsty or hungry, you can play by yourself. If you want to drink spring water, come and act like a spoiled child. Grandma's, I don't raise a dog, but a white-eyed wolf, right?" Li Qingyun turned his hands and took out two dog bowls from the space. , which is filled with spatial spring water.

There was no need for Li Qingyun to squeak, the two puppies had already rushed up, grumbled, drank upside down in one breath, and then licked the bowl clean with their little tongue, ignoring that their little belly had long been swollen.

Suddenly, the buoy in the river sank and disappeared suddenly.Li Qingyun raised the fishing rod in fright and pulled it back.I don't know what is under the water, but it is so strong that it drills straight into the aquatic plants.

How could Li Qingyun let it do as he wished, he controlled the fishing rod, slowly rowed in small circles, and after a few strokes, he flicked it to the middle area without water plants, a blue-black old turtle, reluctantly showing his foolishness figure.

No wonder it was so powerful that the turtle shell was as big as a small washbasin. After pulling it to the shore, I scooped it up with a net bag.Weigh it, about a dozen pounds, which is considered a big man among wild turtles.

There is a local legend that it is a decades-old turtle who has become proficient in human nature. Li Qingyun always thought this was nonsense.But when he saw this old turtle with his neck shrunk and begging, his heart softened for no reason.Turn it over and take a closer look, the round tail is short, and it is obviously a female soft-shelled turtle. Is it time to lay eggs, it is not yet the egg-laying season?
"Forget it, the repairs have been too ruthless in the past few days, and they have gotten angry. Leave a way out for you, and help me guard the small space pond." With that, Li Qingyun waved his hand and covered it under the scope of the small space absorption.The power of the soul class grabbed it and threw it into the middle of the small pond, causing the two little goldfish to flee for a while.

The pool next to the small pond was still slowly rising, and a few days later, a spring more than two feet high poured out.The rise was very slow, which reminded Li Qingyun that in the future, if he could save, he should not use the spring water indiscriminately, otherwise the spring water would be exhausted and it would be over.

After putting the hook into the river again, I heard footsteps not far away. There were actually six or seven people, men and women, talking and laughing, walking towards this side.Unlike the villagers, because they speak Mandarin, although not quite standard.

"Huh?" Li Qingyun turned his head and saw that the person walking at the front was a young woman, with fair complexion, plump body, and excellent temperament. She didn't look short among men, but her expression was a little serious.Wear women's formal attire, like white-collar work attire, but more formal and conservative.As for the older people behind her, it was easy to recognize them, and they were obviously town officials.

One of the middle-aged men with a red nose, wearing army green trousers and a white shirt, explained something to the beautiful woman in the lead from time to time.This person, Li Qingyun, recognized that he had signed with him when he was admitted to a university and transferred his household registration. Liu Xiangqian, the director of the Qinglong Town Police Station.

(End of this chapter)