Star Farm

Wen Bai did what he said. He brought out all the fruits that can be used to make wine. Litchi, mulberries, grapes, lemons, pomegranates, and green plums can all be used to make wine, and the most common one is wine.

Wen Bai has never brewed wine himself, but his grandfather likes to drink. Every evening after returning from work in the field, he is always used to drinking some fruit wine in the yard while the wind blows.Every autumn, when the fruits on the mountain are ripe, grandpa will turn the inexhaustible fruits into wine. He has seen grandpa brewing wine, so he probably knows the steps.

To make fruit wine, white wine needs to be added, and Wenbai didn’t brew white wine beforehand, so he had to buy it online, but when he saw the price of a catty of white wine, he immediately took a deep breath, turned around and walked out of the store silently, although he now has little There is surplus food, but the money that is not necessary to spend can still be saved as much as possible.He simply bought a large pack of koji and planned to make baijiu by himself.

After placing the order, Wen Bai looked at the pile of fruits in the living room, and decided to make wine first. The wine can ferment by itself, and the steps are simple, very trouble-free.

He went to the balcony and asked Qiao Xiaoming to come in to help. He saw Qiao Mingluo hugging the kitten on the recliner in the shade under the tree with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep. The sunlight fell on him through the gaps in the leaves, forming a Mottled light and shadow.The kitten was also very well-behaved, lying quietly on his chest, rising and falling slightly with his steady breathing.

This picture is quiet and beautiful, Wen Bai couldn't bear to break it, he muttered in a low voice: "Forget it, let you sleep for a while, I'll go take a nap too."

As soon as the sun went down, Qiao Mingluo felt something patting his face while he was half asleep. He opened his eyes and met the innocent face of the kitten. Then he remembered that he forgot something. Holding the kitten in the palm of his hand, he rubbed its head, "Uh, sorry, I forgot to give you a drink of water."

Qiao Mingluo let the kitten hang on his arm, and took it into the house. When he entered the door, he saw a dozen baskets of grapes piled up in the living room. Wen Bai was sitting on the bench, holding scissors in his hand, and a bunch of grapes in the other. Seriously cutting the grape stalks, he poured water for the kitten and asked casually, "What are you doing?"

Seeing him waking up, Wen Bai seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He threw the scissors away, rubbed his sore shoulders, and said half coquettishly and half complaining: "You finally woke up, come and help me, I'm going to make wine, I'm exhausted." After two hours of pruning, I only cut two baskets of grapes, and there are more than a dozen baskets left to be cut. If I knew it, I would have let Lin Sen stay and work.

"Wait." Qiao Mingluo put the kitten on the sofa, went to the kitchen to wash his hands, dried the water with a towel, then picked up the scissors thrown by Wen Bai, and cut off the grape stalks with his fingers, "How do you Won't you wake me up?"

Wen Bai scratched his face uncomfortably, "Looking at you sleeping so soundly, I can't bear to wake you up!"

Qiao Mingluo let out a chuckle, Wen Bai rolled his eyes at him, what a smile.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Mingluo laughed even more heartily, his shoulders trembled slightly, and a low-pitched laughter overflowed from his throat, as if someone had tapped his laughing point, he couldn't stop laughing.

Wen Bai glanced angrily, stood up, went to the cabinet, took gloves, put them on, and squeezed the grapes into the big basin. The surface of the grapes produced on the farm was dust-free, so there was no need to wash them with water. He grabbed the grapes and squeezed them vigorously. Immediately, the grapes in his hand were crushed to pieces.

Qiao Mingluo stopped laughing, and he said, "Don't be angry, I'm just happy."

"What are you happy about?" Wen Bai curled his lips.

Qiao Mingluo raised the corners of his lips and said, "I don't know, I'm just very happy."

Wen Baiyuan wanted to be angry, but for some reason, he couldn't help laughing out loud, laughing like a madman.While laughing, he thought feebly that they probably all took the wrong medicine today.

Until it got dark, there were still a few baskets of grapes left uncut, Wen Bai was lying on the sofa, his back was so sore that he couldn't stand upright, seeing him lying on the sofa and pretending to be dead, the kitten anxiously "meowed" at him shouted.

Wen Bai stretched out his hand to pull the kitten over, hugged it, kissed the cat's ears, rubbed the cat's chin, and immediately became more energetic.

Just at this time, Do Laimi came back from the cafeteria to pack two meals. Wen Bai was so hungry that he picked up the lunch box and buried himself in eating.Qiao Mingluo was not in a hurry to eat, but took out a box of fish and meat bibimbap from the bag, which he specially asked Hu Chen to make for the kitten. He flipped through the rice with chopsticks and found that Hu Chen carefully put the fish meat into the rice. The thorn was picked out.

Qiao Mingluo couldn't help admiring that young man who was always taciturn. If he was trained a little more, he would be a good candidate for a housekeeper.

He picked up a chopstick of rice and put it into his mouth. The fish tasted very delicious, but it was a bit bland.When the kitten saw it, it quickly hugged Qiao Mingluo's hand, staring at the fish and meat bibimbap in his hand without blinking, "Meow."

Qiao Mingluo put the lunch box on the ground for the kitten to eat by itself. He looked at the kitten and suddenly thought of a question, this kitten is so good at acting like a baby, is it male or female?

Wen Bai was momentarily stunned by the question, so he speeded up his cooking, "I'll have a look after I finish eating."

A few minutes later, Wen Bai put down the bowl and chopsticks, rubbed his hands and smiled, and walked quietly behind the kitten. The kitten had just finished eating fish and rice, and was licking its beard stained with fish, and was caught off guard by Wen Bai. is on.Wen Bai opened its hind legs wretchedly, knowing the owner's intentions, the kitten clamped its hind legs and let out a protesting meow.

However, the hind legs were forcefully split off, and seeing the obvious masculine features, Wen Bai was quite surprised, "It's actually a male." The kitten buried its face in Wen Bai's chest as if it had suffered a great humiliation , Playing dead and refusing to get up.

Qiao Mingluo coughed twice, "Okay, don't make trouble with it."

Feeling that the kitten is about to blow up, Shun Shun cat's hair is warm and flattering, "We haven't named the kitten yet." Today, it is called "kitten and kitten" all day long. Now that I have decided to raise it, It's better to have a name.

Wen Bai is a waste of names. When he was a child, his family had a dog. All the names he could think of were named according to the color, such as "big yellow" and "big black", but the name "Xiao Bai" already has an owner. Yes, although Wen Bai tried his best not to admit the name.He tried to shout to the kitten: "Little meow? Meow?"

The kitten turned its head and ignored him.

Wen Bai said to himself again: "Little cat and my surname are Wen, how about 'Vancouver'?"

Qiao Mingluo: "...Call it Wen Niannian." It's good to have fish every year.

Wen Bai also thought of the implication of the name, and gave him a funny look. He lowered his head and kissed the kitten's meat pad, "I will call you Niannian from now on." I really like this name.

While he was teasing the cat, Qiao Mingluo had already cleaned up the dishes on the coffee table, Wen Bai put Nian Nian down, and asked Qiao Mingluo to go down to the basement to bring up the water tank that he ordered some time ago.These water tanks are about half a meter high and quite heavy. They were originally bought to grow kumquats, but they didn't grow kumquats. Instead, they were used to make wine.

Wen Bai lifted a water tank with difficulty, but couldn't move it after a few steps.Qiao Mingluo easily lifted a water tank, and when he passed by him, he took that water tank away with him.

Wen Bai was silent, his boyfriend was so capable, it made him feel a lot of pressure.

In the end, he returned to the living room empty-handed. When he passed the bathroom, he went in and took a dry rag, and cleaned the water tank that was brought up.In fact, oak barrels are the best containers for storing fine wine, but this is not unacceptable. Anyway, water tanks can also make wine, but the fermentation process should be covered with clean plastic cloth and tied with rubber bands. It is breathable and also prevents the dust in the environment from drifting in.

When he was writing a thesis at university, Wen Bai once studied the subject of "why the wine in country F is so expensive". The climate in country F is mild, sunny and abundant, and the grapes produced are naturally the best. The winemaking process is very demanding and complicated, and requires many processes. Unlike home-made wine, you only need to destem the grapes, wash and dry them, then crush them, add appropriate amount of sugar, put them in a container and seal them. , You can drink it after about a month of fermentation. If you leave it for a long time, the wine will be more mellow.

The quality of the grapes produced on the farm should be better than that of country F, but the winemaking process is poor, and the taste of the wine produced may not be as good as that of country F.

Wen Bai doesn't care about these things, anyway, he doesn't know how to drink, and he can't tell the difference between good and bad. In his eyes, wine worth 1 yuan is the same as wine worth 100 yuan. Three years of Latour.

Pour the crushed grapes into the water tank, sprinkle a proper amount of white sugar on top of each pot, the white sugar here is also processed from sugar cane from the farm, the sugar content is very high, Wen Bai did not dare to sprinkle too much sugar , I'm afraid it will be too sweet then.

It is enough to fill a water tank to about [-]%. It should not be too full, because a lot of gas will be produced during the fermentation process. If it is too full, the wine will expand and overflow.

Cut the stems of the remaining grapes, crush them and pour them into water tanks. A total of five water tanks were installed, and finally the mouths of the water tanks were sealed with plastic cloth.Wen Bai clapped his hands and asked Qiao Xiaoming to move the water tank back to the basement, let it ferment slowly, and it will be ready to drink in a month.

The wine has not been opened yet, and Wen Bai wants to give away as many jars of wine. The Consul and his family must not be less, as well as the staff of the Conservatory who often come to help, Hu Chen also wants to give a jar, Lan Mo, Ai Lun Not to mention the side. As for Qiao Xiaoming's brother, whether to give it or not depends on his mood at that time.

With such a count, the wine he brewed is actually not too much, and it may not be enough. Let’s do it for now. Wen Bai doesn’t plan to make more wine, because the farm has more than a dozen farmlands to grow other crops, and there is no surplus. of grapes.

After finishing all this, Wen Bai yawned and looked at the time, yo, it's only a few minutes before eleven o'clock.After taking a bath, he habitually hugged the pillow and knocked on the door of the opposite room. Today, Wen Bai was so tired that he didn't have the heart to do anything else. He slowly climbed onto the bed and said to Qiao Mingluo, "I'm asleep , don't disturb me." After finishing speaking, she fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.

Wen Bai fell asleep and didn't realize that the middle quilt was bulging, and then a head poked out from the gap in the middle, looking at Wen Bai with round eyes, "Meow?"

Qiao Mingluo gestured his index finger to his lips, and whispered, "Shh! Dad is asleep, let's not disturb him."

"Meow." Niannian called softly.

A good night's sleep.

The sunlight illuminated the whole room, and Wen Bai let out a comfortable sigh like a dream, but he felt a little short of breath when he fell asleep. He half-opened his eyes and saw a fluffy white ball sitting on his chest.

"Every year?"

"Meow meow."