The Daily Life of the Husband and Wife Selling Dog Food Through Time Traveling

Jiang Ning smiled slightly, greeted him, and looked at the wine jar in his arms. Chen Nianyin hurriedly explained: "We have almost packed these things, and we can probably take them all away this morning, and the warehouse is also empty. , I hope the shopkeeper will forgive me."

Jiang Ning said with a smile: "These are trivial matters, don't worry, I'm here to discuss wine making with you today."

When it came to brewing wine, Chen Nianyin's eyes lit up immediately, he quickly put down the wine jar in his arms, and said, "Then let's go into the room and talk about it."

Jiang Ning nodded, and the two entered the room together. Chen Nianyin did not forget to turn his head and said, "Grandpa, are you coming too?"

Old man Chen seemed not to hear, without squinting, he continued to pull the linen slowly, and waited until they all entered the room out of the corner of his eyes, then he put the remaining linen in the wooden basin on the bamboo pole, and the wooden basin was not empty. Received it, and followed it.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard Jiang Ning say, "How do you make this wine song?"

It sounded like an outsider to hear these words, Old Man Chen snorted heavily: "You don't even know how to make distiller's yeast, how can you talk about making wine?"

He spoke bluntly, and Jiang Ning was not angry, but just smiled slightly, and asked, "Does Mr. Chen drink tea?"

Old Man Chen was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "I drink a pot every few days."

Jiang Ning said: "Does Chen Gong know whether the tea from the south of the mountain is better or the tea from the north of the mountain? Is the water for making tea better from spring water or well water?"

Hearing this question at first, Old Man Chen thought for a long time before he could answer, so Jiang Ning continued with a smile: "Look, you often drink tea, and it's normal that you don't know about these things. I am an old craftsman who has been brewing wine all his life, and the problems that I, a layman, do not understand are naturally the most basic trivial matters in your opinion, do you think this is the case?"

Old man Chen's face softened slightly, and he said: "This is a sophistry," he paused, and then said: "Nowadays, there are two kinds of distiller's koji, one is called wheat koji, which is the most traditional one handed down by our ancestors. One is made from corn, and the other is Xiaoqu, which is made from glutinous rice and japonica rice, and most of the current wines are made from these two kinds of koji.”

Jiang Ning asked again: "What's the difference between the wines made from these two kinds of koji?"

Old Man Chen answered briefly: "The wine made from wheat koji is sweeter, while the wine made from small koji is slightly stronger."

Jiang Ning recalled it carefully. In his memory, his grandmother's house had brewed wine many times. Those white and round wine koji that looked like dumplings were broken apart, and there were finely ground wheat and bean crumbs inside. When he was ignorant, he even took a few and crushed them and fed them to chickens and ducks. Of course, chickens and ducks were quite disgusted after eating them.

Jiang Ning thought for a while and asked, "Have you ever made distiller's yeast out of beans?"

"Douzi?" Old Man Chen was taken aback, frowned and said, "I've never heard that beans can also be used to make wine koji. Where is this method?"

Jiang Ning said: "I vaguely remember that it is a mixture of beans and wheat, let's try it for now."

Chen Nianyin pondered for a moment, then said: "Then try it with soybeans first."

Old Man Chen was noncommittal, and after the three finalized the matter, Jiang Ning and Chen Nianyin went to the grain store together, bought some high-quality soybeans and wheat, divided them into seven or eight portions, and mixed them in different proportions.

However, at the end of the mixing, the soybeans were much less. With the remaining wheat mixed together, it seemed that it was not enough. Seeing that it was getting dark outside and the grain store was closed, Jiang Ning casually grabbed a few handfuls from the basket next to him. Damai said, "Let's make do with this first."

Chen Nianyin silently stirred the three mixtures together, Old Man Chen saw it with his sharp eyes, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You are not careful in doing things."

Chen Nianyin was a little aggrieved, but he didn't dare to say anything. Jiang Ning coughed lightly, marked the wine koji one by one, and said with a smile: "Then I will leave the rest to you. I will come back when I have time in a few days."

Chen Nianyin quickly agreed, and Jiang Ning left Zuilaifang.

The next day, when Jiang Ning passed by the lobby of Fuyun Restaurant, he saw Zhang An and Ding Yu muttering something in a low voice, he listened a few times, and went over to ask, "What's wrong?"

Ding Yu replied: "A strange guest came to the restaurant these few days, and Zhang An is telling me about it."

Jiang Ning looked at Zhang An and said, "What's so strange?"

Zhang An glanced upstairs, and replied: "It's the customer who ordered the Xishi accent last time. These days, he comes to the restaurant every day. Every time he doesn't order food, he just drinks. Every time he orders a little wine, he gets seven or eight different things. Set up a whole table."

Jiang Ning wondered: "Apart from this, what else is strange?"

Ding Yu's face drooped, and he complained to Jiang Ning: "It's fine for him to drink it, and he has to evaluate it when he leaves. Every kind of wine has been picked and stinged, and the number of customers buying wine these days has decreased a lot. , Only five dou of wine were sold yesterday, if he comes again today, he might not be able to sell even one dou of wine."

This man was interesting, he didn't seem to be here for a drink, but rather to kick a restaurant, Jiang Ning thought about it, and ordered: "If he comes again today, please let me know."

Both of them complied.

In the afternoon, Zhang An really came to Jiang Ning and said that the guest was here again, upstairs.

Jiang Ning nodded: "I see, you go to work first."

Zhang An responded, and Jiang Ning went up to the second floor. After looking around for a week, he saw the guest Zhang An was talking about near the window. He walked over and gave a salute, and called, "Excuse me, guest officer. "

The man turned his head in response. He was unexpectedly young, handsome, and clear-eyed. When he saw Jiang Ning, he first returned the salute, and then said in surprise, "You are..."

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "I am the shopkeeper of the restaurant, my surname is Jiang."

The man is as good as he is good: "Shopkeeper Jiang, I don't know what you can do?"

Jiang Ning looked at the position in front of him, and said softly, "I wonder if it's convenient here..."

The man immediately said: "Of course, please sit down."

At this time, Zhang An came over with a tray in one hand, and there were a dozen small celadon wine jugs on the tray. He put down the jugs one by one, looked at Jiang Ning again, and said to the man: "Guest officer, take it easy. "

"Shopkeeper Jiang, how many drinks do you want?" The man slowly picked up a wine jug. Although he asked like this, he had already poured two glasses of wine on his own.

He pushed one of the cups in the direction of Jiang Ning, and said, "Sangluo wine from your store, I wonder if shopkeeper Jiang has tasted it?"

Jiang Ning thanked him, picked up the glass of wine, took a sip, and put it down again.

Holding a wine glass in one hand, the man asked, "What do shopkeeper Jiang think of this wine?"

Jiang Ning said calmly: "There is more than sweetness, but not enough wine, and the aftertaste is astringent."

The man gave him a slightly surprised look, and said, "Shopkeeper Jiang is really an honest man."

Jiang Ning chuckled, and then said: "I heard that the guest officer has been visiting the shop every day these days. I wonder what the guest officer thinks of the wine in the shop?"

The man didn't even think about it, and replied bluntly: "There is only one Xishi accent, which can still be imported."

After hearing this, Jiang Ning said seriously: "The guest officer's words are wrong."

The man drank the wine in the glass, put down the glass, and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

Jiang Ning asked: "What do you think of the Xishi dialect, the only one you can enter in the shop?"

The man groaned, thought for a while, and replied: "The entrance is refreshing, the taste is lingering, and the aftertaste is just right."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning said, "Contrary to the guest officer, I feel that Xishiqiang's wine tastes weak, too astringent in the mouth, and lacks stamina. What does the guest officer think?"

The man said without hesitation: "Everyone has different tastes, there is nothing to say about it."

Jiang Ning said again: "As the guest officer just said, everyone has different tastes. Why does the guest officer impose what he thinks is a shortcoming on the drinks in the small shop? Thousands of people drink the same wine, it is inevitable Being able to drink a thousand different flavors, what the guest officer thinks is a disadvantage, maybe it’s what other drinkers like, don’t you think so?”

Hearing this, the man was slightly taken aback, then laughed, and said to Jiang Ning, "I'm in Menglang, I'm in Tianhua, because I drink too much on weekdays, I can't bear to come to Yuezhou these days. Wait, I'm really sorry for doing such a reckless thing, if it affects the business of the restaurant, I will apologize to shopkeeper Jiang here."

Jiang Ning waved his hand, and complimented with a smile: "The guest officer is serious. I think the guest officer is a bold person. It is fate to have your patronage in this small shop."

Hearing this, Shi Tianhua smiled and said, "Drinking alone is really meaningless. I wonder if shopkeeper Jiang is free, so why not have a drink with me?"

Jiang Ning readily responded, "Please."

Then the two started drinking and chatting, Shi Tianhua turned out to be from the capital, and these days he came to Yuezhou to visit relatives and celebrate his birthday, and he needed to stay for a while, the wine bug was attracted by him, so he came out to buy wine, he He had been to other restaurants before, but he was refused entry by the restaurant staff the second time he went because of his random comments and unpretentious speech.

He said with a smile: "Your restaurant is the only restaurant that didn't kick me out."

Jiang Ning was silent, took a sip of wine, and the two talked about another topic. Shi Tianhua is a bold person, and talking with Jiang Ning was very speculative. Before he knew it, an afternoon passed in a blink of an eye. It was getting dark outside, and the restaurant was about to close, so he reluctantly said, "Master Jiang, let's have another drink tomorrow!"

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for you here."

Shi Tianhua left the restaurant with a smile. Jiang Ning stood by the window, watching him come out of the downstairs and headed all the way to the east of the city. He tapped lightly on the edge of the table, and whispered to himself, "Happy birthday..."