Stone slabs, blue tiles and other materials can be bought in other villages. Since Zhang Xiaoliu handed it over to Li Sheng, he first handed over three taels of silver to him.After several actions, many people in the village realized that brewing wine can really make money. If you don’t believe me, look at the Zhang family. Two months ago, they couldn’t even afford meat. Now they are sending their children to school and building houses. I don’t know how many people His eyes were red with envy.Even Xiao Song noticed that when he went out to play recently, so many people specifically talked to him, so he stayed at home sullenly for two days.

In this place where the eyes are darkened when the sun goes down, people still maintain the habit of working when the sun rises and resting when the sun sets.So even though the house was built nearby, it didn't have any impact on Zhang Xiaoliu's life.Waking up in the morning, Mai Mai went to school after breakfast, and Zhao Zhengze boiled hot water and let it cool for them to use.If there is anything else that needs help, Li Sheng will come over to mention them in advance.

Apart from cooking and washing, Zhang Xiaoliu devotes most of his energy to brewing wine.Due to the continuous drought in July and August, the water in the grain fields was gradually dried up, and the water in the river channels became shallower and shallower.All the farming families became anxious and rushed to dig water into the fields.Even the water that has been divided on the surface will be dug up in the fields when people leave behind the scenes.In the end, no one dared to leave, so they could only sit and wait by the field.

"Ah Zheng, what are you doing?" In such a hot day, there was no one to talk by the side of the field, so Shui Qing couldn't help but walked to the side of the road, and glanced at Zhao Zhengze who had been sitting there for a long time without moving. , asked curiously.

"Shui Qingyue, I just make something for fun." Zhao Zhengze is often too addicted when doing things, and he just saw Shui Qingyue at this time, and said a little embarrassed.Now is the season when peaches are ripe. He has collected a lot of peach pits, washed them in the stream under the bamboo tree, carefully selected them, and processed a batch of peach pits repeatedly. At this time, waiting is boring, he Take it out and do what you like.

Shui Qing glanced at it. Beside him was a small basket made of bamboo strips. There were dozens of peach pits in it, and a bunch of them had been ground into various shapes.I can't help but sigh in my heart, this kid must be lucky, even if he is kicked out by his aunt, he can be taken in as well as Brother Liu.It's just that he's too disappointed, now Liu Ge'er earns money by doing work, but he's still thinking about these children's things.

"Ah Zheng, I saw that brother Liu has hired someone to build a house, don't you need to help?" Shui Qing asked tentatively.

"Well, brother Liu said that I still need to take care of the crops in the field. I'd like to give a hand when I get back." Zhao Zhengze also mentioned that he wanted to be able to dig the foundation, but he couldn't even hold an iron pick. .Secondly, as Brother Liu said, if he also rushed there, the field would be deserted.

Shui Qing thought to herself, Brother Liu is smart.Calling Ah Zheng to the field alone, he didn't intervene in the matter of building the house in the future, and he didn't have the slightest reliance in the disputes in the future.

"Ah Zheng, you said Liu Ge'er makes wine so well that he can earn five or six taels of silver in half a year?" Shui Qing looked at his simple and honest smile, thinking that Liu Ge'er looked smart, but this kid was honest. Yes, he should be easier to talk to than Brother Liu.

"Almost." Zhao Zhengze glanced at him when he heard the words, and said flatly.

"Hey, where do you think Brother Liu learned his skills, and he can even recognize the shopkeeper in the town? Have you ever seen him make wine?"

said again.He also married from another village. The last time he went home to see his father, he also heard that in the past, the brewers in the village were getting worse and worse.But I don't know what is so special about the wine brewed by Brother Liu, that there is a store willing to come to buy it.

"The shopkeeper Huo met when we went to buy wine. Brother Liu also taught me how to make wine. There is nothing special about it." Fortunately, he is not the kind of person Liu Geer said will make the wine spicy when he touches it. It can help a lot now.

"Brother Liu is really capable. Is he only ten years old or 11 years old this year? You have to be careful, don't go out empty-handed then, then the past few years will be a waste of work." Shui Qing said with some malicious intentions.In addition to his elder brother who is about to kiss, there is also a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in his family.If Zhao Zhengze's father hadn't been able to strike quickly, Liu Ge'er would not know how hot he would be.But things are really hard to say, if Brother Liu doesn't like him, he can shirk it in the past few years.

"Shui Qing is so caring." Zhao Zhengze said coldly after grinding the hand that was grinding the peach pit.

"Hehe, isn't this just worrying about you, don't take it to heart." Shui Qingmomo heard the unhappiness in his tone, and quickly said in relief.Without waiting for him to say anything else, he walked to his own field.

Zhao Zhengze watched him go away, thought about what he said, lowered his head and continued to grind the things in his hands.He finally found this small whetstone that can be carried with him. The surface is very rough, and it is the most suitable for grinding peach pits.In the past few days, he has ground dozens of peach hearts, and there are also a bunch of peach rabbits, peach tigers and other things.Although the time spent here is boring, it's a quick way to kill time.

After two or three days, the grain fields were finally flooded.He came back early that day, and Uncle Li Sheng and the people who helped build the house were still busy. Zhao Zheng saw that several vertical and horizontal trenches had been dug there.He was about to go over and ask if he needed help, but Zhang Xiaoliu ran out, took his hand and walked into the house.

"Brother Liu, what's the matter?" Among them, Zhang Xiaoliu was the most afraid of heat, even his palms were hot.Zhao Zhengze looked at him holding his hand, so thin but full of strength, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.

"I just turned over the wine you brewed, go and taste it." The time of brewing wine must be very precise. Generally, the steamed glutinous rice and koji will be fermented together for three days and the wine must be turned over again. At this time, taste the wine. You can probably know whether the brewed wine is successful or not.This time, Zhao Zhengze did the whole drinking process, and Zhang Xiaoliu was on the side to guide him, that's why he said so.

"How about it, is it okay?" Zhao Zhengze asked anxiously.If the brewed wine is too far away, I'm afraid that shopkeeper Huo won't want it.In this case, several liters of rice were wasted, and the time for making wine was delayed.

"Why, it's okay to have my guidance?" Zhang Xiaoliu smiled brightly, thinking that he would be able to relieve half of the burden of wine making from now on, and he was in an inexplicably good mood.

"No, no, you've done a good job. I'm afraid I'll delay your business." Zhao Zhengze took a sip of the wine he poured into the bowl, and frowned involuntarily: "Why is the taste so bland?"

"It's only been three days now, and the wine hasn't come out much yet, so the taste isn't strong." Zhao Zheng was trying a new wine for the first time, but Zhang Xiaoliu already had experience.The best tasting wine should be one or two days before the wine is served. At that time, the wine is almost out, and the wine is soaked in the wine, which is very sweet.

"That's good." Zhao Zhengze breathed a sigh of relief. Although Brother Liu said repeatedly that there would be no mistakes, he was still a little worried after all, and only then did he really feel relieved.

"Brother Liu, let's go back tonight." The two were talking when they heard Li Sheng shouting from outside.

Zhang Xiaoliu hurried out and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay, it's easy for so many people to do it!" A big, dark-skinned man said loudly.Zhang Xiaoliu remembered that his family's Meme would occasionally make tofu during the slack season, so he picked them out and sold them from house to house.Although the man looks rough and works hard, he has a very good temper, so he smiled gratefully at him.

"That's right, I'll dig another morning tomorrow. People from the Luo family will bring over the stone slabs, and we'll build the walls first. Brother Liu, if you're free tomorrow, stay and have a look." Luo's is a neighboring village that specializes in selling Stone slabs, of course, you can find them yourself if you have a small amount.Since he was sending materials, Li Sheng naturally wanted to reassure the "owner".

"Okay, I'll be at home tomorrow. It's getting dark, everyone be careful on the road." Several people were tired and didn't talk much, and left quickly after speaking.

After they finished talking, Mai came out of the house.

"Xiaomai, have you finished your review?" During the afternoons, Shi Zhu followed Maimai back like a little tail, Zhang Xiaoliu just thought it was funny, Mingming was older than Xiaomai, but he always liked to play with Xiaomai.However, since Xiaomai went to school, he didn't have much time to play with the children in the village, so Zhang Xiaoliu would welcome anyone to come to him.

"Well, brother, it doesn't matter if I don't review." In fact, he had already reviewed the article on the road, but Shi Zhu was a little impatient when he came to play with him every day, so he said that he interrupted his review. Got off the job of feeding the chickens.

"Brother hopes that you have time to rest, anyway, I don't expect our family to come out with a solution." Zhang Xiaoliu rubbed his hair, and his too well-behaved brother was also worrying.

"I see. Brother, let me cook." Wheat scratched his head and said, he was rarely angry with others on weekdays, but the stone pillars made him feel that he couldn't do anything about him.

At the same time, Shi Zhu locked himself in the room sullenly. Qiuming looked at Zhao's father with a puzzled face and said, "Where did he go crazy today? Seeing him running out excitedly this afternoon, why did he come back?" Just fade away?"

"Didn't he say to find someone to play with? Maybe he was bullied by other children? But it's good if he doesn't bully others. How many children nearby dare to play with him?" Father Zhao also said the last sentence

He muttered in a low voice, Shi Zhu was in poor health before he was five years old, so he was used to everything, and others did not dare to bully him.After the age of six or seven, when he becomes strong and strong, others dare not provoke him, and they are ashamed to say so.

Qiuming just heard it, frowned, and said to him: "I think he has been very obedient recently, when did you see him bullying others?"

With his protective appearance, Father Zhao hurriedly softened his voice and said, "Recently, he is really good. Last time I heard Daniel say who he was playing with? It seems to be the younger brother of Brother Liu you mentioned. Now go The one from the school."

"Oh, no wonder he waits for that time every day to run out like a rabbit. What's going on when he comes back with a grievance today?"

"Maybe it's because of a quarrel with someone? Don't worry, maybe it will be fine tomorrow." Father Zhao felt that the child would not tell the adults if there was something wrong at this time, as long as they figured it out for themselves.

As he expected, when he went to look for wheat the next day and was not driven out again, he was very happy when he returned.

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