Rebirth of Jiuyouyan

After noon, there are fewer customers coming in to eat, and almost all of them come to buy wine.Originally, Xijiuzui was used as a wine shop, and the business really flourished at dusk.Shopkeeper Cheng guessed that there were probably not many customers coming, so he left a waiter at the counter, and ran into the inner room with the ledger in his arms.

Shi Yan was already sitting in the inner room, and was boiling wine for Xia Yue and Fang Guanshi. Seeing the shopkeeper Cheng push the door in, he bowed politely and said hello.

"Chengzi, you just ran in?" Steward Fang looked at him.

"What time is it? It's snowing outside again. I guess no one is here." Shopkeeper Cheng squeezed to sit next to Steward Fang, took the wine from Shi Yan, and thanked him with a smile.

Xia Yue waited for shopkeeper Cheng to take a sip of warm wine before asking: "How do customers accept hot wine?"

"You are amazing, Master Cheng," shopkeeper Cheng said with bright eyes and a smile on his face, "I was still worried. Although our hot wine is a good thing, after all, Luo Yue has long thought that hot wine is bad. I really mean it." I'm afraid that the guests will not accept it if they drink it."

Talking, shopkeeper Cheng raised his head and drank the remaining wine in the glass, and continued: "However, the few guests who came today, after drinking the glass provided, all ordered hot wine. I really didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

"It's good if it goes well," Xia Yue also smiled, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief, "Just don't relax, it's impossible for all guests to accept it immediately, if there are guests who really reject it, don't insist, guests should drink ordinary room temperature wine , just give him room temperature wine."

Shopkeeper Cheng nodded quickly.

"By the way," Shopkeeper Cheng looked at Steward Fang, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, "Which one do you think is the first visitor today?"

"Regular customers?" Fang Guanshi counted in his heart the regular customers who would come to the door when he first opened, and suddenly he widened his eyes with excitement, "Could it be..."

Shopkeeper Cheng curled his lips a little bored: "How did you guess it so quickly? That's right, it's Boss Ye."

Hearing this, Steward Fang couldn't hide his joy, and he chased the shopkeeper Cheng and asked, "What did Boss Ye say? Does he like it? Is today the day for storytelling?"

"Hahaha," shopkeeper Cheng laughed heartily, "I see you are in a hurry. Boss Ye didn't say anything, but...he drank this amount in total."

Looking at the fingers that the shopkeeper compared, not only Fang Guanshi, but also Xia Yue was surprised.

"Four, four together?"

"Sihe is like water, and they are all hot. I ordered a salt-roasted beef, and added a plate of salt-baked chicken kidney. I watched him drink a cup without stopping, and my face was red when he left, haha."

Steward Fang felt excited. Boss Ye was addicted to alcohol, but he had never been drunk like this before.If it didn't feel delicious, why would I drink so much without stopping?

"After drinking so much, why don't you talk about books today?" Steward Fang was a little worried.

"I asked Boss Ye as soon as he came in. I won't talk about it today, I'll talk about it tomorrow. When he left, he came to ask me why the peach bottle is so magical, and the wine in it has never been cold."

Hearing what shopkeeper Cheng said, Steward Fang felt more confident.

"It seems that Boss Ye will probably mention us in the previous speech. You are the head of the family. This is really unbelievable luck."

The previous talk refers to the part where Boss Ye was knocking peanuts and chatting with customers before he started storytelling.Xia Yue had also heard of the famous storyteller in this city, and he also thought of this when Shopkeeper Cheng mentioned it, and he was very happy in his heart.

Originally, I thought that regular customers would mention it to acquaintances on weekdays to become a topic of conversation, and then infiltrate into the city little by little to bring up the topic, so as to complete the promotion of Xijiuzui.But if Boss Ye can say a few words in front of the talk, it will save a lot of effort and time. Even if Xia Yue has counted every step, he never expected such an unexpected joy. It can indeed be said to be a godsend good luck.

The three discussed for a while and added some opinions to each other.

After the application time passed, Xi Jiuzui welcomed the dinner guests one after another.Xia Yue still stayed in the room, Shi Yan was worried, and went to the wine cellar, and Steward Fang also went out to greet a few regular customers.

After the dinner time, Xijiuzui began to fill up with guests. These guests all came to the tavern to drink after dinner. This is called late drinking.Drinking at night is the main business of the wine house.

The Tibetans in the wine store came to Xijiuzui for an evening drink, along with Master Yun.After a group of people greeted shopkeeper Cheng at the counter, they were led into the inner room, where Xia Yue waited inside with a smile.

The charm of hot wine shocked Tibetans much more than ordinary drinkers.

Their profession is to make wine, especially Master Du. He has been brewing wine all his life, and he never knew that the taste of a wine can have so many changes. Almost all the wine here comes from his hands, but when he drank it, he almost Can't tell it's homemade wine.

Master Du raised his head in shock, looked at the gentle young master, then at the young lady who was earnestly warming the wine with lowered brows and eyes, and finally at Master Yun.

"Master, is this really the wine I brewed?" Master Du's voice trembled, and the sockets of his eyes turned red.

Master Yun smiled proudly, and patted Master Du on the shoulder, whom he had known for decades: "Old man, this is definitely the wine you brewed. It's the wine of timing."

"My wine... Can my wine be so delicious? I thought it was the young lady who used some magic method."

Shi Yan shook her head quickly when she heard the words, the taupe-coloured brocade robe set off his face softly: "I don't know any magic tricks, and my master taught me how to warm wine."

"Master!"

Xia Yue looked at the table full of people staring at him, and wanted to laugh, but seeing the excitement in the eyes of these Tibetans, he felt a little sore in his heart.Wine is everything to them, and no one loves wine more than Tibetans.

Thinking of this, Xia Yue showed a gentle smile, and slowly explained how to warm wine to the Tibetans, asked Shi Yan to demonstrate to them, and even took Master Du to teach him how to warm wine.He believed that the Tibetans in the Yun Family Wine Store had also instructed them not to disclose the method of warming the wine.

"Heat does not take away the flavor of the wine, on the contrary, if the temperature is right, the taste of the wine will be sublimated."

"Sublimation..." Tibetans repeated the word.

"Yes," Xia Yue poured wine for Master Du with a smile, "Daddy makes good wine, so after it is hot, it will have an even more amazing taste. Different temperatures have different flavors, which makes people want to stop."

As he spoke, he raised his glass, lightly touched Master Du's wine glass, and said to all the Tibetans in the banquet with a serious expression: "Everyone brews such a magical and wonderful thing. I admire everyone's superb wine brewing skills. Yun Xiayue still has a lot to learn from everyone, in the future, please teach me more."

After watching him finish his speech, he raised his head and drank it in one gulp, and the Tibetans hurriedly raised their glasses in return.

Master Yun watched happily from the sidelines, feeling proud and excited at the same time.He even began to feel that Xia Yue fell down for three years because Dionysus wanted to teach him the magic and charm of hot wine.Maybe Xia Yue was chosen by the God of Dionysus, and through him, he wants to teach the world more knowledge about fine wine, so that the world can learn more about wine.

The more Master Yun thought about it, the more he believed it, but he didn't dare to say what he thought, and could only be secretly excited in his heart.If it is really what he thinks, then he can believe that the Yun family wine will get better and better if it is hidden in his son's hands.And Xijiuzui, maybe Luo Yue will become famous.

That night, Master Yun and the Tibetans in the Yun Family Wine Store drank to their heart's content.

Xia Yue quietly went to shopkeeper Cheng and paid for the meal himself.He felt that his father, Master Du, and other Tibetans had great expectations for him.He felt a surge of pride gathered in his chest. For the first time, he wanted to do something hard in Luo Yue and live up to these expectations.

The people in Yun's wine cellar drank until Xijiuzui closed up.After sending everyone away, Xia Yue went back to the hut in the backyard and settled today's accounts with the shopkeeper, Fang Shi and shopkeeper Cheng were very excited.Xia Yue called Xiao Er again, listened carefully to today's situation, pointed out some problems, and suggested some ways to improve.

After finishing speaking, it was very late, so Xia Yue took Shi Yan into the carriage and walked back to Yun's house through the night streets.

On the ninth day of the second day, the steamer had already been emptied in the Tibetan area, there was no need to steam the rice, and there was no new wine in the trough, so Xia Yue suddenly became idle.Seeing that nothing happened, he decided to take Shiyan for a walk on the street.

After the snow fell in the morning, Shiyan obediently put on the rabbit fur hat, held the sleeve stove in her right hand and covered it with the sleeve, just about to put her left hand in, but was suddenly pulled to the left, and was covered by a warm palm. Hold it.

Xia Yue looked down at him with a warm smile in his eyes.

Shi Yan blinked: "Do you want to go this way?"

"Well, I have to hold on to prevent my rabbit from disappearing." Xia Yue teased him with a smile.

Shi Yan was speechless, and looked away from Xia Yue, not knowing whether to say that he was not a rabbit, or that he would not disappear.

But when Xia Yue said that he belonged to him, Shi Yan felt that it would be good to just be a rabbit.

The shopping street in the east of the city is just behind Xi Jiuzui. The two got out of the carriage at the intersection and strolled slowly. After walking for a while, they heard lively voices.

Although it has snowed, there are still many people taking to the streets, especially the Qingwan.Xia Yue looked at the shops on both sides, there is no need to go in the rouge shop, and I don't know what Shiyan likes, why don't we all go shopping?

As soon as Shiyan walked into this street, he noticed that many courtiers secretly glanced at his husband, especially those who didn't wear waists.Luoyue's courtiers can only tie their waists after they have agreed with others to show the curve of their waists. Those who have not been allowed to wear loose robes cannot tie their belts.

The handsome Xia Yue attracted the attention of almost all the courtiers on the street, Shi Yan thought it was a matter of course in his heart, he knew best how outstanding his husband was.

Although many Qingguan's eyes are quite explicit, but Shiyan can't even bear the thought of eating, Xia Yue holds his hand tightly, and turns his head to talk to him from time to time, which makes Shiyan feel that he is in the middle of nowhere. Feeling showing off, a little embarrassed, but also really happy, the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably.

Seeing Shiyan's small smile, Xia Yue felt a little itchy in his heart, and worried that there were many people here, Shiyan was thin-skinned. After hesitating for a while, he still didn't kiss him, so he made a note of this in his heart, and wanted to save it for later. superior.

At this moment, Xia Yue felt that Shiyan's eyes stopped in a certain direction, and he looked along, it was a steaming fruit stand.

"Want to eat?" Xia Yue lowered his head and asked Shiyan.

Shi Yan stared at the stall and shook her head: "Expensive."

Xia Yue was amused, and held his hand and squeezed it hard: "You can't eat poorly, you are my husband."

Then he dragged him to the stall.

The stall owner was briskly branding the fruit with a shovel, when he saw a customer coming and greeted him enthusiastically, he lowered his head and turned the fruit over.

Xia Yue looked at a steaming iron plate on the stall, and a bowl next to it filled with white batter, I don't know what it was made of.The stall owner spooned a spoonful of batter onto the iron plate, but did not spread it evenly. After waiting for a while, he scooped a generous amount of red bean filling on the batter, and used two small shovels with both hands to turn over the fruit at the right time and press it flat.The final shaped fruit looks like a small white brick, with a yellowish coat and burnt black lines on the surface, which is very beautiful.

"Master, what's this called?" Xia Yue asked.

"This is called Jinciba," the stall owner introduced with a smile. "The dough is my secret recipe. It's absolutely delicious. Would you like some?"

Xia Yue looked amusedly at his husband who couldn't take his eyes off those golden glutinous rice cakes, so he took out the money and bought two.

"Guest officer, take it well, this is freshly made, be careful that it burns your mouth. Especially the red bean stuffing inside, it can get blistered, young man, be careful."

Thanks to the enthusiastic stall owner, Xia Yue and Shi Yan took one each, and went shopping.

Worried that it would be too hot, Xia Yue didn't rush to eat it, and just held it in his hand.Shi Yan couldn't wait to open the paper bag and took a bite, but she was burned as expected, and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, inhaling continuously, and a layer of mist appeared in her eyes.

"Be careful, didn't you say it was hot?" Xia Yue looked at his husband distressedly, and when he insisted on swallowing the fruit in his mouth, he asked him to open his mouth again, "Put out your tongue and let me see."

After careful inspection, it was confirmed that Shiyan's tongue was not scalded and blistered. Xia Yue heaved a sigh of relief, and stretched out his hand to pinch the cheek of the gluttonous child.

"Why are you so greedy? You won't run away if you eat it later. Be careful later, the bean paste inside is half melted, and it's even hotter."

Shi Yan obediently listened to Xia Yue's instructions, the mist in her eyes dissipated, and she became extremely bright.He nodded, and only said two words: "Delicious."

Xia Yue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he was so scalded that tears came out and he only thought about delicious food, how did he find out that his husband is still a snack.

As if to prove Xia Yue's new understanding of her husband, Shi Yan couldn't take his eyes off all kinds of snacks as he walked along the way, and Xia Yue was also happy to satisfy him, and he was happy to see him eating happily.

After eating several stalls, Shiyan finally felt embarrassed. How could there be such a husband who patronizes eating? Xiayue people are gentle, so he let himself go, but in the eyes of others, he really didn't look good.

"I still don't want to eat, my husband. If you have anything to buy, let's go buy it." Shi Yan refused to move to the food stall.

"You can eat as much as you want, and you can't eat me poorly. The money I carry with me is definitely enough for you to eat all the stalls here."

Xia Yue doesn't care what others think, Shi Yan is still a child in his eyes, and he likes to pet this obedient rabbit.Who made this kid so honest, never asked for a single thing, and never flirted with coquettishness, making it a little difficult for Xia Yue to let go of his pet.

Shi Yan still shook her head.In fact, he just didn't eat these things. The shopping streets in the east of the city are more expensive than those in the west of the city. The snacks are also very famous. The famous ones are delicious, but also famously expensive.Although the Bai family is not poor, but after all, there are too many children, and there is not much pocket money for each child, and Shi Yan let her younger brother take the least share, so Shi Yan has never been here.

It was the first time I came here today, and it was the first time I saw the fruit that I had heard of before, that's why he was so greedy.In fact, Shiyan has money in her own pocket, but her husband seems to buy everything he wants to eat, which makes Shiyan feel sweet, and can't help but want to enjoy this kind of love for a while.

It's just that I really can't eat any more, Shiyan knows very well that many eyes are staring at them in this street.Whether it's for Xia Yue's, or wanting to tell Xia Yue the servant, or wanting to see a joke about him, the husband of Xu Jinyun's family who has no emotional foundation.Shiyan is not happy to be considered as a favored and proud husband, making other courtiers think they can take advantage of it.

Shiyan didn't want to eat anymore, and Xia Yue didn't continue to persuade him, but his favorite husband's addiction had just started, and he was a little bit unsatisfied.Originally, when I went out shopping, I wanted to buy some gifts for Shi Yan, because Shi Yan didn't look at other things, and his eyes were fixed on the food, so he wanted to pamper him and let him eat.Now that I don’t eat anymore, what should I buy for Shiyan?

The rouge-style swallow is not very useful, and the rouge box in the room has hardly been touched, so buying it is a waste; the clothes for spring have already been ordered with a tailor, so there is no need to buy them now; it is impossible to send flowers here in Luo Yue... Xia Yue felt in his heart Thinking back to the gift that my girlfriend had heard about in my previous life, I found that there was nothing to use as a reference.

Or, jewelry?Jewelry is too high-profile, and Shiyan doesn't need to wear it on any occasion, but jewelry...Suddenly his heart moved, and he pulled Shiyan back.He remembered that he just passed by a shop that looked very high-end.