Rebirth of Jiuyouyan

Coming out of Xijiuzui, Xia Yue pushed Fulang to see the lantern market.

Although the roads in the street market are spacious, it is really lively today, pedestrians are crowded on the carriageway, Xia Yue dare not go to places with too many people, for fear of bumping into Fu Lang, so he only walks outside the lantern city where there are relatively few people.

From time to time there were exclamations and laughter in the market, Shi Yan knew that it was because there was a lantern show inside.It's not that he is not interested, if he moves freely, he will definitely show great interest, after all, he has never seen a lantern show before.But now that he is like this, even if his feet are fine and he has a big belly, he doesn't dare to mess around. He will obediently look at whatever his husband looks at him.

However, because many people have gone to see the lantern show, there are not many local people with stalls in the lantern market, so Xia Yue can push Shiyan to slowly look at the lanterns on the stalls.

Most of the lanterns in Yincheng are gauze lanterns, but there are many types and shapes. Some of them attract children, and most of them are tied up in the shape of flowers or animals. On the way, I saw several middle-aged and small ladies, holding lotus lanterns in their hands. Very nice.Shiyan also saw a Yunying style on a stall, and she knew it was a lot of effort to tie it out.

Xia Yue thought that since he enjoyed the flowers today, he saw the Yunying Lantern again at this time, it was destined, not to mention walking all the way, he only saw this Yunying Lantern in this family, so he stopped in front of the stall without waiting for Yan Yan to open his mouth. I paid for it.

Shi Yan saw her husband handing the lantern to her with a smile, her heart felt warm. After taking the lantern, she put it in front of her eyes for a closer look. The light reflected on his face, and it seemed that there was a layer of blush on his cheeks, which made Xia Yue feel a little bit in his heart. itch.

Resisting not to kiss, Xia Yue patted Fu Lang's head, turned around and said to the servants and attendants who were following behind him: "If you see something you like, buy it."

The young servant took the silver handed over by the young master, exchanged glances with the young attendant, and smiled.He fell in love with a blue lion lantern just now, but he didn't dare to speak. Seeing the young master nod at this moment, he was very happy, and after saying that, he hurried back and ran to the stall.

Seeing that the little attendant was still there, Shi Yan asked him, "Why don't you go? Since it's a festival and everyone is here at the lantern market, you should buy a lantern. Just tell me which one you like."

The little attendant smiled shyly and said, "I think either lamp looks good, but I don't know which one I want."

Shiyan knew that this little attendant came to Yun's house as a small seller. In previous years, he would work in the house during the Lantern Festival, and had never been to the Lantern Market.In fact, it was Shi Yan who asked her husband to take him out today. With her husband around, there is no need for a servant to accompany her. Shi Yan just wanted him to come and see the bustling lantern market.

Seeing that the little attendant seemed really dazzled, Shi Yan wanted to continue asking, but the young servant ran back at this moment, holding his own blue lion lantern in his right hand, and another in his left hand, and he directly stuffed it into the little attendant. hand.

The three people other than the servant all lowered their heads to see that it was a carp lantern, with its head raised and its tail swaying in a very vivid gesture. The red gauze shines through the light, dyeing the servant's toga a festive bright red.

"For me?" The little attendant looked at the boy in surprise.

The servant nodded generously, and said: "Just now at Xijiuzui, I saw that you like fish, so I thought you might like this. The other ladies mentioned lotus flowers. This one is so festive, and it looks better than theirs."

Seeing the little attendant smiling happily and thanking her, Shi Yan blinked and looked up at her husband, just in time with Shang Xia Yue's eyes.

The couple looked at each other for a moment and laughed.

If it wasn't for the fact that the two of them didn't feel blushing at all, Xia Yue thought he could kiss them.One fifteen and one fourteen, it's not too early to make a decision.Could it be that this kind of act of giving things in private is not the first time?He seemed to be used to it anyway, and he didn't even see any polite excuses.

Xia Yue stroked his chin without moving his face.

The four of them walked around the lantern market for a while, and at Xu time, the lantern performers in the lantern market began to come out to play the lights.Xia Yue pushed Shiyan to the entrance of Dengshi, a little further away to see those big lanterns.Most of the lanterns in the lantern show are very large, some are held up by people, and some are pushed by carts.

Shi Yan saw that the person walking in front was holding a round ball. The lantern gauze seemed to be light yellow, emitting a faint yellow light.

He asked her husband what it was, Xia Yue thought about it and said, "It should be the moon."

"The moon?" Shi Yan looked up at the sky, and the full moon in the sky really had a yellowish halo, "Really, it's quite similar."

The lanterns pushed by the trolley at the back are larger and more special in style, which cannot be compared with the small lanterns in the hand.Shiyan saw a deer, a big tiger, and even a building.

Xia Yue was also shocked when he saw that building. The building is actually not too big, it is taller than a person, but the workmanship is fine, not only the doors, windows and corridors, but also the corners of the eaves. Some are leaning against the window, some are drinking, some are talking in twos and threes, it is really lifelike to watch.

After visiting the Lantern Market, returning to the house, washing up and lying on the bed, Shi Yan still hadn't recovered.Xia Yue looked at him as if he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a while, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty in his heart.

He leaned down and kissed his husband on the cheek, and said: "It seems that the husband is not good. Last year, he didn't let you see the lantern show, and he didn't let you see the lantern."

Last year during the Lantern Festival, seeing Shiyan's smile, both of them were very excited. After the river lanterns were released, they hugged for a long time by the river. When they recovered, the lantern parade was almost over.Xia Yue didn't care about this at that time, he just wanted to go home quickly and let his father and dad know the good news.So in the end, although the two of them went out with the rabbit lantern, they didn't go to Chengdeng City.

Shiyan smiled and shook her head, rubbing her head against her husband's arm, and said, "I didn't care about this last year. I completely forgot to look at the lantern. How can it be that my husband is not good? I can see the lantern today. I'm already very happy, I didn't expect such a big lamp, it must take a lot of effort to tie it up, it's really beautiful. The lamp show, there is still so much time in the future, my husband will always take me to see it, won't he?"

Feeling comforted by Fu Lang, Xia Yue laughed and kissed Shi Yan on the forehead: "Of course I will take you to see it, and I will take you to see it every year."

Shi Yan also laughed: "What do I go to see every year, I always go to see, even the best things will get tired of watching."

"That's not necessarily the case." Xia Yue reached out to stroke Shiyan's belly, "When the child grows up, you should take him to see it. If you want to have more children, then, why don't you go there every year?"

After hearing her husband talk about it, Shiyan always feels very happy in her heart. He looks forward to the future described by her husband, and just imagining it brings a warm smile on his face.

After the Lantern Festival passed, Xia Yue went to the wine cellar very diligently.The Zangli was already empty, so he didn't need to rush there early in the morning before dawn, but because he was worried about the situation of the third barrel of clouds rising, Xia Yue had already visited the Zangli in the morning, afternoon and evening.

The third day after the Lantern Festival, the seventeenth day of the first month.

The mash in the third barrel of Yunqi still bubbles occasionally, as if it has not stopped fermenting.Xia Yue put the mash in his mouth and tasted it carefully, it was a very good wine mash, he could really feel it.

After spitting out the mash in his mouth, Xia Yue looked into the barrel, frowning tightly.

Indeed, the condition of the mash today has reached the conditions for going to the tank. The aroma and taste of the mash are very good. If it goes to the tank today, it can become a very good wine. Master Du has brewed wine for decades. Feeling natural is unmistakable.But Xia Yue still felt that it was not the time yet.

Should be able to wait, and wait.Xia Yue re-covered the wooden barrel with a white cloth, and slowly left the brewing ground step by step.

At night, after Xia Yue coaxed Shi Yan to sleep, he couldn't fall asleep anyway.Shiyan didn't sleep well these days, and would always wake up at night, if it wasn't for the worry that her husband wouldn't see her and would get anxious, he would have wanted to get up and go to the hiding place to guard the barrel of mash.

He fell asleep in a daze, and the dream was still full of the smell of mash. In the second half of the night, he began to dream repeatedly of the scene of the wrong timing of the vat, which caused the new wine to lose its color.Xia Yue is very clear that he is dreaming, but he has been trapped in this endless cycle of dreams, and he can't break free no matter what.

When I finally opened my eyes, it was already dawn.Xia Yue let out a sharp breath, feeling that he had let out the turbid air in his chest, his brows were heavy, and he didn't feel like he had slept at all.

After going through another day like this, Xia Yue felt that he was getting more and more anxious.The only thing that made him feel more at ease was that Shiyan's left foot no longer hurts, and he can walk around the room normally.

The wheelchair was put away, and Xia Yue didn't need to be by his side all the time. Except for three meals a day at home with her husband, Xia Yue stayed in the wine cellar, and would still go out after dinner. It was late at night. return.Although Shiyan didn't ask, she could see that her husband was probably in a critical juncture, so she thoughtfully didn't ask any further questions.

On the nineteenth day of the first month, in the evening, Xia Yue went to find Master Du.

"Master Shao? Have you decided to go to the trough?" Master Du asked with concern.Ever since he decided to hand over the third barrel of Yunqi to Xia Yue, he completely let go, letting Xia Yue use his own method to brew, and never bothered about the timing of the vat.Master Du had an inexplicable expectation for this young master, and always felt that he could trust this young man, that he would not make mistakes or screw up.

Xia Yue looked very serious, he nodded and said, "Father, I want to use a hanging bag."

"Hanging bag?" Master Du looked at him in surprise.

Hanging bag is an ancient and uncommon method of tanking. It does not use a press tank and does not apply any pressure to the wine mash. Instead, the mash bag is hung in the barrel to let the wine drip naturally.Since the wine mash will not be pressed and crushed, only the liquefied and fermented part will drip down. Therefore, the wine collected by this method is the essence with the least miscellaneous taste, and can become a wine with an extremely delicate taste and a pleasant aroma.

Just using hanging bags will be very labor-intensive and time-consuming.It is much more time-consuming than simply putting the fermented sacks flat into the press tank to tie the fermented sacks one by one and hang them in the barrel. The tying must be done carefully and quickly. Finish before dripping from the bag so there is no waste.After all the mash bags are hung up, it takes at least one day and night for all the wine to drip out.

This method is not only cumbersome, but more importantly, the wine obtained from hanging bags is naturally dripped drop by drop, and the amount is much smaller than that squeezed from the upper tank.The small amount, time-consuming and labor-intensive are the reasons why the upper slot of the hanging bag is not used by wine storage.

It has been more than ten years since the Yun Family Wine Store has used a hanging bag, so if we want to use it this time, does it mean that the Shao Zang Master thinks that the barrel of Yun Qi is so precious and valuable?Master Du looked at Xia Yue's dignified expression, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Okay, then use the hanging bag. When will you go to the trough?"

Xia Yue was silent for a moment before answering, his eyes were nervous and determined: "Tomorrow afternoon."