Chapter 394: Looking at Grapes and Thinking of Wine
Chapter 394: Looking at Grapes and Thinking of Wine
With Erhua, the community's leading trumpeter, around, the next day Li Xin, Lao Yangtou, Meihua, Xiaocao, Zhao Dong and others all knew that the three sisters had a real name.
"Uncle Zhao Bei, you can't call me Erhua anymore. You have to call me Wenrou. My name is Wenrou."
"Hehe, this name is good, gentle and gentle. It makes people feel warm inside when calling it." Zhao Bei raised his hand and scratched his head, laughing.
Wenrou widened her eyes and said seriously, "Uncle Zhao Bei, I feel warm inside when you call me that, but what will you do if I call my sister that?"
"Ah? Hehe, that's warm too!" Zhao Bei continued to laugh.
"What about when you call me sister and feel warm?"
"Yeah... everything is fine." It was not until this time that Zhao Bei understood what Erhua, oh no, Wenrou meant.
Originally he wanted to say that it would make the three sisters feel warm in their hearts, but after he understood it, he changed it to “Everything is good”.
Wenrou didn't ask what "all is good" meant, but instead corrected her by saying, "Uncle Zhao Bei, when you call me sister, you should mean Xinxin. When you call me Rourou, you should mean Nuannuan. That's because her name is Wen Nuan."
The people present were amused by the gentle words.
The family had dinner early. Meihua was responsible for driving the donkey cart, Wenrou sat on the donkey cart, and Xiaocao and Wang Baoyu walked for a while and sat for a while, taking turns.
As for Wen Wuyan, he and Zhao Dong and the others were far behind the car, chatting about men's topics.
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"Dahei, you silly dog, shut up. You can't eat the grapes here. You have to pick them and bring them back for your aunt to eat." Li Xin had nothing to do early in the morning, so he ran out of the house and went up the mountain to help his aunt pick wild grapes.
He had tasted all the grapes here. Most of them were very sour, with only a few ripe ones having a sweet taste.
The grape trellis grew in a ravine. At this time, Li Xin finally got into the innermost part of the vine and found several bunches of ripe grapes. However, before he could start to pick them, Dahei, who had somehow got in, bit off half of the bunch.
This made Li Xin so angry that he started scolding the dog.
When Dahei was scolded, the dog frowned. Then he looked at Li Xin with an innocent look and reluctantly spit out the half bunch of grapes in his mouth.
Li Xin looked at Dahei who looked like he had done something wrong and couldn't help but sigh, "You've already eaten it, what's the point of spitting it out? Eat it, and don't snatch it from me later."
As soon as Li Xin finished speaking, Dahei, as if afraid that he would go back on his word, wolfed down the grapes he had just spit out.
Li Xin looked at the dog's face that was soured that it flew all over the place, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded, "Stupid dog."
After picking half a basket of grapes, Li Xin was not in a hurry to go back. He took Dahei and walked deeper into the mountains. Children in the village generally would not go deep into the mountains for fear of encountering wild beasts.
Li Xin was a brave and careful man, and apart from some pheasants and rabbits he didn't encounter any other wild animals.
Dahei had been brought out of his wildness by Zhao Dong before, and would want to catch rabbits or pheasants when he saw them, but Li Xin would tightly grab the skin behind his neck to prevent him from running around.
He went into the mountains this time to pick peaches. Some time ago, he accidentally came across a hairy peach tree. At that time, he found that the peaches were bigger than those on the wild peach trees outside, and he calculated that they should be ripe by now.
Li Xin found the peach tree, looked at the red color against the green leaves, reached out and plucked a peach that was not very red, rubbed it on the surrounding grass, and then took a bite.
Then his eyes lit up and he said, "Dahei, this is delicious."
As Li Xin spoke, he did not forget to pick a less ripe peach from the tree and threw it to Dahei. After Dahei finished the one in his hand in a few bites, he picked the few remaining red peaches.
When he came out, he brought a bamboo basket with him. Now he had to take the grapes out of the basket first, put the peaches in it and cover it with a layer of grass before putting the grapes back into the basket.
Fortunately, it was a safe journey.
When they were almost at the outskirts of the mountain, Dahei let go and chase the pheasants wandering around in the forest.
Gu Qingqing was watching Wen Shengxi and Wen Xin making soap in the backyard. She heard the noise and turned around to see Dahei coming back with a colorful chicken in his mouth.
He walked out with his head held high and without any sign of showing off.
Gu Qingqing smiled when she saw this, "You went up the mountain to pick chickens again?"
Li Xin's voice came from behind, "I told it to throw it in the front yard, but it insisted on holding it in its mouth for you to see. Aunt, I went up the mountain to pick some peaches and grapes for you to eat today."
As Li Xin's voice fell, he had already walked in front of Gu Qingqing, holding a basin with washed fruits in it.
Gu Qingqing looked at the peaches that were about the size of duck eggs and said, "Where did you find such big ones? The trees on the mountain don't seem to be able to bear such big fruits. Hey, the grapes look ripe. Are they sweet?"
"Sweet." Li Xin replied.
"Really?" Gu Qingqing said as she took the basin and twisted a purple grape off the bunch and put it in her mouth, "It's sweet and sour too."
"Wen Xin, Sheng Xi, you two can take a break and have some fruit." Gu Qingqing greeted them.
"Mom, you eat first. My food will be ready soon. I'll eat later." Wen Xin stirred the lard in the basin with a bamboo stick.
Gu Qingqing did not urge him. She just put the bowl of fruit on the clean ground and took a peach to eat. After two days, she suddenly stopped.
His eyes were fixed on the grapes.
Yes, how could she forget this?
Just as Li Xin took the pheasant that Dahei had thrown on the ground and was about to go to the front yard, Gu Qingqing suddenly called out, "Daxin, are there still many grapes on the mountain?"
Li Xin nodded and said, "There are no ripe ones today. If Auntie likes them, I'll go pick them early tomorrow."
"No, that's not what I mean. What I mean is, are there still a lot of fruits growing on the shelves? Do you know how many there will be if we pick them all?" Gu Qingqing suddenly had an idea.
Since the wild grapes on the mountain are not tasty, she can make them into wine. There are only grain wines for sale in the town, and the taste is average.
If she made wine with grapes and sold it to big restaurants in the town or county, the price would probably be quite high.
If she can't sell it, she can keep it at home. The ingredients are free. The only thing she needs to pay is labor. Does her family lack labor?
Li Xin didn't know what his aunt was going to do with it. He thought for a while and said, "There are two grape groves in the mountain. If I pick all the grapes from the one I picked, I should be able to get three baskets. The grapes from the other one are not tasty, they are sour and astringent. The children in the village don't like to go there. If I pick them, I estimate that I can get five baskets."
Gu Qingqing was surprised. "There are still so many. Wait until your uncle comes back and we'll make something good."
She wanted to make wine.
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