golden escape

"Mr. Chu, we know about this daughter Hong, but why does it still have an unknown Huadiao name?" Fang You asked suspiciously, since there is a world-famous name, why do you still use this unremarkable Huadiao as your name? .

Wang Hao also looked blank, "Yes, Mr. Chu, I don't think the two names of this daughter Hong and Hua Diao are related at all."

Elder Chu smiled, and continued: "This requires you to listen to a story. After listening to the story, you will know why Nurhong is so famous, but Huadiao is unknown."

Picking up the wine glass and taking another sip, Elder Chu began to talk about the origin of Huadiao wine. Fang You quickly sat on the bench, supported his head with his hands, and listened attentively. Wang Hao also became quiet at this time.

Listening to Mr. Chu telling some legendary stories is his favorite thing. Every time he seems to sink into those magical stories. Well, after grandpa passed away, he never had this chance again, and now with Mr. Chu, he regained that feeling again.

As early as the Song Dynasty, every family in Shaoxing knew how to make wine.Whenever a family gave birth to a girl, on the day of the full moon, several jars of wine were selected, and people were invited to engrave and paint them to symbolize auspiciousness (usually carved with various flower patterns, figures, birds and animals, landscape pavilions, etc.), and then sealed in mud for storage.

When the daughter grew up and came out of the pavilion, she took out the old wine in the cellar, and asked the painter to paint some Chinese folk legends with oil paint on the altar, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Dragon Wind Brings Good Fortune", "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" and so on.

It is paired with the auspicious and full moon "Caitou", and at the same time, wine is used to entertain guests. At this time, the wine is called Nurhong; liquor.It is a sad thing for a girl to die young, and no one wants to drink Huadiao wine, so there is a saying, "When you come to the altar, the girl is red, and you will never drink Huadiao wine."

"It turns out that Huadiao wine was an unlucky sign in ancient times. Naturally, no one likes the wine they drink to be called Huadiao." Fang You nodded suddenly, and finally understood why Huadiao's name was not as famous as Nv'erhong. .

Fang You suddenly thought of some questions, "Old Chu, since Hua Diao is so unlucky, why do you keep talking about it?"

"Hehe." Elder Chu smiled, "Folk legends can only be heard, but not fully believed, otherwise they would not be called folk legends. As for the origin of the name Huadiao, there is another theory .”

"Hua Diao wine is also known as Zhuangyuan red and daughter red. It is said that in ancient times, people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would make their own rice wine. Because they wanted to give it to others, but because the common utensils were not fine enough, they asked someone to burn some with dragons, phoenixes, flowers, and fish carved on the outside. Crocks or earthen jars for birds, so rice wine contained in such vessels with engraved pictures is honored as Huadiao."

Elder Chu pointed to the wine glass, shook his head and said, "As for how the name Huadiao came about, no one can tell in detail, so we don't have to worry about its name, as long as we drink it to our heart's content, even if the wine is called What's the name and what's the fear."

Fang You nodded as if he had realized something. These folk legends were probably created to increase the popularity of this wine at that time. Whether it is true or not is entirely up to him.

"I really didn't realize that there are so many stories in one wine..." Wang Hao sighed and shook his head like Mr. Chu.

Elder Chu laughed aloud, "China has a 5000-year-old culture, and everything has its own unique connotation and meaning, but now few people know about it."

"Mr. Chu, Wang Hao and I have never had the chance to sit and eat with you. Why don't we take advantage of today and let's have a good drink." Seeing that Mr. Chu was in a low mood, Fang You frowned slightly, and suddenly smiled said.

Looking at the full jug of wine in the small blue and white pot, Mr. Chu hesitated for a moment, then smiled, "It's better to be alone than to be happy together. Old Wu said that he has never had good wine with me. , Let him learn a lot today." He took the mobile phone from the nanny and called Mr. Wu.

"Old Wu, I have good wine here, you can come here within 5 minutes, don't wait when it's late, how good it is, hehe, you'll know when you come." Putting down the phone, the smug look on Old Chu's face still hasn't disappeared. They are good at playing antiques because of their face. If they have good things, they are naturally very proud of their face. They wish that everyone would know and vent all the anger they have suffered in the past.

Fang You couldn't help being a little funny, he didn't expect Elder Chu to have such a childlike side.

"Mr. Chu, I still don't understand what you just said about the waste of money. Is it the Huadiao wine that is better, or the Moutai bottle is a bit more advanced?" Wang Hao still can't figure out the inexplicable waste of money that Mr. Chu said just now.

Mr. Chu picked up the empty Moutai bottle, smiled lightly, and threw it under the table, "Yellow wine is soft, while baijiu is strong. You pour the soft yellow wine into the violent baijiu bottle, Think about what will happen, you almost ruined this rare flower carving in a hundred years, but fortunately, the time for pouring the flower carving is not long, otherwise, once it is completely mixed with the Moutai residual liquid in the wine bottle, the flower carving will be considered a waste gone."

"I put it on the stove just now, one is to warm the wine, and the other is to evaporate the remaining liquid of Moutai inside. The rice wine is soft, so warming it on the stove can volatilize the substances that are not beneficial to the human body. It will reduce the alcohol concentration, thereby reducing the harm of the wine to the human body, and this Huadiao wine has been stored for countless years, and there is a little sediment in it, warming the wine can dissolve it, and at the same time make the Huadiao wine more mellow."

Wang Hao and Fang You looked at each other, and touched their noses in embarrassment. Fang You lowered his head. If Mr. Chu knew that Huadiao wine had been poured into a stronger Erguotou wine bottle, would he use that? Empty Moutai bottles crushed them to death.

Immediately afterwards, not long after Elder Chu answered a phone call, Elder Wu rushed into Elder Chu's house in a hurry. He saw several small bowls on the table and the bright yellow liquid in the blue and white pot. Picking up the blue-and-white pot bluntly, smelling it with his nose, his expression of disdain just now suddenly became extremely shocked.

Smelling the incomparably rich fragrance in the jug, Mr. Wu couldn't bear it any longer, took an empty small bowl from the table, and poured himself a full one, "Old Wu, be careful, don't spill it!" , drink less of this wine." Seeing Mr. Wu's urgent movements, Mr. Chu quickly reminded him.

After taking a sip, Mr. Wu stayed where he was, his eyes widened, fixed on the little yellow liquor left in the small bowl.

"Old Wu, don't be so worthless. This wine is not bad." Seeing Mr. Wu's dementia-like appearance, Mr. Chu said triumphantly, as if he had completely avenged the years he had suffered from him all these years.

Old Wu's eyes were about to burst out, and he pointed at the wine bowl with trembling fingers, "This... this is the best old-fashioned flower carving."

Elder Chu nodded indifferently with a calm expression, while Elder Wu picked up the wine bowl with trembling hands and prepared to take another sip.

"Old Wu, have you forgotten something? Are we just drinking the best Huadiao monotonously?" Elder Chu put down his wine bowl and glanced at Elder Wu lightly.

Mr. Wu patted his head with his hands, quickly put down the wine bowl, and then put down a sentence, wait for me for a while, and then rushed out of the yard in a hurry.

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