This mountain is mine

Chapter 217 Disposal of Dowry

On the day of the drinking party, Shanghe County was lively and peaceful, and it seemed that it had never been affected by the drought.

Although the sun is still shining brightly, it is not as hot as it was a while ago. From time to time, a breeze blows against the face, faintly carrying the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

The street in front of Zuixianlou was even more crowded.

This is the second time for Yu Miaomiao to come to Shanghe County, but he is not as relaxed as he was last time watching the street scene.

"Zhao Man is a stinky boy. Let him match the pairs and write poems by himself. If he can't write, let's see what face he has."

Old Man Lan patted Yu Miaomiao's hand that was holding his arm. Although the gauze was removed from Yu Miaomiao's right hand, it left a hideous scar that couldn't be removed for a while.

Old man Lan was furious looking at Zhao Man. He could have asked Xiao Si to give him a sign and they would go in directly, but Zhao Man refused yesterday and crushed the sign.

"Why do you look tall and big, but why are you so small!"

Now seeing the scar, he became even more angry, and even glared at Zhao Man a few times.

Zhao Man didn't take it seriously, seeing Yu Miaomiao looking at him happily, he said seriously, "It's not like I won't be able to get in."

While cursing secretly in his heart, this Zuixian Tower is full of broken rules, and you can't find someone to write for you. If you are paired, you will draw lots on the spot today. You can only enter if you match up on the spot, and you can only bring two people with you.

But there were three of them, and even if someone else was asked to write for him, one of them couldn't go in. If he left Mr. Lan, it is estimated that Mr. Lan would have to drag Li Sijin to make things difficult for him.

Yu Miaomiao hurriedly said, "I'll go with you."

Seeing Zhao Man snorted in dissatisfaction, she thought it was funny again, this big man was obviously acting like a baby again.So, he added: "These sour pairs are not Qilang's favorite, so let me do it."

Mr. Lan spat on Zhao Man, and walked forward with Yu Miaomiao, "Don't pay attention to him, don't waste time with him, it's all started inside, and all the good wines will be sold out in a while, so we can only smell it." The wine smells good."

There are quite a few people crowded at the door now, but the bustling applause has already been heard from the Zuixian Tower, the wine fight has already begun, and the smell of wine in the air is stronger than the last time I came to Shanghe County.

Yu Miaomiao pulled the old man's sleeve coquettishly, "Grandpa, good things are the finale, they'll go in after a while."

Grandpa Lan couldn't bear Yu Miaomiao's acting like a spoiled child, his complexion immediately improved a lot, and he said repeatedly: "Miao Miao will definitely get the brand, don't worry about Grandpa, just think about it slowly."

Yu Miaomiao smiled, and then blinked at Zhao Man. Seeing that Mr. Lan was holding her, Zhao Man had to walk in front of them silently, first went to the box guarded by the waiter, and took out a piece of paper.

Zhao Man spread out the paper to have a look, and immediately frowned with thick eyebrows, extremely disgusted, and immediately decided in his heart that it was a lewd pair, and moaned without illness.

It's not that Zhao Man is illiterate, it's just that these words and sentences are already very repulsive in his heart.

Mr. Lan had an expression that I knew would be like this. Yu Miaomiao went over to take a look, and saw that it read: "Moon in the East Mountain, Moon in the West Chamber, before the flowers under the moon, the music is full of love."

It is indeed a sentence of affectionate love, love for children, and now I understand why Zhao Man is like this, but it is normal for a literati to be romantic.

The boy reminded, "The second couplet must be related to alcohol, otherwise it will not pass."

Yu Miaomiao nodded, and pondered for a while, thanks to the fact that she had a lot of memories in her head, Mei Niang knew these romantic and tender words best, and soon came up with the next couplet, there were a lot of pens, ink, papers and inkstones on the table at one side, some people were scratching their heads, Zhao It was almost over, and the person next to him unconsciously moved to the side.

Only then did Yu Miaomiao take up a pen and write down: "Nanling sky, Beigang sky, the ends of the earth, and bottles of sweet-scented osmanthus wine."

Zhao Man watched from the side, and the coldness on his face dissipated immediately. Through this pair, he saw the meaning of "the end of the world, the love is endless". Although it was a bit too petty, he was happy in his heart.

After seeing it, the boy smiled and gave Yu Miaomiao the sign to enter the door, but Zhao Man intercepted the couple written by Yu Miaomiao, and put them into his arms as if nothing had happened. These were all written by Miaomiao to him.

The young servant was dumbfounded, but there was no rule that the pair of guests must be kept, and seeing Zhao Man's aggressiveness, he had no choice but to give up.

The three of them were about to enter the door when they suddenly heard an annoyed voice behind them, "Why is it so difficult! Brother, can I change a pair? Will you allow me to draw lots again? You see my wine is so good, because this was It is really unfair to stop it.”

Yu Miaomiao heard this voice somewhat familiar, and when she turned around, it was indeed Lu Lingzhi, who was pestering the servant who greeted them just now.

The boy scratched his head, "Little lady, you have already been drawn three times, you should find someone to help you, everything here is pretty much the same..."

Lu Lingzhi pleaded: "My grandfather and father have all gone in... How about you pair it up for me? You can do it for sure. I'll give you a jar of this wine... I gave all my loquat wine to Si Ye It's over, really."

The boy was so embarrassed by her, he waved his hands again and again: "This is against the rules."

Lu Lingzhi looked around in frustration, and when she saw Yu Miaomiao, she immediately beamed with joy, "Sister Yu, please help me." She blinked her big eyes, full of flattery.

As he said that, he handed over the note in his hand, and Yu Miaomiao looked at it amusedly, and Lu Lingzhi read softly: "Take the wine as a song, take advantage of the vast expanse of waves, and go east and west. I know these words, but I just can't get them right. Good sister, please help me."

Yu Miaomiao laughed, this sentence was much more majestic than the one Zhao Man drew just now.

Because the first couplet already has the word "wine", there is no other request for the second couplet, Yu Miaomiao comforted Lu Lingzhi a few words, and was about to speak, but heard a clear and pleasant voice: "Looking from the railing, the city is full of wind and rain, autumn is coming to the west. "

Yu Miaomiao looked up, but saw a girl in scarlet clothes surrounded by maids and women, and a sedan chair with four people was parked beside her.

Lu Lingzhi suddenly excitedly said, "Ninth lady!"

The girl said to Lu Lingzhi, "Take your things and follow me in."

The servant hurriedly nodded and saluted, "Ninth Lady."

The girl then turned her head to the boy and said, "Is this couple feasible?"

The servant hurriedly agreed, Lu Lingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Yu Miaomiao and was a little embarrassed, "Sister Yu, I..." Then he quickly introduced, "Sister Yu, this is the Ninth Lady I mentioned to you , the wine for women is Jiu Niangzi..."

Yu Miaomiao already understood that it turned out to be Li Jiajiu, Li Sijin's niece.

Before Lu Lingzhi could finish speaking, the Ninth Lady had already interrupted her: "The inside has already started, let's go in."

When Li Jiuniang spoke, he looked at Yu Miaomiao with a bit of hostility, and Yu Miaomiao didn't have the reason to put a hot face on a cold ass.

She has never seen this Li Jiuniang, her hostility... Yu Miaomiao looked at Lingzhi, and understood a little bit, Lu Chunqiu and Lu Lingzhi were both Li's brewing masters, and now they belong to their own family.

She was stared at, which really wasn't an injustice.

Smiling at Lu Lingzhi, she took Mr. Lan's arm and followed Zhao Man into the Zuixian Tower.Behind her, Lu Lingzhi was still asking Li Jiuniang about the couplet just now, but she didn't hear clearly.

Li Jiuniang was very patient with Lu Lingzhi, and read it to her again, and told her a few key points about couplets.

Listening to the words "the city is full of wind and rain", Yu Miaomiao thought, isn't the city full of wind and rain?After August [-]th, I hope Fangling can still be so peaceful.

Pressing down his thoughts, he followed the boy up to the second floor of Zuixian Tower.

Yu Miaomiao looked around, the second floor was like a big exhibition stand, there were several Eight Immortals tables on both sides of the hall, on which were placed wine jars and wine bowls, some people drank, some introduced, and some people commented.

In this hall, there are also a few women wandering around in front of the various wine jars, very straightforward and generous, without any twitching gestures, chatting with a few men.

I also saw a few acquaintances, Fang Aonan and Fang Ke were standing together, facing the stairs, talking to a fat man, one of the two brothers had a sullen face, as if someone owed him money, One was cheerful, as if he had picked up a big deal.

Seeing Yu Miaomiao and his group, they just nodded in the air, as a greeting.

In addition, there are a few students from Fangling Academy who are chatting happily at a table. Several of them are also acquainted by Yu Miaomiao. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she doesn't want to trap others from letting them come to play or go home for reunion.

The blood moon event was predicted by Bi Kuo, outsiders don't know about it yet, with Bi Kuo around, they are not afraid that they will not return to Liushutun after the festival.

But I didn't see Li Sijin.

Li Jiuniang went upstairs behind Li Miaomiao and the others, and took Lu Lingzhi into a box in the southwest corner. Lu Lingzhi greeted Yu Miaomiao and told her to come and participate in the wine tasting in the room, and then left in a hurry.

The moment the door was opened, Yu Miaomiao saw that there were also some women sitting inside. The women tasted wine indoors, and they were isolated from the outside.

Mr. Lan enthusiastically took Li Miaomiao to taste in front of each table, and exchanged a few words with a few wine merchants from time to time, very happy, and from time to time he was able to get rid of prejudices, drink with Zhao Man, and exchange ideas.

Seeing that Mr. Lan had to taste a glass of wine at each table, Yu Miaomiao felt a little worried.

Old Man Lan didn't take it seriously: "This little wine is nothing, even if it's stronger than before, it's still impossible to bring Grandpa down."

Because Yang Yuan disclosed the method of distilling wine, the alcohol concentration of today's wine has increased overall.

When the old man tasted almost everything, his steps were still steady and he was not drunk, he turned to look at Yang Che, who was deliberately ignored, who was following behind him, "What are you doing next, kid? Where are you going this month?" gone?"

Kid Che really has a wooden fish head that doesn't understand. The old man has already hinted very clearly before, telling him to treat Meow Miao better.

But it's been a month, and it's only now that the old man Lan has been waiting, full of resentment towards Yang Che.

Yang Che was also very wronged. It was one thing that he couldn't get close to Liushutun, and now that Liu Tingzhou was keeping a close eye on Fang Ling, it was inconvenient for him to run around. Besides, he was really busy, and he hadn't been idle for a month.

Seeing that his grandfather was finally willing to talk to him, Yang Che took two steps forward, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, I went back to Bozhou, and there are some things that need to be dealt with. The third brother is still in Bianjing and hasn't come back. It will be my turn."

In addition, there is also the matter of Yang Hao. Yang Hao left a text message when he left. He must go to check his whereabouts.What a busy month.

As he said that, he looked at Yu Miaomiao full of guilt, feeling that there were countless things to say, but he couldn't say them.

When Yang Che mentioned Yang Yuan, Mr. Lan saw that he had a bad look on his face, and asked, "What's the matter with the third one? How long have you been to Bianjing, why haven't you come back?"

Yang Che shook his head, "I'll explain to Grandpa after the drinking party."

Old Man Lan also knew that this was not the place to talk, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just looked at Yang Che's expression and felt a little guilty in his heart.

Yang Che hurriedly said: "It's not a big deal, grandpa, don't think too much about it. The third brother will be back in a few days."

Only now did Mr. Lan feel relieved, Yang Che wanted to come over and talk to Yu Miaomiao, but suddenly there was a commotion, and it was Li Sijin who brought Steward Wu and several people out!

The drinking party just started.

Yang Che had no choice but to swallow what he was going to say.

When Li Sijin came out, he still had a serious and unsmiling look, which really bluffed some people.

It was noisy just now, and they all greeted Li Sijin, shouts of "Fourth Master" and "Dean" were heard endlessly, but now Li Sijin raised his hand, and immediately quieted down.

Although there are many people who know that Li Sijin is stupid, but not many, at least many people outside Fangling City don't know, some even heard about it, but they haven't seen it with their own eyes, and they still can't believe it. See, it's just a joke.

Everyone was waiting for Li Sijin to speak, but seeing him looking around in the venue, they couldn't help being dumbfounded. When Li Sijin finally saw Yu Miaomiao and the others, his eyes lit up and he waved to Yu Miaomiao. The onlookers and students were dumbfounded!

Seeing that Fourth Master Li was about to run over and shout for someone, the word "meow" had already come out, but was quickly interrupted by Manager Wu, who was also held back.

"Fourth Master, it's time for the wine fight." The voice of this sentence was a little high.

Then he lowered his voice and said, "Si Ye, start early, and you'll be at their table in a while, and when the wine fight is over, Si Ye can go back to Liushutun."

Only then did Li Sijin stop, and looked at Yu Miaomiao again, seeing Yu Miaomiao waving at him, he smiled and said, "Then let's start."

Seeing Zhao Man, he suppressed his smile again, snorted at him childishly, and added heavily: "Hurry up, don't dawdle."

The so-called wine fighting is a jury composed of several senior alcoholics, wine merchants and scribes, who will evaluate each one. Of course, the participating wine merchants need to introduce the benefits and differences of their wines. Fang Ke is actually on the list of judges.

The tables in front are all wines produced by stronger wineries, and Li Sijin will also taste a glass.

Mr. Lan also explained and added a few words to Yu Miaomiao from time to time.

This drinking party is not only a competition, but also a technology exchange conference.

Li Sijin looked this way from time to time, causing some people to look sideways, but because of Zhao Man's presence, they didn't dare to stare.

Yu Miaomiao and the others were standing at the end just now, but Mr. Lan felt that it was okay to jump in line, what did Li Sijin have to do with him.

So, he took Yu Miaomiao forward to find a place, next to Yang Che, and put the things he brought on the Eight Immortals table, Yang Che didn't dare to have any objections, this time he jumped in line, he put it on the third table.

Fang Aonan was still standing in front of the fifth table, with Lu Chunqiu and a middle-aged man.

The old man also whispered to Yu Miaomiao: "Meow, after reading the things we brought, I don't think we need to taste the wine in the back, so as not to waste our time. If we are the last to appear, it will be dark when we go back. You have to walk at night."

After thinking about it, Yu Miaomiao still believes in the words of old man Lan. The old man has tasted it all. He thinks it's not good, it must be bad.I can only wrong the people behind, your wine is not good, so don't try it, save some time.

As soon as they put it down, the wine merchant standing below them stared at the baggage on the table suspiciously, wanting to ask questions, but then looked at Zhao Man seeing his cold eyes, and swallowed all the words he wanted to ask, why don't you? messed with him.

Yang Che also stared at the burden, and Old Man Lan gave him a low smile, with an expression of "You don't want to compare me, kid".

Yang Che raised his beard, and whispered, "Grandpa, what's in here? It doesn't look like a jar."

The wine doesn't come in a jar, but it's a flat piece. Yang Che doesn't know what kind of medicine is sold in the old man's gourd.

Old Man Lan showed a meaningful smile, at this time, Li Sijin and the others had already walked in front of their table.

Except for Li Sijin who was staring at Old Man Lan's baggage, and had fun at Yu Miaomiao and Old Man Lan, everyone else had already started tasting Bozhou wine.

A few people talked a lot, and summed it up, the general idea is "Not bad, very good, better than last year, this kind of spirit from Banshu tastes better than other brands."

After finishing speaking, looking at the burden in front of Old Man Lan, Li Sijin took the lead and said: "I know that Miaomiao and Grandpa's things are the best today, and you don't need to taste the rest."

As soon as Li Sijin said this, several judges were stunned, and Mr. Lan laughed loudly: "It's still Xiaosi who has vision, hahaha."

There was a lot of whispering at the scene, and the people in the back were naturally very dissatisfied, but because of Zhao Man, the evil god, they didn't dare to say anything loudly, and even though they didn't know Mr. Lan, there was someone in Yang Che who knew him. Didn't you see Yang Che humming down?

However, there were also two brave ones who expressed their dissatisfaction, "I want to see what kind of wine you guys are! You made such wild remarks."

Fang Ke stepped forward and said, "Old man, let's take a look if you haven't brought it out yet, don't be fooled. If it's really good wine, I'll write you a poem too."

Old man Lan glared at him, he didn't like this kind of unstable and greedy young man.

Fang Ke didn't take it seriously, Fang Aonan muttered something like "shameless" in a place where he couldn't see.

The old man Lan didn't hesitate, he untied the bundle, revealing two lumpy brown embryos.

It was not wine.

Wine making can't be completed in a day, and they just made wine koji during this time.

Yu Miaomiao didn't know how to evaluate the quality of the koji, she had never even seen the koji before, but seeing that everyone's eyes were on the koji, she thought it was really not bad, and she was relieved.

An old man came forward and cut open the bent embryo. The inside was brown and surrounded. The bent embryo was dense and solid. It was crushed into powder by hand. The faults were clear and there was no layering phenomenon. An aromatic smell of yeast wafted out.

The old man's eyes brightened immediately: "Okay! It's better than the koji I've seen before, and the koji smell is even stronger. I don't know what the taste of the wine is. Does the old man have any wine?"

Old Man Lan shook his head: "It's too late to brew it. Let's wait for a later date."

The old man said repeatedly: "It's a pity."

Old Man Lan's smile deepened, and he himself felt that it was a pity, koji is the soul of wine, and good koji is half the success of brewing good wine.

At this time, several people twisted a small piece of bent embryo and put it on their noses to sniff it lightly. Lu Chunqiu directly pinched a little bit, tasted it, and nodded from time to time.

Old Man Lan's smile deepened, and he himself felt that it was a pity, koji is the soul of wine, and good koji is half the success of brewing good wine.

At this time, several people twisted a small piece of bent embryo and put it on their noses to sniff it lightly. Lu Chunqiu directly pinched a little bit, tasted it, and nodded from time to time.

These wine merchants who came to the wine fight all brought their wine masters. After the winemakers tasted them one by one, their expressions were different, or their eyes were burning, or they sighed, or they simply asked Mr. Lan what the wine song had to do with theirs. difference.

Although Yang Che doesn't know how to make wine, he can also taste wine. Seeing the koji's eyes brighten, Mr. Lan glanced at him, and said in a low voice, "Anyone can give this koji, but you can't."

He muttered vaguely again: "Since you want to keep your distance, don't try to take advantage this time."

Yang Che's face froze immediately, and he subconsciously looked at Yu Miaomiao, but Yu Miaomiao didn't have a sympathy with him, and still looked at the table calmly.

Yang Che quickly realized that Yang Yuan had an unhappiness with Zhao Man because of the wine earlier, could it be that the wine song this time also belonged to Zhao Man and Miaomiao?

There were a few who had good ears when they heard what old man Lan said earlier, and immediately asked, "Can this wine koji be sold, old man?"

Old Man Lan said with a smile: "Don't ask me about this, this wine song is used as a dowry for my granddaughter... she can deal with it as she says."

The old man said and looked at Yu Miaomiao, feeling sore in his heart, poor Miaomiao, married without even a dowry, I don't know how many grievances he has suffered, although he knew it a long time ago, he still couldn't help but feel sad when he mentioned it, looking at Yang Che became even more angry.

Yang Che lowered his head, wishing he could stick his chin on his chest, and didn't dare to look up at all.

Although most of this wine koji was made by the old man according to the craftsmanship of Bozhou wine, the main ingredient was suggested by Yu Miaomiao, and the old man Lan didn't feel sorry for it at all. This was also discussed with Yu Miaomiao before.

Yu Miaomiao also agreed, and now she also needs this way of buying people's hearts, selling favors to these merchants.

The old man Lan was kind to her, and she didn't hide the situation that the old man was about to face, and she wanted to send him back, but the old man was very stubborn, and scolded Yang Xun and Zhao Man at home, and even made Li Miaomiao feel safe. I can't live a life.

Everyone looked at Yu Miaomiao, Yu Miaomiao nodded, and the old man continued: "My granddaughter has promised to announce that the main ingredients of the wine can be made public. As for the method, each family has its own method, so you can figure it out yourself."

After the old man finished speaking, there was a commotion immediately. Indeed, no one paid any attention to the wine in the back, and no one mentioned the matter of wine tasting.

Yu Miaomiao and Zhao Man didn't pay attention to what everyone thought or how lively the scene was. After finishing what they had to do, they left the venue, and Mr. Lan was circling among the crowd.

Yu Miaomiao found that Zhao Man's presence would indeed make the atmosphere even colder, and no one even dared to thank him.

When they went downstairs, Li Sijin also came out. He looked relieved and complained repeatedly. The past two days were really annoying.

(End of this chapter)