The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

During the waiting days, Gu Liang was called to Xu's house by Xu Lingjun again. On the surface, he invited Gu Liang to attend the birthday of his great-grandfather, Old Master Xu, but in fact, he called Gu Liang to continue telling him the story of "Journey to the West".

Since it was a birthday banquet, it would not be good to go empty-handed. But the difference between the two families was too big, and there was really nothing to show. The only thing that could be shown was dried persimmons, which Xu's house bought a bunch of, and he couldn't continue to send to this biggest customer.

There was a black bear lying quietly in Gu Liang's space. Gu Liang had already let this black bear out to see, and it was not alive at all. It was a pity that people could not enter the space, otherwise it would really be a good weapon for murder, arson, assassination and night escape. Unfortunately, this black bear is too eye-catching to send out. If it is sent out, it is estimated that everyone in the county will know that a child of the Gu family got a black bear from nowhere.

After thinking it over, Gu Liang felt that it was better to be simple. Gu Liang finally sent a small basket of water shield in the space, which he picked in early summer. This season is winter. Although it is in the south, there are green vegetables and sunflowers, but off-season vegetables are still fresh.

Since Gu Liang was invited by Xu Lingjun, he came a day in advance. If he came on the same day, there would be too many people and the servants of the Xu Mansion might not let you in.

When Gu Liang gave the water shield as a birthday gift to Old Master Xu, Old Master Xu accepted it happily and asked casually where the water shield came from in this season. Gu Liang said that he had a secret recipe passed down from his ancestors, which could keep the water shield until now.

When Old Master Xu heard that it was a secret recipe passed down from his ancestors, he stopped asking. There is no need to ask about the inheritance. He is still strong at such an old age because you should not ask what you should not ask, think what you should not think, and do not talk nonsense if you do not understand. There are all kinds of strange things in the world!

He immediately asked the servants to make a sea bass and water shield soup for dinner to relieve his spring thoughts. Well, simply missing spring in winter.

The next day, Xu's house was indeed very lively. There were officials, scholars, and rough people. Some wore long gowns, and some wore linen clothes. There were people from all walks of life.

Gu Liang looked out of Xu Lingjun's room. He was very confused. He was not surprised that there were many people coming to the Xu Mansion for a birthday banquet. What was strange was that he felt that the people who came should have nothing to do with the Xu Mansion.

Xu Lingjun explained to him that his great-grandfather, Old Master Xu, was also a peddler when he was young, and later he went to the army, so he interacted with these ordinary people. His grandfather, the wealthy Xu, took advantage of his grandfather's influence and became a minor officer before doing business, so he made friends with rough people and businessmen. His father's generation studied for the imperial examination and became a minor official thousands of miles away, so he had some classmates wearing long gowns. The others were people who flattered their family.

From a simple birthday banquet, Gu Liang could see the history of the Xu family's rise. However, Gu Liang felt that the Xu family's attitude towards receiving guests and treating people was really good. They did not forget their old friends even after they became rich, unlike some people who were eager to clear their past before they officially became rich.

The wine waited until the twelfth lunar month, and even the pigs that had been raised for a year should be slaughtered.

The remaining eight jars of wine were also brewed over time, making them more mellow. Gu Liang picked a day when everyone was at home and prepared to let everyone taste the wine.

After a month, the wine was no longer as turbid as when it was just brewed, and it was a golden, transparent, clear and bright liquid. The fermented glutinous rice, also known as the lees, had already sunk to the bottom, showing a clear distinction from the wine.

The state of the eight jars of wine looked similar, and there was no difference between them. Gu Liang felt that the reason for the high success rate was that they were very careful when brewing, so they could reach such a level, which also gave him confidence in brewing liquor.

There were a total of six adults in the family, plus a child, Gu Liang, who formed the tasting team. They did not follow the rule that minors were not allowed to drink alcohol here. Perhaps it was because there was no strong alcohol, and children generally did not get drunk after drinking rice wine. During the New Year, they would use chopsticks to dip some yellow wine to give them a taste. So this time Gu Liang also needed to try a little. How could he not taste the wine he brewed himself!

The fresh wine was sieved with a sieve to remove impurities, and the clean wine was obtained. This is also the meaning of "when to drink, when to sieve" in the lyrics of Liu Sanjie. Occasionally, one or two grains of lees were not sieved clean and floated on the wine, looking like ants accidentally fell into the wine. No wonder the poet had "green

"Ant new wine, red clay stove. In the evening, the sky is about to snow, can you drink a cup?"

After several rounds, everyone in the Gu family thought that the wine brewed with Taohuachong's wine yeast tasted the best. It had a strong aroma at first, smooth and clear taste, and no bitter aftertaste.

The worst was the wine yeast bought from the tavern. Not only did it have no aroma, but it always tasted bitter. Gu Liang thought that the merchants should be a little more cunning and give them inferior wine yeast. If the wine in their tavern tasted like this, they would have closed down long ago.

Gu Liang was young, so he only took a sip of each wine to try the taste. The degree of yellow wine was also Not high, maybe just a little higher than beer. Gu Liang was very confident, after all, he could drink a few bottles of beer before.

Besides, this wine is homemade, brewed with glutinous rice, it won't make you drunk, it doesn't matter if it gets on your face, just go out and get some fresh air...

Gu Liang didn't know when he opened his eyes again, he just felt that it was golden outside.

Gu Liang was lying in his parents' room. Chen was sewing shoe soles nearby. Seeing Gu Liang wake up, she said gently: "You finally woke up, kid, you can't sleep on the floor anywhere. Fortunately, your sister went out to play and found you lying on the floor, otherwise you really had to sleep there, you must have caught a cold."

"Mom, what time is it?" Gu Liang felt a little dizzy and swollen.

Chen asked puzzledly: "Kid, don't drink if you can't drink. What time? Why haven't I heard of this thing?"

"Oh, nothing. Mom, is there anything to eat? "Gu Liang realized at this time that this was ancient times, there was no time, only the time.

"It's time for dinner. You've slept until now and haven't had lunch yet. It's normal to be hungry. If you're hungry, I'll bake you a piece of rice cake on the brazier." Chen's voice was soft and gentle. In order to prevent Gu Liang from catching a cold, she even lit a charcoal fire in the room.

Gu Liang thought about it and felt that it was time for dinner, so forget it.

He got up, put on his clothes, and came to the hall. In the hall, a family was lighting an open fire to keep warm. They used the tree roots that Lanxi rushed down from the mountain in the summer. They burned slowly, but lasted for a long time. The smoke that rose just happened to smoke the bacon on the beams.

"Awake, Gu Liang. I told you not to drink, but you insisted on drinking. Now you fell to the ground as soon as you walked out the door."

"This kid said that he wouldn't get drunk even if he drank three bowls, but he couldn't stand it after these three cups. ”

“I have never seen a winemaker who can’t drink. Gu Liang, you are the first one.”

“With your alcohol tolerance, I don’t think you can even drink the hangover soup made by your grandmother. That hangover soup is made of wine lees and eggs. Don’t get drunk again.”

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The family members were all joking about Gu Liang falling asleep on the ground when he went out.

Gu Liang wanted to be an ostrich at this time.