The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The distillation process was done in secret.

In order to prevent the distillation process from being seen by others, the Gu family distilled the wine secretly this time.

They specially moved the distillation work indoors. The East Courtyard is where the wine is made. It is not convenient to use fire indoors, so they distilled in the West Courtyard where they lived this time. And the time of their distillation was changed from day to night, so that they would not have to worry about others seeing it, and they could produce it quietly.

In the dark mountain village at night, a column of thick smoke rose quietly, drowning in the endless darkness. The doors and windows of each household were closed to prevent wild animals from entering the house, which not only blocked the danger in the night, but also blocked the smell in the air.

Although the aroma of wine still floats out of the house through every crack, people are snoring at this time. When they wake up in the morning, the Gu family has finished. Although there is still a trace of wine in the air, no one notices it. After all, normal winemaking will also emit this faint aroma.

The people of the Gu family took turns to distill wine all night long. Now their family is very familiar with the process of distilling wine. Two people can handle it. Three shifts in one night do not affect the daytime.

Planting rice during the day and steaming wine at night are busy. Although they are tired, the people of the Gu family do not complain, as if they have an endless energy and a breath of air. Because they all know that now as long as they work more, they can get more. Only when there is something to gain can people keep working. Who would do those things that are not rewarded? Except for free overtime dogs!

During this period, Gu Liang was not idle. He could not do physical work, but he could still do other work. He took several sisters with him and kept going to the foot of the surrounding mountains to collect firewood, bringing it back again and again. Although the firewood they collected after a day of hard work might not be enough for one night, it was better than not helping at all. Together with the firewood prepared by the adults in the family, it was enough.

With the successful delivery of two thousand kilograms of liquor, the Gu family finally let go of their worries. In the past two days, those who had booked the liquor came to Lanxi Village one after another to pick up their liquor.

At the beginning, Gu Liang brewed more just in case, fearing that it would not be enough at that time. Maybe because of the warm weather or their good craftsmanship, the output of the brewed liquor was more than they imagined.

Gu Liang kept a few small jars of the extra liquor for himself, and he distributed the rest to the people who made reservations as a bonus. He was not a one-time business person, so he had to give some benefits to keep the guests.

And the liquor as a bonus was not given randomly by Gu Liang. He specially put it in a delicate and small wine jar, which made people feel at a glance that this extra wine was not ordinary wine. And this wine was indeed extraordinary. When Gu Liang was distilling this time, he specifically told his family that except for the first wine, the first batch of wine should be put in a pile for him.

The first batch of wine produced in this way has a stronger aroma and a stronger taste, which belongs to the rocket student among the top students. And this kind of wine has its own exclusive name, generally called "Erguotou".

After finishing this batch of things, the Gu family also ushered in a long-lost leisure time. There were too many things to do in the first two months, and they were still reaping a lot.

Gu Liang was idle at home that day, and began to think about what to do next, whether to wait for winter, or to force the risk of trying to make wine in summer.

"Gu Liang, are you at home?"

There was a voice calling Gu Liang outside the wall. Gu Liang knew it was his neighbor Gu Dabao calling him. Because the Gu family built a wall, and in order to prevent strangers, they rarely opened the door. People who come to the Gu family for something usually shout outside the door before they open it.

"What's wrong, Dabao, what do you want to talk to me about?" Gu Liang opened the door and leaned out half of his body to ask.

Gu Dabao scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Nothing, I just haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to go out and play with you. The mulberries over there are bearing fruit again, do you want to go and eat them?"

"Okay! It happens that I have nothing to do today, let's go together, you wait for me first." Gu Liang agreed to Gu Dabao without hesitation. First, Gu Liang has been busy with family affairs these days and rarely goes out to play. Second, Gu Dabao is his best playmate in the village. Even though Gu Liang hasn't played with him for a long time, Gu Dabao has always been thinking about him. Even though Gu Liang doesn't have time to play with him every time, Dabao will occasionally bring him some small wild fruits in the fields such as vines, wild strawberries, and goat milk fruits.

Gu Liang took out a bag of crispy biscuits from the house and handed it to Dabao. This was what Gu Liang bought from Guanyao Town last time. Because his family's economic conditions have improved, and Gu Liang is also greedy for some snacks, so these things have always been prepared.

"Gu Liang, I don't want it. Every time I come to play with you, you give me these foods, which makes my grandma scold me. These things are bought with money. I didn't come to play with you because I wanted to eat snacks..." Dabao's voice became smaller and smaller, and at the same time, he was a little aggrieved, as if he felt misunderstood and that he came to play with Gu Liang just for food.

Gu Liang found Dabao's appearance a little funny. What he usually gave Dabao were nothing more than some twisted dough sticks, crispy biscuits, dried dates and the like. These things were not delicate and not worth much money, but in the eyes of the villagers, as long as they were not produced in the fields, they were very precious if they spent money. Gu Liang gave them to Gu Dabao so many times, and his family might think that their children were too greedy and that eating other people's things was like owing favors.

Gu Liang comforted Dabao and said, "It's okay, Dabao, we are friends. Don't you often give me rice wine and other things? I give you shortbread. We are just exchanging gifts. Just don't tell your family. I volunteered. Just eat it."

"Really?" Gu Dabao replied. After getting Gu Liang's confirmation, Dabao's grievances were swept away and he quickly ate a piece of shortbread. For a child from an ordinary family like him, shortbread is undoubtedly the best snack in the world. As for those cheese, honey shortbread, and shortbread, they have never heard of the world.

After eating a piece of shortbread, Gu Dabao hid the rest in a tree hole between the two houses and kept it for later. After hiding it, Gu Dabao went to the mulberry forest last year with Gu Liang.

This forest is as lively as last year, and children from the village keep coming here to pick mulberries.

After a year, he came here again, and his mood was different at this time. Last year, when I saw this mulberry forest, I was like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb, a greedy cat seeing a cat strip, or you seeing a group of handsome guys. I was salivating! I wanted to pack them all up and take them home. Ahem... Gu Liang was talking about mulberries, not handsome guys.