Chapter 234 Brewing

Afterwards, Yan Yu continued to work with Shen Jin and chatted with him from time to time.

Although Shen Jin mostly listened and only occasionally replied with a few words, Yan Yu was already very happy.

Before long, all the meat was processed, and everyone began to lie down to rest, basking in the sun and chatting.

Yan Yu, unable to lie down due to a back injury, sat next to Shen Jin.

"This feeling of lying down and chatting after a full meal is just wonderful," one of the tomb raiders exclaimed.

Upon hearing his words, everyone else smiled.

"Anyway, once you're full, you just sleep," another person replied with a laugh.

The tomb raider from before also laughed for a while.

The group chatted casually, covering almost everything and rambling on about this and that.

Before long, the group started talking about the food they had eaten that day.

"The meat is really delicious today, your cooking skills have improved." Immediately, someone turned to look at the tomb raider who was cooking.

"Of course! You guys are so picky eaters. I can't satisfy your appetites unless I learn some new tricks," the tomb raider who was cooking immediately replied.

Everyone laughed again.

"It really is delicious." Shen Jin couldn't help but praise him.

“Yeah, it would be nice to have some more wine.” Another tomb raider subconsciously chimed in, echoing Shen Jin’s words.

Upon hearing his words, everyone fell silent for a moment.

They all love to drink, and they brought quite a lot of alcohol with them before coming to this island, but after so many days, they've already finished it all.

Seeing that they had all fallen silent, Shen Jin was puzzled. He looked at them, unsure of what had happened.

Only when he looked at Yan Yu did his eyes inadvertently meet Yan Yu's. Shen Jin immediately felt embarrassed and looked away, avoiding Yan Yu's gaze.

"Yeah, it would be nice to have some wine." At this moment, one of the tomb raiders was the first to come to his senses and said.

All the other viewers in the live chat echoed this sentiment.

"To be honest, it's been a long time since I've had a drink."

"Actually, I've wanted to drink for a long time."

Hearing their echoes, Shen Jin felt a little helpless. Now he finally understood why they had suddenly fallen silent.

Normally, people would occasionally say something after the drinks were finished, but they didn't pay much attention to it at the time. However, now that they've suddenly brought it up, everyone really wants to drink more.

"What should we do then?" Shen Jin asked blankly, looking at the group of people.

We can't just conjure up wine for them out of thin air here.

Upon hearing Shen Jin's words, everyone else was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent again.

"Hey, didn't we see grapes on the road earlier?" one of the tomb raiders suddenly asked.

Shen Jin paused for a moment, then recalled something.

"Is there?" Shen Jin asked.

At this moment, Yan Yu nodded and answered them, "Yes, yes, I saw it before."

“Look, Yan Yu said he saw it,” the tomb raider immediately said.

So everyone turned to look at Yan Yu.

Yan Yu suddenly felt a bit of pressure and forced a smile: "Don't worry, I really did see the grapes."

"But what do you want the grapes for?" Shen Jin blinked and asked again.

"Brewing wine, huh? Didn't everyone want to drink?" the tomb raider continued.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jin finally realized what was happening and nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

“We still have some things to do here. Yan Yu, do you know where the grapes are? Why don’t you take Chen Jin to help pick some grapes? We’ll use them to make wine later.” The tomb raider looked around and said to Yan Yu.

"Okay." Yan Yu nodded quickly and replied.

Afterwards, the other tomb raiders continued their work, while Yan Yu and Shen Jin went to the orchard they had visited earlier to pick grapes.

"Do you remember where that place is?" the tomb raider asked.

"I remember," Yan Yu nodded in reply.

The tomb raiders then let the two of them go without worry.

"Don't get lost," one of the tomb raiders said, still a little worried.

"Okay, I understand," Yan Yu replied helplessly.

He felt that he and Shen Jin needed reminders about everything, even though they already knew.

"Remember to pick more; the more you pick, the more wine you can make," another tomb raider reminded him.

"Okay, okay, I understand." Yan Yu was really annoyed by their nagging, so he quickly gave a perfunctory reply.

After saying that, Yan Yu grabbed Shen Jin's hand and then led Shen Jin away, heading towards the place with grapes not far away, relying on his memory.

The two quickly moved away from the tomb raiders.

"I really don't understand them, why do they love drinking so much?" Shen Jin said as he walked.

Upon hearing Shen Jin's words, Yan Yu was stunned and became somewhat nervous.

This is Shen Jin taking the initiative to talk to him.

"Maybe it's because the wine... is so delicious." Yan Yu didn't want the conversation to end, so he could only think of various ways to answer in order to avoid an awkward silence.

Shen Jin frowned slightly.

"It tastes good, but I don't think we need to get so excited," Chen Jin said again.

When he said this, Shen Jin was looking ahead, and it was unclear whether he was talking to Yan Yu or talking to himself.

Although he sometimes drinks a little alcohol, he doesn't feel anything wrong with it even without alcohol.

So he really didn't understand why those tomb raiders got so excited when they mentioned wine.

“They’ve probably been drinking for a long time and are used to it; they feel uncomfortable without alcohol,” Yan Yu thought for a moment before continuing to answer Shen Jin.

Shen Jin thought this explanation was quite reasonable, so he nodded and responded.

After that, Shen Jin didn't say anything more and walked with Yan Yu.

Yan Yu felt a little depressed when he saw that Shen Jin was no longer talking to him. He wondered what he had said wrong that had caused Shen Jin to stop talking to him.

However, Yan Yu did not try to find another topic to talk about.

Soon, the two arrived at the place where there were grapes.

The grapes here don't have trellises; they just climb wherever the vines can.

Shen Jin and Yan Yu took out scissors and cut off bunches of grapes.

"These grapes look quite nice," Yan Yu said as he put the grapes into the container.

Those grapes were all crystal clear and very beautiful.

Upon hearing Yan Yu's words, Shen Jin stopped what he was doing and turned to look at the grapes.

“It is quite beautiful,” Shen Jin replied.

As he spoke, he continued cutting grapes.

Yan Yu squatted down, poked one of the grapes with his finger, and said, "I wonder if it's sweet. By the way, how come the grapes here ripen so quickly?"

"I don't know, it might be because of the terrain, climate, temperature or something, anyway, it's all sorts of reasons." Shen Jin was cutting grapes, without even turning his head.

Yan Yu nodded upon hearing Shen Jin's reply.

Then, Yan Yu immediately realized that Shen Jin was facing away from him and couldn't see him, so he immediately responded.

“Yes, that should be it,” Yan Yu replied to Shen Jin.

He noticed that now when he spoke to Shen Jin, Shen Jin would almost always reply, unlike before when Shen Jin would completely ignore him, and even if he did answer, it depended on his mood.

He would only reply to a few of the questions he wanted to answer, and wouldn't answer the rest at all.

Afterwards, Shen Jin cut down a lot of grapes, and when the basket was almost full, he stopped and went back with Yan Yu.

As soon as they got back, the tomb raiders immediately surrounded them.

"So, did you pick any grapes?" one of the tomb raiders asked impatiently.

Yan Yu then handed him a whole basket of grapes to look at.

When everyone saw the grapes, they cheered with joy.

"Great! These grapes are perfect for making wine. Now we'll have some wine to drink!" A tomb raider said with a smile, holding a basket of grapes in both hands.

Seeing how excited they were, Shen Jin was both amused and exasperated.

Then, one of the tomb raiders took out several large bowls and gave them to Yan Yu and Shen Jin: "Pick the grapes and put them in here."

"Okay." Yan Yu reached out and took it, responding.

Then, Yan Yu and Shen Jin began to pick the grapes.

After picking just a few, Yan Yu frowned as he looked at the grapes: "These grapes are so dirty, how can we make wine from them? They're covered in mud. I'll take them and wash them."

Upon hearing Yan Yu's words, Shen Jin paused slightly, then glanced at the grapes and noticed that they were indeed somewhat dirty.

"Then take it to be washed," Chen Jin said.

So Yan Yu quickly agreed and took the grapes to the river to wash them.

Halfway through washing the grapes, Yan Yu suddenly heard the tomb raiders shout, "Ahhh! Why did you wash the grapes?!"

Hearing the tomb raider's shouts, Yan Yu turned to look at him in confusion.

"What's wrong? I saw these grapes were a bit dirty, so I washed them," Yan Yu replied.

"You can't wash them! They'll rot when you use them to brew wine. Just pick them off and peel them one by one." The tomb raider was practically in tears.

Yan Yu was unaware of the knowledge about winemaking, so he didn't know that he couldn't wash it. He could only look at the tomb raider and laugh awkwardly twice.

"Then what should we do?" Yan Yu asked.

"Let's eat these grapes then. We can all go over there and pick some more. Since there are many of us, we can pick more and make more wine at once," the tomb raider said after thinking for a moment.

Yan Yu nodded and responded.

So, the group went over together and picked a lot of grapes, almost picking all the grapes off the vines.

After picking them, everyone started making wine. They picked all the grapes and worked for several days to make wine.