Chapter 479 Something is wrong with the child

Wen Zhenyi looked at the two of them with a smile: "Grandpa, I think your alcohol bug has come out."

"Haha, we are just curious." Old Man Wen said with a smile.

Everyone in the village knew that people who came to work in the workshop could earn one or two taels of silver a month. Now they were very happy, but when they thought about the Liang family and other families who had two people working in the workshop and earning two taels of silver, they couldn't help but feel envious.

I can only blame myself for my poor cooking skills. Now I don’t even have the chance to make money.

Seven days passed neither quickly nor slowly. Now the whole Fengxi Village is in a positive state. The corn kernels have brought them another source of income besides food.

Now as long as they work hard, their lives will get better and better in the future.

Wen Zhenyi took out the first batch of fermented corn kernels and could smell the fermented scent as soon as he opened the lid.

Liang Da and his men were strong and carried the large vat into the distillery.

Xiong Lu was already waiting there. This was their first distillation test, and whether it would succeed depended on this one.

Wen Zhenyi asked them to pour the corn kernels into the distiller and start distilling.

Start with low heat and low steam, then medium heat and medium steam, and finally finish with high heat.

As time slowly passed, the distilled wine dripped into the wine jar bit by bit, emitting a rich aroma.

The old man twitched his nose and said, "What a fragrant wine."

Shen Xiucai also touched his nose: "I'm afraid the alcohol content of this wine is not low."

Wen Zhenyi had learned about the wine here, and found that the alcohol content generally did not exceed eight degrees, while better winemakers could produce wine with an alcohol content of around twenty degrees, which could be sold at a very high price.

The wine she brews here has an alcohol content of 50% or more, and its aroma is naturally unmatched by other wines.

Wen Zhenyi also asked Liang Da to get the wine. The distilled wine will also have different alcohol content and needs to be blended. If they were asked to drink 50-proof wine, even those with the best alcohol tolerance might not be able to handle it.

The distillation speed was also adjusted according to Wen Zhenyi's needs, and finally reached a situation that satisfied her.

Wen Zhenyi looked at the freshly brewed jars of wine and asked, "Does anyone know how to read the foam?"

"What are hops?" Everyone was confused.

Wen Zhen knew at a glance that no one else knew how to do it. She had learned this skill of reading the foam in the wine from a family in the village during a previous mission.

Their family has been making wine for generations, and the wine they brew is mellow and not lingering in the throat, but they can't mass-produce it, so every time they brew it, it's sold out.

She remembered asking them why they didn't mass-produce it, and they said that if they did, it wouldn't have the same flavor.

They didn't teach her how to make wine, but they did teach her how to use the hops to determine the alcohol content of the wine, saying it was something passed down from their ancestors.

She never thought that one day she would actually use it.

“You can tell the alcohol content by the hops.”

"Is there such a saying?" Everyone was a little bit unconvinced.

Wen Zhenyi didn't waste any time and took out all the wine he had brewed before. He poured a bowl of wine into each bowl, and small bubbles appeared in the bowls.

Shen Xiucai took a closer look and said, "Yi Yi, are these bubbles the foam of wine?"

"yes."

"How do we see this?" Liang Da and the others now thought the bubbles in the bowl all looked the same.

"The foam in the bowl is small, about the size of a mung bean, clear and bright, and disappears more slowly than large foam. The alcohol content of this type of beer is probably between 50 and 60 degrees."

Everyone around gasped and carefully observed the foam in the bowl: "So high?"

Wen Zhenyi scooped a bowl of wine from another jar. "This is called Yunhua. It's about the same size and shape as a grain of rice, and it's layered together. There are two or three layers, so it lasts a long time. The alcohol content of this wine is between 40 and 50 degrees."

They picked up the wine bowls from before and compared them, and they really found the difference: "This is amazing."

Wen Zhenyi scooped up some wine from another jar and said, "This is called Erhua, also known as Xiaohua. Its shape is similar to Yunhua, but it's uneven. Some are as big as rice grains, and some are as small as millet. It lasts for a similar amount of time as Yunhua."

When they looked again, the small clear flowers in the first bowl had completely disappeared, leaving only clean and clear wine, and the cloud flowers in the second bowl were also slowly disappearing.

Wen Zhenyi observed the alcohol content of these wines before receiving them, so he could accurately distinguish them: "In general, the bigger the beer foam and the faster it disappears, the higher the alcohol content. The smaller the beer foam and the slower it disappears, the lower the alcohol content."

Liang Da and the others became interested: "Can we all try it?"

"Of course." Wen Zhenyi made way and let them try it themselves.

Only when they figure it out themselves can they make good wine.

The four children stayed in the still room for a while, and their faces were all red when they came out.

Old Lady Wen and Ma Yinghe quickly pulled them aside: "What's wrong? Why are your little faces so red?"

"Grandma, I don't know either, I just feel a little dizzy." Nao Nao felt a little dizzy.

"Why did you faint for no reason?" Ma Yinghe was a little worried.

Wen Zhenyi didn't join in the fun. When he came out, he saw that the four children were not in a good state: "Mom, what's wrong with them?"

"It was fine just now, but it became like this after coming out of the still room."

Wen Zhenyi frowned and picked up Xixi: "Xixi, can you hear mother talking?"

Xixi nodded dazedly: "Yeah."

"What did you and your brother do?"

"I, we went to find mom, and then I was thirsty, so I drank a sip of water. Mom, water, the water is so hard to drink, it's hot."

Wen Zhenyi smelled her again and found a smell of alcohol on her body. How could he not know what was going on?

These children drank the brewed white wine as boiled water.

She handed the child to Feng Qianlan: "Sister-in-law, please help me hold the child first."

Feng Qianlan took Xixi and saw her turn around and go to the distillery room.

Wen Zhenyi looked around and found a few bowls on a table. These were the wine she had taken out and placed on the table when she was debugging the distiller. The bowls were knocked over. She looked at them and thought she hadn't drunk much, probably just one sip.

This is also where the four children come in and touch the wine.

Fortunately, the alcohol content of the wine was not high, otherwise it would have been a real headache for her.

Ma Yinghe saw her come out: "Yi Yi, what's going on?"

"They mistook the wine on the table for boiled water. They probably only took a sip. I'll go make them some vegetable juice. Mom, give them more water."

"Is this all right?"

"It's okay, just let them go to the toilet more often." Then he went to the kitchen to make vegetable juice for the children.

Ma Yinghe hugged Nao Nao and said, "These are some naughty ghosts. They can scare people to death."