Chapter 107 Alcohol

After listening to Li San Niang's explanation, Li's mother couldn't tell whether she was relieved or distressed. She was relieved that Li San Niang didn't want to remarry into a wealthy family, but distressed that Li San Niang really didn't want to remarry.

However, Li's mother still rolled her eyes at Li San Niang, expressing her dissatisfaction with her explanation.

It was only when Sister-in-law Li came in and invited the two of them to the yard to eat pomegranates that the somewhat awkward atmosphere between the mother and daughter was broken.

The pomegranates were a Mid-Autumn Festival gift sent in advance by Li Da Xiong's colleagues. They said they were pomegranates produced in the Western Regions, the same variety as those sold by merchants in the West Market, but of better quality.

It is said that this colleague's younger sister married a merchant from the Western Regions as his second wife. This merchant had his own connections in the Western Regions and could obtain some good things that were not available on the market. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, he specially sent some extra to this brother-in-law as gifts.

Each of his teammates received seven or eight large pomegranates. Brother Li took them home last night, wanting to wait for his mother and third sister-in-law to eat them together.

After tasting the sweet pomegranate with its rich aroma, Li San Niang asked her second brother, "Second brother, did eldest brother say yesterday that there was any news from the Bad Guys?"

Brother Li took the handkerchief handed to him by Sister-in-law Li and wiped his mouth. "She said that someone will come tonight to discuss things."

"Third Sister, this is no small matter; we must be careful."

"Don't worry, Father, I understand."

So Li San Niang, along with her father and second brother, discussed how to negotiate with the scoundrels about the profits from the alcohol.

After talking for about half an hour, Mr. Li finally nodded in satisfaction, picked up the pomegranate juice that he had specially prepared for Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, and Lu Zhu'er, and took a sip. "This variety is even sweeter than the pomegranates in our area, and the color of the juice looks beautiful too."

After nightfall, Li's mother said a few words about how to deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to each household the next day, and then Li's father dismissed everyone, leaving only Li's mother, Li's third sister, Li's eldest brother, Li's second brother, and Li's eldest son.

Just as Li San Niang was getting yawns, there was a knock at the door. It sounded like it wasn't coming from the front yard, but from the main hall.

Li San Niang thought to herself, "The Bad Guys are indeed the ones who work in the back door. They're so used to not using the main entrance that they always climb over the wall. There's no hope for them."

Sure enough, as soon as Li Dalang opened the door, he saw Mr. Bu Ke sitting in a wheelchair at the entrance and his hunchbacked servant who always stood behind him.

Li San Niang became increasingly interested in the martial arts skills at this moment. She saw that Mr. Bu Ke's wheelchair was made of good wood. Even though Mr. Bu Ke was thin, the weight of an adult man plus the wheelchair was not a problem. A strong man could still move it.

But if they were to lift Mr. Ke together in his wheelchair over the courtyard wall and then quietly avoid the sharp-eared and sharp-eyed Li San Niang and the martial arts-practicing Li Da Xiong, it would truly be impossible.

But this impossible thing actually happened.

At this moment, Li San Niang was watching Mr. Bu Ke, who had appeared outside the main hall of the Li family without knocking, calmly drinking the health tea that Li San Niang had brought him.

Li San Niang didn't know if Mr. Bu Ke was playing another game where whoever speaks first loses, but he certainly didn't say a word after he came in.

Li San Niang found it quite amusing. Mr. Bu Ke remained silent, while Li's father remained calm, holding his teacup and examining it intently, as if he were seeing this tea set that he and Li's mother had chosen together for the first time.

Brother Li was not a talkative person to begin with, and the less he talked in the Imperial Guard, the better.

So, Brother Li didn't drink tea or look at the tea set; he just sat there with his head down, staring at the ground.

Therefore, only Li Erxiong and Li Sanniang were left communicating with each other through their eyes, both of them giving the three of them a silent, disdainful look.

Li San Niang was thinking to herself, "Isn't this just what they call 'pretentious' on the internet when I was in the modern era before I transmigrated?"

Finally, Li San Niang couldn't help but speak first: "Sir, I asked my elder brother to inquire about alcohol. Do you have any advice for me?"

Li San Niang can guarantee that when she spoke first, she saw Mr. Bu Ke, who was drinking health tea, smile!

Mr. Impossible did it on purpose!

What a twisted sense of humor!

Mr. Bu Ke put down his teacup, looked away from it, glanced at Li San Niang, and then tilted his head to signal to the hunchbacked servant behind him. He stretched his right hand to the right rear, and the stern-faced servant took out a small wine pot weighing one or two ounces from his bosom.

Mr. Ke carefully held the slender neck of the small wine pot and waved it in front of Li San Niang a few times, saying in a calm tone, "San Niangzi, come and see if this is the alcohol you mentioned?"

When Mr. Bu Ke uttered the word "alcohol," Li's father, who was looking down at his teacup, Li's eldest brother, who was looking at the ground, and Li's second brother, who was already staring at Mr. Bu Ke, all pricked up their ears and widened their eyes, staring at the slender-necked wine pot that Mr. Bu Ke was holding with two fingers.

Mr. Bu Ke's hunchbacked servant took the small wine pot from Mr. Bu Ke's hand, walked up to Li San Niang, bowed, and handed it over.

Li San Niang was naturally surprised. She thought that after sending the distillation blueprints to Brother Li and explaining the important role of the purified alcohol, the Bad People would contact her that very night.

Who would have thought that the villains weren't unconcerned, but rather extremely anxious!

The Bad Guys actually followed Li San Niang's blueprints and made it directly. In just a few days, they obtained the alcohol that Li San Niang had mentioned, which was purified from Shaodaozi.

Li San Niang pinched the slender neck of the small wine pot with two fingers of her left hand, and with a little force, pulled off the bottle stopper wrapped in a small piece of red cloth with her right hand. Then, she fanned the wine pot with her right hand, holding it about a palm's distance away from the small wine pot, and blew air into her nostrils.

A pungent, acrid smell assaulted Li San Niang's nostrils. Despite the discomfort, she sniffed carefully twice more.

Then, Li San Niang stuffed the plug back in. Just as she was about to ask Mr. Bu Ke if she could also let Li's father and the other two take a look, she couldn't help but quickly pull out her handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose.

"Achoo!" After sneezing, Li San Niang instantly felt the discomfort in her nasal cavity disappear.

Li San Niang wiped her nose with a handkerchief, and was about to ask Mr. Bu Ke when he spoke up: "San Niangzi, you can let Doctor Li and the others take a look as well."

Subsequently, Li's father, eldest brother, and second brother also followed Li San Niang's example and sniffed the "alcohol" in the small wine pot.

Except for Li Erxiong, who couldn't take it and sneezed violently like Li Sanniang, Li's father and Li Erxiong seemed to be fine.

Brother Li turned around and looked at Third Sister Li, asking, "Third Sister, how does this thing compare to what you described?"

Mr. Ke also looked at Li San Niang, wanting to hear whether the "alcohol" that the Bad People had worked so hard to make these past few days was feasible.