At this moment, it was getting dark very quickly. They continued to work with the oil lamps lit. Tomorrow would have tomorrow's work, so they had to finish today's work today, otherwise they would pile up day by day and they would never be able to finish it.
When the academy is built later, there would be a lot of things that he would have to deal with personally. In another ten days or half a month, the factory would be finished. By then, the finished clothes would be shipped to Nanyang, and we would have to increase our efforts to make clothes. By then, there would be many things to take care of. Cao Xiangnan wanted to take Shu and Liu Baishu out first and hand over the brewing work to Liu Baishu.
Working with six people would be much faster than when he worked alone in the past. The work of several people was neat and no one was procrastinating or lazy.
After the grapes were dried, they were put into jars to ferment and make wine. Now there is a batch of fully fermented wine every day, which needs to be filtered out and put into clean containers and sealed for the second fermentation.
"Let's finish processing these first, and deal with the unwashed ones tomorrow." The unwashed ones will be washed tomorrow. If they are washed now, they can't be dried. If they are cut and left tomorrow, they will lose water and will not be fresh. It is better to leave them like this, Cao Xiangnan said.
They will probably rush to pick fruits in the next few days. Those who make wine will make wine, and those who make preserved fruits will make preserved fruits. They will pick as many fruits as they can from the mountains. Cao Xiangnan thought that by next year, these things would be much more mature, and it would be better then. But this is a busy time, and maybe nothing can be done easily in the next few years.
It was still early, and seeing that it was almost time, Cao Xiangnan washed his hands and said, "I'll fry some snacks for everyone, shall we have a drink?"
"Great." Wang Dahu was immediately full of energy when he heard that there was wine to drink. Just now, he smelled the wine and didn't dare to drink it, because he was too greedy.
"..." Liu Baishu. "
Okay, okay, there's something delicious again." Gan Weilin came over immediately when he heard that there was something delicious.
"Yeah, it'll be ready in a while." The food in the kitchen was ready, and Cao Xiangnan remembered that the snails picked up by the children were still there and hadn't been cooked yet, so he planned to fry them to go with the wine, and now was just the right time.
As soon as the fire in the stove was burning, he added oil to stir-fry the onions and garlic, and when they smelled fragrant, he put the snails in the pot. It happened that the peppers planted in the yard were ready to be eaten, so he picked a few peppers, chopped them up and put them in, and stir-fried them with several other spices. Immediately, the smell was spicy and fragrant. The peppers began to bear fruit, and these peppers also began to be picked.
The people outside had also packed up their things, and their mouths were watering at the smell inside, just waiting to drink and have a small midnight snack.
He fried a large plate of snails, fried a bowl of peanuts, and stewed a bowl of peanuts, but there was nothing delicious. Cao Xiangnan, you also baked a few big pancakes, fried a few egg buns, and packed some pickled vegetables to eat with pancakes later. These can fill his stomach, but he is not very hungry after dinner, but he is worried that other people are hungry.
There is a bamboo table at the door of the kitchen, which was brought from the old house. A lantern was hung at the door, and the side dishes were placed on it. Several people sat down and smelled the delicious smell.
"As soon as you arrived, we started working for you, and we didn't even welcome you formally." Cao Xiangnan picked up the bowl and said solemnly, "This bowl is for everyone, to welcome you."
"Damn!"
"Damn!"
"This is how to eat snails." Cao Xiangnan taught everyone how to eat snails. Only Cao Gang had eaten them before, and the others had never eaten them and didn't know how to eat them. He picked up a piece of cake, rolled an egg, and then put some kimchi in it, and handed a few to Liu Baishu to eat, "Here, try the taste."
"Yeah, it's delicious." Liu Baishu said.
"This life is like living a god's life." Wang Dahu just stuttered.
Cao Xiangnan listened, smiled, and told everyone about his situation here, to see if everyone wanted to stay and work together. He said, "As long as I have something to eat, everyone else must have something to eat." As
soon as everyone arrived today, he took everyone to participate, and he also wanted everyone to truly experience that his work here is not easy.
Today, they are almost busy from morning till now, and they have to go out and run around. The ones who stayed at home were transporting grapes for a day, and only now sat down to have a sip of wine. If you want to stay after trying, he will welcome you, and if you want to leave, he will not make it difficult.
"Just for your words!" Wang Dahu picked up the wine without saying a word, raised the glass to Cao Xiangnan, and drank it all in one gulp, which also represented his meaning.
The others also picked up the wine in front of them and drank the wine in the bowl.
In fact, they were just strangers who had known each other for a day, but even in this one day, they could have an initial understanding of each other. Cao Xiangnan believed in Cao Gang, and then he believed in the people Cao Gang found, but after getting along with them today, he also felt that Liu Baishu, Wang Dahu, and the Gan brothers were all very good.
However, Cao Xiangnan didn't see Gan Weiqi very well. Although this person always had a smile on his face, he attributed this to his personal character. Gan Weilin quickly gained the favor of the children in the family. He felt that a person who could be liked by children would definitely not be a bad person.
And Liu Baishu and the others' impression of Cao Xiangnan was enough to give them a certain understanding of this person in this day.
Several people sat together and drank wine. Cao Xiangnan also asked about their life at the border, the local customs and habits there, and what special products there were. He wanted to take over there, but he was too busy to do it. However, Wang Dahu and Gan Weiqi seemed to be able to take on the task.
But even if he wanted to, he had to deal with things on this side before thinking about longer-term things.
After the side dishes on the table were gradually gone, the wine was almost finished and the conversation was almost over. Everyone had to get up and work early tomorrow morning, so the wine would not be finished. "We can drink it another day when we are free."
Anyway, everyone lived next door to each other, and it was convenient to travel back and forth. It was not a problem to have a drink at night.
Cao Xiangnan saw everyone off. He knew that Liu Baishu and the others were now living in Cao Gang's house. If everyone stayed, he would have to consider their accommodation. But now there were rooms at Cao Gang's place, so he let everyone stay there first, and he would discuss this issue with Cao Gang later.
Across the road was Cao Gang's house. When he saw them return there, he waved, and the people on the other end also waved back at him. He then closed the door of the yard and went back.
"Husband, you're back." Qi Wanfeng had been waiting for her husband to come back, and when she fell asleep in a daze, she felt like she was being embraced in a familiar embrace. Smelling her husband's scent, he woke up and called out.
"Well, I'm back, go to sleep." Knowing that this person was waiting for him, he quickly took a shower and came back, but he didn't expect that this person was not asleep yet. He kissed the person in his arms, and soon he felt that the person in his arms was breathing evenly, knowing that he was asleep, Cao Xiangnan smiled faintly on his face, and couldn't help but kiss this person several more times.
Reaching out and touching his belly, the two of them hugged each other, and then he fell asleep.
After returning and taking a shower, Liu Baishu stood in front of the window and enjoyed the breeze. The night breeze was cool and refreshing. It was quiet outside and he could hear the chirping of insects. In the past, when he was in the army, he never thought that he would have such a leisurely moment, where he could relax his tense nerves and enjoy the quiet of the night.
After receiving a letter from their general, which contained only a short sentence, he decided to go to Caojia Village. He came here to find the answer he wanted, and maybe he could find the answer from this man named Cao Xiangnan.
Liu Baishu never thought that after so many years, he would still receive a letter from their general. But no matter what, he would still come over if he had news from their general.
Now their general has married a boy and has children, and is living a good life. Seeing that the general is living a good life now, he is happy for him.
Hearing the sound of the door closing behind him, a tall figure came over, and the next moment he fell into a hot chest. Liu Baishu leaned against the person behind him, "He is really a strange man." He said.
They all knew that this was about Cao Xiangnan.
"Although it is true, you should know that I don't want to hear any man from your mouth at this time, especially you are praising him." At this time, shouldn't his wife call him Dahu? Praising Cao Xiangnan! Even if that kid is really good, Wang Dahu thinks it is necessary for him to remind his wife to just call him by his name.
Liu Baishu narrowed his eyes, and felt that he really needed to cheer up his husband!
"Gee..."
Wang Dahu, whose stomach was twisted by an elbow, looked exaggerated and accused, "You murdered your husband!"
Liu Baishu glanced at a tiger, and felt both amused and angry, with the corners of his mouth curled up, indicating that he was in a good mood. Seeing that his wife smiled, Wang Dahu shamelessly came over and hugged her again.
In this way, he was teasing his wife for a while, and she didn't even feel the pain of the knife rubbing against the ground.
The beard rubbed against his neck, and Liu Baishu's shoulders shrank. He wanted to escape from this man's arms. His body was too familiar with this man's touch. He wanted to escape but also wanted more. Wang Dahu smiled softly and asked, "Baishu, is that what you want too?"
"Isn't it time for you to shave?" Liu Baishu had forgotten the last time he saw this man with a clean face. With narrowed eyes, he couldn't help but smile again when he thought of this man without a beard.
"Baishu, you smiled!" A tiger felt very hurt and said, "I still think it's majestic to have a beard."
The kiss fell, and Liu Baishu did not reject the obvious request of this man. All the way to now, except for comforting each other with their hands, they didn't do it thoroughly. He also wanted this man. When the love reached its peak, he bit this man's shoulder, leaving a row of teeth marks on it.
"I really want to kill you!"
"Heh..." It was a low laugh, with a bit of indescribable pleasure.
After that, he was only addicted to it and lost all thoughts...