The door of Aunt Yang Liu's house was wide open. Aunt Yang Liu was sitting in the yard mending clothes. The team leader was sitting by the grindstone sharpening a knife, with scissors, hoe and other tools beside him.
Last year, all the children in Aunt Yang Liu's family got married and moved out to build their own houses. Now only Aunt Yang Liu and the team leader live in this house.
This is very convenient for Ning Xiyue to come over for a drink. There will only be three of them at the table, and no one will disturb them, which makes it easier to do things later.
Ning Xiyue poked her head in from the doorway, looked at the yard with a smile and shouted:
"Auntie, look what good things I brought you."
She shook the wine bottle and lunch box in her hands, and greeted the captain who looked over: "Hello, Captain."
"Xiyue, come in quickly." Aunt Yang Liu looked up and saw Ning Xiyue at the door, waving with a smile. Seeing the thing in her hand and thinking about what they had said before, she already had a guess in her mind: "I think I know what it is. Come here and let me see it."
Ning Xiyue walked into the yard and held the wine bottle in her hand to Aunt Yang Liu's nose: "Aunt, smell it."
"Okay, let me smell it."
Aunt Yang Liu twisted the lid once, but before it was completely opened, she smelled a familiar aroma wafting out. Her face instantly changed to a look of surprise: "This is the glutinous rice wine brewed by Old Zhang. I guessed right, didn't I?"
"Let me smell it." The captain's eyes lit up when he heard this. He put down the kitchen knife he was sharpening, walked over, opened the lid of the bamboo tube in Aunt Yang Liu's hand, looked at the bright color of the wine inside, sniffed it, and said, "This is brewed by Old Zhang himself."
As Zhang Jianguo's grandfather grew older, he usually just helped to light the fire and stood by watching his son do it. He hadn't done it himself for a long time.
Ning Xiyue was able to make this rice wine thanks to her help to Zhang Jianguo, who made it himself without any help from anyone else.
The best craftsman in their family is Mr. Zhang, but the wine that everyone in the team drinks is basically brewed by Zhang Jianguo's father.
When Aunt Yang Liu heard that it was Mr. Zhang's craftsmanship, she became even more excited. She snatched the wine barrel from the captain's hand, held it in her arms as if it were her treasure, and walked quickly into the house holding Ning Xiyue's hand.
"Xiyue, let's go inside and sit down and have a drink."
The captain looked down at his empty palms, then looked at Aunt Yang Liu who was in a hurry to go in and have a drink, and sighed helplessly and shook his head.
With wine, everything is content.
Ning Xiyue turned around and called the captain: "Uncle Dawei, I fried a plate of peanuts and I'm waiting for you to eat them. Come quickly."
She did not forget the main purpose of coming here today. The captain must not be left behind, and she had to drag him along no matter what.
"Okay." The captain felt itchy when he thought of the smell of alcohol he had just smelled. He pointed at the pile of grindstones and said, "You guys drink first. I'll clean up here and come back."
"Don't worry about your uncle, he knows how to come." Aunt Yang Liu whispered in Ning Xiyue's ear, "Don't be fooled by your uncle's calm appearance. He's really craving a drink. Old man Zhang hasn't made it himself for a year or two. I'm afraid he must be itching to try it the moment he smelled it. Today, thanks to you, he can drink such precious glutinous rice wine. I'm secretly happy."
Aunt Yang Liu was also very happy, especially when her favorite child brought him to drink with her, which made her even happier.
The years are better now than before, but every household has elderly parents and young children. The glutinous rice harvested every year is either eaten by the younger generation or exchanged for some money in the town. She hasn't drunk glutinous rice wine for a long time, let alone the glutinous rice wine brewed by Old Zhang. Being able to drink this wine today, she has no regrets in her life.
Ning Xiyue saw that there were actually tears in Aunt Yang Liu's smiling eyes. Was she so moved that she cried?
My aunt really loves wine, I admire her.
"Auntie, let's drink slowly today. Here are two kilograms of rice wine, which should be enough. I have a box with peanuts in one and a fried egg with wine lees in the other. Let's eat one of them to whet our appetite before drinking."
Ning Xiyue put the lunch box in her hand on the table as she spoke, took out the box of peanuts and opened it, then took out the box of wine lees fried eggs and opened it.
A fragrance came to her face, making Aunt Yang Liu swallow her saliva.
"It smells so good. Please sit down while I get the wine glasses and dishes."
Aunt Yang Liu quickly cleared the things on the table and ran quickly to the kitchen.
After she ran into the kitchen, she didn't take the dishes and chopsticks for the time being. Instead, she picked up a kitchen knife and walked to the stove. She took down a piece of the blackened pig's ear hanging above the stove and cut off a piece.
Seeing Zhang Dawei come in, he threw the meat to him and said, "Wash the pig ears, cook them, and bring them over to go with the wine."
After leaving these words, he washed his hands and hurried to the main room with a soup spoon, three sets of bowls and chopsticks and three wine glasses.
"Come on."
Ning Xiyue took the bowl and scooped an egg for each person and filled it with some lees soup. The large lunch box of lees could just hold three small bowls.
"Auntie, try it while it's hot. I made it with the lees left over from brewing this yellow wine. It's very nourishing."
"Okay, I'll try it first. I know it's delicious just by smelling it."
Aunt Yang Liu smiled brightly and took a sip of the soup from the bowl. "It's delicious. You're a real master cook. You must have put a lot of brown sugar in it."
Ning Xiyue responded with a smile, picked up the wine glasses and wine barrel and poured wine for the three of them.
He clinked glasses with Aunt Yang Liu and took a sip.
"Ah! I haven't tasted this in a long time. It's so delicious."
Aunt Yang Liu swallowed the wine in her mouth and let out a long sigh of comfort.
The wine glass was very small, and Ning Xiyue drank one glass at a time. She did not take a sip for the first sip, but drank all the wine in the glass directly into her mouth. The slightly yellow and clear wine had a sweet taste and she could feel the mellow and rich wine inside. After swallowing it, it was sweet and refreshing, with a long aftertaste and endless aftertaste. It warmed her stomach all the way after drinking it.
Compared with the famous modern cocktail fruit drinks, Ning Xiyue prefers this glutinous rice wine. After drinking it, not only does it not make her feel uncomfortable, but it also makes her stomach feel comfortable.
"Xiyue, come, keep drinking." Aunt Yang Liu raised her glass happily.
"good."
Everyone was drinking and chatting happily here. Zhang Dawei, who was busy in the kitchen, smelled a sweet scent wafting over there and quickened his work.
He first opened the lid of the pot and poked it with chopsticks. It was almost cooked, and the ears turned to the other side. After covering the pot, he took out some of the unburned firewood in the stove hole and extinguished it, leaving only a small fire. He picked up the stone on the ground that was used to seal the stove hole and blocked it to prevent sparks from jumping out, leaving just a small gap above to let in air. After putting it in place, he clapped his hands and ran to the main room.
The smell over there was so tempting that his alcohol addiction was aroused and he couldn't wait to drink.
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