She became interested and waved, "Come on, let's see what good stuff it is! If it's delicious, your mother will buy it for you."
Everyone was delighted to hear about the delicious food.
Fan He's suspicions were confirmed: his mother hadn't come here just for fun after all...
When the seven people reached the corner, they realized that this was not the starting point, but the end of the line!
As we continued walking along the line, we discovered that it was unusually long.
Shui Qing: ...What delicious thing is it? I'm so curious!
"So it's a rice wine shop." Fan Jiang's tone was tinged with disappointment.
Children are not allowed to drink alcohol.
When my grandfather was alive, he would often make two catties of rice wine for the New Year. The children couldn't drink it, but only my uncle, aunt, and great-uncle could have a small cup.
“It’s cold this year, and drinking alcohol can ward off the cold, which is probably the main reason why it sells better than in previous years.” After Fan Jin finished speaking, he looked at the sign hanging outside the wine shop and whispered to Shui Qing, “Bring your own jar to fill it up. It costs 20 coins per catty. If you use the wine from the shop, it costs 22 coins per catty. There is only one flavor.”
Shui Qing glanced at the endless queue and decisively spent twenty-five coins from the people who came out to buy a pound of the product.
They used wine jars provided by the wine shop.
"I never imagined that bamboo tubes, which are everywhere on the mountain, would cost two coins to store wine," Fan He exclaimed.
“That’s right, that’s how life is in the city, you need money for everything.” Shuiqing had lived in the city for many years, so she was much more accepting of life than the children who were coming to the city for the first time.
"Mother, would you like some wine?" Yan Qiu asked.
"I wonder if it tastes good?" Fan Jiang swallowed hard and couldn't help but ask.
Shui Qing casually said, "Whether it tastes good or not, you'll only know after you've tried it. Do you want to try some?" This is rice wine, similar to fermented rice wine, which she often drank when she was a child in the countryside.
In the rural areas of Jiangnan, every household's woman knows how to make it. They even make their own yeast and store it for a whole year. The only difference is that some make it taste good and some don't.
"Is it okay?" the five little ones asked expectantly at the same time.
Fan Jin smiled and said softly, "Okay, just taste it, don't drink too much."
The five little ones nodded eagerly.
Without a cup, Shui Qingxian took two sips directly from the bamboo tube. It wasn't very sweet; it was rather astringent. To be honest, he was a little disappointed.
It's probably due to the yeast starter.
The five children lined up to drink in order of age, from oldest to youngest.
Each person took a careful sip, savoring the taste.
Shui Qing pulled Fan Jin to a secluded spot, keeping a close eye on the five children excitedly tasting the rice wine, and said, "What do you think about us making and selling rice wine?"
Fan Jin was taken aback when he realized that Shui Qing wanted to sell herself.
Shuiqing highlighted her advantage: "I can make rice wine, and it tastes even better than theirs! The best season for making rice wine starter is around the Dragon Boat Festival. Although we've already passed the season, we can buy it from the store first, and then make our own starter next year."
One pound of rice, after secondary fermentation, can yield two pounds of rice wine. One pound of rice wine costs twenty coins, meaning that nine coins' worth of rice yields a three-fold profit, with a net profit of thirty coins.
The extra penny was used as the cost of making the yeast starter.
Although the main ingredient for making yeast is Polygonum hydropiper, it's free, but the cost of other ingredients like barley, wheat, and rice should still be factored in.
"So, should we buy a wooden bucket or a water vat?"
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