Chapter 225 Wine
From leaving in early spring to returning in midsummer, everything in the courtyard seemed to have never changed.
Gu Xixi and He Jinglan looked at each other and smiled.
He Jinglan said, "I feel very safe, as if this is another home for us."
Gu Xixi smiled, "Yes, from the moment I walked into the yard I felt at ease, but looking back, it seems like I haven't lived here for very long."
The two looked around everywhere.
The wooden doors of the three bedrooms were closed, but there were no padlocks on the outside.
Passing by the house where Mu Nanzhao used to live, He Jinglan took a closer look and said sadly:
"When I left last time, I thought I would never come back here. It's unpredictable."
She looked at Gu Xixi and asked with a smile, "Do you think Chen Fang will be able to come back in the future?"
Gu Xixi looked up at the sky and said, "I don't know."
She raised her hand and pointed to the sky, "Hey, look up at the sky, you can see the Milky Way."
"You can still see stars when you come here in winter and spring, but they are just lonely and cold, and not as bright as they are now."
The border area is vast and sparsely populated, making it the best place for stargazing.
Especially on a clear summer night, you can see the sky full of brilliant stars when you look up.
The two stood quietly and looked at the stars for a while.
He Jinglan looked up at the sky and said, "He left the lock on your house, so he should be back."
Gu Xixi's breathing stagnated and her smile disappeared. "Looking at the stars! It's such a rare romantic moment, can you please not bring up people or things that will spoil the fun?"
He Jinglan smiled secretly, then put on a stern face again and looked at the stars seriously.
"Well, it's too bright in the capital at night, and we can't see many beautiful stars."
"It was only when I was a child that I went to stay at a Buddhist temple in the mountains with my grandmother that I saw a starry sky like the one before me."
She smiled towards Gu Xixi and said, "I watched it with you."
Gu Xixi snorted and laughed without commenting.
After a while, he said, "I almost forgot that you have lived here much longer than me. Why didn't Meng Chengping watch the stars with you?"
He Jinglan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're so annoying! You just told me not to mention the spoiler, why are you doing this again!"
Gu Xixi smiled triumphantly, "As sisters, we naturally want to hurt each other when we have the chance."
He Jinglan choked for a moment, feeling both angry and amused, then looked up and continued to look at the stars.
"Okay, I'll be the first and you'll be the fifteenth. Whoever begs for mercy first is a dog!"
The two were in high spirits that night. They were not satisfied with just looking at the stars, so they simply brought out a small stove.
There were several kinds of vegetables, bacon and ham in the kitchen.
Just cut the ham into a few pieces and put it into the casserole to boil. When the soup turns into a rich milky white color, add the vegetables and it will become the simplest hot pot.
He Jinglan came over holding a small jar, with a look of smug joy on her face, "Xixi, you will never guess what good stuff I found!"
After living in the village for a long time, He Jinglan is not as particular about her habits as before.
Gu Xixi stirred the soup pot and said, "What else could it be? You can tell at a glance that it's wine."
"But I have to tell you in advance, you can drink less, I won't drink a drop."
He Jinglan sat down with her legs wide apart and threw the jar of wine on the ground.
"Girl, don't say no too soon. Take a look at what kind of wine this is first."
She unsealed the lid and the wine flowed into the ceramic bowl, it was actually a dark purple-red color.
Gu Xixi's eyes widened slightly. "Wine?"
He Jinglan filled one bowl and then poured another, "I knew you were the most knowledgeable."
Wine had existed as early as the Daye Dynasty, but because it was imported from the Western Regions, only high-ranking officials and some wealthy businessmen with connections had the opportunity to taste it.
In other words, wine is definitely a rare item that ordinary people cannot get.
Seeing that He Jinglan didn't look surprised at all, Gu Xixi smiled and covered it up, "I didn't have a chance to drink it, but I saw that the color of the wine was unique and it smelled fruity, so I guessed that this was the legendary wine."
He Jinglan said indifferently, "There are many people in the world who have never tasted wine."
"I only tasted it once when I went to a palace banquet with my brother in my early years."
She picked up two bowls of wine, handed one to Gu Xixi, and smiled wickedly.
"What do you think? If you don't try it, you'll be sorry for yourself."
Gu Xixi stared at the wine in the bowl and pursed her lips.
It's a pity that she was a wine lover before she traveled through the book.
It just so happens that Gu Xixi has a physique that gets drunk easily after drinking one cup of wine.
I haven't touched alcohol for a long time since the Chinese New Year. I thought I had forgotten my desire to drink, but the wine in front of me revived it.
The hesitation lasted only a blink of an eye before Gu Xixi quickly took the wine bowl.
"The alcohol content of the wine is not high. Just drink this small bowl. It will be fine!"
With the winemaking technology of the ancients, strong liquor was rare, and fruit wine was nothing.
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Gu Xixi was awakened by the chirping of birds.
She opened her eyes and was suddenly blinded by the sunlight, and she couldn't help but frown.
It's dawn so soon?
Gu Xixi's mind was not fully clear yet and her eyes moved slowly.
On the bed?
Covered with a quilt?
Isn't this the bedroom she had in the courtyard of the dependents' village?
But she clearly remembered eating hot pot and drinking...
drink? !
Gu Xixi sat up suddenly.
Yes, she remembered drinking last night, wine.
It tastes sour and sweet, with a slightly intoxicating aroma, and is a genuine wine.
The hot pot is also delicious. The white soup cooked with air-dried ham tastes salty and fresh, which highlights the softness and sweetness of the vegetables.
Mmmm, goes well with wine.
And then... then Gu Xixi could no longer remember what happened.
She bent over with a headache and held her head in her hands.
At this time, the door was pushed open and He Jinglan walked in. She glanced at Gu Xixi's face with lingering fear.
"woke up?"
Gu Xixi nodded. She looked at He Jinglan. Although she had a premonition, she still asked:
"Last night, did we eat pot and drink wine?"
He Jinglan nodded with a strange expression, "You remember everything?"
Gu Xixi swallowed and said, "Later... I mean, besides eating and drinking, what else happened?"
He Jinglan actually breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better to forget it."
Thunder exploded above Gu Xixi's head. "Just tell me, I can bear it. Otherwise, you'll make me guess and think about it, which will make me feel even worse."
He Jinglan stared at him sympathetically for a moment and said, "You said you would only drink one bowl, but by the time I went to the toilet, you had almost finished your second bowl."
"Then you asked me to talk about fine wine and luminous cups. It is a rare good poem, but you insisted on asking me for luminous cups, saying that using a broken pottery bowl insulted the wine."
"You also said that you finally found grapes. You need to find grape seeds, grape vines, and grape seedlings. You said that with your ability, grapes can definitely be grown in Huachidu Village."
"You also talked about a lot of things I didn't understand, such as breeding, hybridization, and shading nets. You kept talking for a long time, and I couldn't understand and couldn't get a word in. I was overwhelmed."
"Finally you snatched my wine bowl, drank the rest, and fell on me, and finally it stopped."
Gu Xixi covered her face with her hands when she heard this.
After He Jinglan finished speaking, Gu Xixi slowly raised her head.
He forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "I'm not drunk. In fact, I really want to grow grapes. What I said is from my heart. Do you believe it?"
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