Morning Star

Chapter 291 Brewing

Xia Meng thought of her actions just now, her face turned red, she felt that she was too alert just now, and wondered if Chujiu would misunderstand her.

And should she sit down now or continue standing?

Finally, when she was hesitant, Chujiu, who had already dug out a beach villa with his toes, could no longer bear it and said, "Miss Xia, if you... have other things to do, just go and do your thing and don't worry about me."

Being with people with social phobia, she is almost becoming socially phobic herself.

After hearing this, Xia Meng's heart finally settled down a little. She nodded and said, "Okay, Miss Chu, if you have any questions, you can... um, you can ask anyone in the village. I, I'll leave first."

"well."

So Xia Meng turned around and walked out quickly as if escaping, and let out a long sigh of relief when she left the room.

Chujiu in the house also breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up and saw that Xia Meng had disappeared. Then he got up and left the room, wandering around the courtyard alone.

She is directionally challenged and cannot remember the way. Although there are houses everywhere, the neighbors on the street are all family members, so she is not afraid of getting lost.

I don't know where I'm going.

Looking up, I saw a small courtyard. A young man in blue clothes was squatting in the courtyard fiddling with something.

He looked a little annoyed and puzzled from time to time.

Chujiu couldn't resist his curiosity and walked over.

The young man in blue was probably so engrossed in his studies that he didn't notice someone coming.

She stood beside him, looked down, and understood.

There were several jars on the ground, some sealed and some not.

A smell of wine came out of the jar, mixed with some strange smell.

After staring for a while, he gave an answer: "Your wine has gone bad."

"Wow--" The young man came to his senses and was startled by the sudden sound. He sat down on the ground.

Chujiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled apologetically: "Are you okay?"

I thought he knew someone was coming. Was he so engrossed in watching?

"No, it's okay." The boy stood up and patted the snow off his butt.

He lowered his eyes to look at the girl in front of him, and the next moment his cheeks turned red and he turned his face away, coughing lightly: "Um, you, I, I haven't seen you before, are you brought by the young master?"

little master?

She thought about it and the little master he was talking about should be Xingxing.

Yu nodded, his eyes swept over the wine jars on the ground, and his mind followed them.

Pointing to the wine jar, he asked, "Did you brew these?"

When the boy saw her asking, his shyness disappeared immediately. He nodded with his eyes shining: "Yes, you understand too?"

"I don't know much, but I know how to brew it." She shook her head.

The boy became more alert after hearing this, his eyes sparkling: "That's fine too."

Suddenly, he remembered something and looked at Chujiu: "By the way, my name is Qin Lan, they all call me A Lan, what's your name?"

Chujiu just remembered this and said suddenly, "Oh, my name is Chujiu."

"Your last name is Chu!" he exclaimed.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

He was stunned by the question, scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, and smiled: "Nothing. It's just that I heard from the elders that the Chu family and the Mo family have always been on good terms. It feels very strange to see someone from the Chu family here, and I couldn't help but... hehe."

"Oh, by the way, you said you knew how to make fruit wine?"

Chujiu nodded.

This was a key topic in biology class in high school, and she still remembers it clearly.

"Then can you help me figure out what's wrong with this wine? Why is it broken?"

He pointed at the opened jars on the ground, feeling regretful and helpless. He then pointed at the unopened jars: "Those jars are fine. I clearly used the same method and the steps were correct, but these jars are the only ones that broke."

"Okay, I'll help you take a look." She nodded, squatted down and stared at the good and bad wine jars in front of her.

The steps are the same, but some are good and some are bad.

That means the steps are ok.

The problem may be in the process of filling the jar or fermentation.

"How is it? Have you found any problem?" Qin Lan was a little anxious.

This was not the first time he brewed wine, and it was always like this. Sometimes there wasn't even a single good jar left, and that was still considered good.

But he never knew where the problem was.

Finally someone knew how to make wine, so he had to ask for advice.

Chujiu stood up and asked: "Do you have any more grapes?"

He nodded: "Yes, there are plenty."

"...Then get some grapes and show me your brewing process." She was a little surprised.

I didn't expect that there are still grapes in this world in such a cold season. Is this the wisdom of the farmers?

After hearing her words, Qin Lan took Chujiu into the house.

I took a few bunches of grapes, washed them several times, and picked them one by one.

"Wait a minute." Chujiu's eyes twitched.

Qin Lan stopped: "What's wrong?"

"No wonder there's a problem." She held her forehead and explained to him with the little knowledge she had, "It's easy for bacteria to enter the grapes this way."

"Bacteria? What is that?" Never heard of it.

She was slightly stunned. "Uh... just... some invisible... uh, bad things. Anyway, they are some things that are not good for production."

He nodded in confusion: "What should I do then?"

"When you pick grapes, you shouldn't remove the stems. You should pick them with the stems. It's best to use scissors." She demonstrated.

"Try not to damage the peel during the process. You can wash it right after picking it. Let it dry after washing, and then remove the stems when putting it in the jar."

"Remember, don't wash too hard during the washing process. The most important thing is to avoid damaging the peel. Also, don't wash it too thoroughly."

He wondered, "Why?"

Wouldn’t it be very dirty if you don’t wash it clean?

"Because there are yeasts on the skins that can ferment the grapes. If you wash them too cleanly, you will not be able to wash away the yeasts or even wash away all of them. If there are not enough yeasts during the fermentation process, it will easily fail." She didn't care whether he understood or not.

The more he listened, the more confused he became: "Leave, leaven what?"

He understood the word fermentation, but what was fermentation?

Chujiu waved his hand: "You can call it whatever you want, just remember what I said."

He nodded obediently, and quickly took out a small notebook and pen to start taking notes.

Chujiu continued, "First, the fruit must be fresh and intact; second, try not to damage the peel during the washing process. You don't need to wash it too clean, just wash it casually; third, it's best not to use metal utensils for brewing, as chemical reactions are likely to occur..."

Here she paused and thought.

He didn't understand even after I told him.

Hearing her suddenly stop, Qin Lan looked up in confusion: "What happened?"

She glanced down at his notes and hesitated, "Uh, nothing. Don't worry about that. Just use these wine jars."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Although you have already brewed several jars, I'll still tell you about it."