Chapter 297 297. Fruit wine?
Qin Mansion.
"Steward Qin, are you back?"
"Yes."
The old man nodded slightly towards the gatekeeper, walked into the gate with his hands behind his back and headed straight towards the main courtyard. Go, and the boy carrying two jars of fruit wine behind him follows closely.
Passing through the huge front yard is the courtyard where the head of the Qin family lives. The old man of the Qin family has stopped doing things because he is too old in recent days. He has handed over the business of the Qin family to his eldest son to manage, and Butler Qin is sent by Uncle Qin. Sending congratulatory gifts.
"Master, the old slave is back."
"Did you send the gift?"
"Sent it. Mr. Shen showed his talent, and he moved forward and backward in his words. Youdu is indeed a rare young man."
Uncle Qin nodded, "Since the third brother specifically wrote to trust me to look after him, he must have his own reasons."
A few days ago, he received a letter from Mr. Qin. The letter simply stated that he liked a junior scholar and asked him to take care of it. Mr. Qin agreed after thinking that his younger brother rarely asked him for help. It was a casual thing, but I didn't expect that the younger brother had such good vision and would stand out among the talented people in the world and win the first place in the examination.
If it is true as Steward Qin said, he will advance and retreat in a controlled manner, and he will definitely be extraordinary in the future.
“I heard from the third brother that Shen Huiyuan is still Zheng’er’s classmate. Those delicious mooncakes seemed to have been sent by the Shen family a few days ago?”
“Yes, Madam and the ladies are very happy. I like those mooncakes."
Butler Qin had a very good impression of the Shen family and his wife, and he had a smile on his face. "This time I went to give a gift, and Mrs. Shen also specially gave me two jars of wine as a gift."
liquor?
Uncle Qin casually glanced at the boy standing behind him, and two ordinary black wine jars came into view.
It turns out to be wine, so that’s okay.
The third brother said in the letter that the younger member of the Shen family came from a village called Shenjia Village in Lin'an Prefecture. It is not easy for a farmer to cultivate a scholar who has achieved fame. Presumably, the Shen family does not Not generous. And the price of wine is not low. Even the cheapest wine in the capital costs one or two taels of silver per catty. These two jars of wine in return probably cost the Shen family a lot of money.
“He is determined.”
As expected of the junior whom the third brother has taken a liking to, he really knows how to be polite.
Master Qin waved his hand nonchalantly, "Put it in the wine cellar in the kitchen."
"Yes."
Butler Qin bowed slightly and turned around. He took the boy to the direction of the wine cellar. After turning around a lush corridor, he saw an old man in his sixties or seventies strolling towards this direction.
"Goodbye, old man."
"Qin Ke, what are you doing here?"
"Go back to the old lady. The old slave will deliver these two jars of wine to the wine cellar."
When the old lady Qin heard this, he also didn't care much. , nodded and planned to pass the two of them towards the front yard. The boy carrying the wine jar quickly stepped aside to make way, but before he even raised his head, he heard a "huh" sound coming from beside him.
“It tastes so mellow, what kind of wine is this?”
The boy was stunned and said, “Yes, it’s the old lady, this seems to be a kind of fruit wine.”
Mrs. Shen did say that it was home-brewed fruit wine. If the master hadn't asked, he would have forgotten it. However, the smell of this wine was so good that I almost got drunk on it all the way out of Shen's house. .
Well, it’s more fragrant and mellow than any wine he’s seen before!
The rich aroma of wine lingering on the tip of Old Mrs. Qin's nose felt extraordinary. However, this aroma was a little different from other wines in the capital. He thought about it carefully but couldn't put it in words. In short, it was weird.
Fruit wine? What kind of wine is that? Is it brewed from fruit?
"Show me." "Yes."
The boy hurriedly handed over a jar. Upon seeing this, Butler Qin stepped forward and opened the red seal on the wine jar. A mellow and slightly sweet smell suddenly spread out, domineeringly Rejection was not allowed to appear in the three people's noses.
“!”
It’s so fragrant, such a mellow taste!
Mr. Qin's old eyes suddenly burst into light. He said something again and couldn't wait to take two steps forward. The smell became even more intoxicating.
"Good wine, good wine!"
It's more fragrant than his daughter Hong who has been hiding it for more than ten years!
Just smelling it makes your mouth water. How wonderful would it be if you tasted it?
Even Mrs. Qin couldn’t help but get excited and wanted to drink it!
“Qin Ke, which restaurant did you buy this fine wine from?”
Butler Qin recovered from the shock, and there was a strange look in his eyes, "Back to the old man, this is a return gift from the Shen family. It is said to be a fruit wine brewed by oneself."
After that, he roughly told what happened. After narrating it once, he seemed calm on the surface but couldn't help but roar in his heart.
As the steward of the Qin Mansion, I have seen many good things in my life. Before, I had always been at a certain distance from the boy behind me, so I didn’t pay attention to it and ignored its taste. But now I know this wine just by smelling it. It is simply more precious than the famous wine worth thousands of gold in the capital.
He let the boy carry such a good wine so casually?
It’s a good thing I didn’t bump into him, otherwise he would be heartbroken to death!
Butler Qin broke into cold sweat on his forehead when he thought about this, and couldn't help but start to reflect, how did things become like this? What happened when he took back the gift?
Oh, yes, Mrs. Shen just said it casually, with a look like "This is simple fruit wine", which made him not pay much attention. If the old lady hadn't noticed the difference, he wouldn't have noticed it.
Who would have thought that the Shen family, who seemed like an ordinary family, would have such good things?
Experience misled me!
Steward Qin secretly reflected in his heart. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the old man had already walked away, and he could vaguely be seen walking in a hurry, looking impatient, and the little boy who was originally following him was far away. Follow behind.
He: "?"
Just when the Qin Mansion caused a stir because of the two jars of fruit wine, the Du and Jiang Mansion also became lively because of the fruit wine brought back by the housekeeper.
Butler Du came out of the small courtyard and hurried towards the direction of the mansion. He was not as ignorant as Butler Qin. It was fruit wine brewed by the Shen family. He wanted to get it when Mr. Shen came to visit. After two visits, not only his master regarded it as a treasure, but his wife also loved it.
Now half a month has passed, and the two jars of fruit wine have bottomed out no matter how sparingly they drank.
Now that’s good, the master and his wife have had something to drink again. Maybe they can reward him with a few taels of silver and flowers if they are in a good mood!
Butler Du thought so and suddenly felt happy.
The young man trotting behind him was puzzled, "Steward Du, this wine jar is quite heavy, why don't you let me carry it?"
What, what, you want to carry it? With?
I think you are thinking about shit!
Butler Du's face turned dark when he heard this. He gave him a fierce look and hugged the black wine jar tightly in his arms again, and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
The boy shivered under the glare and dared not say a word.
Two quarters of an hour later, the fruit wine was both carried by the housekeeper to the main courtyard of the official residence. In the Jiang Mansion, Mr. Jiang was pouring the fruit wine into a white porcelain wine glass with his own hands. His cautious movements made the people beside him tut. Amazing.
"Dad, this is the fruit wine you often mentioned? It is bright red in color but very clear. Why do I smell a cherry smell?"
(End of this chapter)
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