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Chapter 48: Yunshan Wine (Part 1)

Chu Tianshu was talking to the drinker, while Gu Feixue and Xie Ningzi just watched from behind.

It was actually difficult for Xie Ningzi to understand why some people could become brothers and sisters after meeting each other for the first time without even saying a few words.

She followed Chu Tianshu inexplicably, watching Chu Tianshu put his arm around the drinker's shoulders. The two were chatting and laughing, and talking to each other about which wines were better and which hotel's landlady still had charm.

Under the greetings of the shop assistants from Jubafang, several people went up to the second floor.

The hall on the second floor is very vast. On the square table, the waiter opened the small partition in the middle to reveal the burning stove in the middle: "Are the four guests new guests? Are you having tea or wine?"

Chu Tianshu looked at Gu Feixue.

The middle-aged drinker who had been communicating with Chu Tianshu discovered at this time that Chu Tianshu, a boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually brought two first-class girls with him.

"Brother Chu, this is..."

"These two are my neighbor's sisters, and I brought them out to look for delicious food." Chu Tianshu smiled and added: "Of course, what kind of delicious food we can eat today depends on Cui

Brother, please recommend it to us."

Cui Ji laughed loudly.

Although the two girls are a little younger, they are still beauties.

In front of the beautiful woman, Cui Ji was held in such high regard by Chu Tianshu, and he felt very satisfied in his heart.

So he said: "Then you are really lucky, Brother Chu."

"Brother, I don't care much about anything else. I only think about eating and drinking. I think I have made quite a lot of achievements." Cui Ji patted his chest with his big hands: "Brother Chu, listen to me. Since today is the first time I have come back to this gathering,

, just try Jubafang’s home-brewed wine.”

"Is Jubafang's wine famous?" Chu Tianshu was curious.

"Eh!" Cui Ji shook his head: "The wine at Ju Bafang is actually just average."

The store clerk looked at Cui Ji with a smile.

This is a regular customer.

"But even though the wine itself is average, Jubafang was originally brought from Qianyou County in the west."

"Qianyou County has a rather novel drinking method."

"Also called cooking method."

"It's made with fresh fish, live crabs, green ginseng, and purple lotus root and cooked together."

"After cooking this dish, the new wine is mellow and the old wine is light and elegant."

"The fish was cooked and discarded, and the crabs were singled out to eat."

"And you can only eat crab paste."

“You can also put crab paste in wine and eat it together.”

"This tastes like this!" Cui Ji shook his head.

"Brother Cui is really well-informed, and the younger brother can learn from it." This is also the first time Chu Tianshu has heard of such a way of eating.

Gu Feixue was amazed.

She is also a native of Tianjing. For many years, she didn't even know that Tianjing still had such a way of eating.

"Try?" Chu Tianshu looked at Gu Feixue.

Xie Ningzi shrank her neck: "Can I not drink wine?"

"Then give it a try." Gu Feixue puffed up her chest.

Cui Ji saw Xie Ningzi's timid look, so he said: "It doesn't matter, this wine will be sweet after it is boiled."

At this time, the waiter interjected: "If the guest doesn't like the ordinary taste of wine, you can also try the cherry wine brewed by our owner as the base."

"Kirsch wine is used as the base, and the taste is fresh and sweet with a bit of sourness. It is more suitable for early summer."

"Then try it." Gu Feixue ignored Xie Ningzi and just said, "Just use cherry wine as the base."

"Guest, how big do you want the crab to be?"

"There are sixteen crabs left in our store today."

"The largest one is four pounds of crab, and the smallest is two pounds and four taels of crab."

“Which one tastes better, the big one or the small one?”

"The small ones must be delicious." The waiter explained with a smile: "The bigger the crab is, the thicker the shell is, and the harder it is for the wine to cook it through."

"And when the wine is boiled halfway, the crab will wake up after eating it."

"In order to facilitate the guests to eat the crabs, we did not feed them for two days in advance."

"After it wakes up, it will eat fish, wine, ginseng and lotus root."

"If you eat this fish wine, ginseng and lotus root, it will also add some flavor."

"But fire is fixed."

"So it won't take long for the crabs to be cooked."

"Crabs can't eat much before they're boiled to death."

"So the smaller the crab, the more food it eats takes up its own weight."

"Therefore, the smaller the crab, the more delicious it actually is."

"Is that so?" Gu Feixue nodded: "In that case, let's open two tables and cook the largest crab and the smallest crab."

The waiter was stunned for a moment: "Guest, our cherry wine pot costs two cents a pot."

"Crabs cost eight cents a pound."

"Oh." Gu Feixue didn't care about the price at all.

Chu Tianshu also felt that she wouldn't care too much about the price.

Cui Ji was a little confused: "Brother Chu, are you so rich?"

"A little bit." Chu Tianshu smiled: "My little sister has been pampered since she was a child. Her family is relatively wealthy, so I am just here to help her."

"Tsk, tsk." Cui Ji smacked his lips: "It's rare to see someone who doesn't care about money so much even in Tianjing."

Or, to be more specific, it is rare among the civilian class in Tianjing.

As for the powerful class, Cui Ji didn't think he could meet a powerful person who was good at talking and quiet.

The waiter checked twice and finally opened another table for Chu Tianshu and his party, and cooked a big crab.

Tianjing is close to the sea, so crabs eat sea crabs.

The crabs eaten at Jubafang are a kind of shallow-sea crab called flying flower crab.

Gu Feixue has never seen this kind of crab.

"Are the snowflakes on the back of this thing carved or tattooed?" she asked, pointing to the snowflake pattern on the crab shell.

"That one is born." The waiter explained while pouring the wine: "This crab is called flying flower crab, so named because of the flying flowers born on its shell."

"The flying flowers on the back are blue when the crab is alive. When the crab dies, it turns purple. When the crab is cooked and the shell turns red, the flying flowers will turn white.

"

"Is that so?" Gu Feixue poked the crab shell with her finger: "It's quite interesting."

"This thing is quite similar to your name." Chu Tianshu said.

Gu Feixue glared at Chu Tianshu: "What did you say?"

"I said it's not as cute as you."

"Isn't this nonsense? How can a mere crab that is just being slaughtered be compared to me?" Gu Feixue raised the corner of her mouth.

Cui Ji felt a little confused.

"Brother Chu, why do I feel that... you don't look like brother and sister?"

"We are not brothers and sisters to begin with." Chu Tianshu smiled: "What kind of wine does Brother Cui like to drink?"

"Of course it's Yunshan Wine." Cui Ji didn't hesitate at all.

"Have you ever drank Yunshan wine?" Gu Feixue was a little surprised.

"Yunshan wine?" Chu Tianshu frowned: "What is that?"

"Imperial tribute wine." Xie Ningzi said: "That thing is rarely circulated in the market, right?"

"Yunshan does not produce much wine every year, so it is impossible for ordinary people to drink it." Gu Feixue looked at Cui Ji in confusion: "Where did you drink it?"

Cui Ji's eyebrows were full of excitement: "Don't you know this?"
Chapter completed!
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