GBP Chapter 185 Xiao Liangzi
Chapter 185 Xiao Liangzi
With a plan in mind, Su Xiaoxiao immediately wrote a notice and posted it at the door of the shop.
So just wait for the applicants.
Su Xiaoxiao returned to the shop. There were not many customers in the shop at that time, so she found a seat by the side and sat down.
The tavern mainly serves stir-fried dishes and wine.
Don't worry about cooking, she knows plenty, but she doesn't have her own wine yet.
Tavern, tavern, how can you do without your own wine!
She needs to think carefully about how to brew a wine that is uniquely hers.
Traditional winemaking involves several steps.
Prepare ingredients, cool and mix koji, ferment, and distill
As ingredients, you can choose high-quality glutinous rice or sorghum.
Soak the grain in water for about six to eight hours to allow it to absorb the moisture, then steam it until cooked through to kill bacteria and convert starch into sugar.
Then cool the steamed grains to a suitable temperature, about 30 to 35 degrees Celsius, then add the koji and stir evenly.
Place the mixed grain into a fermentation container and maintain a suitable temperature for fermentation, which generally takes thirty-six to forty-eight hours.
Finally, the fermented wine is distilled and collected to obtain pure wine.
Although she knew the process of winemaking, she had never made it herself. She needed to try it.
Next, let’s put wine making on the agenda.
Xiao Ran came to find Su Xiaoxiao. When he heard that Su Xiaoxiao was making wine, he immediately became interested because he liked drinking and wanted to join the wine-making process. However, Su Xiaoxiao ruthlessly rejected him.
Xiao Ran kept knocking on the door.
"Su Xiaoxiao, you won't play with me!"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "We are doing serious work, not playing. If Young Master Xiao wants to play around, go ahead and play!"
"Is it okay if I don't make trouble? I'll just watch from the side!"
"No! You're clumsy and will only make things worse."
Ever since Xiao Ran started helping out in the shop whenever he had nothing to do, the amount of waste in the shop has increased significantly.
If she let Xiao Ran help her make wine again, she would never be able to make good wine.
She really couldn't do anything about this young man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Xiao Ran said nice things for a long time, but Su Xiaoxiao ignored him, so he had to leave. Then, when Su Xiaoxiao was away, he secretly went to check the progress of the wine making.
The reason why he was so concerned about the progress of wine making was because he wanted to taste the wine brewed by Su Xiaoxiao.
And he must also be the first person to taste the wine brewed by Su Xiaoxiao.
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On this day, the weather was getting warmer, and Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran went shopping together.
People on the street took off their thick cotton coats and wore relatively light clothes.
When Xiao Ran saw the delicious pastries, he happily went to buy some for Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao was not polite. She took out three pieces and gave one to Xiao Ran and Dong Lai respectively. She also took one piece and the three of them ate together.
The three of them walked and stopped, ate and strolled, when they suddenly heard a little boy sitting on the ground not far ahead and crying loudly.
Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a little boy who looked about six or seven years old. He was wearing a patched and dirty coarse cloth shirt with several scratches on it.
Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran looked at each other and walked over out of curiosity.
Xiao Ran asked first: "Why are you crying?"
The little boy looked at Xiao Ran and said while crying, "I haven't eaten for a few days. I'm so hungry!"
Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Where are your family members?"
The little boy replied, "I don't know! My parents and I came here to seek refuge with our relatives, but we couldn't find them and I got separated from them again! Wuuwuwu...wuuwuwu..."
Su Xiaoxiao immediately ordered Donglai, "Give the cake to this child."
Donglai brought the food over, and the little boy took the cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
Su Xiaoxiao reminded: "Be careful, don't choke!"
The little boy choked.
Seeing that there was a stall next to him selling mutton soup, Xiao Ran immediately asked Donglai to buy him a bowl of hot mutton soup.
"Drink slowly, don't burn yourself!"
The little boy was choked and couldn't speak. He didn't care that the mutton soup was hot and drank a sip first.
After drinking the mutton soup, he felt much better.
He blew on the mutton soup and took another big sip.
After drinking, he held the bowl of mutton soup and bowed deeply to Su Xiaoxiao, Xiao Ran and Donglai.
"Thank you, brother and sister!"
Seeing that the little boy was quite polite, Xiao Ran asked, "What's your name? When did you get separated from your parents?"
"My name is Xiao Liangzi. Five days ago, I came to Changming County with my parents to seek refuge with my cousin. However, when we went to the address he left, he was gone. My parents left me at the inn and went out to look for him. Three days ago, I waited for my parents at the inn, but they still hadn't returned. I didn't have money to pay for the room, so the inn staff kicked me out!"
The more Xiao Liangzi thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and his eyes turned red again.
"I searched the streets for several days but couldn't find my parents. I was so hungry and wanted to ask for food, but no one gave me any. I got so anxious that I started crying!"
After listening to Xiao Liangzi's experience, Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran felt sympathy for him and also thought that this kid was quite interesting.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "Don't be sad. Brother and sister will take you to eat delicious food, and then help you find your parents, okay?"
Xiao Liangzi's eyes lit up and he asked in disbelief, "Really?"
Xiao Ran agreed immediately, "Of course!"
"Thank you, brother and sister!"
Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran smiled slightly, took Xiao Liangzi to Su's Noodle House, and made a bowl of noodle soup for him.
After eating and drinking, the two men sent Xiao Liangzi to the county government office.
When encountering this kind of problem, the best way is to contact the government and let the government intervene to find Xiao Liangzi's parents, which would be faster.
After explaining the situation to the yamen runners, they agreed to take Xiao Liangzi in. Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran also learned from the yamen runners that Cui Boxian had been out recently and had not returned.
"What has Master Cui been doing?"
Su Xiaoxiao just opened her mouth to ask when she was interrupted by Xiao Ran.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Cui Boxian is different from us. He's busy. Let's go!"
Having said that, Xiao Ran pulled Su Xiaoxiao away.
Xiao Liangzi was temporarily adopted by the yamen. The yamen runners gave him a bath and changed him into clean clothes.
Although Xiao Liangzi is thin, after washing, his little face is white and clean, and his big eyes keep blinking, as if they can speak.
He lived and ate with the yamen runners all day long. Although he was young, he was very smart. When he saw the yamen runners working, he would take the initiative to run over to help and do what he could.
The little guy had a very sweet mouth, which made the yamen runners laugh continuously and praise him.
After living in the county government office for a few days, he had a general idea of the situation inside. In his spare time, he would run to Su's Noodle House, take the initiative to help Su Xiaoxiao and others with their work, or warmly entertain customers who came into the store.
No matter who saw him, they couldn't help but praise Xiao Liangzi.
Xiao Ran liked him very much when he saw him and thought that this child would be a good businessman in the future.
After a few days, Su Xiaoxiao's wine was ready.
When the wine jar was opened, a strong aroma of wine wafted out.
Su Xiaoxiao scooped some into the bowl and tasted it lightly.
The white wine smells fragrant, tastes spicy, and has a very good taste.
As luck would have it, Xiao Ran came.
Seeing Su Xiaoxiao secretly tasting the wine, he immediately ran to Su Xiaoxiao's side and couldn't wait to say, "Is the wine ready? Let me taste it!"
Su Xiaoxiao knew that Xiao Ran had been thinking about her wine, so she had to scoop a bowl for him as well.