Pursuing Immortality

"Oh oh ..."

The sound of chickens broke the tranquility of the small village.

The days in September are still long. The sun has not yet risen, but the sky is already bright. This small village just awake is just south of Baicheng, named Taipingzhuang. The villagers have lived on farming for generations, and like most villages in the north, they are not barren or wealthy, and they are breathing and living like this.

Gao Mingde is a native of the village. He is in his fifties this year. There is a son under his knees, who settled in Shengtian, and is filial.

As people get older, sleep becomes lighter. He got up early, first mixing pig food with hands and feet. After the pigs were fed, the chickens were fed. After the chickens were fed, they started to sweep the yard.

About seven o'clock, he returned to the house and cooked the noodles in the pot, which was considered breakfast.

The old man had a large amount of rice, and he snorted with a pot of noodles with his own cucumbers and miso. He wiped his head, dressed in a lizard, and went out on a broken bike.

Pressured by potholes and dirt roads, the village walked out of the village, then headed north and took another asphalt road. The old man pedaled the car, looking forward, seemingly focused, and actually inexplicable in his mind.

He lived in his fifties and had little skill. If he had to pick out the same, it would have been a 20-year winemaking process.

When he was young, he started working as an apprentice in a winery in another province, and gradually became a formal worker, and then slowly became a master. The money was ok, but unfortunately, my body was tired and sick, so I had to retire early.

After returning home, he stayed away from the craft. I didn't think I would mention it anymore. Whoever wanted to have a young man named Zeng came to visit two days ago and said that he had set up a small winery, and asked him to guide him.

Check it out, guide! This is how to talk.

Of course, this alone is not enough. Gao Mingde was completely tempted when others took a ladle's monthly salary on the table.

The old man is not stupid. Wineries across the country do not have this price, but he is not afraid. How old is it? Not to mention that his son is about to get married and the money to buy a house has not yet been secured.

"Hey, old head!"

He was riding, and he heard someone shouting behind him, and looked back, but he was an old fellow from the same village, whose last name was Li. This is an ancestral carpenter's craftsmanship. The handle of Shilibaxiang is carrying a toolbox and his face is red.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"Go to the north of the mountain and pick up a big job, how much do you guess?" Old Li said rudely.

"How much do I care about you!"

"Hey, this number!"

The old man gestured a little, and when he saw the other person's calm face, he was a little self-assured and asked, "Hey, where are you going?"

"I go there too."

Gao Mingde was reluctant to disclose, and said, "Hey, I said, is there a development zone? I haven't stopped there."

"No matter what it does, we have the money to make money."

The two accompanied each other, quickly passed the Phoenix episode, and walked northward for another thirty miles. A small site appeared in front of them. There was no dust, the machinery roared, but it seemed very quiet.

There are also a lot of workers, but at first glance they are all old-fashioned, and they are masters elsewhere. They are purely for small jobs.

The old man greeted and went to find the organization. Gao Mingde was a little bit confused, only about the approximate location, but where is he going?

"Hello, are you Master Gao?"

Just then, a young man came over to ask.

"Uh, right."

"Wait for a while, you don't work here. I'll take you there."

They are very enthusiastic, Gao Mingde is unknown, but they can only follow each other. It turned out that I felt wrong after walking for a few minutes. This was going up the mountain!

"Well, I'm here to visit the winery." He cautioned.

"Yeah, it's right there, not too high, it'll be twenty minutes," the young man laughed.

No way, the old man had to move on.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for me to see a fork in front of me, extending to the left. The two turned left, turned over a small forest, and finally reached their destination.

It was a small courtyard surrounded by trees on three sides, and a stream formed by mountains and springs passed in front of the door, clear and crisp. The terrain is not high, with an altitude of about seventy to eighty meters.

"Is this a winery?" The old man froze.

"We're not big enough. It should be called a distillery."

The two entered the courtyard and saw the big house surrounded by large spaces. A man in his thirties heard the noise and ran out to greet him.

"This is Guo Fei, and you will be your apprentice."

"Hi master, I have worked in the winery for a few years, and I know everything, but I am not very proficient. Please teach me more."

His attitude pleased Gao Mingde, and he nodded, "It's easy to say, look at the equipment first."

"Okay, please here."

With that said, the three entered the brewery.

The old man looked up and was shocked. This is the most top-class brewing equipment in China, and big wineries are generally willing to introduce it. He couldn't help but ask, "Your costs are too high, can you make money?"

"Ah……"

The young man didn't respond, and laughed, "I heard that Master is proficient in solid-state brewing?"

"Well, I have years of experience."

"That's great. We mainly make white wine, and the raw material is rice bran.

"Only rice bran? That tastes average." The old man frowned.

"This is the case for the time being, and there will be other raw materials in the future."

"You are the owner, you say it."

Immediately afterwards, the three went to each house, warehouse, wine cellar, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and so on. Especially the rice bran and rice in the storeroom, the old man scooped a little and rubbed, and his heart became more and more surprised.

This rice is so strange. What kind of wine shop is it? Want to build this kind of place for Mao?

At the end, the young man still held a smile and said, "Master, if you are satisfied, we will sign the contract. If you are not satisfied, the previous money will be considered as hard work, and I will send you back . "

"..."

Gao Mingde pursed his lips, but after all he couldn't resist the real pressure, he bit his teeth and said, "Okay, I signed it!"

"I sign too!" Guo Feidao said.

"Okay, our contract is simple."

The young man came up with a paper and said: "Three-year period, two days off a month, all guarantees and benefits are available ... Our requirements are two points. One is to make good wine. The other is, you must keep it confidential. Do n’t disclose it. "

Speaking of the last point, his expression was suddenly weird and a little nervous.

The old man's culture is not high. Guo Fei flipped the contract several times and wondered: "Why didn't you write about the liability for breach of contract?"

"Responsibility for breach of contract? Hey, you better not break the contract ..."

The young man grinned, asked them to sign and stamp, and urged before leaving: "Remember, keep it secret."

…………

After the guy left, Gao Mingde talked to Guo Fei.

Guo Fei was from Caohekou and moved to Baicheng. He previously opened a winery, but later became addicted to gambling and lost his savings and resettlement costs. Now that his wife and children have run away, he can be regarded as repentant and be a man again.

He didn't know what was happening. He knew his salary was good and his salary was high, so he tried his luck.

As soon as Gao Mingde heard it, he became even more worried, and took a bag of dirt. In the end I figured it out, but I did n’t have any sorrow. Anyway, if the contract was signed, it would dry up.

The old man is a activist.

As usual, prepare the song before brewing. Daqu is divided into Daqu and Xiaoqu, Daqu uses wheat, Xiaoqu uses rice. Since the raw material is rice bran, it is made naturally.

The process is very tedious, first crush the rice, sieve, add water and mix well, and step into a curved blank in the curved mold. Then spread the rice husk in the curved room, transport the blank into the room and arrange it.

First put some reed stalks on it, then build a layer of curved blocks, and then put some reeds, which can be stacked up to three layers.

At this point, the first day of work is complete. Next, the chamber is closed, and the temperature will gradually rise. After 36-37 hours, the billet can be moldy.

Then there is mold drying, tide fire, and raising song. It takes about a week for the billet to officially leave the house.

Gao Mingde is a patient and is mainly responsible for guidance. Guo Fei also has experience and is very neat. Unconsciously, at dusk, the setting sun was still shining and the forest was full.

The old man moved a cane chair and sat by the stream, looking at the surrounding scenery, suddenly felt a little comfortable.

Alas, it's still the most refreshing! Feeding pigs and chickens or something, I don't like it at all. Today's work is good, I am confident that I can make a batch of good songs, and then make a few pots of good wine.

Gao Mingde sat for a while, looked at the time, and asked Guo Fei to go home together.

As soon as he stood up, he heard a soft and gentle question in his ear, as if suddenly appearing in the void:

"Well, are you the winemaker?"

"Who?"

The old man stunned, for a moment, but saw no figure, "Who are you?"

"Ha, I'm here to give you herbs." The voice suddenly changed, as if two people were talking.

Huh!

Gao Mingde suddenly looked up, and saw two little girls sitting on the ten-meter-high tree in front of the house. They are not old, they are all beautiful and vulgar, like the two monsters in the mountains that absorb the essence of heaven and earth.

"..."

The old man was shaking his gums and couldn't say a word.

"Here you are!"

The older girl saw a pottery pot and threw it away, and the pottery landed on the ground smoothly, and there was no dust splashing.

"There are some herbs in it that can be added to the koji, and you can make them separately."

Seeing her friendly attitude, the old man put up his courage and asked, "Are you guys or monsters?"

"Crap, of course I'm human ... oh, don't be soft-hearted, it's fine for the two of us to go back!"

The younger girl was impatient and kept shaking her companion's arm. The companion could not help but sighed and then flicked her fingers.

Gao Mingde opened his eyes wide, and two weird mosquito-like worms suddenly appeared in front of him. One of them burrowed into the meat, and the other flew two laps. He caught Guo Fei, who rushed to hear the sound, and slipped in.

The old man withdrew his body, but felt that there was a hint of unclearness in his mind, as if he was being controlled by the other party.

"Ah! Ghost, ghost ..."

Guo Fei was more frightened and fell to the ground, clutching his face casually, as if trying to dig out the bug.

"Fuck!"

The little girl was so annoyed that she threw off a branch and threw it over. The branch that was not sharp or blunt was stuck on Guo Fei, and she trembled with pain, and she really stopped crying.

"Remember, obedience is fine!"

She warned, and dragged the older girl to teach: "Let ’s go, mother-in-law ..."

After that, the two flickered, followed a few ups and downs, and disappeared in the forest in a blink of an eye.

Gao Mingde was stunned, quiet for a while, and heard the sound of sobbing, Guo Fei actually cried: "Woo ... what did I do? My wife and children are gone, and my possessions are gone. OK It's easy to find a job, and you can run into ghosts ... oh ... "

This buddy is five big and three rough, and his mind is very weak. He hesitated for a long time, and the old man was annoyed, and shouted, "OK, what the **** are you? Have you ever seen a ghost with a shadow?"

Ok?

Guo Fei shouted at him, and slowly woke up, wiping his tears, "Master, who are they? Who are we to eat the worm, will we die?"

"Where do I know where to go!"

Gao Mingde was also very heartbroken, but after a pause, his expression became blurred again. The elderly believe this most, and at the same time they are afraid, they have a very expectant idea:

"Is it impossible, is it true that there is a fairy?"

…………

"Let me tell you, those people don't have to do anything about it! That's a winery. They must be tasted first if they make it? Just a taste, the fool knows you have a problem.

The wine in our house is spirit wine, and one bite will not fall, and two bites will never die. How can you defend, they all have to drink secretly. Even if you drink it secretly, you know who is a spy and who is oblivious to the truth. I have the news today and I will sell it to you tomorrow!

So, we have to control it. It's not harmful, as long as they don't kill themselves, they can still treat them badly? "

On the way back to the valley, Xiao Xiong has been instilling thoughts in Long Qiu in Barabara. Long Qiu scratched his head and said, "I understand everything you said, but ..."

"What a special thing! Oh, how can I be like a child?"

Xiao Jing's patience reached the limit, too lazy to open her mouth again, and dragged her sister and sister to hurry.

Soon, the two passed the Mid-Levels Pavilion, and when they went up, the scenery had changed greatly. Those useless trees were laid down, clearing a large area of ​​vacant land, viewed from the inner mountain alone, it was divided into three areas: the front mountain, the valley, and the rear mountain.

Fruit trees are planted in the mountains and tea trees and rice are planted in the mountains.

The valley is bounded by a circle of 20 kilometers, and it can no longer be cultivated, otherwise the atmosphere will be damaged, and some buildings will be mainly repaired in the future.

Gu Zheng is holding a drawing to discuss with Xiaozhai ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Seeing them come back and ask: "How?"

"The herbs were given to them, and they look pretty good." Long Qiudao.

"Ah That's good."

Xiao Jing came up, grabbed the drawing and looked at it, and said, "Wow, you two are so generous. Is this about creating a school?"

Long Qiu was also curious, Baba followed for a moment, seeing the dense building plan above, and wondered: "Brother, let's do this, will there be no comments from the government?"

"Of course there is, but they won't say anything, but we are keeping up with the pace."

Gu Min took the drawing and laughed: "When Phoenix Mountain first arrived, we didn't move because they didn't want to move. Now they want to move, we will follow it."

"I don't understand." Long Qiu faced bitterly.

"Oh, just read more news!" Xiao Zhai rubbed her head.

(And at night ...)