Super Orchard

Chapter 54
After sending Zhou Jianguo away, Shen Yangguang looked at the small piece of old grapes he had left behind, planning not only to eat it himself, but also to give some to his family and friends.

Considering that his parents are far away in Europe, even if they are transported by air, the freshness of the wild grapes cannot be guaranteed. After much deliberation, Shen Yang decided to make wine from wild grapes. Wild wine can have a shelf life of two years.

Shen Yangguang did what he said, and immediately took out his mobile phone to search the method of making wine online. After half an hour of research, he sorted out the differences and differences of various methods on the Internet, and summed up a set of procedures and wrote them down in his notebook.

Then he started to prepare the fermentation container. Shen Yangguang was going to brew more, so the container had to be bigger. After searching through boxes and cabinets at home, Shen Yangguang found a big jar.

This large jar is purple and black, and it was used to pickle pickles at home. It can hold more than 100 catties of water. Now it has been idle for many years, and it is a good container for brewing wild wine.

Considering that there are about two thousand catties of fruit on the old wild grape vines, there should be one thousand catties left after eating and giving away to others. This old altar is definitely not enough. I went back to the orchard and played around.

Now there are 13 employees in the orchard. Excluding those who are resting, a total of [-] people are working today. Some families no longer make their own pickles, and the jars are left unused.

There are nine jars in the employees' homes that are unused and intact. Shen Yangguang bought them all, and added his own jars to make up ten jars.

Put ten large jars in the yard, and Shen Yangguang washed them over and over again with a brush to ensure the cleanliness of the jars and prevent deterioration during the process of making wild wine. After they were all cleaned, they were placed in the yard Let it dry.

Early the next morning, the workers entered the orchard and began to cut wild grapes. Wang Chunmei and Niu Neng led their respective teams into the furrows with their trolleys, and each of them began to cut a ridge.

Due to the low height of the new wild grape plants, employees need to squat on the ground, hold the fruit bunches of wild grapes with their left hands, and gently cut the roots with scissors in their right hands. After cutting, put the whole bunch of wild grapes into the trolley, and then Cut a bunch.

Not long after the employees started work, Zhou Jianguo rushed over again. Seeing his nervous look, Shen Yangguang couldn't help but joked: "Boss Zhou said he would come in the afternoon, so why don't you stay at home with your sister-in-law for a big day?" I ran over a long time ago, oh, I remembered, Boss Zhou said yesterday that wild grapes are more important than sister-in-law!"

Zhou Jianguo said helplessly, "I originally wanted to come later, but my sister knew that she would come to buy wild grapes today, and kept urging me to come here quickly. This morning, she called me several times before dawn."

After yawning, Zhou Jianguo went on to say: "My sister has always said that your wild grapes are very effective. Last year, the old man ate this and felt much refreshed. This year, let me specially save some for the old man."

Shen Yangguang has heard many times that his fruits are not only delicious, but also have outstanding effects, but he feels nothing and is a little uncertain: "Is the effect really so good?"

Shen Yangguang has seen the effects of wild grapes from the Internet, it can dispel wind and dampness, relieve heat and diuresis, reduce swelling and dredge collaterals, etc. I feel refreshed all the time, as if drinking a bottle of refreshing oil in the hot summer.

"I don't know. My sister keeps saying it's good, and the old man is also full of praise, so I plan to send a little more to see if it's really effective. It's a pity that wild grapes can't be kept for too long after they're picked. , otherwise, let the old man eat a little every day, isn't what we as children hope most is the old man's health!"

"If it really works, I'd like to pay attention, but I can't guarantee how much the effect of wild grapes will be preserved."

Zhou Jianguo's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the point? Tell me!"

"I'm going to turn part of the wild grapes into wild wine, so that it can be preserved for a long time. Wouldn't it be nice to have a sip every day? I have all the big wine-making jars at home ready. I'll give you a few bottles when it's ready. Father."

"Brother Shen can't see that you still have the ability to make wine yourself?"

"I haven't tried it. Yesterday afternoon, I came up with a whim, and I found some information on wine making on the Internet. I want to give it a try. If it succeeds, maybe there will be more next year."

Zhou Jianguo became nervous again: "If it doesn't work, wouldn't all such good wild grapes be in vain? You don't feel sorry for me, but I do too!"

"Hey, how will you know if you don't try it? This wild grape is only tens of thousands of dollars. Even if you throw it away for nothing, it's a big deal!"

Zhou Jianguo said with a smile: "Brother Shen is a young man after all, he has drive, but I am an old man. I am afraid to bear the tens of thousands of dollars. I only want to be safe in life. I dare not do this or that. It’s meaningless not to dare to do it, my brother figured it out, and I’ll save a few hundred catties of wild grapes to try to make wine later, hahaha!”

"Boss Zhou is a big boss after all. He can tell these life philosophies by brewing his own wild wine. I admire him!"

"You, don't laugh at me. Brother, I didn't graduate from junior high school. How can I compare with you, a talented student!"

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Afterwards, the two of them flattered each other brazenly. Secretary Zhou Jianguo and the accountant who were on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so they went to the side to help carry the wild grapes.

After a whole morning of work, all the wild grapes in the orchard were cut and weighed. They were sold to Zhou Jianguo for a total of more than 1000 catties, which directly accounted for more than 60 yuan.

For the remaining two thousand catties of wild grapes, Shen Yangguang distributed ten catties to each employee, and then took home the remaining more than 1000 catties of wild grapes.

With so many wild grapes to make wine, Shen Yangguang would be exhausted if he had to rely on him alone, so he called Zheng Hao.

On this hot day, Zheng Hao was lying at home eating ice cream to escape the heat. When he heard that there were wild grapes to eat, he jumped up and ran out. It only took 3 minutes and 45 seconds to rush into the courtyard of Shen Yangguang's house.

When Zheng Hao's fat belly was filled with wild grapes, he burped and started to make wild wine together.

The two picked out a thousand catties of wild grapes together, cleaned them briefly, and washed them with water. According to the experience on the Internet, you must not use force when washing with water, so as not to wash off the white mist on the skin of the wild grapes. Natural yeast for fermentation.

After all the cleaning is completed, a large basin is placed in front of the hands, and wild grapes are put in to start kneading, and all the wild grapes are crushed. Everyone wore newly bought rubber dishwashing gloves and masks, and was fully armed.

Fortunately, this step was carried out indoors, otherwise, in this hot day, the wild wine hadn't been brewed yet, and both of them would suffer from heat stroke.

After crushing all the wild grapes in the big pot, pour them together with the seeds, peels and juice into the big jar that has been dried out, then cover the mouth of the jar with gauze, and put a small pot on top to prevent foreign matter from falling into it. .

Because the wild grape juice will produce a lot of gas during the fermentation process, if the jar is completely sealed, it is likely to explode, so Shen Guang only needs to cover it with gauze and a small pot, so that the gas generated inside can be released in time. discharge out.

After installing a pot, continue to knead the next pot of wild grapes in the big basin, repeat the previous steps, and cover the big jars filled with wild grapes in turn.

From noon to dark, a whole thousand catties of wild grapes were crushed and packed. Even though Shen Yangguang and Zheng Hao were young and strong, they were already so tired that they didn't even have the strength to take off their gloves. He gasped heavily on the ground.

After resting for a long time, Shen Yangguang packed several large boxes of wild grapes and carried them to Wuling Hongguang with Zheng Hao for him to take home to eat.

If it was in the past, each box weighed tens of kilograms, Shen Yangguang could easily lift several boxes, but now the two of them have weak arms, and they can only lift one box at a time, which is extremely laborious.

(End of this chapter)