Chapter 63.2: 桃花酿
Peach Blossom Brew
When the old man heard Chen Xing’s comment, he laughed and didn’t feel that Chen Xing was being troublesome, after all, he had come here to set up a stall for a long time, and always encountered those who wanted to try it out (for no reason). He had never encountered a person who spoke bluntly that he only wanted to buy one with such a straight face.
“Good, you’re a smart Xiao Lang Jun.”
The old man received Chen Xing’s money generously, casually picked a peach above and handed it to Chen Xing, seemingly not worried at all about the probability of choosing the bad flavor peach, thus causing him to lose this business.
After Chen Xing received that peach, there was a moment of hesitation though, don’t tell me that he has to learn from the other person from that side, just randomly wipe then eat? However, if he didn’t eat it, how could he define its flavor?
Just as Chen Xing was holding the peach, Gu Lang, who had not said anything beside him, softly opened his mouth, “Give the peach to me, I brought a small (pocket) knife.”
Chen Xing was slightly stunned. According to what he said, he handed over the peach in his hand. Soon he also didn’t know how Gu Lang acted, so he took out a small knife from his sleeve, and then cut the peach into several pieces in a sharp manner.
When he received the peach from Gu Lang, Chen Xing didn’t know whether to be surprised that he would carry a pocket knife with him or to the fact that Gu Lang was so skilled with it.
Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing holding the peach in his hand but not tasting it, his face slightly flushed with confusion, and asked as he felt that it was strange, “Why don’t you try it? Didn’t you say you wanted to taste it?”
It was only after Gu Lang reminded him of this that Chen Xing seemed to have suddenly come back to his senses, looking at this small slice of peaches in his hand that was emitting a fresh aroma. Without hesitation, he bit down, and then a sweet and juicy flavour filled his mouth, full of the fresh aroma of peaches. His eyes instantly lit up, should he say that this peach was the best of all the peaches he had ever eaten.
By the time Chen Xing finished eating that peach in a couple of sittings, he had long forgotten about why Gu Lang had carried a small knife with him and used it so skilfully, turning his head to look at the old man with eyes that were already a little different, and his voice was a little firmer as well, “Old Man, I’m going to buy all of these peaches.”
Chen Xing had originally been fretting about what to do to combine the ingredients in addition to the original wine in the past few days, but now that he had obtained these peaches. He felt that he could not consider doing anything else, so as long as this peach was made into a fruit wine, it was no surprise that it would definitely become the signature of their shop!
The old man listened to him and was not surprised by his choice, nodding his head, coolly Chen Xing weighed them. After they had completed their transaction, Chen Xing saw that there was nothing else to buy, so he bothered the old man to accompany them, asking him to help them pick the pile of peaches back to the Gu family’s Residence.
After obtaining this pile of fruit with excellent taste, Chen Xing began to calculate how much fruit wine he wanted to make, but he had the intention to sell it at a good selling price.
In the meantime, Chen Xing not only signed a contract with Qiu Shi and Qiu Wu, increasing their wages, but also asked them to go to the Gu Mansion to help out after the restaurant closed.
Half a month later, those who went to eat at the Chen family’s small restaurant found that not only they had the dessert called Jelly been reintroduced to the shop, but there was also an additional fruit wine called ‘Peach Blossom Brew’.
He didn’t know how that fruit wine is brewed, pure but not astringent, beautiful flavour but not drunken yet also with a few peach aroma, whoever drank it, no one didn’t not praise it, even the original popularity of the wine was compared to this peach blosson brew.
In an instant, this Peach Blossom Brew became popular in the city with great speed, especially among those literati, after all, this wine not only has a good name, but people also does not get drunk when you drink it, it is really the best first choice when you are partying and composing poems.