Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 381 Sweet Potato Wine is Ready

If Xu Han didn't know herself well and hadn't made sufficient preparations, she wouldn't have dared to make so much sweet potato wine at once.

Grandpa Zhao sipped the sweet potato wine in the cup in small sips, looking reluctant to drink more. Xu Han found it funny and amusing.

Although Grandpa Zhao drank very slowly, he finished the sweet potato wine quickly.

But Grandpa Zhao didn't ask for another glass, instead he said, "The Taoist priest and Xiaochuan will definitely like this sweet potato wine. When they come back I must have a good drink with them."

Xu Han smiled when she heard that. "Okay, but let me be frank. Don't get drunk this time, or I won't make wine for you anymore."

"Hahaha, good good good, don't get drunk."

Seeing that the temperature inside the pot was gradually rising, Xu Han scooped out the water in the pot and added cold water back in.

The main function of the sky pot is to provide cooling. After the water in the sky pot becomes hot, it must be replaced with cold water in time.

The distillation is carried out slowly over a low fire until the smell of the distilled wine gradually becomes lighter, and then it stops.

The lees in the pot were scooped into a large wooden barrel beside it, and the next pot of wine was distilled. Because Xu Han made more, it took more than a day to finish the distillation.

Xu Han did not throw away the distilled lees, but temporarily put them in the space so that they could be used for composting later.

It can also be used to feed livestock at home, but you can't feed too much at one time. However, it is good for feeding pigs. Unfortunately, there are no pigs at home, so Xu Han gave up the idea.

Anyway, there is not much distiller's grains, and it can be used up by feeding the livestock a few times.

However, Xu Han still remembers that sauerkraut can be made with sweet potato wine, but the Chinese cabbages at home have not grown very big yet.

It would be a pity to pull them out now and use them to make sauerkraut. You can try this method after the vegetables in the field grow a little bigger.

Let’s see what the difference is between sauerkraut made with wine lees and ordinary sauerkraut, and see if it tastes better.

The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan came back in the afternoon after they had just finished making the wine in the morning.

However, Xu Han had already put away the utensils used for distilling liquor at home. She wanted to not tell them for the time being, but the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan had very sensitive noses and they smelled the alcohol as soon as they came in.

The Taoist priest put the prey he brought back on the ground and said, "Is it time to make sweet potato wine?"

It was clearly a question, but the tone was particularly affirmative. Xu Han smiled helplessly when she heard it.

"Wife, how much sweet potato wine did you make? Does it taste good?"

"You two really have very good noses. I rushed to collect the things before you came back, but I didn't expect you to smell them anyway."

The Taoist priest laughed and said, "Hahaha, how could you not smell such a strong smell of alcohol? We smelled alcohol just now in the wasteland. Maybe you are used to it, so you didn't notice it."

Xu Han thought so too. If you smell a scent for a long time, you will gradually get used to it and naturally ignore it.

"The wine is ready, but you must not get drunk this time, or I will take it all away and not give it to you."

The Taoist priest heard this and remembered the last time he got drunk. His face turned red without any expression, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Don't worry, it was an accident last time. It won't happen again this time."

"Yes, yes, yes. We will listen to you this time. If you don't let us drink more, we definitely won't drink more."

Seeing that everyone was so happy, Xu Han said generously, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and deal with the prey. I'll have some snacks for you tonight."

Hearing this, the three of them were so happy that they went to the backyard full of energy, just like little kids.

As expected! A man remains a young man until he dies. There is nothing wrong with this saying.

In the evening, Xu Han personally poured a glass of first wine for each of the three people.

"This is the first wine. It has a higher alcohol content than the usual sweet potato wine and tastes better. I bottled it separately. You can try it first."

The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan couldn't wait for Xu Han to finish speaking, so they took a big sip impatiently.

In an instant, the two of them were choked and their faces turned red, and they kept coughing.

Grandpa Zhao gloated, "You two were so impatient that you didn't listen to Xiaohan's words. Now you deserve it."

The two people who had finally recovered did not argue with Grandpa Zhao. After adjusting themselves, they couldn't wait to pick up the wine glasses. However, this time they didn't dare to drink in big gulps. Instead, they sipped them in small sips in a very polite manner.

It was the Taoist priest who first commented, "This wine is really good. It tastes good. It's stronger than the wine the emperor gave me last time. I like it."

Grandpa Zhao also drank the wine given by the emperor last time, so he continued, "Yes, although it doesn't taste as good as that one, the alcohol content of this wine is much higher than that wine."

"If you ask me, this wine is better. It's strong."

Lu Chuan also agreed, "Yes, this wine is suitable for us men to drink. It is still too strong for women. They should drink fruit wine."

A few people chatted intermittently, and finished the first drink in the cup.

Xu Han poured each of them a glass of ordinary sweet potato wine, and they started drinking again.

After five glasses in a row, everyone said they didn't want to drink anymore. The alcohol content of this wine was not low. After drinking a few glasses, they realized that this was not comparable to the wine they had drunk before.

In order to be able to drink regularly in the future, it is better to stop this time, otherwise what will you do if you have no drink in the future.

Xu Han is a very ruthless person. If he says he won't let you drink, he really won't let you drink.

Of course, Lu Chuan and the others didn't want to make everyone unhappy just because of a few sips of wine.

Xu Han was not surprised that they took the initiative to offer to stop drinking. Everyone had good drinking tolerance and some self-awareness.

Besides, we are all family, so we can drink together whenever we want. No one will force us to drink, and everyone just wants to drink happily.

After drinking, the people who had been in the mountains for two days were already very tired, so they washed up and fell asleep immediately.

Only Grandpa Zhao was left to help Xu Han clean up the mess on the table.

The next day, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest got up early again. However, the weather was getting colder and colder, and while some people were working at home, Xu Han slept in.

It was so cold and there weren't many farmers working in the fields. Xu Han wouldn't get up early. It wasn't like she was stupid. Why would she get up so early and suffer the cold?

Lu Chuan in the yard saw the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao and said excitedly, "It's really strange. I drank almost as much as I did yesterday and felt a little drunk, but when I woke up today, I didn't feel a headache at all."

"Me too. Last time I got drunk my head felt like it was exploding, but today I woke up fine. It seems this sweet potato wine is really good."

If Xu Han heard this, she would have to explain to them that the steamer for distilled liquor is made of wood, so of course the liquor will not make people drunk.