Chapter 190 The Wind is 52°
"My health is getting worse every year. No matter what, I have to see Yuanyuan get married and have children. I just hope it won't take too long."
After Xiang Yuanzhang said this, the meaning of his words was actually very clear, he just wanted to see them get married and have children.
"Ahem, yes, yes. By the way, Grandpa Xiang, has anyone come to buy wine recently? Last time, a star was injured a lot while filming and came to me to ask for medicinal wine. I recommended it to him."
Du Ruo quickly changed the subject, saying that things like this should just be left to nature. Besides, marriage is a matter between two people, and one cannot rush into marriage just because their family urges them to. After all, there is still a long future ahead.
"Yes, but his condition was quite serious. The injuries to his body were accumulated over time. He wanted to recover quickly and didn't even plan to rest afterwards. So in the end I only sold him a small jar of tiger bone wine."
Xiang Yuanzhang also stopped talking briefly. When Du Ruo changed the subject, he continued talking. After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip with great enjoyment before speaking again:
"It's because of the tiger bone you gave us last time that our winery can have more tiger bone wine, and he also brought someone to lobby for us. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to sell wine to him."
"so serious?"
Du Ruo raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect Xiang Yuanzhang to make such a comment. The last time he used his "spiritual" power to observe people, he found that the other person's "spiritual" fire was quite strong. It seems that the degree of "spiritual" fire alone cannot infer a person's physical condition too far away.
"Well, it's a long-standing hidden injury, plus excessive damage. Although modern medicine can reconnect bones, it is only a temporary solution. Tiger bone wine can provide some relief, but what he needs most is rest. I dare not give him too much tiger bone wine, for fear that if I stop drinking it, he will become paralyzed with a slight injury."
Xiang Yuanzhang shook his head and looked at Du Ruo and asked:
"He's your friend? I think his skills are just average. He has the airs but he hasn't practiced his kung fu. If he were your friend, you should have advised him to go home and take care of himself."
"We've met twice, but we're not even friends yet. At the beginning..."
Anyway, while chatting at the dinner table, Du Ruo told Xiang Yuanzhang about the two meetings.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was still relaxed and lively. Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanzhang were chatting, and of course they did not ignore Xiang's father. However, Xiang's father was easy to please, and occasionally raising the cup to him was enough.
"Dad, do you think we should invite Yuanyuan's uncles to come over for a gathering? After all, this..."
The mother of the prime minister did not drink, but the jar of wine was always at her side. She was in a good mood today, so she poured wine for the three people quite frequently. After filling the bottles of wine for Xiang Yuanzhang and Du Ruo, the mother of the prime minister could not help but ask a question.
"No, Brother Du and I are living well. I don't like them coming over to ask questions. Even if they want to meet, let's wait until later."
Before Xiang Yuanzhang could say anything, Xiang Yuanyuan frowned and raised her objection. It would have been fine if she was a child, because her uncles and aunts were all very nice to her, and her brothers and sisters didn't care much about her either.
But as time went by, her uncles were fine, but her cousins started to have other concerns.
She felt that it was good for her and Du Ruo now, and the two of them lived happily together. If those brothers and sisters-in-law came over, they would inevitably ask questions, and some might even look down on Du Ruo. They might not say anything on the surface, but they would inevitably give her some looks.
She is very satisfied with her current life, but she is afraid that Du Ruo will do something dangerous for her.
She is somewhat naive and often careless, but she is definitely not stupid. Even though Du Ruo downplayed the bank card with five million yuan that he gave her, she could still hear the danger in it.
Don't think that five million is not a lot. It is a huge sum of money. Many people would risk their lives for hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. She doesn't want Du Ruo to do anything dangerous because of her.
"Haha, listen to Yuanyuan. Let's talk about this after the annual meeting."
Xiang Yuanzhang was an experienced man, and he immediately followed up on Xiang Yuanyuan's words. His liking for Du Ruo came from his own feelings, but young people nowadays are more realistic. If they arranged a party now, someone would definitely give Du Ruo a cold shoulder. Their relationship had been confirmed not long ago, so there was no need to be so anxious.
"Ugh……"
Xiang Yuanyuan could understand it, and Du Ruo could also figure it out. He kept a calm expression on his face, but sighed secretly in his heart.
"Let's not talk about that anymore, let's drink."
At this time, the father-in-law took the initiative to raise his glass and gestured for everyone to clink glasses.
After the toast, the topic was put aside and no one brought it up again.
"Xiao Du, I've been practicing boxing recently when I have nothing to do, and I've made quite a few old friends. When I go out to practice boxing tomorrow morning, you can come with me and let those old guys see what authentic traditional martial arts are."
After three rounds of drinks, Xiang Yuanzhang brought up something that interested him again.
"Okay, then I'll show off my skills."
Of course Du Ruo would not refuse Xiang Yuanzhang's request and agreed to it without hesitation.
Du Ruo felt very comfortable getting along with the Xiang family. It was all simple, and the most important thing was that Xiang Yuanyuan's family was especially kind to him.
Of course, we can’t drink less wine, and it’s all good wine.
The wine Du Ruo drank at noon was not as strong as the tiger whip wine he drank last time. He drank deer antler wine. He was not the only one who drank this wine. Xiangfu also drank this wine. Du Ruo was fine. He drank the wine to refine essence and transform qi, but Xiangfu's face became redder as he drank more. Anyway, by the end of the noon drinking, Xiangfu had to be supported to walk. Xiang Yuanzhang was still interested after drinking, and took Du Ruo to the wine brewing workshop and began to explain some relevant knowledge of Xiang family wine brewing to Du Ruo.
Du Ruo did not object to this. He followed Xiang Yuanzhang and listened carefully to his explanation. Xiang Yuanyuan of course followed him as well. Of course, not only did they follow, they also secretly drank a little occasionally.
"The preparation of medicinal wine is inseparable from the medicinal materials. Come, try this prepared angelica, codonopsis, and ginseng..."
Xiang Yuanzhang was explaining it to Du Ruo in front, and while explaining, he also let Du Ruo taste it.
If you want to get to know a medicine, the best way is to taste it directly. While Du Ruo tasted one, Xiang Yuanzhang explained the medicinal properties on the side.
Du Ruo accepted everything that came to him. With his current absorption ability, it didn't matter even if there was some toxicity.
Moreover, Du Ruo now has a very high "god" attribute. He can remember the taste of something after just one taste, and he can understand it after Xiang Yuanzhang explains it once. He can be said to be the best student.
It started with getting to know the medicinal herbs, and then the next step was to get to know the various types of wine. The method of learning was still the same. Xiang Yuanzhang asked Xiang Yuanyuan to hold a bowl and follow behind, constantly making various types of wine for Du Ruo, and then tasting them one by one.
After learning about medicinal materials and various types of alcoholic beverages, the next step is to learn about the finished medicinal liquor.
Xiang Yuanzhang saw that Du Ruo seemed to be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, as if he had seen a rare treasure, and he didn't care about anything else.
The three of them went straight to the wine cellar. Xiang Yuanzhang took Du Ruo to sit at a table in the wine cellar. Xiang Yuanyuan kept moving the medicinal wine and then brought it to Du Ruo to drink.
"This is deer antler wine, which is what you drank at noon. Deer antler wine strengthens the body, replenishes qi and essence, strengthens the heart and protects the meridians...
Deer antler wine requires 50% alcohol white wine, which is brewed at a ratio of one to ten for more than a month. Adding ginseng can increase the replenishing of qi, and adding wolfberry can strengthen the yang.
Adding Chinese yam can... adding Schisandra chinensis can..."
Every time a jar of wine was taken out, it would be opened directly for Du Ruo to drink. Xiang Yuanzhang would explain the preparation method in detail, including each medicinal ingredient, precautions, etc.
These medicinal liquors had to be drunk as soon as possible after opening the jar, so Xiang Yuanyuan simply sent over a jar of liquor, and Du Ruo drank that one jar. Fortunately, the liquors that were taken out were all in small jars, so Du Ruo did not feel any pressure to drink them.
These wines in Xiang's wine cellar are all treasured. Because the medicinal properties are too strong and the medicinal taste is too pungent, they are usually diluted with relatively pure liquor before being taken to the branch families for sale. But when it comes to Du Ruo, he just picks up the jar and drinks it.
If it wasn't for the need to taste the medicinal liquor carefully and avoid it from mixing with other foods, Xiang Yuanyuan might have had to give Du Ruo some peanuts to go with the liquor.
One jar after another, soon the one-pound wine jars next to Du Ruo were piled up very high.
"Medicinal wine has many benefits, but it also has many contraindications. It is best to treat the symptoms according to the condition. Let's stop here for today. We will taste the rest another day."
As Xiang Yuanzhang was talking, he glanced at the wine jar next to Du Ruo, then looked at Du Ruo's stomach. In the end, even though he felt a little reluctant, he didn't continue talking.
In the past, Xiang Yuanzhang had never been convinced by others when it came to drinking, but today he was really convinced.
When Du Ruo started drinking it, Xiang Yuanzhang was still a little worried because these medicinal liquors had different medicinal properties, and the types and alcohol content of the liquors were also different.
When he first learned it, he also drank a jar of it every day, and he also needed to take a large amount of licorice every once in a while to detoxify the herbs.
But what about Du Ruo? He accepted all the drinks, not to mention getting drunk, he even went to the toilet only twice, as if Du Ruo's stomach was different from others.
Now he really didn't dare let Du Ruo continue drinking, even though Du Ruo's complexion looked the same as usual.
"Burp~ Okay, some other time is fine. Today is a good time to digest all this."
Du Ruo burped while talking. Today he rarely felt full. Not only did his stomach feel full, but his body felt full as well.
The medicinal properties of various herbs are absorbed and stored, as if every cell is being fed.
"Tsk, it's so late, let's go upstairs and eat."
The wine cellar is indoors, and in the basement, so you can’t see the change in the sky, and before you know it it’s already night.
As soon as he came out of the wine cellar, it was already dark outside and a breeze blew, and Du Ruo actually felt a little dizzy.
It was as if the wind was 52°, and after it blew past, Du Ruo's eyelids began to feel heavy.
(End of this chapter)
