Chapter 244: Unreliable Monkey Wine
The setting sun is like fire, and the sky is full of red clouds.
The yard was no longer as noisy as before, but quiet.
After returning from the forest patrol, Brother Nan drove the Monkey King and his group of monkeys back into the mountains without even changing his clothes.
Yogurt and a group of cubs who came to join in the fun also followed.
Tiger mom, wolf mom, and bear mom were out patrolling the territory and had not returned yet. The golden eagle couple also followed Brother Nan's car into the mountains.
At this time, Li Mu was the only one left in the yard.
“It’s so mysterious”
Li Mu looked at the empty yard and felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
There was nothing to do, so I just moved a small stool, walked to the faucet, and washed the ceramic jar that Brother Nan had soaked in last night.
By the time I finished washing the jars, it was already dark.
Brother Nan hasn't come back yet.
Li Mu started to prepare dinner in advance.
Now that Yogurt and the cubs were away, he could finally have a complete fire as he wished.
There is a temperature difference between day and night in the mountains, which is more obvious in autumn.
Sitting in front of the stove, the firelight made my face red and my body felt warm.
When I was halfway through cooking, I heard the roar of a car engine outside the yard.
Brother Nan drove back.
"call--"
The golden eagle couple was faster than the car and had already landed in the yard.
"Li Mu, have you cooked?" Xiao Shuai walked up to Li Mu with a wide step.
"Well, what did you do?"
"I picked a bunch of wild fruits." Xiao Shuai said with some disappointment, "I thought Brother Nan went to the mountains to fight."
".You only know how to fight and steal things." Li Mu looked at Xiao Shuai speechlessly.
This golden eagle is simply a bandit bully among birds.
"Unload, unload, take as much as you can, don't try to be stubborn!" Brother Nan parked the car and began to direct the animals to move the goods.
Not long after, the gate of the yard was pushed open.
Brother Nan walked in first, carrying a big bag.
A group of monkeys followed behind him, each holding a small pile of wild fruits in its arms.
The cubs also held it in their mouths.
A pile of fruits gradually piled up in the yard.
Brother Nan went into the house and got some apples, and also took out some unripe jujubes and put them together with the wild fruits.
"Did you help me clean the ceramic jar?"
After picking the wild fruits, Brother Nan walked to the earthen stove with his hands behind his back, opened the lid of the pot, took a look, and then closed it again.
"Well, why did you pick so many wild fruits?" Li Mu asked curiously, "Great Sage, they can't eat them all in one meal."
“This is not for them to eat.”
"What's that for?"
"Hey, you'll know soon." Brother Nan smiled and walked to the pile of fruits with his hands behind his back.
"Come on, come on, kids."
Brother Nan clapped his hands, "Come here, everyone, please help me again."
The group of golden monkeys walked to the fruits and sat down in a row, just like they usually lined up to get the fruits.
The cubs followed Yogurt to the earthen stove and were about to take over the fire, but when they saw the monkeys, they ran over again, learned to squat in a row, and looked up at Brother Nan.
Brother Nan first looked back at Li Mu, grinned, and then looked at the monkey group:
"Do you see these fruits?"
Brother Nan pointed to a pile of wild fruits and said, "Everyone just help me wash them."
As she spoke, she bent down and picked up a fruit. She pointed at the faucet, then at the fruit, and made a fruit-washing gesture with both hands, "Wash, dry, and clean."
Golden monkeys are primates and are naturally smart. They have seen Li Mu washing fruits and vegetables many times, so they immediately understood what Nan Ge was doing.
The Monkey King nodded, walked to the faucet, turned on the tap and let the water run.
The rest of the monkeys grabbed the fruits and carried them to the pond.
Li Mu saw this scene, smiled and sat down to continue making fire.
Just now he wanted to translate for Brother Nan, but now it seems that it is not necessary. Animals are smart, and they have lived together for so long that they have already formed some tacit understanding.
Brother Nan squatted beside the faucet and washed the fruit with the animals.
After washing all the fruits, Brother Nan picked up another fruit, broke it open and took out the core, and the other monkeys followed suit and learned how to remove the core.
After removing the cores of the fruit, Brother Nan demonstrated and taught the monkeys how to crush the fruit.
For a while, the monkeys in the yard were busy.
The kids couldn't do the work, so they went to take over the fire-making job.
When Li Mu was free, he watched Brother Nan operate from the side.
When he saw Nan Ge starting to sterilize and dry the ceramic jars, he immediately realized what she was doing -
"You're not going to make wine, are you?"
"Yeah, I finally figured it out." Brother Nan continued to disinfect the jars without stopping.
"I need a sealed ceramic jar, and I got so many wild fruits, pitted them, and crushed them. There's nothing else I can do except make fruit wine."
"My wine was stolen by Bear Mom, so I have to do it myself."
"I didn't expect you could make fruit wine." Li Mu said.
"Of course not. I've been looking up information online for two days. Making fruit wine is the easiest."
"Uh-huh?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment. "You searched online for two days? You haven't done this before?"
"I had Maotai to drink before, but I was so bored that I decided to make fruit wine." Brother Nan looked up at Li Mu and thought that this guy was really stupid.
".Can you check and do it now?"
"Don't you make milk tea right after checking it?"
“Making milk tea is different from brewing wine.”
"What's the difference? They're all drinks."
“But wine is this thing.”
"rest assured."
Brother Nan waved his hand and said confidently, "I've looked up a lot of guides and I know what I'm doing. It's very simple to make fruit wine."
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Li Mu always felt that it was a little unreliable, but seeing how Brother Nan was immersed in it, he thought about it and kept silent.
Brother Nan is the son of destiny, what if he gets hurt by her?
Li Mu took a look at the fruits she used to make fruit wine. There were quite a few varieties, more than ten kinds.
Among them are rare wild fruits such as jujube, as well as blueberries and grapes that we bought in the market before.
Once brewed, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a wine made from a hundred fruits.
By the time Brother Nan had finished disinfecting the ceramic jars, the monkey group's work was also finished.
A pile of wild fruits turned into a large bowl of fruit pulp with diverse colors and a strong fruity aroma.
The monkeys stood aside, sniffing from time to time.
They love to eat fruits, and fruit paste made from more than a dozen kinds of fruits is extremely tempting to them.
Fortunately, they had already eaten a lot when picking fruits in the mountains, so they were not particularly greedy at this time.
Brother Nan added rock sugar and yeast powder into the basin according to the proportion, then stirred the fruit pulp evenly and put it into a ceramic jar.
"Wow--"
Two ceramic jars filled with fruit puree.
Then it’s sealed.
The ceramic jar is equipped with a sealed lid and a one-way air valve. The previous forest ranger must be quite good at making wine.
"It's done. It will be ready after another week of fermentation." Brother Nan put the two jars into the utility room.
"Can I drink it in a week?"
"It seems that we need to filter and age the wine."
"like?"
"That's what the guide says."
"That's it"
"Don't worry, you'll be indispensable if the wine is brewed!" Brother Nan patted Li Mu's shoulder vigorously, "These fruit wine monkeys have put in a lot of effort, so I decided to call it monkey wine!"
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(End of this chapter)
