Chapter 97: Qin Feng: Rebar, Don't Lean On Top and Suck It! [Update 2]

Drip, drip~

Drip, drip~

Mountain orchid rice mixed with natural yeast, in banana leaves and bamboo baskets.

Ferments into a fine nectar.

Dripping down through an inserted thin bamboo tube into an earthenware jar.

"Uncle Xu, I heard the Li people's mountain orchid wine is drunk straight through a thin bamboo straw?"

Qin Feng gave those traditionally brewed mountain orchid wines a close-up shot.

Uncle Xu nodded: "Freshly brewed mountain orchid wine has the clear sweetness of rice wine, tastes great."

Clear sweetness?

Drunk through a bamboo straw?

Rebar caught those keywords.

She moved closer to the thin bamboo tube spilling rice wine.

Qin Feng hurriedly warned: "Rebar, don't lean right on top and suck it!!"

Rebar:???

"I was just curious and taking a look, why are you yelling so loud, Qin Feng?"

Passing villagers covered their smiles and glanced sideways.

Rebar stamped her foot: "Qin Feng, are you teasing me again? Is there air in your head?"

Qin Feng went on to remind her: "Wait till the earthenware jar is full and the wine is portioned out at the banquet, then you can drink it through a straw."

The saying goes, 'one draw on the bamboo pole beats any cup or goblet.'

It can perfectly describe the proper way to drink mountain orchid wine.

Uncle Xu said: "I've set aside two jars of mountain orchid wine for you, don't forget to take them when you leave."

Rebar shook her head repeatedly: "No need, Uncle Xu, it's hard enough to brew this wine, it'd just be wasted on Qin Feng."

"The wine is a gift for the girl, good for the baby after marriage."

Uncle Xu's words.

Left Rebar completely frozen in awkwardness……

——【Just got to the livestream, leaning on what? Sucking what? Someone who knows please explain in detail!】

——【Looked it up, mountain orchid rice wine can also be used as 'postpartum rice wine,' it helps new mothers have more milk to feed the baby.】

——【Uncle Xu's gift is both very heartwarming and absolutely explosive.】

——【Glad to see Rebar can also snipe at Qin Feng now, I'm comforted OvO!】

Uncle Xu added: "Mountain orchid wine may be delicious, but don't overindulge."

"This wine — easy to drink, hard to get drunk on, but once drunk, hard to sober up, and once sober, hard to forget!"

As he spoke.

Uncle Xu handed Qin Feng and Rebar each a huge banana leaf.

"Cooked mountain orchid rice, spread on the banana leaf to mix, just wait for it to ferment naturally."

What was dug up earlier was last year's buried wine.

The wine being brewed now still needs to be buried under the banana trees.

Waiting for next year's Third of March.

And the rice wine that has already fermented and dripped down can be drunk today.

Mountain orchid rice is a faint purplish-red.

The grains are relatively slender, very pretty.

After the two washed their hands, they kneaded the glutinous rice while chatting casually with Uncle Xu.

Rebar swallowed and said: "This rice smells so fragrant~ and the shape and color of the grains are really unique!"

Qin Feng asked Uncle Xu: "This rice was originally a rather special wild variety, right?"

Uncle Xu nodded proudly: "Our mountain orchid rice is the world's only mountain-grown wild rice variety."

Actually, regarding mountain orchid rice.

There is also a beautiful legend.

It's said that once a Li youth named A Shan and his adopted sister A Lan were bullied by their stepmother day after day, and were finally even driven out of the house.

The gods took pity on the poor siblings and sent a cuckoo bird to deliver rice seeds.

Hardworking A Shan and A Lan planted the seeds all across the Qiongzhong mountain range.

And so came today's tropical rainforest and mountain orchid rice.

After Uncle Xu finished the story.

He asked Qin Feng: "Do you believe it?"

Qin Feng shook his head: "A bit fantastical."

Rebar muttered beside him: "Don't critique other people's Li legends."

Unexpectedly, Uncle Xu laughed heartily and said: "Who'd believe that? I'm Li and I don't believe it either, a legend I never heard as a kid, only popped up out of nowhere in recent years."

Then Uncle Xu asked: "Little Qin, when we talk now, can a lot of people hear us?"

Qin Feng and Rebar nodded at the same time.

Then Uncle Xu said: "So when you all buy things in the future, whether it's mountain orchid rice or mountain orchid wine, the yield is small so the price is high, but don't, because of some stories merchants made up, pay that tax—what's it called?"

"The stupidity tax!" Rebar blurted out.

Afraid Qin Feng would beat her to it.

——【I never expected Uncle Xu to be so sincere. I've got it!】

——【Indeed, many merchants nowadays don't focus on quality; they just think about selling sentiment all day long.】

——【You talk to them about quality, and they tell you stories~】

——【Hurry up and say thank you, Uncle Xu!】

Cooking smoke rose curling from the Li village.

Reba stirred the Shanlan rice wine on one side.

On the other, she nudged Qin Feng with her foot: "Ask Uncle Xu when the feast starts. My face is thin; I'm too shy to ask."

Qin Feng chuckled and retorted: "Your face is thin?"

Reba: "Are you focusing on the wrong point! I'm hungry!"

……

At this moment.

Yang, the boss of Jiaxing Tianxia, had her eyebrows knotted into a twist.