Chapter 123 (1/2)

Chapter 123: White Rice Wine

“Fortunately, I’m young,” While touching his face in the mirror, Yuan Zhou didn’t find any dark circles under his eyes and nodded contentedly.

With such an old face, Yuan Zhou could still boast like that. One could imagine how shameless Yuan Zhou was which could even scare those dark circles away.

Yuan Zhou still felt a little drowsy, hence went to clean himself straightaway. When the cold water was splashed on his face, he instantly became more clear-headed.

When he checked the thermostat-like fermentation device and found there was still half an hour left, Yuan Zhou began to prepare the ingredients for breakfast first. Since he was in a good mood, he was actually preparing to make Soup Dumplings.

When he finished preparing all the ingredients, the time for the rice wine to be fermented was almost up.

He immediately took out the ceramic pot that was not sealed tightly and gently set it down on the azure stone countertop with a “Peng” sound.

“Hua La”

He uncovered the pot and a blast of sweet and fragrant flavor of wine drifted out from the inside slowly. The rice inside the pot had coagulated into a beautiful circle and the wine was seeping out from the middle of it.

The liquid was clear and transparent. After the pot was opened, as time passed, the fragrance of the wine also became stronger but not to the extent it will make people drunk. The wine at this stage was just perfect for girls to drink.

Yuan Zhou, nevertheless, made more than just one serving of the wine. Apart from that, he prepared another two servings for his own use. After taking out about one serving, he left the remaining wine where it was to continue the fermentation, allowing the flavor of the wine to become mellower.

At this time, Mu Xiaoyun was supposed to have arrived; therefore, Yuan Zhou went up and opened the door.

“Boss Yuan, you finally opened the door. What were you busy with just now? The smell was so delicious,” a well-built man who did not come frequently said in excitement.

“Rice wine,” Yuan Zhou straightforwardly gave the answer that the big man had already expected.

This well-built and muscular man was a martial arts instructor working for a security company nearby, Chen Wei. He had rather impressive strength and gave the impression of a fierce tiger. Before today, he had been brought here by others twice for the meals.

He had once commented, “The portions here are so small that they can only fill a cat. I become hungrier after eating them.” Therefore, he didn’t come frequently. However, he liked the dish, Melt-In-The-Mouth Chicken Feet, very much and came over more frequently in recent days.

“I knew it. Boss Yuan, you should have made wine earlier. The chicken feet and the wine are a perfect match.” With a smile on his face, Chen Wei strode into the restaurant.

“You have to order it first if you want to drink it,” Yuan Zhou immediately said.

“No problem. It’s just that I’m afraid the wine isn’t strong enough. Could you make the wine stronger?” Chen Wei had already known the rules of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant and strictly complied with them. He was a person who adhered to his principles.

“Yes, with a longer fermentation time,” Yuan Zhou nodded. He knew this guy liked to drink hard liquor. Actually, even without distillation, the rice wine could also be very strong if given enough time.

“Boss Yuan, is the wine freshly prepared?” Chen Wei reacted immediately.

“Yes, freshly prepared,” Yuan Zhou answered with an earnest expression.

“But freshly prepared wine can’t match those that had been preserved for a long time. I don’t really suspect your skills but it’s known to all that good wine needs some time. New wine always has some underlying bad taste,” Chen Wei frowned and said frankly.

“No, it won’t happen to my wine. Don’t worry,” Yuan Zhou was quite confident. After all, the raw ingredients could totally solve these problems and besides, he had a powerful cheating equipment, the system.

“Perfect. Then prepare for me one serving of the rice wine. I will come over to drink it three days later,” Chen Wei intended to pay without hesitation.

“I’m sorry but I don’t sell alcohol in the morning. It can only be ordered after noontime,” Yuan Zhou said earnestly.

“Didn’t I say I would drink three days later?” not being able to figure it out, Chen Wei said in puzzlement.

“The boss meant to say that you can only order the wine this afternoon and drink it at noon three days later,” seeing that Yuan Zhou didn’t intend to explain anything, Mu Xiaoyun obediently went up and explained to him.