Chapter 126 (1/2)

Chapter 126: Rice Wine

Time passed fast. After cooking breakfast, Yuan Zhou began to prepare the rice wine ordered three days ago at noontime by Chen Wei.

As the fermentation time became longer and the sweetness slowly spread out, the flavor of wine also became heavier and the aroma became mellower. Yuan Zhou didn’t intend for the wine to be distilled, so the alcoholic percentage was not high, basically no more than 20%.

Yuan Zhou carefully filtered the translucent wine in the middle of the rice. Unlike last time, he didn’t leave any rice grains inside and tried to filter the wine as cleanly as possible. After that, the wine was directly filled in a cup with about 100ml.

“Boss Yuan, Boss Yuan, can I drink the rice wine today?” Ten minutes before the opening hours started, Chen Wei arrived at the restaurant.

“You have to wait ten minutes more.” Yuan Zhou took a look at the time and refused him.

“Alright. The time is almost up, so I’ll wait,” Acting like he wasn’t an outsider, Chen Wei just sat down on the chair and started to wait to drink the wine.

After a nod signaling ‘do whatever you want’, Yuan Zhou began to do his own work. He scooped up just 100ml of the wine and filled it into the small cup.

After a while, Chen Wei started to get antsy, as he felt the aroma of the wine constantly rushing into his nose.

“Is this the rice wine that I will drink shortly?” Chen Wei asked straightway.

“Yes,” Yuan Zhou nodded and put the cup away before storing the fermented rice which he was prepared to use for other purposes.

Then, Chen Wei got stuck and didn’t know what to say next. He took pride in himself for following the rules all along and was naturally ashamed to ask again for the wine now. He could only endure the temptation and look at other things to divert his attention.

Meanwhile, Yuan Zhou was just preparing the food ingredients and had basically finished, thus the two people started to stare at each other, doing nothing.

“Boss?” the arrival of Mu Xiaoyun lessened the embarrassment of the two adult men.

“Humm, come over here,” Yuan Zhou nodded. Then he took out the wine cup and signaled her to carry it to Chen Wei.

“Thank you,” Chen Wei first thanked the little loli with a mild expression and then said to Yuan Zhou, “Boss Yuan, please offer me a serving of Phoenix-Tail Prawns as well.”

“Ok, wait a moment,” Yuan Zhou agreed immediately.

At this time, other customers walked into the restaurant one after another.

“Everybody, please take your seats and tell me what you want to eat,” Mu Xiaoyun greeted earnestly.

“No problem. Have you had your meal, Xiaoyun?” these customers liked this girl very much, hence asked her with a smile.

“I come here after the meals every time,” Mu Xiaoyun nodded and said seriously.

“Ha Ha, yeah, right. If not, you would have probably starved to death while smelling such great aromas,” a man seated beside Chen Wei said while laughing.

“Absolutely. I haven’t gone shopping for a long time ever since I ate here for the first time,” a pretty girl complained while pouting.

“Then why don’t you ask Boss Yuan to treat you to dinner?” immediately, someone horsed around.

“Stop it. Who of you guys have ever seen Boss Yuan treat others to dinner?” The pretty girl curled her lip, not believing that at all.

“You are right. I believe when Boss Yuan gets a girlfriend, he will become easier to talk with,” the man beside Chen Wei suddenly said that.

“But do you think Boss Yuan can find a girlfriend?” Wu Hai whispered.

“I would volunteer to be his girlfriend,” the pretty girl immediately disappointed him.

“Ho Ho, actions speak louder than words. According to my careful observation, Boss Yuan seems to do business only and study the dishes all day long, and then nothing else. He doesn’t have any other pleasures in life,” touching his mustache, Wu Hai said with an affirmative look.

“Eh…” thinking of such life for a little while, the pretty girl immediately stopped talking. However, she immediately felt something was wrong.