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Chapter 64 Confucius and Mencius's Winemaking Theory

Originally, according to Confucius and Mencius, I wanted my mother to stay in the hospital for a few more days to recuperate.

But because of family affairs, how can Kong Mu feel this way now?

So after only a short sleep, she woke up again and insisted on going home.

Knowing that most of the mother's illness is a heart knot, Confucius and Mencius did not overly persuade.

Kong Ren drove a 70% new Wuling Bread and parked at the door. This car was bought by Confucius in the year when he planted purple grapes, and it was considered a symbol of the Kong family.

Carefully lift his mother into the car. As soon as Kong Ren stepped on the gas pedal, the family of three flew to Kongjia Village like arrows.

The straight-line distance from Kongjia Village to Weixian County is 23 kilometers. It is said that this was the residence of Kong Shengren when he traveled to Zhongzhou, but its authenticity has yet to be investigated.

Its biggest feature is its remoteness, and the whole village has only one rural road to connect with the outside world.

The home of Confucius and Mencius is on the edge of the country road, and the three-story small brown western-style building looks particularly eye-catching.

Even though it has been so long, Confucius and Mencius still remember the pride on Confucius' face when the building was built.

This is the first duplex building with more than three floors in Kongjia Village!

Since then, the name of the richest man in Kongjia Village has been placed on the head of Confucius.

Others dissatisfied?

It doesn't matter, you first calculate the money you have earned for so many years, whether it is enough to cover the four walls of this building.

The endless flattery made Confucius' hunchback straighten, and since then the old man took the wind no matter where he walked.

But now Kong and Meng frowned because the LED light in front of his house was actually off.

This is too unscientific.

Because of the remote location, there are no street lights in Kongjia Village at night. It will be very inconvenient if everyone comes back from work in the field later.

For this, after the house was built, Confucius deliberately spent a few hundred dollars to let Confucius and Mencius bring back a 100-watt LED incandescent lamp from Zhongzhou, and promised that it would not turn off before 12 midnight.

Good guy, as soon as this lamp came out, it directly illuminates half of the village, and Confucius' popularity in the village immediately rose a lot.

But now...

Isn't the father at home?

Get off the car, push the door, Confucius and Mencius is taken aback again, it seems that his door is unlocked?

The door opened, and the eyes were dark, and the gloomy atmosphere gave people endless depression.

Snapped!

Confucius and Mencius turned on the light switch, and the courtyard instantly became brighter.

A man in his fifties is sitting on the steps and smoking a cigarette. Who is it if it is not Confucius?

At the first glance of his father, Kong and Meng's nose was sore. The strong and optimistic old man in his impression disappeared, and he was replaced by decadence.

Especially the hair, the original black and shiny is now mostly white, and Confucius and Mencius can hardly recognize it.

Seeing his eldest son, Confucius was obviously in a daze, but soon he returned to his original appearance.

"Dad!" Just as Confucius and Mencius were about to speak, the mother's voice rang out behind him, "I said you don't go to the grape fields to guard your old things, why do you sit here foolishly?"

Kong's mother fainted, but Confucius and Mencius did not see his father in the hospital. It was not that Kong's father didn't care about his wife, but that he couldn't worry about the grape field.

In the year when the purple grapes were first planted, because the fruit was rare, many villagers would take advantage of the absence of the Kong family to try a few bunches in the field.

One or two strings look very few, but it can't hold up many people!

According to Kong Mu's estimation, this alone will cost at least 5,000 yuan to his family.

Since then, Confucius has had a habit of patrolling the ground on a bicycle day and night, even if the sky falls during the ripening season of purple grapes.

After smoking another cigarette, Confucius smiled bitterly: "It hasn't been long since I came back, and now there is no big difference between patrols and patrols. This year, every household has a variety of food, and I can't finish my own food. How can I worry about our family's things."

"Then you can't sit here stupidly, can you cook, and don't look at what time it is now?"

At any time, Kong Mu will always have the truth.

Confucius sighed and slowly got up and walked towards the kitchen.

Upon seeing this, Confucius and Mencius asked his brother to help his mother back to the house to rest, while he followed suit to help.

Confucius was a chef when he was young, and his cooking skills were very good. He quickly cooked two dishes and one soup, the pork was soft, the greens were green, and the thick soup was sweet.

It is a pity that no matter how successful the cooking is, Father Confucius did not show any joy.

After a long period of silence, he suddenly asked his son: "I heard your brother said that you can solve the problem of wine making and the funding gap?"

Confucius and Mencius vowed to promise: "Don't worry if you are old, give me two days, and I promise that the skills and money will be in place."

Confucius is not as foolish as Kong Ren: "Let me talk about how you solve technical problems first?"

Kong and Meng smiled faintly: "Dad, wine brewing technology may be difficult for people who don't understand, but as long as you know its fermentation principle, it is much simpler than growing grapes.

Just put the cleaned grapes into a sterilized fermentation tank, first undergo aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, and then distill, blend, and flavor..."

Confucius waved his hand impatiently and interrupted: "Okay, your father is not stupid. Of course I know what you said. Don't think you can understand everything after a few years of reading. If grape wine is so easy, I still need this. worry?"

The expression of Confucius and Mencius remained unchanged: "Dad, are you talking about excessive methanol?

In fact, when grapes produce alcohol during the fermentation process, the pectin in the cell wall will also be decomposed under the action of pectinase to produce a very small amount of methanol.

If you use it yourself, these very small amounts of methanol will not cause harm to the human body, but if you want to industrially produce it, it must be purified by distillation.

However, in this way, the methanol in the liquor will be enriched in the distiller. If it is not processed in time, the real liquor can become poisonous liquor in an instant."

Father Confucius didn’t believe it: “Your father has little education, don’t lie to me. Our village doggie runs a winery. Why doesn’t his wine have the problem of excessive alcohol?”

"Dad, the Goudan Winery has been in business for so many years, when did you see him buy half a catty of grapes?"

Kong and Mencius patiently explained: "The wines he produces are all blended with high-purity alcohol and flavors, and of course they do not contain methanol."

"Alcohol?" Confucius was a little confused, then he threw the spatula on the chopping board, got up and walked out the door.

Confucius and Mencius hurriedly asked: "Dad, where are you going all the time?"

Father Confucius was angrily: "His mother, the alcohol can be qualified, why can't I make real wine with grapes? I look for the grandsons of the Food Supervision Bureau!"

Confucius and Mencius: "..."

He hurriedly grabbed his father: "Dad, everyone knows how the wine sold by dog ​​eggs comes from, so they have been half dead for years. Our wine uses real grapes. As long as we remove the excess methanol, the business is at least ten times better than him. !"

Father Kong was dubious: "Do you really have a way to remove methanol?"

Confucius and Mencius said: "Of course, although the principle of wine making is simple, there are a lot of specialties when it comes to making wine.

For example, how to select the fruit, how to clean the pulp, how to sterilize and inoculate, the temperature control during fermentation, when to add sugar, how much to add, problems in each link will affect the final taste.

To give a simple example, for example, if the ratio of adding white sugar is controlled at 10:1, the wine will be dry red. Wines below this number will have an unpleasant bitter taste due to insufficient fermentation. Sweet.

And adding white sugar can't be done all at once. It is best to add 120 after 1~2 days of fermentation, and then add the remaining 120 after 3~4 days.

There is also oxygenation. Most people think that grapes cannot see any oxygen during anaerobic fermentation, but they don’t know that if a trace amount of oxygen is flushed at this time, it will not only shorten the fermentation time, but also improve the taste..."

Seeing that his son was talking about the Tao, Father Confucius couldn't help but believe a little.