Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 432 New Year’s New Plan (1)_1

Chapter 432: Chapter 432 New Year’s New Plan (1)_1

The dark red wine slowly poured into the white porcelain cup, the contrast between red and white making it look all the more mysterious and noble.

Mo Qingze couldn’t hold back and was the first to ask, "Yanyan, what kind of wine is this? Its color and taste are so unique."

The others looked at their cups and then at Mo Yan, their faces filled with surprise as they waited for her answer. Only the three beasts sat calmly on the ground, waiting to be fed, because they had already had a taste!

"You all should try it first, and after you’ve tasted it, I will explain in detail," Mo Yan said with a teasing smile, skirting around the question.

Entranced by the alluring color in their cups, everyone had already been eager to taste. After her words, they said no more, lifted their cups, and took a small sip. Instantly, a sweet and yet somewhat strange flavor spread across their tongues.

Compared to the fruitiness of pear or peach wine, the strange aroma of this wine made it an unusual experience for those who were tasting it for the first time.

"This wine is brewed from a type of wild berry that grows in the mountain. The berries hang in clusters from the vines, with dozens of berries in each cluster, each berry no larger than a pigeon’s egg. They are green before they ripen and turn a purplish-red color when mature, juicy and sweet! Seeing they weren’t poisonous, I picked some and tried brewing them like I would with pears, and unexpectedly, it was a success."

Given that grapes were not available in the market and the grapevines in the orchard had yet to mature, Mo Yan offered the explanation she had thought of beforehand to avoid any suspicion from the crowd.

"Such a rich and mellow fragrance from a wine brewed with fruit! Father was just wondering which kind of grain could produce such a unique wine. Excellent, truly excellent!" Mo Qingze suddenly smiled in realization, lavishing praise, his enjoyment evident in his words.

Mo Yan watched her father’s reaction and couldn’t help but silently laugh. In her previous life, wine had been known as "the wine of romance," praised by many scholars and poets throughout history for its romantic essence. Mo Qingze was a scholar and no stranger to such sentiments. With a cup of wine, his mood became more serene.

"Although the taste is a bit strange, the color of this wine is so beautiful, and the flavor is really good."

The others also offered their praise, without doubting Mo Yan’s words. After all, Yuhua Mountain was vast, and it was not surprising that it harbored exotic wild fruits. Moreover, with many wild animals in the mountains, few dared to venture in, naturally leaving such fruits unseen.

As the sweet and lingering taste of the wine gradually faded, intoxicated by the pervasive fragrance, everyone couldn’t resist taking another sip. Slowly, they began to discern the distinctiveness of the flavors, finding that the more they drank, the more they noticed its uniqueness.

The wine was not overpowering, persuading the children into thinking that drinking a bit more wouldn’t cause intoxication. Unable to resist, they quickly downed half a cup. Zhenzhen’s face flushed, and she handed over her cup, clearly wanting more.

"This wine has quite the kick to it; children shouldn’t drink too much," Mo Yan said, amused. Still, she couldn’t resist Zhenzhen’s pitiful look and poured him a tiny glass.

Yun Zhao wasn’t to be outdone and also got a small cup. Side by side with Zhenzhen, they contentedly savored the wine, like two little mice that had pilfered something tasty.

Mo Yan shook her head in amusement and proceeded to fill the others’ cups. There was plenty of wine in Space, having been stored for several months; its alcohol content was now quite high. While the adults, who had a good tolerance for alcohol, could still drink it, children should not touch it. This batch had been specially brewed by her a few days earlier and stored in her bedroom, and it was fine to drink casually.

Seeing how much everyone enjoyed the wine, Mo Yan felt even more confident about her plans for next year. After the rice shop reopened after the new year, she planned to take out some of the high-proof grape wines from Space and put them on sale at the shop to test customer reactions. If the wine was accepted by people of this era, she would expand the cultivation area for grapes and build a winery upstream of the small river, dedicated to producing grape wine. As long as she kept the winemaking recipe a secret, she was not worried about making silver.