Chapter 540: Picking Grapes
"You have to hold it underneath, and then cut it here... Don't cut it crookedly, and then put the cut ones in this box... Do you understand?" Standing under the vine in the vineyard, Alfra leaned against Jiang Hai with a serious look on his face and told him what to do. Unconsciously, the day of August finally passed. As time went by, September, the grapes in the manor were already more than 90% familiar. Today is also the first day to pick grapes.
After Jiang Hai returned from Atlantic City, he has been at home for almost ten days.
He was not idle this week. He first went to teach Jiujiufei and then bought a dragon fish. A few days ago, after the fish tank was delivered, he used the fish tank for another day, pressing the water and circulating. Although the water was very pure groundwater, Jiang Hai still followed his habits in China and released it for five days before he drove his F650 to pick up the a dragon fish.
In fact, Jiang Hai lets water go for so many days, which is a bit unnecessary because in China, it takes more than four days to recycle, mainly because the drinking water in most cities in China is basically water in water plants.
There are sterilizing substances such as bleaching agents inside, which not only cools the water, but also kills most of the bacteria inside.
So after these water arrive at each family, they need to boil before drinking. If you raise fish, you will need to sleep for a while because the chlorine in the water is very heavy. After putting the fish in, if it is some broken fish, it will be very suitable. Good fish will die because of this.
But in the United States, Jiang Hai was not clear about other places, but in Winthrop, his family did not need to do so.
Because the water veins in Jiang Hai's house were taken directly from the Alabachian Mountains, it was almost the same as the water quality of a certain domestic spring brand. It can be drunk directly without burning. Of course, there will be some mud and sand inside, so each household has installed a water purification network and a very fine water purification network to ensure that no residue will come.
So such water can actually be drunk directly by turning on the faucet. There are no chemicals or mud and sand.
But to be on the safe side, Jiang Hai still filtered for five days before picking up the fish.
The top of the fish tank is directly connected to the second floor, where there is a lid, where Jiang Hai wants to pour the fish in.
Before pouring it in, Jiang Hai consumed four pieces of spiritual energy and poured them into the bodies of these fish.
As for the things these fish eat, they are small fish, which is also common sense in China. Feeding arowana fish means feeding them to live.
Although some people say that fish will lose their eyes like this, Jiang Hai believes that his spiritual energy is enough to help him.
As for the fish caught, it is very simple. There are some in the river, but not in the river, and there are still some in the sea.
So these guys don't have to worry about their own food.
After working for two days, these fish finally settled down in Jiang Hai's home. When Jiang Hai finally felt that he was about to relax, the grapes were ripe and became the owner of the manor.
The most idle people in the manor, Jiang Hai and the others, were called by Dulles Gerald and others to help collect grapes.
"Uh..." Hearing Afura's words, Jiang Hai couldn't help but uh awkwardly, because to be honest, she didn't listen carefully to what Afura said just now because she was too close to her just now.
Not only could he smell the faint fragrance on Alfra, but most importantly, his body contacted the back of Alfra.
When they rubbed together gently, Jiang Hai, who had not been eating meat for many days, couldn't help but feel a little...sick.
"What are you thinking? If you want to, I'll go find you tonight." At first, when he saw Jiang Hai not reacting, Afura was stunned for a moment, but then she felt something in Jiang Hai, and her face turned red suddenly.
If it was normal, she wouldn't be happy that Jiang Hai would have such a meaning to her, but it's not possible now.
It’s not that she is shy, but because these grapes are planted by them by themselves. If they rot in the field, she will feel very distressed.
"Well, you misunderstood. Ah, cut this way, right? I understand..." When Jiang Hai heard what Afura said, he smiled awkwardly, then picked up a bunch of grapes and cut them. As a result, Afura slapped him in the face as soon as he finished cutting.
"We need to cut this place, roots, not vines. Do you want to let it grow grapes next year? It cannot be cut here, cut this!" Hearing Afura's words, Jiang Hai also smiled. To be honest, he really didn't know this, but after hearing what Afura said, he scratched his head and started cutting it seriously.
"Teacher, you are tired, take a break." While Jiang Hai was cutting grapes carefully, O'Connor Murphy in the distance also smiled and walked over with a large box of grapes, and placed it next to Dulles Gerald, who was still cutting grapes.
"Oh, it's okay." Although he was sweating now, Gerald waved his hand without caring.
In fact, his physical condition in the past was not as good as he is now. After all, he was old and had no serious illnesses in his body, and had frequent minor illnesses. However, since he arrived at Jiang Hai's manor, he drank good water and ate food with spiritual energy every day, and any minor illness could be cured.
The excess spiritual energy can slowly transform the human body.
So although Dulles Gerrard is quite old, his physical fitness is really good.
"This is not something that can be collected in one day. Teacher, you still need to prepare for brewing." Looking at Dulles Gerald's unwillingness to be old, O'Connor Murphy here also smiled and forced him to pull him away from the vine.
"Okay, okay, but I really didn't expect that this year's grapes could be harvested so many." Looking at the bunches of grapes like gems in the garden in front of me, Dulles Gerald said with satisfaction.
"Yes, I didn't expect it." Hearing his words, O'Connor Murphy also spoke seriously.
In fact, when grapes are just planted, the main nutrients are concentrated on the vines in the first year, so grapes will not produce grapes in the first year, and in the second year and third year, the grapes will be produced in a small amount, and then the grapes will be produced in the peak period.
O'Connor and Dulles naturally knew about this, and they came here to make money for Jiang Hai. They could wait, but Jiang Hai couldn't wait, so they didn't buy new vines and grapes. In March, they bought four-year-old vines and planted them, but according to their ideas, although they were old vines, they were newly planted.
It would be nice to have a little longer in the first year, but they didn't expect that Jiang Hai was a treasure land.
Just kidding, the grapes that grew in the first year have already reached other manors, and the amount produced in the five or six years has been produced.
"Not only is the quality of the grapes good, but the quality of the grapes is also very good. I was puzzled. Didn't we grow Cabernet Sauvignon? Why is that okay?" Shaking his head, O'Connor pinched a grape and stuffed it into his mouth. The moment the grapes entered his mouth, the clear fragrance, accompanied by the sweetness and sourness, rushed straight to his taste buds. Although he might not be able to bear it after eating too much, he has to admit that the taste is very good.
It's not even worse than those grapes that can be sold.
"It is precisely because of this that I have some concerns that it will be a little troublesome when removing sugar." Dulles sighed when he heard O'Connor's words, and also picked up a grape and put it in his mouth. He ate it while saying.
The grapes that make wine are different from those that eat. The grapes that eat are very sweet and taste very good with sourness.
The grapes that make wine are particularly sour, accompanied by astringent taste, which makes them very unpalatable.
Anyone who has made wine knows that few people like to eat this thing.
But winemaking requires the use of this kind of grape to make. The main thing is to shave off the sugar inside. This is also the difference between ancient Chinese wine making and foreign wines, but with Jiang Hai's spiritual transformation.
Jiang Hai’s grapes taste very good now, which makes people feel a little embarrassed...
Now the grape is indeed Cabernet Sauvignon, which grows very big, full and delicious. However, no one knows what the wine tastes like, but now we can only try it out.
"Okay, let's continue too. According to Jiang's words, there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain, and the boat will naturally straighten when it reaches the bridge. It's useless to say here. After collecting the grapes, make a batch and taste it. "Dulles smiled when he saw O'Connor was worried, even though he had made red wine for decades, he encountered this situation for the first time.
But he knew that he could not panic now. Besides, Jiang Hai also told him that these grapes tasted bad even if they were made.
Can it be sold? You should know that in the United States, the prices of vegetables and fruits are not cheaper than meat. With this harvested grape estate, if these grapes are sold, they will not lose money, and they can even make hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Of course, if it is made into wine, it is really profitable. The most important thing is that Jiang Hai doesn't think that this grape cannot be made, and everything has to be said after it is made. There is nothing to worry about.
Before we knew it, the picking time in the morning was over, and Jiang Hai and the others picked more than 30 boxes of grapes.
And these grapes actually account for about one-tenth of the vineyard. It seems that they have to be busy for a while.
After lunch, because the weather was still a little hot outside, everyone did not go to pick grapes immediately.
Instead, he sat in the room and first pulled down the grapes from the vines. The grapes he had made were thrown into large wooden barrels. According to Dulles Gerald's words, he was a traditional ancient brewing technique, although it was a bit... disgusting?
Chapter completed!