thefictionvixens Chapter 1105: Xitela Li's Drinks List
Chapter 1105: Xitela Li's Drinks List
When Shao Yun heard this familiar voice, his body stiffened slightly. He slowly turned around and looked at Xitlari who suddenly appeared at the kitchen door. He couldn't help but complain:
"Oh my god, when did you come?"
Xitlari no longer cared about etiquette, nor did she pay attention to Shao Yun's complaints. She walked quickly to the kitchen, approached Shao Yun with an expectant look on her face, clasped her hands together unconsciously, and said excitedly:
"Just arrived, just arrived! I was originally here to tell you the details of the wedding process, but as soon as I walked to the door, I heard you say you bought the Fontaine's 'Shadow'. Did I hear it right?"
Shao Yun looked at Xitlal's sparkling eyes, which looked like a child expecting candy. He really didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment.
This girl is already old, why is she still acting like a child?
He sighed helplessly and nodded.
"You have such a sharp ear. That's right. Before I brought my wife and children to Nata, I bought a lot of film at the market in Fontaine. There were comedies and landscape documentaries."
"I originally planned to check it out once the ranch was settled, but I've been so busy planning the wedding and cleaning the house that I haven't had time to unpack it yet."
When Xitlari heard that Shao Yun had really bought a lot of movie films, she was so excited.
"Oh! I want to see it, I want to see it! Please, Mr. Shao Yun, is there any movie adapted from Yaedou's novel here? I want to see it!"
As she spoke, she stared at Shao Yun with sparkling eyes. Her persistence was even more direct than Paimon's clamor for delicious food.
Shao Yun was amused and helpless by Xitlal's appearance, and couldn't help but complain in his heart: How come this little girl is becoming more and more like a child?
He even felt that Katsina was more mature than her. Was this what they called an "old child"?
The older we get, the easier it is to express our preferences as directly as a child.
He gently pulled his arm away and changed the subject with a smile.
"Let's not talk about the movie for now. You rushed over here, you can't just ask about Yingying, right? You must have something else to talk to me about, right?"
Shao Yun knew clearly that Xitrali never came for no reason, and this time she was most likely here to prepare for the wedding.
After all, the ranch is almost completed and the wedding is on the agenda.
After being reminded by Shao Yun, Xitlari suddenly came back to her senses, patted her head, and the excitement on her face faded a little.
"Oh, I'd totally forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it! Let's talk about the movie tonight. I actually have something more important to talk to you about this time!"
As she spoke, she took out a neatly folded piece of paper from her cloth bag and handed it to Shao Yun.
"This is the list of alcohol I made! Look, I want to drink these at the wedding, not a single one less!"
Shao Yun took the list handed to him by Xitlal, unfolded it, lowered his head and looked at it carefully, running his fingers along the lines of wine names, commenting softly as he read.
"Let me see... Nata's green honey plum wine and honey wine? These two are simple and can be sold at the Holy Fire Arena."
He moved his fingertips down and stopped at the three words "Fontaine Wine", and couldn't help but smile.
"The Fontaine wine you drank before...wasn't it the bottles I gave you last time? You have a good memory, and you even wrote it down on the list."
As he spoke, Shao Yun's fingers suddenly stopped, and he looked at the words "Sumeru Coconut Wine" on the list and asked in confusion.
"Coconut wine from Xumi? Wait a minute... Does Xumi have coconuts?"
"When I was in Xumi, I only saw date palm trees that bore date fruits, the kind used to make date honey. I've never heard of coconuts that can be used to make wine in Xumi."
Facing Shao Yun's question, Xitlari nodded without hesitation and said firmly:
"Of course! In the light novel I read, when the protagonist went on an adventure to Xumi, he drank coconut wine brewed by the local villagers. He said it had a coconut aroma and was very thirst-quenching! It's written in the light novel, so it must be right!"
When Shao Yun heard the word "light novel", he instantly lost the energy to complain.
He was convinced by Yae Kamiko's Inazuma light novel.
He shook his head helplessly, stopped dwelling on the issue, and continued to look down the list.
"Okay, since the light novel says so, I'll keep an eye out and see if I can buy it."
His eyes fell on "Inazuma Sake" and he sighed, "Let me continue to look at Inazuma's sake. I drank it when I was taking a hot spring bath in Inazuma..."
Shao Yun then looked at Liyue's alcoholic beverages and commented, "There's also Liyue's white wine and yellow wine... The white wine has a very spicy taste."
"Yellow wine is quite good, mellow and long-lasting. If it weren't diluted with water, the aroma would be even stronger."
He paused, then added, "Liyue's rice wine... I remember Liyue's rice wine dumplings use this sweet rice wine. It's low in alcohol and tastes like sweet water."
"It's suitable for people who don't drink alcohol. They don't worry about getting drunk even if they drink some rice wine."
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Generally speaking, the drinks listed at the beginning of Xitlalli's list are either easily available in Nata or relatively easy to get.
But when Shao Yun's eyes fell on the last item on the list, he became embarrassed.
"The previous ones are easy, but this last 'Mond Dandelion Wine'... is a bit troublesome. You might be disappointed."
When Xitlal heard that "dandelion wine is not available", the smile on her face instantly fell, her eyes lost their previous brightness, and her tone was full of disappointment.
"Huh? How can we not buy it? Mondstadt is the wine capital of Teyvat. If we can't even buy their specialty dandelion wine, then the wine list for this wedding will be incomplete. Thank goodness!"
In her heart, Mondstadt Dandelion Wine is the highlight of the "Teyvat Good Wine List". If she can't drink it at the wedding, she will always feel that something is missing.
It's like there's no cake at a birthday party...
Shao Yun looked at Xitlari, who valued the wine more than anything else, and felt both angry and amused. He advised:
"You, aren't you afraid that drinking too much will harm your health? Isn't it bad for your health to drink less?"
However, Xitlalli did not take Shao Yun's advice to heart at all. Instead, she put her hands behind her back, swayed her body slightly, gave Shao Yun a playful smile, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, and slowly told him her inner thoughts.
"It's rare to have such a lively wedding! Besides, even if I can't finish the drinks that day, I can pack them up and take them home to enjoy slowly, hehe, so I don't have to worry about wasting them."
Shao Yun looked at Xitlalli's "premeditated" appearance, ready to "eat and take" at the wedding, and completely lost his temper. He shook his head helplessly and compromised:
"You, you're really good at calculating. Okay, I'll try my best to think of a solution."
"But I'm going to be frank with you: don't get your hopes up too high. If you really can't buy it, don't get angry."
Xitlari waved her hand and replied with a smile, "How could I possibly throw a tantrum at your wedding? I, your grandma, also understand the ways of the world!"
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As for the drinks at the wedding, generally speaking, Shao Yun finally met most of Xitlal's requirements for the wedding drinks, except for Mondstadt Dandelion Wine, for which he could only let things take their course.
After all, Mond had just experienced a rare snowstorm, and the originally lush grape plantations were severely damaged. Large areas of grape vines were frozen and frozen to death. The scene was heartbreaking to watch.
Even if there is still a small amount of wine in stock in Mond, the wine merchants probably won't sell it easily.
After the snowstorm, a reduction in grape production is inevitable. For a long time to come, Mond Winery's output will drop sharply, and wine will become increasingly scarce.
As the saying goes, "scarce goods are valuable", at this time, most wine merchants will choose to hoard wine and sell it at a high price when the market is completely in short supply. The price of Mond's wine will inevitably rise until Mond Wine Industry completely restores its production capacity, and then the price will slowly fall back to its original normal level.
Recultivating a crop like grapes is not an easy task.
From selecting high-quality grape seedlings, to carefully cultivating them to adapt to the soil and climate, to waiting for the vines to bear fruit, even if all growing conditions are favorable, it takes at least a year.
After the grapes are ripe, they have to go through a series of processes such as picking, pressing, fermentation, and aging before they can be made into wine, which takes a lot of time.
It takes time to put it on the market, transport it and sell it. By that time, my daughter will be able to walk and eat!
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With the tools in hand, Sinoning checked the phlogiston lamps, kitchen utensils, water purifiers and even the newly delivered phonograph in the ranch house one by one.
After confirming that all the equipment was operating normally and installed securely, she did not leave immediately. Instead, she pulled Shao Yun into the living room, her expression serious as if she was imparting some important skills.
"You have to listen carefully. These phlogiston furniture are different from ordinary furniture. You have to be careful when using them, just like I told Chaska how to maintain her 'spiritual spear'. You can't be careless at all!"
For example, the filter devices of water purifiers and sewage treatment plants need to be cleaned once a month!
There is also a refrigerator. Although it can store food at low temperatures, don’t keep the food there for too long. Low-temperature preservation does not mean permanent preservation!
She talked on and on, from the cleaning frequency of the equipment to the taboos in the use of different furniture, every detail was important, for fear that Shao Yun would miss any detail.
Finally, to ensure that everything went smoothly, Sinoning took out a pen and paper and wrote down all the precautions. He even marked out in detail the temporary repair methods for minor faults, like a rigorous technical manual.
"Please keep this. If you forget how to use it, or if there's a minor problem with the device, take a look at this first. If you can't solve it, come back to me."
Xinoning handed the paper full of words to Shao Yun and gave him some worried instructions.
Although Xinoning's instructions were extremely detailed and Shao Yun listened and took notes carefully, he was not a technical person after all, and in the end he could only barely remember the basic usage of the phlogiston furniture.
For example, simple operations such as how to add coffee beans to a coffee machine and how to adjust the temperature of a refrigerator.
As for those professional repair jobs that require disassembling parts and debugging internal structures, they will definitely have to be handed over to Sinoning in the future, as he does not have the skills.
(Xinoning: Did I kill people, set fires, and eat children in my previous life? In this life, I’m repairing cars for Mavica and furniture for Shao Yun!)
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