PAMPERED CONSORT OF THE FRAGRANCE ORCHARD.BOOK 1

Chapter 52. Wanting To Buy Her Recipe.

Li Xue Qing looked to Du Xiao Li and said with a smile, “A few days ago, you gave my older sister that something grape wine, you said you’d fermented yourself?”

Hearing Li Xue Qing say this, Du Xiao Li roughly guessed the reason why she came here today. She smiled and said, “Yes.”

“What is that grape thing?” Li Xue Qing asked.

“That is a type of fruit I found in the mountains.” Du Xiao Li replied. “Unfortunately, the season for grapes has already pa.s.sed, else I could’ve invited Madam Li and Hong Jie to try some.”

“Is that so? Then that’s really too bad.” Madam Li said, “Don’t know if you still have grape wine here?”

“Still have a little bit left. Since I don’t have anything to entertain madam with, how about I invite you all to sample some.” Du Xiao Li said, “You all wait a moment.”

Finish saying this, Du Xiao thus entered the house and brought out a jar of grape wine. This jar has already been drunk from before, and the seal on top has already lost its original tightness. She had the wine jar placed on the ground, then took out two bowls, and after washing them clean, poured them each a bowl.

(T/N: I forgot about this but this what wine jars and bowls used to drink them back then looked like.)

“Madam, please try.” Du Xiao Li lifted a bowl to give to Li Xue Qing. Afterwards, she gave the other bowl to Hong Jie.

If it was in the past, Li Xue Qing absolutely wouldn’t use a bowl to drink, but right now she no longer cared about this. She lifted the bowl, smelled it, and then took a sip, feeling with her eyes closed the sensation of the wine sliding towards her throat from the tip of her tongue. A while later, she opened her eyes and asked, “You said the season for this grape has already pa.s.sed?”

“Yes, every year’s fifth to sixth month is the period for grapes to mature.” Du Xiao Li also poured herself half a bowl and sat down to drink with them.

This was Hong Jie’s first time drinking this wine. After drinking it, she said somewhat amazed, “This wine’s flavor is so special! It’s like wine, but also like fruit juice, so good to drink.”

Li Xue Qing glanced at Hong Jie, and seeing the fondness in her eyes, she smiled, saying to Du Xiao Li, “Actually, the reason I came today is because last time at my elder sister’s place I’d drank this wine, and thus wanted to ask you, whether or not you can have this wine’s recipe sold to me.”

“Have the wine’s recipe sold to you?” Du Xiao Li looked to Li Xue Qing in surprise, but thought to herself inside, ‘As expected, she came to buy the recipe.’

“Yes. If you are willing to sell this recipe to me, then I’m willing to pay a hundred taels of silver.” Li Xue Qing said.

“A hundred taels!” Hong Jie shouted in astonishment, and then quickly covered her mouth.

“Madam wants to pay a hundred taels of silver to buy my grape wine recipe?” Du Xiao Li repeated.

“Yes. A hundred taels of silver, enough for you to rebuild a simple small courtyard.” Li Xue Qing confidently said.

Towards Du Xiao Li’s home situation, she more or less understood already. One look at this house and one can just tell she very much lacked money.

Du Xiao Li lowered her head and thought for a moment, “Sorry madam, this recipe I can’t sell it to you.”

“You think it’s too little?” Li Xue Qing said, seeing Du Xiao Li being unwilling, “If the reason is in regards to this price, we can properly discuss.”