Ask This Spring

You can’t afford the consequences (1)

Meeting the man’s scrutiny gaze, Zhuo Lian couldn’t help panicking, and backed back again and again, with her legs colliding to the wooden chair in the room, and she sat on top of it, but Huan Shen didn’t mean to let her go, supporting the back of the chair with both hands, very close to her.

“If you want to add a crime, there is nothing wrong with it. Your mouth condemned me. There is no evidence at all. I am not convinced.”

Zhuo Lian raised his head and looked at the young man. The beautiful apricot eyes were filled with anger and became brighter, completely different from the turbid greed of the past.

Huan Shen sneered secretly. He didn’t expect a woman’s acting skills to be so good. She was full of guilty conscience when he saw arsenic before, but now she could lie without shame, no wonder his eldest brother was cheated by her. For a whole year, I couldn’t see the true face of Zhuo Shi.

Feeling the chill surging through Huan Shen’s body, Zhuo Lian shuddered and wanted to leave, but was strictly blocked by the youth. Unless she pushed him away, she couldn’t get away at all.

“You, let go!”

Huan Shen did not say a word, but expressed his attitude with practical actions – he was still bent over, motionless, with a dagger in his palm. The scabbard was worn out and yellowed, and the blade hidden in it reflected the cold light. The sharp tip of the knife aimed at the position of her heart through the clothes, as long as Huan Shen wanted, she would definitely die here.

Realizing this, Zhuo Lian was frightened to the extreme, she panted a few times, her face pale instantly.

She secretly forced herself to calm down. Zhuo Lian also knew that Huan Shen did not intend to kill her, otherwise with this person’s ability, she would have died long ago, so how could she say so much nonsense? Calming down, she whispered, “Mother is still waiting for me in the wine shop. If she can’t find me, she will definitely come home.”

Hearing the words, Huan Shen frowned slightly, retracted the dagger, and threatened in a cold voice, “No matter whether you remarry or not, if you dare to do things that hurt my family, you won’t be able to bear the consequences.”

Nodding perfunctorily. Zhuo Lian really didn’t dare to be alone with the young man anymore. After this person stood still, she said nothing, and walked out the door quickly.

When Huan Yun heard the movement in the yard, she ran out and rushed out, but she only saw Huan Shen standing in front of her. Some doubts rose in her heart and asked, “Second brother, I just seemed to hear the voice of my sister-in-law. Why can’t I see her?”

“She went to help my mother in the wine shop.” The young man replied calmly.

A few days ago, he went to the town to perform a mission. After returning to Bianzhou, Shangguan gave grace to let these guards rest for three days, so Huan Shen could stay at home for a few days without going to the city.

A woman’s face appeared in his mind. His face became more gloomy. His fingers rubbed the edge of the dagger, but he didn’t say anything more. He turned around and left.

Even after leaving Huan’s house, the feeling of the tip of the knife resting on her chest seemed to stay on her body. Zhuo Lian’s heart thumped extremely fast, but it was important to make koji, and she did not continue to waste time. She went to a pharmacy and bought medicinal materials such as Chuanxiong, White Aconite, Atractylodes, and Melon head.

In the wine shop just now, Zhuo Lian actually lied. She was not interested in winemaking, and had never set foot in the Zhuojia Winery. She had no idea how they made koji there and their tricks. However, she had studied in the Republic of China for more than 20 years, and her craftsmanship was not low. Nothing bad would happen.

The koji with four kinds of medicinal materials had a beautiful name – Xiangquan.

The wine made with fragrant spring koji was as luscious as a clear spring flowing in the mountains and forests with a tinkling sound. After drinking, the fragrance remains on the lips, which is unstoppable. Thinking about the taste of the wine, the woman’s cheeks finally recovered a bit of blood.

When Zhuo Lian returned to the distillery, Uncle Fu and Huan Mother were still grinding the wheat. She didn’t go forward and disturbed them. Instead, she found a small miller to grind the herbs into powder, and then sift them with a horsetail basket. The texture of the powder was more delicate.

The physical work was really hard. At this moment, Uncle Fu’s complexion was flushed, and his cheeks were full of sweat. When the wheat in the willow basket was all done, the brown clothes he was wearing had been soaked.

Huan Mother returned to the house, took two dampened soft cloths, and threw one to Uncle Fu to wipe his sweat.

Seeing Zhuo Lian’s familiar movements, Uncle Fu had a little less contempt for her, but still didn’t believe that Zhuo Shi could make good koji.

There were thousands of people who made wine in the world, but how many fine wines were there? If Zhuo Lian only went to the wine shop to take a look at all the steps of wine making, she would not have been forced by her mother’s family to get helpless before, and reluctantly marry.

“The flour and herbs are all ready, what are you going to do?” Uncle Fu’s tone was serious, without a hint of gentleness.

Zhuo Lian didn’t care about what others thought of her, she just wanted to make the Huan’s restaurant bigger and stronger, take good care of Huan mother and daughter, and prevent them from suffering and pain as recorded in the script.