Chapter 254 Acrobatic Performance (Fourth Update)

Animal winemaking is different from human mechanical winemaking. In addition to subjective factors such as raw materials and technology, where the wine is made and what the surrounding environment is like are also very important.

For example, with the same raw materials and technology, the taste of the wine brewed next to a toilet and next to a thousand-year-old spring will definitely be different...

There is no scientific basis for this point, it is purely Su Ming's own guess... He thinks that wine is the essence of grain. If you can find a Feng Shui treasure land for fermentation and brewing, maybe you can absorb some of the essence of the sun and the moon, and it's hard to say what the spiritual energy of the world is.

The place the Monkey King found was in the middle and upper part of a mountain with an altitude of about 300 to 400 meters. There were not many trees around, but they were very thick, basically about the size of two people hugging. The tree crown was opened like an umbrella, blocking most of the moonlight. The scattered light points passed through the gaps in the shade of the trees, forming large and small light spots of various shapes on the ground.

Because the tree crown is too large, it will definitely block most of the sunlight during the day. Therefore, apart from these big trees, there are sparse flowers and plants on the ground around, and there are few other plants, with only a thin layer of dead leaves.

Not far away, there is a not-so-steep Huangyan slope. In fact, it is just a bare yellow stone slope, about 20 to 30 degrees, 30 to 40 meters long, and more than 10 meters wide. You can climb it by bending over.

Su Ming saw this rock wall from a distance. From a distance, the shape of this Huangshi slope is very interesting, like a beautiful woman lying on her side halfway up the mountain... Of course, it looks like a beautiful woman to Su Ming. If a woman sees it, it can also be said to be Song Zhongji and Peng Yuyan lying on the mountain wall...

There is a constant trickle of water flowing down the Huangshi rock, and finally it gathers into a very narrow stream, flowing down the mountain.

The monkey king knows how to choose a place. There are two or three big trees in the forest. Because they are too old, the tree core is empty, and there is only a thick layer of bark wrapped around it, which is just suitable for brewing wine.

After arriving at the destination, the dogs bent their front legs, and the macaques and gibbons jumped down. There seemed to be a gap between the two sides. They lined up in two distinct teams and walked to Su Ming and Su Meng one by one, asking them to help unzip the small schoolbags on their backs.

In addition, Su Ming also specially filled a large bottle of Tai Sui water with mineral water. He didn't know whether the Monkey King could use it. At present, it seems that the Monkey King doesn't need it.

"Comrades, hurry up and go back before dawn."

Su Ming waved to the monkeys. The next thing would depend on them. He only acted as a secretary and recorded their materials and brewing methods. In fact, after discussing with Zhao Yun, Su Ming felt that there was no need to record how the monkeys made wine. Monkeys have their own tricks. Some methods cannot be learned by naked eye observation.

Moreover, the winery is for the public, not the high-end route of auctions, and does not need authentic monkey wine. After the opening, let a few monkeys pretend to make wine to support the facade. Now the wine is mainly for Su Ming to drink himself to increase his mental strength.

Winemaking is not a job that can be completed overnight. It takes a period of fermentation. Today, put the fruits and other things into the tree hole, and let the monkeys tinker with it. It will be almost dawn. Go back and come back in a few days.

The dogs have no tasks for the time being, so they scattered and went to play by themselves. They ran for half the night and were probably a little thirsty, so they ran to the side of the Huangyan mountain wall to lick the water flowing down from it.

Su Ming turned on the night camera function of his mobile phone and followed the monkeys to the big tree. He was also very curious. How did these monkeys make wine? Did they just pile a lot of fruits into the tree hole and wait for fermentation?

The last time they made wine, the monkey king worked alone, probably according to the simple mechanical method that Su Ming thought of. But this time there are many monkeys, and the monkey king seems to have thought of some "new tricks".

Before the monkeys officially started making wine, Su Meng took out a large folded filter plate from his bag. After opening it, it was as big as a tabletop. He stuffed it into the heart of the old tree, and then propped up a few brackets and placed a bucket underneath. Put the fruit on the filter plate, which can ensure that the fermented wine can drip into the barrel instead of seeping into the mud on the ground.

After completing the preparations, the monkey king and three strong male monkeys climbed to a treetop more than two meters above the ground with nimble movements, lined up, swung their bodies forward, hung their tails upside down on the branches, stretched out their forearms, and called out to the monkeys waiting below, "squeak, squeak..." a few times.

The monkeys below seemed to have received instructions, took out different fruits from their bags, and threw them up one by one.

Question: There are four monkeys on the tree and four monkeys under the tree. If you hit the monkeys on the tree with fruits, how many monkeys are left on the tree?

The answer is that there are still four monkeys.

Seeing a pear about to hit the monkey king's head, he raised his arm and grabbed the pear in his hand, then smashed it into the tree hole with force. The pear was smashed and fell on the filter plate in the middle of the tree hole; almost at the same time, the monkey king grabbed the second flying apple with his other hand and threw it into the tree hole again.

"What a martial arts!" Su Ming was stunned. This is simply the legendary Tongbi Fist.

The monkey king followed suit, constantly catching fruits, smashing them into the tree hole, and then catching more fruits; the other three strong macaques also imitated the monkey king, waving their arms, as if they were performing acrobatics, catching fruits, smashing fruits, and catching fruits again...

Boom...Puff...Sizzle...Fruits flew everywhere, six arms danced wildly, and the tree hole kept making the sound of various fruits colliding with the tree trunk. Various fruits were smashed into pieces and soon piled up on the baffle.

Su Ming initially thought that the monkey group's method of making wine was indeed very stimulating and very interesting from a sensory point of view. If it was made into a promotional video in the future, it would definitely be a big hit!

But from a practical point of view, it was a bit like taking off pants to fart - a superfluous move. Since the purpose was to throw the fruit into the tree hole and smash it, why bother so much, and have to go through the monkey king and three male macaques to perform acrobatics? Just stand outside the tree hole and throw it in.

But as he watched, Su Ming found that it was not as simple as he imagined. There was a certain way for the four monkeys on the tree to throw the fruit.

The old monkey king has the fastest hand speed and the most skillful movements, almost working with both hands at the same time; the other three male monkeys' hand speed is obviously much slower, and the youngest male monkey can only use one hand to catch each time, and can only continue the next round of movements after throwing it;

It seems that this skill needs to be trained and cultivated, and not every monkey can do it.

There is another more important point. The main raw materials for winemaking are relatively large fruits, such as apples, peaches, and pears, while those small fruits such as strawberries are relatively small in quantity, with only one bag in total. If Su Ming guessed correctly, it should be a kind of "seasoning additive".

The large fruits are thrown and caught at will, but the small fruits are only thrown to the old monkey king. The golden monkey is mainly responsible for throwing small fruits, and every few seconds, it will be thrown to the old monkey king in a very regular manner. It seems that when to add these small fruits is also very particular, which should be the key secret of brewing monkey wine. Only the old monkey king can master this technology proficiently.

"Oh, it turns out that the process is subdivided and the key points are highlighted." Su Ming gestured a thumbs up. As expected of a primate close to humans, it is really smart.

While the macaques here were working hard to make wine, the remaining gibbons were very leisurely. Su Ming did not allow them to run away. They had nothing to do, so they were bored and hung side by side on the branches of another old tree.

At night, they looked like a row of hanged ghosts, which was very scary. It would be fine if they were just hanged ghosts, but what was even more weird was that they were not big and were carrying schoolbags. They were obviously a group of elementary school students.

Especially the oldest gibbon, the hair on his face was white, and the skin on his arms was light blue. Looking at it in the moonlight, he looked exactly like a white-haired zombie.

"It's not shameful to not know how to do it. What's shameful is that you obviously don't know how to do it and you are unwilling to work hard!"

Su Ming said helplessly to the gibbons: "Gentlemen, can't you just follow and learn?"