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Chapter 27 Name of Wine

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“My teacher will be returning to his hometown to retire in peace. Therefore, I am here to find a suitable accommodation for my teacher.” Ren Yue replied.

Governor Zhao asked, “May I ask who your teacher is?”

“My teacher surname is Yue, and his given name is Ming Yang.” Ren Yue mentioned his teacher and his face shown how much he respected his teacher.

“Yue Ming Yang? Is your teacher the former teacher of the Emperor, who has been bestowed the honourable title ‘Sir Song Tao’?” Governor Zhao was surprised.

“Sir Song Tao is my indeed my teacher.” Ren Yue drank a cup of tea and smiled.

“Sir Song ao name had spread far and wide. Young Master Ren San is a talent indeed. A great teacher produces fine students. Young Master Ren San’s future prospectus will definitely be bright!” Governor Zhao tried to butter up Ren Yue.

Ren Yue slipped his tea, and shook his head while smiling. He had heard this type of praise a countless number of times. Ren Yue is not willing to be just another ‘ordinary’ man. Although he is extremely smart, he did not acknowledge anyone as a teacher. It is not that the teachers could not teach him. Rather, he could not bring himself to study under these teachers. This continued until he met Sir Song Tao, and was accepted under his tutorage.

Poem:

惟愿采菊东篱下,悠然见南山。

Who is willing to pick chrysanthemum under the east fence,
and look up and see the Southern mountains [1]?

Sir Song Tao’s bearings and aura are what Ren Yue desires from the bottom of his heart.

“May I enquire if Young Master Ren had found a suitable mansion?” Governor Zhao asked. In his heart, he was thinking how to build a good relationship with Sir Song Tao. This will definitely be a great help to his career aspirations.

To think that within the span of one month, Xianyang had hosted 2 famous young talents. In addition, the grand tutor of the current emperor will be coming to Xianyang as well. This is a golden opportunity for him, and he must grab the chance.

Sir Song Tao had a great reputation and very high status. Even the Emperor listens to him. If he had such a powerful man backing him, it would be like having a ladder that reaches to the sky [2].

“There is no need to trouble Governor Zhao. I have my plans!” Ren Yue immediately thanked Governor Zhao for his kind intention to help. Then he drank another cup of tea.

Wen Rou just stood there, and from time to time, she was instructed by Ren Yue to pour tea, pour tea and pour more tea!

In a short while, Zhu Zi entered the room with a large tray filled with all kinds of delicious food.

In a short while, the big round table that was empty was filled with chicken, fish, meat, eggs, and so on.

“Come, come, come, please help yourself! This Drunken Immortal Restaurant is the most famous restaurant in Xianyang. Chef Wen is also the most famous chef in Xianyang!” Governor Zhao introduced.

Ren Yue smiled. He is of a high status. In the capital, what kind of delicacies had he not tried before? What kind of rare food had he not seen before?

Ren Yue did not touch his chopsticks and just smiled as he drinks the tea.

Just now in the Bamboo Listening Pavilion, he had eaten the dishes that he ordered. The dishes he loves are the tea-flavoured dishes and mild in flavour. Not these dishes are oily and rich in flavour. The picky eater Ren Yue did not want to eat such food. He did not even want to see these dishes.

“Young Master Ren, would you like to try the new wine in Drunken Immortal Restaurant? It is not bad!” Wen Rou noticed the Ren Yue did not touch the food at all and seemed to be bored. She picked her courage and tried to push the sales of the Chicken Wine that she made.

“Oh? What type of wine is it?” Ren Yue heard that there is good wine, and he immediately looked much sharper.

Other than being a super picky eater, Ren Yue loves to drink wine, and he can drink a lot!

In the past life when Ren Yue was the top scholar in the imperial examination, he alone took on all the court officials in a drinking binge. The court officials were stone drunk, but he was all right.

In this life, this event had not happened yet. After all, Ren Yue is only 14 years old now. He had no idea that he would become a super binge drinker.

“That’s right, quickly get some wine for young master Ren to try. Just now I only tried the flower wine that the Bai Hua Luo (a brothel) had gifted to me! Hehe, today I will use this opportunity to try the new Drunken Immortal Restaurant new wine, and take the opportunity to drink with young master Ren.” Governor Zhao smiled.

Ren Yue ignore Governor Zhao, and turned over, and shake his sleeves, and let Wen Rou pour the wine for him.

The crystal clear Chicken Wine flowed from the flask into the wine cup. At this moment, the aroma of the fragrant wine whiffed out.

“Good Wine!” Ren Yue’s eyes lit up, and he praised the wine.

Most of the wines in Great Zhou dynasty are yellow wine. The colour of these wines is turbid and murky, and many people do not like the appearance. When Ren Yue saw that the wine is clear and fresh, his eyes lit up.

He gently shook the wine in the cup. The wine is mellow and the surface of the wine is covered with faint silver light.

Ren Yue was pleased. He lifts up his sleeves, and swallowed the wine in one gulp.

“Excellent wine!” Ren Yue praised again.

Sweet and cold, simple, soft and silky, lingering taste.

“This wine is really great!” Governor Zhao took one cup and also praised.

“Lady Wen, what is the name of this wine?” Ren Yue lifted his head, looked at Wen Rou, and asked earnestly.

“This wine is called Chicken (crow) Wine” Wen Rou replied.

“Why not call it Dog Steal Wine?” Ren Yue grinned with a merry twinkle in his eyes.
“Chicken crow and dog steal [3], hahaha, what a good combination!” Governor Zhao immediately explained and guffaws.

“Young master Ren had misunderstood! This wine does not mean ‘Chicken crow and dog steal [3]’. This is named Chicken (crow) Wine because the wine was made at night, and when the chicken crows, the wine is ready to be consumed. Rather, it means fast, and not what you said about ‘bag of tricks’ [3]!” Wen Rou explained.

“Lady Wen, you are telling me that this wine took only 1 night to brew? Ren Yue was pleasantly surprised.

“En, that’s right.” Wen Rou nodded her head and poured one more cup of wine for Ren Yue.

The snow-white hands, clean fingernails, the fragrance of wine, Ren Yue the was mesmerised by what he seen.

“Lady Wen, do you know who brewed this wine. If it is convenient for you, please bring to me to see him. To be frank with you, I love to drink wine. If I can find the wine brewer, I will have a drink with him and chat till the wee hours of the morning.” Ren Yue’s eyes was sparkling.

“Forget about drinking and chatting through the night. If you like it, I can make more wine. But you have to pay money for it to take it home!” Wen Rou giggled.

“Lady Wen, this wine…. is brewed by you?” Ren Yue raised his eyebrows. He did not expect that this thorny and short-tempered woman is an expert in brewing wine!

“Lady Wen, I, Ren Yue, loves to drink wine. Today, I have the opportunity to try the Chicken wine you brewed, and I love it. But I felt that the name “Chicken Wine” does not do this wine justice. Why not name it ‘Morning Dew Wine’?” Ren Yue asked.

“Does not understand.” Wen Rou pouted. What ‘morning dew wine’? It sounds so strange! Chicken wine is the easy to remember and simple.

“In the morning, when the chicken crows, is also the time when morning dews form. The morning dews are clear, fresh, and sweet, just like this wine. This name is more appropriate for such a fine wine like yours. What do you think?” Ren Yue raised his hands, and finished the cup of wine in one gulp.

“That is a good name! Base on my observation, I decided to gift this wine the title ‘Morning Dew Wine!’” Governor Zhao also approves of this name, and he drank several more cups of the wine.

“Lady Wen, do you have more wine? If so, please leave a few jars for my teacher.” Ren Yue requested.

“May I enquire when will Sir Song Tao reach Xianyang?” Governor Zhao asked.

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Notes:

[1] It is a famous excerpt from a Chinese poem, << Appreciating Wine. >> Basically in the original poem, it means to look up to the mountains and appreciate its splendour from below in the poem. For the origins of this phase, you may want to see the poem, <

In the context of this story, the meaning changed – it means that Ren Yue is not willing to look at the mountains from below, and he wants to be the mountain that everyone looks up to.  

[2] 一架通往朝野的天梯 – literal translation “Ladder to reach to the sky” – meaning “sky’s the limit.”

[3] 鸡鸣狗盗 – Chicken crow and dog steal, Chinese idiom for ‘bag of tricks’.

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