Chapter 363 The Vineyard

Liu Ming opened the door of the pickup truck with a smile. Where did this family get such an old-fashioned pickup truck? Li Han was curious, where did this guy find it, but the wooden cabin blends in perfectly with the environment. "Auntie, you can sit in the car." The pickup truck was originally not big and could only seat one person.

Zhang Xiuying wanted the two little guys to sit, but Dudu and the baby were very interested in sitting in the carriage, and yelled at her father to carry them into the car. "Mom, it's okay. I'm looking at the two little guys." Li Han put his luggage into the carriage with a smile, and glanced at Liu Ming angrily. This guy must have done it on purpose.

Sitting in the wooden carriage, the truck has a unique sense of the times and the sound of shaking is not unacceptable. Along the winding path through the vineyard and up the gentle slope, the terrain of Napa is a bit strange, like a plain and quite undulating , like a mountain without seeing the peak.

The pickup truck was not moving fast, and the breeze was blowing slightly, with some fragrance of flowers. The typical Mediterranean climate here is mild. Sunny weather, sunshine, blue sky and white clouds, vineyards, rolling roads, small trucks, and little flowers on the side of the road.

Dudu and Baobao took photos of the roadside scenery with Polaroid while lying on the side of the carriage. Compared with the dry yellow and red soil in Montana, this place is much more beautiful. Along the path, Liu Ming stopped at the gentle place in the middle of the hillside and got off the pickup.

Li Han jumped out of the car and hugged the two little princesses. Li Han and his mother Zhang Xiuying looked at the building in front of them in a daze. "Han, how good is it?" Liu Ming was quite proud, but Li Han was a little speechless. "Isn't this a courtyard house?"

"Yes, Auntie, let's go to the house for a rest."

Liu Ming took the luggage with a smile, and invited Zhang Xiuying into the room to rest. Li Han and Bao Bao, Dudu. Carrying big bags and small bags and following them in, it turned out to be a complete courtyard with three courtyards. The first courtyard is the narrow courtyard in front of the vertical flower gate, and the second courtyard is composed of wing rooms, main rooms, and corridors. An ear room can also be added next to the wing room, and the third entrance courtyard is the rear cover room behind the main room, and a door is opened in the east side ear room of the main house to connect the second and third entrance courtyards.

Li Han was speechless. This guy is really willing to do it. "This yard must have cost a lot of money." "Han, you don't understand that. It's rare to have a good place to build a yard that you like. How much money is there?"

Liu Ming touched Li Han while talking. "Let me tell you, I transported the materials here from China, and it took me a lot of effort." It took more than three years for this yard. Really patient, Liu Ming said that he wanted to find a place, and he was on vacation for nothing.

It’s not going to be completed this year, and a few nearby vineyards have been bought to renovate some larger wineries. It’s not bad now. "Auntie, you live in the north room. Han, you live in the west wing. Dudu and Baobao, tell uncle where you want to live.

The whole yard is quite big, according to the traditional Chinese saying. Dudu and Baobao belong to the daughter and want to live in the backyard, but the two little guys don't feel at ease just living in the backyard. "Come with me.

As soon as my mother said, it was settled. The upper room was quite big.

It was the first time for the two little guys to see a house like a courtyard house, and they ran around along the corridor. After choosing a room on this side, they dragged a small box to see the room. The mother took care of the two little ones. Li Han and Liu Ming came to the living room. The teapots, tables and chairs here are all based on the furnishings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "This set of tables and chairs is not bad, I spent more than one million dollars?" "U.S. dollars?" "Of course." Liu Ming nodded as a matter of course.

Li Han rolled his eyes, this person really knows how to spend money. "Han, you are wrong. I tell you that the rich are not talking about how much money you can make, but how much you will spend. If the money is spent with taste, that is what the rich should do. Otherwise, they are local tyrants. gone."

"I'd better be a nouveau riche first."

Li Han took the teacup and turned it over. "Don't tell this is Kang Gan's blue and white." "You dare to think, this thing was imitated in the late Qing Dynasty. The old man has several sets, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to get it."

Liu Ming still has some regrets. He is a real guy, and he has a lot of face with all the decorations.

It was imitated in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was also a royal thing, and the price is not cheap. "The tea is good tea, and the cup is a good cup, but the water is not good enough." "Don't tell me, the tea tastes really different when the spring water in your farm is brewed. I'll bring some over next time."

"Don't, that thing will taste bad the next day."

The spring water in Li Han's space lost its strange effect after leaving the space for a day. Of course, it is not difficult to preserve this strange effect by using it. Traditional Chinese medicine beer, orchid, and medicinal soup are ready-made examples. Even if the invalid space spring water, it is six molecules of water, 13 cents more than ordinary water, high-end goods.

Liu Ming said with regret. "Forget it. If I have time, I can go to your place and drink it by myself." "But I don't have much tea." Li Han took a sip of tea and looked at Liu Ming with a smile. "You're skinning this week, and you still have to give away tea leaves when you drink tea."

"I don't want it yet. You think I'm as idle as you are."

Li Han put down the teacup, boiled the water, and made the tea. It took a lot of effort to do this job. It was rarely bad. If the temperature was not in place, the taste of the tea would be different. "Okay, I was wrong." Li Han just wanted to talk, Dudu and Baobao ran in, the two little guys ran out of Polaroids, and came to ask their father to change them. "Okay, don't run away, let's let uncle take us around."

Entering the courtyard three times, it is considered a quadrangle courtyard with a real radius. In the past, it could not be lived in normally. Could it be that when you see it abroad, you have to take a good look around, right? "Okay, uncle will show you around."

Liu Ming asked the tea set to be cleaned, put it away, got up and took Li Han, the baby, out of the living room with a toot.

From the living room, there are bedrooms and study rooms on the left and right, and two small side rooms, east and west wing rooms on the left and right. There is a corridor beside the side rooms, leading to the backyard. Relatively speaking, the design of Liu Ming's backyard is different from that of the ancients.

Liu Ming was quite proud and said with a smile. "I have changed from four to three, combining the garden and the yard. Although the construction specifications of the courtyard have been changed, the architectural style is not much different from the ancients. The three-in-one courtyard is nearly 3,500 square meters, and the rooms are scattered. There are more than forty rooms in total.

After walking all the way, Li Han couldn't help feeling that this guy is the place where rich people should live. Back in the front yard, the two villains were about to rub their legs. It was not easy to visit each room. "Han, are you interested in building one?"

"I still forget it."

Li Han didn't have so much money to ruin it. After visiting, such a large yard must be spent. "Han, you don't understand. It's not difficult to earn back the money spent in this yard. In recent years, domestic tourism has been booming. Napa's climate, scenery, food, and wine are top-notch in the world. Millions of tourists."

"You mean, you plan to open up here."

Liu Ming shook his head slightly. "I don't have such a plan, but some partners and friends come here to discuss business. It's not very interesting to come here to talk while on vacation." "That's true." Good wine and food, and such a luxurious room, enjoy, Whoever is Liu Ming's partner will also feel at ease and save face.

Liu Ming smiled. "You see, it's not a bad thing to have time to learn to enjoy." "That's what I said, but it also takes effort. Let's not talk about it, I don't see red wine here. You are a winery here, don't you?" , don’t take me to see it.”

"No hurry, I have plenty of time, just follow my arrangement when you come here, Dudu, baby, tell uncle, do you want to have some snacks first?" Liu Ming smiled and bent down to ask the two little guys. , Dudu and Baobao nodded vigorously, and ran all the way down, very tired.

"Han, I'm going to prepare some snacks, Auntie will try it together."

Liu Ming hired a chef here, and it really wasn't built, and the whole round table was filled at midpoint. "You won't make a special trip to invite the pastry chef." There are at least twenty kinds of dim sum here, and Li Han really knows how many of them are famous in Beijing.

"Of course, auntie, try the flower cake." Flower cake is also called chestnut cake, which is named after the steamed glutinous rice filled with whole chestnuts. There is also a kind of chestnut cake, which is made with chestnut puree as the main ingredient.

Its method is to peel the raw chestnuts, steam them, mash them into mud, spread one part as the bottom layer, then spread a layer of Beijing cake, and then use another part to spread on the Beijing cake, and then spread a layer of Chengsha stuffing. , the last portion of chestnut paste is spread on the top layer, and the top is made of Beijing cake slices cut into small water chestnut shapes and fine green plum silk, so that the upper, middle and lower are yellow, and there are red and brown five colors in the middle. Layers of chestnut cake. When eating, pour the sugar juice boiled with white sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus on top.

This thing is very suitable for the scenery. It’s not long after the Double Ninth Festival, but Dudu and Baobao seem to like bean cakes. No wonder it was Liu Ming who boasted just now that the dim sum here tastes great. This guy really enjoys it. The country invites chefs and pastry chefs. No wonder it is not bad for Michelin. For Li Han and Zhang Xiuying's family.

Chinese food and Chinese dim sum are several times better than Western food. Bonus points, the taste is excellent. "Han, you're welcome." These Liu Ming specially made for Li Han's family, milk roll skin, Sha Qima, harvest cake, kidney bean roll, pea yellow, open smile, butter fried cake and so on.

The two little guys, Dudu and Baobao, are very happy. Try this one and that one. If Li Han didn't stop them, they might have a belly full of food, and there is no need to arrange lunch. "Liu Ming, you are worrying."

With so many snacks, it must be arranged in advance, Liu Ming smiled faintly. "Auntie, it's not a big deal. I just invited a dim sum chef some time ago. You can try this place again." "Okay." Zhang Xiuying saw the dim sum, which was beautiful and delicate, and said while eating. "If you're free, ask a teacher to learn how to do it. There are children at home, so it's convenient to do it yourself."

"Auntie, that's right."

Li Han knew that these snacks looked simple, but learning them was not easy. "Liu Ming, let's have some snacks. It's still early, so we can't wait for lunch. I can bring Dudu and the others to play."

Zhang Xiuying glared at Li Han, this child, Liu Ming didn't mind getting acquainted with Li Han, and the two of them talked less politely. "I originally arranged a helicopter and planned to take a tour, but seeing that the hot air balloon is good, I changed it to a hot air balloon. How about it? I'll take you to sit around later."