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"What else?" Shi Wen asked with great interest. "Do you make peach jam or peach pies or something like that?"

Yan Kexing: "Making jam might cook away its unique aroma, but using it to make some fruit wine would be quite good."

Shi Wen was surprised that he was talking about making fruit wine, and her eyes widened instantly. "You can make wine?"

Yan Kexing: "I learned a little bit before, not very professional, but it's enough for making peach wine. Wait for me to come back from work tonight and bring some special yeast. Wine made with that kind of yeast will taste better."

Shi Wen immediately replied, "Now that you mention it, I'm starting to look forward to it."

After finishing breakfast, Yan Kexing went to work, Shi Wen stayed at the ranch, thinking about the peach wine that evening no matter what he was doing.

In the afternoon, unable to sit still, he took a basket and picked another batch of peaches.

When Yan Kexing, he saw six baskets of peaches piled up in the house, and he was somewhat amused and exasperated. "You don't need this many to make wine. We don't even have enough containers to make peach wine."

"Yes," Shi Wen proudly, carrying over the earthenware jars from outside. "Today I went to the market and bought several large earthenware jars, all of which I washed with boiling water and dried in the sun."

Yan Kexing took the yeast out of his briefcase and showed it to him. "I can tell you're really looking forward to the peach wine. Luckily, I brought back enough yeast."

Shi Wen, "One kilogram to two pounds of yeast? We're truly on the same wavelength."

"No, not at all," Yan Kexing said. "I was just thinking that we'd have blueberries and persimmons later, so we could make fruit wine, and that's why I brought back some extra yeast."

Shi Wen immediately said, "Let's make peach wine first. If the peach wine works well, then we can consider making other things."

"Let's get started," Yan Kexing. "I'll go change my clothes first, then I'll come back and make the peach wine."

Making peach wine is quite simple. Just wash the peaches, dry them, peel them open, remove the pits, blend them into a paste using a blender, add yeast, seal, and let them ferment.

Shi Wen all they need to do is wash, dry, and remove the peach pits; the rest can be done by machines, so the work isn't too strenuous.

The workload was quite heavy, so they specially moved to the corridor to work slowly.

While we were working, the little ones ran over to watch, eyeing the peaches in our hands.

Shi Wen would dig out peach pits while tossing the fruit flesh out of his hands for the little ones to catch and eat.

While tossing the fruit, Shi Wen noticed that the White Tiger was actually the one eating the most, even though it wasn't very big and was a carnivore, it ate the peaches with great relish.

When Yan Kexing making fruit wine, he also added several large pieces of rock sugar to it.

Shi Wen watched as the huge rock sugar was pressed down in the large vat and asked, "Will the fruit wine be extra sweet after adding the rock sugar?"

"It will be sweet, but not overly sweet, because we've put in a lot of fruit pulp." Yan Kexing stirred the pulp well, then took a lid from the side and placed it on the large vat. "Let it ferment here in a sealed container. We'll stir it again in a couple of days."

Shi Wen: "Do I still need to stir it?"

Yan Kexing: "In a couple of days, the peach pulp will float to the top of the large vat. If it's not stirred, it won't ferment properly."

Shi Wen, "Should we cover it with a quilt? I've noticed that they keep things extra warm when making fruit wine and the like."

"We don't need them this season, but we'll take them in winter." Yan Kexing covered both large jars. "Let's go, we'll come back in a few days."

Shi Wen followed behind Yan Kexing, "What are we having for dinner tonight?"

Yan Kexing: "What would you like to eat?"

Shi Wen, "Noodles? Zhu Ji brought over a bag of flour. I think that flour smells pretty good. Why don't we use that flour to make noodles? I'll knead the dough."

Shi Wen has now gotten used to eating all kinds of staple foods every day, including but not limited to rice, noodles, dumplings, pizza, etc.

Yan Kexing had no objection. "Then go wash your hands again, I'll go get some eggs to knead the dough."

They have too many eggs; some are stored in the warehouse instead of at home.

Shi Wen quickly went over to knead the dough. Kneading dough only requires strength, which was the last thing he lacked.

Yan Kexing prepared the dough and then asked him to knead it while he went to prepare the vegetable broth.

Shi Wen didn't ask for anything particularly fancy; he just wanted tomato and egg noodles, with some shredded cucumber if he could have that.

If you could add a little mushroom oil, it would be an absolutely divine delicacy.

They enjoyed the meal very much, and after finishing, with nothing else to do, they quickly went inside to rest.

Shi Wen a bit tired today, so she went to bed exceptionally early.

Yan Kexing hadn't even finished showering when he fell asleep in bed.

He always felt something strange about his body when he was asleep, something that made him sleep restlessly, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

He kept tossing and turning on the bed. He didn't know how much time had passed when Yan Kexing seemed to turn around and gently hug him. He felt much better when he felt that familiar presence.

After being held in Yan Kexing, he slept exceptionally comfortably and soundly.

When he woke up the next morning, he looked at the light in the window and was momentarily confused about what had happened.

I always feel dizzy and can't tell if it's morning or afternoon.

He asked vaguely, "What time is it now?"

No one answered him. When he opened his eyes, he found that Yan Kexing was no longer in bed; he was covered with a thick quilt.

He tried to sit up, and as soon as he did, he noticed something strange in his buttocks—a very sore and numb feeling.

"Holy crap!" Shi Wen gasped, reaching behind him and touching something furry. "What's this?"

Why does it look like he has a tail?!

Shi Wen touched it again, then turned his head to look. He saw that there was a short, furry little tail on his tailbone. When he touched it, his entire lower back went numb.