There were five wine jars in a row on the table in front of Liu Shichu, with their lids open. She scooped out a small spoonful of wine from each jar and poured it into a large glass. The five different colors of wine blended together: red, light pink, light yellow, light blue, and transparent. The bright and beautiful colors mixed together to create a dreamy color.
Liu Shichu shook the glass gently, then picked up half a lemon, squeezed the juice and mixed it into the wine.
"Mrs. Liu, what are you doing? How does it feel to pour so much wine together?" A customer saw Liu Shichu's actions and couldn't help but come over and asked curiously.
"I don't know what it tastes like, so let's try mixing them. Maybe it's a very stimulating taste." Liu Shichu smiled, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip. Suddenly, it was as if a ball of fire entered her mouth, and the stimulation rushed straight to her head. Then it was as if thousands of elves were jumping on her tongue, with a slightly tingling spicy taste, and then it was as clear as mint, with the sourness and fragrance of lemon.
"Not bad." Liu Shichu said with satisfaction. The cocktail she specially prepared was really stimulating. She believed that many young masters with unusual hobbies would like it.
"Is it really delicious? How about pouring a glass for me to try?" The guest saw Liu Shichu closing his eyes and savoring the wine, and he also became eager to try.
Liu Shichu asked the waiter to get another glass, and she mixed a glass of wine for the guest according to the same order.
The guest couldn't wait to pick it up, took a sip, and immediately shuddered. Then his face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Great! It feels so refreshing!" After swallowing the wine, the guest immediately praised loudly, and then drank the glass of wine one sip after another.
"Hey, Old Wu, what kind of wine is that in your hand? You look so intoxicated after drinking it. Is it really that delicious?" A young man fanning himself came in and asked the guest with a teasing look on his face.
The guest named Lao Wu drank half a glass of wine in one breath. He stopped to savor the aftertaste of the wine after hearing his old friend's teasing. Then he replied: "You will know if you try it yourself. I am not praising you, Yang Sheng. This wine is really tasty, stimulating and powerful!"
Seeing him praising it so highly, Yang Sheng couldn't help but said to Liu Shichu, "Madam Boss, I want a jar of wine like Old Wu too."
Liu Shichu shook his head and said, "What he drank was not one kind of wine, but a mixture of several kinds. It is only available in stores that are freshly mixed. Do you want to try it first?"
"A mixture of several kinds of wine? Is this drinkable?" Yang Sheng hesitated. "Is it so bad that I want to vomit?"
"It's not hard to drink. Let me tell you, it's definitely a novel experience. I've never drunk such wine before, but I like it very much. You won't regret it if you try it." Old Wu didn't wait for Liu Shichu to answer and tried to convince Yang Sheng himself.
"Since you recommend it so highly, I'll give it a try." Yang Sheng finally couldn't resist his curiosity.
Liu Shichu then made him another ancient version of a cocktail.
After Yang Sheng took a sip, he was really intoxicated by the novel and stimulating taste. He didn't bother to chat with his friends and started to taste the wine by himself without saying a word.
When Liu Shichu saw that both of them liked this cocktail very much, he wrote down the order and dosage of the wine he had just mixed as a secret recipe for this cocktail.
"Let's call this wine 'Colorful'." Liu Shichu looked at the beautiful color of the wine in the glass, and since this wine was blended from five kinds of wine, he decided on this name.
"Colorful? Great! This name is just right." After hearing what Liu Shichu said, Yang Sheng couldn't help but praise, "Boss lady, give me another drink!"
When the other customers in the store saw the two of them gathered around the bar, drinking one drink after another made by the proprietress, they all became curious and came over to ask Liu Shichu to make them some drinks.
People tend to follow the crowd and are easily influenced by others. Therefore, after Yang Sheng and Lao Wu showed their extraordinary love for "Colorful", other drinkers followed their footsteps and wanted to try this fresh mixed wine.
Liu Shichu originally wanted to create her own unique liquor brand, so she would naturally meet the demands of drinkers. After all, she wanted them to spread the word about her cocktails.
"Great wine!" exclaimed the guest who had drunk it. "Why didn't I think of mixing several kinds of wine before?"
"I didn't expect it to have such a unique flavor." Another person holding the cup couldn't help but sigh.
"Mellow, spicy, refreshing, and lemony... It's absolutely amazing! I've never tasted such wine before!" said the old man with a white beard, squinting his eyes.
Liu Shichu watched with satisfaction as the guests were enchanted by his newly mixed drink, and became more determined to develop cocktails himself.
After that day, the reputation of "Colorful" gradually spread among drinkers. Many people came here to buy wine, filling Liu Shichu's wine shop.
Fortunately, Liu Shichu had foresight and arranged for several waiters to learn how to mix this wine, thus meeting the needs of the drinkers.
"Chu'er, what's going on in your head? You actually figured out a way to mix a cocktail? The key is that the resulting mixture tastes great!" As soon as Liu Jian finished his shift, he excitedly ran to Liu Shichu's yard and asked her to mix him a "colorful" cocktail.
Liu Shichu rejected him mercilessly: "Brother, don't think that if you flatter me, I will give you wine. Don't even think about it. This mixed wine is stronger than ordinary wine and it is easier to get drunk. I won't mix it for you."
Liu Jian was disappointed when he saw that his little trick was ruthlessly exposed by her: "I just drink a glass occasionally, and you can't satisfy me."
"Brother, don't play dumb. I heard from my wine shop clerk that you have been there seven or eight times in the past half month, and each time you brought a group of colleagues with you. Don't think I don't know." Liu Shichu said unhappily.
Liu Jian touched his nose, sighed heavily, and looked at Liu Shichu with resentment: "Your guys all have sharp eyes."
"Thank you, thank you." Liu Shichu said with a smile.
The business of her wine shop was booming, and cocktails became a new novelty in the capital. People who were addicted to alcohol wanted to live in her wine shop every day, and those who were not addicted to alcohol could not help but want to taste some new wine.
As a result, there were a lot more drunkards in the capital, so much so that the patrolling police had to patrol more often in front of her liquor store.
Fortunately, Liu Shichu also anticipated that running a wine shop would easily lead to drunk customers, so he hired a lot of guards in the shop to ensure that drunk and troublesome people could be subdued.