Chapter 8
The freshly steamed white wine is just strong and has little fragrance. In this era, it is just a strength.
Du Xun acted like a treasure, took a sip, and refused to drink it again. He said to Du Zhongxiao: "Remember, this method of steaming wine from the lees cannot be spread! We revitalized our family business and were counting on this method. But we are not a wine merchant, and we cannot take out even if we make wine. So, since you are familiar with the Hanjiajiajiao store, you brought the remaining wine. Ask them how to sell this wine and whether it can be sold in their store."
Du Zhongxiao was thinking about this and agreed immediately. Wu Kejiu, the guy who coveted Yue Niang's appearance, cut off the supply of Han's wine, and hoped that the Han family could not bear the pressure and gave his daughter to him. With this wine, he just broke his thoughts.
Put the wine in the bowl into a small jar, and after looking at the sky, Du Zhongxiao carried it and headed towards the Han Jiajiajiao Store.
The business of Hanjiajiajiajiao Store is as deserted as the weather in late autumn. This matter is evil. After Wu Kejiu and Cao Jucheng made a fuss yesterday, the store became much less popular.
Han Lian greeted the only three or five guests listlessly. Han Yueniang sat behind the cabinet with a sad face. In the morning, her father went to "Qixiangju" to get a wine that could not be paid, and she realized the seriousness of the matter. And it was not just "Qixiangju", but another "Yao Jizheng Store" also did not have a business. I think it was Wu Kejiu who went to say hello. The store opened. What business does it do after the wine was gone?
Han Lian and Lao Lao discussed and discussed it. By the end of the month, they had to settle the settlement with "Qixiangju" and switch to other businesses. As for letting their daughter go to the Wu family to be a maid and a concubine, it was absolutely impossible. However, they did not think about doing business. It was not easy to find a business to support their family in Little Linying County. They were even more afraid that the industry they were not familiar with and accidentally lost their capital.
Du Zhongxiao came in and saluted Han Lian: "Dad Han, is the store okay?"
Han Lian sighed: "It's not good today. It's almost noon, and there are no customers yet."
Du Zhongxiao looked at the only few customers in the store, and didn't say anything. He pulled Han Lian to the corner. Holding the small can of wine in his hand, Du Zhongxiao said, "Dad, I have some strong wine here, please try it."
Han Lian looked at Du Zhongxiao strangely, not knowing what wine he had mysteriously brought. He took the can in his hand and put the lid on his cover for a day, and the strong smell of wine came to his nose, which was a bit choking.
Han Lian took a sip and said, "The wine smells so strong, this wine must have a good strength!"
After saying that, he took a bowl from the table next to him and poured half a bowl of wine from the jar. After smelling it, Han Lian took a sip.
"Puff--" This small sip of wine choked Han Lian and spit out all of them.
Looking at Du Zhongxiao, Han Lian opened his eyes wide: "This wine is so powerful! Nephew, where did this wine come from? I have been selling wine for many years. Not to mention Linying County, there is no such strong wine in the entire Xuzhou!"
While talking, Han Lian took another sip and savored the smell of the wine.
Du Zhongxiao looked carefully at Han Lian's expression and whispered: "I'm going to hide it from my father, I have a way to make this wine. By the way, what if I sell this wine in a foot shop? How to sell it? Can I make money?"
Han Lian pondered, "It seems that if this kind of strong wine is priced according to the price of the big wine, it cannot be lowered. I think it will be easy to sell for twenty or thirty cents per pound. But my nephew, although you have a way to make this wine, you can't make wine according to the official law. What's the use?"
Du Zhongxiao looked at Han Lian nervously and whispered: "What if it's not brewing? What should I say if I only make wine?"
"Where does not brew? Where does not brew wine come from? Is it because your wine is made of other wines? That's useless. We can't buy wine now. Nephew, now the restaurant does not buy wine for us. The wine is good and the wine is bad and the wine is second."
Du Zhongxiao looked around and leaned into Han Lian's ear and whispered: "My father guessed wrong. This strong wine was not made of wine, but came from the lees. Not to mention 'Qixiangju', the lees of 'Yaojiazhengdian' can only be thrown away every day. Wouldn't they be sold?"
"Drink lees--" Han Lian for a moment was overwhelmed, his voice became louder, and he hurriedly covered his mouth.
After looking around, Han Lian grabbed Du Zhongxiao: "This is not a place to speak, let's come back."
Han Yueniang watched her father pulling Du Zhongxiao and hurried to the back, feeling strange. This morning, her father came back to talk about the discovery of Du Du Dun among the bad people, and she was also happy for Du Zhongxiao to find his relatives. But now, how are the two of them secretly?
When he arrived at the room behind, Han Liancai asked Du Zhongxiao seriously: "Nephew, what's going on when you say you make wine from the lees?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "Dad, the wine lees have a strong smell, and there must be wine among them. I just learned a way to make the wine in the wine lees. The wine made from the wine lees is so powerful. Dad, do you think this wine can be sold?"
Han Lian pondered for a while before saying, "The government only prohibits the households from making wine, and they are not allowed to sell them privately. If we make wine from wine lees, my family is a wine lees, and it is not banned if they sell them. But this has never happened before, and I don't know how the government will decide. - No matter what, it is not private brewing, and it is just that the world will not be allowed to sell them again. Now the Wu family and the "Yao Family Store" together will not give us a credit wine, and it is about to cut off my family's livelihood. Since my nephew has this method, we will buy the wine lees from the "Yao Family Store". You make wine at home and take it to my store to sell. The price is better, we will sell it for a few days and then set it. This is unprecedented. The price is high and the price is low, and it depends on whether the person who drinks is willing to pay."
Du Zhongxiao nodded violently: "Okay, that's it! Tomorrow morning, my father and I went to the 'Yaojiazheng Store' to buy two trays and came back to make the wine. Start by priced at the top of the wine, and then decide the price."
At this time, winemaking is divided into large wine and small wine. Small wine is brewed in spring and autumn, while large wine is brewed in winter and summer, with different prices. According to the government's price, small wine is the cheapest five cents per pound, and the most expensive one is 30 cents per pound, which is divided into more than twenty. The price of large wine is slightly higher. It is reasonable to have a higher alcohol content, but in the end, wine depends on whether the wine accepts it or not.
When he returned home, Du Zhongxiao told his parents about the results of his discussion with Han Lian, and finally said: "According to what Mr. Han said, there is nothing wrong with making wine from the lees, and he can sell it on his behalf. Only one thing is that the official prohibits private wine, and if this matter is caused, I don't know what the county will do."
Du Xun returned home and ate his meal, slept again, and became much more energetic. After listening to Du Zhongxiao's words, he pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry about this matter beforehand. If the county asks me, I will talk about the envy. No matter what, I am a Jinshi in the township, and the state can speak well."
After Du Zhongxiao said this, his father was also a newly-developed juren. He was a famous figure in the prefecture. Before leaving, he had seen these officials from the prefecture to the prefecture. This title cannot be exchanged for money, but it can be exchanged for many other things. For example, it is not difficult for ordinary people to meet officials such as magistrates, but Du Xun is not difficult. If a famous magistrate is handed in, most of the magistrates will see him.
Thinking of this festival, Du Zhongxiao put down his concerns and focused on how to make white wine.
The utensils for steaming wine in wine lees are relatively simple. A large pot, a large steamer, a condensing wine pipe, and a wine jar for wine. After all, it is the cooking pot of a small family workshop.
The pot has a ready-made one at home, and Du Zhongxiao used the money he saved in the past few days to buy a large steamer.
The open space in front of the house happened to be used. Du Zhongxiao went outside the city to cut some branches, bought a few pieces of wood as thick as a bowl, and built a shed for steaming wine.
Du Xun's body was still ineffective, and he sat aside and directed Du Zhongxiao to build it.
I tried the steamer on the pot and moved it down. Du Zhongxiao was sweating.
At this time, the sun had slowly slid to the horizon in the west, red and no longer had a dazzling light. The small town was particularly quiet, with no other sound except for the occasional hawking sounds from afar.
Du Xun sat under the eaves, bowed his back slightly, and looked at Du Zhongxiao with a focused look. The sun shone on his body, and he drew a circle of golden edges on his gray hair. On his wrinkled face, his gray beard looked a little messy and looked like he was vicissitudes of life.
Du Zhongxiao looked at Du Xun and felt a little sad.
In the past few months, the fusion of the two souls has made Du Zhongxiao's thoughts very confused and it is extremely difficult to calm down and do something. The loneliness from the soul after a thousand years and the discomfort of real life made Du Zhongxiao at a loss. For his father, Du Zhongxiao had the feelings of living together for more than ten years in this world, and the estrangement of thousands of years of time, and his mood was very complicated. I discovered Du Xun among the poor people in the morning. Seeing his down-and-out appearance, Du Zhongxiao felt sad. This sorrow comes from family affection and the tragedy caused by the times.
However, in just one day, the downs and downs have slowly faded away from my father, replaced by endless confidence in life.
Perhaps in Du Xun's eyes, as long as the family reunites, the temporary difficulties will be nothing, and everything will be fine.
Yes, everything will be fine. Du Zhongxiao clapped his hands and walked out of the shed.
My mother brought out a bowl of water and said, "My son is so tired, drink a little water and take a break."
Du Zhongxiao smiled, took the bowl and took a sip of water, turned around to look at the shed he built.
The shed was very simple, but it was surrounded by straw mats on all sides, so it was impossible to see the inside from the outside. When I remembered that I wanted to steam wine inside, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly. Fortunately, it was late autumn now, otherwise people would not have to be steamed in such a confined space.
This is a matter of no choice. In Du Xun's words, steaming wine from wine lees is a secret technique for the revitalization of his own family business and cannot be seen by others. This technique is not complicated, just like a layer of window paper, and if it is pierced, it will be worthless.
Chapter completed!