Traveling through 70's wine

Wen Qing went to the wine cellar in the backyard and put away half of the wine jars. There were about 200 jars, each weighing 4 kilograms, for a total of kilograms.

I accidentally saw the new equipment displayed in the yard and realized that I had overlooked one thing, which was not purchasing the filling equipment.

He made a mental note and returned to the wine distilling area, where the wine had already started to be produced. Wen Qing took out a cup, took a glass of wine, smelled it himself, and handed it to Wang Jianguo. Wang Jianguo took it, smelled it, and said, "It smells good."

After taking a sip, he said, "It's a bit strong."

Of course it was brewed. The alcohol content of the head of the liquor was as high as 80 degrees. Wang Jianguo watched the head of the liquor flow out and filled half a can, then moved a jar over to start collecting the body of the liquor.

Wang Jianguo said to Jin Zicong, "When picking wine, you need to look at the flowers. An experienced winemaker can tell which are the head and which are the body by looking at the dripping flowers. But now we still need to measure it with an alcohol meter."

The other employees who were working nearby were also listening attentively.

Wang Jianguo looked at the dense foam falling into the wine jar and tested the alcohol content, which was over 60 degrees. He turned around to check on the situation of steaming wine in another steamer. The new employees took up their glasses to taste the wine and discussed with each other.

Practice makes perfect. Wen Qing supports employees to accumulate experience from practice and explains the ingredients and aroma composition of liquor to them when everyone is tasting the liquor.

When the foam dripping from the wine outlet became smaller, Wen Qing took the wine and measured the alcohol content. It was only over 40 degrees. He quickly changed the container to catch the wine and explained: "These are the tails of the wine. The taste is very light and there are impurities. They cannot be used directly. They can be poured into the wine cellar for fermentation or distilled again."

On this day, they not only distilled all the wine in the ten earthen jars, but also moistened the new grain. With more people, work could be done faster, and she was not as tired as before.

There were a total of 35 jars of wine. Wang Jianguo put the new wine into the wine cellar for aging. He found that some jars were missing. He knew that Wen Qing had taken them somewhere else, but he did not ask much. The wine cellar in the backyard was not big, and they really needed to make room for the new wine.

Seeing that Wang Jianguo was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, Wen Qing told him to go home and rest, saying, "Come back tomorrow afternoon. I'll find someone to help clean up here."

Wen Qing, Jin Zicong and other new employees cleaned up the steamer, stove, tools and floor, arranged work for them for tomorrow, and then let everyone go home to rest.

The light-fragrance liquor brewed this time has made obvious progress compared to before, and Wen Qing is very satisfied.

During the National Day, the expansion project of the new winery was completed.

Wen Qing took advantage of the holiday when no one was around and installed equipment in the winery by herself. The bottling equipment was not ready yet, but it didn't matter. It would take some time to make wine anyway, and the equipment would definitely be in place when it needed to be canned.

Wen Qing built ten big stoves for the new winery, which required ten sets of steamers and coolers, several stainless steel buckets, several large water vats, drying platforms, stainless steel barrels for transporting grain, wheelbarrows, molds and racks for the koji room, and ceramic vats for brewing light-fragrance liquor, all of which needed to be moved from the front yard.

Now that there is no one there, she only needs to put the things into the space, and then take the things out of the space after arriving at the new winery, which perfectly solves the problem of transportation.

Now that no one was disturbing her, she worked with confidence, placing the brewing equipment one by one, connecting the pipes that needed to be connected, and installing the accessories that needed to be installed. Time passed quickly, and after a busy morning, all the equipment was assembled.

When she returned to the front yard for lunch, she found Zhuang Xien waiting for her at the gate of the yard. Zhuang Xien said, "Wen Qing, you didn't even hear me calling you."

Wen Qing explained that she was in the backyard and was a little far away so she couldn't hear, so she quickly opened the door to let Zhuang Xien in.

Wen Qing asked him to sit and rest under the grape vines in the yard while she went to make tea. She wanted to have a simple meal, but since Zhuang Xien was here, she couldn't be too perfunctory.

She killed a rooster, used half to make chicken soup and the other half to make spicy chicken. Zhuang Xian was from Xijiang and could eat spicier food than she, who was from Hubei Province.

When they sat down to eat, Wen Qing asked, "Brother Zhuang, what do you want me to do today?"

Zhuang Xien said: "Nothing, today is a day off, so I came out for a walk."

Wen Qing asked him, "How's business lately?"

Zhuang Xien said: "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the house has been bought. Here is the property certificate. Take a look."

Wen Qing took it and saw that the names of the four of them were indeed on it. A store like this would easily be worth more than 20 million in 30 years.

Zhuang Xien said: "We now have two stores, and business is better than before. We are a bit overwhelmed. Recently, I added two more people to each store. Now each store has six employees."

Their bicycle shop mainly modifies bicycles and sells speed bicycles. Fang Yuan contacted several friends in bicycle factories and now sells three brands of bicycles, and can sell 600 speed bicycles every month.

Wen Qing said: "Our shop can't just modify the transmission kit. We can also modify the seat, handlebars, and brakes. This only requires customizing some parts and then replacing them according to the customer's requirements."

Zhuang Xien said hesitantly: "Xiao Wen, didn't your uncle get a batch of bicycles two years ago? Can you ask your uncle to get another batch? His bicycles are of really good quality."

At that time, when Wen Qing went to the port city, he imported a batch of bicycles. The domestically produced export products were of better quality than those sold domestically.

Wen Qing thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll go ask my uncle if I can get another batch."

After dinner, Wen Qing took Zhuang Xien to see the forest she had contracted.

Climbing up the mountain, it is now autumn. The autumn leaves on the mountain have changed color, red, yellow, against the backdrop of blue sky and white clouds, gorgeous and colorful; the wild fruits on the mountain are also ripe. Wen Qing picked them as she walked and asked Zhuang Xien to take them back for Fang Yuan and Lin Qingyuan to eat.

The fruit tree seedlings she prepared are still planted in the space. Now that the weather is getting cooler, they can be transplanted.

The two climbed to the top of the mountain, and Zhuang Xien asked, "Xiao Wen, which areas did you contract?"

Wen Qing waved her hand and said, "From here to that ravine, it's all under my control."

Zhuang Xien was a little envious. "I see you have dug the tree hole. Are you going to plant a tree? What kind of tree?"

Wen Qing said: "We are going to plant fruit trees. When the seedlings arrive, we will plant them. They will be able to survive next spring."

The two walked and talked, and visited the hillside. Zhuang Xien admired: "Xiao Wen, you are really capable."

His family is from the rural area of ​​Xijiang, and he can do farm work himself, so he knows that it is not easy to manage such a piece of forest.

Wen Qing said: "I hired two people to help with the work."

Zhuang Xien suddenly asked: "Why didn't Uncle Li come?"

Wen Qing was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was talking about the "Li Wen" who used to make her look good, so she said, "My uncle has made some money over the years, and now that he's old, he's gone back to his hometown to enjoy his life.

He had a hard time in the past few years, but now that the market has been liberalized, he can make money in his hometown."

She was picking wild fruits from the tree. Zhuang Xien didn't see her expression and replied, "Indeed, now we don't have to do business secretly, and there are more opportunities."

Zhuang Xien found out that the saplings would arrive the next day, so he didn't say anything and went back after dinner.

At night, Wen Qing took the saplings out of the space and placed them on the mountain.

The next day, Wen Qing called the forest rangers Lao Li and Lao Chen to go up the mountain early to plant trees.

After nine o'clock, Zhuang Xien also arrived. He went up the mountain to find Wen Qing and picked up a hoe to help plant trees.

These saplings have been planted in the space for more than half a year and look like they have been growing for three or four years.

Since the tree pits had already been dug, they only needed to plant the trees, cover them with soil and water them. The process was very quick and four people planted thirty acres of land in one day.

By the afternoon, Zhuang Xien was complaining that he couldn't take it anymore, so Wen Qing put down the work and asked everyone to finish work early and go home to rest.