Traveling through 70's wine

Wen Qing saw the people walking away, so she went to the other side with her backpack on her back and asked two old ladies who were playing with their children, "Who is that old lady?"

A fat old lady groaned, "It's Deputy Director Qin's mother. She's always unreasonable."

Another thinner old lady, "was stingy and mean, and the ex-daughter-in-law divorced because she couldn't stand it."

The fat old lady covered her mouth and laughed, "Old Lady Qin always talked about how difficult her life was in the past, and she made her daughter-in-law eat pickles every day. Director Qin also kept the money in his own hands and didn't let his daughter-in-law use it.

However, Director Qin’s divorce was not entirely due to Old Lady Qin’s harsh treatment of her daughter-in-law.”

The thin old lady asked gossipingly, "Any other reason?"

The fat old lady whispered, "I saw Director Qin and Director Wan kissing each other, don't tell anyone."

The thin old lady became more interested, and completely ignored Wen Qing, pulling the fat old lady, "Director Wan has a husband, when did you see him?"

"Our home is right next to the staff quarters. They had to pass by our home on their way to and from get off work. A few times, I came out in the middle of the night and saw them kissing each other. I saw it several times, and I also heard his wife arguing with him."

"Really? Director Wan is young and beautiful, prettier than his previous daughter-in-law."

"Oh, don't you know that Director Wan was promoted from a worker to a director in just two years? Why?"

"Does his wife know about this, too?"

"You should know, otherwise why would you get divorced?"

"Director Qin's wife had a good relationship with our eldest daughter. When they divorced, they reportedly divided the 1 yuan savings and left the house to the man."

"Oh, that's quite a bit of money."

"He's the factory director, of course he has money."

"Is Director Wan divorced?"

"No, Director Wan's father-in-law is the head of the steel plant. How dare the two of them make it public?"

Wen Qing got the information she wanted, carried the backpack out of the steel rope factory, put the backpack into the space halfway, took out some clothes to change into and went to the bathhouse. It was time for her to go back.

In the evening, Wen Qing "accidentally" told Wen Dayong and Su Mei the news she had heard. Su Mei's face immediately turned dark, while Wen Dayong was just sullen.

Wen Dayong said: "If a man has an affair, it just means that the woman has no means. You are younger and prettier than Director Wan. As long as you catch the man, the other side will naturally break off."

Wen Qing said: "Mom, do you think so too?"

Wen Dayong stared at her, and Su Mei shook her head without saying anything.

After a while, Wen Qing suggested buying train tickets tomorrow. Wen Dayong said in panic: "Why leave? I've already promised your aunt."

Persuaded Su Mei: "I'll ask Qiaozhen to tell Qin that he must break up with the others and give him 1000 yuan as a betrothal gift."

Pulling Su Mei aside, he whispered, "The man surnamed Qin said that Wen Lei should be transferred to the office in the future. It will be much easier than working in the workshop, and the salary will be higher."

Su Mei was hesitant and didn't know what to say.

Wen Qing heard the two whispering and immediately picked up her bag to go out, but Wen Dayong stopped her, "Xiao Qing, just listen to Dad this time."

Wen Qing dodged his hand and walked out of the yard. Wen Dayong said, "Go away, go away, and don't come back again."

After going out, Wen Qing saw that it was getting late and the train station was no longer selling tickets, so she found a hotel outside the train station to stay in. She bought a ticket early the next morning and got on the train in the afternoon. Although it was a hard seat, it only took more than ten hours to reach Pingjing, so it was not too tiring.

After leaving Pingjing Railway Station, Wen Qing took the bus back to Erxia Village.

Only ten days had passed since the summer vacation, and Wen Qing suddenly felt that she had too much time. She took out the mash from the mud cellar in the backyard and put it into a steamer to steam the wine. The quality of the mash was poor and the wine produced was not much. The wine steamed from this kind of lees was not for drinking.

Wen Qing piled the lees from the steamed wine aside and took them out to use as fertilizer later. She then added the lees in the space, yellow wine, and rice bran to the mud cellar in the backyard. She then took out the rice wine she bought in Wuhan and poured it on the wall of the mud cellar, then re-sealed the cellar for fermentation. This was mainly to improve the microbial flora in the mud cellar.

She also checked the fermentation of the koji in the space. After the eighth turning of the koji, the fermentation of the koji gradually stopped. She opened the windows and doors of the koji room to allow air convection and the koji blocks to slowly dry.

With nothing to do for a while, Wen Qing decided to modify the bicycle. Now she rides a bicycle to school every day, 80 kilometers round trip, which is a bit tiring, so she wants to make a speed-controlled bicycle.

In her previous life, Wen Qing had a speed bicycle when she was in college. She also joined a cycling club and often helped her friends repair bicycles, so she was quite familiar with speed bicycles.

A speed bicycle is relatively simple. Its parts include shifters, front and rear derailleurs, gear wheels, flywheels, bottom brackets and speed chains. The main function of a bicycle is to lengthen the circumference of the pedal rotation through the flywheel and chain, thereby achieving the purpose of accelerating with less effort.

To make a bicycle transmission, it is necessary to connect the appropriate chainring and the appropriate flywheel. Wen Qing designed several plans, dismantled his own bicycle, and processed the necessary parts himself.

She asked Professor Xu to say hello to the school-run factory. Director Liang said, "It's fine for Wen to intern at the school-run factory, but you have to pay for the materials you use. You can't use the factory's stuff for free."

Wen Qing agreed immediately, spent money to buy gears, chains, and axles from the factory, and also found some spare parts at the scrap yard.

Wen Qing used the equipment and tools in the factory to modify the gears, chains, axles, shift cables, and frames, and also made the front derailleur, rear derailleur, guide wheels, limiters, and bottom bracket. During the process, she didn't know how many gears were broken, and it also took a lot of effort to test the gear positions of the shifters. It was not until before school started that she made a suitable bicycle transmission set.

Wen Qing gave Director Liang of the school-run factory a bottle of wine and said, "Director Liang, thank you."

Director Liang said with a smile: "Xiao Wen, let me see what you made."

Wen Qing said cunningly: "Director Liang, wait until I finish installing it and show it to you."

Back in the courtyard of Erxia Village, Wen Qing installed the parts on the bicycle, rode out of the courtyard, got on the road, pedaled easily, turned the shifter with his hands, and changed gears lightly. After riding a few laps, Wen Qing returned to the courtyard and drew several copies of the drawings to make it easier to find manufacturers for processing later.

He rode his modified bicycle to the school-run factory to take a look at Director Liang. Without waiting for Director Liang to take a closer look, he waved goodbye, leaving Director Liang shouting and screaming.

Wen Qing thought about opening a winery for two weeks and decided to wait. It was already the second half of 79 and individual business licenses would be issued next year, so things would be easier then.

Wen Qing went to Zhuang Xien's car repair stall, said hello, walked over and pulled open a stool to sit down. Watching Zhuang Xien skillfully repairing the car, she had an idea in her mind, "Xiao Zhuang, you are quite skilled now."

Zhuang Xien said: "It's okay, bicycles are not complicated, we can figure it out by disassembling a few more bicycles."

Wen Qing asked: "What do your friends do?"

"Fang Yuan, the fat guy, is the bicycle repairman. He used to work in a bicycle factory, but was fired after making a mistake. Lin Yuanqing is also a retired soldier, the one with the flat head. He can drive and repair cars."

"Xiao Wen, where did Brother Li go?"

"My uncle went to the South."

"Do you have any more goods?" They sold a lot of goods in the past few months and made some money. In the past two months, Wen Qing had nothing, so they also got goods from others, but they were never as cheap as Wen Qing's.

Wen Qing asked, "What goods do you want?"

"whatever."

"Food, chickens, rabbits, eggs, tea leaves, and liquor."

Zhuang Xien was a little disappointed because there was no radio or electronic watch.

Wen Qing looked at his expression and asked, "Do you want it?"

"want."

Lin Yuanqing sometimes drives for others, and he can transport goods to suburban counties to sell.