Traveling through 70's wine

Mr. Zhao and Wen Qing have been doing business for more than two years and have made a lot of money. The family's financial situation has improved greatly, and he has bought houses for his two sons.

Wen Qing saw that Mr. Zhao looked full of energy and was wearing new clothes. It was obvious that he was living a good life.

Mr. Zhao was also very grateful to Wen Qing and paid on time, so Wen Qing didn't have to worry about anything.

Wen Qing said, "Mr. Zhao, now that things have changed, you can also apply for a license. It will be legitimate to do business this way, and you can buy a store to sell alcohol."

Mr. Zhao said, "Alas, my two children don't want to leave the company. They have no ambition at all. I'd better leave them more money."

Wen Qing heard that he didn't want to buy a store, so she said, "Mr. Zhao, I'll buy a storefront and you can use it. But do you know where there's a house for sale?"

When Mr. Zhao heard Wen Qing say this, he felt a little sorry. He knew that Wen Qing had made money over the years, and it would be a fool not to take advantage of the opportunity. He replied, "I know there is a store for sale over at Jinjifang. I will go and confirm it right away and give you an answer tomorrow."

Wen Qing found a hotel to stay in.

Mr. Zhao quickly replied to her letter, saying that there was indeed a ground floor store of about 100 square meters for sale.

She went to see the house, which was the ground floor of a three-story building that was built in the late 1960s. The house was a little dirty and old, but there were no major problems.

The owner wanted 3 yuan, but Wen Qing lowered the price slightly, and the two agreed on 2.7 yuan.

Taking advantage of the fact that the local housing authority had not yet closed for the holiday, Wen Qing immediately completed the transfer procedures with the original owner and lent the house to Mr. Zhao.

After all these years, there was dirt on the walls of the house and some potholes on the floor. She left 3000 yuan for Mr. Zhao, asking him to replace the doors and windows, redecorate the house, and buy some counters, shelves and other supplies.

Mr. Zhao agreed to do it and decided to find someone to renovate the store after the Spring Festival so that he could open for business earlier.

Mr. Zhao thought that since this store was located in the most prosperous place in Nankun and had a lot of customers, selling wine here would definitely be a big success.

Wen Qing did not ask for rent. He hired two shop assistants to look after the store. He was only responsible for purchasing and counting the goods, and visiting from time to time. It was easier than selling wine at home.

After Wen Qing finished her business, she went to the train station and bought a ticket back to Pingjing. This time she bought an express ticket and was able to reach Pingjing in just one day.

It was already afternoon when I returned to Erxia Village. I lit a fire to cook and heated the fire wall. I took out a piece of bacon and a cabbage from the vegetable cellar and made a stew of bacon and cabbage.

Captain Liu saw the smoke coming out of Wen Qing's courtyard, and with his hands behind his back, he greeted Wen Qing at the gate and said, "Xiao Wen, you're back?"

Wen Qing put down the bowl in her hand, walked out, and stood at the gate of the yard. "You're back, Captain Liu, have you eaten?"

Captain Liu said, "I ate it. Xiao Wen, our village has already decided to assign production quotas to each household. What do you think?"

Wen Qing said, "Captain Liu, I want to contract the land from my home to the mountain. If no one wants the land in the back mountain, I would also like to contract it."

After that, he walked into the room, took out a pack of Yunnan cigarettes, two bottles of wine, and a bottle of honey, wrapped them up, and said to Captain Liu: "Uncle Captain, this is the gift I brought to you."

Captain Liu pushed away the gift that Wen Qing handed over and said, "No, no! Xiao Wen, we will officially sign the agreement after the Spring Festival. Come and see it then."

When Wen Qing sent him out, she stuffed something into his hand.

Captain Liu brought the gifts home. Aunt Liu saw them and said, "Is this from Xiao Wen? This girl is really polite."

Wen Qing did not go out on New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year. She took out the New Year's goods she bought in Huzhou from the space and cooked a lot of delicious food at home. She either practiced or read, or went into the space to brew wine and make tea.

That day, she went to the backyard to see the fermenting light-fragrant liquor. There were a total of twenty large vats in the backyard. The fermentation started a month ago and now the fermentation is basically over, and the liquor can be steamed. She poured the mash from the ceramic vats into the steamer and lit a fire to steam the liquor.

Her house is at the east end of the village, where the west wind blows in. It is far away from other houses, so the smell of alcohol will not affect other people.

Wen Qing calmly steamed the wine. It took him two days to steam out more than 5000 kilograms of wine.

She put the new wine into a large clay jar and sealed it with yellow mud. The new wine had to be stored for at least one or two years before it could be blended and bottled.

After the light-fragrance wine is steamed, Wen Qing takes out the lees fermented in the ten mud cellars and puts them into the steamer for separate steaming. This kind of wine is not for drinking, so the lees after steaming are discarded.

She put the lees from the distillation of the fragrant wine into the mud cellar, and then put the steamed rice bran and corn dregs, added a small amount of koji, mixed them evenly, poured them into the mud cellar, sealed the cellar for fermentation, and continued to maintain the cellar.

These ten mud cellars have been in use for a year. The mud on the bottom and walls of the cellars has begun to change color and has a cellar aroma. Wen Qing decided to officially start brewing wine next time.

On the seventh day, Wen Qing went to Zhuang Xien's place to look for him. Zhuang Xien said, "Wen Qing, are you at home? I haven't seen you for a long time."

Wen Qing said: "I just came to see if you were there. Didn't you go back to your hometown?"

Zhuang Xien shook his head and told her that the three of them were planning to start a business together. Wen Qing's mind moved and she said, "I'll invest in it too."

Wen Qing told Zhuang Xien about the idea of ​​doing business together, and he said, "I have a source of bicycle transmissions. Our store can sell transmission sets and also modify bicycles on site."

Zhuang Xien thought that without Wen Qing's supply of goods, their auto repair stall could only repair cars and would not make much money. If they added Wen Qing and used her connections, their auto repair shop would be completely different.

So he nodded and said, "I'll go ask Fang Yuan and Lin Qingyuan."

Wen Qing nodded and agreed that the four of them would have dinner together tomorrow.

After Zhuang Xien and Fang Yuan talked to each other, Fang Yuan said, "Brother Zhuang, what kind of person is Xiao Wen? I'm worried that we won't get along well in the future."

Zhuang Xien said: "Wen Qing is Uncle Li's niece. We have been dealing with each other for such a long time. I think she is a very nice person."

The next day, Wen Qing, Zhuang Xien, Fang Yuan, and Lin Qingyuan gathered at Donglaishun to eat mutton hotpot. Zhuang Xien said, "Wen Qing, we have discussed it and welcome you to join us."

Wen Qing is a student and her household registration is at the school. Among the other three, only Fang Yuan is a local. They applied for an individual business license in Fang Yuan's name.

After discussion, each person contributed 5000 yuan, accounting for 2% of the shares, totaling yuan, which was used to rent a house, simple decoration and purchasing goods.

Zhuang Xien and the other two are involved in daily operations, with a monthly salary of 200 yuan, and dividends if there is any profit.

Wen Qing has to go to school, so she won't participate in daily operations.

After the meal, the four people signed the agreement, one for each.

Zhuang Xien rented a shop of about 70 square meters on Caoshi Street and started a business of repairing, modifying and selling used cars.

Wen Qing brought over 200 sets of transmission kits. She took out a car for on-the-spot modification while introducing the operating procedures to the three people.

Zhuang Xien watched Wen Qing skillfully assemble a bike and said happily: "Wen Qing, your craftsmanship is really good, no worse than those of us who repair bikes all day long." He rode the modified bicycle out for a run.

He came back and said, "Isn't 100 yuan a set too cheap? I think some people want it at 120 yuan."

Wen Qing pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Anyway, the wholesale price is sixty-one sets, it's up to you to sell as much as you want."

"Okay, I'll give you the payment."

Wen Qing bought the goods from the machine repair factory at a price of 60 yuan per set. Since it was a cooperation, she did not raise the price.

For her sake, Director Huang did not ask her to pay immediately, but told Hao Wenqing to pay for the goods in a month, otherwise other people in the factory would have objections.

Fang Yuan had seen Wen Qing's speed bicycle, and after hearing Zhuang Xien talk about how easy it was to ride, he reached out to take the bicycle, climbed on, and rode out.

Lin Qingyuan also looked outside with longing eyes. When Fang Yuan came back on his bike, he immediately took over the bike and went out for a ride.

Both of them were full of praise and became more confident in the speed bicycle modification business.

Zhuang Xien paid 1.2 yuan to Wen Qing, and Wen Qing installed three more cars in the store. The others were all experienced and understood Wen Qing's operation immediately.

Zhuang Xien and Fang Yuan started to modify the machine, and Wen Qing was instructing them. Seeing that they did it correctly, she felt relieved.

She said goodbye and went to the bank first to remit the payment to the machine repair shop, then went to the post office and called Director Huang.

Director Huang didn't really care when she would pay, but since Wen Qing paid so quickly, he was naturally happy.

Wen Qing asked him to send another 200 sets of kits at the beginning of next month, and Director Huang agreed immediately.