Traveling through 70's wine

Next, Wen Qing returned to her monotonous life in the classroom, cafeteria, library and home.

She sends a transmission set to Zhuang Xien once a month. Their demand is gradually increasing. Last month, they asked Director Huang for 1.4 sets. The store's monthly gross profit has increased to yuan. Zhuang Xien suggested opening another store, and the other three had no objection. They are now looking for a store.

She also did not give up the affairs of the winery. The first thing she did when she got home every day was to check the fermentation status of each cellar and ground vat and check Wang Jianguo's records. On weekends, she and Wang Jianguo would either brew wine or make koji. Her life was well organized.

The contract agreement with the village has been signed. There are a total of 20 acres of land from Wenqing's backyard to the hillside. Because it is a rocky slope, the contract price is the lowest, 20 yuan per acre per year; there are 200 acres of forest on the east side, 50 yuan per acre per year, and the contract period is years.

Wen Qing wanted to use these lands for a long time, so he paid a ten-year contract fee, a total of 10.4 yuan. Liu Changgui was secretly surprised when he saw Wen Qing take out so much money at one time.

In the second week of school, the school announced the list of scholarship winners from the previous year. Wen Qing had been the top student in the grade for two semesters and won the first prize with a prize of 500 yuan. Zhu Hongying won the second prize with a prize of 300 yuan. Chen Rui also won the second prize. The three of them treated their roommates to a big meal.

On May Day, Wen Qing stayed at home to clean the house. She heard someone outside the yard calling, "Is Wen Qing home?"

She hurriedly opened the gate and saw Zhuang Xien standing outside pushing a bicycle. Wen Qing was stunned for a moment and said unexpectedly: "Zhuang Xien, why are you here?"

Zhuang Xien smiled and said, "How long have you not been to the store? I have something to do nearby today, so I stopped by to see you."

He pushed the cart into the yard and parked it under the wall. Looking at the clean and tidy yard, he nodded and said, "Your yard is nice."

Wen Qing said modestly: "It's just a small farmyard, very ordinary."

This is a typical farmyard. Except that the wall is a little higher than other houses and there is no place to raise livestock, everything else is similar to an ordinary farmyard.

There is a magnolia and a crabapple tree planted in the yard, and a row of vegetables are planted along the wall. Under the wide eaves of the main house, there is a square table and four chairs.

Wen Qing asked Zhuang Xien to sit down, brought him a cup of tea, and asked, "How is business recently?"

Zhuang Xien said happily: "Business is good. The transmission kits are selling well. Fang Yuan gets the parts from the factory. We can install 50 to 60 new cars every month. There are also many people who come to modify them."

Then he said, "Didn't we say last time that we were going to find a new store? I found a place on Dongcheng Avenue, about 300 square meters, with a monthly rent of yuan. After the holidays, we can simply renovate it and open it."

Wen Qing said: "Great, let's have dinner here tonight and celebrate."

Zhuang Xien thought about it and said, "Okay."

In the evening, Wen Qing cooked several main dishes, including sauerkraut and pork stewed with vermicelli, chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised hairtail, spicy rabbit, stir-fried vegetables, and cold tofu. She took out a bottle of wine and called Liu Quan and Wang Jianguo over. The four of them started to eat happily.

Zhuang Xien drank the wine and praised: "Xiao Wen, your wine is good."

Liu Quan said, "Sister Wen, I have established a relationship with Manager Zhang of the District Food Company. They have agreed to give us a counter in the store. We can sell the wine there. We only need to pay the wages of two salesmen and give a management fee of 10% of the sales."

Wen Qing nodded, saying that the salary of sales staff was not high and the cost was acceptable, so she asked Liu Quan to sign an agreement with Manager Zhang.

Zhuang Xien raised his glass and said, "I wish our business will get better and better!"

Wang Jianguo and Liu Quan raised their glasses and said, "I wish your business will prosper!"

During the May Day holiday, the first batch of wine in the winery was fermented, and Wen Qing took Liu Wang and the other two to steam the wine.

After the light-fragrance liquor is steamed, koji can be added to the lees for a second fermentation; for the strong-fragrance liquor, it is more troublesome. When taking the mash, you have to remove the yellow water and steam the lees first. The liquor from the lees is put aside and discarded after the lees are steamed. The rest of the lees needs to be added with grain and then steamed. Then, according to the winemaking process, it is cooled, water and koji are added, and finally it is put into the wine cellar for sealed fermentation. There are many more steps, and the three of them are busy all the time.

Wen Qing also took out 5000 kilograms of apples, and together with Wang Jianguo and Liu Quan, they all made apple cider.

Not only that, she also has to brew wine in the space at night, but although the work is hard, looking at the twenty large ceramic jars filled with aged liquor in the backyard, and 1000 bottles of liquor added to the space, the harvest is real.

As summer came, Wen Qing spent more time in the library. Zhu Hongying smiled and said, "Wen Qing, you are too hardworking. The seat in our library has become your exclusive seat."

Wen Qing said, "The weather is too hot. There are electric fans in the library, which will keep you cooler."

At that time, air conditioning was not yet popular. The library had electric fans, and the space was high, so the temperature was several degrees lower than outside, so students who had no place to cool off liked to go to the library.

Chen Rui said: "Wen Qing, let's read the book together. There are many things I don't understand."

Zhu Hongying also said: "Let's read together, and I will pick up the children at five o'clock."

Time flies when you concentrate, and soon the exams are over and summer vacation comes.

Wen Qing asked the students in dormitory 307: "Are you all going home?"

Chen Rui said: "I'm on a train tomorrow, and my parents insist that I go home."

She is relatively young and is spoiled by her family. She has a rather delicate personality and her family requires her to go home during holidays.

Zhu Hongying said: "The child's father doesn't want us to squeeze into the train. He is coming over. I will stay in the dormitory first and make plans after he arrives."

Students are not allowed to stay overnight during school holidays.

Wen Qing said, "There's only one person in my family, how about you guys stay at my house?"

Zhu Hongying was delighted, but still hesitated and said, "Won't it bother you?"

Wen Qing smiled and said, "It's okay."

Zhu Hongying said: "Let's wait until the child's father comes over."

After the holiday, Wen Qing concentrated on brewing wine.

The winery has been open for more than five months and has produced a total of more than 4000 kilograms of liquor and 3000 kilograms of cider. Wen Qing is still satisfied with this output.

A batch of cider is brewed every two months and aged in stainless steel tanks for three months before it can be bottled and sold. It has a sweet taste, low alcohol content, and is sold at a low price, making it very popular among women.

Wen Qing sells the bottles to grocery stores and restaurants for only 2 or 3 yuan a bottle. If the bottle is returned, he can get 2 cents back. This is mainly because glass bottles are hard to buy and they need to be turned around.

In half a year, not counting Mr. Zhao's, Wen Qing earned a total of 1.34 yuan, and Mr. Zhao still had 5 yuan. The machine repair factory sold 2 sets in half a year, and she got 3 yuan for each set, a total of 6 yuan. Director Huang had already settled the account with her in early July. The income in the first half of the year was roughly 12 yuan, and this did not include the share of the investment in Zhuang Xien's store.

After the holiday, Wen Qing went to Nankun first. She was very familiar with this route and also knew the conductor on the train.

This time, she asked the conductor to buy a sleeper berth for her. The conductor Wang Min looked at her for a few times and saw that her luggage was simple. He said, "Xiao Wen, I thought you were in the cigarette business."

Wen Qing said: "Sister Wang, I'm going back to visit my relatives and not to do business."

Yunnan and Yunnan produce tobacco, and many people have connections to take the tobacco to other places to sell, making a lot of money. However, once caught, not only will they lose their capital, but they will also be locked up. Sometimes the train attendants who help will also be implicated, so Sister Wang is worried about this.

Wen Qing went to the store in Jinjifang, which was called Changxia Liquor Sales Agency. Lao Zhao was not there, so Wen Qing asked the clerk to contact him and put the wine in the warehouse, asking Lao Zhao to go and get it himself.

This time, Lao Zhao ordered 9000 bottles, and Wen Qing asked to raise the wholesale price to 7.5 yuan per bottle because she found that their lowest retail price was already 10 yuan. The price of grain has risen recently, and the cost of brewing has increased, plus Wen Qing also let him use her house for free.

Mr. Zhao understood very well, and after discussing with Wen Qing, the price of each bottle of wine was 6.5 yuan, which was 0.5 yuan higher than before.

Now that the living standards of the people in Nankun have improved, more people are buying wine. In the past, it was mainly wholesale with very little retail. Now with the agency stores, the proportion of retail has increased a lot, and his profits have also increased.

Wen Qing is very loyal in doing business. Mr. Zhao was the first one to help her sell wine. In Pingjing, Wen Qing always paid in cash for goods because she was worried that someone would owe her money. Only Mr. Zhao only paid 10% to take the goods, and then paid 20% every month.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhao is trustworthy and has never defaulted on payments for goods.

Mr. Zhao invited Wen Qing to dinner, and Wen Qing returned to Pingjing the next day.