The Daily Life of the Husband and Wife Selling Dog Food Through Time Traveling

On the second day, Shi Tianhua came again, ordered seven or eight drinks as usual, chatted with Jiang Ning, and drank freely. For the next ten days, he came to the restaurant to drink every day, rain or shine, in Jiang Ning It seems that this person loves wine as much as his life, and his degree is comparable to Zhang Gong's good tea.

On this day, Shi Tianhua said to Jiang Ning that in the next few days, the elders in the family will have their birthdays, and they may not be able to come. After this busy period is over, they will find time to come to the restaurant for a drink.

Jiang Ning accepted with a smile, and on the second day, Shi Tianhua did not come to drink with him again, Jiang Ning seemed much more relaxed for a while.

A few days later, Jiang Ning went to Yu Nian Winery in the north of the city after arranging the restaurant's response. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Chen Nianyin coming out of the room with a big basket in his hand. Jiang Ning came to see him. , Said: "The shopkeeper is here."

Jiang Ning nodded slightly, looked at the bamboo basket in his hand, and said, "How is the koji?"

Chen Nianyin showed him the bamboo baskets, which were covered with small balls of curved surface evenly, and he replied: "It has been exposed to the sun in the past few days, and after the exposure is dry, it can be stored indoors."

Jiang Ning picked up a bit of the off-white curved surface and rubbed it with his fingertips. It was still a little damp, and asked, "How many days does it take to dry?"

Chen Nianyin thought for a while, and said: "The weather is good these few days, the sun is full, just two full days in the sun."

Jiang Ning nodded and said, "You still need to worry about it."

Chen Nianyin said with a smile: "You don't have to be courteous about the job."

The two were talking, when the door of the side room creaked open, Old Man Chen came out with a big pottery urn in his hand, he nodded when he saw Jiang Ning, as a greeting, and then walked towards the dustpan shelf in the middle of the yard go.

Chen Nianyin said, "Grandpa, have you put those peas in?"

Old Man Chen didn't answer, Jiang Ning said: "Put the peas?"

Chen Nianyin said apologetically: "Grandpa thought it would be better to mix some peas with wheat to make distiller's yeast. The shopkeeper hasn't come to the distillery these days, so grandpa decided to make a few more by himself. Please don't be offended by the shopkeeper."

After hearing this, Jiang Ning thought for a while, then smiled slightly: "I can trust Mr. Chen when it comes to wine making."

Seeing what he said, Chen Nianyin finally felt relieved. He was really worried that Jiang Ning would blame his grandfather for making his own decisions. After all, the winery is no longer his own. If he wants to do something, he should ask the owner for instructions. Fortunately, Jiang Ning didn't care about this matter, and while he was relieved, he admired Jiang Ning's open-minded character.

After Jiang Ning wandered around the winery, he found that Old Man Chen's second koji making method using peas and wheat as raw materials was much more detailed and the steps were much more complicated. He asked curiously: "Why is it different from the previous one? ?”

Old Man Chen put the mixed curved surface into the wooden mold, and replied: "This method of making music is unique to our family, so it is naturally different, but don't worry, no matter what, it will not be wasted." your material."

The old man's temper is still very interesting, Jiang Ning couldn't help but chuckled, and said: "Chen Gongyan is serious, just use the materials as long as they can make good wine."

Hearing this, Old Man Chen turned his head and glanced at him, then turned his head back, while patting the qu model lightly, he changed the topic and said: "The weather is still hot today, which is very good for koji making. If you don't have much time, if you are very busy, just come to the distillery once in two months, at that time, the distiller's yeast should be ready."

Jiang Ning nodded, expressing his understanding.

On the second day, when Jiang Ning went to the restaurant as usual, Ding Yu winked at him as soon as he entered the lobby, and whispered: "Shopkeeper, the third young master is here, drinking tea inside."

Jiang Ning was slightly taken aback, then said yes, then turned and went to the hall.

Sure enough, he saw Shen Xuanqing sitting inside drinking tea. This was the first time he saw Shen Xuanqing after he took over the old restaurant. I haven't seen him for two months. He still hasn't changed much. Jiang Ning stepped forward and said, "Why is the third young master here today?" ?”

Shen Xuanqing smiled, put down the teacup, and said: "Seeing how well you manage the restaurant, I know I didn't misunderstand the person back then."

Jiang Ning said politely: "The third young master is absurd."

Shen Xuanqing paused, stood up, and said, "Are you still used to working in this restaurant?"

Jiang Ning nodded, and replied modestly: "It's not bad, everyone is very diligent in doing their work, and I don't need any effort."

Shen Xuanqing laughed when he heard the words: "You don't have to be humble in front of me. No one knows better than me what the restaurant was like at the beginning. It's already very good that you can do this."

Jiang Ning smiled slightly, and asked, "I don't know what the third young master helped me to investigate, but is there any whereabouts?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "There are indeed some clues," he said, took out a small kit from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to Jiang Ning: "It is really difficult to investigate this kind of thing, and my After all, the ability is limited, and there are not many that can be found, I hope I can help you."

Jiang Ning took the kit, thanked him, and asked hesitantly, "Also..."

Shen Xuanqing knew what he wanted to ask, so he said: "The businessman sent a message back yesterday that he has already passed Laizhou, and in half a month or so, he should arrive at Shahe Pass, you don't have to worry."

Jiang Ning asked about Han Zhiyuan's news. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He closed his eyes and cupped his hands to Shen Xuanqing: "Thank you, Third Young Master."

Shen Xuanqing looked at him for a moment, then nodded, and said with a smile: "This is what I promised you at the beginning, why should you be so polite?"

Jiang Ning smiled softly, Shen Xuanqing thought about it, and then asked tentatively: "If he arrives at Shahe Pass, what are your plans?"

Jiang Ning was silent, Shen Xuanqing saw that he did not answer, sighed slightly in his heart, changed the topic and said: "Actually, I have come here this time, and there is indeed one thing that needs your help."

Jiang Ning said: "Third Young Master, it's okay to say."

Shen Xuanqing said: "The Shen family has a hundred acres of fertile land in Chongyang, and now it's time to collect rent. This kind of thing used to be done by my elder brother, but for some reason, he didn't want to take over this job anymore. So I pushed it to me, but I have something on my side and I can't walk away, after thinking about it, only you can entrust it."

Jiang Ning thought for a moment, then agreed.

Shen Xuanqing said again: "This time, Director Li will go with you. If you have any questions that you don't understand, you can ask him." He paused, and then said: "Director Li has already worked under my father It has been many years, and he is also very fair, so I think I will not make things difficult for you."

The rent collection time was in September. Seeing that the time was a little tight, after a few days, Jiang Ning explained all the matters concerning the winery and the restaurant, left a letter to Shi Tianhua, and set off with Li Zhangshi. Up the road to Chongyang.

Because the canal was blocked, Jiang Ning and his party could only travel by land, and walked south for almost a whole month before finally reaching the boundary of Chongyang.

Weary and exhausted, we arrived in Chongyang City in the evening, so we found an inn to stay and rest for the night. In the early morning of the next day, Director Li came to inform Jiang Ning that it was time to collect the rent.

Jiang Ning tidied up briefly, and went to the Shen family's land together with Li Zhangshi to collect rent.

It was September, which was the harvest season, and farmers were busy harvesting crops everywhere in the good fields. Jiang Ning and his party went to the edge of the field, looked around, and said to a farmer working in the field: "Old man, sorry for the trouble. "

The farmer straightened up, looked at them with squinted eyes, and said hesitantly, "You are..."

Jiang Ning said: "We are members of the Shen family. We are here to collect this year's rent. Can the old man tell you where Li Zheng's family is?"

The farmer sized them up for a while, then frowned and said, "Collect the rent? Didn't you just collect it half a month ago? Why are you here again today?"

Received already?Jiang Ning turned his head and looked at Mr. Li, seeing doubts in each other's eyes, Jiang Ning thought for a while, and said to the farmer: "This is the first time we have come back this year, I don't know who you paid the rent half a month ago. son?"

The farmer looked up at the high hanging sun, wiped off his sweat, and said, "It's a man surnamed Wang." After he answered this sentence, he suddenly thought of something, and looked at it with a little vigilance. The crowd said: "The receipts for paying the rent are well kept by all of us, don't you want to collect them twice?"

Jiang Ning smiled slightly, cupped his hands, and said gently: "Old man is worrying too much, maybe we made a mistake here, I don't know where is Lizheng's house?"

The farmer looked at him suspiciously, and then pointed in a direction: "Here, go straight ahead, cross the bridge, and turn left to the third house, the one with a persimmon tree in the yard."

Jiang Ning looked up, and sure enough, he saw a bridge not far away, so he thanked the old man and walked over with Li Zhangshi.

On the way, Jiang Ning was silent for a while, and asked, "Director Li, how many times a year do you collect this rent?"

Li Honghua squinted his eyes, looked into the distance, and replied, "Twice a year, once in April, and once in September. In the past, the young master sent someone here. I don't know what went wrong this year."

Jiang Ning nodded slightly, and didn't say any more. After a few words, a group of people arrived at the gate of the courtyard right there.

There is a tall persimmon tree in the yard, which is covered with green and yellow persimmons. It is so heavy that the branches are pressed down. A little girl is playing under the tree. When she meets a group of strangers, she stands up timidly and hides. went behind the tree.

After a while, half of her small face was poked out, looking at them curiously, Jiang Ning smiled at her: "Are your parents at home?"

The little girl thought for a while, summoned up her courage and asked, "At home, who are you?"