After Tang Shiyue settled down, her Fourth Uncle Tang helped her repair the toilet. After that, the clan leader's family, Fourth Uncle Tang's family, Second Uncle Tang's family at the blacksmith shop, and even her second grandfather Tang Dahuai's family, as well as some familiar villagers, all sent her some things, including a bunch of vegetables, a bundle of firewood, pots and pans, and so on.

What surprised Tang Shiyue the most was that Zhen'er's mother actually sent two large eggplants, but she still didn't say anything nice, saying, "Having a mother is the same as not having one, you should pay more attention to everything and stop being so silly!"

Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Thank you, I know you are always kind."

Zhen'er's mother curled her lips and said, "Who is kind? I just did it for the convenience of the moment!" Then she turned and left.

After the house was roughly tidied up, Tang Shiyue found a carpenter in the village and made four beds, which were most needed. They were all made of wood saved up by villagers nearby, and the total cost was less than two taels of silver. Tang Shiyue couldn't resist and made two large bookcases for Tang Shirong, spending more than one tael of silver.

As for the rest, we’ll talk about it later.

Everyone knew about her family's situation, so no one came to drink warm wine. After all the hard work, it was Tang Shirong's day off, but Tang Shirong didn't come back. Tang Shiyue ran to ask Tang Junchen, who said helplessly, "Arong took a book copying job in a bookshop. He's in a hurry. He said he has to finish copying these books and will come back next time he has a day off."

Tang Shiyue was disappointed: "Didn't I bring him some money? Why is he still copying books? Isn't that enough?"

Tang Junchen coughed and said, "That's enough. A Rong is a bit stubborn, you know that."

"Well then," Tang Shiyue had no choice but to say, "I also want to ask him to see the new house we moved into."

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She was really disappointed and didn't pay attention to Tang Junchen's expression. After Tang Junchen sent her out, his brows knitted tightly.

Tang Shijin helped Tang Shirong pay the tuition, but Tang Shirong was unwilling to accept the favor. On the one hand, he wanted to pay back his money, and on the other hand, he wanted to collect the tuition for next month. For several days in a row, he copied books until four o'clock in the morning. As a result, he caught a cold and had no money to ask a doctor for medicine. He was afraid that Tang Shiyue would see him and worry, so he forced him to promise not to tell Tang Shiyue...

Tang Junchen was still thinking about coming back to take a look, and if it was appropriate, he secretly suggested to Tang Shiyue to go and see him. Unexpectedly, after coming back, he heard that Grandma Sun had driven them out of the old house. Although they had a new house to live in, the money... was definitely not enough.

The more Tang Junchen thought about it, the more worried he became. He decided to go back to the clan school early tomorrow morning to see Tang Shirong and make sure his illness didn't get worse.

There were too many things going on in the winery recently, and Mrs. Zhou, who was always careful, did not notice anything unusual about her son.

After making wine, Fourth Uncle Tang has been running around the country, trying to find the next fruit to make wine. The next day, he came back excitedly and told her that there was a bayberry tree in Qiushui Village not far from here. He went to see it and found it was ripe.

Tang Shiyue was overjoyed.

It doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, the bayberry wine looks good! The color of the bayberry wine is very rich and red, slightly lighter than wine, and it looks very good.

After a discussion, a few people decided to go and take a look together.

So they sent Tang Junchen to Zongshu early in the morning, and then a few people went to Qiu Shui Village.

The plum tree forest is on the mountain next to the village. It is said that it was planted by a man named Li. There are at least thirty or forty trees, and half of them have turned red. His family members carry the plums on their shoulders to sell them every morning.

Tang Shiyue asked, "How much should we brew first? If we want to brew 1,000 kilograms of wine, we have to order about 300 kilograms of bayberry from him first."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Madam Zhou was frightened: "One thousand pounds?"

"Right?" Tang Shiyue said, "One thousand kilograms is not too much. I asked around when I went to town last time. An ordinary small wine shop can sell 100 to 180 kilograms of wine a day! I think 3,000 to 5,000 kilograms is not too much."

As she spoke, she glanced at the two of them and said, "I haven't asked you yet, how much did you brew this time?"

Fourth Uncle Tang said hesitantly, "Well, we brewed it with all our stuff, about 400 kilograms."

Tang Shiyue frowned helplessly and wanted to speak, but Qi Jing stopped her: "Ayue, don't be impatient. You have to let people see the results first, then they will gradually become bolder and the money can be circulated."

All right, Tang Shiyue stopped talking, and Madam Zhou said, "We can't become fat overnight. Besides, we need grain to make wine, so we need some capital."

Fourth Uncle Tang said, "They also sell bayberries every day. There's no need to tell them in advance. They'll have them when the time comes. Besides, even if there aren't bayberries, there are other fruits. There are loquats in the nearby villages, and in two months there will be changchu..."

Chang Chu, also known as kiwi fruit, is also called carambola. There are quite a lot of them grown here. It is also a fruit that is very suitable for making wine.

The Dayan Dynasty was very rich, with good harvests, favorable weather, abundant grain, and a very relaxed liquor policy. Apart from the official "ban on group drinking", there was no liquor monopoly, which means that the court did not monopolize all or part of the liquor, and the liquor tax was not high. It was truly a spring for those in the brewing industry.

Tang Shiyue nodded and said with a smile: "Then don't blame me for not telling you in advance. I did say that three thousand or five thousand is not too much."

Seeing her smile, Uncle Tang and Madam Zhou both breathed a sigh of relief. They couldn't even explain why they were so convinced of this young lady. They felt a little nervous when they saw her frowning.

Fourth Uncle Tang said, "Let's play it safe. Besides, we don't have that much capital."

Qi Jing said calmly: "I have the silver."

"Wait a minute," said Fourth Uncle Tang with a smile, "We can brew some beer when the new wheat arrives."

Tang Shiyue said: "Then let's buy some bayberries first, and then buy some medicinal herbs when we get to town. I'll try the next recipe first."

This was serious business, so Fourth Uncle Tang went down to discuss it with someone, bought a basket of bayberries, and then drove the mule to the town to buy medicinal herbs. Tang Shiyue also bought some other things. Thinking that Tang Shirong hadn't returned home for the holiday, should we go to the academy to see him? Madam Zhou smiled and said, "What's there to see? They are studying. We should not go and cause trouble if we have nothing to do."

Fourth Uncle Tang also said, "Since it's early today, let's go to Xiaoyue Pond and catch some fish."

Everyone hit it off and drove the mule cart away.

As their mule cart left the town, Tang Junchen was anxiously discussing with the waiter at the door: "My classmate is sick and has a high fever. I'm going to go out and ask a doctor to come over."

"No," the gatekeeper said coldly, "No outsiders are allowed to enter the clan school. If you want to leave, you must report to the steward."

Tang Junchen tried his best to persuade her, and ran back and forth several times before he was finally able to go out and get a dose of medicine. However, after taking the medicine, the fever did not subside until midnight. Tang Junchen said anxiously, "If it's still not better tomorrow, I must find someone to send a message back."

Tang Shirong smiled bitterly and said, "Yueyue is still young, and my mother...is of that temper. What's the point of you sending a message back?" He forced himself to get up and drank two sips of water: "I just caught a cold, I'll be fine after covering myself up overnight, you should go back and rest quickly, don't worry about me."

Tang Junchen had no choice but to ask his roommate for help again and again, and finally he came out. He was anxious in vain, but there was nothing he could do.

The small winery had been prosperous in the past, but it had been getting worse day by day in the past two years. He saw it all, and although he didn't say much, he never asked his parents for more money. He was also extremely tight on money, and now he couldn't even afford to hire a doctor.

I just hope... I just hope that Tang Shirong will get better tomorrow!