The first batch of wine totaled 500 jin (250 kg), named "Drunken Red Dust," and was divided into several series. There were also Peach Blossom Drunk and Pear Blossom Drunk, with a more complex flavor profile than the original "Drunken Red Dust." Qin San Niang planned to make these the signature wines of Ruyi Winery.
The wine jar was a dark brown earthenware pot, with the family's signature "Ruyi" (meaning "as you wish") specially made for the upper right corner. In the center of the jar was a square of red paper with the character "酒" (wine) written on it, and the mouth of the jar was covered with red cloth and tied with hemp rope, making the whole jar look very elegant and dignified.
The wine jars vary in size, with most weighing two jin (1 kg), but some weigh ten, twenty, or fifty jin (20 kg), allowing people to choose flexibly according to their needs.
Of course, Qin San Niang also prepared larger wine vats to sell bulk wine. The price was cheaper, and the quality of the wine was slightly lower, but it was just that the aging time was not as long and the aroma was not as mellow. It could not be considered inferior wine.
In addition, a batch of fruit wine will soon be ready for brewing. We have a lot of dried fruit at home, so this is a good opportunity to use it. This comes from my past life's experience of enjoying fruit wine. Fruit wine has a low alcohol content and a delicate fruity aroma, making it very suitable for the elderly, women, and even young ladies. If there are gatherings of women who are hesitant to drink strong liquor, fruit wine would be a popular alternative.
The green wine on the market has a low alcohol content, but it doesn't have the mellow and fragrant fruit flavor of fruit wine. She has reason to believe that as long as her fruit wine is on the market, even if it is a little more expensive, it will sell well.
Depending on the ingredients, there are many more types of fruit wine. Pear blossom wine is made from pears. Peach wine, as the name suggests, is made from peaches. Bayberry wine is made from bayberries…
Of course, Qin San Niang also planned to make wine, but the grapes were too few and large-scale planting had not yet been established, so this idea had to be put on hold for the time being, but it still needed to be developed in the future.
Nowadays, the phrase "grapes, fine wine, and luminous cups" already exists beyond the Great Wall, which means that wine must have already been produced. It should be in the Xinjiang area of the previous life, which was still considered a foreign land in the geographical location of the Great Sheng!
It's easy to imagine that if this amber-colored grape wine were to be launched in Dasheng, it would be a top-quality product that would be praised by scholars and writers, and there would be no need to worry about sales.
With the wine issue resolved, the next problem was transportation. Fortunately, the family had an oxcart, so Gu Qingshan took care of the transportation. Qin Sanniang had already introduced Guo Er to Gu Qingshan and designated Shantang as a temporary bottling plant for the wine.
By this point, she had arranged for everyone in the charity to be taken care of. The plan was for Gu Qingshan and Chen Dahe to transport the wine vats to the charity, and then the people there would fill the wine into the appropriate jars according to the standards.
The reason for doing this was that the kiln for firing wine jars was closer to the county town, and the charity hall was very large, with no one living in the last courtyard, which could be converted into a wine bottling workshop.
The workshop was then managed by Guo Er and others.
Now, Guo Er has even more responsibilities and is so busy that he barely has time to breathe. But strangely enough, he is always full of energy and seems to have inexhaustible strength.
Even her mother was overjoyed, praising her son to everyone she met and hoping that the villagers could introduce him to a daughter-in-law.
Guo Er felt helpless about this, but he didn't have time to stop his mother. Seeing that his mother was in excellent spirits every day, he didn't say anything more. His mother had worked hard for half her life, and she never had a time to be happy like this every day. He would just let her entertain herself.
Chen Dahe was overjoyed. Originally, his wife worked at Da Wa's house every day, earning a lot of money, making him feel like he was living off her. Moreover, with the woman earning more money, her status in the family rose sharply. Even his sister-in-law, who usually had some minor disagreements with her, was now afraid that his wife would get tired, and would take over the housework.
His parents often told him that Ah Xing was very busy every day, and that he should do more of the housework! His grandfather even looked on with approval…
I just heard that Da Wa's mother is hiring for a job delivering wine to the county town. We have to choose him! He can drive an oxcart! That's what they mean by "everyone has their own unique talent"!
When Gu Qingshan saw that it was him applying for the job, he immediately decided to hire him to go to He County to deliver wine, with a daily wage of twenty copper coins! He could arrange his own time in the afternoon!
Wow, what a great thing!
Chen Dahe strode home with a proud and imposing air. When Old Man Chen saw him, he was quite surprised. Seeing his silly, irritating look, he couldn't help but say, "Dahe, the sun is still high in the sky! What are you doing back here? Have you watered the sorghum in the fields?"
Although the rice harvest is complete, the sorghum hasn't been harvested yet! While not as precious as rice, sorghum is still a staple food for farmers. Rice is expensive, and few families plan to keep it for themselves, so sorghum is their food supply for the rest of the year, and no family would neglect it. Old Man Chen's family has three mu (approximately 0.33 acres) of sorghum fields; with a large family, they're not worried about not having enough to eat!
Although this year we earned a lot more money by raising fish in rice paddies and using new methods to grow rice, plus the money my daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law earned working, it was really quite a lot. But who would complain about having too much money?
They also need to save money to get their grandson married, prepare a dowry for their granddaughter, repair their house, and buy some good land... In short, there are many places where they need money, but life is becoming more and more promising!
Chen Dahe wasn't angry at being disliked by his grandfather. He barked and leaned closer, saying, "Grandpa, I have some good news for you. I guarantee you'll be happy after hearing it!"
"What's wrong?" Old Man Chen thought to himself, "Looking at your silly grin, could it be that your granddaughter-in-law is pregnant again?" Their family was small, and with the great-grandson, it was now a single-son lineage—a huge weight on the old man's heart. But as a grandfather, he was too embarrassed to ask directly…
"Grandpa, I can earn money now! How about it? Aren't you happy?" Chen Dahe picked up the vegetables from his grandfather's hand and started picking them too. This bunch of water celery was picked by Uncle Chen Geng from the stream early in the morning. It was a fresh and delicious wild vegetable!
Seeing his grandson's hand slip and fall, picking all the leaves off the wild vegetables, he quickly slapped Chen Dahe's hand away, "Come on, move aside! Is that how you pick vegetables? These leaves are edible too. Blanch them and make a cold dish, it's a dish in itself!"
Chen Dahe dodged abruptly, "I know, Grandpa. I'll go to the river and cut a bunch for you later! You can eat your fill."
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