Cheng Chen looked at her husband holding the clean handkerchief, her face flushed with shame. She felt that she was becoming more and more bold. She dared to do such a thing before it got dark. Now she just wanted to bury herself and not see anyone.
Wang Yu looked at his husband's red face and knew that he was shy. He slowly rubbed Cheng Chen's wrist and asked if it was still sore. Seeing Cheng Chen blushing and shaking his head, he asked again: "Then how did my Ah Chen know about this?"
Cheng Chen wanted to hide and was even more reluctant to talk about it, but he couldn't stand his husband's constant questioning, so he finally said that it was a booklet given by his mother. He still remembered the first time he saw the booklet, he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do, so he could only put the booklet at the bottom of the box.
After hearing this, Wang Yu sighed that his mother-in-law was a good person. He took the opportunity to hug him and said that the academy was on vacation, and she could only go to the restaurant in the morning to settle the bill and then come back, so she could spend more time with him at home.
Knowing that her husband was on vacation, she no longer cared about being shy and just felt happy. The two of them were affectionate for a while and then separated. Dinner was not ready yet, and Wang Yu prepared to teach Cheng Chen to recognize two more words. He took out the "Thousand Character Classic" and slowly taught Cheng Chen to recognize the words on it.
Cheng Chen studied literacy very seriously. Although he couldn't read, being able to read was good.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Yu and Cheng Chen went to the town restaurant early in the morning to discuss the wine production with the manager. The first batch of wine was only 5,000 kilograms.
Manager Zhang was very happy to hear that the wine could be sold. It was the end of the year and more people were giving gifts, and wine was an indispensable gift during festivals. With this batch of wine, he could make a lot of money this year. However, 5,000 kilograms was still a little less, and he had to share some of it with the county and the provincial capital.
Then he heard Wang Yu say that he would only release 3,000 kilograms first, leaving 2,000 kilograms for further aging. Manager Zhang also knew that the longer the wine was aged, the better, but there was still 2,000 kilograms missing, which was not enough to be divided. Then he thought about it and realized that there was nothing he could do if it was not enough to be divided.
"Okay! Give more next time. The boss has restaurants in the county and the prefecture, and they can eat a lot. And this year, as a New Year gift, I'm sure we can sell a lot."
Wang Yu also felt it was a pity when he heard this. At that time, the winemaking had not yet arrived here, so he thought of brewing a batch first and said, "Uncle Zhang, the wine will be released every month from now on. Are you still worried that it won't be enough to sell?"
"Haha, that's true. I'll go with you later to try this wine and satisfy your appetite!"
After talking to Manager Zhang, Wang Yu bought some New Year's gifts and arranged for someone to go to the winery with Manager Zhang.
People who went out in Xilin Village in winter saw cars heading towards the Cheng family behind them. They all knew that there was a winery there, so they were probably going to see the wine.
When they saw Wang Yu and Cheng Chen, they wanted to go up and say hello, but when they saw the people next to them were wearing silk clothes and looked very majestic, they didn't dare to go up. Someone in the village recognized that this person was the manager of Baiweilou in the town, and they were afraid that the Cheng family was going to become rich.
Arriving at the winery, Manager Zhang looked around. The yard was quite large and clean. He nodded secretly. It was very important to keep the food you eat clean.
Brother Cheng also came over at this time, and Wang Yu introduced them to each other.
"Okay, let's go and open the jar and taste it." After the two of them finished talking, the manager rubbed his hands and asked Wang Yu to take him to the room where the wine was stored.
Cheng Yang took the key and opened the door, then went in and opened a jar of wine. The jars were all 100 liters. There were a total of 25 jars in the first batch, and 15 were taken out first. As soon as they were opened, the aroma of wine was immediately overwhelming. The manager couldn't wait to take the spoon and take a sip. It was indeed mellow and easy to drink.
Although it wasn't as good as the first time, it was still much better than other wines. He smiled widely and said, "Not bad, not bad. This wine is famous."
Wang Yu: "Don't worry about Uncle Zhang laughing at me, I've thought about it a lot, but in the end I still think Yuxi is the most suitable."
"Yuxi River, Yuxi Village, Yuxi wine, not bad, not bad. If this wine becomes famous, your village and the entire Yuxi River area will also become famous."
Wang Yu heard him say this, thinking that the wine was indeed very good and would sell well, so he asked Manager Zhang to take people to pack the wine.
Manager Zhang was also a straightforward man and said directly, "Okay, the wine is as we agreed that day. Each of these 100-liter jars will cost five taels of silver. Fifteen jars will cost seventy-five taels."
After saying that, the manager gave Wang Yu the silver that he had prepared in advance. He didn't hesitate and directly arranged for people to load the silver jars onto the car one by one, and asked the people who were moving the goods to be careful because it was all money.
Brother Cheng was also surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect to sell so much money at once! Although Wang Yu had said that this wine would sell well when the winery was built, he had never actually seen it.
Moreover, the money for building the winery and buying grain all came from his hands. He knew that he had already spent a lot of money, and he was worried that it would all be wasted if he didn't do it well. Now seeing so much, it will take only a few months to make back the money. He thought that Wang Yu was indeed a capable person.
After the wine was moved and Manager Zhang was sent away, the winery was about to close for the holiday. The three aunts were called in to talk about the holiday and were given an extra month's salary, a piece of cloth, and a piece of meat for each of them, all of which were things they could use during the New Year.
The aunts were extremely happy to receive the things. They had been working here for half a year, and their monthly salary was paid on time every month without any delay. Last Mid-Autumn Festival, they were given moon cakes and meat. This time, it was even more amazing. Not only did they receive an extra month's salary, but they were also given a piece of cloth, which was cotton. One piece of cloth could make two sets of clothes, and they could make new clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year. They were extremely grateful that they had taken such a good job.
After explaining these things, he and Cheng Yang went to Yue's house. The 20% interest agreed upon before had to be divided. Wang Yu roughly calculated the expenses of the past six months in his mind, and he still had about 480 taels left in his hand.
According to the current wine production rate, 5,000 kilograms of wine requires about 12,500 kilograms of grain. The price of high-quality grain in the Dali period is 5 cents per kilogram, which means 62 taels and 5 cents per month, and 375 taels for six months.
The monthly salary for my aunt and the monthly salary for my wife's family in the past few months is thirty-nine taels. I spent about one tael to buy some holiday benefits, so the total is four hundred and fifteen taels. I have about sixty-five taels left in my hand. The monthly salary of his restaurant accountant is given to Cheng Chen every month and is not included in this.
This time he got 75 taels, and he hasn't made back his investment yet, but he will have about 75 taels of income every month in the future. After deducting the monthly food money and wages and benefits, he will have 11 taels of income left. Twenty-eight means he gets 8 taels and his wife's family gets 3 taels.
However, there will be aged wine in half a year. According to the current output of wine, there will be an income of 70 taels per month from the aged wine. That is to say, in addition to the share given to the Yue family in half a year, Wang Yu will have a profit income of about 64 taels per month. The profit of this winery is very good.
The Cheng family looked at the three taels of silver in their hands. Although it was not much for the first time, they knew that if they continued to brew this amount of wine, they would have an income of about seventeen taels per month in half a year. Farmers could only save this much silver in a year, not to mention that they would have it every month in the future. The winery was really a gold nugget that made money.
They also knew that although sometimes a larger prey could be sold for thirty or fifty taels, such times were rare. Most small prey could only be sold for one or two taels. Moreover, hunting in the mountains was dangerous after all. How could they not be happy now that they had a stable source of income? They were really lucky that their brother married Wang Yu, and they didn't expect it to bring so many benefits to their family.
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