Actually, the recipe for Greenery Everlasting Wine wasn't planned in advance.
During the Lunar New Year, Li Lan always had a smile on her face, but when no one was around, Li Xiangdong had seen her frowning more than once.
He thought his older sister was reluctant to get a divorce!
Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that the eldest sister was afraid that she wouldn't be able to support herself and her children after the divorce, and that relying on her parents and brothers for a living was not a sustainable solution.
As the saying goes, "Mountains crumble, people run away." Li Lan doesn't want to rely on anyone now; she just wants to stand on her own two feet.
Isn't that easy? Reform and opening up are just around the corner, and countless opportunities are right in front of us. Even if we just go south and resell some clothes, we can make a fortune very quickly.
Before he could even speak, Li Lan whispered to him, "Xiangdong, aren't you planning to start a winery? Zhang Yusong has a brewing recipe passed down from his grandfather, which his father and stepmother don't know about. What do you think if I take the recipe, whether I sell it or donate it to the village, it's fine?"
It is very difficult for a married daughter to return to the village and be allocated a homestead. Li Lan naturally knew this, and she wanted to use the brewing recipe as a pledge to secure a place for herself in Lijiapo.
Li Xiangdong asked curiously, "What kind of wine?"
"I don't know either. I found out about it when he invited a technician from the winery to dinner at his home, intending to sell them a long-lost brewing recipe."
"He keeps it a secret very well; he doesn't tell anyone."
After listening to Li Lan's words, Li Xiangdong pondered for a long time, "What kind of wine is it?"
Zhang Yusong's hometown is in Henan Province, but he came to Yongxing County from his grandfather's generation. The brewing recipe he has is probably not from Henan Province, but from a famous wine from Zhao Province.
Aside from Lutai Chun, Lao Congtai, Yuhe Chun, Shaoguo Laojiao, and Songhe Jiu, there are no other famous wines from these two places!
However, the famous wines like Lutaichun have never lost their tradition, so it's impossible to say that they have been lost for a long time.
After thinking about it for a long time without any results, and with so many things to do during the Lunar New Year, the siblings simply put the matter aside.
This morning, while Li Xiangdong was chatting with his aunt, he suddenly remembered that two years before he died in his previous life, his aunt's granddaughter married into a family in Henan Province, and he had gone to see her off.
In the village where my niece married, someone set up a winery, claiming to have restored the brewing technique of "Luyi Yong" wine, which had been lost for decades!
After trying it, he bought two more boxes to take home.
This Greenery Yongjiu has a mellow and elegant aroma, a sweet and smooth taste, and has quickly gained a foothold in the Henan Province market, with a strong momentum to expand nationwide.
It was by sheer coincidence that, in a flash of inspiration, Li Xiangdong uttered the words "Greenery Forever," hoping to trick Zhang Yusong.
I never expected it to actually be true!
Zhang Yusong stared wide-eyed. "How can you guarantee you won't sell the formula?"
Li Xiangdong patted his face, "At this moment, do you have the right to bargain?"
Zhang Yusong doesn't have many merits; being pragmatic is perhaps the only one he can be considered.
He shifted his position to a spot where no one else could see him, quickly wrote down the recipe, folded it several times, and handed it to Li Xiangdong.
"Can I have some meat now? I'm so hungry!"
Seeing his pitiful look, Li Xiangdong tossed him a steamed bun. "Eat it and get out of here! Meet me at the Yongxing County Civil Affairs Bureau at 9 a.m. on the seventh day of the month! If I don't see you, hmph!"
Zhang Yusong ate the steamed bun in a few bites, then choked and stretched his neck, saying, "I can't walk anymore! Don't you have any idea how badly you beat me?"
Li Jin said irritably to his ex-son-in-law, who was about to become a thing of the past, "Stop pretending. Hitting you only caused superficial injuries, nothing serious!"
With the matter settled, Li Jin and Zhao Sufang invited everyone to go inside for dinner.
If you hate someone, everything they do will make you unhappy. Couldn't Zhang Yusong have waited until they finished lunch before coming?
The food is cold now, so we have to reheat it!
When Aunt Li returned to Li Qingshan's house, she told him what had happened. "You didn't see it! The screams were awful! We don't even know who my brother's family beat up this time. It was so terrible!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Liu Yuxiu almost imperceptibly. Tsk tsk, she had seen Li Xiangdong beat up Liu Gou Dan'er back then!
When Liu Yuxiu heard Li Sangu's account, she shuddered. It seemed she still couldn't afford to mess with that family of lunatics!
They're really ruthless when they hit someone!
Li Wanshi looked dejected and muttered to herself, "They've really gone mad, the whole family has gone mad!"
Aunt Li advised her mother, "That's enough. Stop trying so hard to subdue your eldest brother's family. If you get along well with your grandchildren, you'll be able to enjoy your retirement."
The key issue is that her mother simply couldn't subdue the other woman.
Aunt Li Er held a piece of steamed rice cake in her hand, eating it with relish, while she played chess with her father, Li Qingshan, with Li Weijun watching from the sidelines.
The third and fourth sons-in-law stood in the courtyard smoking and chatting.
Li Wanshi moved next to Li Qingshan and haphazardly knocked the chess pieces away, saying, "What are you playing for? A bunch of heartless idiots!"
Li Ergu, Li Sangu, Third Son-in-law, Fourth Son-in-law, and Li Qingshan: Who's really crazy?
Aunt Li didn't go home that day because she really liked the family atmosphere of Li Jin's family recently, and she planned to stay at her brother's house for a couple more days.
Li Ying had to host a group of her husband's older sisters on the third day of the Lunar New Year, so she went home early to prepare the meal.
Li Xiangdong personally rode his bicycle to put Zhang Yusong on the bus to Yongxing County, bought him a ticket, and kindly told him, "You'll be free in five days. Go on blind dates these days, after all, your ancestors are waiting for you to carry on their family line!"
Zhang Yusong's smile was more like a grimace. "Let's talk about it after we're officially divorced. I still value my relationship with Dalan very much."
Li Xiangdong almost vomited; he bought him a ticket and left in a hurry.
This kind of person, this kind of person!
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On the third day of the Lunar New Year, people all over China should still be enjoying the festive atmosphere.
The brigade headquarters in Lijiapo began to get busy.
Although they couldn't accompany their wives to visit relatives, the wives were very understanding of their husbands; for men, making money is the most important thing.
Li Jin, Liu Changhai, Li Tang, Li Kang, Liu Yuliang, and the members of the breeding team that Guo Daming had previously selected were all sitting upright around a large wooden tub.
A stove was burning next to the large wooden tub, making the whole room very warm. The tub was filled with countless tiny, transparent shrimp larvae.
Guo Daming is back!
He didn't come back by himself; he brought back giant freshwater prawn larvae!
Guo Daming didn't spend the Spring Festival at home this year. Ever since he decided to raise shrimp, Li Xiangdong has been thinking about the giant freshwater prawn, which was introduced to Shenzhen in 1976!
With the letter of introduction in hand, Guo Daming took the train straight to Pengcheng Aquatic Products Research Institute, waited there for a month, and finally brought back 100,000 shrimp larvae!
Giant freshwater prawn larvae
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