Chapter 19: Overwhelming Wealth
Su Xiaoli brought Gu Feihan into the welfare home, where things were bustling with activity.
"Grandpa Su!" she shouted.
When Su Yuhe heard the shouting, he looked up and saw it was Su Xiaoli. His originally happy face suddenly turned into a smile.
"Girl, why are you here?"
"Grandpa Su, I brought someone to you. Maybe he can bring a big business to our village." Su Xiaoli introduced Gu Feihan to Su Yuhe with a smile.
Gu Feihan had already heard Su Xiaoli's talk on the way. He admired the old village chief very much. He hurried forward and held Su Yuhe's hands, not minding the mud on his hands at all.
"Hello, Village Chief Su, my name is Gu Feihan, and I would like to ask you about the sorghum harvest in our village.
If the production volume and quality are acceptable, I would like to invest in a brewery here and use the sorghum here as raw material.”
Su Yuhe suspected that he had heard it wrong. He was stunned by the overwhelming wealth and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"Oh my! This is a distinguished guest. Come in and sit down."
After entering the house, Su Yuhe wiped the stool and handed over cigarettes.
Gu Feihan didn't hesitate to take the cigarette and lit it for Su Yuhe, then he started smoking too.
The two of them got straight to the point and became more and more excited as they talked. In the end, Su Yuhe pulled Gu Feihan home to have lunch.
“Although there’s not much delicious food in our countryside, you must try these newly harvested peanuts and sweet potatoes.
There are also corn cobs, which are sweet and sticky. I'll get some sorghum for you when we get home. Don't you need samples for the experiment you mentioned?
Let's go take a look at the fields. I tell you, the sorghum is growing very well this year."
When Su Yuhe talked about the crops in the fields, he couldn't stop talking.
Gu Feihan glanced at Su Xiaoli.
Su Xiaoli naturally hopes to make this happen as soon as possible. "I have nothing to do this afternoon, and I don't have to go out to the stall today, so I have plenty of time."
Su Yuhe happily took the two of them back to the village.
When Aunt Wu saw the guest coming, she heard that Xiaoli had brought him to buy sorghum. He was not buying a small amount, but a large amount of sorghum that might not be enough for the whole village...
Aunt Wu was both surprised and happy. She was busy killing chickens and then buying meat.
Gu Feihan repeatedly stated that he came here specifically to eat the farmer's meal, and what he wanted to eat most were corn, sweet potatoes and sorghum.
Only then did Aunt Wu believe it half way and went back to the kitchen to cook.
Su Xiaoli accompanied Aunt Wu in cooking, and Aunt Wu was still a little bit unbelieving.
"Girl, tell me the truth, this Gu...Gu, what is Gu?"
"Gu Feihan." Su Xiaoli continued.
"Yes, Gu Feihan, is this young man really here to buy sorghum?"
Although Aunt Wu has lived in the countryside for many years, she can see that Gu Feihan has a handsome appearance and extraordinary demeanor, and must have come from a big city.
People in the city eat fine grains and drink foreign liquor. How could they be interested in the coarse grains grown in our fields?
"Auntie, as long as the sorghum here is good, he has this idea." Su Xiaoli couldn't make the decision for Gu Feihan, but there was nothing wrong with telling the truth.
"That's a real noble man! Then people in our village can make money without leaving home."
Aunt Wu and Su Yuhe have been a couple for many years and they speak in the same style.
Su Xiaoli nodded.
"If it's really a good thing, it can be sold without leaving the house. By the way, Auntie, do you have our own sorghum wine at home? Give him some to try and let him check the quality first."
"Yes! Some are freshly brewed, and some are saved. Take them all out!"
Aunt Wu did what she said. She went down to the cellar and brought up a jar. Just as she handed it to Su Xiaoli, she went down again and brought up another jar.
Just when Su Xiaoli thought it was about to end, Aunt Wu went downstairs and brought up the third jar.
This is the rhythm of drinking Gu Feihan under the table...
"Ma'am, isn't that a bit too much?"
Su Xiaoli was annoyed. She shouldn't have said that.
When rural people brew their own wine, they prefer it with a high alcohol content.
Spicy and powerful!
But one glass of this wine is equivalent to two glasses. After a few glasses, Gu Feihan will definitely lose his memory.
"Not much, not much. I think he looks like someone who can drink. Besides, these three jars of mine are from different years and have different ingredients. I must let him taste them all!"
Aunt Wu seems to be quite confident about her own wine.
Su Xiaoli quietly ran into the main room. Old Master Su and Gu Feihan were chatting animatedly and she couldn't get a word in.
She had no choice but to give Gu Feihan a look that said "drink less and take care of yourself."
It's not that she didn't want him to drink more, she just didn't want to drive with a drunk. Who knows what he would do when he's drunk? !
But she couldn't stop the hospitable old couple, so she had to secretly wink at Gu Feihan.
Gu Feihan, do you understand or not?
Gu Feihan...of course didn’t understand.
Gu Feihan was surprised by Su Xiaoli's sudden look, but after a slight pause, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Why did she come to peek at me...
Gu Feihan accidentally blushed slightly.
Su Xiaoli held her forehead with her hand.
I'm asking you to drink less! You, you, you are shy at all! She glared at him and walked away with a sullen face.
I don't want to bother with this mountain product anymore.
Things became much simpler afterwards. Su Yuhe asked her son to invite some old friends from the village.
Aunt Wu brought out three jars of wine, which were drunk up by these six or seven men, young and old.
Gu Feihan was a little hesitant at first.
Gradually, several people let go and drank to their heart's content. They climbed directly from the table to the kang, filled a large bowl with wine, and took turns drinking it...
Gu Feihan's face flushed red and he fell asleep on the kang.
Su Yuhe's face also flushed, but she was still conscious and continued to chat with other old men.
"This young man is good, he drinks honestly."
Several old men had finished their drinks and nodded while smoking their pipes.
The old man still can't believe that harvesting sorghum is real.
"Old Su, do you think he can really harvest all the sorghum in our village? Apart from the portion that is paid as public grain, the remaining should be at least a thousand kilograms!"
Another old man poked him with his pipe and said, "I heard what you said. Over a thousand kilograms. Hey, I'm afraid that what we have in our village is not enough!"
Su Yuhe tapped his pipe on the edge of the kang.
"You guys do the math. 1,000 jin of sorghum can produce only 500 jin of wine. My brothers and Xiao Gu drank three jars, so it must be about 600 or 700 jin.
By this calculation, 500 kilograms of wine is not a lot. "
Su Yuhe has a clear understanding of the account.
When everyone heard this, they realized that this was exactly the case.
During festivals, every rural man drinks two or three kilograms of liquor. 500 kilograms of liquor is not enough for all the men in a village to drink in a year.
"If he buys our sorghum, how much would it cost per pound?"
The old man has many children at home and is short of money! Today, with the courage of alcohol, I finally asked the question that everyone wanted to ask the most.
Su Yuhe pursed her lips and said nothing.
After a while, he said, "Send it to the grain station. The first grade is 1.1 cents per pound, and the second grade is 9 cents. We definitely can't sell it at a lower price than the grain station.
But Xiao Gu also said that we have to take it for testing, and we can only accept it if it passes the test."
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