"It's alright, Qingqing, don't worry. Everything is fine at home. Your mother just made a small mistake. How are you doing over there? I heard there was a disaster in Heilongjiang Province."
Lin Jianguo has been in a real mess lately, with one thing after another happening at home, leaving him no time to care about his daughter. A couple of days ago, he overheard that there was a disaster in Heilongjiang Province, and he's been worrying about his daughter these past few days. Then his daughter called.
"Dad, our village is doing well. We delivered our grain tax on time, and a batch of grain was found in the mountains. The commune left a lot of grain for our village as a reward, so the famine didn't affect our village. I came here today to send things home! My brother Nanxun and I picked a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains and made some cured meat, which we just mailed today."
Upon hearing Lin Jianguo's question, Lin Qing quickly told him about the situation in the village. She didn't mention that there were also casualties in the village, as she didn't want her father to worry about her.
"Is that so? That's good, that's good. How's your village? Are the villagers kind? How's the village head?"
"The villagers are really nice, everyone is very kind. The village head is a rare good person, he's been very good to me and Gu Nanxun, and the village head even helped build the house for Nanxun and me..."
Hearing her father's question, Lin Qing didn't think much of it, assuming that her father was worried about her. To reassure her father, Lin Qing praised the Chaoyang Brigade to the best of her ability.
Gu Nanxun chatted with his father for a while before hanging up. Knowing that everything was alright at home, Lin Qing was relieved.
"Brother Nanxun, I think I've forgotten something?"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Qing suddenly asked Gu Nanxuan with some confusion.
"You forgot to mention your pregnancy." Gu Nanxun smiled helplessly and reminded Lin Qing. He thought that Lin Qing didn't intend to tell him on the phone, but he didn't expect that she had simply forgotten.
"Oh right, I didn't tell you about the pregnancy, Brother Nanxun, why didn't you remind me!"
Gu Nanxun rubbed Lin Qing's head. "Alright, it's fine if you don't want to talk about it. Anyway, the letter has already been sent, it'll only be a few days late."
Since things had already come to this, Lin Qing didn't dwell on it anymore. So she and Gu Nanxun left the post office hand in hand. Little did she know that a week later she would receive a surprise, or perhaps not a surprise at all.
Gu Nanxun and Lin Qing browsed around the supply and marketing cooperative for a while, bought some food and daily necessities such as soap and toothpaste, ate at the state-run restaurant, and then headed home.
After Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun returned home, they didn't go out in the afternoon. Instead, they went to the space together. After harvesting the vegetables, Lin Qing checked the gold coins in the space and finally collected 1 million gold coins again. When the space reached level 5 before, Lin Qing still had a processing workshop that she hadn't unlocked! At that time, she didn't have enough gold coins. After this period of time, Lin Qing finally collected 1 million gold coins again.
With excitement, Lin Qing clicked on the construction button for the processing workshop next to the orchard, and soon a small house appeared in front of Lin Qing.
Lin Qing stared at the workshop for a while, and information about the workshop appeared in Lin Qing's mind.
A level 1 processing workshop can produce various jams. A level 2 orchard unlocks a level 2 processing workshop.
Just like the feed mill, the processing workshop was attached to the orchard. However, producing only jam was somewhat useless to Lin Qing. Lin Qing felt that her 1 million gold coins had been a bit of a waste.
"It's not entirely useless. After being made into jam, it can be displayed in a shop window and sold. Jam is always more expensive than fruit."
Seeing Lin Qing's disappointed look, Gu Nanxun comforted her, saying that he didn't think there would be anything useless in the space.
"I'm not that disappointed. I just wanted to make some fruit wine. I was thinking that I could make fruit wine after opening the processing workshop, but I didn't expect that I still can't."
Hearing Gu Nanxun comfort her, Lin Qing said indifferently that she was only a little disappointed, but not too much. However, Gu Nanxun's comfort still made Lin Qing feel warm inside. This was the feeling of being cared for.
"Since the processing workshop can't brew fruit wine, we can brew it ourselves! We can ask Zhao Xi when we have dinner tonight; she'll definitely be able to brew it."
Upon hearing that Lin Qing wanted to brew fruit wine, Gu Nanxun offered another suggestion.
“That works too. Anyway, I don’t have anything else to do these days. Making fruit wine is perfect for passing the time.”
There were no other forms of entertainment in the 1960s, not even television. Lin Qing couldn't stay cooped up in her spatial dimension all the time, nor did she like wandering around the village. Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao were particularly busy lately, going out early and returning late every day, gathering firewood and mountain produce as they prepared for winter. Lin Qing felt embarrassed to bother them, since not everyone was like her, with no shortage of food or supplies. So, Lin Qing was quite happy to have something to do, at least to pass the time.
"Xixi, do you know how to make fruit wine?"
During dinner, Lin Qing asked Zhao Xi for the recipe while eating. It would be great if Zhao Xi knew the recipe, but if she didn't, she would buy one from the system herself.
"Making fruit wine? Of course I can! Qingqing, would you like some fruit wine? I can make apple, peach, grape... which kind would you like, Qingqing?"
Upon hearing Lin Qing's question, Zhao Xi excitedly replied, "Finally, something to do again?" These days, she and Zhao Chen had been spending all their time going up and down the mountain, feeling incredibly bored. Finally, something to do again made Zhao Xi extremely excited.
"Then let's make peach wine first. What tools do we need?"
"We'll need some large jars and some white sugar," Zhao Xi said after thinking for a moment. "But we don't have that many jars."
"It's alright, I'll have Zhao Chun buy some tomorrow," Lin Qing said with a smile. Ever since Gu Nanxun handed over the black market transactions to Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen has been frequently going to the county town.
"Okay, I'll go find Zhao Chun in a bit and tell him what I need so he can bring it back tomorrow."
After hearing Lin Qing's words, Zhao Xi spoke enthusiastically.
Lin Qing smiled and nodded, "Okay!"
The next day, Lin Qing took out a lot of peaches from her space. She, Zhao Xi, and Zhao Chen washed and dried the peaches.
After Zhao Chun bought the jar, they followed the traditional method, cutting the peaches into small pieces, putting them into the jar, layering peaches and sugar, and finally sealing the lid.
"Alright, just wait for it to ferment." Zhao Xi said, looking at the jar in front of her with satisfaction.
"Is that all? Is it really that simple? It's like pickling vegetables."
"It's that simple. You can also add some baijiu (Chinese liquor), but without baijiu, the alcohol content will be lower, making it more suitable for women."
"Alright, let's move them to the cellar then!"
The peaches Lin Qing took out this time were just ordinary peaches. She just wanted to learn how to make wine first, and then use the fruits grown in the orchard in her space to make wine. She never expected that making wine would be so simple.
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