"Thank you! I knew that if you bought a book as a gift for Taurus, I would definitely get one too!"

Meng Tao: "You are beautiful."

"That's right! You don't know how much I envy Jinniu. There are only two brothers in my family, and my younger brother is only five years old. There is nothing to say to him, and he won't understand even if I say it. If I had a sister as good as you, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"Just call me sister, and you'll have it."

"Go ahead. I'm older than you. But I've decided on you and Taurus as my friends. Let's get along like brothers from now on."

"OK."

Meng Tao's new bicycle was locked at the hotel, so she wanted to walk there. The street lights were bright and it was safe, so Zhang Fu only sent her to the hospital entrance.

Meng Tao suddenly remembered and asked Zhang Fu: "Is the wine in your winery made from real grains? It's not blended with distiller's grains, right?"

Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "Of course it is brewed with real grains, what's the point of blending? Not at all!"

“What kind of wine is produced?”

"We have everything, high and low alcohol, expensive and cheap. Why are you asking this? Do you want to drink?"

"I don't drink, so I can't buy it?"

Zhang Fu took two steps towards her, smiled and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to start a wine business?"

"Tell me first, what is the cheapest wine in your factory? And which one has the highest sales volume?"

"The cheapest is definitely bulk wine, which has the highest sales volume. There is a medium-priced wine that sells very well, the Zhuyeqing sold by the supply and marketing cooperative. It is also popular in the countryside. It is very high-end as a gift in the countryside. It costs one yuan per bottle without a ticket. The ex-factory price is 68 cents. It is packaged in green glass bottles, and there are twelve bottles in a box. This is the wine I usually carry the most."

"Do you know the factory price?"

"My uncle is in the sales department."

"Your eldest uncle is in charge of the sales department, your uncle is in charge of the warehouse, and you are a small worker. This winery is all your family's business."

"Hehe, that's not the case. This Xingyang Winery is a century-old factory. My uncle worked as an apprentice in the factory since he was a child. After retirement, he went back to work in the warehouse. My eldest uncle and second uncle also worked there. I was arranged to go to the countryside to join the production team last year. My eldest uncle helped me to get in through the back door, so I was able to work as a small worker."

"That requires connections. Generally speaking, if I want to buy goods from your factory at the ex-factory price, I need a certificate from my employer, right?"

"Of course."

"If I want a batch of goods but don't have a certificate from my company, can you help me find your uncle and ask for the factory price? That should be ok, right?"

"Well, you want...I need to ask."

"Go ahead and ask. Don't you want a chance to make money? This is it. This time in Mengzhou, someone asked me to order some wine from our countryside, which can be considered a local specialty."

"How much?"

"If there are twelve bottles in a box, we need a hundred boxes first."

"One hundred boxes? That's one thousand two hundred bottles?"

"Yes, there is no need to put labels on the bottles. Leave the labels for people to put on themselves when they go back. If you can get this batch of goods from your uncle, I can sell it wholesale for 80 cents per bottle and make 12 cents from it. Since we are cooperating, we can split it in half, 6 cents each."

Meng Tao was just talking casually. After she stored the wine in the space, she would definitely sell it for more than 80 cents a bottle, and it would not even be one dollar. If she were to set the price, it would be at least ten dollars a bottle.

Alcohol is not easy to transport.

Meng Tao couldn't help laughing when she saw how excited he was: "Seventy-two dollars."

"Oh my god, seventy-two bucks for just one sale? How long does it take?"

"The boss gave me a deposit first, which is enough for purchasing goods, and we can settle the bill immediately."

Zhang Fu's eyes lit up, but he calmed down quickly: "I will try to ask my uncle for the goods. If it works, I can't ask for six points. That's too easy! Just give me three points."

Meng Tao rolled her eyes: "Do you still think money is too much? I don't want to take advantage of you. After all, there is no proof, just like black market transactions, there are some risks."

Zhang Fu hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll take 5 cents. After all, you still have to ship the goods, and you're the one who works the hardest."

"Brother Zhang Fu, you will suffer losses if you do business like this."

"It's just you. It definitely won't work for others. Maybe I'll ask for 70%... You're a girl, so it doesn't matter if I suffer a little!" Zhang Fu chuckled.

"You've learned the spirit of a gentleman. You have a bright future, young man. You will surely have smooth sailing in your relationship."

"Oh, don't mention it." When talking about his girlfriend, Zhang Fu suddenly became depressed. The girl he was dating changed her mind and was seduced away by another man.

Meng Tao then returned to the main topic: "In addition to the 100 boxes of Bamboo Leaf Green, we also need some pure rice wine, the kind that comes in jars, with an alcohol content of about 42."

"The pure rice wine in ceramic jars comes in 100-jin, 50-jin, 30-jin, 20-jin, 10-jin, and even 5-jin bottles."

"I want a ten-kilogram container, which is easier to carry. I want two hundred kilograms."

Meng Tao intends to use this pure rice wine to make peach blossom wine and chrysanthemum wine.

"Well, I'll find some time tomorrow to talk to my uncle."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

The next morning, Meng Tao was in the ward accompanying Jin Niu and Zhang's father. At noon, Zhang's mother came to deliver lunch, and Zhang Fu followed his mother in. He winked at Meng Tao when no one was paying attention, with a smile on his face. It was obvious that he must have reached an agreement with his uncle.

After lunch, the two injured patients took a nap. Meng Tao and Zhang Fu came out and talked at the window at the end of the corridor.

Zhang Fu excitedly told Meng Tao that his uncle had made arrangements and she could pick up the goods tomorrow.

Meng Tao handed the payment for the wine to Zhang Fu on the spot, and asked him to pick up and transport the goods. She told him to contact his uncle directly and rent the original small warehouse for a longer period of time, even one or two months. Meng Tao said it had other uses, and the purchased wine could be stored in it. After Meng Tao inspected it, she would ask someone to drive over to pick up the goods.

Two days later, Zhang Fu handed the key to the small warehouse to Meng Tao, and all the wine was moved and stored.

Meng Tao counted out seventy-two yuan and gave it to Zhang Fu. He earned three months' salary with this one kick. He was so happy that he counted it several times with shaking hands.

It happened to be a rainy day, so Meng Tao rode her bicycle over to "inspect", but in fact she put all the wine into the space. She also added a new lock to the small warehouse with the doors and windows tightly closed, so that when Zhang Fu's uncle came to inspect, he would think that there was still wine stored inside.

Thursday came in a blink of an eye. Tomorrow, Friday, was the date agreed upon by Meng Tao and driver Ma Fengnian. She had to go to Mengzhou to pick up the goods and also go to Xingzi Lane to see how the yard was being painted and tidied up.

Thinking that the space was full again, and that after collecting this batch of goods, it would be filled up so full that there would be no space left, she couldn't help feeling tired. This time it was not because she was greedy, it was all because of that Ma Fengnian, who was stood up by an unscrupulous vendor. She saw that he was in such a difficult situation, and the quality of his mountain products was so good, she couldn't help but buy them.

After collecting the first batch, I naturally have to collect the second batch, at least to fill a truck. The wines bought from Zhangfu Winery were a spur of the moment decision, mainly because I wanted to make some white wine to make flower wine, and also get some bottled wine to see if they sell well.

(End of this chapter)