"I don't think it's good." Tang Shiyue said with a smile: "We should name it a wine that people can tell what it is for at a glance. This kind of wine can prolong life, so why not call it longevity wine."
Fourth Uncle Tang said, "Why not call it Fu Shou Bar? May you have good fortune and longevity!"
After thinking about it, everyone agreed that the longevity wine was the most appropriate. What’s there to be afraid of? It’s auspicious!
Tang Shiyue said: "Because the recipe is different each time, we can give it a big name and then a small name. For example, the sand fruit wine this time, the main effect is to nourish the kidney and nourish the heart, consolidate the essence and replenish qi, so it can be called Fushou Guyuan Wine, or Fushou Buqi Wine. Later, we will brew bayberry wine, the main effect is to promote fluid production and relieve cough, digest food and relieve heat, we can call it Fushou Jieshu Wine, which is most suitable for drinking during the dog days of summer."
Everyone nodded.
Tang Sishu asked, "How much will it cost?"
In fact, the wine in the small winery is very cheap, and it can really be said that the profit is small. A catty of Shaochun is only 500 wen. Later, when business was not good, it was sold for 300 wen. Later, when it was sold as turbid wine, it could even be sold for 200 wen. That was a loss.
Tang Sishu said, "How about we buy one tael of silver per catty?" After he finished speaking, he felt unsure: "Eight hundred coins is also OK?"
Tang Shiyue tilted her head and thought about it.
Li Bai said in his poem, "A bucket of wine in a golden cup costs ten thousand coins, and delicacies on a jade plate cost ten thousand coins." A bucket of wine is about four catties, and ten thousand coins equals ten taels, so his catty of wine cost more than two taels of silver?
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She said directly: "One catty of wine costs ten taels of silver. It's cheaper if you buy more. For example, if we have a two-catty jar, we can sell it for nineteen taels. If we get some ten-catty jars, we can sell it for more than ninety taels. Or we can sell them in batches and give a ten percent profit."
In fact, the alcohol content of wine nowadays is not high, and many people are used to buying wine in batches of ten kilograms, so a 10% discount is a great discount.
Fourth Uncle Tang's eyes widened in surprise: "This is too expensive, isn't it?"
"Not expensive," Qi Jing said, "Things are valuable because they are rare. The Bi Tao wine from Liu Xiang Fang in the town can be sold for five taels and three taels. Ours tastes better than theirs, and the cost is higher. We should also consider using other precious medicinal herbs and fruits in the future."
Fourth Uncle Tang still felt it was unreliable: "But they are a big winery!"
"So what?" Tang Shiyue said with a smile, "We will be bigger than him in the future."
Seeing her calm and composed, Qi Jing was also calm and composed, and Fourth Uncle Tang couldn't help but feel ambitious: "Okay, I'll listen to you!"
Early the next morning, everyone arrived at the winery. Uncle Tang even asked someone to calculate an auspicious time. When the time came, they worshipped the god of wine Du Kang, then washed their hands and went forward to open the wine seal.
As soon as the wine seal was opened, a strong sweet fragrance could be smelled. Just by smelling this fragrance, Uncle Tang was delighted. Then he couldn't wait to scoop a ladle of wine and poured it into four wine bowls, then held them up with both hands.
Tang Shiyue didn't take it seriously at first, but seeing their extremely serious expressions and actions, she couldn't help but feel a little solemn and put the wine bowl to her mouth with both hands.
A warm finger suddenly came over and blocked her lips. Tang Shiyue was startled and turned her head, and saw Qi Jing holding the wine bowl in one hand and reaching out the other hand, trying to grab her wine bowl. His action was unquestionable.
Tang Shiyue felt naughty for a moment and gently sucked on his finger.
Qi Jing froze.
The wine bowl he had just taken slipped out of his hand, and he reached out quickly and caught the bowl.
This action really made her look handsome.
Especially since his hand was right in front of her, she saw his movements clearly. The boy had long fingers, and when he turned his wrist slightly, there was a feeling of being particularly agile and graceful, particularly sweet and seductive.
The next moment, he poured the wine in the bowl into his own bowl and threw the bowl back into her hand. That action was somewhat...frustrated.
It's really cute that the child is so easy to tease.
Uncle Tang and Madam Zhou didn't notice their little action at all. They drank the wine in the bowl bit by bit in a very serious and solemn manner. Uncle Tang had tears in his eyes: "It's done! It's done! Cuiping, this wine is really done!"
He excitedly called out Madam Zhou's maiden name. Madam Zhou spat at him lightly, blushing and lowering her head.
Seeing them so serious, Tang Shiyue felt embarrassed, so she immediately said seriously: "Yes! It really worked this time!"
Pretend! Seeing the serious look on the young lady's face, her big eyes blinking, Qi Xiaolang turned his face away silently.
Uncle Tang was in an excited state, and the four of them rolled up their sleeves and started working.
From the five jars of wine, a total of nearly 220 kilograms of wine was filtered out, and the filtered wine was clear and free of impurities.
In fact, if it were up to Fourth Uncle Tang and his wife, they would have liked to filter more. Tang Shiyue advised him, "Fourth Uncle, if we want to expand, we must focus on quality. Sake is sake, it must be clear to the bottom, without any dregs. Besides, our wine is different from others. If there are dregs, people will guess what we use to brew it, which is not good."
These words really touched Fourth Uncle Tang's heart, and the few of them reluctantly gave up the remaining wine.
They agreed to sell only ten-jin and two-jin jars. In the end, they packed twelve ten-jin jars and forty two-jin jars. The rest were packed individually and prepared for people to taste.
Among them, only Qi Jing was a man of both literary and martial arts. Although Fourth Uncle Tang could read, he could not write. So Qi Jing cut red paper, wrote the five characters "Fu Shou Gu Yuan Liquor" and pasted them on the altar one by one.
Tang Shiyue was helping to cut the paper and said, "Let's see if we can get to know a great scholar and ask him to write one for us."
Are you dissatisfied with his writing?
Qi Jing glanced at her, and Tang Shiyue looked back at him innocently, so he threw down the pen and stopped writing.
Tang Shiyue glanced at him in surprise: "You're going on strike? I said I wanted to find a great scholar because I wanted to rely on his reputation. I didn't say that your writing is bad."
Qi Jing didn't say anything. Seeing that Fourth Uncle Tang and Madam Zhou weren't paying attention, Tang Shiyue decisively threw away her moral integrity and went over to pull his sleeve: "Brother Ajing, I was wrong. Don't be angry. Ajing is the best!"
Qi Jing stiffened slightly, pulled his sleeves away, not daring to look at her, and walked quickly to the table with red ears.
How could this little girl be like this! She said such intimate and dense words without hesitation! After she finished speaking, it was as if she had never done anything!
How...how could this be possible! His pen was shaking, and he smudged a page in an instant. Before Tang Shiyue could say anything, he rubbed it expressionlessly and said coldly, "Stay away from me."
Tang Shiyue held back her laughter and said "oh", then ran to help Fourth Uncle Tang.
Early the next morning, the four of them followed the mule cart to the town.
For many years, the small brewery has been sold to the Yunlai Restaurant in the town. The country people don’t care about the "service attitude". Even though Manager Yang is mean and speaks harshly, Fourth Uncle Tang doesn’t care much. He always feels that they have an old friendship with Yunlai Restaurant, so he still went to Yunlai Restaurant first.
When Shopkeeper Yang saw them coming in, he was full of impatience and scolded, "Why are you here again? I've told you so many times that I don't want your wine anymore!"
Fourth Uncle Tang nodded and smiled, "We've made a new wine this time. Please try it first. If it tastes good..."
Before he could finish, Shopkeeper Yang interrupted him: "Enough, enough! Who wants your fresh wine? Get out now! Don't be so shameless! We have an honored guest here today. If you continue to pester us and offend him, I'll break your legs!"
Fourth Uncle Tang said anxiously: "Boss, our wine..."
"That's enough! You don't understand what I'm saying, do you? Man! Get these people out now, before they get our land dirty!"
Several guys came over and pushed him out.
Fourth Uncle Tang wiped his face, feeling a little annoyed. Tang Shiyue had seen Shopkeeper Yang's mean face before, so she wasn't surprised. She frowned, tried to hold back, but couldn't help saying, "Fourth Uncle."
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