He looked at her face and said, "Uncle Si is thinking, we have to do it step by step. Uncle Si is going to go out and look for a kiln nearby to order a batch of good jars. Uncle Si is thinking, why don't we just make ten kilograms?"
"Sure," Tang Shiyue said with a smile, "If we open our own wine shop, we can make two kilograms, five kilograms, or ten kilograms. But since we have decided to supply restaurants first, we can only make ten kilograms. In addition, we can order a batch of fifty-kilogram wine jars. When the time comes, we can filter it out and sell it directly to them. It will be convenient for them to sell it to restaurants, and we can also save money on the jars."
"Well," Fourth Uncle Tang scratched his head, "After this is over, let's open the bayberry wine and taste it, and then start brewing bayberry wine. I calculated with your aunt, didn't you say that the bayberries don't need to be cut? There are still enough people, we can finish it in two days. We won't hire anyone this time."
He looked at her and said, "After this work is done, I have to harvest wheat here. It will take at least a few days. After harvesting wheat, we will make beer. When it's time to make beer, we can hire people. I think that by then, the bayberry wine will be sold and we will have more money. If it really doesn't work out... we can find another place. Then we can discuss with the clan leader and open a big winery! What do you think?"
Tang Shiyue smiled and nodded.
She was right about him. With just a little guidance from Fourth Uncle Tang, he was able to figure out all the things on his own. He was also quite organized and decisive, and he didn't hesitate. It was very worry-free to work with him.
Tang Shiyue smiled and praised him for a long time, and then said: "Do you have the beer you brewed before? I was thinking that I could try peaches, apricots, or loquats first, or all of them without wasting time."
"Yes," said Fourth Uncle Tang, "there are still seven or eight jars left. How about we try half a jar?"
Tang Shiyue said: "Okay."
Fourth Uncle Tang went to make an appointment with Qi Jing, and the two of them drove out in a mule cart to order jars.
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Tang Shiyue was bored at home, so he made an appointment with Zhou Niangzi. The two of them went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables. Zhou Niangzi asked about trapping rabbits, so Tang Shiyue found a place and set up a few lassoes with her.
The next day, they took out the bayberry wine and tasted it.
In fact, to be honest, sand apple wine is not the most suitable fruit for making wine, because it is too mellow. If you want to make wine, you need fruits that are sour, sweet, and juicy, such as grapes, green plums, bayberries, star fruits, etc.
So when they served the bayberry wine, Fourth Uncle Tang was like a man possessed the whole night, repeating "It's so delicious" over and over again for 20 to 30 times. Even Qi Jing, who was usually calm and didn't drink too much, couldn't help but drink two more cups, saying to her, "This wine is not only delicious, but also beautiful in color. If it's served in a glass cup, it will definitely look great."
Tang Shiyue understood immediately: "Fine grape wine in a luminous cup?"
Qi Jing smiled as he glanced at her. The moonlight reflected in his dark eyes, so beautiful that they sparkled...
Tang Shiyue's heart was pounding as she suddenly realized that the thing about "seductive male beauty" really existed. The key point was that he was not the kind of guy with an evil look. Instead, he was very handsome, masculine and manly. This special beauty that appeared unintentionally was particularly touching.
The next day, they bought medicinal herbs and started making bayberry wine.
While busying himself, Fourth Uncle Tang couldn't help but say, "This bayberry wine and sand fruit wine are sold at the same price, but it's a loss!"
Madam Zhou laughed and scolded him: "Look at your bad character who can't hold back. You don't even know your last name when you make a move. You scared me when I said I would sell it for ten taels of silver, and now you dare to say you've lost money!"
Fourth Uncle Tang laughed and said, "I'm not saying that I lost money selling the 10 taels of silver. I'm saying that I lost money selling the bayberry wine and the sand fruit wine at the same price!" He asked Tang Shiyue embarrassedly, "Is that what Yue'er said?"
"Uncle," Tang Shiyue said with a smile, "In fact, many wines are better than Shaguo wine. But Uncle, you have to understand one thing," she paused, "We are just a few country folks, without power or influence. If we sell it too high, it will not be a good thing for us to have a huge fortune. If anyone covets it and makes a dirty move, we will not be able to resist. By then, we will be dead, so what's the use of all the money?"
Fourth Uncle Tang stopped laughing at that moment, exchanged glances with Madam Zhou, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Yue'er is right!"
Tang Shiyue said slowly: "So, what we are looking for now is to be safe, so we shouldn't sell it too high. For Shopkeeper Shen, the sand fruit wine is 'novel', so he doesn't feel he's losing money. But if the taste is always the same, he will naturally not want it. But what if the wine he sends is better and better? If the wine is good and the price hasn't increased, he will naturally feel that he has made a lot of money. Do you understand what I mean?"
She turned back and looked at them: "We need his protection. But he is not protecting us, but his own interests. The greater the interests, the more he will protect us. We can enjoy the shade under the big tree and earn less money to buy peace."
Uncle Tang and Madam Zhou felt that something was right and nodded vigorously.
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Besides, I was thinking that this wine is an exclusive secret recipe. With this wine, Sifang Restaurant will naturally be able to increase its price. We are his stepping stone. If Manager Shen knows how to behave, he will take the initiative to raise the price for us. If he pretends to be confused, then this person has limited vision and his achievements are not that high. After a year, we should have enough weight to abandon him and choose someone else, or open our own wine shop. Isn't he also a stepping stone for us?"
"No wonder!" Fourth Uncle Tang was so impressed that he said, "You insisted on signing for one year! I was thinking that we had finally established a relationship, why didn't you sign for a few more years! I was so anxious! Fortunately, I didn't say anything!" He laughed foolishly.
Qi Jing suddenly asked: "Then how do you know that Sifang Restaurant must be 'Dashu'?"
Yes! So Fourth Uncle Tang and his wife looked at her.
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "I know nothing about this town, but I know how to look. Sifang Restaurant is very luxurious, but it's not new, and its signboard is not new either. Restaurants always change their signboards when they change owners. This is a common practice. They are not new, which proves that Sifang Restaurant has been here for at least ten years... This old brand is still so prosperous, and customers are flocking in, which means that the restaurant must have something good to recommend it."
She paused. "Also, I noticed that there was no other restaurant at least a few hundred steps away from this restaurant, but after a few hundred steps, there were many restaurants. Even those who wanted to take advantage of the popularity were afraid to take advantage of it openly... This, how should I put it, the phenomenon of exclusive monopoly is a manifestation of their power."
Although he had never heard some of the words she said, it was easy for him to understand their meaning. Qi Jing nodded silently.
Tang Shiyue added: "And I found that there was not a single gangster or beggar downstairs of the Sifang Restaurant. I felt that this restaurant was also powerful in secret. At that time, I thought that it was a powerful business that was good at both black and white, and it was a very thick golden thigh that I could cling to."
What do you mean by hug or not? Qi Jing frowned.
Tang Shiyue was just mumbling casually, she didn't know that these words would soon reach the ears of Shopkeeper Shen, causing Shopkeeper Shen's opinion of her to rise several levels... Of course, this is a story for later.
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