Xiao Bei stared at the more than two thousand taels of silver banknotes and couldn’t help but swallow his saliva: "Two thousand taels..."
Ji Dong suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Speaking of which, in a few days, it will be Mother’s Sacrificial Day."
Although their mother, Xu Shi, had passed away eight years ago, the mention of Sacrificial Day still inevitably brought a silence to the room.
Especially for Ji Dong, Xu Shi had passed away when he was eight years old, and he had experienced much motherly love during his childhood.
Ji Xinhe pursed his lips and then said, "Hmm, let’s get ready early and go to Mother’s grave."
Ji Dong suddenly laughed again: "Why mention this at such a good time? Forget it, let’s think more about the good stuff. Since this grape wine sells so well, do you plan to continue producing it? If you want to keep producing it, we should hire more workers, otherwise we really can’t handle it."
Ji Xinhe nodded: "I’ve thought about all these things. It’s just that our house is indeed a bit too small to accommodate so many people. I think we might as well build a bigger one, with the front yard specifically for making pickles and brewing grape wine, and the backyard for living."
Ji Dong’s eyes lit up, and he nodded: "You mean, a new house?"
"Yes! A new house!"
With money in hand, why suffer in this little place?!
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After receiving the grape wine, Guilinju hung up the sign for it early the next morning.
As more and more guests arrived, Shopkeeper Wu simply placed a table in the hall with a wine jar on it and struck the gong.
All the guests in the wine shop unconsciously shifted their gaze over.
Shopkeeper Wu excitedly said, "Look over here, everyone! Today, the wine shop has a new product, it’s something you’ve never seen before! The whole Lian’an Town, only here!"
As soon as he said this, the entire hall erupted into loud chatter, arousing not just a little attention, but lots of curiosity: "What good stuff? Has Shopkeeper Wu gotten some good wine?"
Shopkeeper Wu laughed: "It’s indeed good wine! But I’m afraid you’ll never guess what it is."
Everyone couldn’t help but buzz with speculation, some out of genuine curiosity, some out of fun, as they all watched him with great interest, waiting for him to reveal the answer.
More people gradually appeared on the second floor of the walkway, including distinguished guests who had come out of their private rooms because the servants had reported that Guilinju had received something special, and they were curious to see what it was. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
"What kind of good wine? In my life, I have only drunk wine, but there has never been any I have heard of but not tasted." A grand elder spoke up.
Shopkeeper Wu smiled and bowed: "Master Gao is knowledgeable and experienced, and of course, I admire him very much. But I wonder, have you ever heard of grape wine?"
Master Gao’s face changed, and he said in amazement, "You actually got this grape wine?"
A burst of buzzing discussion broke out in the hall.
"What is grape wine? I’ve never heard of it, but the name is quite strange."
"Oh, you don’t know, this wine, I’ve heard people say, is only available in the Palace and was tribute from foreign countries. This is the wine that the Emperor drinks! How can we even have it in our small place? Could it be fake?"
"Guilinju has such a good reputation, so how could they use fake wine to shoot themselves in the foot?"
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