Republic of China small businessman

Fang Yurou injured her body because of giving birth on a snowy night, and spent more than half a year recuperating. Although she rarely appeared, the Heihe Fang family helped a lot in building the winery.

There is no one in business who loves money, but the Fang family also has more than half of their friendship in it.

Master Fang was originally related to Qinghe Bai's family by marriage, and Bai Rongjiu saved Master Fang's only daughter and little grandson, so he fully supported this time.Mr. Fang had seen the world while studying abroad in his early years, and he was very appreciative of the purchase of the machine. He even donated [-] silver dollars to the winery, and vigorously supported his son-in-law Bai Mingzhe to purchase alcohol brewing equipment and develop the winery.

Qinghe Bai's family took more than 60 silver dollars, and Bai Jiuye invested [-] silver dollars.

The winery invited German experts to plan and build. The factory covers a very large area, and the whole is similar to a European-style castle. A large chimney made of red-painted tiles is erected tens of meters high, and high walls are built on all sides according to the terrain. Used to prevent bandits from looting.

It was rumored that the Bai family really hid several cannons in the tall "gun tower".

When Master Jiu heard it, he just smiled and didn't speak.

Xie Jing went to see it personally with Master Jiu, and there was no cannon inside, or in other words, except for the cannon, everything else was complete.

The hundred-year-old wealthy merchants of the Bai family in the Northland naturally have their own way, not to mention, they are more than self-protected.

A few months later, the factory building was completed, and a large number of machines were continuously shipped in. The tall five-story still room, several gas tanks and the mechanical room stood side by side.In addition to these, there are guardhouses, dormitories, warehouses, and distillation workshops arranged in an orderly manner within the courtyard walls. The backyard houses stables, mills, oil workshops, and canteens. There is also a repair workshop that can accommodate more than a hundred people, so there is no need to worry about insufficient supply.

Because of the large number of machines purchased, the wine that can be brewed is not limited to sorghum and wheat, but also includes potatoes and some other raw materials, and can even produce a lot of beer.

In addition to shochu, there are also various alcohols for industrial and medical purposes.

Master Jiu thought long-term, and never thought of only doing wine business from the very beginning.

Xie Jing followed Master Jiu to Heihe Winery for a while, and when he returned to Qinghe County, it was already the beginning of summer.

When I went there, the leaves had just sprouted buds. When I came back, the pagoda tree flowers on the side of the road had buds, and the pagoda tree had not yet bloomed. They hung on the high treetops and could smell the rich aroma in the wind.

There were already people in the east courtyard waiting to visit with presents. Ever since Master Jiu built his factory in Heihe, there had been waves of people coming here.

Some wanted to join the group, while some were looking for news, trying to guess how much money Jiu Ye had bet here, and how to deal with it.

Suddenly a giant crocodile appeared in a shallow pool. The weak one trembled and did not dare to move, while the stronger one always splashed a little.

Master Jiu asked them to be invited to the flower hall, and went to the bedroom to change clothes by himself.

Xie Jing followed, helped him take off his coat, and took out a new suit from the cabinet: "Master, are you wearing this today?"

"It's all done."

Jiuye's clothes are mostly light-colored, and the people who have just been serving them are often confused at a glance, only to think that they all look alike.But if you look carefully, you can see the nuances, Xie Jing can recognize it, Jiu Ye also loves to use him, and slowly these trivial matters fall on Xie Jing.

The people in the East Courtyard all came from the provincial government to serve them. They have been with Master Jiu for a long time.

But these people used to be too scared to make a sound when they saw Master Jiu get angry, but now they are a little bit better, they find that Xiao Xie is easy to use, and when Master Jiu gets angry, they go to invite Xiao Xie, and often bring someone to bring him a cup of tea After a while, Grandpa's temper almost disappeared.

There were also people who were curious and secretly watched from a distance, wanting to know what tricks Xiao Xie had.

But after watching for a long time, I only saw Xiao Xie standing there serving tea and water as usual, occasionally saying a word, and the two of them didn't need to communicate much, and the master's temper gradually calmed down.

Master Jiu loves Xiao Xie, and everyone in the East Yard sees it. They are loyal to Master Jiu, so naturally they treat Xiao Xie a little better.

Xie Jing waited on Master Jiu to change his clothes, and then asked, "Shall I go with you?"

Master Jiu has a headache when he thinks of those people: "No need, I've asked about the winery several times over and over again, I'll just go by myself, you come back once in a while, go visit grandma, I'll give you a half-day off, in the evening Remember to come back."

Xie Jing responded, and waited for Master Jiu to leave before turning back home.

Grandma Kou kept the East Wing room tidy and tidy. After living in it for a few months, she bought more things at home than in previous years.

In addition to the few pieces of furniture given by Zhang Huwei back then, two more thin quilts were added. The quilt cover is blue, the lining is homemade cloth, and the starched white is slightly hard. It looks clean and comfortable.

Xie Jing and Grandma Kou lived in the same room, and the single room next door was still given to Li Yuan. He didn't come back often, and Grandma Kou took care of everything. I saw the new quilt stretched out her hand and touched it. The quilt was soft and warm, and it had just been exposed to the sun .

"Although it's summer, it's still cool at night. If it really gets hot, it will take July and August." Grandma Kou came in with a small basket of Sophora japonica flowers, and said with a smile, "Leave two thinner beds at home. It works. Do you have a bed over there?"

Xie Jing nodded: "All of them." Master Jiu is afraid of the cold, and he never lacks these things around him.

And he is not afraid of the cold, and can sleep soundly with a thicker coat.

The Sophora japonica flowers in the basket were fresh, Xie Jing couldn't help but plucked two of them and chewed them.

Grandma Kou patted his hand, not letting him eat more: "These haven't been washed yet, you go to the small table in the courtyard outside, there are freshly picked and washed ones over there, go and eat those."

Xie Jing agreed and went to the courtyard.

The yard was neatly tidied up. He walked around and found nothing to do, so he sat at the small table and grabbed a handful of Sophora japonica flowers to eat.

Sophora japonica flowers just bloomed in May, tender and raw, the petals are as white as ivory, the unopened sophora pagoda tree is green, a bit crunchy when chewed, Xie Jing tasted a little sweeter than the flowers, quickly swallowed it, and grabbed it again I took a handful of pagoda rice and ate it.

Grandma Kou is going to cook. Today, she made a few light dishes. The staple food is Sophora japonica cake and Sophora japonica wheat rice.

Huang Mingyou, who lives in the opposite yard, is from the Northwest. He loves this kind of barley rice the most, especially in the early summer, when he eats a delicious meal of Sophora japonica barley rice, it is more desirable than any gift for him.

Grandma Kou knew that after Mr. Huang taught Xie Jing to read, she put her mind into cooking. Now Mr. Huang has more than [-] people in the East Hospital, but when he arrived at the residence, he smiled at Grandma Kou and often bought some chicken, duck and fish. ——Part of it is for their grandparents and grandchildren, and the other part is for Grandma Kou to cook for him. At first, I ordered two dishes. Later, I found out that the old lady's cooking skills are really good, so I was happy to wait in my yard. All the meals were delivered by Li Yuan.

Xie Jing is not picky about what to eat, but she likes raw Sophora japonica, and Grandma Kou has already eaten half a pot of it in cooking.

When grandma came out, he stopped him from eating: "Be careful to eat too much and accumulate food, you have to eat later."

Xie Jing looked at the time and asked, "Grandma, where is Li Yuan?"

"I went to deliver the embroidery for me. It's a little far away this time. I brought two cakes and said that I don't need to wait for him for lunch." Grandma Kou quickly cooked the meal and packed it in a three-layer wooden box. The meal was handed over to Xie Jing and said: "This is for Mr. Huang. Li Yuan usually gives it to him. He is not here today. You can give it to him once."

Xie Jing got up to take it, and asked casually: "How is Li Yuan at home these days?"

"It's much better than before. I asked yesterday. It may be a year younger than you. It's not easy to escape from famine. They were sold when they were young." Xie Jing still wanted to talk, and Grandma Kou came forward to sort it out He flicked his collar and said with a smile: "I know what you are worried about, don't worry about me, grandma has lived most of her life, let alone, she still has a little sense of people's eyes. He doesn't care at all. Bad, just two years of discipline will be enough. When the time comes, our Jing'er will grow up too, and we will save some money to open a small shop for you. Li Yuan will be your clerk. Anyway, I have watched him for so many years When I grow up, I know the root and the bottom, and grandma can rest assured..."

Xie Jing didn't let her finish talking, she picked up something and said, "I'll go deliver food to Mr. Huang."

Grandma Kou stood there looking at him. In fact, she had selfish motives for keeping Li Yuan.

She is 68 this year, and she will live a long life in two years.

The only hope of the person whose loess is buried up to his ankle is that her Jing'er will live out her life in peace. She is too old to stay with this child for too long, so she has to find someone to help him to be at ease.

Xie Jing went to deliver food to Huang Mingyou, and seeing a large bowl of Sophora japonica wheat rice in the food box, Mr. Huang was very happy, and before leaving, he gave Xie Jing a book and told him to study hard.

Xie Jing opened it on the way and turned it over, there were many sketches on it, as if all the content to be tested were circled.

He put the book in his arms and put it away.

During this period of time, he has been busy with Master Jiu at the Heihe Winery, and he hasn't entered the study room once since he came back. The circled in Huang Mingyou's book must be the ones who will take the school exam tomorrow.

Xie Jing only had half a day off, and spent half a day with Grandma Kou, who was doing needlework while he read the book given by Mr. Huang.

In the evening, Xie Jing returned to the East Courtyard.

Fresh venison was stewed in the small kitchen today, Master Jiu kept Mr. Huang for dinner, but Huang Mingyou's teeth are not so good in his fifties, he thinks the venison is too woody, he can't chew it, so he happily went back to eat his own Sophora japonica Maifan went.

Master Jiu didn't need other people to serve him, so he left Xie Jing to sit down and eat with him.

Xie Jing buried her head in eating the meat with relish.

Jiuye didn't have much appetite at first, but seeing how well he ate, he ate half a bowl of rice too much.

Venison is not as delicate as pork and mutton, because it has more lean meat, it tastes a bit woody, and the color of the meat is slightly darker after stewing, but it is somewhat similar to hare meat.Xiao Xie doesn't care about this, he thinks it's just meat, he's been hungry, everything tastes good, and he doesn't waste it.

After the meal, someone brought over a small white jade bowl, which contained half a cup of translucent paste, slightly yellowish in color, crystal clear and exuding a strong fragrance.

Xie Jing was curious and took a look.

Master Jiu ate a few spoonfuls slowly, deliberately teasing him: "You can't eat this, it's spicy."

Even though he said so, the last spoonful was fed into Xie Jing's mouth. Xie Jing opened his mouth and ate without doubting him. The thing melted in his mouth and swallowed down his throat, followed by a hot smell of alcohol The stomach rushed to the forehead, Xie Jing's face flushed, and he coughed several times, "Okay, so spicy!"

The person who came over with a white jade bowl next to him was also happy: "This is deer blood ointment. This year's newly harvested deer antler blood is soaked in good old wine to make ointment. The top of a large jar is only as thick as the belly of a thumb. ..." Before he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Jing dumbfounded, pursed his lips and shook his shoulders, and laughed.

Xie Jing's nose was itchy, and she raised her hand to wipe it, and two tubes of blood came out, and she quickly covered it with her hand, "Master..."

Master Jiu smiled and waved his hands: "Go wash it up, I want to give you something good to eat, who knew you couldn't help it so much."

Xie Jing washed her face clean, feeling a little panicked with embarrassment, her face felt hot for a while.During the vigil at night, he couldn't help lifting the blanket and sticking his feet out twice, only to suddenly realize that he might not be thin-skinned and hot, but that he drank the deer's blood ointment soaked in wine, which made his whole body dry and hot.

Master Jiu fell asleep peacefully on the bed, and he could be seen lying beside the bed through the veil.

It's as if you can reach out and touch it.

Xie Jing was obsessed, and couldn't help raising her hand to touch it lightly. Through the gauze, she could still feel the cool touch of her grandfather's fingertips. It feels the same.

Xie Jing overlapped his hand and touched his fingertips, but was held in the next moment.

"Father..."

"Don't sleep in the middle of the night, secretly want to do something bad?"

Xie Jing's face was hot, she shook her head and said, "I didn't want to do anything."

Jiu Ye half sat up, did not let go of his hand, dragged him closer, with only a layer of veil between his cheeks, said in a hoarse voice: "Have you thought about it, really don't want to do anything?"

Xie Jing's mouth was dry, and his palms were so hot that he could catch fire, "I, I want to drink water."

Master Jiu took a sip of herbal tea and gave it to him. Xie Jing drank it, and felt like the sip of snow water that was fed to him in the snow nest back then. Let go of Master Jiu's hand.He was dawdling, and didn't know what he wanted to do, he was just in a hurry, and when he got so anxious, he rubbed his head against Master Jiu's shoulder.

Master Jiu smiled and said: "Little Jing'er has grown up, it's not a problem, your family can't teach you these things, master will teach you."

A hand rested on his waist and slowly dropped.

Xie Jing opened her eyes wide.

……

Xie Jing really felt it for a while.

Feeling that the mountain flowers were rotten, he was thrown into the soft cloud with a cold fragrance, and fell down again.

When I woke up, my hands were clutching the corner of the blanket tightly, and my eyes were still wet.

Xie Jing paused for a while before realizing that it was just a dream.

It was quiet at night, Master Jiu was still sleeping peacefully on the bed one step away from him, Xie Jing glanced at it, his ears felt hot, and he didn't dare to look again.

He got up in a low voice, went out with the blanket in his arms, and quietly washed the dirty piece of the blanket when no one was around, without daring to dry it in the east courtyard, wrapped it up and slept for two days, relying on the heat from his body to keep him warm dry.