Xu Jiaojiao told him that Gu Blacksmith and the others had come and apologized to Xu Laowu.

Liao Qing looked strange.

Xu Jiaojiao asked, "What's wrong? Are you weird like this?"

Liao Qing replied, "I saw Gu blacksmith in Qingshui Town. I seemed to be asking people in the town if they had seen Gu's family. They said that they would buy a bun and Gu's family would be gone..."

Xu Jiaojiao blinked, where is this going?

"You're talking about before you come back?"

"Well, he asked for a long time. I guess Gu Shi didn't want to go to Hancheng with Gu Blacksmith, so he left."

Xu Jiaojiao thought about it carefully and it should be like this. Gu family was originally from a kefang family. In order to enjoy the pleasure, even their daughters were brought together to sell.

Hancheng is the border area of ​​Daxiang Country, and the environment is definitely harsh. If you don’t want to go to the hardships, you might be able to do it.

Besides, the ancient blacksmith looked fierce. He used to be beaten and scolded Lao Wu, and he was not a person who was easy to mess with.

Xu Jiaojiao figured it out, but she stopped paying attention, and she couldn't worry about other people's affairs.

Whether Gu and Gu Blacksmith or not is not her business.

Xu Jiaojiao asked again, "Where is Gu Xiuer?"

"I saw Gu Xiuer in the carriage."

Xu Jiaojiao was even more relieved. Only Gu ran away, and there was no monster to make trouble for their Xu family.

The most troublesome thing is Gu Xiu'er, who just didn't run away.

The two went to work and didn't talk about this anymore. Later, Xu Jiaojiao mentioned it to Xu Zhang, and Xu Zhang also guessed something.

I just say that Gu is not a thing or something.

***

After Liao Qing sent the letter to the Hejia store in the provincial capital, He Yanxi replied to the news a few days later.

He told Xu Laowu to go directly to the provincial capital. He knew several good masters from the royal kiln factory and was responsible for helping with the introduction.

After the Gu family knelt down and apologized in person, Xu Laowu's reputation became much better, and the Duan family naturally heard the news. Duan Hongmei even apologized to Xu Laowu, saying that she was too impulsive before.

Then, Lao Wu talked about learning arts again, but the Duan family did not object, but instead agreed.

Anyway, Hongmei still has to keep a filial piety for me, so that Lao Wu can study hard outside and not worry about her family.

Of course, Hongmei told him that if something like this happened, she slaughtered him with a knife and fed him to the dog. The unmarried couple reluctantly said goodbye, and Xu Laowu went to the provincial capital and embarked on the journey of learning art again.

Xu Jiaojiao's winery has officially started to get on track. The initial training of personnel has passed. A group of outstanding employees who can take up their posts have been selected and they have started to take up their posts.

If you don’t consider the quality, making wine is actually very simple.

The most important step is to make wine koji. Xu Jiaojiao has completed it in advance and has been fully fermented.

What remains are processes with a large amount of workload, such as steaming, drying, stirring, etc.

In an era of lack of mechanization, these are relatively heavy physical work.

In the early days, the winery was not rushing to work, and they were all working in the day shift, working for eight hours.

Do things strictly according to Xu Jiaojiao's arrangements and instructions.

The winery officially brewed a large-scale wine. The first day was smooth and many people came to watch, but were stopped outside and were not allowed to enter. They were all watching the fun outside.

The next day, I encountered a problem.

The problem of transporting spring water.

Water is used to make wine in the winery, and the original plan is to use mountain spring water.

Xujia Village is at the foot of the mountain. The wild mountains next to it have no name, and the villagers are all called Laoyeshan.

There are several springs on Laoye Mountain that flow all year round. The spring water gathers and turns into a stream called Qingxi, which is the river next to Xujia Village and Liaojia Village.

Usually, people who don’t have money to dig wells will go to the river to get water to eat, drink, or wash.

When Xu Jiaojiao and the others make wine, they naturally need a good source of water, so they cannot go to the river to fetch water. It is better to get live spring water directly from the source.

The stream water is taken from the upper to the lower reaches, and the water quality is naturally not as good as the source.

Dragging spring water up and down the mountain is also a laborious job, so for the first two days, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing went to pull spring water in person.

The winery also bought a new ox cart and customized two large wooden barrels, which were specially used to hold spring water.

Basically, you can fill two large buckets of water in the morning and get the water for brewing wine for a day.

No need to go the second trip.

After all, the road to the mountain is difficult to walk, and it is a little further.

It takes more than an hour to come and go.

On the first day, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing went up the mountain to be considered a scheduling point. There are three springs with larger water flows on the mountain. As for those springs with smaller water flows, there are so many that they cannot count.

Liao Qing has been in and out of the mountains all year round, and the terrain is very familiar. The two chose a large spring closest to Xujia Village, and planned to fetch water from here in the future.

The next day, the two of them did not go in person, and handed over the simple task of transporting spring water to two strong male workers in the winery.

The winery is from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Xu Jiaojiao strictly works eight hours a day.

As a result, it was almost time to get off work at noon, and the people who were going up the mountain to drag the spring water had not yet gone down the mountain.

Xu Jiaojiao couldn't wait, afraid that something might happen. After all, the road to the mountain is difficult to walk, and it is difficult to get on and off the ox cart. If something happens, it will be fine. If something happens to the person, it will be broken.

After discussing with Liao Qing, the two of them were about to go to the mountains to check.

Just as I was about to go out, the two male workers who were dragging the water came back.

One of these two people is Xu Daliang, who is a strong man who is a relative of the Xu family.

Another one is ***, a hunter from the next village. Like Liao Qing, he goes in and out of the mountains all year round. When Liao Qing tells him where the spring water is, he will know.

"What's going on? I'm so late?" Xu Jiaojiao asked.

When she went with Liao Qing yesterday, it only took half an hour to get spring water and go up and down the mountain. The two of them were physically strong and fast, which was not comparable to ordinary people, but they could not be so slow. After all, these two people were not women and children, and they were also strong men.

At most one hour is enough.

The two of them looked a little unnatural, "Sorry, we delayed it. There are many villagers going to fetch water in the spring today. We have been queuing for a long time..."

Xu Jiaojiao frowned, and this is definitely more than that.

"Then what?"

Xu Daliang replied, "I just quarreled with a few people in the village. They deliberately went there early and slowly fetched water. The land in the spring was not big, and they needed a person to line up to collect the water. They took it and poured it and then picked it up. I said a few words. They said that this spring was born and not something from the Old Xu family. Why can the Old Xu family use something they can't use? They just had to pick up the spring water there for a day..." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!