Wuquan Winery, located in Wuquan Village outside Youyang County, was originally the property of Li Zhong, a wealthy family in the village.
The past few years have been good, with abundant grain and low prices for wine. Naturally, fruit wine, a cheap substitute for rice wine, is not selling well.
Li Chong saw that the fruit wine was backlogged in the warehouse and could not be sold, so he simply thought of selling it.
Sheng Wei found out about the fraud at Wuquan Winery and went to Wuquan Village to negotiate with Li Chong in person.
After talking with each other, we found out that Li Zhong not only wanted to sell the winery, but also wanted to package and sell the hundreds of jars of fruit wine accumulated in the winery.
These fruit wines are the same as those sold on the market. They are of low quality and cannot be sold at high prices. Sales are very poor, so Li Zhong almost sells them half and gives them half, just to get rid of this burden as soon as possible.
The Sheng Wei family has a great business, so of course they despise these worthless fruit wines, but with hundreds of jars of brewed fruit wine, it can save Sheng Wei a lot of effort. Therefore, Sheng Wei does not refuse these wines.
Accepted it all.
In the end, the two parties agreed that the winery plus hundreds of jars of wine were stored, and Li Zhong cashed them all to Sheng Wei at the price of 500 taels of silver.
After that came the tedious handover and transfer procedures. Shengwei has rich experience in this area and handled everything properly.
When Sheng Wei led Wei Chen and the Zhang family to Wuquan Winery, the winery had already been registered with the county government and was officially named Sheng.
After entering the wine shop, Wei Chen looked around.
Wuquan Winery is located near the river and adjacent to the official road, so transportation by water and land is very convenient.
There is a sweet spring outside the backyard of the winery, also known as "Wuquan". According to the winemaker of the winery, the water of this Wuquan is sweet and clear, and is very suitable for making fruit wine.
The winery is equipped with all kinds of wine-making equipment, and the stock of fruit wine is also very sufficient. As long as the glycerin is in place, the production of amber wine can be started immediately.
Wei Chen is still very satisfied with the place Sheng Wei chose.
He pointed to the backyard of the wine shop and said to Sheng Wei: "Uncle, this front yard belongs to you for brewing and brewing. The back yard belongs to my aunt and uncle. Without their permission, no one is allowed to set foot in the back yard."<
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Speaking of this, Wei Chen's tone softened slightly and he said seriously: "Uncle, it's not that my nephew can't trust you, it's actually that this glycerin formula is of great importance. Once that little guy knows about it and leaks it, our unique business will be gone.
Gotta do it."
A young person?
Who are you scolding!
Sheng Wei resisted the urge to roll his eyes and reluctantly agreed: "I understand, I will restrain my subordinates."
"Thank you uncle for your understanding."
Wei Chen cupped his hands towards Sheng Wei, and then made a gesture of invitation: "In that case, uncle, please go to the front yard and wait for a while. My nephew wants to have some private words with his family here."
At Wei Chen's urging, Sheng Wei had no choice but to leave the backyard with a group of Sheng family stewards and servants.
But even after leaving the courtyard, Sheng Wei still looked back three times with every step, his eyes full of reluctance.
"Uncle, walk slowly!"
Wei Chen smiled and waved to Sheng Wei, and then thoughtfully led him to the courtyard door, ruthlessly blocking Sheng Wei's sight from outside the courtyard door.
"This little fox!"
Master Shanda's dissatisfied muttering came from outside the door. The specific content could not be clearly heard, but it seemed that it was not a good thing. Wei Chen turned around calmly, pretending that he had heard nothing.
In the empty backyard, Wei Ruyi looked worried: "Brother Chen, this wine shop is Master Sheng's property after all. Isn't it inappropriate for you to kick him out?"
Wei Chen smiled and replied: "Don't worry, aunt. Uncle Sheng and I have been friends for many years. He is very generous and doesn't get angry easily. Besides, this winery is not all his, I still have a share in it." Then, Wei Chen told the whole story about his business partnership with Sheng Wei, and told the Zhang family that he intended to teach them the method of making glycerin and let them be his spokespersons in the winery.<
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There was so much information in Wei Chen's words that Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi took a long time to digest it before they came to their senses.
Zhang Ming swallowed and asked: "Brother Chen, are you saying that there are two of us in this wine shop?"
Seeing Wei Chen nodding, Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi looked at each other and saw the deep shock in each other's eyes.
They followed Wei Chen all the way into the winery and saw with their own eyes how big the winery was. Such a large winery would probably not be worth a few hundred taels of silver.
But Wei Chen actually said that they were also one of the owners of the winery, and they also accounted for two percent of it.
That’s nearly a hundred taels of silver!
One hundred taels of silver, in the eyes of Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi, is almost a wealth that cannot be spent in a lifetime.
Now, such a windfall fell from the sky and landed lightly on their heads. How could they not be shocked, worried, or terrified?
Wei Ruyi took a deep breath and said sternly: "Brother Chen, we have no merit and no reward. We have done nothing. How can we accept such a valuable thing? We can't take this job."
Zhang Ming also said: "Yes, Brother Chen, we can't take advantage of this. You should keep the money for yourself and marry a wife!"
"No reward for no merit?"
Wei Chen smiled and shook his head, faced the Zhang family and his wife, and said sincerely: "Aunt, uncle, without your care for many years, Wei Chen would have been dead for many years, and even the bones may not be found. You have nothing to do with me.
Well, doesn’t this count as merit?”
"These are two different things." Wei Ruyi explained: "We raised you to repay your father's kindness back then."
"These are things in the past, and I don't know much about it. I only know that my aunt and uncle worked hard every day to save money for me."
Wei Chen said matter-of-factly: "In my heart, you are my closest relatives, Wei Chen. There are benefits, but of course you have to take care of your own family."
For so many years, Wei Ruyi and Zhang Ming have always raised Wei Chen as their biological son. Wei Chen's food and clothing expenses are no worse than Zhang Xu's, or even more.
I remember that when Wei Chen was sick in bed, he had fresh eggs to eat every day and a bowl of thick mutton and millet porridge. This was a treatment that even Zhang Xu did not have.
It is precisely because of this that Wei Chen's body recovered so quickly, and he was alive and kicking soon.
No matter in his past life or in this life, Wei Chen is not a heartless person. He will always remember the good things others do to him.
Hearing Wei Chen's sincere words, the Zhang family and his wife were deeply moved. Wei Ruyi even took out a handkerchief and quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, feeling extremely happy in her heart.
Wei Chen said that he regarded them as his closest relatives, so why didn't they?
When the couple first started raising Wei Chen, it was certainly because they were entrusted by their benefactor, but over the years, the feelings they have accumulated for each other have become extremely deep.
Although there is no blood relationship between Wei Chen and them, the relationship between them is more sincere than those relationships where blood is thicker than water.
Seeing that the two men's attitude had relaxed, Wei Chen quickly struck the iron while the iron was hot: "Aunt, uncle, you all know that I will study in the future, and I can't focus on this wine shop. Moreover, as a scholar, I am obsessed with business affairs.
It won’t sound good if it gets spread out.
The closest people to me in this world are you and A Xu. Other than that, I really can’t find anyone I can trust. Aunt, uncle, just help me, okay?"
Zhang Ming was shaken in his heart, but he still hesitated and said: "We have never been exposed to these things. If we don't do it right, it will ruin your business..."
"I can definitely do it well!"
Wei Chen said categorically, "My aunt is resourceful and resourceful, and she can be called Zhuge among women. My uncle, Kong Wu, is as powerful as Zhang Fei. A female Zhuge, and a fierce Zhang Fei. As long as you are husband and wife, and work together, nothing can be difficult for you." "Brother Chen is right. Your uncle and I are not good at anything else, but I still have a lot of strength in my arms."
Zhang Ming was so flattered by Wei Chen's praise that he proudly rolled up his sleeves to show off his muscles.
Wei Ruyi stretched out her finger, poked Wei Chen's forehead hard, glared at him and said: "You, you, you know how to pick up nice things to say. It's really strange, your father is obviously an upright and elegant man.
Where did you learn your glib tongue?"
Wei Chen laughed and said: "It doesn't matter where you learned it, as long as it is useful. Look, aren't my aunt and uncle convinced by me now?"