Tang Shiyue settled down here, and Fourth Uncle Tang helped her repair the toilet. After that, the patriarch's family, Fourth Uncle Tang's family, Second Uncle Tang's family at the blacksmith shop, even the family of her second grandfather Tang Dahuai, and some familiar villagers all sent her some things.
A handful of vegetables, a bundle of firewood, pots and pans, etc. were delivered in bits and pieces.
What surprised Tang Shiyue the most was that Zhen'er's mother actually gave her two big eggplants, but she still had nothing nice to say, saying: "Having a mother means not having a mother. You can provide snacks for everything yourself, don't be such a fool."
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Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Thank you very much. I know you are always kind-hearted."
Zhen'er Niang curled her lips and said, "Who's so kind? I just take it easy!" Then she turned around and walked away.
After the house was roughly tidied up, Tang Shiyue found a carpenter in the village and made four beds that were most urgently needed. They were bought nearby and the wood saved by the villagers cost less than two taels in total.
Money, Tang Shiyue couldn't hold it back for a moment, and bought two more large bookshelves for Tang Shirong, spending more than one tael of silver.
Others can only be discussed slowly.
Everyone knew about her family's situation, and no one clamored to come over to drink the hot house wine. After getting busy, it was the day for Tang Shirong to take a bath, but Tang Shirong did not come back. Tang Shiyue ran to ask Tang Junchen, Tang Junchen
He said helplessly: "Ah Rong took over the book copying job from the bookstore. She was very anxious and said that she had to finish copying these books and come back next time she takes a break."
Tang Shiyue was greatly disappointed: "Didn't I send him money? Why did I still copy the book? Isn't it enough?"
Tang Junchen coughed and said, "That's enough. Ah Rong is a little stubborn, and it's not like you don't know."
"Okay then," Tang Shiyue had to say, "I also want to ask him to see the newly moved house."
She was really disappointed and didn't pay attention to Tang Junchen's expression. Tang Junchen saw her out and frowned tightly.
Tang Shijin helped Tang Shirong hand over Shu Xiu, but Tang Shirong was not willing to accept his favor. On the one hand, he wanted to repay his money, and on the other hand, he wanted to get Shu Xiu for next month. He copied books for several days in a row.
Until the fourth watch, he caught a cold and had no money to hire a doctor to get medicine. He was afraid that Tang Shiyue would be worried when he came back, so he forced him to agree not to tell Tang Shiyue...
Tang Junchen still wanted to come back and take a look. If it was suitable, he secretly suggested that Tang Shiyue go take a look at his. Unexpectedly, after he came back, he heard that Mrs. Sun had driven them away from the old house. Although there was a new house to live in, the money...
I'm sure I won't do it any more.
The more Tang Junchen thought about it, the more worried he became. He made up his mind to go back to the school early tomorrow morning and looked at Tang Shirong to make sure his illness didn't get worse.
There are too many things going on in the small wine shop these days, and Mrs. Zhou, who has always been careful, did not notice anything unusual about her son.
After Uncle Tang finished brewing the wine, he kept running around in the countryside, trying to find the next fruit that could be used to make wine. The next day he came back excitedly and told her that there was a bayberry tree in Qiushui Village not far from here.
He went to see it, and it was just right.
Tang Shiyue was overjoyed.
It doesn’t matter whether it tastes good or not, the red bayberry wine looks good! The red bayberry medicinal wine is very rich and red in color, slightly lighter than wine, and looks very good.
Several people discussed it and planned to go and see it together.
So Tang Junchen was sent to the ancestral school early in the morning, and then several people went to Qiushui Village.
The grove of plum trees is on the mountain beside the village. It is said that it was planted by a man named Li. It looks like there are thirty or forty trees, half of which are already red. His family will carry burdens to sell them every morning.
Tang Shiyue said: "How much should we brew first? If we brew a thousand catties of wine, we must first order about three hundred catties of red bayberries from him."
When she opened her mouth, Madam Zhou was frightened: "A thousand catties?"
"Right?" Tang Shiyue said: "One thousand catties is not too much. I asked about it when I went to the town last time. An ordinary small wine shop can sell one hundred and eighty catties of wine in a day!
I think three thousand or five thousand catties is not much."
As she spoke, she glanced at the two of them: "I haven't asked you yet, how much did you brew this time?"
Fourth Uncle Tang hesitated and said: "Just, whatever we guys brew, there is... about four hundred kilograms."
Tang Shiyue frowned helplessly, and was about to speak, but Qi Jing stopped her: "Ah Yue, don't worry, you have to let people see the results first, then you will gradually become more courageous and the money can be turned around."
Okay, Tang Shiyue stopped talking. Mrs. Zhou said: "We can't become fat in one bite. Besides, making wine also requires food, so you have to have some capital."
Fourth Uncle Tang said: "Their bayberries are also sold at retail every day. You don't need to tell them in advance. They will be available when the time comes. Besides, even if there are no bayberries, there are other fruits. There are also loquats in the nearby villages, and there will be Changchu in two months."
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Changchu, also known as kiwi fruit, is also called carambolas. There are quite a lot of them here. It is also a fruit that is very suitable for making wine.
The Dayan Dynasty was very prosperous, with a good year, good weather, abundant food, and a very loose wine policy. Except for the official "forbidden drinking in groups", there was no question about wine. In other words, the court did not monopolize all or part of it, and there was no tax on wine.
High, it is really the spring for those in the brewing industry.
Tang Shiyue nodded and said with a smile: "Then don't blame me for not telling you beforehand. I said three thousand to five thousand won't be much."
Seeing her smile, Fourth Uncle Tang and Madam Zhou both breathed a sigh of relief. Even they themselves couldn't explain why they were so convinced of this young lady. They felt a little flustered when they saw her frowning.
Fourth Uncle Tang said: "Let's do it steadily. Besides, we don't have that much capital."
Qi Jing said calmly: "I have the money."
"Wait a minute," Fourth Uncle Tang said with a smile, "When the new wheat comes in, we can make some ale."
Tang Shiyue said: "Then buy some bayberries first, and then buy some medicinal materials when we go to town. I will try the next recipe first."
This was serious business, so Uncle Tang went down to discuss it with someone, bought a basket of red bayberry, and then drove his mule to the town and bought medicinal materials. Tang Shiyue bought some other things, thinking that Tang Shirong did not return.
Family, do you want to go to the academy to see him? Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "It's very interesting to see. They are studying. Let's not bother them if they have nothing to do."
Fourth Uncle Tang also said: "While it's early today, let's go to Xiaoyue Pond to catch a fish to eat."
Everyone hit it off immediately and drove off in the mule cart.
Just as their mule train left the town, Tang Junchen was anxiously discussing with Zhaifu at the door: "My classmate is sick and the fever is severe. I will go out and ask a doctor to come over."
"No," said the gatekeeper, Saifu, with a cold attitude: "The school does not allow idlers to enter. If you want to go out, you must report to the steward."
Tang Junchen talked hard and ran back and forth several times before he was finally able to go out. He grabbed a dose of medicine and came in. However, after drinking the medicine until midnight, the fever still didn't subside. Tang Junchen said anxiously: "If it doesn't turn out well tomorrow, I have to take it."
I found someone to send a message back."
Tang Shirong smiled bitterly and said: "Yueyue is still young, and my mother-in-law... has such a temper. What's the use of you sending a message back?" He stood up and drank two sips of water: "I just suffered.
It's a little cold, just cover it up overnight and you'll be fine. Go back and rest as soon as possible. Don't worry about me."
Tang Junchen had no choice but to ask his roommate again and again. Then he came out. He was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
The small wine shop was once prosperous in the past, but it has become worse day by day in the past two years. He sees it in his eyes. Although he doesn't say much, he never asks his parents for more money. He is also extremely short of money.
Until now, it is difficult to even hire a doctor for him.
I just hope... I just hope that Tang Shirong will get better tomorrow! (To be continued)