Chapter 240 The Accident of Wine
“This is the kind of fruit wine you put on the woman’s table when you give the baby a full moon wine at home.”
Liu Xiangqian smiled slightly awkwardly He smiled, then pointed to the two female leaders behind him and explained to Chen Ling.
One of the female leaders with tied up hair is from the county who was here last time. She is in her thirties and relatively young.
The other person was sent by the city to take charge of the flood control command work in Lingyun County. She was a middle-aged woman in her forties with smart short hair, wearing military green pants and black shorts. Hey, he is short and very thin, his name is Li Min.
It probably meant that they were preparing a reception banquet for Commander Li today. The man from the county couldn't forget it after drinking the fruit wine from Chenling Farm, so he told the instructor sent by the city. After hearing it, he felt curious and went together. Found it.
These people didn’t come all the way to find them.
Serious floods have occurred in surrounding provinces and cities one after another, and the city has also taken it seriously, issuing a notice at the end of last month.
Up to now, nearly half a month has passed, and flood control headquarters have been stationed on various sections of the dams of Jinshui River, Nansha River, Beisha River, Xiaocang River, and several rivers in surrounding counties. guard tent.
Manpower has also been arranged for the reservoir including Chenwangzhuang, and they will all be in place within the next two days.
To facilitate timely observation of flood conditions, timely prevention and timely reporting. We also carried out appropriate preliminary flood prevention preparations, and organized and arranged various tasks such as the evacuation of nearby villagers in case of danger.
Otherwise, most people would not even be able to understand signal flares, and would be unaware of danger later. Run too late and lives and property will be lost.
After listening to the introduction, Chen Ling hugged his son and briefly greeted a few people, and then said: "I have a lot of fruit wine here, but there are several kinds. They are not all the same. I don't know. Come with me to see what you drank that day.”
Some people came to buy eggs and duck eggs, some came to buy eels, and some even wanted to buy dogs at first...
Chen Ling really didn’t expect this group of people to come over to buy wine today.
Because the fruit wine at home is rarely brought to outsiders, it is all drank by relatives and friends.
That is, my son’s full moon wine was served out once, and this made me miss him?
I was a little surprised and confused at the same time.
I have never sold it before, how do I sell it now?
The wine he brews is for his own consumption. He has never thought of selling it, and he doesn’t know what price to set at the moment.
I thought that since they came to my door, I would show them first. If I wanted less, I would just give them some and send them away.
So he handed his son to Wang Susu.
Chen Ling led these people to the back of the farm.
“Little comrade, you have done a great job in this place. It is beautiful, quiet, cool and pleasant.”
Listening to the chirping of birds and the sound of gurgling water, the man from the city Commander Li raised his head and looked around at the bamboo and wooden buildings, and said with admiration.
Several county leaders also nodded and praised. When they came last time, the farm was full of people, noisy and noisy, and they were not in the mood to observe. Later, it rained heavily, and they were even less interested.
When I came here this time, I felt that it was very different from the last time. There were birds chirping, flowers fragrant and greenery everywhere, small fish and tadpoles swimming back and forth in the water channels, and ducks and geese quacking in the distance. , full of unspeakable vitality and vitality.
The further you go to the back of the farm, the cooler you feel. Listening to the sound of rushing water, it makes your body and mind feel comfortable on a hot day.
"It's not bad. My farm was just built this year. It's still rough in some places and the trees in the orchard haven't grown. It's cool, but it's not too cool."
Chen Ling's words are somewhat modest, but also somewhat truthful.
At least next year, when the orchard becomes lush and covers the surroundings of the farm, and the bamboo forest grows upwards, it will meet his and Liang Yuemin's previous vision. By then, living here in the summer will be truly comfortable.
It can only be considered cool now, but it is far from that comfortable and comfortable level.
“My little comrade is very demanding. I just saw that you wrote a lot of introductions outside your farm, including banquet items. The writing is very poetic. If we want to have a meal at your place today, For lunch, can you make us a meal?" Commander Li Min asked.
Chen Ling was immediately embarrassed after hearing this. This was Liang Yuemin's saucy poem. He combined it with the poems in the preface to the Lanting Collection and the Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion, and forced him to add a few strokes.
He said that his farm was doing so well and the introduction couldn't be too rough, so he added a few sentences to the title.
Otherwise, even if a normal person opens a farm and provides food and accommodation to outsiders, no one will write about banquets and banquets. After all, no one can understand this in the countryside.
At this point, Chen Ling had no choice but to explain: "I have this project, but it hasn't been perfected yet. I can't entertain guests at the moment..."
Home The full moon wine had just been served, and he was very happy, but after it was over, he felt a little tired. He didn't want to entertain outsiders anymore.
Furthermore, he plans to open these food and accommodation projects in the farm to the outside world in a few years. After all, no one comes to play in this ravine now, right?
But what I didn’t expect was that as soon as he said these words, a bald and round-headed cadre among the county leaders was unhappy. He was shy and said in an official tone: "Hey, you little My son, I’m not aware of this. Your farm is as big as yours, and you can put up your own full moon wine, so why can’t you entertain Commander Li for a meal?”
When Chen Ling heard this, he glanced at him and recognized this person's identity.
Last time Wang Laishun introduced him as the county flood control commander, so he glanced at him and ignored him.
But he was already unhappy in his heart, and the smile disappeared from his face, and he said to Commander Li: "I'm sorry, the crops haven't been planted in the fields yet, and the baby is still small. Recently, everything inside and outside has been... I’m really busy and I really can’t entertain them.”
Just now, he was thinking that if these people wanted less wine, he could just give it to them, but now he doesn’t even want to take it from behind.
"It's okay, it's okay. I took the liberty." The female leader smiled at him.
Then he said seriously to the cadre who had just spoken: "Old Feng, go out and wait for us first."
"I... this..." Old Feng's expression changed instantly, and he wanted to defend himself, but Looking around, no one accompanying him spoke up to help him, and no one found a step for him to get down.
After standing there for a few seconds, he had no choice but to leave with an ugly expression.
On the other hand, Commander Li seemed even happier after reprimanding Lao Feng. He implicitly expressed his apology to Chen Ling again and asked him to lead him to continue picking out drinks.
At this moment, Chen Ling's expression softened a lot. After taking them to the farm, he entered through the kitchen and opened the warehouse door.
There are two large wine jars in the warehouse, which are a mixture of wine and kiwi fruit wine. There are also several medium wine jars, which are the mulberry wine, sour plum wine, and other wine that my father-in-law made at home when Wang Susu was about to give birth in the first two months. There are two jars of Baogu wine bought from the county.
In addition to these wine jars and jars, there are also pickled cabbage jars, rice jars, noodle jars, grain jars, and oil barrels. They are all common things that people in the mountains have, nothing unusual.
Although there are many things, they look orderly and not cluttered.
“These two large vats are wine and kiwi fruit wine, which are the fruit wines we drink more here.”
Chen Ling pointed to the two most conspicuous vats and then poured out the wine. The person in the altar also introduced: "Here are mulberry wine, sour plum wine, and corn wine. Take a look..."
"Brother Fugui, can we all try this? Just a little less. We'll pay for it later."
Liu Xiangqian, who had been silent just now, rubbed his hands and asked.
When he came last time, he saw several people with rather scary identities who had a close relationship with Chen Ling. Lao Feng just now also came with him last time, even taking his share of the money.
It's a pity that my brain is so poor, I'm used to making different remarks, and it's hard to change for a while, and I suddenly become confused.
“Okay, the big brother in the back could help me get some wine glasses from the kitchen.”
Chen Ling nodded and said hello to the back. "Okay, thank you."
After bringing the wine glass, Chen Ling first filled it with mulberry wine and sour plum wine. After drinking it, the female leader in the county immediately said that these were the two drinks that day. Grow wine.
“The sour plum wine tastes even better. Even with some unknown medicinal materials and a faint medicinal smell, I can’t tell it’s sour plum wine.”
“How can I sell this wine? ?”
Realizing that everyone was looking over, Chen Ling thought for a while and quoted the price: "Sour plum wine and mulberry wine are the same price, five yuan a tael."
"Huh? Five yuan a tael? Little comrade, What you sell is so expensive, more expensive than some wines in the city." Commander Li was slightly surprised.
“It’s not expensive. This is the wine that my father-in-law gave us to drink at home. He is an old medicine farmer from Fenglei Town. The wine is filled with good things. During the full moon wine, I put it out when I was happy, and I wouldn’t take it out at all.”
Chen Ling shook his head and said seriously.
He told the truth.
This statement may become a cliché in more than ten or twenty years, but at this time, everyone present subconsciously believed it after listening to it.
But they all said: "It's too expensive, little comrade, do you have a misunderstanding about us? We are cadres serving the people, not old feudal rich people. How can we afford such an expensive purchase?" "
Chen Ling still shook his head: "It's really not expensive, it's a conscientious price."
He said it's a conscientious price, just like selling it in two or three years. The health-care wine has not even 1% of the efficacy of these two wines, so they dare to charge an exorbitant price. In comparison, the real fruit wine made by Wang Cunye, at this price, really has no conscience. Conscience.
"What about the wine and kiwi wine here? If we buy you a few kilograms of sour plum wine and mulberry wine, can you give us two jars of wine? We don't often drink fruit wine from farmers." Commander Li asked road.
"I'll give you two jars?"
Chen Ling smiled: "This wine and kiwi wine are more expensive than the two just now. If you want to sell them, they cost at least fifty yuan a tael, so I won't lose money. "
This is what he brewed with diluted spiritual water. It is very nourishing to drink, much better than the fruit wine made by my father-in-law with medicinal herbs.
The price is naturally more expensive.
"What, what, what? Fifty dollars? One tael?"
"This, your price is really sky-high. One tael is fifty yuan."
When Liu Xiangqian heard this, he couldn't help shouting loudly.
I was cursing secretly in my heart that this guy really dared to ask for a price, but he was killing people like animals?
Conductor Li was also surprised, but he did not react as strongly as Liu Xiangqian. Instead, he said to Chen Ling: "Can we try these two wines? I would like to see what you sell in this wine. What’s the point of medicine?”
“Okay, let you try it.”
Chen Ling walked to the wine jar, opened the wooden lid, scooped out a little, and poured half a cup for each person: "This is what I asked you to lead. In fact, this is almost a hundred yuan."
< br>Everyone was speechless after hearing this, but they became more and more curious, and they quickly and carefully took the cups to taste.
Then...
With just a small taste, their eyes lit up.
Those who are used to eating Chen Ling's food and drinking his water will not notice anything about these two kinds of wine, but for those who have never been exposed to it, the first time they taste it, the feeling is amazing enough.
"Hiss, no wonder you dare to ask for the price. This wine is really delicious, and it has a rich aftertaste that makes your mouth water." Li Min swallowed a few times and squinted his eyes to savor the aftertaste.
The other leaders were not as educated as she was, but they just kept saying that the wine was delicious.
Also, this wine is more friendly to people who are not used to the smell of medicine.
“This one is more expensive, but why doesn’t it have any herbal flavor?”
Commander Li asked after hurriedly finishing the glass of wine.
When Chen Ling heard this, he said nonsensically: "Because the medicinal flavor has all melted into it, and the wine is old enough. Good wine depends on its age."
In fact, this goes against common sense.
But now these people have been deceived and actually believe it to be true.
Then I went to taste the kiwi wine. I thought about it for a while before deciding which one to buy.
In the end, two kilograms of wine and kiwi fruit wine were sold for fifty yuan each. Four kilograms of wine were sold, which was two thousand yuan.
Mulberry wine and sour plum wine are cheaper and more sold, but the price is far lower than the first two.
After all, I sold some wine for more than 2,000 yuan, nearly 3,000 yuan.
These people were not short of money. They only had enough money in their wallets, so they ordered it to him on the spot without having to go to the county seat to get money.
Chen Ling packed wine jars for them carefully, sent the group away, counted out ten more coins, and gave them to Wang Cunye. This was considered to be mulberry wine and sour plum wine, so he didn’t give more than he wanted. How many.
But when my father-in-law saw him bringing the money, he refused to take it.
The mother-in-law also said: "The money you sell is yours. If the family doesn't speak the same language, why would you give us this?"
"Also, your second brother went into the mountains with a great professor last year. I gave him so much travel expenses for your sake, but I haven’t said anything to you yet. Take it back. Your father and I understand your wishes. The whole family should not do this.”
Wang Qingzhong gave him this last year. Han Ninggui and the others led the way and gave him one hundred and fifty a day, which was really a lot in these days. The old couple knew about it and thought of their son-in-law. Now that Chen Ling had sent the money to them, they felt very relieved. For them, they are happier than getting any money.
Chen Ling had no choice but to take it back.
"Where does this leader come from? How can he be so rich? Buy some fruit wine and spend two to three thousand yuan. Even if it has some medicinal effect, it won't be effective. I really don't understand this group of people."
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Wang Cunye asked with a frown. At the same time, he was a little worried that his son-in-law would charge a high price and that he would get it back.
"Hey, you don't know this when you are old. My friends in the city said that it was like last year, with floods everywhere, extreme shortages of food, and people in the grain bureau causing trouble. There are also people who eat a lot of fish and meat every day, eating a big seabass every meal."
"So, we ordinary people can't imagine their lives."
Chen Ling also heard about Zhao Dahai and Shanmao. I have said it a lot, but when I talked to my father-in-law, he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at these idiots.
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ps: Some names and titles have been changed. They are not typos, nor are the traditional Chinese characters.
(End of this chapter)