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

Liao Qing looked strange.

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

Liao Qing replied, "I saw Gu Blacksmith in Qingshui Town. I seemed to be asking people in the town if they had seen Gu. He said that when he came back from buying a bun, Gu disappeared..."

Xu Jiaojiao blinked, what's the fuss about?

"You mean before you came back?"

"Well, he asked for a long time. I guess the Gu family didn't want to go to Hancheng with the ancient blacksmith, so he left."

Xu Jiaojiao thought about it carefully and realized that it must be something like this. Gu was originally from a craft shop, and for the sake of pleasure, he even took his daughter to sell her.

Hancheng is the border area of ​​Daxiang Kingdom, and the environment must be harsh. Maybe you don't want to go there and endure hardships.

Besides, the ancient blacksmith had a fierce look on his face. He had often beaten and scolded Lao Wu in the past, so he was not someone to be trifled with.

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

Whether Gu's family follows Gu Blacksmith or not is none of her business.

Xu Jiaojiao asked again, "What about Gu Xiu'er?"

"Gu Xiuer is in the carriage, I saw it."

Xu Jiaojiao was even more relieved. Only the Gu family had escaped, and there was nothing to cause trouble for the old Xu family.

The biggest headache was Gu Xiu'er. It would be fine if Gu Xiu'er didn't follow her.

The two went to work and didn't talk about it again. Later, Xu Jiaojiao mentioned it to Xu Zhang, and Xu Zhang also guessed what was going on.

Just say that Gu Shi is not a thing or anything.

***

After Liao Qing sent the letter to He's store in the provincial capital, He Yanxi responded within a few days.

Xu Laowu was asked to go directly to the provincial capital. He knew several good masters from the royal kiln factories and was responsible for introducing them.

After the Gu family personally knelt down and apologized, Xu Laowu's reputation became much better, and the Duan family naturally heard about it. Duan Hongmei also awkwardly apologized to Xu Laowu, saying that she had been too impulsive before.

Then, when Lao Wu mentioned the idea of ​​going out to study art, the Duan family did not object, but instead agreed.

Anyway, Hongmei still has to keep her filial piety to my mother, and let my fifth child study well outside and not miss home.

Of course, Hongmei told him that if something like this happened again, she would kill him with a knife and feed him to the dogs. The unmarried couple said goodbye reluctantly, and Xu Laowu went to the provincial capital.

I embarked on the journey of learning art again.

Xu Jiaojiao's winery is officially on the right track. The initial training of personnel has been completed, and a group of outstanding employees who can take up the job have been selected and started to work.

If you don't consider quality, winemaking is actually very simple.

The most important step, making the koji, has been completed by Xu Jiaojiao in advance and has been fully fermented.

The rest are processes with a larger workload, such as cooking, drying, stirring, etc.

In an era lacking mechanization, this was relatively heavy physical work.

In the early days of the winery, there was no rush to work, and they were all working day shifts and an eight-hour work day.

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

The winery officially started brewing wine on a large scale, and the first day went smoothly. Many people came to watch, but were blocked outside and not allowed in. They all watched the excitement outside the door.

The next day, I encountered a problem.

Spring water hauling problem.

The winery needs water to make wine, and the original plan was to use mountain spring water.

Xujia Village is at the foot of the mountain. The wild mountains next to it have no name. The villagers call them Lao Yeshan.

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

Ordinary people who don't have money to dig a well go to the river to get water for food, drink, or to wash themselves.

Xu Jiaojiao and the others naturally need a good water source to make wine. They cannot fetch water from the river. It is better to get spring water directly from the source.

People use the stream water from upstream to downstream, so the water quality is naturally not as good as the source.

Carrying spring water up and down the mountain is also a laborious task, so in the first two days, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing went to pull the spring water themselves.

The winery also bought a new oxcart and customized two large wooden barrels specifically for holding spring water.

Basically, if you fill up two large buckets in the morning, you will have enough water for brewing in one day.

No need to make a second trip.

After all, the road up the mountain is difficult and quite far.

The kind that takes more than an hour to go back and forth.

On the first day, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing went up the mountain as a stepping stone. There are three springs with large flows on the mountain that have been discovered, and there are so many springs with small flows that they can't be counted.

Liao Qing had been in and out of the mountains all year round and was very familiar with the terrain. The two of them picked a large spring that was closest to Xujiacun and planned to get water from here in the future.

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

The working hours of the winery are from 8 am to 12 noon, and from 2 pm to 6 pm. Xu Jiaojiao strictly works eight hours a day.

As a result, it was almost time to leave work at noon, and the people who went up the mountain to haul spring water had not yet come down.

Xu Jiaojiao couldn't wait, fearing that something would happen. After all, the road up the mountain was difficult, and it was difficult to get up and down the bullock cart. If something happened, it would be fine if something broke, but if something happened to someone, it would be broken.

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After discussing it with Liao Qing, the two of them planned to go to the mountains to have a look.

Just as he was about to go out, the two men who were hauling water came back.

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

The other one is called ***, a hunter from the next village. Like Liao Qing, he has been in and out of the mountains all year round. As soon as Liao Qing told him where the spring for water was, he knew clearly.

"What's going on? Are you back so late?" Xu Jiaojiao asked.

When she went with Liao Qing yesterday, it only took half an hour to collect spring water and go up and down the mountain. The two of them had good physical strength and fast speed. They couldn't compare with ordinary people, but they couldn't be slow for so long. After all, these two people were

Not only women and children, but also strong men.

At most one hour is enough.

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

Xu Jiaojiao frowned, it must be more than this.

"Then what?"

Xu Daliang replied, "I just had a few quarrels with a few people in the village. They deliberately went early and fetched water slowly. The land at the spring is not big, so one person had to queue up to fetch water, and they fetched it."

I poured it, poured it and picked it up, and I said a few words. They said that this spring water was naturally raised, and it was not something from the old Xu family. Why should the old Xu family use something that they couldn’t use?
Chapter completed!