"When I came here, I heard people talk about the wine nominated for the Gold List. I thought it was a gimmick to make money from us scholars. Now after trying it, I am convinced. The shopkeeper gave me five kilograms of it!"

"I also want two catties. How much silver is one catty?"

To be honest, those who can afford to study these days, whether they live in the countryside or in the city, all have some background.

Otherwise, in a family where food and drink are not enough, very few people go to study, unless they are very determined people like Xu Youde.

Xu Laosan greeted the guests with a smile, "Our store has an old rule that each person can purchase a limited amount per day! This gold list nominated wine was recently blended by our boss. The quantity is not large. It is only sold to students. Each person can only supply it per day.

Half a catty, each half catty is sold. Since it is a new launch, the owner has only set a trial price at the moment, which is one hundred silver coins for half a catty. The official price will be determined after the scholar's annual trial is over..."

The price is not expensive and basically everyone can afford it.

A gourd holds half a catty. Scholars love elegance, and they love the wine contained in this gourd.

Everyone took a gourd of wine and went back to the inn.

One passed it on to ten, and many students came to buy it.

Xu Laosan also posted a gimmick advertisement about Liao Qing's nomination for the Golden List Nominated Wine Awards this year and the top three at the door. There was almost a sea of ​​people in front of Xu's wine shop, and people from most of the county flocked to the door of the wine shop.

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In the end, it directly affected the market, and almost the entire market moved. The previous market was on Parrot Mouth Street, but now the small vendors have moved to the vicinity of Qingxi Winery. It can affect a person.

The central location of the market shows how famous Qingxi Xujiu is.

There are also many drunkards who are eager to take a sip of the wine nominated for the Gold List, but because they are not students, the wine shop does not sell it.

Therefore, many people come to buy alcohol from students privately.

The wine costing one hundred cents and half a jin per gourd was resold for more than five hundred cents.

There are three days before the reference. Students can drink the gold list nominated wine for free for three days, or buy the gold list nominated wine for three days.

If you resell a gourd, you can earn 400 cents. In three days, you can earn more than one tael of silver.

A little more than one tael of silver, if not too extravagant, is enough to cover the expenses of a scholar for a few days. If you are a scholar, no matter whether you pass or not, you don't have to spend a penny, and those who save a little can still make a profit.

This makes people who don't have students at home extremely jealous.

This year's annual examination has not yet started, but the wine nominated for the gold list has become popular first.

Liao Qing and Xu Jiaojiao joked, "Daughter-in-law, do you really want to reward the head of the case with a hundred pounds of wine nominated for the gold list? This is too generous! I just gave away these hundred taels of silver! It can't be done, it's such a loss, I

No matter what, you have to come back with a case record, and you can’t let someone else get this hundred pounds of wine at a cheaper price."

Xu Jiaojiao is so funny.

"Okay, boss, just go to the market center and people have been surrounding our winery these past few days. This hundred kilograms of wine is worth giving away! It's equivalent to the advertising fee, and it's not given every year. Give away less next year.

Well, besides, it’s so hard for the students to study. With some encouragement, our Shazhou County may become a major education county in the future!”

Liao Qing narrowed his eyes, "A big education county?"

"Yeah, it's a great county for teaching and educating people...

Liao Qing thought to himself, "I hope those students are not studying hard just for our gold list nomination..."

Xu Jiaojiao laughed so hard that she couldn't stand upright.

This joke is so cold.

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The Xiucai Examination is divided into three sessions, lasting nine days in total. The examination is a closed examination. After entering, you have to wait until the examination is completed before you can come out again.

Then, we have to wait a few days for the results to be released.

After Xu Jiaojiao sent Liao Qing to the examination room, she went back to the wine shop in the countryside to mix the wine. The gold list nominated wine has been so popular these days, so you need to prepare more. After the exam is over, it is expected to be sold out again.

As soon as I returned to the countryside, I saw Ms. Xu Zhang collecting pork with a sad face. Pieces of fresh pork were pickled in large pots and piled high.

"What's wrong, mother? What kind of pig is being killed suddenly out of season? Is there some happy event?"

When Xu Zhang saw her old daughter coming back, she first asked Liao Qing about the exam situation, and then she talked about the reason.

"It died of illness. This pig refused to eat a few days ago. Yesterday, it fell to the ground and died for no reason. There is no other way but to kill it. The price of pork that died of illness cannot be sold at a high price, my mother thought.

Let’s just pickle it and let my family eat it…”

Xu Jiaojiao was shocked, "What? Died of illness? Stop now! Mom! Pork that died of illness cannot be eaten. Just bury it as soon as possible. There must be germs in the pork that died of illness, and people will be infected if they eat pork."

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Xu Zhang frowned and said, "Bury it? Old girl, such a big pig, a big fat pig that is about to be slaughtered, weighing one or two hundred pounds, buried it? What a waste, we country people have rough skin and meat."

It’s thick, so it shouldn’t matter if you eat it. In the past, if a pig died of illness in a wealthy household in the village, it would be eaten.”

In the countryside, not only pigs die of illness, but also poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese die of illness. If they die of illness, they are not willing to throw them away. They are all salted, dried and eaten by the family.

Usually a little bit of meat is rare, but no matter what, it’s still meat!

Xu Jiaojiao insisted on burying the sick pork and gave Xu Zhang many reasons, mainly from the perspective of human health. Although Xu Zhang was reluctant, she finally listened to Xu Jiaojiao and buried the sick pork.

It was thrown aside.

"Okay, listen to you, old girl, you are a person with medical skills. If you say you can't eat it, we won't eat it. If you really get sick, that person will suffer even more."

These are all trivial matters. Now that the old Xu family throws away a pig that died of illness, Xu Zhang can still afford to throw it away.

Although it is a little painful.

"Jiaojiao, I'm a little worried. This pig has died of illness. Several other pigs have also started not eating or drinking. They have the same symptoms as this pig before. I've been so worried that I couldn't sleep these two nights.

Seeing that it is almost the end of the year, the big fat pigs are weighing one or two hundred pounds and are just waiting to be put out, but they got this disease. How about, old girl, we kill all the pigs in advance while the pigs are still alive.

Sell ​​it! It means that each pig will sell dozens of kilograms less meat, but it is better than watching it die of illness and not having to worry."

Xu Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows and said, "Mom, that's impossible. The pig is sick and you have to raise the pig before selling it. This is the basic morality. Come on, mom, let's go to the pig pen and have a look."

Mrs. Xu Zhang just said this, now is not the best time to put the pigs for slaughter. If they are put for slaughter at the end of the year, the price will be better and the pigs will be stronger. If you sell them now, you will suffer a lot of losses, and you are not willing to do it. The sick pork will be eaten by the whole family.
Chapter completed!