The Beginning of a Courtyard House: Sixty Years of Internal Strength

Yan Jiecheng also realized the seriousness of the problem at this point.

"Brothers, this matter must not be spread."

If word gets out, my family will be finished.

"Jiecheng, don't worry, we're all brothers."

We absolutely will not let this get out.

"Yeah, Jiecheng, you need to be careful too, it's still uncertain whether you can get in or not."

But once this is discovered...

Your dad is definitely going to lose his job.

Yan Jiecheng also became uneasy at this moment.

"Brothers, I understand. I won't say anything more; it's all in the wine."

After they finished speaking, the three of them started toasting each other again.

After returning home, Yan Jiecheng also began to think about this matter.

As Yao Yao tidied up the things on the table, she was about to speak.

Li Jianguo quickly stopped him.

"Alright, Yao Yao, stop cleaning up."

I can just throw it into my spatial storage and organize it with my mind.

After hearing this, Yao Yao put down her chopsticks and sat down.

"Brother Jianguo, have a cup of tea, wake up!"

"Yaoyao, don't you know my alcohol tolerance? This is nothing."

"Brother Jianguo, I didn't expect you to be even better than Xu Damao."

Old Yan was so stingy, he never expected you to point it out.

"Oh, what's the big deal? I've been thinking about not Yan Bugui's matter for a long time."

I've been thinking about this for a long time, mainly because he's just too disgusting.

I originally wanted to report him.

Later I realized I just needed to ask for something at the door.

I never gave it to him even once or twice.

Reporting someone like that could ruin their livelihood, which isn't a good idea.

Since Yan Jiecheng needs it, I'll just tell him directly.

"Alright, Brother Jianguo."

It's all because of the issue of blocking a door.

It caused their families to be torn apart and their lives to be lost.

That's definitely going a bit too far.

The next day, Li Jianguo went to work as usual.

After receiving my first task of the new year.

So I strolled home.

Then he led Yao Yao out the door.

After returning to the space.

He then began brewing wine using the spring water.

So many trees need watering, and tea trees need watering even more frequently.

The spiritual spring water is becoming a bit insufficient.

So he had been saving it up for a long time.

That's enough for this one brewing.

With Yao Yao's help, they were busy all day again.

Finally, the wine was put into the fermentation tank.

The fermentation tank must be kept at around 25 degrees Celsius for saccharification and fermentation.

Li Jianguo decided to let it ferment for a month.

Wine made with water typically takes one to two weeks to ferment.

This time, it was brewed directly with spiritual spring water.

He wanted it to ferment for a longer time, maybe it would taste better that way.

Fortunately, it fermented within the space.

He can tell the approximate temperature and fermentation status with just a glance.

Otherwise, you'd have to keep an eye on things all the time, which is quite troublesome.

After they finished their work, the two went home.

"Brother Jianguo, spring is coming soon, we need to propagate the tea trees quickly."

I've been reading books on this topic lately.

The mainstream methods are transplanting rice seedlings and propagation by seed.

Layering and grafting have been used before.

However, we won't consider grafting, as it's not easy for the grafts to survive.

Layering rice seedlings requires tree branches, just like transplanting rice seedlings.

Let's use both transplanting and seed methods.

"Okay, Yao Yao, let's stop the flow of the spiritual spring water from the fruit tree for a while."

Let's use it all for the propagation of tea trees.

It would be best to ensure that they all use the spiritual spring water.

The survival rate should be very high this way.

By the way, how many years does it take for new tea trees to be ready for harvesting?

"Brother Jianguo, according to the book, this is how to plant rice seedlings."

Tea picking can begin in small quantities after 2 years.

It will reach its peak production period in 5 years.

But seeds are much slower.

Tea can only be harvested in small quantities every four years.

Large-scale mining will have to wait six or seven years.

Tea trees also grow relatively slowly.

If you use spring water.

That should speed up their growth.

"Sigh, the growth period of tea trees is really long."

This pole remained there for several years.

Li Jianguo shook his head speechlessly.

"Yes, transplanting rice seedlings will also affect this year's tea yield."

It's okay if it's a little cheaper, I'll just make do and drink it.

There will probably be more in two years.

A few days later, Li Jianguo, having nothing better to do, went to see Chen Xueru again.

Chen Xueru was also very happy to see Li Jianguo.

"Brother Jianguo, several days have already passed since the New Year."

"You only just came to see me; it seems you truly don't care about me."

"How could that be, Sister Xue Ru?"

I just received my assignment and then went to do some shopping.

"Will I come to see you as soon as I get back?"

"Brother Jianguo, I just met a new girl. Let's go to her place for drinks."

Li Jianguo immediately thought it couldn't be Xu Huizhen.

According to the original storyline, he would get divorced and have a child at the end of 1955.

How could I have completely forgotten about this? I should have gone to help back then.

The recipe for making wine was personally taught to me by Xu Huizhen.

Chen Xueru really did lead him to the tavern.

Unexpectedly, even after Chen Xueru stopped opening her silk shop, they still managed to get to know each other.

It seems the plot has a lot of inertia.

After entering the tavern, Chen Xueru called out to Xu Huiren inside.

"Huizhen, look, I've brought you a new friend."

Unexpectedly, Xu Huizhen recognized Li Jianguo at a glance.

She exclaimed in surprise.

"Li Jianguo, it's you!"

"Xu Huizhen, it's been a long time."

Chen Xueru looked at the two of them with surprise, glancing back and forth a few times.

I want to confirm the relationship between the two of them.

"Huizhen, do you know each other?"

"Of course, I've known Xu Huizhen for several years."

I once went to her house specifically to buy her brewing recipe.

"Oh, I see. So the wine you gave me back then was brewed using her family's recipe?"

It tastes pretty good, but I couldn't tell it was the same drink in the pub.

Huizhen, would you like to have a couple of drinks with me?

"Okay, I don't have anything else to do, let's have a couple of drinks together."

After they finished speaking, the three of them sat down together.

"Jianguo, are you still working as a purchasing agent?"

"Yes, I've been doing this all along. You actually came to the tavern."

"What happened? Is your distillery still open?"

Xu Huizhen sighed.

"Back then, it was thanks to your money that my family's brewery was able to keep going."

It's doing pretty well now.

I also married into a family in Beijing. This is my father-in-law's small tavern.

Don't even mention it, my husband died not long after we got married.

Now I can only make a living by running a small tavern with my daughter.

"Sigh, it seems you haven't had it easy these past few years."

I didn't expect that your experience was quite similar to that of Sister Xueru.

Xue Ru's husband also ran away.

"Alright, Jianguo, don't talk about these sad things anymore."

It's because our experiences are quite similar.

So we got along very well.

I never expected that you would know Xu Huizhen.

This is truly a case of perfect coincidence.

"Who says otherwise? I never expected that the new friend you introduced would be Xu Huizhen."

"By the way, Jianguo, after buying the brewing formula, are you brewing any wine now?"

"I never ran a brewery; I just brewed one out of curiosity and kept it for myself to drink."