Chapter 157 Time
Chapter 157 Time
The land has been purchased, and it's time for spring planting.
Lin Yan began using her supernatural abilities to cultivate rice seeds.
First, use your supernatural abilities to accelerate the growth of rice. Once the rice matures, it will be of better quality than usual. Then, plant the seeds back in the field and accelerate the growth until it matures, until you are satisfied.
Using this type of rice as seed not only increases grain yield and makes the grains fuller, but also improves taste and nutrition.
Once the seeds are ready, people are hired to cultivate the seedlings, prepare the fields, transplant the seedlings, and irrigate the paddy fields.
In May, Fu Bo and Quan Sinian returned.
Quan Sinian received a large amount of grain, but Fu Bo received very little high-quality grain, because high-quality grain in Huainan was always specially supplied and not so easy to purchase in large quantities.
Fortunately, they have the Yunnan-Guizhou sorghum that Quan Rongxing has been longing for, and they have bought land in Yunnan, Guizhou and Huainan, so they can hire people to grow the grain and then buy it back.
These lands will be rented to local farmers, who will then grow grains according to the farmers' requirements, and the farmers will purchase the grains directly from them.
Looking at the full granary, Lin Yan felt very at ease.
The distillery business is really going to take off.
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The word spread like wildfire. Besides Fu Bo and Quan Sinian traveling all over the area south of the Huai River to sell wine, there were also some itinerant merchants who bought and sold wine from the Wangyou Winery. Even in ancient times when information did not circulate, the winery's reputation grew.
Through continuous experimentation, Quan Rongxing developed malt liquor, which is beer, and whiskey distilled from beer, which Quan Rongxing named Ruihe Liquor.
They also brewed various kinds of osmanthus wine, chrysanthemum wine, and plum wine.
Forget-Worry Winery is gaining increasing fame for its unique craftsmanship and diverse flavors, and orders are pouring in.
Today, the Forget-Worry Winery is located in a remote area, not only in Yun'an, a remote prefecture, but also in a remote village in a remote county.
People who come to buy it complain about this, but the wine is very famous and popular, so even though everyone complains, they still travel thousands of miles to find it.
Orders for Forget-Worry Wine Shop have been nonstop, and there's not enough space. Lin Yan has no choice but to expand the shop further and further. Fortunately, she has bought up all the land nearby.
Besides that, Lin Yan had always wanted to try wine, but after asking many people, none of them had ever seen grapes, so she had to give up.
She drew a picture of grapes and wrote to Zhao Yuncheng and Xiao Jingzhi, asking them to keep an eye out for this plant. She said that if she could find the seeds, she could have a continuous supply of grapes, and then maybe create a new product.
For the past three years, whenever the distillery has any new wines, Lin Yan would send them over, asking them to help out with small tasks, without any hesitation.
Besides his glass mirror business, Xiao Jingzhi also opened a restaurant in Ruijing, selling wines from the Forget-Worry Wine House. Because of the high quality of the wines, the restaurant became very popular.
Lin Yu passed both the provincial and prefectural examinations. Although his ranking was not high, he passed nonetheless and is now a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examinations). Most importantly, he can now take the entrance exam for Yunlu Academy, which he has always longed for.
Three years have passed, and sixteen-year-old Lin Yu has finally learned how to give insincere answers to exam papers, and his personality has become much more composed.
Lin Yan expressed her relief.
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"I heard that the exam questions at Yunlu Academy are very difficult." Lin Yu sat down next to Bu Huang and rubbed its ears.
"I remember Shen Mo is from Yunlu Academy, right? We could ask him if he can get our hands on the exam questions from the last two years," Lin Yan suggested, also trying to come up with a solution.
“Speaking of which, there’s someone you know at Yunlu Academy,” Lin Yu suddenly said.
"Ok?"
“Zhang Lixin,” Lin Yu said.
"Zhang Lixin? You mean Brother Zhang from Zhangjiawan, Peixin's brother?" Lin Yan asked in surprise.
“Yes, one of my classmates from the clan school got into the county school. He said that Brother Zhang got into Yunlu Academy last year,” Lin Yu said.
Lin Yan blinked. It was Zhang Lixin who helped Lin Yu with his schooling back then.
They haven't seen each other since Zhang Peixin married and moved to Huainan a couple of years ago, except for a visit during the Chinese New Year.
Thinking back to the young man she had met, she hadn't realized at the time that Zhang Lixin was a scholar.
But thinking about it, it's not surprising. Zhangjiawan is known for its wealth in the surrounding area, and the village even has a clan school. How could their clan leader's son not have an environment for studying?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Lixin's grades were also very good.
"Then you have to keep it up, Yu." Lin Yan raised her hand to pat Lin Yu's head, but Lin Yu tilted his head back and dodged away.
Lin Yan: …………
"Hmph, I'm all grown up now, don't keep touching my head," Lin Yu said softly.
Lin Yan: "Tsk."
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Besides managing the winery business, Lin Yan also had to learn medicine from Li Zhongwei and occasionally go out with him as a traveling doctor for training.
Yu Dingxin of Xinglintang sent many letters inviting Li Zhongwei to visit his home, but Li Zhongwei ignored them all.
Lin Yan was also very curious about what was going on between him and the old man of the Yu family, but Li Zhongwei was very tight-lipped and she couldn't get any information out of him.
Quan Wenxue spends her days listening to lessons from Lin Yan, painting, and embroidering, living a very comfortable life. Of course, some people don't think that way.
Quan Wenxue is nineteen years old this year. Her mother is very worried about her marriage. In such a remote place as Yun'an, she really doesn't know any good men who can help her daughter get married.
She was, after all, raised with great pampering. Although she wasn't a noblewoman in the capital, with her family's wealth, she was never short of food, drink, or other necessities.
Now the family has fallen on hard times and lives in a small village. Although they have made a living, all they see when they look outside are country bumpkins. Madam Quan is extremely unwilling to marry her daughter to them.
As for her son, Madam Quan thought about it and said that he was always running around and never brought a wife back. He was really useless.
Besides Madam Quan, Lin's mother has also started to set her sights on Lin Yan. She doesn't think she can't find someone else; she's taken a liking to Fu Bo, who often visits the Lin family.
To this, Lin Yan could only say: ...
In Lin's mother's words, Fu Bo has known them for so many years, their ages are suitable, and they get along very well. Or Quan Sinian would be a good choice too...
Quan Mu: Yes! Yes! This is good, this is good!
Lin Yan: ...
The whole year: Σ(っ °Д °;)っ
Heaven can bear witness, he absolutely did not mean that. He still hasn't figured out what the relationship is between Lin Yan and the Seventh Prince. If they are close, they haven't seen each other for three years. If they are not close, then all sorts of rare treasures are always being sent from the capital.
He should stay away from it.
Quan Wenxue: Take me with you, brother!
Lin Yan: Let's go together!
Lin's mother: Look, look, they get along very well!
Madam Quan: That's right, that's right!
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