Pei Yang's house, back garden.

Ah Jin came in a hurry, and saw that the young lady was in the Flower Pavilion, not far away, so he went straight to this side.

This mansion was just bought three months ago, after the original owner moved away, this yard has not been lived in for several years, the back garden is naturally deserted for a long time, they moved over after this period of time in the home is in ruins, there are so many things that can not be dealt with, for a time there is no free hand to clean up, even the gardener has just been hired for a few days, so the back garden is still very messy, but it can't stop the spring is just right, plus after all, there is also the foundation laid by the original family, so even if this garden has been abandoned for many years, It looks like it has lost some elegant charm, but at this time, along the way, the grass grows and the warbler flies with a hundred flowers, but it is also quite wild.

It's just that Ah Jin doesn't have the heart to stay on these.

Since she was fourteen years old when she accompanied the young lady to marry the Pei family, many things of the young lady were taken care of by her, don't look at her young age, she is only nineteen years old now, but as the saying goes, the children of the poor are in charge early, not to mention that she was sold to the Yang family with her sister since she was a child, not only to accept the master above, but also to take care of her sister below, so she has been very calm and spicy since she was a child, and she has been responsible for taking care of some housework for the young lady over the years, and she has been very trusted.

At present, the young lady moved out of the old Pei family to set up a door, she is a maid who married her mother's family, and she is a close maid of her cronies for many years, so she is naturally highly used, Pei Yang's is a rough and extremely intelligent, but she is very tired of fine affairs, so since the beginning of the self-establishment portal, during this time, almost everything outside the home is handled by Ah Jin, and it is just a few words of advice at the key point, fortunately, she is smart and cautious, although it is difficult inside and outside, this way over, but it is also orderly.

It's just that even she has things that she can't handle, such as the current incident, which makes her feel helpless after thinking twice.

In the Xihua Pavilion, Pei Yang is lying in front of the desk to teach his daughter to write stroke by stroke, Xiao Nan is just four years old, born pink carved jade is very cute, at this time is following Pei Yang's reading with a milky voice, while swaying a small brush, very seriously on the paper horizontal and vertical. Not far away, outside the pavilion, her younger brother Pei Hui, who was only two and a half years old, was being teased by two maids to catch ants, and his cute appearance would attract a burst of laughter from the maids from time to time.

Ah Jin walked into the pavilion with the account book in his hand, first greeted the young lady Pei Yang, and then smiled at the little girl writing, looked at it for a while, but asked with a smile: "Learn to write now, is it early, the little boy and the young lady are still so young, it is time to have fun." ”

Pei Yangshi smiled when he heard this, and he didn't even raise his head, but he still led her daughter's little hand to write, and said: "This child is precocious, she wants to learn it herself, I can't pester her, so I have to teach her." ”

As she spoke, she raised her head and glanced at Ah Jin, caught a glimpse of the account book she was holding in her hand, and asked again: "What's the matter, you still came here with the account book, what's wrong?" Did Steward He sue you again? ”

Ah Jin smiled when he heard this, and said, "It's also a good thing that she came to me to complain, at least it shows that he is very attentive." ”

Pei Yangshi nodded, "Steward He doesn't have any great skills, but this is the best, he is very serious, he doesn't have a smart mind, and he can't help people deal with things with ideas, but as long as you give him something and tell him what to do, one thing counts as one, he can always do it very carefully, which is rare." It's just that I think he comes to sue every day, and it's really noisy, so I just told him that if there is something in the future, I will go to you directly, and I don't have to tell me. ”

As she spoke, she raised her head again and looked at the account book in Ah Jin's hand, and asked, "What's the matter today, is it a complaint against that talented man Li Xi, or is there something wrong in the account?" ”

Ah Jin smiled, "The complaint is still sued, he doesn't understand the meaning of the young lady, and he doesn't understand that you are actually doing this to spend a Li Xi's money and attract other people we want to use, so I listened to his complaint, but I couldn't explain it to him, it's nothing, and Steward He also said that although this Li Xi is restless, the account is extremely accurate, it is said that Steward He also tried to test him once, then Li Xi's mental arithmetic is wonderful, no one can match." ”

After a pause, she hesitated for a moment before continuing: "It's just that the maid also thinks that Li Xi is drinking and lighting a fire in the room, which is really unsafe, so I want to ask you an idea, or let Steward He take care of it, lest it will be too late to regret it if you really go out of the water and burn the account room in the future." ”

Pei Yangshi nodded when he heard this, "Tube...... Don't worry about it, he's a great talent, and he can be regarded as a celebrity, it's a brand, since he said that he would only keep him for a month, then it's better not to make him unhappy, as long as he doesn't set fire, that is, order some small pot of warm wine, or don't care about him. ”

Ah Jin hesitated for a moment when he heard this, but finally nodded and said yes.

At this time, Pei Yangshi bent down and wrote more than a dozen words on Xiao Nannan's hand, and he felt that his body was sore, so he let go of his hand and stretched his waist, and asked, "Let you go and inquire about buying a good shop in the city, have you inquired?" ”

Ah Jin nodded when he heard this, "I got a few places, I asked people to take me to see them, they are all good shops, whether they are good or bad, or the shops, but the people in front of them are not good at management, so they ended up closed, but after Steward He asked, they only agreed to rent and were not willing to sell, so if you have to buy it, I am afraid it will cost you more money." ”

Pei Yangshi nodded when he heard this, "Well, that's for sure, the wind and rain have been smooth over the years, and the court has been clear and clear, everyone's words are getting better and better, and there is more and more money in their hands, and as long as they have some money in their hands, either they buy land outside the city, or they buy shops and houses in the city, the land is limited, there are many people who buy, of course the price is soaring, Jinyuan County is so big, shops and houses are also limited, everyone buys, naturally it is more expensive, more expensive is more expensive, since our mothers and sons have come out of the door, You can't make a living without it, so even if you still have some money, you will inevitably have to sit and eat, look good, you can make the decision for me, buy it! ”

Ah Jin responded when he heard this, but said: "I bought it, I bought it, it's nothing, it's just that this wine is not safe?" ”

Pei Yang wondered when he heard this, "Why is it not safe?" ”

Ah Jin thought for a while and said: "Of course selling wine is a good business, the maid has inquired about it, just in the past few years, we have three more wineries in Jinyuan County, and seven or eight new wine shops have been opened, and the business is still very good, it can be seen that this business itself is good, but this wine shop has always been a troubled place, and none of our family can be in charge outside, in case someone finds fault in the future......

Her words didn't dare to be too clear and straightforward, but Pei Yang immediately understood.

At that moment, she smiled, "Don't worry, although Pei Song is stupid, but the old man is a smart man, he will tell Pei Song some truths, the more our two families do not have a harmonious relationship, the more impossible it is for the Pei family to bully the door, and if you want to do something, you can only do it behind your back, as for those things behind your back, it is just right to use our uncle, saving him from doing anything every day, and he will come over to fight the autumn breeze in the same way." ”

Although Ah Jin was still a little suspenseful when she heard this, since the young lady was so determined, she had no choice but to nod yes.

After chatting about these, Pei Yang's lowered his head and continued to accompany Xiao Nannan to practice calligraphy, and finally the two of them wrote another word, Pei Yang's smile was like a flower, he didn't have a mouth to praise, and he hugged Xiao Nan and it was kissing and hurting, but at this time she raised her head, but found that Ah Jin hadn't left yet, not only did she not leave, but she looked like she wanted to talk and stopped, it seemed that she still had something to say.

Raising eyebrows and glancing at her, Pei Yangshi put away his smile, lowered his head and whispered to the little girl, so that she could say that she was coaxed away, she was also accompanied by two maids, and went to catch ants with her younger brother, Pei Yangshi straightened out his clothes, and said lightly: "What else is the matter, let's talk about it." ”

Ah Jin hesitated for a long time before he said, "Miss, you have also heard those rumors outside, or, let's give the bookkeeper to ...... Quit. ”

Pei Yang nodded when he heard this, and said, "Tell me the reason." ”

"First, although he came forward to refute it, the influence of that rumor has been greatly reduced, but after all, people are terrible, not to mention that our current situation is not good, so the maid thinks that it is better to clear up with each other......"

"Well, if there is a first, then there must be a second, say."

"The second is, today's Li Xi, is not the first talent in Shuzhou, the maid went out to see the shop yesterday and heard people everywhere are talking, saying that Li Xi ignores the morality of the article, and has no integrity, even if there is a small talent, it is also a crooked talent, and he boasted of Haikou in Xiaofanlou a few days ago, and now the whole Shuzhou is almost waiting to see his jokes, such a person stays in our house, but I am afraid that it will not add any brilliance, so the maid thinks, it is better to take the opportunity to let the housekeeper He take care of it, and give some wages properly, send him away. ”

Pei Yang nodded again when he heard this, but he fell into deep thought.

After a long time, she frowned slightly, and she didn't know whether to speak to Ah Jin or to herself: "It's also evil, why do I think this Li Xi is so wrong?" It seems that he does everything differently from what we ordinary people think, and he can always do something jaw-dropping...... Strange, weird! ”

Ah Jin was silent when he heard this.

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No matter what the rumors are, Li Xi has been quite happy during this time.

Mr. Ledger's work is very easy, in fact, although Li Xi was not a financial person in his previous life, he still often came into contact with reports or something, and he also went to a friend's company to help for a few days, and there are few people in a small company, so he also managed the account book, compared with the account book of the developed commercial society in the previous life, there is no doubt that such a family account book is simply too simple, and he can deal with it effortlessly.

In fact, the reason why Li Xi fell in love with this job at a glance was that in addition to the fact that he learned from the mouth of his third uncle Li Qiu that this Pei Yang Mansion was currently preparing to buy a shop and open a winery, and felt that this opportunity was good, the most important thing was that he wanted to be familiar with the account books of this era, not to mention that he also knew that it was impossible for people to hire him for a long time, and he couldn't even write properly, that is, they wanted to hire him, Li Xi didn't do it, he was just preparing for his future path.

With this attitude as a foundation, the work will naturally be easy and enjoyable.

Steward He glared angrily, Li Xi raised his head and smiled at him, and when he met a subordinate on the way, he also smiled stupidly, in short, he was happy no matter who he saw.

But when he returned to the small "office" assigned to him, he would suddenly put away his smiling face and lean down to seriously tinker with his "experiment".

Well, it should be called an experiment, because after all, there is no such thing and this kind of thinking in this era.

A small iron tripod, a wine retort designed by Li Xi and made by a craftsman, a small burden of high-quality charcoal, and a number of other auxiliary tools, of course, the most important thing is the raw material - the best wine bought from the dog meat lady of Chongyi Fang.

After crossing over, according to Li Xi's understanding, the sake brewing in this era is actually very simple, and the so-called winemaking is actually to put the wine in the jar with yeast and the like, so that it can be fermented and stored at the same time, but after the wine jar is opened when drinking, the yeast and dregs must be sifted out before drinking. Therefore, in the current Tang Dynasty, in addition to saying "eating wine", people also call drinking wine "sieving wine", which refers to the process of sifting out.

A few days ago, Li Xi went to all the liquor shops in the city, and also found many people to inquire, including the third uncle Li Qiu, so he was sure that at least until now, there has been no distilled liquor in Datang.

Although he didn't play with technology in his previous life, he didn't study chemistry, but after all, he was a science student, and chemistry experiments were not unfamiliar, and Li Xi was not scared at all to deal with experiments at this level, not to mention that even if he was scared, he had to be courageous, this kind of opportunity that seemed to be born for the traverser to make a fortune, how could Li Xi miss it.

Not only him, but after the dispute with many people in the restaurant a few days ago, Li Xi turned around and mentioned to the third uncle that he could make a high-strength wine, and even when he heard it, his eyes immediately lit up.

Although he didn't quite believe Li Xi's statement and thought that the wine could still be purified, after all, out of trust in his nephew, he finally nodded, and finally agreed to Li Xi's idea of experimenting.

Of course, with his cleverness, assuming that Li Xi could successfully "research" this wine, he naturally quickly understood Li Xi's intention to choose a family like Pei Yang's to be the accounting office.

In short, share the risk.

First of all, although the brewing industry is not small, it is also a big money-burner. And if Li Xi can really make a new wine, it is a new thing, no one in this world has drunk this kind of thing, and there is no way to predict how it will sell, even Li Xi can't even be sure, because advanced things may not be suitable things, in fact, just what Li Xi knows, there have been countless cases that have proved that those who are ahead of their time are even better than those that are outdated.

According to the situation of their family, a little speculation can be guessed that they are newly established and are extremely anxious to find a way to make money, so it is very likely that the two sides will hit it off, and when the time comes, they will use their strength to test it first, once they find that this wine is marketable, the third uncle can join in with the trend, which is naturally the most appropriate way.

Of course, in fact, with the financial resources of the third uncle Li Qiu, he can fully support this kind of small-scale experiment, so Li Xi can actually not rely on Pei Yang's at all, but then again, although he is his third uncle and the third uncle who is very good to himself, Li Xi still doesn't want to completely hand over his way to him.

He always told himself that I was a time-traveler, and for the entire Tang Dynasty and for all the people in the world, I was a helpless outsider.

Therefore, it can be relied upon, but it must never be relied on, let alone fully entrusted.

This is true for anyone.

Li Xi carefully controlled the heat, roughly controlling the temperature of the wine within the appropriate level by virtue of his senses, and then waited for the result almost with bated breath.

The technique of distillation is not complicated at all, because I learned it in middle school, the boiling point of alcohol and the boiling point of water are different, if Li Xi remembers correctly, alcohol should be a little more than seventy-eight degrees Celsius, and water is one hundred degrees, so you only need to always control the temperature of the liquor between these two values, and the alcohol will evaporate from the liquor little by little, so as to achieve the purpose of separating from water.

It's easy to say, but it's far from that simple.

The first is that the temperature of the wine is not easy to control, and there is not even an accurate temperature measurement tool, only by feeling and visual measurement, and the second is that the tool is not tight, as for the third, in the middle school in the small county where Li Xi was born and studied, even if it is the chemistry class in the best school, it basically does not do any experiments, the teacher said, you only need to memorize the experimental process in the textbook, you can be admitted to the university, you have to do experiments, go to the university to do it, our school can't afford to spend that material fee, and Li Xi didn't study chemistry in college - so, his hands-on ability is really not ordinarily poor.

He has failed countless times these past days.

Although some alcohol can be distilled sometimes, either the fire is not well controlled, and the water vapor is distilled a lot, or the specially ordered distilled retort is really a little unreliable, because in the process of distillation, the temperature of the alcohol is very high, so as long as the retort is not tightly buttoned, if you don't pay attention, the alcohol that is finally distilled can fly away,...... In short, there have been all kinds of strange situations.

Seeing that it was almost distilled, Li Xi's hand was burned by the iron tripod containing the liquor for a while, he trembled, it was broken, the liquor tripod was slightly tilted, and suddenly the distilled part of the alcohol disappeared, and as soon as the liquor tripod was crooked, the fire suddenly became bigger, and at this moment, the liquor in the tripod was a little boiling......

Li Xi couldn't help but sigh and scrapped again.

Fortunately, there is still some success, although there are only about a few drops left.

Li Xi got up dejectedly, put out the fire, and after waiting for the temperature of Tieding to drop down, he packed up his things, carefully separated the remaining liquor and the distilled alcohol, and then cleaned up his bookcase, sorted out the account books again, and then saw that it was not early, and it was estimated that he would not have anything else to do if he stayed in the house today, so he simply left for home.

Of course, in addition to saying hello to Steward He before going home, I had to buy some wine on the way home.

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