Xu Jiaojiao told him that the ancient blacksmith had come and apologized to Xu Lao Wu.

Liao Qing looked strange.

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

Liao Qing replied, "I saw the ancient blacksmith in Qingshui Town, as if I was asking the people in the town if they had seen the Gu family, and said that I went to buy a bun and came back, and the Gu family disappeared......

Xu Jiaojiao blinked, what is this trouble?

"You're talking about before you come back?"

"Well, he asked for a long time, presumably the Gu clan didn't want to go to Cold City with the ancient blacksmith, so let's go."

Xu Jiaojiao thought about it carefully, it should be the same thing, the Gu family was originally a person from the Trick Workshop, and in order to be greedy for pleasure, even his daughter was pulled along to sell it.

Hancheng is the border area of Daxiang Country, and the environment must be harsh, so if you don't want to go with it, you can't say it.

Besides, the ancient blacksmith had a fierce face, but he used to beat and scold the fifth child, and he was not a person to mess with.

Xu Jiaojiao figured it out, so she didn't pay attention to it, and she couldn't worry about other people's affairs.

Whether the Gu family follows the ancient blacksmith or not, it is none of her business.

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

"Gu Xiu'er is in the carriage, I saw it."

Xu Jiaojiao was even more relieved, only the Gu family ran away alone, and there was nothing to trouble with their old Xu family.

The biggest headache is Gu Xiu'er, Gu Xiu'er didn't run along.

The two went to work and didn't talk about it anymore, and later, Xu Jiaojiao mentioned it to Xu Zhang, and Xu Zhangshi also guessed that thing.

Let's just say that the Gu clan is not a thing or something.

***

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

said that Xu Lao Wu would go directly to the provincial capital, and he knew several good masters of the royal kiln factory, and was responsible for helping to introduce.

After the Gu family knelt down to apologize in person, Xu Lao Wu's reputation was much better, and the Duan family naturally heard the rumors, and Duan Hongmei also apologized to Xu Lao Wu awkwardly, saying that she was too impulsive or something before.

Then, when the fifth child talked about going out to learn art, the Duan family did not object, but agreed very much.

Anyway, Hongmei still has to keep filial piety for the old lady, so that the fifth child can study hard outside, and don't worry about home.

Of course, Hongmei told him that if such a thing happened again, he would take a knife and slaughter him and feed him to the dog, and the unmarried couple reluctantly said goodbye, and Xu Lao Wu went to the provincial capital and embarked on the journey of learning art again.

Xu Jiaojiao's winery is also officially on the right track, the initial training of personnel has passed, and a group of outstanding employees who can be employed have been selected and started to work.

If you don't think about quality, winemaking is actually quite simple.

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

The rest are processes that require a lot of work, such as steaming, drying, stirring, and the like.

In the era of lack of mechanization, this was relatively heavy manual work.

In the early days, the winery did not rush to work, and it was all a day shift, and the work was eight hours.

Do things in strict accordance with Xu Jiaojiao's arrangements and instructions.

The first day of the winery was smooth and smooth, and many people came to watch, but they were stopped outside, not allowed to enter, and they all watched the excitement outside the door.

The next day, I ran into a problem.

The problem of hauling spring water.

The brewery uses water to make wine, and it was originally planned to use mountain spring water.

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

There are several springs on Laoye Mountain, which flow all year round, and the spring water gathers down and becomes a stream, called Qingxi, which passes through the river next to Xujia Village and Liaojia Village.

Ordinary people, who have no money to dig wells, go to the river to fetch water to eat and drink, or wash.

Xu Jiaojiao and their winemaking naturally need a good water source, so they can't go to the river to fetch water, and it is better to take live spring water directly from the source.

The stream water is taken from upstream to downstream, and the water quality is naturally not as good as the source.

It is also a hard work to go up and down the mountain to drag the spring water, so in the first two days, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing went to pull the spring water in person.

The distillery also bought a new ox cart and custom-made two large wooden barrels for the spring water.

Basically, two large buckets are filled in the morning, and the water for the day's sake brewing is available.

You don't have to make a second trip.

After all, the road up the mountain is not easy to walk, and it is a little farther.

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

On the first day, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing went up the mountain to step on the spot, there are three springs with large water flow on the mountain, and there are many springs with small water flow, which cannot be counted.

Liao Qing has been in and out of the mountains all the year round, and the terrain is very familiar, so the two of them picked a big spring that is the closest to Xujia Village, and planned to draw water from here in the future.

The next day, the two of them did not go in person, and handed over the simple work of carrying spring water to two able-bodied male workers in the winery.

The working time of the winery is from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Xu Jiaojiao strictly follows the eight-hour working time a day.

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

Xu Jiaojiao couldn't wait, afraid that something had happened, after all, the road up the mountain was not easy to walk, and there was a certain difficulty in going up and down the ox cart.

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

As soon as they were about to go out, the two male workers who were hauling water returned.

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

The other is called ***, which is a hunter in the next village, like Liao Qing, who goes in and out of the mountains all the year round, and as soon as Liao Qing told him where the spring was for drawing water, he knew it clearly.

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

When she went with Liao Qing yesterday, it only took half an hour to fetch spring water and go up and down the mountain, the two of them have good physical strength and fast speed, which ordinary people can't compare, but it can't be slow for so long, after all, these two people are not women and children, but also strong men.

An hour at most is enough.

The two of them looked a little unnatural, "I'm sorry, we delayed, there are more villagers who went to the spring to fetch water today, and we have been queuing for a long time......"

Xu Jiaojiao frowned, there must be more than that.

"And then?"

Xu Daliang replied, "I just quarreled with a few people in the village, they deliberately went early, and slowly fetched water, the spring is not big, and a person needs to line up to receive water, they take it and pour, pour it and pick it up, I just said a few words." They said that this spring water was born and raised, and it was not something from the old Xu family, so why could the old Xu family use something that they couldn't use, so they just had to play with the spring water there for a day......