Chapter 240: Ambition
"It's not all." Xia Yan paused for a moment and took a breath, "It is precisely because of the endless flow of people from the south to the north at the wine fighting conference, so this is a good time for Qinxian sorghum wine to be promoted to the outside world, after all, there are not many wines that can compete with our Qinxian sorghum wine." Even so, there are still wineries from other places who come here, just to get that opportunity, but also to take this opportunity to let their wine show its face in front of people. Therefore, the wine fight is not only a wine fight, but also a good time to promote your own wine. ”
"You're right." Gao Yuxing nodded, and then looked at Xia Yan with an embarrassed expression, "But these have nothing to do with our wine fighting." Eldest sister, if you want to come out on top, you must make a wine that surpasses the 'King of Wine', do you know the 'King of Wine'? ”
Xia Yan gave Gao Yuxing a "I know" look at me, and continued: "The 'wine king' you are talking about, isn't it the top wine of your Gao family?" Because it is the first place in every wine fight, people habitually call it the 'King of Wine'."
"Why do you dare to set such a goal when you know it has to be first every time?" Gao Yuxing sighed, "Eldest sister, do you know how rare, precious, and memorable my Gao family's wine king is?"
"The Gao family's wine king is hard to find, even if he has money, he may not be able to buy it." Xia Yan nodded, "Of course I know this." ”
"You know, you know, you know, why are you so whimsical when you know everything?" Gao Yuxing looked puzzled, "Big sister, you ......"
The phrase "Are you crazy?" Gao Yuxing still didn't dare to speak, just looked at Xia Yan melancholy, wanting to open his mouth but didn't know what to say.
There is no way to persuade him, he has already figured out what kind of temper his eldest sister is, as long as it is something she decides, the two horses may not be pulled back, he really tried his best.
He also wanted to make a wine that surpassed the king of wine, but ...... He really didn't have this ability, he boasted that he had some talent in winemaking, otherwise he wouldn't have learned it to this extent by stealing.
If it was any other wine, he could still work hard with his head down, but the wine king gathered his father's life's work, and in all fairness, he didn't have the ability to compete with his father and mother at all.
Gao Yuxing's suddenly decadent appearance was naturally seen by Xia Yan, and she said in a low voice: "The Gao family wine king has been firmly in the position of 'wine king' for many years, not only has he not seen any progress in these years, but the taste is not as good as year after year. In my opinion, the name of the 'King of Wine' has long been deserved, and it is time to give this title to other wineries. ”
"Eldest sister, you ......" was said that his wine was not good, Gao Yuxing wanted to refute it, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it when he opened his mouth.
Xia Yan is right, in the past few years, his own wine has indeed been worse every year, and the evaluation among the drinkers has become worse and worse, and there are even many people who come to the door to say that the Gao family sells fake wine.
Gao Yuxing has not been home for many years, and he doesn't know why it has become like this, he guesses that it may be that his father is old and has lost the energy of his youth, so he can't care so much when making wine.
Even so, it was his Gao family "wine king" who won the last wine fighting conference.
Regardless of the current taste of his wine king, this has nothing to do with the wine fighting conference at all.
For a long time, the wine kings who were sent to participate in the wine fighting competition were not the ones they were sold on weekdays.
To put it mildly, his Gao family didn't need to prepare in advance to participate in the wine fighting conference, because the wine used in the competition was prepared when his mother was alive, and as time passed, those wines would only become more and more mellow.
What should they, the fledgling novices, compare to the wine that has been sealed for decades?
"That's right." Gao Yuxing sighed, "Over the years, my Gao family's wine is indeed not as good as before, but what you don't know is that the wine sent by the Gao family to the wine fighting conference was specially made by my father and mother. Is it my craft of winemaking, or is it this inexplicable recipe? ”
As he spoke, Gao Yuxing lifted the recipe, shook it in front of Xia Yan, and said, "Eldest sister, it's really not that I don't believe you, but I don't see any possibility of victory from this wine recipe at all, do you really stop thinking about it carefully?" ”
"You're right." Xia Yan looked at the wine recipe and smiled slightly, "If we want to win, we really have to rely on it." ”
"You...... You really can. Gao Yuxing drooped his head, "I have nothing to say." ”
"Don't be so downcast." Looking at Gao Yuxing, who was about to give up, Xia Yan hurriedly comforted, "Young man, you still have to work hard, how can you give up before you try?" ”
"How do you try?" Gao Yuxing's expression darkened, "It's clear that it's impossible." ”
"How do you know if you don't try?" Xia Yan took two steps forward, came to Gao Yuxing, put his hand on his shoulder and patted him twice, "Old Gao, tell me the truth, you really have no plans to return to the Gao family?" ”
"Nope." Being asked like this, Gao Yuxing immediately became nervous, for fear of being driven away by Xia Yan, "Eldest sister, I swear to follow you for the rest of my life, and I will never go back to the Gao family." ”
"You don't have to be in such a hurry to show your loyalty, I don't mean to drive you away." Xia Yan chuckled, "I just want to ask, have you ever held a grudge against your father who kicked you out of the Gao family?" As the son of a senior family, but never let you touch the winery, have you ever complained? Are you just hiding outside all your life, never thinking about raising your eyebrows once? Do you want to be called a waste and give your big family business to your brother? Gao Yuxing, to be honest, did you really never want to beat them in the winemaking industry? ”
"I ......" Xia Yan asked so many questions in a row, Gao Yuxing really didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only bow his head stupidly.
He hated, he hated his father, who didn't care about his mother's life and death, and stayed in the cellar with her day and night when she was seriously ill, until the illness was delayed and could not be saved, so that he died at a young age.
He complained, he complained that his stepmother was too ruthless, and did everything possible to raise him and abolish him, which made his father look at him more and more unpleasantly, thinking that he was a pompous child who couldn't be supported, and he was unwilling to entrust him with his ancestral family business.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't let him step into the wine shop for half a step, but they don't even let him get in touch with the business of selling wine, and even let him take care of the grain store of Lao Shizi, he is a serious son in law of the high family, and he is so excluded.
He wanted revenge, he wanted them to see his ability, and it was for this reason that he chose to follow Xia Yan.
But......
Over the years, although he has redeemed his image in the hearts of the people of Qinxian County, and his reputation is much better than before, these have not set off any big waves in the Gao family.
The Gao family started by selling wine, and by the way, they also ran some grain stores.
Gao Yuxing originally had a lot of grain shops in his hands, but now he is just doing his old job in the eyes of the Gao family, and there is no difference between the Gao family's shop and Xia Yan's shop.
This tall young master can do well in the grain shop, it should be, how much effort Xia Yan has put into that shop, they know that Gao Yuxing really picked up a ready-made.
Taking good care of a ready-made shop only proves that he is a person in his right mind, and not a fool as they thought before.
But this does not allow him to get rid of the name of waste, after all, a child from a winemaking family actually ran to sell grain without knowing a trace of winemaking skills, isn't it a joke to say?
So in the eyes of the Gao family, after so many years, Gao Yuxing is still that waste, and it hasn't changed much.
Gao Yuxing doesn't care what others think of him, but whenever he goes home and wants to seek praise from his father, he still can only get his white eyes and scolding, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to sit down and talk to him for a long time.
Gao Yuxing actually knows his father very well, he is very stubborn in this life, and he will never admit his mistakes to others, even if he really has a better opinion of himself, he will not show it on his face, let alone pull down his face to retract what he said, and he will die properly to save face and suffer from it.
He didn't expect his father to have any good attitude towards him, and he didn't have much interest in returning to the Gao family, but he just wanted to frustrate his father's spirit and tell everyone that he was not a waste, and that his ability to make wine was no worse than others, and it was a loss for the entire Gao family to kick him out of the house!
However, he has a heart for revenge, but he has no ability to take revenge.
Seriously, Gao Yuxing really wants to defeat the Gao family in wine once, even once.
He doesn't want to surpass the wine king, as long as he can compare with those ordinary wines.
But he couldn't even do that.
The wine of the Gao family is not something that a self-taught person like him can easily defeat, let alone him, there are few wineries in the entire Qin County that have this ability.
Otherwise, the Gao family winery would not have dominated Qin County for decades, let alone almost monopolized the entire wine business in Qin County, you must know that over the years, almost all the wine produced in Qin County was sold by his Gao family.
Therefore, for Gao Yuxing, this wish can only be prayed for in a dream to come true.
"You've thought about it anyway, haven't you?" Seeing that Gao Yuxing lowered his head and didn't answer, and Xia Yan didn't force him, she could more or less guess what he was thinking, but she didn't point it out, she just smiled, "If you say that as long as you follow the wine recipe, you can have the capital to defeat your father and the Gao family, are you willing?" ”