Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 589 Sweet Potato Wine

In this way, after a few busy days, the tavern gradually stabilized.

Although the flow of people is not too large, the daily income is still good, and I can earn about 10 taels of silver a day.

This daily income is higher than that of the mountain product shop, and this is only the combined income of the limited daily supply of canned fruit and fruit wine. After the sweet potato wine is produced in large quantities, the daily income can at least double.

By then, the normal operation of these two shops alone will be enough to cover the daily expenses of the whole family.

There was a lot to do as the Chinese New Year was approaching, so after a few days of busy work in the temporary workshop, all the sweet potatoes were processed, and Xu Han sent everyone back to the mountains.

Only the workers in the shops and the servants in the houses were left in the county town. The Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao took the children to play in the county town for six or seven days and then went back with them.

Xu Han was worried about all this trouble, so she stayed with Lu Chuan.

Fortunately, it’s not too busy. Apart from going to the shop every day, I spend the rest of the time staying at home and having a good rest.

That morning, the couple went to the temporary workshop as usual. Xu Han took a look at the date written on the wine jar and found that the sweet potato wine that had been fermented some time ago could now be distilled.

"Lu Chuan, come over and take a look. It's almost time. The sweet potato wine has fermented. We can have someone come back to start distilling the sweet potato wine."

Hearing this, Lu Chuan put down the broom in his hand, walked over, and smelled the smell. "It smells like alcohol. I don't know anything about sweet potato wine, you can handle it.

If we can start distilling sweet potato wine, when Han Qi comes to deliver firewood, I will ask him to bring people over, and we can start tomorrow."

Because distilling sweet potato wine requires a lot of firewood, Xu Han has had people deliver firewood every day for some time.

Firewood in the mountains is free, and there are many people at home, so we just bring all the firewood over from the mountains.

"Okay, Han Qi has already brought all the equipment for distilling sweet potato wine here a few days ago. The two of us will clean it up and it will be ready for use tomorrow."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she really prepared to wash the utensils. Seeing this, Lu Chuan quickly pulled her over and said, "Don't do it, the water is cold. Anyway, they will be here in the afternoon, so just let them do it in the afternoon."

Xu Han thought so too, and now she no longer needed to do these small things herself.

"Well, Han Qi should be here soon, don't forget to talk to him later.

Distilling sweet potato wine is a slow process and it will be useless if there are too many people.

Just find a few people who are good at working and come here, and the rest of you can stay at home and continue to open up the wasteland."

That's right, after winter came, Xu Han had people start to reclaim the land. Although she was not at home, it did not prevent her from directing others to work.

The location of the new land to be reclaimed has been discussed with the Taoist priests long ago. It is not a difficult task to reclaim the land. We just need to get down to work.

Therefore, even if both husband and wife are not at home, they can still do a good job.

"Yes, the eldest and second sons of the Zhu family and their spouses can come. They work quickly and are not too nosy, so let them come.

You decide who else you need.”

Xu Han thought about it and didn't have any particularly good candidates. "Let's just get a few young and strong people. It doesn't matter if they are wives or maids. The work isn't too hard anyway. Don't we have two strong laborers in the Zhu family?"

"Okay, I understand. I'll tell Han Qi later."

As the two were talking, the door to the backyard was opened from the outside. The people who came were Han Qi and Liu Erzhu.

Xu Han smiled and said, "Speaking of the devil, here comes the devil. I was just talking about you two, and here you are."

Liu Erzhu scratched his head honestly, not knowing how to respond.

As soon as Lu Chuan explained the matter, the two immediately agreed, "Let's unload the firewood and go. If we go back now, we should be there in the afternoon."

Xu Han looked up at the sky and agreed since it was still early.

"Okay, you can just make it in time for lunch when you get back. Then come back after lunch. You'll still have time."

Now with ox carts and horse carriages, the speed of travel is much faster than before. At least two round trips a day are no problem at all.

Sure enough, everyone arrived by mid-afternoon.

Xu Han assigned the tasks and everyone started to take action.

Since there were not many things to be washed, Xu Han started teaching them how to do it that afternoon.

Distilling sweet potato wine is really simple, you just need to pay attention to the heat and time.

Moreover, the firewood burned in the stove are all large pieces of wood, so there is no need for someone to watch it all the time.

Just add the firewood and keep an eye on it regularly, and it won’t be delayed from doing other things at the same time.

Since they had never done it before, Xu Han began to explain it to them while demonstrating.

Everybody listened very carefully, and after going through the operation once, no one wanted to go back to rest and started working right away.

"Forget it, forget it. Today I'm just demonstrating this pot to you. You can do the rest tomorrow! Have a good rest today. You will have to bear the brunt of the trouble in the next few days."

Mrs. Li said cheerfully, "Madam, the sun hasn't set yet, it's still early. It doesn't matter whether you cook one pot or several pots together. It will take about the same amount of time.

Besides, we have nothing to do if we go back. It's very cold in the house without burning charcoal. We might as well work here.

It's actually warmer here with the fire burning. We've all rested for a few days and aren't tired anymore, so just let us do it."

Xu Han thought so too, so she stopped objecting. She looked at Lu Chuan and saw him nod, so she agreed.

"Okay then, let Wei Yan bring the food here like before, and we'll have dinner here."

They definitely couldn't go back. They had just started and Xu Han was afraid that they were not familiar with it, so she had to keep an eye on them while they worked together.

"Then you guys can do it yourselves. I'll watch from the side. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

"Okay, ma'am, just sit by the stove and warm yourself by the fire."

"Okay, okay, it's so cold, I have to find a warm place for myself."

Several people were talking and laughing while working.

After the sweet potato wine was ready, Lu Chuan took some from the wine glass to taste it.

Xu Han asked Liu Erzhu, Han Qi and other men to try it as well, and sure enough, the sweet potato wine received unanimous praise from everyone.

Although everyone had drunk the sweet potato wine made by Xu Han before, they couldn't help but feel excited when they drank the sweet potato wine made by herself.

"This sweet potato wine tastes really good. It's delicious."

"Yes, who would have thought that there is such a strong wine in the world? One sip in the cold weather warms up my whole body. It drives away the cold and makes me feel comfortable."

"Yes, yes, it's perfect for drinking now to ward off the cold."

Several people started praising him one after another.