Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 59 Brewing
"Wait." Jiang Jinyu reached into her arms and gently took out a piece of paper. This has become her habit since the last time she made gummies.

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Although she still doesn't know the rules, but with the golden finger, if you pick it up, you will make money, and if you don't have it, you won't lose.

She unfolded the paper slowly, her face relaxed a lot, and a knowing smile flashed in her eyes.

"Mom and Dad," Jiang Jinyu said seriously to Jiang Mingshun and Bai, "Do you know about hops?"

Bai shook his head blankly.

Jiang Mingshun thought for a long time and said confusedly: "I don't know, the one who makes wine?"

"But isn't wine made from grain?"

Jiang Jinyu frowned. She remembered that beer was used as a sacrifice as early as the Shang Dynasty. If there were no hops, how would beer be made?

Or is there no Shang Dynasty in this world, so there are no hops?
She described it to the two of them in detail without giving up: "It's a kind of green, with down and barbs..."

"Have it?"

After another period of thought, Jiang Mingshun's eyes suddenly lit up and he said loudly: "Isn't that hops?"

Jiang Jinyu was stunned for a moment, then said happily: "Yes, it has a name called Hops."

This is also recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

"Dad, have you seen it?"

Jiang Mingshun nodded: "I know this, we have it here."

"But isn't this medicinal material? What are you going to do with it?" he asked hesitantly.

Jiang Jinyu was so happy that he grinned to the back of his head: "Wine wine!"

She urged Jiang Mingshun to go to the drug store to buy some hops, while she and Bai made preparations.

In fact, there were no special preparations. The brewing method Jiang Jinyu knew was commonly used by European farmers in the Middle Ages. The materials and techniques were not very complicated.

She has never tasted beer brewed by this method, but since it can be accepted by so many people, it certainly makes sense.

Besides, she didn't want to brew any great wine, that would be too unrealistic.

Jiang Jinyu just wanted to exchange a "novel wine" with the Qu family for a small village that was about to be sold.

There was only one thing, she said worriedly to Mr. Bai: "It will take us ten to twenty days at least to make the wine. I don't know if we can finish it before the Qu family sells the village."

Mrs. Bai comforted her and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as it can be brewed, it will be good to exchange for some money."

That was all he could think of, Jiang Jinyu nodded helplessly.

……

The village has been quite busy recently.

After getting some extra money last year, many people planned to take this opportunity to renovate their houses.

Not to mention that all houses should be built with bricks and tiles, at least there should be one or two decent rooms.

Therefore, since the first lunar month, the boats delivering materials to and from the river have never stopped.

With more boats, it is much easier for people in the village to get in and out, and they no longer have to rush to catch the few boats.

"It's incredible," Jiang Mingshun came back from outside carrying two pieces of meat: "I don't know where those people heard the news, but now there are boat owners coming to our village to do business!"

Boat households refer to families who have made a living by boats for generations. Some families just rely on punting boats to ferry people, just like the boatmen in their villages.

Some people still load some goods on the boat and use the boat to do business every day.

But they are no more convenient than the salesmen who carry burdens. They have always only gone to towns near the river and wealthy villages on the outskirts of the city, but now they suddenly came to Huangtian Village. Jiang Mingshun must not be surprised.

Jiang Jinyu sat on the edge of the Kang and ate snacks, her short legs dangling, shaking her head and saying, "This is called rich people having distant relatives in the mountains~"

"Hey," Jiang Mingshun glanced at her: "You little girl is so literate."

Jiang Jinyu blinked proudly. "Stop playing tricks," Bai took the meat from Jiang Mingshun's hand and urged the two of them: "Hurry up, the master will be here soon."

Since the family started growing vegetables and brewing wine, water has become increasingly scarce.

Even though it was not a good time to dig a well yet, Jiang Mingshun still found a master with a good reputation in the city and planned to start construction as soon as possible.

Although the old master's wages are high, the work is extremely fast.

"Your family is also lucky." The master and a few apprentices were busy working and said: "It has only been less than ten days, and all that has been dug out is wet soil."

"In a few more days, the custody will be leaked!"

"It's also thanks to the master's skill!" Jiang Mingshun happily helped from the side.

Jiang Jinyu complained in her heart, why don't we hurry up? In addition to wages, the master has to eat a meal at her house every day, and he also has to eat meat.

If the digging lasted for several months, her family would be destitute!
In the afternoon, Jiang Jinyu inspected the seeds planted in the past few days in his house as usual.

There are more and more bottles and cans in the room.

Jiang Mingshun bought some seeds from the market one after another, all from businessmen from other places.

Unfortunately, Jiang Jinyu only found a few seeds that were suspected to be melon seeds among the many seeds.

She paid special attention to this. Regardless of whether she could make a living or not, she still saw some hope.

His eyes glanced at the pottery dish placed by the window sill. There was a piece of wet cloth inside, and underneath were the seeds Jiang Mingshun bought two days ago.

The seeds were so small that Jiang Jinyu didn't dare to put them into the soil, for fear that they would disappear if the wind blew them.

She picked a few that seemed to be in relatively good condition, soaked them in water, wrapped them in a wet cloth, put them in a pottery dish and placed them on the windowsill.

"Huh?" Jiang Jinyu's eyes suddenly stopped on the piece of cloth. It was a piece of earthy brown cloth, and the color became darker after being stained with water.

Now that the sun shines on it, the few white dots on it are particularly conspicuous.

Jiang Jinyu became excited and walked forward to take a closer look. It turned out to be several new gray-white buds!

"Mom!" She screamed, raised her feet and ran out.

"Hiss." Bai, who was picking up the soles of her shoes, was frightened by the cry, and the needle tip pierced her fingertips.

"Mom," Jiang Jinyu pushed open the door curtain and rushed into Bai's arms: "My seeds have sprouted!"

Mrs. Bai quickly raised her hand, fearing that her daughter might hit the needle.

"Stand still." She put the sewing basket aside and gently patted Jiang Jinyu on the back.

Jiang Jinyu withdrew from Bai's arms, her face flushed, and she pulled Bai out and walked out.

"Mom, come with me quickly to see what kind of vegetable sprouts those are."

Bai followed her strength and stood up, and together they returned to the window sill.

After staring at a few tiny buds for a long time, Bai hesitated and said, "I haven't seen this before."

"It shouldn't be a dish we are used to eating."

Jiang Jinyu touched his chin. Not only did he not feel disappointed, he actually felt happier.

I haven’t seen anything good before. Things are more valuable when they are scarce. Things that are not available locally are easier to sell.

Jiang Mingshun came back from carrying water and entered the house looking for the voices of mother and daughter.

"What's wrong?" He stood behind the two of them and looked inside: "What are you looking at?"

Bai made way for him, pointed at the clay pot and said, "Look, the seeds planted by your daughter have sprouted."

(End of this chapter)