Chapter 345 - Chapter 345: A Night Pearl

Chapter 345: A Night Pearl

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Chu Qingzhi smiled and said, “The beer workshop has been built. 1’11 go to my room to get something. 1’11 go over later. Do you want to go with me?”

Wu Yaqing said without hesitation, “Yes.”

Chu Qingzhi said, “Then wait a moment. I’ll go back to my room to get something.”

Wu Yaqing nodded. “Ok.”

After returning to her room to get her things, Chu Qingzhi and Wu Yaqing walked to the beer workshop. It took five minutes to walk from their house to the beer workshop. It was neither close nor far.

At the foot of the mountain, a brand new workshop stood.

An Shanwu rushed it out on the third day with his subordinates and more than 20 villagers.

Although it was rushed out, the quality of the workshop was very good. Even the renovation in the workshop was very good. Every detail was done perfectly.

Chu Qingzhi walked around the workshop and said, “Brother An, go and get the salary from Ruyue. Also, when you go over, please tell Ruyue to arrange for some brewers to come over.”

An Shanwu nodded. “I’ll definitely deliver the message.”

“Thank you, Brother An,” Chu Qingzhi said politely.

An Shanwu smiled and said, “Sister Qingzhi, you don’t have to be so polite.”

The beer workshop was divided into six areas.

The first area is the warehouse area where wheat is stored.

The second area is the area where the wheat is soaked and washed.

They had already connected the water pipe to the spring water from the mountain. It would be more flavorful to brew beer with the spring water.

The third area was the area where raw malt was milled, saccharified, and filtered. This area was very large.

On the far left were rows of wooden shelves. They were all custom-made. The soaked wheat was laid flat on the wooden plate and then placed on the wooden shelves to grow malt. Everything was in order.

There were five millstones beside the wooden shelf. They were also custom-made to grind malt.

The milled malt was then poured into a large wooden bucket to be saccharified and filtered.

The filtered malt juice was taken to the fourth area to cook. The fourth area was the area that specialized in cooking malt juice and adding hops.

The fifth area is the fermentation and bottling area.

The sixth was the second fermentation and the storage area for beer.

Each area had a different function. At the end of the last area, wheat would be turned into beer.

Ten villagers who were brewing beer soon arrived. Among them, two were women and eight were men. The first batch of beer was… 1,500 kilograms.

Chu Qingzhi didn’t waste any time and directly arranged for work. “Go to the warehouse and weigh 100 kilograms of wheat. After soaking it, go and clean the workshop. I’ll come to check in two hours.”

The wheat was all collected from the Chu family’s fields. Li Qingyu did not sell a single grain. There were more than 300 kilograms.

The villagers knew that Chu Qingzhi wanted to brew beer, so they didn’t sell the wheat. They thought that if Chu Qingzhi didn’t want it, they would sell it in the county.

There was no shortage of raw materials.

“By the way, when the first batch of beer is brewed, whoever does a good job out of the ten of you will be promoted to manager.”

The eyes of the ten villagers lit up. “Qingzhi, we will do our best.”

Chu Qingzhi nodded. “Everyone, go and work.”

“Okay.”

Chu Qingzhi watched from the side. This was their first time doing this. Although the procedure was relatively simple, it could still go wrong. She needed to supervise it carefully.

Wu Yaqing stood beside Chu Qingzhi, her eyes filled with curiosity. “Qingzhi, how big are you planning to make the beer business?”

Chu Qingzhi said, “I’m not sure. Let’s see first.”

Wu Yaqing was very optimistic about beer. “Qingzhi, I think beer will definitely sell well. When the time comes, we can also sell it to the capital, the northern border, the eastern border, the southern border, the western border, and the affiliated countries. How about that?”

Chu Qingzhi also wanted to sell it all over the country, but it was unrealistic. “The vision is good, but we have to consider the transportation cost. If we sell beer so far away, we will definitely lose money.”

Wu Yaqing said, “It’s simple. There are many traveling merchants. They specialize in this. You don’t have to worry about transportation.”

Chu Qingzhi suddenly felt that Wu Yaqing was quite talented in doing business. Indeed, the job of traveling merchants was to sell things from one place to another. There was no need to worry about transportation.

Chu Qingzhi patted Wu Yaqing’s shoulder. “Little girl, you’re smart.”

Wu Yaqing put on a smug look. “Of course.”

Chu Qingzhi said, “If we are profiting from this beer business, we’ll contact the merchants.”

Wu Yaqing smiled and said, “Ok.”

Chu Qingyan ran to the beer workshop while panting. “Fifth Sister, Young Master Tan is here.”

Chu Qingzhi glanced at the villagers who were still weighing wheat and said to Wu Yaqing, “Yaqing, I’ll go back and take a look. Help me take care of this place. Come and look for me if anything happens.”

Wu Yaqing patted her chest and said readily, “Go, Qingzhi. I’ll definitely supervise them well.”

“Thank you.” Chu Qingzhi hurriedly went home.

In the new house, Chu Qingning served Tan Mengyang a cup of tea. “Young Master Tan, please have some tea.”

This man was really good-looking. His exquisite snow-white robe made him look like a pure white lotus.

Tan Mengyang glanced at Chu Qingning. “Thank you.”

Chu Qingning hurriedly said, “You don’t have to be so polite. You’re my fifth sister’s business partner. We’re all friends.”

Tan Mengyang smiled and nodded.

Chu Qingning looked at Tan Mengyang’s smile and could not take it anymore. This person looked even better when he smiled. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was the prettiest man she had seen.

Why was he so good-looking?!

Chu Qingning liked to look at good-looking people, be it men or women.

However, she wasn’t infatuated. She did it purely out of appreciation for beauty.

The moment Chu Qingzhi returned, she left.

When Tan Mengyang saw Chu Qingzhi, he stood up and bowed. “Miss Chu.”

He thought to himself that the girl in front of him was like a bright night pearl. She was beautiful and dazzling. If only she wasn’t engaged. Perhaps he could fight for her.

Chu Qingzhi said politely, “Young Master Tan, please sit.”

Tan Mengyang handed a food box on the tea table to Chu Qingzhi. “Miss Chu, this is the mooncake made by my workshop. Take a look.”

Chu Qingzhi opened the food box. There were two layers. She took out one of the mooncakes from the first layer and tasted it.

The outer appearance of the mooncake was similar to the mooncake she made. What was important was the filling.

This was the Minced-Pork Mooncake. The meat was soft and golden. The quality was not bad. It was obvious that it was carefully made.

“The Minced-Pork Mooncakes are not bad.”

Upon hearing this, Tan Mengyang felt relieved. “Miss Chu, try the Five-Kernel

Mooncake too..”