The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 111 Tests Me Again

Today was supposed to be Lin Yu's day off, but since he now has a teacher at the school and another person at home, he naturally doesn't have a holiday.

He was reciting his lessons in the study early in the morning, while Xiao Jingzhi listened to the sounds outside the study and drank tea.

Lin Yan was woken up by the noise and couldn't fall back asleep. She got out of bed, went down the stairs on the balcony, and washed up.

She went outside, poured herself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, and asked Xiao Jingzhi, "How is it?"

Xiao Jingzhi said, "He has good comprehension and is doing reasonably well in his studies. He has a good chance of passing the county examination."

"Thank you for your hard work. I'm going to the county to discuss a business deal today!"

Xiao Jingzhi: "What?"

"The winery! I'm running it all by myself, and I'm under some financial pressure. I'm planning to bring in an investor."

Xiao Jingzhi: "Need money? I can provide it!"

Lin Yan shook her head: "No, you're too far away. If you leave, who will do the work for me! I'm not just short of money, I also need... oxen and horses!"

Xiao Jingzhi couldn't help but chuckle: "A cow or a horse?! Hahahaha."

Lin Yan said a few words to him, then went downstairs to wash up, and left after getting ready.

"Lin Yan!"

Lin Yan turned her head and saw Li Zhongwei tending to his herbs in the yard.

"Master Li! You're up pretty early!"

Li Zhongwei nodded. "Mm."

Lin Yan felt that he had been acting strangely lately. His expression towards her was inexplicably kind. Yesterday, her father had told her that when Li Zhongwei changed her dressing, he inquired about who Lin Yan's medical mentor was.

Of course, Lin's father didn't know that in his eyes, his daughter had never even been to school, so how could she have a teacher?

Li Zhongwei, as if making conversation for the sake of it, said, "Lin Yan, look at how well I'm growing my Paris polyphylla!"

Lin Yan glanced at the slightly unusual grass in the bushes. It had seven leaves and one flower, with green petals that resembled plant leaves. From a distance, it looked like a green flower.

Li Zhongwei was probably found in the mountains. When it was first transplanted, it wasn't used to it and was listless. Lin Yan even gave it some special abilities.

Lin Yan thought to herself: What is this old man up to?

"She's really pretty! She's so beautiful."

"Tell me its medicinal uses."

Lin Yan: ? You're testing me again!

"Clears heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling and abscesses."

"There's a plant on top of it!"

"Sedative and analgesic, internally revitalizing and externally stopping pain."

"This one……"

……

Li Zhongwei nodded in satisfaction, "You really haven't studied medicine?!"

"No, I just recognize medicinal herbs!"

"But you are very knowledgeable about their medicinal value, which is just one step away from becoming a doctor."

Seeing that Lin Yan didn't say anything, Li Zhongwei felt a little awkward.

After pausing for a moment, Li Zhongwei asked, "Would you be willing to study medicine with me?"

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow. So this old guy had his eye on her and wanted her to be his apprentice.

"Do not want to."

Li Zhongwei: "How could I not want to! Do you know how many famous doctors have begged me to take them on as apprentices?"

"I'm not a famous doctor. I'm already quite busy. I should use the rest of my time to enjoy myself. Let others learn medicine!"

“No!” Li Zhongwei said decisively.

Seeing that Lin Yan remained unmoved, he had a sudden inspiration and said, "I not only have medical skills, but also beauty treatments and methods to prolong life!"

Lin Yan, who was about to turn away, was pulled back by his words. She looked at him and asked the question she had always wanted to ask: "How old are you exactly?!"

Li Zhongwei stroked his white beard, "I am seventy years old..."

"make a deal!"

Li Zhongwei was interrupted by Lin Yan before he could finish speaking.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

Lin Yan: "No need to try!"

With your face that looks like a forty-year-old at seventy years old, you claim to have a beauty secret that can make any woman's heart flutter.

"Are you willing to learn medicine from me?"

Lin Yan: "Okay!"

"So where do we start?"

Lin Yan: "? How should I know? Didn't you teach me?"

Li Zhongwei: "Ahem, let me take a look first."

Lin Yan: "Then I'll go to the county first! Uncle Li is waiting for me!"

"Go! Go!" Li Zhongwei waved his hand, his expression becoming even more amiable.

……

Lin Yan took Uncle Li's oxcart to the county. As for the ox and horse he mentioned, they were naturally his old acquaintance, Fu Bo.

"To jointly run a winery?"

Lin Yan nodded: "That's right! It's the plum wine you drank. Of course, since it's our own winery, we naturally have to try brewing our own wine."

"This wine is sure to sell like hotcakes!" Fu Bo exclaimed excitedly.

"Besides plum wine, can you brew other kinds of wine?"

Lin Yan smiled mysteriously and took out a book on winemaking, which she had copied down last night, outlining the types of alcohol that could be tried in this era.

Fu Bo was increasingly astonished as he flipped through the pages. "I...! Where did you get so many?!"

Lin Yan smiled without saying a word; naturally, she had found it in the books in her spatial dimension.

Fu Bo suddenly remembered something: "Did you get your brewing license?"

Lin Yan nodded. "Yes. It's resolved!"

Fu Bo clapped his hands and fired off a barrage of questions: "That's great! When do we start? How big will it be? Will we open a shop in the county? How many workers will we need?"

Lin Yan: "We won't open a shop, we'll just build a winery, and the sales channels will be concentrated in the major prefectural cities."

Fu Bo: "That's right. Your wine is priced too high, so opening a store in the county is a bit redundant."

"Where should we choose a location? Ideally, it should be near water, with good roads for easy transport of goods, and preferably close to the source of raw materials. It also needs to be a relatively large place, but not too far away, otherwise it will be inconvenient to get there."

Lin Yan nodded vigorously, "It's near my house!"

Fu Bo: "Your home?! You said Gezhuang Village!"

Lin Yan: "Well, my home is quite far from other people's homes. That piece of land is quite large, and it's right next to the river, and most importantly, it's upstream, so the water is clean. If needed, I can ask the village chief to buy all the land nearby. I can find workers directly in the village, and they'll definitely be willing to work with me to make money."

"However, if you do that, you'll have to step in as the boss and negotiate with the villagers. You'll have to tell everyone that you're working for them, otherwise it'll easily arouse jealousy."

Fu Bo rolled his eyes at her, thinking, "I'm the one who's doing the work for you."

"From what you've said, that makes sense!"

Fu Bo: "Then I'll arrange for people to start building it. Didn't you say I'd be in charge?"

Lin Yan nodded, quite pleased: "I have a job I can recommend to you!"

Lin Yan! "However, we still need to find a master brewer and some workers who understand the process, otherwise we can only run a small workshop, and the process is too complicated!"

Brewing is a long process, and the adjustment of the proportion of raw materials and the control of temperature all require the supervision of experienced masters.

As for raw materials, many places in Rong'an County grow rice and sugarcane, which can at least brew rice wine and sake.

Fruit is not widely grown in the village, so if it's difficult to buy fruit, then you can buy land and grow it yourself.

In short, it's a long-term process; you can't make money in the early stages, you only incur costs.

However, Fu Bo should also have some money. They can split it 50/50, with Fu Bo contributing the formula and Fu Bo putting in more effort. It would be a perfect 50/50 split!

Fu Bo finally decided to ask around with his father to find a brewing master. This was indeed quite difficult, because there were no breweries in Rong'an County, let alone any brewing masters.

Moreover, the brewing masters all have jobs in their own distilleries, so it's not easy to poach them. If you were to poach their key personnel, it would be like making enemies.