Chapter 252: Offering altar wine

It is only natural that the employees like to chat about some of the topics of the higher-ups. If Han Songlin knew about it, he would just laugh it off; he would not care about it at all.

Seeing that there was nothing going on in the river, Han Songlin drove directly back to Yuechi.

He had to come back because there was a banquet he had to attend.

This time, running out, in terms of time, he had unknowingly passed more than a month.

Now there is no highway, and it is unlikely that Han Songlin would say that he is very busy and spend a day going back and forth to his home.

A short separation is better than a new marriage, so it goes without saying how Han Songlin and Liu Yuyan got on after he returned home.

The next day, Liu Mingcheng and Yang Xiufang also returned from the pig factory.

In the evening, of course, the family sat down to dinner together, and Liu Yang and Tang Yan went to school for evening classes.

This banquet was for Liu Yuyan's grandfather's 90th birthday, and it was going to be a big deal. All the relatives and friends were invited to celebrate the birthday together.

As the saying goes, people rarely live past the age of 60. In the 1990s, the average life expectancy in China was less than 70 years old, or about 68 years old.

So it is very rare to live to the ripe old age of ninety at this time.

Liu Yuyan's grandfather specifically said that Liu Yuyan should bring her husband and children with her; he said that before he died, he wanted to see Han Songlin again and his great-granddaughter whom he had never met.

Otherwise, he would die with a guilty conscience!

Since he said such things, Liu Yuyan naturally did not dare to say that she was not fulfilling the old man's wishes.

So she called Han Songlin and demanded that he come back. Besides, Han Songlin hadn't returned for so long that Liu Yuyan was worried that her children wouldn't even recognise him.

Perhaps it was simply because she was worried about her children.

Han Songlin said, 'Tomorrow is Grandpa's birthday. Have you prepared a present?'

As he spoke, Han Songlin looked at Liu Yuyan. He didn't care about the present.

The man is the breadwinner and the woman is the homemaker; naturally, Liu Yuyan was responsible for preparing the present.

Liu Yuyan did prepare: 'I had someone write a pair of birthday couplets and I also got a jar of wine from Fule Wine!'

The wine Liu Yuyan got naturally could not be that kind of bottled wine.

Inside the winery, they usually say that some wine is reserved.

This reserved wine is specially preserved.

The wine Liu Yuyan went to the second factory to get was a jar of white wine that had been stored for 15 years.

This wine is unblended raw wine that has been stored for 15 years.

After the establishment of Fule Liquor, every month some wine is set aside and stored in the wine cellar.

Han Songlin knows that the longer this white wine is stored, the higher the price will be.

Some is bottled, and some is stored in jars.

For storing white wine, it is best to store unblended raw wine, not blended wine.

Han Songlin: 'One jar of wine is not enough!'

Liu Yuyan rolled her eyes. Han Songlin said, 'That's enough. It's for Grandpa to drink, not for anyone else.'

Liu Yuyan's grandfather was a heavy drinker. He had to drink two mouthfuls every day, otherwise, in his words, "I'm so old now, if I can't even drink, what's the point of living?"

The old man had spoken, so naturally, as a younger generation, it was impossible to force him to give up drinking.

To put it bluntly: the elderly are indeed at an advanced age, and they are living each day to the fullest. There is no need to restrict what they want to do for the sake of so-called health.

The best way to show filial piety at this time is not to let the elderly live the last moments of their lives happily?

Should the elderly be made to live two more uncomfortable years or two less happy years?

It is a difficult choice.

Anyway, Han Songlin will choose to live happily.

Han Songlin shook his head: 'You can't do that! Tomorrow, I'll ask the factory to send some wine over.'

If he listened to Liu Yuyan, Han Songlin was sure that Yang Xiufang's relatives would definitely have something to say.

Han Songlin himself didn't really care what those people would say; whether they scolded him or praised him, it didn't matter to him.

But Yang Xiufang couldn't do that!

Yang Xiufang is the biological daughter of Liu Yuyan's grandfather, and she cannot lose face in this matter.

In doing so, Liu Yuyan has actually lost Yang Xiufang's face.

Liu Mingcheng had not spoken before, and he asked curiously, 'So, Songlin, what is this wine you are talking about that is stored in jars?'

Yang Xiufang hit Liu Mingcheng and said unhappily, "Every day, all you know is wine, and you just soak it in jars!'

Liu Mingcheng now, not knowing when it started, was not afraid of Yang Xiufang anymore: "I'm a big man, what's wrong with having a little wine!'

Han Songlin and Liu Yuyan pretended not to hear this, but the three little girls, Han Ting, stared wide-eyed, curiously at their grandparents.

'That wine is stored in pottery jars in the factory.'

Liu Mingcheng said, 'I heard that storing wine in pottery jars is the best!'

Han Songlin said, 'That's not a given!'

In the past, pottery jars were used to store white wine; modern wineries produce thousands of tons, or even tens of thousands of tons, of white wine every year.

Using ceramic jars for storage is not very practical.

After all, the storage capacity of a single ceramic jar is limited. If you were to use ceramic jars exclusively, you would need a very large number of them, and most importantly, there would be nowhere to put them.

Generally speaking, the white wine stored in ceramic jars inside the winery is better than the wine stored in steel tanks.

Of course, many wineries will also store the white wine in ceramic jars first, and then transfer it to steel tanks after a period of time.

Liu Yuyan reached out and picked up a piece of spare rib, tore off some of the meat from the bone, and then put it in Han Yumeng's bowl.

After tearing it even smaller, Liu Yuyan chewed it and then fed it to Han Yufei.

'Old man, this wine, you, don't even think about it. One jar costs tens of thousands of dollars. Would you be willing to drink it?' When Liu Yuyan said this, she definitely wasn't looking down on Liu Mingcheng.

It was just that she knew Liu Mingcheng too well.

Liu Mingcheng was also shocked to hear that a jar would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

This wine is made of gold!

'I..., my daughter, don't look down on your old man, if you give it to me, would I dare not drink it?' Liu Mingcheng was a bit torn, he wanted to try it, but he also felt that it was too expensive.

Liu Yuyan laughed softly, and looked at Han Songlin, who also laughed.

He nodded slightly at Liu Yuyan.

There is not much of this old vintage left in the Fule wine industry.

Han Songlin generally doesn't drink this stuff, and if he does drink a jar, it means there is one less jar. Plus, Han Songlin personally is not the type of person who loves to drink.

This kind of old vintage is generally given as gifts.

You read that right, it is given as gifts.

Giving money?

That's called bribery.

This gift of wine is of high value and significance, and it is not as ostentatious as money.

The most important point is that as the owner of the winery, it is normal for Han Songlin to give a little wine as a gift, which is a normal exchange of favours.

No one can say anything about it.

Moreover, the gift Han Songlin gave was good and unique; it was a good thing that was difficult to buy even if you had money.

Liu Yuyan: 'Old man, I'll have someone go get a jar for you in a couple of days.'

Old wine is very precious, so Fule Wine Industry takes storage very seriously.

To get it out, you must have the general manager's signature.

Liu Yuyan went to get it, and she asked Xu Lu to do it.