Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 292: Buying Wine

Chapter 292: Chapter 292: Buying Wine

On the 21st of April, the chill in Yan City had fully dissipated, and people’s clothing were becoming increasingly thin.

The cumbersome weight from before was gone.

Zuitingxuan’s, due to the incident about the fermented grains, had since turned into a deserted place, whereas Hongfu Building and Baiweizhai were doing increasingly better business.

"Sister Nanzhi." While Nanzhi was checking account books with Uncle Ping, Shen Miaomiao suddenly approached her with a serious expression.

"Miaomiao, weren’t you going to purchase wine?" Nanzhi was somewhat astonished to see Shen Miaomiao. With the hot weather recently, their roast skewers business was thriving, and the wine was increasingly in shortage.

Today, looking at the remaining last three jars, she had sent Miaomiao to order wine. How could she return so quickly?

"Sister Nanzhi, that winery...they won’t sell us wine anymore." Miaomiao spoke in a rare display of anger.

"Uncle Ping, you continue checking." Nanzhi gestured Uncle Ping to continue looking at the account book, while she led Miaomiao into the house.

"Why is that?" Nanzhi asked, frowning.

Initially, although the Xun family was somewhat unwilling to sell them wine, later they had signed a contract. But it had only been a little over a month, why suddenly they were turning their backs on them?

"I don’t know either, Aze and I just went to get wine, but even before we were let into the yard, the Xun family said they would no longer sell us wine in the future." After finishing, Shen Miaomiao seemed to remember something and pulled a contract and two tael of silver from her bosom.

"This was thrown out of their yard. They said that by giving us two tael of silver as compensation, the contract would be void."

Looking at the contract and the two tael of silver handed over, Nanzhi’s clenched her fist tighter.

A jar of wine is only worth six hundred wen. How come they’d be suddenly willing to give two tael of silver to void the contract?

"Sister Nanzhi, today we only have three jars of wine left. With the hot days and increased nightly consumption, these three jars of wine probably won’t last for long."

Miaomiao was beginning to get anxious too.

Initially, because the Xun family was unwilling to sell them wine, They had also looked for other wineries.

But in the end, after comparison, the wine from the Xun family turned out to be the best.

If they suddenly change the wine now, the customers might not be pleased.

"Miaomiao, don’t panic yet, let’s think of another solution." Nanzhi comfortingly patted the shoulders of the young girl, but inside her heart seemed to be set ablaze.

Business is risky when things suddenly change, If it’s something better and the price stays the same, at least it’s reasonable.

But if it changes for the worse, they won’t be able to retain the customers.

For three consecutive days, it had been sunny. At night, some customers even stayed until almost midnight before leaving with their companions.

As a result, there was only one jar of wine left in the restaurant.

Nanzhi and Shen Miaomiao had gone to the Xun family over these three days. But regardless of what they said, the Xun family refused to sell wine to them.

Even when Nanzhi raised the price to seven hundred wen, they still wouldn’t open the door.

"Old Master Xun, why have you stopped selling wine to us at Baiweizhai? Didn’t we sign a contract?!"

Upon hearing Nanzhi’s words, Old Master Xun got angry and started shouting in the yard, "I said I can’t sell wine to you women! It’s bad luck! With or without a contract, I’ve already given you the two tael of silver! You ladies should be home attending to your husband and teaching your children, not out there doing business! Good riddance!

If it wasn’t for selling wine to you, there wouldn’t have been misfortune happening in my household!

Get away from here before I throw dirty water at you! "

As the Old Master Xun’s words fell, the surrounding spectators looked suspiciously at Nanzhi and Shen Miaomiao.

After being offensively insulted, both Nanzhi and Miaomiao had grim faces. However, judging from what was said, it seemed that something had happened to the Xun family,

Which caused Old Master Xun to blame everything on the two of them.

Aze, never having heard such harsh words, was about to rush up to the spiteful old man, but was held back by Shen Miaomiao.

Aze looked at her in confusion, while Miaomiao relaxed her face, and just shook her head at him.

Nanzhi walked over to ask an old woman nearby for information.

"Madam, I would like to inquire about the situation of the Xun family." Nanzhi asked somewhat embarrassingly. Seeing that Nanzhi was still young, the old lady felt a bit of sympathy and nodded.

The Xun family were originally eccentric people. These two young ladies were insulted unjustly and it was pitiful.

"The Xun family only has a couple and Du Miaomiao. I heard that Du Miaomiao was beaten by someone a few days ago and that’s probably what prompted Xun master to project his anger on you two. " The old woman shook her head and continued, "Xun master is a bit peculiar. When he was still selling wine, he never sold to women. Even if the women in our family wanted to drink, we had to send the men. It is likely that he thinks selling wine to you two has broken his rules and that’s why he turned against you."

"I see, thank you, madam." Nanzhi smiled awkwardly, thanked her and left with Shen Miaomiao and Aze on their Mule Cart.

When they turned a corner, Nanzhi finally relaxed her facial expression.

"Sister Nanzhi, what should we do now?"

"Since he does not sell wine to women, let’s have a man to buy it. First, we will make do like this while looking for other wineries." Nanzhi took a deep breath. This strategy could hold for up to a month. Yet, what would they do after one month passed and they didn’t have any wine to sell?

She just wished she knew how to brew wine.

After returning to Baiweizhai, while Aze went to return the Mule Cart, Nanzhi went to ask Liou Da for advice.

Liou Da and Wang Sheng were the local residents of Yan City and had worked in the restaurant before. Perhaps, they knew where to find a good winery.

"Boss, I really don’t know about this. I was just a runner at Zuitingxuan, Peng, the steward, usually did the procurement. Besides, the wine at Zuitingxuan was specially supplied by a winery, I doubt that we can buy it."

Liou Da scratched his head awkwardly.

Zuitingxuan has been operating in Yan City for so many years. Although Baiweizhai seems alright, it can’t compete with it.

"I see." Nanzhi looked disappointed, then turned to Wang Sheng, "Wang Sheng, you’re older, do you know where can we find some good wine?"

Wang Sheng did not dismiss her immediately. The wine from the Xun family is what Baiweizhai had always used, he had heard of other good wines.

"Boss, there is good wine, but it has been many years. When I was a child, I heard my father say that an old woman in Niuniu Village outside the city sold wine. The wine she brewed was fragrant and good in taste. But after so many years, I don’t know if she is still making it."

After all, for years he hadn’t seen his father going to the village to buy wine, maybe that old woman had long stopped her business.

"Niuniu Village?" Nanzhi found the name familiar, but she could not remember where she had heard it.

However, Shen Miaomiao spoke up, "Sister Nanzhi, that’s where Xu Chou had gone to handle his mother’s funeral. Remember?"