Chapter 17: Wine Business Commenced

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chapter 17: wine business commenced the next day lie fan woke up a bit later than usual maybe because he overworked both his brain and body yesterday, he got out of his room to take a breath of fresh air when he opened the door of his room ying yue stood in front of the door carrying a tray filled with fragrant food lie fan: " good morning wife you look beautiful today, come inside i see that you brought me breakfast you're truly a virtuous wife" ying yue: "husband is talking nonsense, yue'er hasn't-used to makeup yet how can she look pretty and who will take care of you if not me" while bantering, ying yue enter the room and put the tray on the table and put down the food she brings and served it to lie fan ying yue: "husband this is your favorite food, eat it while it's still warm" lie fan: "aiyo wife my arm is tired from yesterday's training, can you feed me?" ying yue: "okay okay it's still morning and you already starting your antics" *blushed* *slap lie fan's chest gently* the couple were flirting and enjoying a sweet time together as lie fan is busy preparing for the yellow turbans rebellion so he doesn't have much time to spend with ying yue, they always steal small moments like this to quench their longing for each other. enjoying their time together, lie fan began to think that if one beauty like yue ying with a gentle and loveable personality can make his life colorful what if he can marry the legendary three kingdom beauties like diao chan and cai wenji who were located at luoyang right now. while daydreaming of owning a harem for the first time, lie fan feels a bit guilty towards yue ying as the monogamy beliefs from his past life are rooted inside of him while the passion of a man drives him towards having a harem lie fan: "wife, if in the future i have another wife or concubine what will you think of me then?" ying yue: "yue'er doesn't care how many wife or concubines husband will have, as long as yue'er still has a place in my husbands heart is enough for yue'er" lie fan: "having you in my life is a blessing for me wife, you will always have a position in my heart, and the position of main wife is reserved for you and you only" lie fan hearing ying yue's answer hugged her tightly while feeling happy and a bit sad at the same time as it was the belief of the ancient time that a man can have more than one wife and all women have to accept that but he promised to himself to love all the women he will have in this life and will not force them to become his wife or concubine after enjoying some time together, lie fan goes to take a bath while ying yue takes the tray back to the kitchen to be cleaned while not knowing that all the servants in the mansion already gossip about the relationship between their young lord and ying yue which make some younger maids jealous but they can't do anything as they have tried to seduce lie fan and was scolded in return. after enjoying his bath time, lie fan decide to visit his mother and asked about the progress of their project, especially the wine which is their stepping stone for other projects. asking the servants about the location of his mother and he was told that his mother left the mansion this morning along with some entourage to visit their wine distillery on the west side of huai'an. lie fan thanked them and go to the stable to fetch his horse pangu and ride toward the west side of the town to meet his mother and see the process it was the same as the instruction he gave that was copied from the book of knowledge lie fan searches for the carriage that his mother used as it will show him the wine distillery that their family has, after searching for a couple of minutes he sees the carriage which was guarded by lie clan's guards. the guards saw a man approaching and recognize that it was their young lord, they salute him and helped lie fan with his horse while he enter the distillery. when he entered he was welcomed by the scent of grapes and ingredients that were used to make wine, he enter the backroom and saw yu yan watching the workers making one of the wines from his list the easier one which was fruit wine that has low alcohol, taste sweet, and refreshing to drink in summer with variants of flavor can be made. lie fan: "mother how is the progress of the wine business?" yu yan hearing the sound of her son turn around and with a smile greeted him back while answering his question yu yan: "it's going smoothly and no problem has arisen, the tavern and restaurant that we bought have been remodeled according to the list you provide and this is the last batch of fruit wine that we need." lie fan: " splendid! how about the beer and milk tea that were included in there? i know milk tea is not wine but i just put it there as it's the only nonalcohol drink i can think of" yu yan: "it's already done and has been stored in the storage, why don't you have a taste of each beverage if all of them are according to what you described?" lie fan: "sure mother we can do that, hey you get me the best batch of each beverage and bring me a bowl and two cups" the worker that was pointed out by lie fan hurriedly enter the storage room and takes out the best batch of each beverage and then take a bowl and 2 cups putting it on the table lie fan open the beer and fruit wine first, smell each one of them, and confirmed from the smell that it was like the one he drink from the future. he takes a ladle and pours the fruit wine onto the bowl and takes a sip tasting it, he tastes fruity sweet and still feels the alcohol but it feels refreshing especially if it were served cold. next, he tasted the beer, and using the ladle he pour it onto the cup and take a sip, he tasted a familiar taste he cant describe it but its the same as the one he had drunk before. next is the milk tea, he takes the ladle and pours it onto the cup, he tastes the sweetness and refreshing taste that will be liked by noble ladies and children. lie fan: "all of them taste exactly like the one i described! we have succeeded in making a new type of wine and tea!" hearing what lie fan said made everyone happy and cheered loudly, yu yan ordered the workers to immediately separate each batch and send them respectively to the tavern and restaurant that she had bought and renovated lie fan and yu yan then left the distillery and go to the restaurant they had bought to prepare for the grand opening as the wine and milk tea had been sent. arriving at their restaurant, lie fan saw that the medium size building is decorated elegantly with modern and ancient culture combined making it a unique view of that street. both of them enter the restaurant and meet the head of the restaurant that was appointed by yu yan there, they asked about the preparation and remind him that every type of customer can enter as long as they can pay for what they order lie fan: "when the grand opening began, do a promotion where if they manage to do a bullseye at darts then they can get a free drink of their choice" yu yan: "what a great idea fan'er, that will make the common people interested to try and not intimidated by the elegant style of our restaurant" lie fan: "by the way mother, what is the name of the restaurants?" yu yan: "the name of the restaurant is serenity inn, which was in line with how our beverage taste refreshing and makes people feel calm" lie fan feels the name is pretty good so agrees with the name his mother choose, seeing that everything is ready then the grand opening will be done in two days, his mother will be the one who acts as the spokesperson and leader of the new lie clan's state enterprise as his mother have more experience in the business world than him lie fan: "mother, when people asked who made this new beverage just say he doesn't want to be known and only wants to focus on his research making new beverages" yu yan: "okay fan'er, mother understands what you mean now let's go sightseeing with wannian and yin yue what do you think?" lie fan: "what a great idea mother, let's do that!" ---------------------------------------- name: lie fan title: bandit vanquisher age: 15 years old (33 years old) level: 9 next level: 512.000 renown: 17 cultivation: art of war (level 7) sp:69.700 •attribute points str:110 vit:80 agi:77 int:88 wis:60 will:22 atr points:0

Chapter 17: Wine Business Commenced

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