Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 168 Technology

Wen Qing said goodbye to Wang Jianguo and returned to the courtyard. The courtyard had been converted into an office, but Wen Qing kept a room for herself. Her bunk bed and other furniture were placed in this room. Wang Jianguo's wife came regularly to clean and ventilate the room, so the house was very clean.

Wen Qing closed the door and entered the space.

She filtered the cider she brewed last time, sealed it and carried out a second fermentation. When she checked the wine, it was already reddish brown and had a strong fruity aroma.

This batch of wine has 50 tons and is filled in 200 stainless steel barrels. After the secondary fermentation is completed, it can be bottled and then aged in the space. The cider is mainly sold abroad and is very popular.

Wen Qing carried out seed selection and breeding in the space, but also set aside 50 acres of land to plant a new variety of glutinous sorghum recommended by Zheng Xiaoqiang. The new variety of glutinous sorghum grew strong, with a height of only 1.3 to 1.5 meters, but the length of the sorghum ear was 1.6 feet, and the sorghum grains were plump and bright red.

Wen Qing saw that the sorghum was ripe, so he drove a harvester to harvest 50 acres of glutinous sorghum.

After finishing all this, it was already afternoon, and Wen Qing rode his bike back to Balizhuang.

Zhuang Xien had not come back yet. Wen Qing cleaned the house, washed and hung her and Zhuang Xien's clothes, and started cooking. It was already past 6 o'clock in the evening.

When Zhuang Xien came back, Wen Qing was cooking. He asked, "Are mom and dad back?"

Wen Qing said: "I was cooking in the kitchen and didn't hear them come back."

Zhuang Xien went to see that there was no one in the guest bedroom upstairs. Just as he was about to go out to look for someone, he saw Zhuang's father and mother coming back.

Wen Qing brought out the food, and Zhuang Xien asked, "Dad and Mom, where did you go?"

Zhuang's father said, "We went fishing. Old Zhang's family gave birth to a grandson and asked us to go get some red eggs."

Mother Zhuang put two red eggs on the table and said, "Big brother, you have been married for more than a year. When are you going to have a child?"

Zhuang Xien glanced at Wen Qing and said, "We also want children, but the fate has not come yet."

Zhuang's mother said, "Mr. Zhang's daughter-in-law also took the same Chinese medicine. Look, she got pregnant after only three months of taking it. Xiaoqing, you have to keep taking the medicine."

Wen Qing looked at her with an ambiguous expression, "Let's eat."

The family had a lively dinner. Zhuang Xien sat on the sofa in the living room and read the newspaper. Wen Qing finished cleaning up and watched Zhuang Xien reading the newspaper. She walked over and asked, "What are you reading?"

Zhuang Xien: "Look, the higher-ups may be opening up the market."

Wen Qing took the newspaper and sure enough, it mentioned the need to develop a variety of economic entities. It seemed that the economic situation would undergo major changes.

Zhuang Xien added: "Fang Yuan said that he found that some manufacturers copied our mountain bikes. Fortunately, we still have road bikes, so let these manufacturers copy them."

Wen Qing is quite worried. "We at Schindler Bicycle Factory need to keep our technology confidential and increase investment in scientific research. Only by continuous innovation can we stay ahead."

Zhuang Xien said nonchalantly: "Do you think it is easy to design a good product? It took our factory three months to make a prototype based on the drawings you gave us."

He then said, "Xiao Qing, design more bicycles for the factory in the future."

After hearing what he said, Wen Qing knew that it was impossible to change Zhuang Xien's mind all of a sudden.

The technological transformation of enterprises under the jurisdiction of the District Industrial Bureau has been launched for half a year. Five key enterprises have submitted plans and obtained approval from the Planning Commission. The faster enterprises are already introducing production lines.

Director Ye assigned new tasks to Wen Qing and the other two, asking them to collect information about the industrial layout of various districts in cities such as Songjiang and Dongyue. It seems that he wanted to find the future development positioning of Sifeng District.

Wen Qing felt that Director Ye had a very sharp mind and now had the concept of industrial clusters.

She carefully collected information and started to write the industrial enterprise development plan for Sifeng District from multiple aspects including industrial layout, financial and tax support, supply chain construction, and land preferential policies.

In her previous life, she had only had a cursory visit to Pingjing, mainly for tourism, so she had never set foot in Sifeng, a relatively backward place, and was not very clear about its future development.

But judging from the development trajectories of other major cities in the past, establishing one’s own core industries, improving the industry supply chain, and introducing strategic investment are everyone’s common development models.

Twenty years later, China has become the world's factory relying on its mature manufacturing system. This is China's competitive advantage and also the development direction of Sifeng.

In addition, environmental issues need to be considered, and we cannot follow the old path of first polluting and then controlling.

Wen Qing thought about which industries would develop fastest in the future? Real estate? Medicine? Machinery? Photovoltaics? Electronics? We need to select the core industries that are suitable for Sifeng.

She slowly pondered the contents of the report. It was very inconvenient to find information without the Internet.

The Internet age was still another ten or twenty years away. Her understanding of computers was limited to the level of usage, and she had never thought about working in this industry. That was the job of those big guys.

After completing the production of the new bicycle, Zhuang Xien lived a carefree life. He set up a cycling club in the name of Schindler Store, and gathered a group of young people who were interested in cycling competitions, and spent all day thinking about bicycle modification.

Wen Qing thought it was a good thing that he had found new interests and that this interest would promote the technological upgrading of Schindler bicycles.

One day, Zhuang Xien came back and told her: "Xiao Qing, a guy in our club said that the handlebars and seat of the bicycle can be modified in this way, which will make it more comfortable to ride."

Wen Qing saw that the improvement plan he proposed was to add a spring to the front fork. This modification would have a better shock absorption effect, so she nodded in agreement and said, "This modification is indeed good. You can try it."

Wen Qing added: "We can modify our bicycle chains like this. Instead of using ordinary bicycle chains, we can use this one."

She took a piece of paper and drew a diagram for him. "This chain can make the gear shifting smoother and less likely to slip."

Zhuang Xien said: "Okay, let's ask the club members for their opinions. They play with cars every day, so they should have some good ideas."

The two went back to their room to rest.

Zhuang's father and mother were also chatting in the room. Zhuang's mother said, "Dad, can we tell the eldest brother to let me take charge of the family?"

Zhuang's father: "Mother, you are looking for trouble. What kind of family do you want to run? Now the eldest son's wife is doing the housework, aren't you happy to have some free time?"

Mr. Zhuang didn't know that what Mrs. Zhuang meant by managing the household was not just about housework. She wanted her son and daughter-in-law to hand over their income and act according to her wishes.

Of course, if Wen Qing knew that she had such an idea, she would also say “Dream on”.

She has no ability, but just because she gave birth to a son, she thinks the woman should obey her orders. She has never eaten a grain of rice from her family.

It was also because Wen Qing came from the future and had never suffered from her mother-in-law’s anger.

Zhuang's mother: "I was only given 20 yuan. I am his mother, so I should take care of them.

How can I save much money with this amount? Since I am the housekeeper, won’t I let them do things? They usually do the shopping and housework.”

Zhuang's father was amused. An old woman from the countryside, who had only been in the city for a few days, had developed the temper of a queen mother. "Just go ahead and do whatever you want. Isn't it better to just do nothing? You've gained weight in the past few months."

He has a narrow mind and always focuses on his daughter-in-law's monthly salary.