Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 97 - 96: Waiting

In her previous life, she knew that the 50-cent of 80, referred to in the banknote collection circle as 8005, especially those with special serial numbers, after the new year began, Lin Wan started collecting banknotes, of course, also the one-cent, 50-yuan ones, and coins. All have collectible value.

Lin Wan specifically bought an iron box to store coins and 50-cent ones, the 50-yuan denomination is too large, she can’t bear to keep it without spending it. Of course, don’t forget the monkey stamp, eight cents per stamp, Lin Wan ran to two post offices and bought more than fifty sheets in one go, all were whole sheets. The postal worker who sold the stamps looked at Lin Wan like seeing a fool, but Lin Wan didn’t care about these things, delightedly waiting to become a multimillionaire years later.

Zhang Shuhua and Tong Li worked for half a month and earned over a hundred yuan. Each received more than fifty. Happily, they said they wanted to treat Lin Wan to a meal.

Lin Wan shook her head and refused, saying it’s fine as long as they work well in their shop.

After Han Yi started school, Lin Wan stayed at the hot pot restaurant all the time, Mom and Brother never mentioned Han Yi again.

The first month after the new year, business wasn’t very good; people just finished the New Year’s celebration, full of greasy food, and spent a lot of money, no one wanted to go to the restaurant.

After the first month, it reached March, and business at the shop improved.

Some, envious of the improving business, started opening a few restaurants nearby, but none could affect Lin Wan’s family’s business.

In no time, the weather gradually warmed, not suitable for hot pot. Lin Wan thought about it and decided to start a night market in May.

"Brother Li, does your house sell beer?" Night markets definitely need beer, she has to find reliable sources early.

"We don’t sell beer at home; in our city, there is a beer factory, but their goods are usually sold to supply and marketing cooperatives, and can’t be accessed by private business dealers outside."

"Ah," If that’s the case, buying from the cooperative would be too costly.

Li Congnan looked at Lin Wan’s expression, proudly smiled, "Coincidentally, I have a buddy working there."

"Brother Li, you really know how to keep people in suspense, so, can we get connections?"

"Of course we can, not only can we, but you can also get it at cost price, you just give him a commission afterwards."

"That’s no problem, when can we meet?"

"I’ll have to wait for a day off to talk to him, once I have news, I’ll inform you."

"Alright, I’ll wait."

Beer, in the future development, is essential on people’s dining tables. Lin Wan followed a family in her previous life where the female owner liked to brew her own wine.

She brewed mostly grape wine, saw her brew beer a few times, helped as an assistant, but couldn’t clearly remember the process. However, she remembered the female owner taught her a phrase, saying the beer brewing process is very simple, you don’t need to be smart to understand it, malt is soaked in hot water, releasing maltose, forming maltose syrup. (like making tea), after separating maltose syrup from grains, it’s boiled, and hops added for flavor. (like making soup), after cooling malt syrup, yeast is added for fermentation, during fermentation yeast turns syrup into alcohol and carbon dioxide. (like making pickles.), after fermentation, it also needs temperature controlled storage for half a month to let the beer mature. (like pickling olives.)

But Lin Wan knew what tools were needed, pots, insulated containers, at this time insulated containers were scarce, Lin Wan bought a thermos, and also found a cylindrical barrel at the market, well sealed, glass bottles, thermometers, one-way valves, funnels, and rubber hoses. Pots for boiling, insulated containers for saccharification, barrels for fermenting tanks, glass bottles for packaging, rubber hoses for reflux and siphoning. She bought some wheat hops and yeast, spending a week running to over a dozen places to buy them all, costing her thirty yuan, mainly because the barrel was too expensive. One-way valves were also hard to find. Frustrated, Lin Wan mentioned it to Zhang Shuhua, who unexpectedly said she could get it for her.

Lin Wan asked her confusedly where she got it, she said from the hospital.

Lin Wan thought she met people at the hospital in these months, didn’t ask further.