Chapter 796

"What wine is this?", Clara sipped, she felt the taste was not bad, the mouthfeel was very strong.

Drinking other people's wine, she definitely has to return the gift, so she really wanted to figure out how much this bottle of wine is worth.

Clara doesn't understand wine tasting, she is not sure how much these wines are worth, because she feels that drinking it and the wine Bodun brings home seems to have little difference, and even in some aspects it seems better?

Actually this is a typical cognitive gap, Bodun as a cadre of the Lans family, what he brings home must be the best wine.

But at the current stage, the difference between good wine and bad wine under Lans's name is actually not that big!

The aging years of Gold Lion are only a year and a half, plus Lans proposed using some additives.

For example, flavoring agents, thickeners, etc., improved a part of the mouthfeel, but the difference in essence is really not that big.

The price gap of wine is mainly not in the core things.

Wine is brewed from grain, how much money can grain be worth?

A few hundred dollars a ton.

Its price is expensive because of the production process, in this era when information transmission is not developed, and even making bread requires thinking of ways to apprentice, the production process of high-end wine of every brand is the core value of high-grade wine.

Clara, who often drinks high-grade wine but is not clear about these, will subconsciously produce a feeling that this bottle of wine that doesn't look amazing should also be good.

Her cousin did not hide it, "I don't know either, it was sold by someone on the roadside, I tasted a little, the taste is very good, it doesn't look like inferior wine."

"You don't know, Clara, there are many thieves and robbers in the city, maybe these wines were stolen by them from somewhere."

"Otherwise, they could have sold them more expensively in bars, why only sell them to me for forty-five dollars?"

This price is indeed not normal, he sipped a little again, following Clara's train of thought, he suddenly felt that he took a big advantage.

Maybe, these wines were stolen from some rich man's wine cellar by that moonshiner and sold secretly.

Since even the cousin who has seen a lot of the world says the taste is not bad, it must not be bad wine, he has to drink more.

Watching the little cousin drink mouthful after mouthful, Clara smiled and sipped a little again, "If you like drinking, I will have people send some over to you."

Hearing this sentence, the young man immediately revealed a surprised expression, everyone knows that this cousin married a rich man, but doesn't know how rich.

These relatives living in Denuozhou don't know Bodun, and don't know Bodun is Lans's person, only know that the old man is very rich.

The wine sent by a rich man must not be this kind of forty or fifty dollar wine, at least it is also top-grade whiskey, five hundred or more.

The directness of Federation people is here.

If it were another kind of civilization, the young man might first decline, used to express a kind of implicit emotion.

But this is the Federation, no one is so implicit, the young man immediately smiled and said a "thank you", "No matter what you send, I will like it."

This sentence made Clara also laugh, isn't this the life she pursues?

Everyone becomes friendly, everyone becomes able to speak, what's wrong with being money-worshipping?

Dinner was eaten very happily, and with the addition of whiskey, everyone was a bit intoxicated.

The young man has always envied Clara, having her own career at a young age, he asked a lot about life in Jincheng.

When he heard that Clara's life every day is shopping, enjoying, gathering with other hostesses in the community, or swimming, sunbathing, etc. when she has nothing to do, it made the young man's family envious and jealous!

This is the most perfect form of life!

After dinner, they tidied up the guest room, letting Clara stay here at night, Clara did not refuse, at the same time she also made a phone call to Bodun in front of people.

"Honey, I have arrived in New Birmingham City, now staying at... uncle's place..."

"They treated me warmly, and my uncle and cousin like drinking very much, so I want to send them some wine."

"Okay, thank you, honey, I love you!"

Soon she hung up the phone, and then smiled and said, "My husband has already had people send wine over."

The young man was overjoyed, "Cousin, you are so good!"

This made Clara couldn't help laughing, "Alright alright, I have to rest, good night, uncle, aunt, and little cousin..."

Bodun didn't care much about the request of his young wife, as a senior cadre of the Lans family, he took wine from the family's warehouse at cost price.

Lans didn't think about earning his own people's money, the cost of Gold Lion whiskey is only a few dozen dollars, mainly the time cost of aging.

This bit of money, compared to his current income, was not put in his eyes at all.

However, he wouldn't send all Gold Lion whiskey, he had people send a box of Gold Lion whiskey, two boxes of Silver Lion whiskey, adding up to a cost price of about one thousand dollars or so.

It seems not much, for the era when the per capita income of Jincheng people is forty-seven or forty-eight dollars, it is already a very heavy gift, approximately equal to the income of an ordinary person not eating or drinking for two years.

And this is still the cost price, if it is the retail price, it is about five thousand to six thousand, and in bars and restaurants, it has to sell for more than seven thousand dollars a bottle!

For this young wife Clara, he is still very satisfied.

After all, a man's face, besides wealth and power, having a female companion by his side is also an important display surface.

Although Clara doesn't have any prominent background, she is also from a middle-class family, and is many years younger than himself.

Whenever someone asks "Is this your daughter", he will smile, and respond with a tone of showing off, "This is my wife".

He likes the surprised gazes of those people, this has also become one of his pleasures.

And Clara is a woman who is easily satisfied, she didn't think about how to toss, as long as she is satisfied with the appeal for the high-quality "modern life" she wants, then she is very obedient.

Every day is taking care of children and enjoying life, there is nothing more relaxing for Bodun than this.

He soon threw this matter to the back of his head, he has been having people investigate where those missing wines went.

Although Lans doesn't say it, Bodun knows that he still cares about the investigation result of this matter.

Those people can take action against their wine once, and there is a possibility of taking action a second time, a third time.

Their courage will also get bigger and bigger, and they will incite more people to join their actions.

As long as one evil act is not punished, soon there will be more people, more evil acts!

He hopes to figure out who stole Lans's wine when Lans finishes the Sheng Nong Festival and returns!

But this matter is not so easy to investigate clearly, because the control of the Lans family in other states is far inferior to here, expanding some channels, interpersonal relationships, requires not only money, but also time.

For several consecutive days, there was no good news, Bodun was therefore anxious to lose some hair, and the person he sent to deliver wine had already arrived in New Birmingham City.

The one who came to deliver wine this time is one of the confidants who has a good relationship with Bodun, after all, this relates to the family situation of Clara's relatives, and relates to his wife.

Changing to an ordinary one, whose relationship is not that reliable, he also feels a bit uneasy.

Feelings, at the beginning, there are none, just the number of times of sleeping together is more, the whispering after venting is more, and gradually there are feelings.

When someone can stick to your body and bring you warmth at night, and can accompany you to sleep, feelings will sprout and warm up.

It is not necessarily love, it could also be family affection, or other things.

So he arranged a confidant, not other people.

Soon the confidant subordinate found his way here according to the address provided by Clara, these days Clara also participated in the Sheng Nong Festival parade in New Birmingham City, and had a lively time for several days.

She intends to wait until the Sheng Nong Festival ends before going back to see grandpa, she needs to adjust her emotions well.

Bodun's subordinate specially chose an afternoon, he heard that Bodun's wife often sleeps until noon, and the younger the woman, the harder to deal with, he doesn't want to be complained about by her because he disturbed Clara's sleep.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he brought people to the outside of the house, and then knocked on the door.

Welcoming them was Clara's little cousin, they just came back from eating outside, Clara was still commenting on the gap between the cook here and the cook in Jincheng, and they came.

"Who are you?", the young man didn't know these people, he stood behind the door with some vigilance.

The crime rate in New Birmingham City cannot be said to be high, but it is definitely not low.

This is indeed a middle-class community, but this doesn't mean there is definitely no one who can mix in.

And these people at the door don't look like ordinary people, they look like gang members.

The guy standing at the front looked at the face in the door crack, "Mr. Bodun asked us to send wine over."

"Who is Mr. Bodun?", the young man didn't know what his cousin's husband was called.

Clara in the living room heard this keyword, immediately got up and walked over, when she saw the familiar face outside the door, she immediately let the young man pull the safety bolt.

"Sorry to make you run for nothing...", she still knows how to say nice words.

Several people smiled, and then moved the wine in.

"A total of three boxes of wine, one box of Gold Lion (six bottles), and two boxes of Silver Lion (twelve bottles), if it's not enough, we can go get some more, but for Gold Lion, it might take a bit longer."

"The market price of these wines is about five or six thousand dollars.", he said the market price, not the cost price.

The Lans family has already started to transport alcohol to this side, but only transported low-end Copper Lion and a small amount of Silver Lion.

In the situation where the market is not fully opened and standing firm, Gold Lion simply has no sales.

It is also because Bodun asked them to send a box of Gold Lion over, so they came directly from Jincheng, instead of getting some wine locally and having people send it over.

Hearing this price, Clara's uncle's family also widened their eyes, which made Clara reveal a very comfortable smile.

Just when these people were about to leave, Clara suddenly thought of something, "Wait a moment."

She went to the kitchen, and brought over the remaining bit, not much wine, together with the bottle, "What wine is this?"

"I drank it when I came, it doesn't have a wine label, I feel it tastes very good, but my brother said the price is not expensive."

"You look, what wine is this, how much does it cost a bottle."

Because the remaining amount that day was not much, if they continued to drink this, it would be a bit inappropriate, they have been drinking wine recently, and also drank a bottle of brandy.

To be honest, a bit heartbroken.

But at this moment, those heartbreaks all vanished, compared to these wines, what they lost doesn't count at all!

These people under Bodun are also people of the Lans family, as one of the family's biggest sources of income, they also have a very thorough study of alcohol.

The confidant subordinate who received the wine bottle hadn't been too serious yet, but when he lowered his head to look at this wine bottle, he gradually felt some wrongness.

He looked at the place where the bottle neck bulged, although the small wine label and hot stamping were gone, the bumps of the glass bottle were still there.

He took the bottle to the outside, distinguished it carefully in the sun, and the surprised look in his eyes became more and more.

"This bottle of wine, I don't know, but I will figure it out, did you buy it?", he looked at the young man.

Now they all know that these people are the subordinates of Clara's husband, so the young man did not deny it, "Yes, I bought it in an alley."

"A few days ago during the Sheng Nong Festival, someone promoted it to me."

The confidant subordinate asked again, "Can you still find him?"

The young man also seemed to realize something, he hurriedly nodded and said, "He gave me a phone number."

Soon he ran back, took the business card, and handed it to the hand of this confidant subordinate.

He glanced at the number, recorded it with a pen, and then returned the card to the young man, "Don't leave during this period, when the time comes we might need your help."

Clara didn't understand, "What's wrong with this bottle of wine?"

The confidant subordinate revealed a smile, "It solved a big trouble for Mr. Bodun."

However, he was not willing to say more, "Don't tell others about this, don't run around recently, if there is further news, we will contact you."

After speaking, they greeted Clara and drove away.

More than ten minutes later, they used some simple means to print out the uneven patterns on the bottle neck of the glass bottle, a blurry lion head!

The confidant subordinate waved his fist heavily, scolded a "fuck", and then dialed Bodun's phone excitedly.

"Wine delivered?", hearing the subordinate's voice, Bodun's first reaction was that the wine had already been delivered.

He then said, "Come back after delivering it!"

"I still have a lot of things here."

But his confidant said with a slightly trembling voice, "Mr. Bodun, I might know where the wine we lost is!"

Twenty minutes later, Lans received Bodun's phone call.

"... so the wine we lost is in New Birmingham City?"

Lans leaned on the chair, basking in the sun, "Go investigate first, don't alarm those people, wait until I return from the farm."

"If these wines are really what we lost, your wife has made a contribution."

"When the time comes, you can ask her what reward she wants."

The voice coming from the receiver from Bodun was full of joy, "This is what she should do, after all, she can also be considered a person of the family."

Actually he basically didn't have any changes, Lans could also feel that he actually wanted to know what the reward was, and also wanted it, but he just declined implicitly.

This is not very like Federation people, but it can also be said that his first half of life was smoothed out, becoming implicit, not good at expressing his strong emotions.

Lans smiled lightly, "If someone does something helpful to the family, we don't reward him, then next time when someone finds that doing something can help us, they will hesitate."

"This is like punishment, it's the same."

"Not rewarding merit, and not punishing fault, are both stupid performances, do you think I am a stupid person?"

Without waiting for Bodun to answer, "First like this, figure it out as soon as possible, don't let me down."

After Lans hung up the phone, old man Hubert sitting on another chair looked at him, "Need our help?"

The family is unprecedentedly strong, all surrounding farms are providing grain to them, it can be said that the Lawrence farm is still constantly expanding.

They have already started talking about acquisitions, at the same time the family has money and can hire more cowboys.

Hubert told Lans that they now have at least seven or eight hundred cowboys.

These cowboys usually do farm work, grazing, patrolling the farm's territory, but when needed, they pick up guns and become gunmen.

The strength of the family also made old man Hubert want to show his muscles, but Lans did not agree.

"This is just a small matter, when I need it, I will give you a call."

Hubert, who was still thinking about leading the cowboys to attack, seemed a bit depressed, "Actually I can still pull the trigger."

Lans smiled and didn't speak.

Farm life is so leisurely, besides the constantly expanding winery and the steam constantly rising from the winery, the slow-paced life full of rural interest indeed makes people calm down.

Nothing to do, sitting in a place with sun, leaning on a lounge chair, putting some tobacco and wine by hand, such days are too comfortable.

On the last day of the Sheng Nong Festival, the Lawrence family held a grand bonfire party in the manor, and the number of people who came made people feel incredible.

At least two or three thousand people participated in this bonfire party, maybe more.

And old man Shubert said that many people didn't come, the part that came was just those living nearby, convenient for passage.

Like some farmers and cowboys living ten or more kilometers or even twenty or thirty kilometers away, they didn't come.

However, the farm also distributed rewards to them, some cash, some wine, and some meat and food.

The bonfire illuminated everyone's face, and also illuminated their hearts.

A beautiful life is like those piles of fiercely burning bonfires, getting better and better!

(End of chapter)