Xia Ruofei hurriedly said: "No! All his oaks this year have been booked, and they are all exported abroad, and these two are the only ones left! The others have not yet reached the standard of felling!"

Although there are a lot of oak trees in the space, Xia Ruofei still has to keep them for cultivating truffles, and the two wineries combined, the demand for oak barrels is very large, even if all the oak trees in the space are cut down, it will definitely not be enough, so Xia Ruofei is naturally busy trying to dispel Old West's idea of replacing oak barrels.

Old West was very disappointed when he heard this, and asked relentlessly, "Is there really no one?"

Xia Ruofei said very resolutely: "There is no one!"

"Why don't you ask again?" said Old West, full of anticipation, "Summer, the quality of our grapes is very high, and I have always wanted to use new oak barrels, because the new barrels have a much greater impact on the flavor of the wine than the old ones, and if we can make oak barrels from this excellent oak, the quality of our semillon will definitely go up to the next level!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Uncle West, it's really gone, I've already asked my friends......

"That's right......," said Old West, unable to hide his disappointment.

Xia Ruofei thought for a while and said, "Uncle West, do you think this will work? No matter how many barrels these two logs can make, I only need two of them, and the rest will be reserved for the winery." The old and new barrels are used at the same time, so we can compare them and have an intuitive result!"

Xia Ruofei paused and said: "Also, next year, I will ask my friend to leave us a batch of oak to ensure the needs of the two wineries!

Old West said: "That's all there is to it! Xia, you can contact your friends now! Next year we will order at least 800 barrels of wood for our winery!"

"800 ......" Xia Ruofei asked in surprise, "Is it enough to use that much?"

"Yes!" said Old West, "Golden Oak Winery is the largest winery in the Hunter Valley area, and the scale of West's Winery is not small, and the planting volume of the two wineries is just enough for 800 barrels!"

Xia Ruofei thought for a while and said, "No problem! I'll book with my friend right away!"

Then Xia Ruofei asked again: "Uncle West, how long does it take to make wooden barrels, and can you catch up with this batch of wine?"

Old West said: "If you just make a few, I will tell Old Carl to stop the other work first, and a week should be enough! The main thing is that new wooden barrels need to be baked, this process is very important to the quality of wooden barrels, and at the same time, it takes a lot of time, and a week should be the fastest!"

Then the elder West said: "The grapes at Château d'Oro ripen a few days late, and a week should be in time." But...... I still don't understand, why do you have to have unfermented grape juice? The fermentation process is very demanding on the environment and temperature, and if you take it, there is a high probability that these two barrels of grape juice will turn into sour and smelly wastewater......

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Uncle West, you don't care about this! Anyway, I only need two buckets...... Okay, go back and rest! I'm going to get up early tomorrow to pick grapes! I'm going back to the farm!"

"Alright!" said Old West, "I'll get Old Carl over early tomorrow morning, he's the best cooper in the Hunter Valley!"

"Thanks, Uncle West!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.

......

The next day, not long after Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing arrived at the West Winery, a cool old man wearing a plaid shirt, riding boots and a cowboy hat drove a pickup truck to the winery.

He jumped out of the car and shouted, "West, West, where are the fine oaks you said!"

Old West, who was busy, immediately put down his work, got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "Carl! You came early enough! Come on, let me introduce you first, this is the new owner of West Winery, Xia Ruofei from Huaxia!"

Carl nodded perfunctorily at Xia Ruofei and said, "West, take me to see the oak! If the quality is not good, I won't accept it!" Now I have a lot of orders in hand!"

He didn't care who would be the owner of the winery, he just thought about the best oak that the old West had boasted about on the phone last night, and for a top-notch cooper, good wood would be far more attractive to him than a rich man in China.

Old West was a little embarrassed, but Xia Ruofei didn't care, smiled and said, "Uncle West, you take Uncle Carl to see the wood first!"

Old West glanced at Carl with some dissatisfaction and said, "Come with me!"

He led Karl to the open space on the side of the winery building, where the two logs had been unloaded last night.

Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing glanced at each other, and also stepped forward to follow.

As soon as Carl saw these two sticks of wood, he immediately quickened his pace, walked to the wood, and squatted down to take a closer look, he examined it much more carefully than old West, not only carefully examined the texture of the oak, but also pinched it a few times with his fingernails in different parts, and even picked out a small piece and put it in front of his nose and sniffed it.

The expression on his face became more and more colorful as the examination progressed.

At last, Karl stood up, looked at old West excitedly, and asked in a hurried tone, "West, where did you get this oak?

"I'll ask you if you can take this job?" asked Old West, with some smugness.

"Yes, of course!" Karl said without hesitation.

Old West blinked slyly, and said, "We're in a hurry, and we hope to get the barrels within a week, in which case you might have to stop all the other work at hand, is there really no problem......?"

"How dare you!" Karl said with a glare, "West, we've been friends for decades!

Old West laughed, patted Carl on the shoulder, and said, "I'm kidding you! I got the wood yesterday, didn't I call you the first time?"

Then Old West said with a straight face: "But I said that the delivery will be delivered within a week, but I am not joking, are you sure that it can be completed?"

"Of course!" said Karl, patting his chest, "the other orders will stop first, and I will handle these two logs myself, and I will definitely be able to finish them in a week!"

Xia Ruofei asked on the side, "Uncle Carl, how many oak barrels can these two pieces of wood make?"

Karl frowned and said, "How do you know this? This will only be concluded after going back to a precise calculation!"

Old West said leisurely on the side: "Carl, don't blame me for not reminding you, the owner of this wood is not me, it's Xia ......."

Karl said disapprehantly, "I know, didn't you say it? He's the new owner of West's Winery......"

"You don't understand what I mean!" said Old West with a grin, "I mean...... This wood was obtained by Xia, and it ...... Next year we will replace all the oak barrels in the winery with new barrels made of this oak, which are Château West and Chorge d'Oak!"

Carl was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xia Ruofei, the stinky expression on his face disappeared all of a sudden, replaced by an extremely enthusiastic smile, and his unkempt beard suddenly had a sense of déjà vu as a beggar gang leader.

Xia Ruofei felt a little hairy in his heart, and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Carl......"

Carl immediately said: "Mr. Xia, seeing that Mr. Xia is a young and promising successful person, it is no wonder that he was able to acquire the ...... of Wester Winery."

Old West reminded him: "Carl Char also bought the Golden Oak winery......

Carlton choked for a moment, and then immediately said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Xia, let me introduce myself first, my name is Carl......"

Xia Ruofei was a little uncomfortable, waved his hand and said, "Mr. Karl, I know, you are the best cooper in the Hunter Valley area, right?"

"Hey...... That's all for everyone to ......lift up," Carl said, "what a offense just now!Mr. Xia, I didn't expect you to have such a way...... It's not easy to get such a fine oak......"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Mr. Karl, if you have anything to say, just say it! This makes me a little uncomfortable......

Feng Jing on the side couldn't help but burst out laughing, and she also felt very coke about Carl's front and back.

Carl didn't think it was wrong, and still said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Xia, I have a reluctant request, if you can still get such oak next year, if you make oak barrels, can you give priority to me......"

Xia Ruofei looked at Feng Jing and Old West, and then said: "Uncle Carl, Uncle West has said, you are the best cooper in the Hunter Valley area, if I can buy oak in the coming year, I will definitely give priority to you!"

Karl was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Okay, good! Mr. Xia is a cheerful person at first glance! Then let's talk about it! I will settle down on the oak barrel business of your winery next year!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded, "No problem......!

Carl hurriedly said: "Mr. Xia, don't worry, I will stop all orders and give priority to your two logs!That's right...... ...... you just asked?"

"These two pieces of wood can make several oak barrels!" Xia Ruofei said with a slight smile.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Karl said hurriedly, "I have made a preliminary calculation, at least five oak barrels can be made, and if the wood is saved, it is possible to make six ......."

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Then Uncle Karl will look at it! Anyway, we should first ensure the quality of our oak barrels, and don't ...... in front of us."

As if insulted, Karl immediately said: "Don't worry, my old Carl's signature has been around for decades, and you don't need to say that I also guarantee the quality of the oak barrel first, don't believe you smell West." ”

Xia Ruofei set his eyes on Old West, only to see that Old West also nodded, and said: "Xia, you can rest assured of Carl's character! He has been making oak barrels in the Hunter Valley area for decades, and he is definitely the first quality!"

Xia Ruofei nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Uncle Carl, then I'll trouble you!"

Old Carl smiled and said, "No trouble, no trouble, it's my honor to serve you!"

After saying that, he immediately said to old West: "West, why are you still stunned? Don't you call me a truck?"

"Oh-oh-oh! I'll call at once!" said Old West.

In a few moments, a flatbed truck drove up, and under Karl's command, the workers loaded the timber onto the truck and transported it away.

Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing also began to devote themselves to the winemaking work of West Winery, mainly in the early stage of breaking the skin and removing the stem, and the later precipitation took too long, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing may not be able to wait so long.

At noon, the workers finished processing the white grapes harvested today and went home from work.

Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing also said goodbye to the West couple and prepared to return to Wonderland Farm.

Xia Ruofei got into the Mercedes-Benz car of Wonderland Farm, and when he started the car and was about to start, his mobile phone rang.

Xia Ruofei looked at the caller ID, which was Tang Yitian's private mobile phone number.

He pressed the answer button and said with a smile: "Brother Tang, hello!"

Tang Yitian said on the other end of the phone: "Ruofei, where are you now?"

Xia Ruofei hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Tang, I'm sorry...... I'm in the Hunter Valley right now, because the winery here is in a hurry, so when I arrived in Si-Ni two days ago, I didn't contact you immediately......

When Tang Yitian heard this, he said: "Brother Xia, you are really good! If you don't contact me when you arrive in Australia, you are treating me as an outsider!"

Xia Ruofei hurriedly said, "No, no...... Brother Tang, you misunderstood......"

Tang Yitian feigned anger and said: "Hmph! I read the news and knew that the flight you took made a forced landing on Saipan, and I thought you were cooperating with the investigation in Saipan! Who knew that your kid actually secretly ran to Australia! He didn't even say hello to me, it seems that he really doesn't take my brother seriously!"

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "Brother Tang misunderstood...... The winery is waiting for me to come back and preside over the winemaking ceremony because the grapes are about to be harvested, so as soon as I arrived in Australia, I rushed back to the Hunter Valley non-stop, didn't I have time to contact you?"

Tang Yitian snorted lightly and asked, "Then are you free now?"

Xia Ruofei was stunned for a moment and said, "I've been almost busy in the past two days, Brother Tang, I'll go to Sydney to visit you in the afternoon!"

Tang Yitian said with a smile: "This is about the same! Brother Xia, I'll ask Ah Hu to send a car to pick you up! There just happened to be a friend who wanted to introduce you!"

Xia Ruofei hurriedly said: "No, no, I'll just drive it myself!Brother Tang, you name a time and place, I promise to be on time!"