After Cao Zhong was executed, the rice merchants in Xuncheng were able to return to their old business, the price of rice returned to normal, and the people rushed to tell each other that they were excited, and they were also shocked by Huai'an's righteous annihilation, and they had a new understanding of him.

They remembered that Cao Zhong had sent a plaque to Huai'an, and in their opinion, the plaque of the profiteer could not be hung anymore, and after several rice merchants and some people discussed, they made another one for him, and still sent it over with gongs and drums.

Huai'an politely accepted it, and saw the same four big words "Mirror Hanging", looked back, thinking that since it was exactly the same thing, it was really troublesome to replace it, so he simply let the plaque sent by Cao Zhong stay in place, and the piece sent by the people was temporarily preserved, and the people on the left and right did not find out, he actually did not change it.

However, although the plaque has not been changed, this lively behavior has caused a commotion, some people out of the palace have seen, go back to report to Lafayette, Lafayette heard that Huai'an was loved, his heart was happy, and his hand was raised: "Reward!"

Before he could think about what to reward, the third young master, Meng Ting'an, was invited to attend the Meiji Gakuin University Art Lecture, which spread in Xuncheng, and Ting'an became more famous since then.

Lafayette glanced at the pair of treasured white-born porcelain bottles, had an idea, and sent a messenger: "Send these two to the Meng family, the two young masters of the Meng family are good, and this pair of porcelain vases means the second master of the Meng family." ”

After thinking about it, he called the person who came and changed his words: "Wait a minute, don't send it to the Meng family, send it to the art club they opened, so that people who pass by can see it." ”

So this pair of porcelain vases were sent to the porcelain art society, and the reputation of the two heroes of the Meng family has spread since then.

The two bottles stand left and right next to the main entrance of the porcelain art society, they are fired from fine kaolin and porcelain feldspar, the whole body is snow-white, both are half a person high, elegant and noble...... But white but not bright, but slightly obscure, admittedly hard-won, but placed at the main entrance, or less meaning.

Passers-by always say that when this pair of porcelain vases is put away, it seems that she is doing nothing here.

Finally, one day, Weng Rongrong, who passed by in late at night and came in to sit, was startled by them, crying and shouting, alarming the Sili neighborhood and the art fair, and almost recruiting officers and soldiers, Siqing decided to move them to a place.

But when the people around the Queen Mother sent the bottles, they deliberately emphasized that this pair of porcelain vases represented the two heroes of the Meng family, and they should be placed at the most conspicuous front gate so that everyone could see it.

Willing to move but embarrassed, Siqing wanted to ask, why don't you let the "second master of the Meng family" come and stand in person?

The assumption is ultimately untenable, but Huai'an has always been good at making bad ideas.

He said: "This white porcelain looks like it only has one base glaze, let's apply another one to give them a color." ”

Siqing looked at him in surprise: "This is a reward from the Queen Mother, how dare you move casually?"

"She said she couldn't move the position, she didn't say she couldn't move the bottle itself, it just so happened that when we discussed it last time, didn't we say that we started with the color, this bottle is burned with good clay, and it is excellent to practice with them, and the effect must be twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Are you sure...... We are going to practice with the things that the Queen Mother has rewarded?"

"The value of an item lies in people's acceptance, if no one accepts it, no matter how high its cost is, it is worthless.

"A little modification?" Siqing frowned and thought secretly, porcelain is not a piece of clothing, you embroider a few flowers on the clothes, it is a little decoration, it is indeed harmless, but every time the porcelain moves, it is an extremely complicated process, and it can only have one chance, if it is wrong, it can not come again, if the embroidery on the clothes is not satisfied, it can be removed, and this thing will not go back after it is burned.

"Maybe it's ugly, but it won't break, I bet the old man won't take care of it, give it a try, how do you know if it will succeed if you don't try?"

Siqing wanted to say, even so, she should try other porcelain tires first, but Huai'an had already said that this pair of bottles of clay embryos is rare, and it will be more effective when burned, so she swallowed her words back, and began to hesitate when she saw his serious appearance.

In the end, he hesitated, but he couldn't find any reason to convince himself to agree with the idea.

But he agreed.

As long as he says it, she won't refuse, regardless of whether he has a reason or not.

But this time, Huai'an was entangled in official business and couldn't stay with him all the time.

Siqing stared at the pair of porcelain vases for a long time, and in the evening, Huai'an unloaded the matter at hand and went back to change his clothes.

He has become accustomed to waiting here every night for Siqing to go back together, busy when he has something, and chatting here when he has nothing to do.

Siqing has no clue about adjusting the glaze, although everything is difficult at the beginning, but if you don't even open the head, there is nothing to do.

Huai'an was bored, moved a chair and leaned against the door, but he didn't sit upright, crossed Erlang's legs, supported his head on the arm of the chair with one hand, and shook a fan with the other hand. He changed his gown for the first time today, if you don't look at the sitting posture and just look at the face, there is a sense of ease, which is very pleasing to the eye.

After sitting for a while, Meng Ting'an came from next door, as a guest of the art fair, he came and went in and out of Siguxuan frequently, and after finishing his work in Siguxuan, he usually came to take a look.

When I saw Huai'an at the door today, I stopped to greet him.

He has always stood upright, his long shirt is elegant, and the white scarf is extravagant.

The two of them have nothing to do, just chatting, Huai'an talks a lot, and can talk about everything in the north and south, Ting'an is a listener most of the time, and occasionally nods appropriately, indicating that he listens.

Si Qing walked over from the inner hall, and saw the afterglow penetrating from the door, enveloping the two of them, they sat and stood, free and warm, under the halo is a dazzling interplay of each other, but also a moment of amazement under the torrent of years.

In such a twilight, Siqing suddenly had a picture in her mind.

The next day, she gathered a few people in the club and told everyone her initial thoughts.

At first, everyone was skeptical about the porcelain vase rewarded by the Empress Dowager, but they also understood that the current situation of the porcelain vase was indeed like a chicken rib, if it could be changed, so that the precious things could really play its value, after weighing and discussing, they no longer had any opinions on improvement.

Next, it's how to change.

Siqing talked about the key points and waited for the reactions of several other people.

"You mean, we don't paint on it, just color?" Xu Xiaoyuan asked first, "Isn't porcelain painting what you're good at, why don't you use it?"

"My second brother said right last time, our initial goal is to reduce the painting requirements, starting from the color, the clay embryo of this porcelain vase is precious, but there is not much special in the form, whether it is heavy ink or light brush, it will make it vulgar, so I want to use monochrome glaze decoration, do not do painting. ”

"It's okay not to do painting, but won't the monochrome glaze be too dazzling?" Xu Xiaoyuan asked again, "I have seen the monochrome glaze on the market now, the red glaze and blue glaze are the most, and others such as carmine caviar green or something, are extended on these two colors of glaze, although the depth can be adjusted, but if you can't be vulgar as you say, I think, used on these two porcelain vases, are not able to achieve the expected effect." ”

"So we're going to do the other colors. Siqing replied, "The two colors I want to make have actually been done before, but the texture is not pure and has no beauty, and now it is not circulating, let's refine it and make them look new." ”

"Wouldn't that be changed from the source, to start from the glaze ash, what materials are needed, I'll prepare first?" Xu Xiaoyuan said to get up.

"This ......" Siqing thought for a while, "the glaze ash from calcination to aging, it takes at least three months, and we want the second glaze ash, we have to carry out two aging and washing, and the time is longer, this thing Mengjia kiln factory is not lacking, I try to see if I can borrow it, if we can borrow it, we make our own glaze paste, but we want to be the best glaze paste." ”

Xu Xiaoyuan nodded, recording, and Weng Rongrong next to him asked blankly: "What is a high-grade glaze paste, and is it divided into high-grade and inferior?"

Xu Xiaoyuan stopped his pen and glanced at her: "Since you are here, you should know a little bit about what we are doing here, right?"

Weng Rongrong pouted: "I don't have a kiln factory at home, why do I have to be able to ......?"

"Ten pots of clay and one pot of ash are for the best glaze. It was Shen Wei who answered, she raised her eyebrows at Weng Rongrong, "I don't have a kiln factory at home, but I know this." ”

Weng Rongrong's face turned red, and he said unconvinced: "Then I also know, if five pots of mud and five pots of ash are inferior glazes, right?"

Xu Xiaoyuan looked at Shen Wei similarly, and was a little surprised: he actually called this girl right.

Seeing their expressions, Weng Rongrong became proud, and said: "But this glaze is also strange, it is actually burned out of soil and dust, I can be regarded as having a long experience." ”

The two of them were suddenly shocked, and looked at her incredulously: "I praised you in vain just now." ”

"What's the matter, am I not right?"

Xu Xiaoyuan explained angrily: "It's not dust, it's glaze ash, it's burned with Qingbai stone and anchovy grass at high temperature, didn't Miss Fang Cai say it, after calcination, it still needs to be aged and washed, and it won't come out in a few months, and the mud is not ordinary soil, it's glaze." ”

"What, fruit can also be burned porcelain?"

Xu Xiaoyuan was stunned, completely speechless, looked down at the book and ignored her.

Siqing replied for him: "Glaze fruit, also known as glaze stone, is a kind of porcelain stone that can withstand high temperatures, and it is the raw material for making glaze slurry. ”

Weng Rongrong let out an "oh", in fact, she wanted to ask what the porcelain stone was, but after thinking about it, the left was just weathered mud and stone, and it didn't make a difference to her what her name was...... She didn't understand it anyway.

But there is still something I don't understand, if I don't ask, I feel uncomfortable.

She said, "Since the glaze is almost the same, how does it make different colors?"

This is to the point, and a few people here are discussing how to make the desired color.

"It depends on the reaction of the colorant, the base glaze, and even the porcelain itself, together after passing through high temperatures. Siqing replied.

Weng Rongrong stared at her with wide eyes for a while, secretly thinking that she shouldn't understand, and she still wouldn't understand if she asked again, so she didn't ask, and only sighed: "To make a porcelain art, you still have to learn these things, isn't it just to be able to draw?"

Siqing shook her head: "Porcelain painting is only a part of porcelain art, and as far as porcelain painting is concerned, you still have to make the color clear." ”

Weng Rongrong stuck out his tongue and said with emotion: "It seems that every line is not as easy as it seems, the so-called skill is not necessarily really only that skill, all walks of life are closely related, no industry is the leader, of course, there is no distinction between high and low, some seemingly high-end industries, in the end, are indispensable to the help of other lines, all industries have a place to reflect each other." ”

That's right. Others agreed.

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