Thursday, January 11th, evening, Teacher Judy's apartment.

The twentieth floor of a high-rise twenty-four-story apartment building where Ms. Judy lives has a balcony. Now, Ms. Judy is sitting on a lounger on the balcony in a bathrobe, looking into the distance with a telescope.

Looking at the person who appeared in the field of vision, Judy made a call, "Shuichi, that person is here." ”

"I see. Shuichi said.

Judy said, "Shuichi, have you found out why that person came here?"

"I don't know yet. Shuichi said, then continued, "Judy." ”

"What?" asked Judy.

"Don't cause trouble, your current identity, it's very troublesome to keep a record with the police. Shuichi said.

"It's not something I can control. Judy said, then laughed, "By the way, it must be because of the Maori detective, he passed on his luck to his family, and then ......" and then found that the other party had hung up the phone, so he had to end the call. ……

Friday, January 12, evening, Maori home, living room.

At dinner, Ran told Mori and Conan that tomorrow there would be an event with Sonoko, Midako, and Yamazaki, and that they would solve lunch by themselves.

"Sister Lan, where are you going?" asked Conan.

"Well," said Ran, "we're going to take pottery lessons with the garden." ”

"That's right. Maori said.

Conan thought to himself, strange, is it necessary to take a pottery class like this? There must be something else going on here, it seems that we need to investigate. ……

The next day, Saturday, January 13th, morning, Maori Detective Agency.

Sonoko, Midaiko, and Yamazaki came over to meet Ran, and took a taxi to a pottery class under the leadership of Sonoko, so Conan, who wanted to follow him, couldn't follow, so he had to call according to the name of the Mino House Pottery Studio that Sonoko said. ……

In the morning, Imaido-cho, Taito-ku, Mino House pottery workshop.

After Sonoko brought Ran, Midaiko, and Yamazaki over, she introduced them to the teacher here, Mino Soyuki, an old gentleman who looked to be about sixty years old, and his assistant Kasama Kikuyo, a young lady who looked to be about thirty years old.

Kasama Kikuyo took the four of them to visit the Mino House Pottery Workshop, and by the way, they made a brief introduction, which is a handmade Imato ware workshop, with a total of three floors, and a showroom and store on the first floor. On the second floor, there is a handicraft workshop with more than a dozen people working in it, as well as a pottery classroom, a restaurant, and the third floor is where people live. Due to environmental concerns, the kiln is not here.

Advertising on the Internet was the idea of Mino Soyuki's son-in-law, Mino Suo, who worked overtime at the company and came over in the afternoon.

This advertisement attracted a lot of students and couples, and before festivals such as New Year's, Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, and Christmas, there will be many people who come to make gifts, but today's students are four people in the garden.

After the visit, Kasama Kikuyo took the four of them to the pottery class, and Mino Soyuki began to teach them.

Mino's first introduction was Imato-yaki, which began in the late 16th century during the Tensho period, and was a plain-fired porcelain with daily miscellaneous utensils, tea utensils, Imaido figurines, fire bowls, tiles, and more. By the middle of the 19th century, during the Kaei period, Imato-yaki was known throughout the country as Imato-yaki beckoning cats, and it was a recorded birthplace of mane-lucky cats.

Next, Mino introduced the process steps of handmade pottery step by step, and then focused on molding, and made a demonstration on the pottery tray.

After teaching, the morning class ended, and entered an hour and a half lunch break, the four of them went to the restaurant for lunch, and Mei Daizi also ate the beef in the food box. ……

In the afternoon, the pottery workshop and pottery classroom of Mino House.

Under the guidance of Mino Soyuki and Kasama Kikuyo, the four of them began to make pottery using the clay provided by the workshop.

Sonoko and Ran chose to make a cup for drinking water, while Yamazaki and Midako chose to make a beckoning cat money jar, but one with one left hand and one with right hand.

After taking the clay, Yamazaki and Mei Daiko each pinched a pair of beckoning cat money jars with their hands according to the real model, and handed them to Mino Muneyuki for inspection.

After inspecting it, Muneyuki Mino praised it in surprise, "The wall thickness of each work is uniform, and the size and size of the two works are basically the same, so this is a perfect pair." The two of them can come at their fingertips at such an age, and they will definitely be able to win the title of national treasure in many crafts in the future. ”

"You've won a prize. Yamazaki said.

Yuan Zi said unexpectedly: "I really didn't expect it, you still have this hand." ”

Lan smiled, "yes, it's awesome." ”

"It's a small matter, if this can't be done, how can I fight people. Mei Daiko smiled.

"What does this have to do with fighting?" asked Kikuyo Kasama, confused.

"Of course it matters, if you don't control the force and direction well in a fight, you can hurt people. Mei Daiko said.

Yamazaki diverted the subject, "Minong-sensei, may I ask, how long will it take for us to get this pair of beckoning cats?"

"Tomorrow will do. "But I think this pair of beckoning cats is a bit of a mess, if you can, you pay some more, and I'll ask someone to color your pair of beckoning cats." ”

"What do you see?" asked Yamazaki to Mineko.

"Well," said Mei Daiko after a moment's thought, "we'll take it back to the eldest sister and let her find someone to process it, and then coat the beckoning cat with a layer of gold leaf inside and out." By the way, there are two golden bells to be hung, one engraved with the word cape and the other with the word Dai. ”

"Absolutely. Yamazaki said, and then said to Mino Muneyuki, "Then, Mino sensei, this will not bother you. ”

Mino said, "It's okay, it's okay, as long as you like it." Then he took out two large boxes and asked Yamazaki and Midiko to pack the two beckoning cat money jars.

At this time, Kasama Kikuyo noticed that there was a child at the door, so he stepped forward and asked, "Little friend, how did you get in?"

"Conan!" Lan shouted as soon as he saw the child.

It was Conan who came, and after calling and asking for the address here, he checked the map, and finally decided on the route, first by train to Asakusa Station, then by bus to Imado Town, and then by asking for directions.

After Conan came, he slipped into the workshop to find someone, saw the sign of the pottery classroom, and heard the voices of Yamazaki and Midaiko, so he stretched out his head to look, but he didn't want to be seen, and he didn't leave for a while, and he didn't leave.

Hearing Lan's shout, Mino Soyuki smiled and said, "Do you know each other?" So, Kikuyo, let him in. ”

"Thank you. Lan said.

"Sister Lan. Conan, who had been brought in, shouted embarrassedly.

"Why are you here, you little ghost?" asked the garden with a wicked smile, "Are you a spy?"

"Spy?" Ran and Mei Daiko didn't understand.

Yuanzi smiled: "It's to follow Lan, and then report Lan's whereabouts to someone." ”

"How could I not do such a thing. Conan retorted.

Lan said, "Someone is ......"

Midaiko said, "It should be the guy from Kudo, they are relatives." ”

"Yes, this little imp must have taken Kudo's benefits. The garden said.

"What's the matter, it's really not. Conan argued.

"I believe Conan didn't take Kudo's advantage," Yamazaki laughed, "He's just sticking to Ran." ”

Conan immediately sent a pair of big white eyes, hateful.

"Kikudai, you take Miss Yuanzi and Miss Lan to make pottery, and I'll go around the workshop. Mino said, "Since this kid is here, it's better to count him as one." ”

"Okay, teacher. Kasama Kikuyo said, then asked Conan what he wanted to do.

Conan thought about it and made the same choice as Ran, making a water cup, so Kasama Kikuyo helped him prepare a clay.

Under the teaching of Kasama Kikuyo, under the guidance of Mei Daiko, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan each made a water cup with their own hands, but only Ran's was qualified, and the water cup in the garden was too big, and the wall thickness of Conan's water cup was uneven.

Next, Sonoko finally made the water cup under the guidance of Ran and Mei Daiko, and Conan, with the help of Yamazaki, also made the water cup.

Kasama Kikuyo brought three boxes, "Okay, the pottery for the three is ready, and then you can write a blessing or two on it with a brush, and then put it in the box and give it to me." ”

The garden drew a heart shape on the top of the water cup with a brush and wrote the word garden in it.

Conan hesitated for a moment with the brush, and finally wrote a sentence, Happy New Year to Kudo Shinichi.

Yamazaki smiled in his heart, sure enough, this is it, Sister Lan can't write, Lan and Maori Lan wrote to arouse suspicion, and it's not appropriate to write Conan to send it to himself, only this.

"Stupid little ghost, you sent this, how can Lan's cup be delivered. The garden said.

"It doesn't matter. Lan hesitated for a moment with the brush, and then ran out embarrassedly, "Don't follow me." ”

Yuan Zi said: "Really, the more this happens, the more I want to know what is written. ”

"Yes. Mei Daizi replied.

A moment later, Ran ran back with a red face and put the cup in the box, but the words on the cup were still seen, and Kudo Shinichi fooled no Suke.

"This blessing is really distinctive. Yuan Zi smiled.

"It's not a duplicate of Conan's. Mei Daiko smiled.

"......" Conan was speechless, but fortunately he gave himself one, so I didn't accept this thing.

Kasama Kikuyo picked up three boxes containing water glasses, "I'm going to send these to the warehouse, you can go to the restaurant for some drinks first, and I'll take the teacher to you later." ”……