Chapter Fifty-Seven: Nagon

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Qi Runyun's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and as time passes, the time for Nagong is approaching.

The officials appointed by the imperial court have arrived in Jinzhou, which is the most prosperous place of the glaze of the entire Dajin Dynasty, the queen mother and the emperor have always loved the glaze, and the officials who choose tribute naturally come here as the first stop.

Jinzhou was originally called Mianzhou, but because the glaze produced was deeply loved by the Holy Ancestor, it was specially given the name of the state capital with the word "Jin".

The official surnamed Shen is from the Shaofu Prison and is in charge of civil workers. This time it was ordered to adopt various magnificent ornaments of the folk for the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the glazed nature book of Jinzhou topped the list.

As soon as the confirmed news was released, needless to say, the various families who had already heard the news rushed to invite this Lord Shen and wanted to inquire about the above preferences this time; Even the small workshops and even the craftsmen themselves are starting to gear up.

And the Song family just maintained ordinary enthusiasm, because Song Qingyi clearly knew that this time the people who came up were indeed asking for ornaments for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother liked exquisite and auspicious things the most, and "Qilin Driving Clouds" was specially set by Song Qingyi for this. However, he couldn't say these things, but he didn't expect that Master Song didn't get up like others.

Song Qingyi asked curiously, and Master Song glanced at him: "The craftsman seat has just passed, since the Song family is the leader, even if we can't go up ourselves, there will be others to help us go up, and the Song family is not in a hurry." ”

Song Qingyi listened to his father's words and understood after a little pondering. The glazed craftsman mat is a major event in Jincheng, and compared to the glazed family here, this is more like the signboard of this glazed city, and it has received a lot of attention every time. For the sake of this signboard, the Song family can't make Liuli too ugly in the matter of paying tribute. It's no wonder that Su Xi has to do something in this battle for the craftsman's seat in his last life and in this life.

And no matter what his idea is in this life, Song Qingyi will make him unable to make big waves.

When I returned to the yard, I saw Qi Runyun, who was gradually entering autumn but still raging in the hot weather of autumn tigers, lying on the recliner in the courtyard in a thin shirt.

Every time he saw such a scene, Song Qingyi was terrified. "Do you want to get up and walk around?" Song Qingyi walked over and found that the person who was lying still opened his eyes and looked at him, and quickly reached out to help him on his back.

Since five and a half months have passed, Qi Runyun's morning sickness has been greatly reduced, and after eating and drinking normally, his stomach has expanded rapidly like blowing, and the originally smooth and tight lower abdomen has also appeared because of this. At first, Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun didn't understand, and they were still a little worried, but Qi's mother said that they didn't have to worry.

Later, the doctor saw it and said the same. It is said that the stomach suddenly swelled in a short period of time, and the skin could not bear the strength of expansion, and it was torn, and it was not in the way, but it was not good-looking.

It's not good-looking, both of them are men so don't worry too much, the main thing in the stomach is healthy.

And Qi's mother also returned to Qi's house with confidence after living in the Song Mansion for a month, because the second child of the Qi family accompanied Qi's father to stay in the kiln factory, and Qi's mother planned to go on the road alone, so Song Qingyi naturally sent the coachman and guards.

At present, Qi Runyun is almost eight months pregnant, and his belly is not what it used to be, in his own words, he can't see his legs when he stands up, and he can't stand up straight. In Song Qingyi's opinion, the belly didn't look like a part of Qi Runyun's body, it was so abrupt that it looked like it was about to fall off - Qi Runyun had morning sickness and couldn't eat anything when he was ingesting the nutritious mother's long meat, and when he reached the stage where he could eat normally, the little things were desperately grabbing nutrients, which made Qi Runyun's body still thin, but his belly was as big and abrupt as if it suddenly grew.

For eight months, the doctor often asked Qi Runyun to walk around, but because his belly was getting bigger and bigger, Qi Runyun's movements were a little inconvenient, and he often had to endure it after walking a few steps, plus he was overwhelmed by his stomach at night, and he couldn't rest well with cramps on his legs, so that his spirit was not very good during the day, and he was even more weak when he walked around. I had to put a deck chair in the yard every day and let him walk and lie down.

Qi Runyun, who was picked up, held his waist and leaned on Song Qingyi and walked around slowly.

"Father went back too?" Because he was busy with the molding and modification of "Qilin Driving the Clouds", when Qi's mother left, Qi's father and the second child of the Qi family couldn't leave, but a few days earlier, I mentioned to him that if I planned to go home after I was busy, it would be today.

"Not yet, invite my father to come over for dinner in the evening, you can also talk to your father for a while, and let the coachman send your father back tomorrow morning." Feeling most of the weight pressed by his wife, Song Qingyi reached out and grabbed his slightly fleshy waist and walked slowly with him.

"My father should have taught the method of irrigation to the second brother, let him stay for more time during this time." The back was supported by Song Qingyi, Qi Runyun simply held his stomach with both hands, and there was always some urinating in his lower abdomen, but he had gotten used to it in the past few months, and he didn't start to be so embarrassed.

How could Song Qingyi not hear the regret in his words, "When the child is born, if you want to learn the method of irrigation, I will accompany you back to Qi's house to live for a while?" "The child was born two months away, and when Nagon was done and his father was still in charge, his departure would not matter.

Hearing this, Qi Runyun shook his head, "That's the ancestral craft of the Qi family." "He is no longer a member of the Qi family, and it is not in accordance with the rules to pass on this craft.

How could Song Qingyi not understand the meaning of Qi Runyun's words, and felt uncomfortable in his heart at the moment.

"If you don't learn from the Qi family, then go to the kiln factory to give Ji Lao's apprentice." Ji Lao is the only one in the Song family who knows how to irrigate wax, although he is not specialized, but it is naturally very good compared to Qi Runyun's own exploration.

probably didn't expect Song Qingyi to say this, Qi Runyun was a little stunned. After all, it is a craft, and in Qi Runyun's heart, it is all a family heirloom, and it cannot be passed on.

Song Qingyi seemed to see his worries from his stunnedness, but laughed instead: "Don't be so entangled, although some of the craftsmen of the Song family came in with family heirlooms, some of them were raised by the Song family, and these people's crafts are not heirlooms, and they should be fed back to the later craftsmen of the Song family." Ji Lao learned the craft in the Song family, but there are few people who have learned the art of irrigation, so it is more difficult to pass it on. If my wife can learn, it will also be of great help to my Song family. "What Song Qingyi said is true, otherwise the huge Song family has accumulated for several generations, although the Song family is still learning the glaze making technique, most of them are only responsible for important glaze pieces, and it is impossible to do everything personally. Therefore, the cultivation of craftsmen is also the habit and tradition of many families.

This statement is a bit novel and unimaginable for Qi Runyun, who was born in a family like the Qi family, but after listening to Song Qingyi's explanation, he understands. It seems that the biggest heritage of the family is the inheritance of skills, several generations of accumulated miscellaneous crafts, sorted out and handed over to their own craftsmen, unlike family handicrafts, many are passed down from generation to generation, and are not passed on, so that sometimes the inheritance will be lost, and there will be no descendants. It's a pity.

In this way, he can also accept it with peace of mind.

However, this matter can only be talked about temporarily, just a thought in my heart, after all, one is that Qi Runyun has not yet given birth, and he can't do anything with his big belly; The other is that the matter of Nagong is imminent.

According to the process announced by Lord Shen, the first thing to do is to send the modeling drawings of the glass pieces, give them to Lord Shen, and select the ornaments that meet the requirements of the tribute, and then go up to the finished product of this glass If it doesn't work, it will be burned, and there will be a month's stay time in the middle, that is to say, Lord Shen will stay in Jincheng for a month and then go to the next place, which is both preparation and filling. Naturally, in the end, it was the final choice of Nagong that followed Lord Shen in the end.

And these days the Song family also handed over the drawings of "Qilin Driving the Clouds", the first round of Jincheng handed in no less than three hundred, after all, it is a glazed city, in addition to the deceased family, there are also those small workshops and craftsmen personally, although the latter's production does not necessarily have the refinement and heritage of the family, but there will always be some brilliant things, I think the ancestors of the Song family also started like this, so far this is a very inspirational example of the craftsman's business.

The Song family's "Qilin Driving the Clouds" was the result of Song Qingyi's insistence, and Song's father was originally worried that the Qilin was too masculine and not suitable for the Queen Mother's birthday. However, considering that his son was alone for the first time, he thought that although the unicorn was not suitable, it would not make a mistake, and Nagong would not be elected at most, and if he couldn't make a big mistake, he would follow his wishes.

But how did Father Song know that Song Qingyi himself had come again, and he was most sure of this matter in his heart. Because he knew that there was a craftsman in the previous life who was a burned unicorn ornament, although it was not delicate enough, but it was also selected, because the queen mother liked the unicorn the most. Song Qingyi, who should not have been down, knew about this, but he later lived in Nanxiang Hutong, heard the beggars jokingly overhearing the words of the entourage of Nagong officials, and laughed at Jinzhou's such a big glazed glaze in the end, but in the end they all went with the flow to offer ornaments such as longevity peaches, pines and cypresses, where did they think that those officials knew that they wanted the unicorn even more, and they were finally pulled out by a craftsman.

So Song Qingyi, who started again, planned the unicorn at the beginning.

As soon as Nagong's drawings were handed over, it meant that the glazed pieces of each family were immutable, and if you wanted to know the things of each family, only those drawings in the hands of Lord Shen were the ones. However, Lord Shen personally collected it in his study, and there were officers and soldiers outside, and no one could inquire about it.

But Song Qingyi didn't have such concerns. Looking at the note in his hand that Zhou Debao secretly contacted his master and sent back to him, his expression was a little subtle.

At the same time, an ordinary laundry worker in the Song family's room suddenly traveled, leaving only the washerwoman alone in the Song family.