38. Chapter XXXVIII
The wall was polished and installed by an old craftsman when Huixiang Building was built, and the specific place of the shopkeeper did not know, only that the old owner suddenly wanted such a suite when he was alive, and then the shopkeeper found the old craftsman.
As for the old craftsman, Song Qingyi asked people to ask for a long time, and recently there was finally news.
"However, this kind of craftsman-like material should be a family heirloom, and it may not necessarily tell us the reason." Song Qingyi said while helping Qi Runyun get into the car.
Today I went to see the craftsman to inquire about the materials, Qi Runyun went out for another three months, and Song Qingyi saw that he had been bored at home for more than a month, so he planned to take someone out for a walk, and by the way, he went to find the old craftsman.
Song Qingyi knew that his Zhengjun had a different interest in all kinds of stones, so he was not surprised by the great interest of the old craftsman.
Qi Runyun nodded when he heard this, although he was very interested in that material, but he would not overwhelm people with power, this trip was at most just asking and seeing.
The people who sent out to inquire asked that the old craftsman lived in a village not far from Jincheng, and his ancestors were all stone mining craftsmen.
The distance is not far or close, and the carriage is only a stick of incense. But because Qi Runyun was in the car, Song Qingyi slowed down the coachman, and it was only two tea times.
Because the village is close to Jincheng, the conditions of the people in the village do not seem to be bad, and the old craftsman lives at the end of the village, and only one grandson lives with him.
The guy sent by the shopkeeper of Huixianglou to lead the way for Song Qingyi also grew up in this village, so he told them a lot of things about his grandparents and grandchildren along the way.
The guy said that the old craftsman's surname is Zhou, and he is a foreigner in this village, but he is an ancestor who moved to this generation, and he is almost a villager, and the people in the village are used to calling him Daddy Zhou. Father Zhou lost his wife in his early years, and only one son remained, and finally raised his son, but after marrying a wife and having children, both husband and wife were in trouble in the mine, leaving an old man and a young man to depend on each other.
"Daddy Zhou's son is working in the same mine as his father, and after he became a biological baby, he took his mother-in-law to help with him, and Daddy Zhou retired to help bring his grandson. Unexpectedly, when there was an accident in the mine, the two of them were gone, and Zhou Wazi was only two years old at that time. "The guy is also embarrassed when he talks about this, because of the mining disaster that year, several families in the village had accidents, and they were deeply impressed.
Song Qingyi also heard about the mining disaster in the mouth of the guy, he was young at that time, and he had just gone to the academy not long ago, and even these scholars who didn't listen to anything outside the window were talking about it.
Qi Runyun listened to his man's words and sighed lightly.
Father Zhou's house arrived soon, because there were rarely such rich carriages in and out of the village on weekdays, so Song Qingyi and his party still attracted many villagers to watch.
The young man who was called Zhou Wazi by his buddy heard the movement and came out of the house, half-rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs, obviously busy.
"Baby, I brought a noble man to find your grandfather, is my father here?" The guy is naturally familiar with Zhou Wazi as a fellow villager.
"Brother Li, grandpa went up the mountain." This village is Li's Village, except for outsiders like Father Zhou, who are basically surnamed Li. Therefore, Zhou Wazi called the guy Brother Li.
Zhou Wazi's big name is Zhou Nan, and I heard that this name is because his mother was enjoying the shade under the old Nanmu at the entrance of the village when he gave birth to him, and he gave birth to Zhou Nan without much tossing, so he simply called this name in the end. Zhou Nan opened the fence door of the courtyard and looked at Song Qingyi with some curiosity.
Smiling at the half-grown boy, Song Qingyi jumped out of the carriage and turned around to help his own Zhengjun get out of the carriage. Qi Runyun didn't get to the point of being incapacitated, but Song Qingyi's strange nervousness had made him a little used to it.
Following Song Qingyi's help, Qi Runyun got out of the car slowly. Today he wore an elegant robe, removed the belt, and the spacious clothes covered the abdomen, which was not obvious, and there was nothing unusual with the slender figure.
Because of this, Zhou Nan was a little puzzled by Song Qingyi's unusually diligent actions, Brother Li said that it was a noble person who came to find him, and when Song Qingyi got out of the car, he saw that people were dressed exquisitely, and he thought that this was the person. In the blink of an eye, the man turned around and carefully helped the other person in the car to get out of the car.
Could it be that the latter is a nobleman, and the former is a more powerful subordinate next to the nobleman?
After all, the boy is only so old, and he doesn't have enough knowledge, so his brain is a bit big.
Fortunately, the guy spoke up before the young man called him indiscriminately: "These two are here to find your grandfather, the eldest young master and the young master of the Song family." β
The Song family glaze is a golden sign in Jincheng, a rich family. There are many people in Lijia Village who quarry and mine, so naturally they know the Song family who collects their ore. Suddenly, the onlookers around were talking.
Zhou Nan didn't expect that it was the Song family, and he was suddenly a little at a loss.
"What are you doing!" It was an old but energetic voice coming from behind. Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun heard Zhou Nan shouting before they could turn around.
"Grandpa!" As soon as Zhou Nan's voice came out, Song Qingyi and the others knew that this was Daddy Zhou's return.
As soon as Father Zhou entered the village, someone said that there was a noble person in the house, and he hurriedly walked home, and saw a carriage parked at the door, and two young people stood in front of his grandson, and the grandson was blushing and didn't know how to deal with it, so he screamed in a hurry.
After listening to Song Qingyi's intention to explain to the villagers who were standing on the side, Father Zhou relaxed, and was a little embarrassed to Song Qingyi and they bent down to apologize and say hello, and then pushed his grandson into the house: "Go and boil some water, and make some sweet water for Young Master Song." Young Master Song doesn't dislike it, just come in and talk about it. "Sweet water is water with added sugar, which is the highest standard for entertaining guests in the village.
Seeing that Father Zhou welcomed people into the house, the man retired with a very eyed look, and the onlookers slowly dispersed when they saw that there was nothing to see, leaving only some children in the village who were still curiously circling around the carriage.
As for Song Qingyi, who was welcomed in, he was a little surprised, and on the way he came, he thought that it might not be easy to ask the doorway, and at most buy a finished product. After all, it is good that the other party is not popular if he rashly asks for advice with his unique craft. So he just let Qi Runyun behind him and let the guy tell them what they meant, but he didn't expect that Father Zhou not only didn't get angry, but welcomed them in, and he wanted to talk deeply.
Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun glanced at each other, and sat down at the only table in the room under the politeness of Father Zhou.
Father Zhou didn't go around in circles, entered the inner room, and took out a white and thick stone, and at this time, Zhou Nan also put two bowls of sweet water on the table.
"This is something that the old man figured out by himself, and it is okay for the young masters, but I only have one condition for the old man." Father Zhou glanced at his grandson when he spoke.
This scene was a bit unexpected by Song Qingyi, he groaned for a while, and motioned to his father to speak first.
"The old man doesn't want his grandson to continue to eat the ancestral food, and wants to ask the young master to give the boy a handicraft meal. I will tell Master SΓΉ all about the origin of this stone. "Daddy Zhou's ancestors are quarrying, do a line to know the bottom of a line, people who eat this bowl of rice will know its danger, Daddy Zhou's father and son are dead in the mountains, the Zhou family is left with Zhou Nan a single seedling, Daddy Zhou has not let him touch the stone since he was a child, just don't want him to go this line, originally Daddy Zhou wanted his grandson to farm and farm smoothly and live a lifetime. But now the people of the Song family came to him to ask for a stone, and obviously attached great importance to this stone (Father Zhou obviously didn't expect that Song Qingyi would come to find this just to make his own Zhengjun happy.) Then maybe his grandson can be an apprentice craftsman. Who doesn't know that the glass of the Song family is famous far and wide, and the glass craftsmen of the Song family are also highly praised. If you can learn to make glass, the future prospects are obviously better than farming.
Song Qingyi didn't expect Father Zhou to make such a request. Looking at the old man's gaze, Song Qingyi smiled, feeling that his hand was suddenly shaken, and he held it with his backhand before the hand was withdrawn, and kneaded it carefully. He knew that his own Zhengjun was worried that he would indiscriminately accept things for the sake of a stone. "I can accept my father's matter, but it depends on him whether the apprentice succeeds in the end, and Zhou Nan is also considered a halfway monk, so he can only do chores at the beginning." After staying in the kiln factory for a while, Song Qingyi naturally knew the hard work of an apprentice, so the ugly words had to be said in advance. He can introduce the door, and the future is up to him.
"This is nature, the baby of the Zhou family is by no means a lazy lazy thing, whether he can learn from the young master's words, whether he learns well or not naturally depends on his own diligence." Father Zhou said reasonably, and then put the white stone in his hand on the table in front of Song Qingyi.
Song Qingyi pushed the thing in front of Qi Runyun and let go of his hand by the way. Sure enough, I felt that my own Zhengjun quickly withdrew his hand and picked up the stone, and held it up curiously, the stone was thicker than what they saw in Huixianglou, and it was not transparent, and the texture was also hard, it seemed that it was not like it at all except for the color.
Father Zhou didn't expect Song Qingyi to push the stone aside, not very interested, and he was a little apprehensive. As a result, the man who was introduced as Shaojun on the side looked at it with great interest. I thought that this Young Master Song was just going to buy stones to play with, but he was a little ashamed of what he said just now, and he had a bit of a taste of coercion.
"This stone was found by the old man when he was inadvertently quarrying, and it was later processed to have the effect of Huixianglou, this is the original stone." However, since the two sides have reached an agreement, Daddy Zhou began to explain sincerely, and Daddy Zhou was even more dedicated when he explained later......
It turns out that this kind of stone actually comes from the horse tooth stone mine, which is different from the horse tooth stone is brittle and multi-colored, basically only white or translucent white, and the texture is hard and can withstand polishing, unlike the horse tooth stone, which will be broken into blocks. Daddy Zhou called this kind of stone white crystal, the texture of the white crystal rough will be more transparent after burning, and it can be embedded in the wall like the one in Huixianglou after treatment.
As for the function, it is obvious that Father Zhou has points, so he didn't continue at this point.
Song Qingyi was a little amazed, thinking that this stone looked like fired white glaze, but although the white glaze was transparent, the texture was fired from many stones after all, and the effect was naturally sound insulation rather than white crystal.
Qi Runyun on the side rubbed the white crystal in his hand thoughtfully, "Daddy, do you know what the state of the white crystal will be when it burns?" β
Father Zhou seemed to be shocked by Qi Runyun's question before nodding: "Shaojun seems to be a person who understands stones, when the white crystal is burned, it seems to have softened, and the temperature of the furnace used by the old man is not enough, but according to the old man's many years of experience in quarrying stones, it should be like horse tooth stone, and the furnace temperature is enough to melt the juice." "Most stones are burned off at most when they are caught by fire, which is a well-known condition, but there are many stones that can be burned, just like the horse tooth stone and purple stone that burn glass. Therefore, as soon as Father Zhou heard it, he knew that Qi Runyun was indeed worthy of being the young gentleman of the Song family.
On the contrary, the serious young master of the Song family didn't expect this problem, and Song Qingyi looked at his Zhengjun's eyes shining, and he was amused. Idle for more than a month, his own Zhengjun has been suffocated.
Because of the first pregnancy, coupled with Song Qingyi's nervousness, Qi Runyun stayed in Chengmoxuan honestly before he was three months old, except for the glass lion's head when he helped Song Qingyi draw a lot of imaginary pictures, and most of the other times were in the state of enjoying flowers, reading books, and reading account books.
Therefore, this time I came to Bai Jing was also the day of Qi Runyun's "release from prison", he was originally interested in soil and stone, but at this moment, facing Bai Jing, many thoughts quickly flashed in his heart, and he couldn't put it down.