Both of them got up early, and when they finished breakfast and went to the kiln, the craftsmen had already gone to work, but there was no one in their place yesterday. Because there is no night work, the fire has naturally been extinguished, and the mold on the stone platform is also cool.

Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun looked at each other, "I'll go fire, you can close the mold." "The ready-made things are already there, and there is naturally no shortage of firewood in the kiln, Song Qingyi only needs to burn the fire and then add firewood.

Therefore, when Lao Zheng Tou received the news and rushed over, the fire in the kiln was already burning very strongly, and the mold was sealed and re-wrapped into a semicircle. "Young Master and Young Jun are really early, the younger one thought that the two of them would be late."

"It's okay, Lao Zheng can be busy with himself today, I have the rest in my heart, and I'll call you when the furnace starts." Lao Zheng Tou, as a craftsman who can be assigned by Uncle Nan to take him, naturally has a high status among the craftsmen, and there will definitely be no less things to be busy with every day, Song Qingyi knows that the next process of re-burning the juice does not need special care, but the action of peeling the mold after the furnace, he and Qi Runyun, two novices, really need guidance.

Obviously, Lao Zheng Tou's thoughts are the same as Song Qingyi's, and he is really busy, he was able to accompany him all day yesterday, also because several craftsmen were on his side, so he didn't shirk it: "It will take more than half a day to burn after this re-clamping, this period is the most idle in the whole process, as long as you pay attention not to let the mold burn out, keep the fire, and the young master can pass the time with those other things." ”

Song Qingyi nodded, and after Lao Zheng Tou left, he took out the bookcase he brought - he had looked at the process for several days, and naturally knew today's process, although he was not skilled enough to be like a craftsman who could leave the time and be busy until the time came back, but it was still okay to pay attention to the fire while reading the book. In addition to the books, there are some account books and letters in the bookbox, as well as the four treasures of the simple study, the former is the account book of the shop that was handed over to him before, and the letter written by the shopkeeper to explain the matters in the shop, although others have been staying in the kiln factory, but they have never left these things behind, and the latter is brought to use just in case. Qi Runyun took out a book from the bookcase and sat on the side to read.

Song Qingyi sat on the edge of the stone platform and read the letter and account books, occasionally writing down something on paper, and his Zhengjun sat beside him - there were no chairs in the kiln, only a long stool for the craftsmen to rest, Song Qingyi sat half of it, and vacated most of it for Qi Runyun.

The two of them went about their business in such a quiet way, occasionally getting up to look at the fire and the molds in the firepit.

In the afternoon, Song Qingyi poked the mold with fire tongs, carefully felt the feeling when it moved, and said that it was almost there.

Just thinking about it, Lao Zheng Tou came in, saw Song Qingyi's movements, and laughed, "I thought the time was almost up, come and have a look." It seems that the young master has already made his own judgment. ”

Song Qingyi laughed, nodded to Lao Zheng Tou, and then beckoned to Qi Runyun, "Come, let's take it out together, and the mold will have to bother Mrs. to do me a favor." ”

Lao Zheng Tou has been with Song Qingyi these days, and he has a good impression of his serious, studious, humble and polite attitude, and he is never dirty or tired when he is with the craftsmen, and he talks elegantly, and has a proper attitude and is very demeanor, but yesterday and today he took Shaojun to burn this glass bowl and began to change the style of the young master's painting. Old Zheng Tou looked at the fire and smiled sincerely, but the young master Song, who had a taste of being a gentleman and teasing the women of a good family, felt a little speechless - although he didn't actually know the word speechless, it didn't hinder his synchronized heart at the moment.

Because Lao Zheng Tou was on the side, Qi Runyun was a little hot at Song Qingyi's teasing, but he had some expectations for what Song Qingyi said. Indeed, as said in the morning, when making colored glass, it will make his cold and cold temperament rarely excited, so what if he tries to do it, Song Qingyi gave him the freedom to go out, and also took him to learn related skills together, does he really want to live in the backyard without two doors.

Qi Runyun, who figured it out, ignored Song Qingyi with a strange smile, stepped forward and took a mold with tongs and put it on the stone platform. Lao Zheng stepped forward to observe, "The mold is really well done, and the moisture and humidity should be quite appropriate, so that the color will change evenly after burning for such a long time, which can also make the glass inside burn better." "When Lao Zheng Tou saw the mold before, he praised Qi Runyun's good craftsmanship, and the pattern of reverse engraving was delicate and charming, and now he saw the color of the burned mold shell, and he was even more praised. Song Qingyi nodded with a smile, and said with honor: "Linyu's craftsmanship will naturally not be bad, Lao Zheng will tell us about peeling the mold." ”

The fired glass should be knocked out of the mold, which is a great test of the strength of the craftsman's hands, and the mold cannot be shaken off if it is light, and it is not only the mold that is shaken off when it is heavy. To ensure that the mold is separated from the glass, but also to ensure that the glass is not damaged, this still depends on craftsmanship and experience.

Lao Zheng Tou took the tools and began to exert force from the seams when the mold was closed, while explaining to the two of them, "Although the mold and the glass are completely attached together, the mold is soil, and he is not as dense as the glass. When you get here, you can feel some of the seams of the two halves of the mold. "Because the mold was in half when it was burned at the beginning, the original edges were burned solider, and then closed and burned to be not as dense as other places, of course, the glass inside did not have this problem. So when you open it again, the starting point is naturally the seam here.

Seeing Lao Zheng Tou gently and skillfully knock east and pry west, the mold quickly cracked into four pieces and spread out neatly, revealing a purple bowl inside.

This bowl is deep purple and nearly black, the wall of the bowl is slightly transparent, translucent and purple, the outer side is floating with lotus leaf patterns, and the bowl mouth has a fine back pattern, because it has not been polished and still reveals a roughness. But just this has made Qi Runyun unable to take his eyes off.

With a light breath, Song Qingyi put the glass bowl in Qi Runyun's hand, looked at him and said, "This bowl is for you, this is the first piece we work together to keep a souvenir." Although there is still Lao Zheng Tou to help, but one day we will definitely be able to make a piece of glass by ourselves. Of course, this piece is only a semi-finished product now, and it still needs to be coarsely repaired and meticulously polished, and he also has to learn these things, and it is estimated that it will take many days for this bowl to really become an ornament.

Qi Runyun looked at the glass bowl that was still a little grinding in his hand, rubbed it slightly, and finally showed a smile.

In the next few days, Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun resumed the previous days of studying separately, but the two of them had one more business to polish the glass bowl in the evening. Because the texture relationship after the mold is fired will lead to some roughness on the surface of the glaze, and the tightness of the edge seam when closing the mold is different, there is a more obvious convex edge in the middle of the glazed bowl, plus the storage of the pattern, these are the places where the semi-finished product needs to be polished.

This work was completed by the two of them, and when the glass bowl really became a furnishing, Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun had been in the glass factory for almost a month. During this time, in addition to the glass bowl, Song Qingyi's main concern was naturally the matter of livestock burning stoves. The preparation of livestock Song Qingyi sent Liuguang to be busy, and the craftsmen did not resist this statement, after all, the practice of sacrificial furnaces has existed since ancient times, but the young master of the owner changed his statement. As for the test, this young master wants to toss, and the kiln factory will naturally not object to the things he has prepared, but the old Zheng Tou also told Song Qing Yiming that he can only send two apprentices to be responsible for this matter - after all, if you want to test the different effects of different weights of livestock on the furnace fire, it sounds like a time-consuming thing, and it is impossible for the kiln factory to put so many craftsmen to work on this.

Song Qingyi can understand this, as long as the two apprentices can watch the temperature of the furnace. Therefore, this matter started in a remote location of the Song family's glaze factory. At this moment, no one would have thought that this "little thing", which was not valued by most craftsmen, would have such a far-reaching impact in the future.

And when Song Qingyi was busy in the kiln factory, there was an unexpected person at the gate of the Song Mansion.