Chapter 3: Craftsmanship
The small talk of the villagers rarely involves the imperial court and the like, and more often it is a matter of family affairs.
For example, I heard that there was a drought somewhere, such as whose pottery was bought at a good price......
"Blessed, your kiln factory hasn't opened for two or three days, right?"
Chatting and chatting, someone was concerned: "Now is a good time to make pottery, if you don't hurry up, there will be more rain after a while, and the pottery embryo is not easy to dry......"
I also want to hurry, but what can I do?
Bodhisattva's dream!
Wei Youfu muttered in his heart while glaring at Wei Ming in the distance, and casually found a pretense to round it up......
Of course, Wei Ming pretended not to hear it, and at the same time, he was also pleased that his cheap father was not too stupid, and told him that the Bodhisattva was dreaming and that he was trying to burn porcelain.
Otherwise, it's fun!
The villagers obviously asked casually, so they quickly diverted the topic and talked about something else.
Just when Wei Ming felt that he was afraid that he would not hear anything valuable tonight, Wei Youlin, who came out of the shower and changed his clothes, said: "In the past few days, there have been rumors everywhere in the city, saying that the young government supervisor and the craftsman supervisor are nearby, and I am afraid that they will have to recruit shift craftsmen again......
"If it's your turn, won't it be another three months?"
Hearing this, everyone complained: "It's either this or that battle all day long, and we little people really can't live......
In the midst of complaining, someone looked at Wei Youlin with envy and said: "Hello Youlin, working in Yang's pottery workshop not only has a lot of money, but also exempts from forced labor......"
"It's all thanks to the eldest brother!"
When Yu Mingfang was away, Wei Youlin never hid his gratitude to Wei Youfu, the eldest brother.
"It's all my own brothers, what are you doing here!"
Wei Youfu waved his hand and said: "Even if I didn't take a turn in the past few years, if I recruit craftsmen again this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to hide from it no matter what, if that's the case, I'm afraid that if I borrowed the money from San Lang's family before, I will have to delay it for a few more days......"
"It's okay, anyway, my family is not short of money for the time being!"
Wei Youlin said in a low voice: "If there is some gossip on Mingfang's side, I hope that the eldest brother will not take it to heart!" ”
"That is, your sister-in-law, I know it here!" Wei Youfu also said in a low voice.
Listening to what the two brothers said, Wei Ming couldn't help but want to laugh, and said in his heart that it seems that this man sandwiched between women is the most difficult thing to do, and it really hasn't changed for thousands of years......
As the heat dissipated, everyone went home.
Hearing that she was going to recruit craftsmen again, Lu Yuehua couldn't help but complain: "The two ends of the three days are forced labor, and this day is really impossible!" ”
"The court has an order, what can we little people do?"
Wei Youfu sighed and asked Lu Yuehua to stop talking and hurry up to sleep......
Compared with the two of them complaining when they heard the news, Wei Ming, who was lying on the bed, was full of smiles, and said that he was worried that there was no way for his family to give himself a chance to display his talents......
And now, the opportunity is here!
As long as he can burn the porcelain before the collection of craftsmen, Wei Ming is sure that in the eyes of others, this is the best opportunity for him at present!
It is also for this reason that after getting up the next day, Wei Ming obviously asked Wei Youfu and Lu Yuehua to speed up the progress of Guanyin soil washing and porcelain stone grinding.
After rounds of washing and grinding, the Guanyin soil gradually faded its gray-brown color and turned into gray-white mud.
And those porcelain stones, because of the continuous grinding and sifting, turned into a powder-like powder.
"Almost!"
After confirming that the requirements were met, Wei Ming asked Wei Youfu Lu Yuehua to mix the precipitated mud and porcelain stone powder according to several approximate proportions and then pull the embryo......
And he himself began to make simple modifications to the pottery kiln.
After all, compared with pottery, porcelain has a much higher firing temperature, in addition to changing the ingredients from clay to china clay mixed with kaolin and porcelain stone......
If the pottery kiln is not renovated to increase the kiln temperature, then even if the blank is replaced, the porcelain cannot be completed, and the final firing is still pottery, at most it is just a little more beautiful.
"In the past few days, Lao Tzu has been called as a cow and horse, and Lao Tzu's kiln ...... has been changed"
Seeing that Wei Ming had demolished and built the treasure kiln that he had been using for an unknown number of years, but Wei Youfu, who was powerless to stop it because of the Bodhisattva's order and his aunt's protection, gritted his teeth, and said in his heart that the porcelain was burned out, so it was easy to say anything, but if it couldn't be burned......
If I don't beat you to death when the time comes, I, Wei Youfu, call you yes!
Wei Ming, who was stared at with straight hair on his back, could only secretly pray that he would succeed when the time came.
A day passed quickly.
The big tiger who delivered the goods back to the village came to Wei Ming happily and handed him a large string of river fish, although the size is not large, but the number is really not small.
"Tiger boy, you Jane saved my brother's life!"
Seeing this string of fish, Wei Ming was tears were about to fall, and hurriedly went into the kitchen to work.
Although there are good iron pots nowadays, because of the high price, most people can't afford to use them......
So the pot stove in the kitchen is the same as all the houses in the village, it is a thick bronze pot.
Looking at the bronze pot, and then looking at the limited condiments such as soy sauce and coarse salt, Wei Ming could only be glad that there were still onions, ginger and garlic, otherwise no matter how high his cooking skills were, he would not be able to make any tricks out of this little fish......
"What's it, so fragrant?"
Wei Youfu and Lu Yuehua, who had returned to the village after a busy day, couldn't help but sniffle and swallow saliva as soon as they entered the village.
Then I found a few small dishes on my dining table, especially the plate full of crispy fried fish, and those fragrances emanated from these small fish dishes......
Lu Yuehua was shocked, and said in her heart that her son actually had this craft, why didn't she know?
And where did this fish come from?
"This kid, don't hide private money, right?"
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Yuehua immediately raised her eyebrows - she started to hide her private money before she married her daughter-in-law, and she will have to marry her daughter-in-law in the future?
"I taught the big tiger to catch the fish, and it didn't cost anything!"
Wei Ming hurriedly explained: "In the past few days, I have seen Aya A-Niang work so hard every day, but I can't help at all because of illness, this is really uncomfortable-I happen to know a way to catch fish, so I asked Dahu to help catch some fish and come back to Aya A-Niang to make up for your body!" ”
"Hey, it's my son, I actually know that I feel sorry for my father and mother now!"
Hearing this, Lu Yuehua smiled, although Wei Youfu hummed, it was good that you were not angry with Lao Tzu, but you were still distressed?
It's just that when eating, Wei Youfu's voice was extraordinarily loud, and he kept beckoning the villagers to come over and drink two sips together, as if he was afraid that people wouldn't know that he was eating fish today.
Nowadays, because the river is not polluted and people lack fishing methods, the fish cage in the river can be harvested almost every day......
Therefore, in the next few days, there will always be fish on the Wei family's table.
What is fried fish, steamed fish, and small fish soup with chopped green onions......
Not only is the trick constant, but the taste is even more unique, which makes the family's dinner table a scene in the village, even if it is Yu Mingfang's stew, no one has ever seen it again.
I don't know if it's because my life has improved slightly, or because I have a really long face these days......
In the next few days, Wei Ming found that Wei Youfu looked at his eyes, and he was obviously a lot kinder, not to mention, even if Wei Ming took out the glaze he specially prepared instead of using the glaze that had been passed down from the pottery workshop for several generations to glaze the porcelain embryo, Wei Youfu just glared angrily, and did not look for a stick directly as before......
Not to mention silently making the carcass extremely thin according to Wei Ming's requirements.
"Sure enough, it's a short hand and a soft mouth!"
This kind of change made Wei Ming secretly happy, and said that according to the development of this situation, even if the porcelain is not burned in the future, Wei Youfu will have to beat himself, at least not to the extent of being directly beaten to death.
A few days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Wei Youfu and Lu Yuehua have completed all the porcelain embryos.
The earliest porcelain embryos have also dried out and hung glaze, and they can be fired in a kiln.