In the evening, Zhi and Zijin returned to the hostel, Zijin was enthusiastic to tell Zigui about the new things he saw today, and the little boy was also rare not to stick to Zijin but to stay on Zijin and listen to Zijin.

Lying on the bed thinking about what happened and what he saw in the past two days, he felt that he was still too small to understand the world only by reading, but fortunately he decided to get out of the puppet city, even if he couldn't find a way to recover the oracle in the end, I believe that through this journey, he can still gain other things.

After Zijin told Xiaoliang and Zigui what he had seen today, Zhihe Zijin said, "Zijin, I want to stay in this town for a while, what do you think?" ”

"Yes! But what are we going to do if we spend some time in this town? It's time to shop today. ”

"After walking around for so long today, do you have any ideas?"

"I don't have any ideas, I just think that this pottery is really good, but the puppets are more ordinary. Why don't you stay here and be a puppet? ”

"Without the oracle, I can only help repair the broken dolls at most, and today you have seen that many of the things here are new patterns that I have not seen before, and like the flowers and fruits made of clay we see today, I have never learned them, so I want to stay in this town and find a shop to work and learn how to make them."

"That's good, such beautiful pottery, I'm also very excited, since I decided to stay, then I'll also learn with you!"

"Then it's decided! Tomorrow we will ask if we can rent a cheap house, and then we will look for a shop to see where we can do an apprenticeship. ”

"I think it's okay, so that we can put Zigui and Xiaoliang in a safe place, and we can also let Zigui cook for us at home every day!"

"Can dolls still cook?"

"Look at the surprise you said, Xiao You used to cook for me!"

"Although I make dolls, I don't have a contract with dolls, so I don't know if dolls can cook."

"You can make a puppet yourself, haven't you tried to make a contract with a puppet?"

"I tried a few times at first, but it didn't work. Finally, I read in the book: Whoever makes a puppet, the craftsman who makes it will not be able to form a contract with it, and the puppet is meaningless, this is the income of the predecessors. In other words, many craftsmen have tried to make a contract with their own puppets in the past, but they have failed, but the puppets they make can be contracted. ”

"Well, does the book say why you can't get married?"

"I searched a lot of books, but I couldn't find the reason, but I just said that this is the experience that everyone has summed up."

"Since it's been summarized by people in the past, there shouldn't be any problem, but I'm still curious about the reason."

"Then we can explore and explore, maybe we can find it on the road."

Early the next morning, Zhi and Zijin went around the town to inquire about the house they were renting out and the price of the house. The price of a house in the center of the town is too high. Eventually, they rented a house with a small yard for 150 monthly dollars a month some distance from the town. Inside there are two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Then they returned to the hostel, settled the bill, and took Zigui, the little boy and the big guy to the newly rented home. Then a few people packed up, and the day passed.

However, the dinner was made by Zhi at the end, because Zhi found that after Zigui broke six eggs and smashed two bowls, compared to Zigui, the cooking skills he had cultivated for a long time were more reliable. And today's dishwashing task is in charge of Zijin.

"Why can't you cook after being alone for so long?" Asked Zijin who was washing dishes.

"I learned from Xiaoyou before, but the situation was similar to Zigui's performance just now, I didn't seem to be born with cooking materials, and in the end Xiaoyou gave up teaching me. In the first two years, I either bought ready-made ones or found a place to eat with work bags, so I pinned my hopes on Zigui at the beginning, but I didn't expect the two of us to be the same. Zijin stuck out his tongue in embarrassment. Looks like I'm going to have to trouble you in the future. ”

"Okay!" Zhi shook his head helplessly. "What kind of puppet there is really a master!"

After saying that, both of them laughed happily.

After getting up in the morning, Zhi and Zijin finished breakfast and set off to look for work.

When I entered the first shop, the store was full. When I entered the second shop, the store only recruited long-term apprentices, not short-term apprentices. In the third shop, there was only one short-term apprentice missing, but they were two people.

"I guess it's going to be difficult for the two of us to work in a store~" Zijin sighed.

"We'll ask the rest." Persistence.

Then they came to the fourth, which looked much bigger than the first three. Zhi found a guy who was selling goods and explained the situation to him, and the guy led them to the room at the back of the shop to meet the person in charge of the shop.

"Yikes! How are you? The person in charge of this shop said happily.

"It's Sister Wei! I didn't expect to see you again. Zijin was also a little surprised. Sister Wei, isn't your family selling clay? ”

"In addition to selling clay, our family also has a pottery shop. I haven't seen you on the street for the past two days, and I thought you had left Pottery Town, and said I would never see you again. ”

"Originally, I wanted to stay for a day or two and leave, but I changed my mind temporarily, and I wanted to stay for a while longer, find something to do, and study."

"That's good, what do you want to learn?"

"The pottery in this town is so good that we also want to learn how to make pottery, a one-month short-term apprenticeship."

"Do you both want to learn?"

"Yes."

"I'm hiring short-term apprentices here, but I'm only recruiting one, and it has to be a bit basic."

"Well, it looks like we'll have to ask the other guys." Zijin said disappointedly. "Then thank you, Sister Wei." After saying that, he prepared to leave with Zhi.

"Wait a minute." Sister Wei continued: "Although I only recruit a short-term helper, the worker who helped me settle the accounts some time ago took a month's leave to go home to visit relatives, so I am short of a short-term settler here, I don't know if you two can accept it." ”

Zijin turned around and said, "Yes, I just happen to be able to settle accounts, I can do this." ”

"But don't you want to learn how to make pottery?" Zhi asked.

"I just want to be able to work with you, the rest doesn't matter. Besides, I'm clumsy, I'd better settle the score, I've done this before. Zijin said.

"That's good."

Sister Wei saw that they had discussed, so she first asked Zijin to do an arithmetic test, and after the test, there was no problem, and Sister Wei gave Zijin a salary of 250 monthly coins. Then he took Zijin and Zhi to the pottery studio.