Other people's backyards are full of flowers and plants, and the Lu family is really not a loss to make porcelain, and the backyard has opened up a separate large open space to build two kilns and two workshops.

Zhicheng joked with him and said, "The backyard of Brother Lu's house is really innovative, and the backyard of other people's houses is full of fragrant flowers and treasure trees, and Brother Lu has to study his craft even at home, so it is really embarrassing to be so motivated." ”

You're to be ashamed. Layue thought to herself, the Zhang family's rouge has never been improved since she knew it, and it is thanks to other businesses that she has been able to hold on to it until now, and it was Xing Ji Rouge who helped buy two and get one free several times before saving the Zhang family's rouge.

Lu Lixin didn't even dare to say it, and said modestly, "It's just that I occasionally have inspiration at home in my spare time to avoid the pain of going to the factory, and now there are several kinds of new porcelain in the Lujia kiln, from the type to the painting technique to the kiln, I have experimented here first, and only after success did I discuss with the workers to improve it." ”

It seems that he really loves this business, and Layue thought of when he was a child, didn't he take an empty house with him wherever he lived to make rouge. After marrying into the Zhang family, he was always scolded by his mother-in-law for destroying the garden layout of the family, so he moved the experimental room to the backyard of Xing Ji Rouge Shop.

Lu Lixin led them to the room, where the tall wooden shelves on the three walls were filled with all kinds of plain embryos, and a long table in the middle had already prepared a full number of paintbrushes and paints for painting tires.

"I haven't made the paint yet," Lu Gongzi took three sets of one-piece aprons from the servants and handed them to Layue Hezhicheng, afraid that they wouldn't understand how to wear this thing, so he put it on first, and said, "Although this apron is ugly, doing this is a dirty job, and it is easiest to stain the clothes. ”

Layue usually has her own apron when she makes rouge, but it is not as practical as the one designed by Lu Gongzi, she started to surround it first, and looked at the city pinching the apron, looking embarrassed for fear of ruining her literati image.

Knowing that he didn't like these things, Layue said, "Don't paint the city, I dragged you to accompany me because I had to be curious and want to learn." ”

Hearing this, a servant who was very eye-catching hurriedly served tea and snacks on the side, and the city drank tea leisurely to watch them busy.

"Master Lu, let's start." Layue rolled up her sleeves, touched her hands and feet, looked at the several porcelain fired by various kilns with very different colors and craftsmanship on the table, and asked, "Why do you put so many utensils from other kilns...... Do you want to teach me to distinguish the difference from our Yecheng Cizhou kiln? ”

"Exactly." Lu Gongzi first took a piece of Ru kiln's shrimp blue hat and explained to her, "You look at the tea cup of this Ru kiln, the tire is thin and the glaze is thick, and the jade-like texture, the literati and scholars in Jiankang Jinling in the south are the most fond of the utensils of the Ru kiln, looking warm and soft, which is very appropriate for the literati to fight for the high quality of the red dust." ”

La Yue nodded in agreement and said, "Although Ruyao's is good, but in my own selfish heart, I prefer Junyao's brush wash and flower bowl, which are rich and changeable, and are extremely interesting to look at." ”

Hearing them talk about this, it happened to be within the scope of knowledge in the city, so he poured a cup of tea and handed it to Layue's lips to make fun, "Now in addition to Ru kiln in Jinling, the tear glaze of Qiding kiln is popular among the literati, and it is also known as 'cheek lovesickness', and it has been praised to the peak, but it is on an equal footing with the elegance of Ru kiln, and even has a great tendency to surpass." ”

Seeing that he personally handed him a cup of tea to his lips, although Layue was bored, she was not easy to refuse, so she had to take a sip of his hand, and Lu Gongzi smiled and agreed, "Brother Zhicheng really has a wide range of knowledge, that's right." In fact, the five famous kilns all produce good soil locally, and even the best adobe 'lard soil' is available. The bottom of the tire is good, and the porcelain fired is extremely beautiful. He changed his words, "But although our Cizhou kiln is the earliest place to burn porcelain, it does not produce good adobe here." Not to mention 'lard soil', there is not even a slightly delicate soil that can be seen by the eye. Therefore, it has always been cheap and durable, and it is not distressing when it is broken, and it is called poor man's coarse porcelain. Thanks to the technology of 'makeup soil', he was able to have his own place, and there are many people who love it in the north and south. ”

He said as he picked out a vase and a medium-sized plain tire in a fish tank and put it in front of Layue, "That's all for the understanding of the porcelain kiln, let's still learn to paint the fetus, Mrs. Zhang started to learn to paint for the first time, first choose this slightly larger vessel, the pattern is not so small and exquisite, and it can be easier to master, but does Mrs. Zhang want to learn overglaze painting or underglaze painting?" ”

"What's the difference?" Layue looked at Lu Gongzi while blending the paint and explained to her, "The underglaze painting is painted directly on the raw blank like this, and the general blue and white porcelain is underglaze painting, and most of the porcelain in our Cizhou kiln is blue and white." He lined up the two sets of brushes and gave one set to Layue, and continued, "If it is painted on the glaze, it is necessary to go directly into the kiln with the green blank, let's not paint it now, and then paint on it when it is fired, and then enter the kiln again after painting." It's just that the temperature of the second kiln is a little lower, which is a great test of the kiln worker's experience in seeing the furnace fire. ”

It's really tricky. Layue thought to herself, you have adjusted the paints and laid the brushes, and now you are talking about this, where is there a choice, but her face was silent, "Since our Cizhou kiln is all underglaze paintings, let's paint this kind of painting." ”

Lu Lixin handed a copy of the painting to Layue, and saw that she had picked out the picture, and then in the several paint dishes that had just been adjusted, he clicked into the two places of water and ink, and explained to Layue with a smile, "You don't know, the most afraid of the embryo is that the paint flows down, and the proportion of the slight adjustment is not successful, and it destroys an embryo. Even ordinary painters draw with bones and strong lines, all thanks to the help of Mrs. Zhang. ”

Zhicheng watched his former classmates seriously teach his wife to draw embryos, although he knew that Lu Gongzi would never covet his wife, and he could see that whenever he needed to shake hands and teach, he tried his best to explain in words, and he never had any physical contact with Layue.

But he just looked angry, and deeply regretted why he didn't follow the painting together, and now he saw them being kind and filial, and they looked like they had met a confidant and talked happily, which was not a taste in his heart, no matter how he looked at the porcelain fetus on the table, it was not pleasing to the eye, and it was not pleasing to the eye to look at Lu Lixin by the way.

The sun was about to set, and they finished painting, and Zhicheng couldn't wait to refuse the invitation of his classmates to stay for dinner, and was going back with Layue.

Who knew that as soon as they came out of the door, they saw the old lady again in front of the arch where they encountered the old lady Lu when they came.