Wu Shibao is a passive person in his life. But once he was pushed into the road, he still rolled forward. He was fascinated by singing single strings, fascinated by painting in paintings, and now he is fascinated by learning exterior painting with Nie Xiaoxuan. It turns out that this thing is like a trick, obviously red flowers and green leaves, but when painting, it has to be painted with black glaze and blue glaze, and only when it sees fire does it conjure up flowers and red leaves and green. That's not all, the glaze will rise and shrink! Some glazes have to be piled up in a pile when painting, and only when they are fired can there be a thin piece; Some glazes are spread out in one piece, but they are burned out but they are narrow and narrow. No wonder how many people delve into imitation, after all, it can't be real. He threw himself into learning to paint, but the old and the young pounced on him. Nie Xiaoxuan gave him a picture and taught him to dye it. Liu Niang brought soup and water, washed and sewn. Make a shirt today for him to wear, and tomorrow sew a pair of trousers for him to change; urged him to take a bath every five and ten, and forced him to shave his head at the end of the month and month. A few days later, Shouming came to see him, and saw that he was white and fat, neat and tidy, and radiant, and he was a different person. Nie Xiaoxuan escaped from prison, and both accepted apprentices and orders, and he was also comfortable and contented. Liu Niang has been lonely for a few months, and now the father-daughter reunion is not counted, and a senior brother has been added, which has brought this woman the opportunity to take care of others and care about others, and also brought shy hope. Shou Ming is a man who is proficient in the world, he only sat for half an hour, and then he tasted the taste of this sweet silk. He understood that when Wu Shibao moved into this courtyard, he did not add another person, but added a pot of fire, which warmed up the life of this family.

Nie Xiaoxuan's first internship for Wu Shibao was a small dish, with "Zhaojun out of the plug" painted on it. Shou Ming saw that Wu Shibao had outlined the outline of the character with ink lines, so he asked Nie Xiaoxuan: "In this way, won't it be burned in three or five days?" ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "Is it so easy to call it 'Gu Yuexuan'?" ”

Shou Ming said: "Isn't this all ticked? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "You are still making antique transactions, and you dare to touch the door of 'Gu Yuexuan'." So, let Liu Niang show you her stove. ”

Liu Niang smiled and led Shou Ming into the wall of the north room where the roof was burned. The inside of the wall was swept clean on all four sides, and in the middle was a brick furnace, the size of the number one water tank. Shou Ming asked, "What is this?" Liu Niang said: "Kiln." Shou Ming approached to see, with a cylinder ballast, hemp knife, green gray, white ash plastered a layer of mud lining, surrounded by steel charcoal, the middle strip buckled up and down two large casseroles in the shape of a tube, the seams were sealed with mud. The pot on top poked the bottom off, leaving a hole the size of a bowl. An iron frame was hung from the mouth of the hole, and a mud tray was stuck on it.

Shou Ming's eyes widened in surprise and said, "This method is used to burn 'Gu Yuexuan', and it is such a big kiln? ”

Liu Niang said: "Other people's burning is pretending to be our family, we can't let us know, I can't see it." Our ancestors have passed down this method of burning. You are my brother's close friend, so we made an exception to ask you to see, and I hope you don't learn from outsiders when you go out. ”

Shou Ming said to himself: "No wonder ......"

Porcelain has always been fired in a kiln, so pots, jars, bowls, and saucers are all set, and a large piece is placed from the head basin to the five pots. Particular users, from lotus jars to vinegar dishes and wine cups, hundreds of pieces of porcelain, a kind of glaze like a kiln fire. It is not difficult for porcelain connoisseurs to know which porcelain is kiln-produced. Ru, brother, Jun, Ding, easy to distinguish; It is necessary to see which of the utensils in the same kiln are burned in one fire, which is called real kung fu. "Gu Yuexuan" was born not long ago, which can bring many problems to connoisseurs. No one has ever seen it in a complete set of utensils, nor is it larger than half a foot. Not to mention the complete set of tableware, there are not even the five offerings in front of the Buddha and the bottle stove. Most of them are single-piece heads. The bowl is one, and the cup is one. Therefore, it is a miracle that Nie Xiaoxuan can burn a set of eighteen cigarette bottles.

Shou Ming said: "So, Master Nie made eighteen beats of cigarette bottles, is it fired in eighteen kilns?" ”

Liu Niang said: "I'm afraid that there will be more than eighty-eight kilns." ”

Shou Ming asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Liu Niang said: "The enamel glaze of 'Gu Yuexuan' is a thing that is colorful in the fire. Each glaze requires a different heat, and the same glaze color and shade also require different heat. A leaf, a fire on the surface of the leaf, a fire on the back of the leaf, and a fire on the leaf tendon. You calculate, how many times does a twelve-colored kettle have to be boiled! ”

Shou Ming said: "I see! ”

Liu Niang said: "It's not all. The heat of melting of this material tire and glaze is very similar, and the heat of some glazes is higher than that of the blank. Keep the blank, the glaze does not melt, and it becomes a dead pimple. If you want the glaze, the blank will be soft and deformed. Success or failure is often in the blink of an eye, and it is all up to the eyes. Burning ten pieces may not produce two pieces, how much fire does it take to count the waste products into a kettle? ”

Shou Ming said: "No wonder a cigarette bottle often costs thousands of silver. I originally thought that the people who were 'Gu Yuexuan' would definitely be richer than the princes! ”

Liu Niang said: "I don't know about others, but our family lives with debts. ”

Shou Ming said: "Why is this so? ”

Liu Niang said: "Craftsmen do not have a permanent production. After a batch of work, they bought materials and charcoal within a few months, and borrowed money for food and miscellaneous items first. How many are left after selling the goods to pay off the account? If it is a fixed job, the fixed money will be taken out before the advance book, and there will not be much wealth when the work is delivered. Moreover, this craft is not something that can be done 360 days a year. ”

Shou Ming said: "It's really a line of difficulties. ”

Liu Niang said: "It's not profitable to burn 'Gu Yuexuan' now, and my father and I rely on internal paintings to earn chewing grains on weekdays." Burn a few pieces every three or five times, one is to maintain this set of craftsmanship, I am afraid that it will not be wasted for a long time, and I am sorry for the ancestors. The second is that my father and I also regard this as a hobby, just like you and my brother have become addicted to singing single strings for a long time, and sometimes we do it at a loss! No matter how tired and hard, how frightened and frightened, the work is burned all at once, dazzling and brilliant, and the pleasure is not something that money can buy! ”

Shou Ming listened to Liu Niang's speech with a clear eye, generous and interesting, guessing that she was also talented in her craft, so he increased his enthusiasm for matching her with Wu Shibao. When he said goodbye, he took the opportunity that Nie Xiaoxuan gave him and asked Nie Xiaoxuan to accompany him for a few steps, so he revealed this meaning to Nie Xiaoxuan. Nie Xiaoxuan said: "Although I passed on the craft to Uncle Wu out of helplessness, I really saw that this person had a bit of a foundation. Although he was born in a hakama, he does not lose his studious heart, and still has a good nature, not the one who blindly eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, or is a clever and clever person. However, my family has never married the eunuchs, not to mention that he is a banner man? ”

Shou Ming said: "Uncle Wu was cut off when he was in prison, what kind of flag man is there?" What about the flag man? I'm also a flag man, aren't we good friends? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said, "Don't get me wrong. Our residents here are full of mixed Chinese, and everyone is very harmonious, and there is no intention of seeing outsiders. I mean, although Uncle Wu is a little disappointed in front of him, can he be a first-class citizen for a long time, and he doesn't want to re-enter the official career? ”

Shou Ming said: "How do you let go of the pretending to be confused? Can this flag man be compared to 200 years ago? How many of your neighbors have really become military aircraft Daramit? Filling the gap is not just two seasons of old rice, four taels of silver in January, and the arrears are discounted! Don't listen to Usebo's words 'Ta Salha', that's his bragging, our banner people have such a little problem, they love to blow twice. Actually, it was his grandfather's business. He didn't even put on a vest himself. King Duan sent him a pen post, but he hadn't gone yet, but he had been in prison for more than a year. ”

Nie Xiaoxuan originally had intentions, so he pushed the boat down the river, sold his favor to Shouming, and promised: "With you as an iceman, can I still refute it?" Let me ask my daughter again! Nie Xiaoxuan took advantage of Wu Shibao's outing that night, called Liu Niang to him, and said: "I entered the prison cell this time, and the first thing that troubled me was that I regretted not setting a lifelong event for you and not passing on the craft to future generations. Now that the fate of heaven is coincidental, Uncle Wu has come out, and there is no family, let's still follow the rules of the ancestors, and even accept the apprentices and choose a son-in-law together, okay? You don't have to be ashamed, you can explain whether you want it or not. Here's ...... for the two of us."

Liu Niang said: "Yo, we live in a prison and our old man has opened his school!" But it's too late, you should have asked me this before Uncle Wu moved to our house. Now that people have moved in, the food has been eaten at the same table, and the work has been done shoulder to shoulder, I want to say that I don't want to, how do you get down this step? How do I listen to this gossip? Alas! ”

Nie Xiaoxuan listened, and was not sure how to answer, when he saw that although his daughter's brows were furrowed very tightly, the corners of her mouth on both sides were curved upward. Then he said, "If you really don't want to, I will not be difficult for you." I told people long ago that I was my apprentice. It's not convenient to live together, just let him move back to the store. Liu Niang said: "I want to rely on my own temperament, I don't work with him in my life, he paints no one burns, won't your apprentice be in vain?" You've cooked raw rice before you came to ask us. Nie Xiaoxuan said, "What you said is true. But I can't remember it, whose claim was it that called Ushibao to stay here in the first place? The two of them were laughing, when they heard the door knocking and knew that it was Usebo who had returned, so they stopped. Liu Niang went to the kitchen to prepare face washing water, and Wu Shibao went to the south house to see Nie Xiaoxuan. Nie Xiaoxuan asked him a few words, and when he saw that he was hesitant and his face was full of tears, he became suspicious and asked, "Tell the truth, where have you been?" ”

Usebo said hesitantly, "I went to my uncle's place to ask for peace." ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "You said about my apprenticeship?" ”

Usebo said, "No. I said that I would like to make a career out of painting in painting from now on, so I would like to make it clear. ”

Nie Xiaoxuan: "He doesn't approve?" ”

Usebo said: "He said that I had cut my nationality and that it had nothing to do with the Urya clan, and that he couldn't take care of my business!" In the future, I am no longer allowed to say that I am a banner person, and I am no longer allowed to have the surname Wu. After saying that, he hung his head and his face was full of sadness.

At this time, the door curtain clicked, and Liu Niang flashed in. She crossed her waist, half-joyed and half-angry, pointed at Usebo and said: "People have faces, trees and bark, your family is ruined and people have not come to listen to it, you still have the face to recognize your relatives, and you have been stabbed by bullshit and have the face to come back and say!" That's a tall branch, isn't it? ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "Liu'er, don't be so horizontal, the blood is related, and he is still in love with the flag man, which is also common sense." I ask you, do you still feel that you are inferior to eat by skill, and do you not want to use this place as a place to live? ”

Usebo said: "From now on, we must be half-hearted, and heaven and earth will not tolerate it." ”

Nie Xiaoxuan said: "Okay, then you will treat me as a writer here!" ”

Wu Shibao knelt down and said, "Master and apprentice are like father and son, I will be your son." ”

Liu Niang smiled and said, "Slow, I'll be half the master of this family, don't you ask me if I'm willing?" ”

Wu Shibao said: "Senior sister, can you still not take me in?" ”

Liu Niang said: "Not necessarily, I have to take another look to see if you can grow longer!" ”