The little red nose sniffed at Nier's feet and nibbled them gently with its mouth open. Nier felt itchy from the bites and turned around to avoid them.

"Okay, Yuanbao, go play. You're waking me up and not letting me go out."

After a few quick steps, it finally jumped out of the door and started chasing its tail in the yard.

After breakfast, he went to his master's place. Yuanbao followed him out secretly and was discovered by Ni'er.

It seemed as if I saw a faintly flattering smile, with a pink tongue exposed and the little eyes rolling around.

Ni'er reached out to hug Yuanbao, as if she knew what he was thinking. He just didn't want to be caught and sent back by Ni'er. His eyes were full of desire to go out with his master.

"Not good~"

He squatted down and stretched out his hands, pretending to be angry. Yuanbao had no choice but to jump into the other's arms, arching around, and occasionally looking up at Ni'er's expression.

After a few steps, he arrived at the door of his home and opened it, "Come in."

Yuanbao walked in with his four short legs, and this time Ni'er closed the door tightly.

Yuanbao raised his front legs, hung on the door, wagged his tail, and watched Ni'er walk away.

I felt that he should be out of sight, so I dared to look back, for I was afraid that Yuanbao would see me and bark non-stop. If it happened again, I might really not want to keep Yuanbao locked up at home.

I quickened my pace towards my master's house and met Zhang Taoci on the way.

Because the master was not satisfied with the poor quality of the squat toilet last time, he did not let Zhang Taoci leave directly, and insisted that he make a good one before he could leave. As a result, Zhang Taoci was not very happy these two days.

Ni'er was waving her arms and greeting people from a distance.

"Master Zhang, have you finished it? My master won't let you go yet."

He had his head hung and looked listless, but when he heard Ni'er's voice, he suddenly perked up.

The corners of Zhang Taoci's eyebrows and eyes drooped, as if expressing his master's unhappiness, "You have to help me."

Ni'er was a little puzzled. He was an expert in ceramics, so how could she be of any help? It was good enough that she didn't ask him for help.

Taoci Zhang looked like he would not give up until he achieved his goal. He stood in front of Ni'er and prevented her from leaving, and finally made her speak.

"Go ahead."

Standing there, looking helplessly at Zhang Taoci's haggard face, he was a young man full of vigor and vitality just two days ago, but today he has turned into an unshaven uncle. What on earth had happened to make him become like this?

He snorted softly, glanced in one direction, and spoke with a voice full of grievance and dissatisfaction.

"It's your master who won't let me leave no matter what. I want to go home."

For this matter, he still needs to ask for help. As long as he makes the thing, the master will let him go. It seems that he really misses home and wants to vent.

"I can talk to Master for you, but you know my Master is a stubborn person."

"You promised to make him a squat toilet. If you didn't make it, he would definitely not let you go."

When Zhang Taoci heard Ni'er agreed to help, he felt that the matter was settled.

Old Zhao has only this little apprentice, and he treasures him very much. He is sure that whatever he says will be his destiny, and there is hope for him to return home.

He got out of the way and wished that Ni'er had grown wings so she could fly to Zhao and speak a few good words for him.

"I just regret that I promised him what to do in the first place. It's not like I'm going back on my word and don't want to do it for him anymore."

"I'll go after we get into the kiln this time, and I'll let him get it when the kiln opens."

However, this cannot guarantee that the final product will satisfy the master, but there is a high probability that it will be acceptable, otherwise it would not be worthy of the name of Ceramic Zhang.

With previous experience, we should do better this time.

But what if the master is not satisfied with the things I make? Then the master will blame me and say that I let Taoci Zhang go. I really can't bear such a big blame.

However, Zhang Taoci did himself a big favor. Without him, squat toilets would be a non-existent thing. Without a clean and convenient toilet, one would have to endure the cold winter and hot summer, as well as the foul stench.

Besides, he has been here long enough. It is natural for him to miss home. It is reasonable and moral to let him go back.

"Let's go see my master together."

This is the happiest news Zhang has heard recently. Compared with when the squat toilet was just out of the kiln, it is even better.

The two of them walked towards Zhao Jincheng's house together. Taoci Zhang was a little impatient and wanted to walk three times faster than usual.

She wanted to talk to Ni'er, but found that there was no one around. Looking back, Ni'er was far behind, with her hands rolled up into a trumpet shape, shouting at her, "Take two steps faster."

Nier couldn't help but complain in her heart, wondering why she had agreed to him just now. She could hardly catch up with him even if she ran. She had no understanding of others at all.

Cici Zhang looked back again and found that Ni'er had short legs, so no matter how fast she moved she could not catch up with the speed of an adult.

Simply stop and wait. Nier walked closer, put her hands on her hips, panted quickly, and used her hands to brush up the fallen hair. "Why did you stop?"

Taoci Zhang had a calm face, without even a drop of sweat. The breeze blew his hair, making him look refreshed, in stark contrast to Ni'er standing next to him.

"I think you can't keep up. Wait here for a while. I thought you could keep up, but when I saw your short legs, I knew I was wrong."

Ni'er felt so regretful that she had to agree to help him.

Such unintentional and poisonous words are much more lethal than deliberately saying something unpleasant, and are no more than stabbing a knife directly into the heart.

When he returns home, he will definitely be despised. I don’t know how his family can endure it.

Wait a minute, it seems like I discovered a great secret. No wonder he always travels around the world and only comes home occasionally. It turns out...

When I think of this, I suddenly feel a little sorry for him. I won’t say any harsh words. I can’t be like him and hurt other people’s feelings for no reason.

"You have a little conscience for stopping and waiting for me, but it's not much."

Taoci Zhang slowed down and followed Ni'er's steps, and the two of them entered the yard one after the other.

Zhao Jincheng was standing in the yard waiting. He was quite surprised to see the two of them together. "What day is today? You two have run into each other."

Taoci Zhang looked suspicious as he hesitated to speak. Old Zhao noticed it and couldn't help asking, "What's the matter? You came here so early in the morning."

He hesitated for a long time, and Ni'er was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat. He was so eloquent just now, but now he has become mute and is so cowardly in front of the master.

He opened his mouth to remind her: "The carriage will be here soon."

After opening his mouth several times, he finally said, "Old Zhao, I've been thinking about this for so long. If I don't go home to see them, I'm afraid they will forget about me."

So this is it. Am I so terrible in his eyes?

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