Reborn Glazer

Both of them got up early, and by the time they arrived at the kiln after breakfast, although the craftsmen had already started work, there was still no one in their place yesterday.Because there was no night work, the fire in the furnace has naturally been extinguished, and the mold on the stone platform is completely cold. Because the mold is wrapped, you can only see the side, and you can't see the color yet, but you can already see the glass. A kind of transparent beauty.

Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun looked at each other, "I'll start the fire, and you close the mold." The ready-made things are already there, and naturally there is no shortage of firewood in the kiln. Song Qingyi only needs to start the fire and then add more firewood.

So when Old Zheng received the news and rushed over, the fire in the kiln was already burning, and the mold was sealed and rewrapped into a semicircle. "It's really early, young master and young gentleman. I thought the two of you would be late."

"It's okay, Lao Zheng can do his own work today. I know what's left, and I'll call you when the stove is fired." As a craftsman who can be assigned by Uncle Nan to guide him, Lao Zheng naturally has a high status among craftsmen. , there are absolutely no fewer things to be busy every day. Song Qingyi knows that the next process of re-boiling sauce does not need special care, but the action of peeling off the mold after starting the furnace. He and Qi Runyun, two novices, really need it. give pointers.

Apparently, Old Zheng had the same idea as Song Qingyi, and he was really busy. He was able to stay with him all day yesterday because several craftsmen took care of him, so he didn't shirk it: "It's okay to re-close the mold and burn it again." It will take half a day, this section is the most leisurely in the whole process, just be careful not to let the mold burn, keep the fire on, and the young master can pass the time with other things."

Song Qingyi nodded, and took out the bookcase he brought after Old Zhengtou left—he had watched the process for several days, and he naturally understood today's process, although he was not proficient enough like craftsmen to leave the time to work until the time Back again, but it's still okay to keep an eye on the fire while reading.In addition to the books, there are also some account books and letters in the bookcase, as well as the four simple treasures of the study. The former is the account book of the shop that was handed over to him before, and there are letters written by the shopkeeper to explain the affairs of the shop. Although he has been staying in the kiln factory , but never leave these things behind, the latter are brought just in case.And Qi Runyun took out a book from the bookcase and sat on the side to read it.

Song Qingyi was sitting on the edge of the stone platform, reading letters and accounting books, occasionally jotting down something on paper, and his Zhengjun was sitting beside him—there were no chairs in the kiln, only a long stool for the craftsmen to rest on, Song Qingyi took half of the seats, leaving most of it for Qi Runyun.

The two of them were doing their own things quietly, occasionally getting up to look at the fire and the molds in the firepit.

In the afternoon, Song Qingyi poked the mold with tongs, carefully felt the feeling when it moved, and thought that it was almost the same.

Just as he was thinking about it, Old Zheng came in. Seeing Song Qingyi's movements, he laughed, "I thought it was almost time, so come and have a look. It seems that the young master has already made his own judgment."

Song Qingyi laughed, nodded to Old Zheng, and then waved to Qi Runyun, "Come on, let's take it out together, please ask Madam to help you with the mold."

Old Zhengtou has been with Song Qingyi for the past few days, and he has a good impression of his serious, studious, humble and polite attitude. When he is with the craftsmen, he is never too dirty or tired, and his conversation is elegant, his attitude is appropriate, and he is very demeanor. But just yesterday and today when he brought Shaojun to burn this glazed bowl, the young master's style of painting changed a bit strangely.Old Zhengtou looked at the fire with a sincere smile on his face, but Young Master Song, who had the taste of a dude molesting a decent woman, felt a little speechless—although he didn't know the word speechless, but it didn't hinder the synchronization at this moment heart.

Because Old Zheng was on the side, Qi Runyun felt a little hot about Song Qingyi's teasing, but he was also looking forward to what Song Qingyi said.Indeed, as mentioned in the morning, making colored glaze would make his deserted temperament a little excited, so what if he tried it, Song Qingyi gave him the freedom to go out, and even took him to learn related skills. Is it really necessary to live in the backyard without leaving home?

After thinking about it, Qi Runyun ignored Song Qingyi's weird smile, and stepped forward to take the mold with tongs and put it on the stone platform.Old Zheng stepped forward and observed, "The mold is indeed well made. The moisture and humidity should be quite suitable, so that the color changes evenly after such a long time of burning, and this will also make the colored glaze inside burn better." When Zheng Tou saw the mold before, he praised Qi Runyun for his good craftsmanship, and the reverse engraved pattern was delicate and charming. Now he saw the color of the shell of the baked mold, and he was full of praise.Song Qingyi nodded with a smile, and said proudly: "Linyu's craftsmanship is naturally not bad, Lao Zheng will tell us about the mold stripping."

The fired colored glaze needs to be knocked out of the mold, which is a test of the strength of the craftsman's hands. If it is light, it will not shake the mold, but if it is heavy, it will not only shake off the mold.To ensure that the mold is separated from the glaze and that the glaze is not damaged, it depends on craftsmanship and experience.

Old Zheng took the tool and began to apply force from the seam of the mold when closing the mold, while explaining to the two, "Although the mold and the colored glaze are completely attached together, the mold is made of soil, which is not as dense as the colored glaze. When molding, there is an additional circle, which can be knocked off first, and the weight will not affect the inside. After knocking here, the seams of the two halves of the mold can be touched. For the two halves, the original edges were burnt to be a little firmer, and if they were closed and fired, they would not be as dense as other places. Of course, the colored glaze inside does not have this problem.So when I knock it open again, the starting point is naturally the seam here.

Seeing Lao Zheng's head knocking lightly and deftly, and prying in the west, the mold quickly split into four pieces and fell apart neatly, revealing a shiny purple bowl inside.

This bowl is deep purple and close to black, the wall of the bowl is slightly transparent, and the light is translucent and bright purple. There are lotus leaf patterns floating around the outside, and the bowl mouth has fine fretwork, which is rough because it has not been polished.But just this has already made Qi Runyun unable to turn his eyes away.

With a sigh of relief, Song Qingyi put the glazed bowl in Qi Runyun's hand, looked at him and said, "Here is this bowl for you. This is the first piece we worked together to keep as a souvenir. Although there is old Zhengtou to help now, but always One day we will be able to make a glazed glass by ourselves." Of course, this bowl is still only a semi-finished product, and it still needs to be roughly ground, repaired, and carefully polished. He has to learn these things. It will take many days.

Qi Runyun looked at the glazed bowl in his hand, rubbed it lightly, and finally showed a smile.

In the next few days, Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun resumed their previous days of studying separately, but there was an extra task of polishing the glazed bowl in the evening for the two of them.Because of the texture relationship after the mold is fired, the surface of the glass will be a little rough, and the degree of tightness of the edge seam is different when the mold is closed. There is a relatively obvious convex edge in the middle of the glass bowl, and the existence of patterns, these are semi-finished products that need to be polished. The place.

This work was completed by the two of them together. By the time the glazed bowl became a display, Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun had already been in the glazed factory for almost a month.During this period of time, besides the glazed bowl, Song Qingyi was most concerned about the livestock stove.Preparing the livestock Song Qingyi sent Liu Guang to do the work, and the craftsmen did not object to this statement. After all, the practice of offering sacrifices to the furnace has existed since ancient times, but the young master of the owner changed the way of saying it.As for the experiment, the young master has to toss, and the kiln factory will naturally not object to the things he has prepared, but the old Zhengtou also told Song Qingyi that only two apprentices can be responsible for this matter-after all, if you want to test animals of different weights The different effects on the furnace fire sounds like a time-consuming thing, and it is impossible for the kiln to spare so many craftsmen from working.

Song Qingyi can understand this point, as long as the two apprentices can watch the furnace temperature.Therefore, this matter started in a remote location of Liulichang, the Song family.At this moment, no one would have thought that this "little matter" that was not valued by most craftsmen would have such a profound impact in the future.

But when Song Qingyi was busy in the kiln factory, a surprising person came to the door of the Song Mansion.