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The next day, Chen Chen went out early, went to a newly acquired small kiln that was not doing well, called all the craftsmen, and told them that he wanted to burn other things instead.An old craftsman in the kiln refused to do it even if he was beaten to death, saying that this is an ancestral handicraft, which cannot be lost, and people must not forget their roots!The other craftsmen were basically brought out by old craftsmen, and they disagreed when they saw that he didn't burn it.

Facing the stubborn gray-haired old craftsman and those craftsmen who were equal to him, Chen Chen was not angry, but invited the old craftsman to the side, and was going to discuss the glass matter with him in detail.

The old craftsman grunted and sat down on the ground, no matter how dirty the ground was, he turned his head.Chen Chen walked over and sat opposite him, ignoring the dirtiness of the ground.

"Don't be angry. I'm not asking you to give up this craft, but to burn something else. Your craft is always there, and you won't throw it away!"

"Hmph!" The old craftsman turned his head and stared at Chen Chen, "I don't care what kind of master you are, as long as you use this handicraft handed down from your ancestors, I will fight you hard!"

The old craftsman took a deep breath, and when he saw Chen Chen opening his mouth to speak, he immediately interrupted him, and continued: "I know, this kiln does not make money, and our craftsmanship is not the best! The porcelain produced is not good. You can only burn some dishes! But this is a craft handed down from the ancestors! It has been passed down to me from generation to generation! You must not stop the inheritance here! Even if the old man dies, I will not let you burn!"

Looking at the old craftsman who was panting like a cow and still glared at him, Chen Chen was not angry in his heart, but was moved, and sighed in his heart: This ancient man is really upright!I would rather be threatened with death than give up the inheritance of the elders!If modern people have such persistence, those traditional crafts will not disappear, and that period of civilization will not be blank!I have to say that modern people are really pathetic in this regard!

Turning his head, he asked a craftsman who was watching this side to pour a glass of water and handed it to the old craftsman.The old craftsman snatched it up and drank it down.

"Don't think that, I will let you burn! Hmph! It's useless to please you!"

Chen Chen smiled gently, kept calm, and said in a gentle voice: "I understand what you mean, and I understand. I won't let you break the inheritance of craftsmanship, don't worry."

The old craftsman withdrew his gaze from staring at him, turned his head and panted heavily.

Chen Chen continued to explain with a smile, "I came here to ask you to burn one more thing, it is called glass. It is a transparent and hard thing made of sand. It is very similar to porcelain, it is also smooth, fragile and has Unique beauty. It also needs craftsmanship, firing, modeling, and people's careful care. Like dishes, it will be an indispensable part of people's lives. It can be used as cups, saucers, and It can be used as a window, or even as a tabletop! It can do a lot of things, it is cheap, and it can be placed on the dining table of every household like a porcelain bowl! It does not require you to discard your craftsmanship, it just allows you to burn a new porcelain. .So, would you like to help?"

The old craftsman calmed down as early as Chen Chen was speaking.Now, he sat there thinking seriously.After a while, the old craftsman raised his head and looked at Chen Chen seriously.

"What you said is indeed very reasonable, but it is not porcelain, and I don't burn it."

Chen Chen was stunned.He didn't expect the old craftsman to disagree, he opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The old craftsman waved his hand wearily, "I understand what you mean. You don't need to say anything more! Sun Wu, come here."

The man who was handing the water just now ran over.The old craftsman pointed at him and said to Chen Chen.

"This is Sun Wu, the best among these people! Let him burn glass for you in the future!"

"What about you?"

The old craftsman sighed, and said with a sad expression: "Old man, I am just stubborn! I will not throw away the craftsmanship handed down from my ancestors. I don't burn other things except porcelain. Others can't. I don’t care if I burn the old man, I only stick to this craft! I won’t let it die here!”

Standing up and patting the dirt off his body, Chen Chen also got up quickly and came to the old craftsman's side.

The old craftsman straightened up, patted Chen Chen on the shoulder, and said with an old look, "You are a good man! You are different from the previous Boss Cai! I believe in you! I will leave this kiln to you! Although it does not belong to me, the old man I have been working here for decades, and this place is like my home! Please treat it well, old man, I will leave!"

The old craftsman turned around, hunched over and prepared to leave.Chen Chen walked quickly to the front of the old craftsman, blocking his way.

"Old man, you can't go!"

The old craftsman smiled and shook his head, "I only know how to make porcelain, and I only make porcelain, so I can't help you."

"No!" Chen Chen was anxious, "You can't leave! You don't need to burn porcelain, but you have to keep an eye on it for me. Without you, I can't feel at ease!"

"Don't worry, these are honest people. They don't take tricks, and their craftsmanship is passable, so there won't be any mistakes." The old craftsman shook his head with a smile, and walked around Chen Chen to leave.

Chen Chen, who was in a hurry, couldn't care less, grabbed the old craftsman's shoulder, and looked at him earnestly and earnestly, "Old man, let me tell you the truth! I need your persistence! I need someone like you!" The old seniors are here to lead the way! I don't want these people to forget the significance of inheritance after so many years! I don't need them to forget their roots! I want them to have your integrity!"

The old craftsman looked at Chen Chen for a long time before finally smiling.The generous and wrinkled hands patted Chen Chen's shoulder again. Unlike the last time, this time it was very strong.The old craftsman looked at him with tears in his eyes.

"Okay! Finally someone understands me! I'm going to rush at you, old man, I'll stay and watch for you! None of those bastards understand my old man's intentions! They all know what to burn to make money, and they don't understand this generation of grandparents at all. The importance of things that have been passed down! If I don’t keep an eye on them, they will forget their roots sooner or later! Hmph~~”

"Yes! If you don't keep an eye on it, something will happen sooner or later! So, you old man can't leave, you have to keep an eye on it for me!"

The old craftsman withdrew his hand, nodded affirmatively, turned around, and shouted loudly.

"Don't stay still! Hurry up, get busy! Everyone is boneless! Don't stand still! Hurry up!" Seeing Sun Wu who was still stunned beside him, the old craftsman became angry and kicked Kicked his ass and ass.

"Sun Wu, what are you doing! Still standing there stupidly! Hurry up and tidy up this place, what a mess it has become! With your skills, you can do this! Don't be stupid, hurry up!"

Mingming just said that I am the best craftsman here, but he changed his mind so quickly!this old man...

The defamed Sun Wu staggered for a moment, then obediently went to work.

Chen Chen watched the old craftsman yelling this and that, looking extremely energetic, and couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you standing there stupidly! Let's go, we have to discuss the matter of glass!" The old craftsman who finished yelling at other craftsmen started yelling at Chen Chen.

"Okay." The good-tempered Chen Chen was still gentle.

"En." The old craftsman nodded in satisfaction.

The two came to the temporary straw shed outside, sat down next to each other, picked up the simple teapot on the table, and poured out two cups of light yellow tea.

"Tell me, what did you use to burn the glass?" The old craftsman poured another glass after bottoming out the glass.

Chen Chen took a sip to moisturize his throat, "I only know to use sand, which seems to be relatively clean sand and sea sand, as well as materials such as stone, quartz sandstone powder, soda ash, and dolomite. As for their proportions, I will I no longer know."

The old craftsman poured down another cup of tea, "What kind of fire did you use?"

"Should it be about the same temperature, or higher? I don't know very well." Chen Chen took a sip of his tea.

"Well... I can only practice and find experience first!"

"Then please, old man!"

"En. Leave it to me."

After explaining a few other things, Chen Chen and the old craftsman joined the big team to transform the kiln.

Clean up all the remaining porcelain fragments, sweep the hearth clean, and then get some wood, clay, metal, etc. to make moulds, as well as custom-made flat shelves made of metal tin... all these things are done. a few days.After all these preparations were completed, the materials were also shipped.A group of people started burning glass.

Different material ratios, different flame temperatures, each one has been tested, recorded, and then summarized, summarized, and continued to burn.A group of people soaked in the hot kiln, sweating every day, boiled sour plum soup, 4 large barrels a day!Afterwards, everyone who couldn't take it anymore threw away their coats and bustled around inside wearing only a pair of obscene trousers.

As the glass slowly took shape, the group was so excited that they wished they could stay here all day long, waiting for the official birth of the glass!Regardless of the rising temperature outside, regardless of the temperature inside the furnace being 1500°+, people who baked the skin did not dare to approach, a group of people continued to soak in the kiln, came early and returned late, and sent people to take turns guarding at night.

After a month of torment and anticipation, finally, the glass was made!

The old craftsman who baked it into a red and thin dry old man held the cooled glass with tears in his eyes.His dark palm trembled across the smooth surface of the glass, and the old craftsman burst into tears looking at the clear palm lines under the glass.

"I didn't expect it! Old man, I actually saw such a thing one day! Glass! The old man was born watching glass! Hehehe~~ This life is worth it!"

After carefully putting the glass on the shelf, the old craftsman stepped back with a smile and fainted.

The craftsmen next to him were all stunned, and after realizing it, they rushed to the old craftsman to check his condition, "Mr. Zhang! Mr. Zhang!"

Sun Wu, who was closest to him, put his finger under his nose, and after making sure he was still breathing, he shouted happily: "Old Zhang is just dizzy! He's just dizzy!"

"Hurry up to the hospital! Hurry!" The rational Chen Chen ordered everyone to send the old craftsman to the doctor.

Sun Wu carried the old craftsman on his back, and a group of people ran to the medical hall.

The sitting doctor in the medical center is an old doctor with a gray beard, and he can know the cause of the disease simply by taking a pulse.

"It's heat stroke! How old is the person, who has been outside for such a long time, it's strange if he doesn't have heat stroke! Look at the sun! It's all red!"

"We burn things in the kiln! It's not drying!"

The old doctor kept writing the prescription in his hand, and even took a moment to throw a sharp knife over him.

"That's right! The kiln factory, that's where I should be staying today! It's too long to live!"

The craftsman was going to say it, but was stopped by Chen Chen.He smiled and cupped his hands.

"Old doctor, is Mr. Zhang alright?"

The old doctor glanced at Chen Chen, he was not angry but he replied politely: "I can't die! This old man is destined to die!"

"Then trouble you to make the medicine."

"Hmph!" The old doctor casually threw the prescription into the hands of the medicine boy behind him, "Go fry it."

"Yes." The little drug boy went obediently.

The old doctor stopped looking at the crowd, turned and left.

Seeing that the old craftsman was fine, the few craftsmen who came with him expressed that they would go back and continue to burn glass, so Chen Chenyun agreed.In the end, Chen Chen and Sun Wu were left here to look after the old craftsman.

Chen Chen sat there waiting, Sun Wu brought well water and wiped the old craftsman's body to cool down.Just when the two were busy with their own business, the little medicine boy came in with the boiled medicine.

Put a bowl of dark medicine next to the old craftsman, and put the other two bowls of brown soup at the hands of Chen Chen and Sun Wu respectively.Before they could ask questions, Xiao Yaotong explained with a smile.

"The master asked me to send this, so that you can relieve the summer heat."

Chen Chen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled gratefully, "Thank you master for us!"

The little drug boy nodded embarrassedly, and ran to the old craftsman to feed the medicine.

Looking at the Jieshu soup in his hand, Chen Chen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.The people here are really down-to-earth!This era is really good!It should be my own luck to come here by myself!

Lifting his bronze-colored palm, Chen Chen's smile deepened when he thought that it was only for his and Qi Qiao's future.

——This is really good!