The sturdy farmer's wife: the prince's favorite concubine

Chapter 46 Building a Porcelain Kiln

In the blink of an eye, Yang Yuanxiang's family moved to the woods halfway up the mountain, and it has been more than ten days. These days, the mother and daughter have embroidered a lot of small things, and there are more than a dozen pieces.

Shen's embroidery work is nothing to say, the stitches are delicate and well-proportioned, and her embroidery is much more exquisite than ordinary small objects. Looking at Yang Yuanxiang's embroidery, although it looks good from a distance, it is still a lot worse when viewed up close, which is surprising. Yang Yuanqiu, for some unknown reason, may have been born with embroidery materials, yet he was able to do as well as Shen's.

Looking at the results in their hands, the mother and daughter are very happy.

They embroidered, and Xie Shaoting was not idle. He made two cabinets for the family, but there were no cabinet doors, because he didn't know how to install them. After all, he was born in a wealthy family. It was a miracle that he could pick up a hammer. Yang Yuanxiang also Didn't expect him to do well.

One of them was a cupboard. Yang Yuanxiang saw that there was no door, so he sewed a curtain with cloth to cover it, and put a wooden stick under it, which was fine for use.

In addition to embroidery work, what Yang Yuanxiang has to do is to dig the soil, digging the soil non-stop, and sometimes he brings Xie Shaoting and Yang Yuanqiu out to dig the soil together.

That day when the three of them came back with a basket of porcelain clay on their backs, Yang Yuanxiang began to be in a daze in the backyard.

Burning a kiln is not like lighting a fire to cook rice, because firing a kiln requires carbon, but it is a luxury for ordinary people to burn charcoal if they have nothing to do. Carbon is not cheap, and most people burn firewood.

Burning charcoal is not troublesome. The only disadvantage is that there are no raw materials. You don't need good charcoal for porcelain firing, but it's better to use smokeless charcoal, so as not to blacken the porcelain embryo.

Thinking of this, she shook her head violently.

"It's better to build a porcelain kiln first. There is no kiln. What kind of carbon do I want?"

She couldn't help laughing, it was impossible to build a large porcelain kiln at home, but a small porcelain kiln was still possible, just with fewer green bricks.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanxiang sat alone in the backyard in a daze, thinking about where the porcelain kiln repair was suitable.

Half of the backyard is next to the mountain wall. There are exposed stones here. In fact, it is good to use it as the back of the porcelain kiln. The other side is a wooden fence. There are two acres of land outside, and one acre has been opened to grow vegetables. , and the other side is burning dry hay.

Yang Yuanxiang planned to fertilize the soil so that he could plant potatoes next year.

The courtyard wall is a loess wall, as high as a person, and the courtyard cannot be seen from the outside, not to mention the courtyard, even the two acres of land, so Yang Yuanxiang is not worried at all that his small porcelain kiln will be discovered.

In the past few days, she has drawn all the patterns, and she is waiting to start work. With the help of Xie Shaoting at home, she is not worried, but she has no clue, and she doesn't know where to start.

In fact, if it is taken seriously, what Yang Yuanxiang painted on this drawing cannot be called a porcelain kiln, it can only be called a kiln. , gourd-shaped, long, flat, round, and square are all different, and the fired porcelain is also different.

Yang Yuanxiang plans to imitate a gourd-shaped kiln this time. The kiln door, fire chamber, front room, back room, chimney, etc. are all available, and wood is used in many places. After all, the kiln has a strange shape and there is no wood for bones. Also worried about not being able to fix it.

Now all she has to do is dig out the kiln foundation.

Seeing Yang Yuanxiang tossing about in the backyard, Yang Guangzhong sat by the window of the big house and talked to Yang Yuanxiang.

"Girl, what are you messing around with? Want to grow something? Why did you dig a square hole?"

Yang Yuanxiang laughed.

"Father, what a square pit, this is the foundation of the kiln. I have to hide here to burn porcelain in the future. We don't need to burn much. As long as we can produce these three or four porcelains every month, our family will not be afraid of it." Worry is gone, when we save some money, we will build a big porcelain kiln and build a big house for our family."

Listening to his daughter's words, Yang Guangzhong was also full of hope for the future. These days, his waist didn't hurt anymore, but he still couldn't get out of bed and couldn't use his strength. He still felt sore and sore when he moved a little.

Even so, Yang Yuanxiang could tell that Yang Guangzhong's spirit had improved a lot.

In addition, Yang Guangzhong's old boss is a kind and righteous person. Although Yang Guangzhong didn't work anymore, his old boss sent someone to send him ten taels of silver when he heard that something happened to him. .

The life of Yang Yuanxiang's family suddenly became much easier.

It's just that even though he has more than a dozen taels of silver in his hand, he still has no income. It is inevitable that there will be a day of sitting and eating. Coupled with the debts of the Du family, this day seems easy to understand, but in fact it is very difficult.

"Girl, father sees that your kiln is very fresh. You can teach me how to make it when father is well. I can't see anything else. It's okay to help you watch the fire."

Yang Yuanxiang also chuckled.

"Father, looking at the fire is not just about looking at it. I have to come here in person. If Dad likes it then, he can help me draw some patterns on the porcelain embryo, so we can sell it better, right?"

Yang Guangzhong nodded. In the early years, their brothers were all educated. Although they didn't learn anything, they are still people who can write and draw. When he was young, he even drew a picture of Shen. It looks like it.

Listening to his daughter's words, Yang Guangzhong felt a little complacent.

"It's a good job. If you don't worry, you can leave it to Dad to paint. Dad promises to get better and better."

Yang Yuanxiang nodded after listening.

"That's fine, so you can just lie on the bed and don't have to get down. By the way, Dad, I want to ask you something. What's the name of our porcelain? It's not good to ask someone to buy it for a while." Not a second time."

After hearing this, Yang Guangzhong couldn't help but nodded, thinking that he really gave birth to a good girl, why did he have such ideas, obviously he never felt it before.

Standing under the eaves, listening to the conversation between the father and daughter, Shen couldn't help being happy. For some reason these days, she has also improved a lot. She used to be unable to lift her shoulders, but now she is sweeping the floor. Everything is done, Xu Shi didn't see Yang Zhaoshi, he was in a better mood, and he could even eat more rice.

Different from Yang Guangzhong, Shen has been staring at Xie Shaoting who is busy in and out these two days. Now she is seeing Xie Shaoting getting more and more pleasing to the eye. She never thought that Yang Yuanxiang and Xie Shaoting could have anything to do, but these days Shen But this thought moved, after all, in her eyes, Xie Shaoting is a good boy who is motivated and down-to-earth.

If it wasn't for forgetting the past, she really wanted to help her out and bring her daughter and Xie Shaoting together. Thinking of this, Shen's heart became more active. She would have to discuss this matter with the child's father at night. In order not to miss the opportunity, wouldn't it be a lifetime of delay for the girl.

If Xie Shaoting could be kept, the daughter would not have to marry off and the family would prosper, wouldn't everything be fine?

(End of this chapter)