Enter the Room

  Chapter 155

  Hong Xi could not help but take out a bell cup from the brocade box.

  Delicate and exquisite brushes, suitable shades of colors, and crystal clear cup walls, even a layman like him can tell that this tea set is a rare boutique.

  He thought for a while, and opened several other brocade boxes.

  One is the Eight Treasures of Buddhism, the other is the rain-beating plantain, the other is the pattern of lotus, fish, algae and curly grass, and the other is the pattern of bat, all of which are extraordinary. In particular, the bat-patterned tea set was actually made of alum red.

Hong Xi pondered and said: "These sets of tea sets brought by the third lady can become family heirlooms if you take any one out, so I shouldn't accept them. It's just that we are just in a hurry to find a batch of such tea sets. I just accepted it with the cheek.”

   After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment, and said, "I'll buy a set of tea sets from you at the price of two hundred taels of silver. What do you think?"

Song Tao was very surprised, and waved her hands again and again: "No, no! This is for the young master. If the young master gave me money, what would I do?" He said again, "I know that the young master has a big heart, and he doesn't want to occupy women and children. It's cheap. But if the young master encounters something like mine, will he accept money?"

  Hong Xi didn't expect Song Tao to be so good at talking.

  He thought of Song Jiyun.

   Wondering if all the girls in the Song family can talk like this?

   Then I heard Song Tao ask: "Young master, why do you want a batch of tea sets like this? I still have a few sets at home. I don't know if there is enough? If you are not in a hurry, I can also help you burn a kiln."

   Speaking of this, she said embarrassedly: "It stands to reason that I should give a kiln to the young master. But I angered my father, it is really..."

   She looked ashamed.

  Hong Xi was too lazy to be polite to her, so he murmured after hearing the words: "This will trouble Miss Song San. As for the kiln and the like, I will find a way. Then I will ask Miss Song San to help."

   Song Tao responded repeatedly, and talked to Hong Xi about the styles and patterns of tea sets.

  Hong Xi invited Song Tao to the study, and the two spent an afternoon fixing the tea set.

  Song Tao bid farewell to Hong Xi briskly, and said, "If your side is settled, just let someone go to the Gaosheng Inn outside the city and let me know."

  Hong Xi was surprised.

  Song Tao smiled bitterly and explained in a low voice: "I dare not go back. The Gaosheng Inn outside the city is opened by the county magistrate, and those idle gangsters dare not make trouble there. I am alone, and it is safer to live there."

  Hong Xi thought for a moment, and said, "Why don't Miss Song stay with me temporarily!"

  The rules in Jingdezhen, if you invite kiln workers to burn porcelain at home, you not only have to pay wages, but also include food and housing.

  Song Tao can be regarded as working for their family.

  Song Tao showed joy, thanked her repeatedly, and followed the maid to the guest room where she lived before.

   After a while, the servant girl found the Chief Manager of the Hong Mansion, and said, "Miss Song Jiasan only has this outfit on her, what do you think?"

  If it is a delicate guest, it is natural to be respectful and considerate; if it is a guest, with the financial resources of the Hong family, they should make some clothes.

  The chief executive was also a little uncertain, so he went to ask Hong Xi.

Hong Xi didn't know what he thought of. He stood by the window and looked at the pomegranate tree under the eaves which was taller than a person. He was silent for a while, and then said: "Just prepare something for Miss Song San according to the standard of hiring a master at home. gone."

  The head manager looked at the tea set that was still on the table and couldn't help sighing: "This girl is also pitiful, what will happen in the future? Could it be that she has been floating outside like this?"

  Hong Xi's voice was equally deep, and said: "With the salary I give, she can always support her for a while."

   As for what will happen in the future, there are so many poor people, and he and Song Tao just met by chance, so he can still control her for the rest of his life?

  The chief executive doesn't know.

  It is precisely because he knows that, looking at the beautiful, polite, gentle and docile Song Tao, he feels extraordinarily pitiful.

  Hong Xi took several sets of tea sets Song Tao sent over to Mrs. Hong: "Do you think this kind of tea set is okay?"

After seeing it, Old Master Hong stood up from the drunkard's chair, and asked repeatedly: "Where did you come from? The Song family gave you Song Youliang's collection instead of promising to burn porcelain for our family? The carcass is as thin as the wings of a cicada, and the blue and white flowers are used so skillfully, with clear layers but a lingering aftertaste. Except for the Royal Kiln Factory in Jingdezhen, only the Song family has this kind of craftsmanship."

A strange look flashed in Hong Xi's eyes, and he said briefly: "I accidentally saved a girl, and she gave you a thank you gift. Aren't you just worried that you don't have good porcelain to deal with the gentlemen in Azhao Academy? I'll just accept it." gone."

  Grandpa Hong said anxiously: "Whose family is the girl? What about the elders of their family? I also agree that she took this tea set to thank you?"

  Hong Xi didn't mention Song Tao at all, but took the alum red bat-patterned tea set and said, "It's really rare. There shouldn't be a tea set with this kind of appearance on the market, right?"

As expected, Mrs. Hong's attention was diverted, and he talked about his youth: "Song Daliang's father fired it for the Imperial Kiln Factory. It is much more beautiful than this one. Compared with blue and white, this is just a different color." .Song Daliang's father burned a picture of a snow scene deeply and shallowly."

  Hong Xi smiled and talked with Old Master Hong, and gradually dispelled Old Master Hong's idea of ​​tracking down the woman who gave him the tea set.

  Since Song Tao lived in Hong's house, no one bothered her. When Hongxi borrowed a small kiln factory for Song Tao to practice, Song Tao fired more than 300 pieces of tea sets of all kinds in one kiln.

  Hong Xi couldn't hide his astonishment, and wondered: "Miss Song San has such a skill, why don't you talk to your father and help him start the kiln?"

  Song Tao sneered angrily: "If he is willing to listen to me, how can he use my ability to burn porcelain to increase his status and make the Zeng family willing to offer five thousand taels of betrothal gift?"

  Every family has its own difficulties.

   Hong Xi didn't ask any more questions.

  Song Tao bent down and took a small teapot with beautiful shoulders painted with a picture of a baby playing with a hundred sons that had been cleaned up, and said, "Mr. Hong, what do you think of this pot? I wonder if it can catch your eyes?"

  The shape of the pot is very beautiful, and the children on the pot have different shapes. If you get close, you can clearly see the children's eyebrows flying with joy.

   "Very beautiful!" Hong Xi praised sincerely.

Song Tao smiled and bent her eyebrows, but then she showed helplessness, and said in a low voice: "Master Hong, I think my father respects you quite a bit. You can also see that I can support myself with my skills. You Can you help me say a good word in front of my father so that he doesn't marry me casually, I can help in the kiln factory at home."

   As she spoke, she pursed her lips and continued: "If it makes you feel embarrassed, can you recommend me to work in other kilns? Let me also have a place to stay."

Hong Xi looked at her, smiled slowly, and said: "Master Song, I'm afraid that I may not be able to help you if I speak lightly. But if you are willing to work in the kiln factory, you might as well come with me." Meet a man who is sure to be interested in your craft."

   Correct the typo tomorrow...

  (end of this chapter)