Reborn Glazer

After the first batch of square cards came out of the oven, when they were drying, the engraving molds in Qi Runyun's hands were all completed, and they were handed over to two apprentices to make glazed juice.Qi Runyun squeezed his stiff fingers and raised his head, only to find Song Qingyi sitting on the side and looking at him silently.

"Duan Jin?" In fact, Qi Runyun was a little surprised in his heart, usually like this, Song Qingyi would stand up and observe the changes in the glass juice, or he would rush over, and while he would blame himself for being tired and not caring about his body, he would stretch out his hand for him— He already felt that his family seemed to have some unusual liking for his rough hands, and he would hold them and play with them whenever he had the opportunity, never caring about the surrounding situation.

At this moment, they suddenly only looked at each other. Qi Runyun didn't think much about it just now when they poured out their hearts to each other.

Qi Runyun's voice made Song Qingyi pause for a moment, and then, as if he had just noticed his movement, he frowned and sat closer, and took his hand and rubbed it knuckle by knuckle—a craftsman, especially a craftsman who carves , their hands are actually very easy to hurt their muscles and bones, because they are always stiff in one movement for a long time-sighing, Song Qingyi's tone is a little soft: "I told you not to work hard, your fingers should hurt after a long time .”

Qi Runyun shook his head, "It's okay, just take a break at this level."

Song Qingyi didn't speak anymore, and after a while, he stood up and said, "I'll go and have a look."

"Let's go together, I also want to see if I'm right." Qi Runyun stood up together, feeling that his waist was not so sore, he said.

Song Qingyi paused before nodding.

Qi Runyun glanced at the back of the person walking in front as if feeling something.

At this moment, the flames of the kiln were glowing red, and the heat wave was blowing in the midday moon, and the two people who were sitting far away just now were blown in the face.Song Qingyi subconsciously took a step sideways and stood in front of Qi Runyun: "It's too hot, don't stand for a long time, just go back and sit in the reed after a look."

Although the two of them were wearing light cotton shirts when they came over, after all, the fire in front of them was different from that at the foot of the mountain, and they broke out in a fine sweat all of a sudden.Qi Runyun didn't try to be brave, and nodded after listening to Song Qingyi's words.

In the furnace, the mold that Qi Runyun had engraved the negative pattern was not closed, and the mold that was open could be seen at a glance the defective light-yellow colored glaze that was beginning to melt into a ball inside. It doesn't fit well with square cards."

Because he didn't expect Qi Runyun to poke him, Song Qingyi was shocked and took two steps forward. He didn't dare to blame his own Zhengjun because of that little concern, so he had to stand two steps away: "That can't wait until the whole body cools down." , if it is not completely melted into glass juice at this time, there may be a gap between the pattern and the engraving, and the pattern will not be filled."

Thinking that Song Qingyi's words made some sense, Qi Runyun had no choice but to continue watching.It's just that I'm a little worried about how well I can control the timing of cooling.

"Why don't you take out a model in advance to have a look, so that you can waste all your hard work if you don't have the right time to buckle it later." Old Zheng said when he heard it.

The two of them were right after hearing it, it was originally for experimentation, so naturally it is best to try it out in every situation.

Old Zheng asked someone to fetch the tongs, and then brought over a tool that Song Qingyi had never seen before.

The tool looked like a stone spoon, with a slender handle and a deep and narrow round bottom. Song Qingyi had never seen anyone use it in the kiln before, but Qi Runyun looked familiar to him, as if he had seen his father use it when he was a child at Qi's house.

There is no official name for this thing, but it is just a handy tool made by the craftsmen themselves. My father seemed to use it for filling wax at that time.In addition to the carved and carved molds in my hands, there is another way to fill the molds made of colored glaze, but I left home when I was young, and I didn't have time to learn from my father.

It's been a long time, and Qi Runyun can only remember the general impression of this tool, but he didn't expect to see it again in the hands of Old Zheng.

After Old Zheng took out a mold, he took the tool and was about to explain this to the two of them, but he noticed a slight nostalgia in Qi Runyun's eyes.Thinking about Qi Runyun's molding skills, he knows that the young master, the righteous gentleman, must have a family background, so it's not surprising that he recognizes this.

"It seems that the young master knows this thing."

Song Qingyi turned around when he heard the words, and naturally saw the unrestrained nostalgia, he paused in his heart, thinking of what he had thought before, he suddenly felt bitter in his mouth.

"It seems that I saw my father use it when I was a child, filling it with wax?" Qi Runyun nodded his head, keeping his eyes on the tool.

Old Zhengtou smiled honestly: "It seems that Shaojun's family is also a craftsman. This thing is not famous. It is usually used by mold-making craftsmen to fill things. Especially there is a craft of filling wax in glazed molds. Our factory here There is only one craftsman here, and this is his. He calls it the handle. The handle is used to press down. The head of the push handle is carved with a relatively refractory stone, and it will not be damaged when used on hot wax or colored glass. Influence."

Qi Runyun nodded, and found that Song Qingyi was in a daze, and gave him a strange look.

Old Zheng didn't notice Song Qingyi's absent-mindedness. After he finished speaking, he pressed the softened but not melted glazed piece into the mold with a touch of skill. After all, the mold was just an ordinary clay mold and it had been fired. The texture has become crisp, and if the force is not used well, the mold will be useless.

It doesn't matter if the mold is scrapped, the colored glaze inside has been burned for so long.

"This should ensure that there are no gaps. But..." Old Zheng frowned and looked at the model.

Song Qingyi and Qi Runyun came back to their senses and looked at it in a blink of an eye. It turns out that the handle is a narrow round base. Now that it is pressed like this, the pattern may be filled up, but the base is recessed. If it is to be combined with the square plate, it is estimated that it will have to Fill with some glass juice.

Song Qingyi thought for a while, "We need to use welding powder to join the silk and hairpins together. What about our glazed pieces?"

Qi Runyun had thought about this problem: "We should not need welding flux for colored glaze, after all, it is much heavier than goldware. If it is bonded, it will last for a long time. The best way is to burn it together."

Old Zheng nodded, "Young Master is right, so we still have to grasp the timing of the burning."

Seeing that both of them said so, Song Qingyi chose a small one of this variety that had never been burned, put it in a square mold, and burned it again: "Then continue, the gap in the middle still needs to be filled."

This continued for more than half a day, Song Qingyi was afraid that Qi Runyun would not be too hot, so he didn't let him wait on the sidelines, and Cao Lu was too hot after noon, so he had to send him back to the yard to rest.

Along the way, Song Qingyi didn't like to tease Qi Runyun as much as usual because of the feeling in his heart that couldn't be called guilt or something, but just accompanied him all the way to the yard.

He told Lingbao who was staying in the yard and they prepared some meals for Qi Runyun to take a bath to cool down. He had a good rest in the afternoon and went back to burn the stove by himself.

Song Qingyi, who turned around and left, didn't notice that Qi Runyun didn't go back to the room immediately, but stood there frowning and staring at his walking back for a long time before returning to the room under Lingbao's urging.

And Song Qingyi, who had returned to the kiln, sat on the beauty couch and had a meal while waiting for the result of the cooking juice.Because he didn't bring his own servant, Song Qingyi didn't ask someone to prepare his own food, and simply followed Old Zheng to eat the meal from the kiln.

Sensing the eyes of Old Zheng, who hesitated to speak, Song Qingyi swallowed the meal, "Old Zheng, do you think I can be full?"

Old Zheng was choked by Song Qingyi's words, and then replied: "It seems that the young master will not be full, but I am afraid that the young master will not get used to it." The meals at the Song Family Liulichang are not bad, but compared to the ones used by the young master and the others. Naturally, those fine dishes were not good, and seeing Song Qingyi taking one bite after another without disdain, Old Zheng felt his strong heart was swaying.

Song Qingyi laughed: "Is there anything I'm not used to, isn't it all a mouthful of food? Back then I...didn't eat anything when I was studying abroad." Naturally, I ate a lot of things during my study tour, but they were all specialties from various places. Not to mention delicious, at least it is full of flavor.What he really wanted to say was that when he was down and out on the streets in his previous life, he had never eaten anything, and he had done things like snatching food from wild dogs. It's already good.

After dinner, it was already the hottest time of the day, and because the kiln hadn't stopped, this small remote corner also started to get hot, Song Qingyi felt a little unbearable even wearing a thin cotton robe.The old Zhengtou and the two apprentices on the side had already rolled up their sleeves and trouser legs to work.

Song Qingyi thought for a while, and also learned to tie the sleeves to the elbows and tie the trouser legs to the knees, which really felt much more comfortable.

Seeing the new image of the Young Master's house, Old Zhengtou and the two apprentices laughed muffledly and said nothing.

When the mold for the second furnace came out, Song Qingyi took a special look at the fire. He heard from Ayi that the auxiliary firing material used today was leather, and it was fired together with the livestock.It's a pity that he looked at it for a while and found that Qing Yan was not only unstable, but almost non-existent.The two apprentices put the removed mold on the stone platform to cool, and then carefully recorded today's results.

So far, today's affairs are almost done. Song Qingyi waved his hands to let people rest. Burning a fire for a day in such a hot day is like torture. It is not something that can produce results in a short time, and he is not in a hurry for such a moment.

"At this time of year, it's hot, and it will probably take one night to let it cool off. I'll take a look at it in the evening, and the Young Master's family will bring Young Master back first. If it works, I'll have someone send it to the mansion for you."

Song Qingyi wiped off his sweat, and knew that what Old Zheng said was right, so he nodded immediately, planning to go back to the small courtyard to wash up before returning to the Song Mansion with Qi Runyun.

Song Qingyi rinsed his body with cold water, washed up well, changed into clean clothes and went to the room.

Lingbao was guarding the outer room, and Song Qingyi was booed by him when he entered.

"Master fell asleep not long ago. It was probably hot before. There was a circle of redness around the neck, and he tossed and turned." He whispered to Lingbao when he got closer.

Song Qingyi frowned, as expected, she was still hot.Turning into the inner room, I saw that the window at the back of the room was half open, and the bed curtain was also open. Qi Runyun did not press the quilt with his hands as usual, but opened his neckline slightly, with one leg pressed on the quilt, and he did not sleep as usual. ".

Seeing such a rare sight, Song Qingyi first smiled, then got closer and sure enough, he saw the red marks that Lingbao said should be from the sun.

Song Qingyi remembered that they were at the kiln and waited until Qi Runyun left before Old Zheng and the others rolled up their clothes.Because of the identity of a man and wife, even if they are both men, the people around them all want to avoid suspicion.Therefore, even in the scorching heat, Qi Runyun must wear a long robe, unlike himself, who can pull up his sleeves and open his clothes as long as he wants.

Song Qingyi sighed, after all, he missed this person...